{"id":284095,"date":"2025-01-06T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=284095"},"modified":"2025-01-04T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T10:26:20","slug":"awakening-from-empire-propaganda-starts-with-one-small-act-of-heresy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/01\/awakening-from-empire-propaganda-starts-with-one-small-act-of-heresy\/","title":{"rendered":"Awakening from Empire Propaganda Starts with One Small Act of Heresy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stained Glass window depicting a heretic, in the Cathedral of Saint Rumbold in Mechelen, Belgium.\u00a0 Image via Adobe Stock<\/p><\/div>\n

2 Jan 2025 <\/em>– Escaping from the matrix of the mainstream western worldview is like escaping from a cult: it starts with one tiny heresy. One small, secret thought that goes against all your indoctrination.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s the realization that you\u2019ve been lied to your whole life about Israel and Palestine. Maybe it had something to do with watching the mass media manufacture consent for the invasion of Iraq. Whatever it is, it starts out as a tiny little mental suspicion that the information sources you\u2019ve been trusting to help form your understanding of the world might not be nearly as trustworthy as you\u2019d been led to believe.<\/p>\n

If you talk to anyone who\u2019s ever left a cult, they\u2019ll generally tell you that it started out the same way for them. They see a sign that the cult leader claiming he\u2019s Jesus might actually be kind of petty and egotistical. They find themselves questioning whether Sri Baba Shiva really needs that many Rolls-Royces. They wonder if maybe Pastor Jeremiah is saying God wants him to have so many wives for reasons that have more to do with what Pastor Jeremiah wants than what God wants. These little heresies eventually add up and snowball into an avalanche which collapses the indoctrination that was keeping them in the cult that whole time.<\/p>\n

It actually tends to play out this way when it comes to leaving any psychologically abusive relationship. A little spark forms in the back of the victim\u2019s mind questioning whether the thoughts their partner put in their head are really true\u200a\u2014\u200aand noticing who would benefit if they weren\u2019t. Enough little sparks like that, and you eventually get a fire that burns the whole relationship down.<\/p>\n

Those are the kinds of sparks we\u2019re trying to get flying when working to wake people up from the indoctrination of the empire. We\u2019re trying to get those first tiny heresies to form in people\u2019s minds, using whatever\u2019s happening in the news at the moment or whatever relevant ideas are trending.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t need to get anyone to wake all the way up in one go\u200a\u2014\u200awe just need to get the snowball rolling. One little heretical thought can be all it takes to get someone seriously questioning whether everything they\u2019ve been taught about the world is a lie.<\/p>\n

So we point out the lies wherever we find them. Any glaring plot hole in the official narrative anywhere it pops up. Right now Gaza is a constant deluge of information and raw video footage that can spark some major heresy if it is truly seen and ingested. The way we were just told to cheer for Syria being taken over by Al Qaeda is another. The lies we were told about Ukraine and the events that led up to the war is another.<\/p>\n

Every day there\u2019s something coming up that you can show anyone who will listen to you, saying, \u201cSee? Look at that! They lied! They\u2019re lying right now! I wonder what else they\u2019re lying about?\u201d<\/p>\n

And it just takes one. One well-placed spotlight on one obvious plot hole is all it takes to get someone pulling on a thread that will eventually unravel the whole matrix of delusion for them. And once they\u2019re awake, they can join us in helping to wake up the others.<\/p>\n

So make a vocation of being a serial blasphemer. Get people asking the inconvenient questions, and spark as many small acts of heresy as you can. People are only going to awaken from the imperial narrative matrix one pair of eyelids at a time, and we each have the opportunity to spend some time every day trying to help open them.<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. Contact: <\/em>admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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