Questioning the nature of 'reality' and the reality of 'sides'

This writing and compilation of information has been inspired by discussion in the Jews and Muslims Together tribe .

Here is an excerpt from a particular discussion that may also help with the expression of this writing:


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Here is a link to the full thread: How do you get peace?

In this writing I started with researching on Hamas, since there has been a lot of talk of them lately in the news and because I have read previous articles stating how they were not necessarily what they seemed. That their motives and/or actions may be being directed by other than what is reported to be. I have generally not trusted the 'official' reports on how organizations, corporations, governments, military/religious groups operate, because there have been too many revealings of their duplicity.

I have researched the nature of this duplicity and the possible reasons for it. I feel that before anything can be really resolved, there must be an open questioning of beliefs, perceptions and identifications. That it may be possible that what we have come to think of as 'reality' is more constructed than we may be aware of and revealing the truth of this constructedness can open perspective up to seeing beyond the constructs.

In the JMT tribe I have seen mention of Hamas and various groups and felt to offer some perspective for consideration and feedback. I am not stating these as 'fact', only questions. I realize in this game of 'intelligence' all is questionable and that there are enough questionable actions being revealed to support questioning further our role in the world relationship.

I realize this is an extensive read and may take some time to finish, if one is inclined to, but I feel this is just a sample of what can be considered in awareness of what we are facing in the world today. Perhaps read the ending part of the post that starts with:

"(There was a questioning of who the next president was going to be and stating how 'fucked we are' if it was going to be 'them'.)

Does it really matter who comes next?  ;)  "  ...and then read through the links.

I started with: What is known of Hamas? What connections and support does Hamas have? And then more questions came, so I have done my best to supply a variety of questions and observations. I am truly interested in hearing from people that perhaps have more perspective on this and these groups and from a closer national experience.

Who are Hamas?

MidEast Web Historical Documents
The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Hamas is a Creation of Mossad
by Hassane Zerouky

Hamas (Wikipedia: The neutrality of this article or section is disputed.)

The History of Hamas

read...
1) Before 1987 Palestinian Islamic activities prior to the creation of Hamas

(Israel starts supporting Hamas and 'then' things start to get violent?)

and...
2) 1987 - The establishment of Hamas

Who was Ahmed Yassin?

Mossad

The Phony (Mossad) Al Qaeda Cell in Palestine
(plus other perspectives on 'fake terrorists')

An interesting current event while researching this writing:
Bush sanctions 'black ops' against Iran

Jundallah

"Jundullah is a Sunni Al-Qaeda offshoot organization that was formerly headed by alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Even if you believe the official story of 9/11 to the letter, the fact that Bush has personally authorized U.S. support for this group completely dismantles the facade of the war on terror."

John Pilger detects the Salvador Option ("...fabricating insurgent bombings of
Shias.")

What Bremer Got Wrong in Iraq
Iraqis were not primarily Sunnis or Shiites; they were Iraqis first
(anyone close to, in or familiar with Iraq have more perspective on this?)

Did Saddam Gas His Own People?
(this from the Central Intelligence Agency's senior political analyst on Iraq
during the Iran-Iraq war, and as a professor at the Army War College from 1988
to 2000)

Neo-nazis as government agents

(opening excerpt:)

How western intelligence agencies played a crucial role in founding and funding
the German neo-nazi movement

Dialectics
One of the most fascinating political narratives to gain currency of late has related to the tendency of governments to set up and finance "terrorist" or "extremist" strawmen with the intention of triumphantly "knocking down" and defeating their manufactured enemy, thereby justifying the alleged "necessity" of the Mother Government to "protect us". This process can be motivated by the imperative of sewing fear, division, and even violence in society as a pretext to cracking down on our liberties, turning us against our fellow citizens, increasing state control, and diverting people from the more urgent task of checking the power of their own rapacious government.

Some alleged examples of this model in application include Nero’s Great Fire of Rome, Israel’s role in setting up Hamas, the Pentagon’s aborted "Operation Northwoods" scheme to stage "Cuban communist" attacks against Americans, and the Reichstag Fire, among other infamous events.

The tendency for humans to think in binary terms (either "left" or "right", either "up" or "down", either "good" or "evil", either "black" or "white") is thus easily manipulated by the Hegelian synthesisers of the Total State. The very nature of argument is such that only two sides are normally allowed to participate, and it is often the case that arguments will tend to conclude in some form of "compromise" between the two sides. Therefore, if both the "thesis" and the "antithesis" can be controlled from the outset, it necessarily follows that the "synthesis" is essentially predetermined within the controlled paradigm.

It has been advanced by authors such as Antony Sutton that this forms part of a Hegelian template, call it "dialectical statism" if you like, that aims to facilitate conflict as a means to bring about a desired change. As Sutton wrote in America’s Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones (2002):

(T)he extremes of political left and political right are vital elements in a process of controlled change...In the dialectical process, a clash of opposites brings about a synthesis. This conflict of opposites is essential to bring about change. Today this process can be identified in the literature of the Trilateral Commission where "change" is promoted and "conflict management" is termed the means to bring about this change.

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Antony Sutton

Dialectic

Hegelian

Trilateral Commission:

In thier own words

Trilateral  on Wikipedia
(very worthwhile read for the 'interconnectedness' of politicians, etc.)

Here is a tool for seeing what people sit on multiple board of directors and
the various companies/corporations that are 'connected' by this:

They Rule

And one example I have made(click until map appears):
Council on Foriegn Relations web

Treasonous agenda of the Trilateral Commission
World Net Daily

An excerpt from Shibumi on the nature and questioning of 'operations' and the
'operators'.

War Is A Racket

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed (author of War On Terror)

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed was born in London, England in November 1978. He is of Bangladeshi origin. He is a political analyst and human rights activist, specialising in Western foreign policy and its impact on human rights. He is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development (IPRD), an independent, interdisciplinary, non-profit think tank based in Brighton, UK. The IPRD conducts research and analysis of local and global society for the promotion of human rights, justice and peace. IPRD briefings and reports are distributed to political representatives, NGOs, various media, research libraries and members of the general public in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe and Canada.

Excepts from WOT(scroll down, click on Sample Pages):

Warning Signs of 9-11 and Intelligence Failures

Collection of statements and endorsements for a re-investigation into the
events of 9/11/01 from:
100+ Senior Military, Intelligence Service, Law Enforcement, and Government
Officials
140+ Engineers and Architects
130+ Professors Question 9/11
100+ 9/11 Survivors and Family Members
 70+ Entertainment and Media Professionals

An article I found to be well presented and soundly questioning. It was a little difficult to follow the trail of people talked of due to my lack of knowledge of them (perhaps someone else may be familiar with them? JMT tribe?), but the overall assessment I find to be resonating.

The mystery surrounding the death of John O'Neill:
The Propaganda Preparation for 9/11
by Chaim Kupferberg

And here is an interesting article that appears to start out as a questioning
of 'propaganda', yet is really about the rationalizing of using it.

Investing in the Industry of Influence

What I am asking is this:

Is it not questionable that various organizations operate with deception, openly as a matter of fact? Yet, we are supposed to believe what we hear from the media with the intention of forming a 'knowing' or opinion based on this? Is it not known that there are groups of people that work to facilitate a desired outcome for their own interests? That these interests are not necessarily the interests of the people they 'govern', feel they have 'control over' or are influencing?

Do we have the luxury of believing that with all that is involved, with all the deception and hidden agendas, that things are as we are told they are? That governments are separate entities with the people of that country's well being in  the utmost highest regard and priority?

If arguments and discussions remain in the realm of this belief, where can we possibly get? What chance of resolution or peace is there?

Here is one last little piece that I find very interesting that actually came from a popular American TV show:

transcript of the dialog
(scroll down)

Video of the segment which I recommend watching if possible:

I will end with this previous writing that was inspired by a thread in a political tribe I was in that feels to accurately present 'my current perspective'.

As always, Peace...


(There was a questioning of who the next president was going to be and stating how 'fucked we are' if it was going to be 'them'.)

Does it really matter who comes next?  ;)

How are we not fucked now? How do we become less fucked by continuing to believe in what is being sold as 'the only game in town'? And what are we choosing to pay attention to, to put our energy into? More of the same game or opening to potential change? I stay abreast of how 'the machine' is moving on, peripherally, so it is not the primary focus. I feel we are really no more than a cog and are helping to keep it running by fixating on the belief that the system as it is really is worthwhile to believe in. We think we are using our mind's, but our mind is being used against us to ignore what the heart, true nature, is telling us.

It's like being both a driver at night, perhaps not paying full attention (talking, listening to the radio, dosing a bit) AND a deer caught in the headlights that sees the machine coming but stands transfixed in the path of destruction.

How do we know that the deer is not thinking, in a deer way, "What the FUCK is that?!"  ;P


Wheww...oh my goodness, that was a good laugh...hooo, i'm dizzy here...

And it can be like a deer that has gotten spooked and runs into the road, getting hit by a driver in a vehicle that is going too fast to be aware, responsive to, and respective of, the life around it. This is what is being counted on: bait and switch, diversions, temptations, terror, whatever can feed off of the identifications of the mind to fixate on or fear the source of it's suffering, instead of being aware of Life that is it's true source of happiness and intelligence. I know this may sound more philosophical than practical, but words and the language structures we use feel to be limited to what I am trying to share. I have come to recognize that there are no such things as 'spiritual' and 'practical', that 'they' are not separate.  So I do my best to speak of understanding using whatever words feel to fit and clarify when and however I can.

I know it can feel confusing at times, like if 'they' are not watched closely then 'we' won't know when things are going to 'go down', when the shoe or bomb is going to drop, but that is just it: it won't be known until it does. It can be seen how there is essentially a Police State being implemented, but it can't

be said 100% that how or if it will fully take place or what it will be like beyond what already is. It can be guessed at, asked about, but not known. Even if it was told, "this is how it's going to be", it's not really known until it happens. What is more likely to stop the growth or the enactment of it altogether? More beliefs in 'us and them', fearing and fighting? Or being more aware of living life in true recognition of wholeness, peace?

You know what, I can't even say I know which is most likely to put an end to all this madness, or that it can even be stopped, but I do know that I will do my best not to add to it.

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These bodies are going to die or suffer at some point. Is life going to be lived in fear of the possibility of 'when or how'? Waiting for or fearing "the end", or perhaps what may lead up to it? Being more obsessed with fighting whatever is perceived to be threatening?

How life is being lived now is what feels to make all the difference.

Yet this could imply living life selfishly for 'the moment' for 'me', but I looked to see if this has really brought peace, real peace. In this life, momentary pleasures maybe, but not true peace. In seeing the cyclical patterns of power, sex and survival, how the over-identification with these perpetuate more suffering than true satisfaction, there was the willingness to take a close  look at myself and what I believed to be true about myself, the world, anything.  And the primary questioning was about myself, about the reality of who or what I  have perceived 'my self' to be.

It's an amazing paradox: The fixation with the personal identity(the individual) that feels to be threatened by the appearance of a totalitarian subjugation attempt(the one world government), and the individual that feels it is "necessary" to create it over in a more appealing image, distracts from the recognition of wholeness and the true one world that already is.

What is recognized, is that what is seen in media and in public is often the end result of perhaps years of planning, also a link in the chain of events, and that there are a multitude of moves planned and being implemented at the same time the surface actions are being watched.

Chess is usually the metaphor or mindset that is used to equate the 'figuring out' process that we get involved with, trying to read the board to predict what the next move is, but most likely unless there are the resources and experience that the 'opponant' is working with, it's a very one-sided game. I haven't played Go yet, but I feel it is less of an analytical game of figuring out the opponant than one of self-reflection and awareness. I first became familiar with it from the book 'Shibumi' by Trevanian, which if anyone that is interested in getting a glimpse of gov/mil/corp dealings and tactics hasn't read, I highly recommend. It encompasses 'spirituality' with the 'worldly' desire to be at peace, wanting to escape, yet being faced with the world as it is amidst all the conflict, deceit and destruction, by introducing the perspective of a 'retired' freelance assassin(one of the top five in the world).

Now the internet feels to have given the public a bit of an edge for exchanging information, but I can't honestly say that the information we are recieving is any more valid and isn't being 'fed' to keep people hooked into the drama of it, like the proverbial deer.

Can it ever really ultimately be known, 100%, what 'they' are doing or why? What can be? As far as I can see, the patterns of engaging in the 'fixing and figuring', based on what is good for 'me' are what have got us here and keep us here in a pattern of self destruction. Being faced with all the extreme circumstances that have come from generations of living for tomorrow, the story of life and not the reality of life as it is right now. Nothing wrong with dreams, until they are taking precedence over reality.

The 'dream' has been sold, instead of shown the beauty and awe of life as it is. It got unbalanced.

Adventure, exploring, excitement, pleasures are wonderful, but at what cost? With what intention? And when that cost and intention is seen to be harmful to the whole, do we tell the truth of this? Or find ways to decieve and rationalize the continuation? When did the considering of the Whole, our unity with Nature, stop or become out of balance? When did we start to believe that an aspect was more important than what it is an aspect of? What has created the extreme belief in separation from Nature? Nature as in physical world and Nature as in our essence of being.

The more the 'show' that is being produced and presented for our amusement and distraction is watched the less life is really being lived and potentiality is going unheaded, unlived.