Until signs and symbols are identified by most, we are all in big trouble as the cycle of samsara will only continue. If you look closely at an Oreo cookie, please spend some time understanding what symbols have been placed on them as I am not here to feed everyone with the answers but offer an opportunity for others to expand their own consciousness. Also, yes it is important to stock up on foods but rather than suggest processed corporate items, it might be better to suggest saving heirloom organic seeds as they will have more trading value if everything collapses. It should be also be brought to attention that many of the big brands are owned by corporations that do not have humanity's best interest at heart and may even be putting toxins into their products. Let real food be thy medicine. Let us think of creative ways once everything does collapse. Time banks. Trade your valuable time with each other for services and goodness. I ask everyone to use intuition, discernment and their heart in this reality as we are in a psychological battle. Nothing is what it seems yet the truth lies within.
Hey @JoshuaDaniel -- thanks for the thoughtful comment. Not sure if you're new to Collapse Life or have been lurking for a while? We only ask because our "Notes" is intended to be our snarky, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, weekly round up of stories, vignettes and general weirdness from our Internet travels during the week. Usually we post stories that point to the ongoing erosion of life as we've come to know it -- chocolate coming out of a bioreactor certainly qualifies because, first it's Oreos, then it's everything else with chocolate in it.
As you rightly allude to, gathering Oreos is probably not a sensible prep for future resilience, but who are we to judge? Oreos, much like Twinkies, likely have a long, LONG shelf life. And hey, sometimes a guilty pleasure or two might be welcome if we're headed where we think we're headed. Food from the 'before times' might not be a bad barter item, either.
Come join us on our Sunday book chat (happening today at 12MT/2ET). We cover lots of these topics as the books we talk about are collapse themed and the conversation often veers into how we cope and prepare for what's coming down the pike. See you there!
I am all for synthetically created products when they are actual equivalents.
We have a lot of products that are problematic in their production.
I would just as soon eat synthetic chocolate as chocolate produced by near slave labor if the product was the same. Same with lab grown meat for that matter. Get downwind from a cattle feedlot and synthetic beef becomes a lot more appealing. A protein molecule is the same regardless of its origin.
We all like to imagine that our food comes from idyllic origins but the facts are quite different from the reality. Especially when we live in an economy where we can afford the luxury of buying more "authentic" products.
@Keith -- we read you loud and clear, but we also suspect nowhere is safe to discuss it.
If Orwell's 1984 showed us anything -- and we now know that book (and others like it) is being used as an instruction manual, if you see what we see -- the eyes and ears are pervasive. Ukraine, Gaza, now Iran are test grounds to perfect the technology to track, trace and target "enemies." And before long that lands here in America in all its gulag-y goodness. Those powers are still fearful of the 2nd amendment, otherwise we'd be as far along as the UK -- we're sure of it. But it's a long game and they have access to technology that is leapfrogging itself with each passing month. Meanwhile, our frog boil continues slowly.
If you want to talk about it, talk about it. The only thing we have left is bravery and the values for which we're willing to speak out. Compared to a handful of the tech bros, we even have the numbers... for now.
Yes, I agree we needn't be so fearful we refrain from speaking up at all, but sometimes I think we have to become increasingly more "strategic" about when, where, and to whom we speak, so as not to put ourselves at unnecessary risk too soon. Know what I mean? It's similar to the idea of choosing your battles. Which hill are we willing to die on? Better to make it the most important ones!
The only thing is that courage is in such short supply, we can all convince ourselves it's not THIS hill we die on, but the next one. Or the next one. Or the one after that.
Eventually, we land at the spot where pastor Martin Niemöller landed -- which is, there's no one left to speak out.
It's tough. We get it and we struggle with it too, all the time. It's why we started Collapse Life. We have as many questions as answers. And staring into the abyss everyday gets harder and harder, because it doesn't just appear to be a bottomless pit, it IS a bottomless pit.
Likeminded family, friends and community may be the last best hope -- join us on the livestream that's coming up in an hour, if you can: YouTube, Substack, Rumble, Bitchute...
"Reject all cookies"
heh.
Yes. 😂 Good one!!
Until signs and symbols are identified by most, we are all in big trouble as the cycle of samsara will only continue. If you look closely at an Oreo cookie, please spend some time understanding what symbols have been placed on them as I am not here to feed everyone with the answers but offer an opportunity for others to expand their own consciousness. Also, yes it is important to stock up on foods but rather than suggest processed corporate items, it might be better to suggest saving heirloom organic seeds as they will have more trading value if everything collapses. It should be also be brought to attention that many of the big brands are owned by corporations that do not have humanity's best interest at heart and may even be putting toxins into their products. Let real food be thy medicine. Let us think of creative ways once everything does collapse. Time banks. Trade your valuable time with each other for services and goodness. I ask everyone to use intuition, discernment and their heart in this reality as we are in a psychological battle. Nothing is what it seems yet the truth lies within.
Hey @JoshuaDaniel -- thanks for the thoughtful comment. Not sure if you're new to Collapse Life or have been lurking for a while? We only ask because our "Notes" is intended to be our snarky, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, weekly round up of stories, vignettes and general weirdness from our Internet travels during the week. Usually we post stories that point to the ongoing erosion of life as we've come to know it -- chocolate coming out of a bioreactor certainly qualifies because, first it's Oreos, then it's everything else with chocolate in it.
As you rightly allude to, gathering Oreos is probably not a sensible prep for future resilience, but who are we to judge? Oreos, much like Twinkies, likely have a long, LONG shelf life. And hey, sometimes a guilty pleasure or two might be welcome if we're headed where we think we're headed. Food from the 'before times' might not be a bad barter item, either.
Come join us on our Sunday book chat (happening today at 12MT/2ET). We cover lots of these topics as the books we talk about are collapse themed and the conversation often veers into how we cope and prepare for what's coming down the pike. See you there!
I am all for synthetically created products when they are actual equivalents.
We have a lot of products that are problematic in their production.
I would just as soon eat synthetic chocolate as chocolate produced by near slave labor if the product was the same. Same with lab grown meat for that matter. Get downwind from a cattle feedlot and synthetic beef becomes a lot more appealing. A protein molecule is the same regardless of its origin.
We all like to imagine that our food comes from idyllic origins but the facts are quite different from the reality. Especially when we live in an economy where we can afford the luxury of buying more "authentic" products.
OK. Now that we've identified the enemy, what do we do about them? In light of that last segment, one thing is clear: we can't discuss it here.
@Keith -- we read you loud and clear, but we also suspect nowhere is safe to discuss it.
If Orwell's 1984 showed us anything -- and we now know that book (and others like it) is being used as an instruction manual, if you see what we see -- the eyes and ears are pervasive. Ukraine, Gaza, now Iran are test grounds to perfect the technology to track, trace and target "enemies." And before long that lands here in America in all its gulag-y goodness. Those powers are still fearful of the 2nd amendment, otherwise we'd be as far along as the UK -- we're sure of it. But it's a long game and they have access to technology that is leapfrogging itself with each passing month. Meanwhile, our frog boil continues slowly.
If you want to talk about it, talk about it. The only thing we have left is bravery and the values for which we're willing to speak out. Compared to a handful of the tech bros, we even have the numbers... for now.
Yes, I agree we needn't be so fearful we refrain from speaking up at all, but sometimes I think we have to become increasingly more "strategic" about when, where, and to whom we speak, so as not to put ourselves at unnecessary risk too soon. Know what I mean? It's similar to the idea of choosing your battles. Which hill are we willing to die on? Better to make it the most important ones!
Nailed it. 100% agree.
The only thing is that courage is in such short supply, we can all convince ourselves it's not THIS hill we die on, but the next one. Or the next one. Or the one after that.
Eventually, we land at the spot where pastor Martin Niemöller landed -- which is, there's no one left to speak out.
It's tough. We get it and we struggle with it too, all the time. It's why we started Collapse Life. We have as many questions as answers. And staring into the abyss everyday gets harder and harder, because it doesn't just appear to be a bottomless pit, it IS a bottomless pit.
Likeminded family, friends and community may be the last best hope -- join us on the livestream that's coming up in an hour, if you can: YouTube, Substack, Rumble, Bitchute...