Jiddhu Krishnamurti was right — you cannot be soulfully healthy and societally well-adjusted at the same time — astute observations from Caitlin Johnstone

09 September 2022

Yesterday, I rudely (but accurately) said that . . .

. . . Western culture pays attention to false and idiotic things. At the expense of comprehending twists and currents that actually do (or should) matter to people, who are paying attention to arguably more correctly weighted societal priorities.

Today, let's add to that grimness . . .

. . . with Caitlin Johnstone's astute summary of just how morally and spiritually perverted our culture really is:

[T]he more you learn about the world, the more fake and stupid our civilization looks. It’s because it is fake and stupid.

Our news, our entertainment, our jobs, our legal systems, our political systems, our education systems, our financial, monetary, economic and commercial systems; the way our entire civilization is structured and organized has nothing to do with what’s true and good and everything to do with keeping human organisms compliantly turning the gears of capitalism and empire.

Mainstream culture is one giant psyop geared toward keeping people fueling the oppression machine.

Not because of some grand conspiracy (though there’s plenty of that too), but because the manufacturers of culture have a vested interest in preserving our unwholesome status quo.

The media are owned by plutocrats who have an interest in making sure everything they’re putting out sustains the imperial status quo upon which their kingdoms are built.

This is what Terence McKenna was talking about when he said “The cost of sanity in this society is a certain level of alienation.”

And it’s what Jiddu Krishnamurti [see here] was pointing at when he said “It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

A lucid perception of reality today will necessarily be accompanied by the ever-present smell of bullshit.

I agree

When I look at what is said, printed and spewed — in all directions and from virtually all sources — all I see is deliberately crafted untruths. All that, in pursuit of gaining self-centered, manipulating control over other people's minds and wallets.

Brainwashing 24/7.

The moral? — I frequently retreat into the vast and burgeoning space . . .

. . . that underlies all phenomena.

Something else that Jiddhu Krishnamurti — and his similarly souled companions in and through Time — signaled us toward.

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Jiddhu Krishnamurti was right — you cannot be soulfully healthy and societally well-adjusted at the same time — astute observations from Caitlin Johnstone