America Needs Truth Therapy

by Aspen - ABCU|8 team

Our world is truth-starved. Truth is non-negotiable. It is my bottom line, and it should be your bottom line. No matter what your faith (or no faith), the practice of truth is fundamental. There can be no logic, without a set of facts upon which logic depends.

―Christian: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” [1]

―Buddhist: Remove all ideas and concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to reveal itself. [2]

―Hindu: A truthful person must be a practitioner of truth in word and deed. [6]

―None of the Above: “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain [5]

―“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” ― Joe Klaas, Twelve Steps to Happiness [5]

Are all truths empirically verifiable? Of course not. Some arise through contemplation, discernment, or logic. Although human sensory perception can be tricked by optical illusions that game our nervous system's chemical reactions [7], we must not abandon our embrace of truth.

Just how far has society strayed from truth? The mainstream media can no longer be trusted. “The press in our country no longer seek to record events and report them. They seek to shape events.” Rep. Matt Gaetz [3] Big Tech employs 'fact checkers' whose job is what George Orwell called 'thought police'. By limiting what may be said in public discourse, these deep-state minions―these leftist desk-jockey mercenaries―aim to completely extinguish our freedom of speech.

The MSM is now a full-fledged propaganda arm of the Marxists. They will NOT tell the truth outside of their narrative. And the purpose of their narrative is to create a compliant slave population who will follow orders like obedient sheep, willingly relinquishing every right that our Constitution and Bill of Rights affords us. [4] And we are shamed if we resist.

“Congress is not going to rein in Big Tech, because Congress is bought by Big Tech,” Rep. Matt Gaetz said. “There are just simply too many members of the House and Senate who are beholden to Big Tech either because of political donations or because their family members are getting employed by Big Tech.” [8]

Small lies that people shrugged off as commonplace―e.g. calling in sick to get a day off from work when you are not sick―have been replaced by enormous lies that serve the globalist agenda. Consider global warming, for one example. It's a lie underpinned by falsified data that has been thoroughly debunked, yet remains widely believed due relentless propaganda [9]. Is it really necessary for scientists to exaggerate to get our attention? Or does that set a really bad precedent?

Our ability to make accurate judgments and to plan for the future becomes compromised when the data we believe is false. False data undercuts our reasoning power, and thereby destroys free will. When we lose free will, we are slaves. And when the slaves don't even know they're slaves, all is lost.

The solution? Truth therapy. We must become relentless in our pursuit of truth. We must relearn forgotten skills. We must go outside the system to ascertain facts for ourselves. That means taking responsibility to read, listen, view, research. Real news exhibits courteous controversy between reasoned viewpoints. Real news includes incomplete information and differing vantage points, as well as opinions arising from different backgrounds and life experiences. That means rejecting predigested viewpoints and actually thinking for ourselves.

If a mainstream media outlet is found to be lying, then we must deny it the power to influence us ever again, by disregarding it. The same is true for elected officials, scientists, educators, celebrities, etc. And we must become a light that shares truth with others, giving them the opportunity to resurrect long-suppressed reasoning skills. “No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.” [10] Be the light; insist on truth!

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1. Holy Bible, John 14:6, https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/John%2014:6

2. Thich Nhat Hanh, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/buddhism

3. Thoughts from a Common Man, https://thealterofdeceit.net/2020/11/15/thoughts-from-a-common-man-41/

4. Know Your Rights, https://abcu8.co/know-your-rights/

5. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/truth

6. Truth According to Hinduism, https://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/concepts/truth-sathyam.asp

7. Thomas Schoenberger, Brain Apple - A video to enhance concentration, clarity and focus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRDbAZfH97c

8. Congress Not Going to Rein in Big Tech, Congress is Owned by Big Tech, https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/09/22/matt-gaetz-congress-not-going-rein-big-tech-congress-owned-by-big-tech/

9. Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong, https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/11/25/why-everything-they-say-about-climate-change-is-wrong/?sh=2dcb75fb12d6

10. Holy Bible, Matthew 5:15, https://www.biblehub.com/matthew/5-15.htm

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