Are we in a perceived reality matrix of another's creation?
How can we even assess this?
I had a very interesting conversation with Liam Sturgess and Mathew Crawford during the Rounding the Earth podcast the other day. We were meant to have a book club type meeting with Mattias Desmet to discuss his new book “The Psychology of Totalitarianism”. In lieu of him being able to be present due to a scheduling conflict, the three of us decided to discuss the book. Having not read it yet (sorry Mattias - bandwidth issues), Mathew gave a great summary of the 4 main conditions that should be satisfied in order for mass formation psychosis to manifest spontaneously:
generalized loneliness
lack of meaning in life
free floating anxiety
free floating frustration
I hope I got that right. Forgive me and feel free to correct me if I got that wrong.
Ultimately, having not read the book (eek), my input has to be limited to discussing concepts in general by posing open questions such as, is mass hypnosis something that forms spontaneously and if so, under what conditions? Are these conditions the craftsmanship of others? Or do they come about due to our inherent natures?
Mathew, Liam and I ended up discussing the possibility, and perhaps even the eventuality, of the existence of more than one mass formation - complete with cube diagrams! Specifically, we discussed the possibility that there are two mass formations currently on the go, and horror of horrors, that we - the people who value personal and societal sovereignty (I will further refer to this group as the sovereignty lovers) - are also in our own mass formation, seemingly in polar opposition to the ‘other side’. Now this baked my noodle and I have been thinking about this possibility since then.
Backing up the bus
Let’s assume that Mattias is correct that mass formation psychosis is a real thing, and applies to the masses of people who believe the COVID-19 shots are ‘safe and effective; where everything is copescetic and where the people who do not believe these edicts, are insane fringe, minority (ies) (I will further refer to this group as the ‘safe and effectives’). Let’s also assume, for now, that this mass formed spontaneously based on our inherent natures as human beings and that 1-4 of the points listed above are satisfied. Let’s go one step further and assume that this spontaneous formation cannot ensue unless specific conditions are met, including 1-4 four of the listed points above. Let’s go yet one more step further, and assume something quite staggering: these 4 conditions can be crafted using propaganda techniques. This is quite the safe assumption to make since we have many historical accounts of successful propaganda campaigns used to induce fear to influence the decisions of the masses and therefore, mass formation itself. Proof of concept?
The ‘staggeringness’ of this proposal here is that one would have to admit to the synced and global scale of this propaganda outpouring. One would have to admit to themselves that an entity, or entities, not only exist but are so powerful, that they can abscond/control the media, big tech, governments, regulatory agencies and more - all at the same time.
To what end?
Globalization seems to be the quick and dirty answer. A one-world government ‘run by’ globalizers to end all sovereignty and freedom to be an individual, or an individual country. Does this means no more flags, no more languages?, no more… variety? Hmm.
So if you accept these assumptions, then you would probably agree that these so-called globalizers (I prefer this term over globalists) are carefully sculpting the perceived reality matrix that contains the people who spontaneously became dwellers of this matrix. It is thus illusory that anyone who dwells in this particular mass formation matrix actually ‘chose’ to dwell there. Isn’t it? Is this why some of the globalizers speak so confidently about the ‘fact’ that there is no free will? Just the illusion of such. Is this true?
Now, if you have come this far, then the next step won’t be a hard one to take. If we agree that the globalizers can, and are, sculpting the perceived reality matrix of the safe and effectives, then we know that they have the power to do so. So if they have the power to do so, then perhaps they have crafted the circumstances such that more than one mass formation can occur. And, perhaps the sovereignty lovers are in fact, in their own perceived reality matrix - disparate from the safe and effectives reality matrix.
Is someone sculpting my perceived reality matrix? I can hear Grandpa Simpson screaming now: “Get your dirty hands off my perceived reality matrix!”
Anyone who truly lives by the scientific methods/principle - not by “The Science” that apparently is Fauci - knows that it is necessary to question everything. And that means everything. Therefore, it seems not only necessary - but vital - to question the possibility that there is more than one formed mass, if we accept the notion of mass formation psychosis in the first place. And subsequently, this would imply the possibility that all of us, since we are human and susceptible to the 4 conditions outlined above, are contained in our own perceived reality matrices. It is also possible that each one of us has our very own reality matrix that would be our perception in and of itself! That’s for another article.
The implications of mass formation psychosis are quite staggering, and beg the question of whether or not the onus would lie on the individual or on the globalizers, for the incredible destruction that has occurred in the past two and a half years. For now, I think it’s a combination of both. But despite this, it is evidentially evident that specific individuals are directly responsible for these destructions, regardless of susceptibility of the individual. The ‘responsible’ may not be at the top of the decision-making tree of the globalizers, but they are certainly part of the squad of people who were/are ‘just doing their jobs’, in my opinion. Furthermore, I think it is also clear that regardless, predation is a clear-cut parameter in this equation.
Perhaps, the best thing we can all do right now is to send a message to the globalizers to get their grubby hands off our perceptions. We need a union of human beings - and maybe this means co-existing in body and spirit in the same perceived reality matrix. I don’t know yet.
Addition: I understand from reading the comments that I wasn’t clear about what I meant about unity. I meant unity of spirit. Not unity of body. I don’t dig the human hive idea, if that wasn’t abundantly clear already.
I ask in the subtitle how we can assess whether or not we are in a mass of our own. And I am not sure yet. All I know is that the scientific method seems a good place to start. Do not be afraid to question. Discovery of knowledge is a path to truth, as hard as the truth may be to swallow for many.
"It is becoming ever more obvious that it is not famine, not earthquakes, not microbes, not cancer but man himself who is man's greatest danger to man, for the simple reason that there is no adequate protection against psychic epidemics which are infinitely more devastating than the worst of natural catastrophes." C G Jung
It's likely there are elements of 'mass formation' within the anti-globalist camp and, as time goes on and a 'movement' comes together, the possibility increases, but there were also many who were independently questioning right from the get go.
I would frame this differently. Try this idea for size ... Every living system is essentially self-maintaining, self-correcting and self-referential - a feedback loop (which is essentially toroidal in form). As holobionts, or ecosystems within ecosystems, we inhabit multiple multidimensional ecosystems, both material and conceptual, at multiple levels of existence. Any established system has a certain force and momentum which is increasingly capable of entraining processes - and hence their material manifestations and temporal interconnectivity (ie. 'events') - to that system once the system becomes established, stable and durable.
The inhabiting of conceptual feedback loops is mostly a given (ie. 'reality' is ultimately an illusion and objectivity fails), but for as long as we remain conscious of the fact that that's what we're doing, we persist in evaluating competing concepts on a more-or-less equal footing and, crucially, we have a means to access information from higher order systems, we remain more capable of critical and 'realistic' assessment which hasn't been 'captured' by any particular 'reality matrix'. At least at that level of reality ...
In other words, the way 'out' is 'in', but as living systems on this planet, we have to inhabit some sort of 'reality matrix'. So best we choose wisely! Personally, I choose Life!
I did wonder about this myself a little while back, especially as so many of "us" admit to the fact that substacks such as yours keep us sane as there is no one left around us that we can discuss the situation with. I eventually decided that as my feeling of "wrongness" was there before I found all the lovely people who felt the same as me, and I am able to question the possibility of being in a Mass Formation myself, then I am probably not yet in one. I am prepared to change my mind.