Time Check

This is the second year of The Foundation.
We should celebrate this fact daily.
The Foundation has brought a subtle change to the way things work, which, if magnified, could become a great and epoch-defining one.
Like any revelation, this one has great and potent power, most especially in that most sacred of places... the human heart.

But here we have a time check. We have a moment to pause, to look afresh at the world of men, the world of nations and that of history, of sacred history- not always the one written of in books, at least not always obviously so.
We see the world that men have fashioned from their ideas. We see The World.

I write on the remains of the first British Empire, the days after the fall of the European empires and the emergence of the system of superpowers, a system from which has ascended that of the United States of America to power glory of an unprecedented degree.

On the ashes of the former soviet Union, a new world is being born… yet a great and urgent debate is being held as to whether in fact it is the fairer and gentler world promised to us.

In some ways, yes, there is far greater prosperity, access to goods and services, than ever before. The decision to go with empowering the open market was undoubtedly the right one, producing an economic democracy of unprecedented reach. Yet, just as with the systems of old, this one claims it’s many victims, it treads of the poor and offers them insufficient means to improve their situation. Thus the poor are in many cases getting hungry and when men are hungry, anger soon follows. Features in the system exist to channel this anger to positive self-improvement and towards producing the desired prosperity with it’s very energy. This world could work. Yet there is still heated debate as to whether it actually will, whether the power increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few will be used as wisely as is hoped… and such hope is in many cases turning to a certain despair that looks for other sources of hope, beyond the current society itself.

Yet this piece must needs look beyond this debate, for it’s import is to look into a revelation of exactly what is happening and where it is in fact leading… a route beyond the rational, beyond the domain of normal thought, and into that of the revealed.

Such events must come written as symbols, for their literal meaning to be translated by the wise...

Here we are...

The Queen of Lions sits upon her throne and gazes outwards unto the vast lands of Asia, here she spies jewels and possessions that fill her with desire. She listens closely to the ground for any slight vibrations that may suggest a willingness to be ruled from afar, for ripples of discontent that could be assuaged by more reasonable governance than the often tyrannical sort to be found there.

Meanwhile, The Sorcerer, with his iron rod, looks into his crystal ball, seeing the world as a whole laid out for him there. Desirous of greater power and of means towards that end, he scorns the search for endless comforts and any deep concern with future security- for he wants it all, now, and hang the future or any consequences attendant upon his megalomania. ‘Just to have it all, if only for a moment’, his heart cries. And like any heart, as it’s cry is uttered, someone, somewhere hears it and seeks to satisfy it’s longings... for we all get what we want after a time, whether or not it does us any real good.

At the same time, a third source appears anew in our world… having made the long journey a generation before, He is soon to more fully materialise. The source of hope for millions, the source of reckoning and dread for those few who have sought to somehow upstage him, to make a contrary kingdom in their own name , with the thought that it may be respected, for at least as long as they can keep secret the news of the more true and righteous kingdom that this promised one is able to unveil.

Beneath these three, spread around them like ripples around a thrown stone, are humanity. Great humanity, the vast sea of faces, names, people and peoples that make a patchwork that resembles in its countenance the influences of these three. This sea is of course a collection of individuals, each with their own choices and destiny. Meanwhile, it also forms itself into nations, nations which have become, still now, the highest expressions of the aspirations of peoples. That is, that despite the emergence of the global village, humanity can still be largely defined according to nations, nations who can work together yet even now still at times make the classic mistake of working towards their sole own interest. Of course this is what nations have ever done, yet as the global village emerges ever-more clearly and global symphonies of voices make their appearance in ever-louder octaves, such behaviour appears increasingly Neanderthal.

The life of nations still grips the scene of this watermelon-like world, as they still seek to divide it’s resources, overseen as they are by wiser eyes.

So what will happen in this drama, the last years before the global village is as vast and obvious as for it to be inconceivable to especially seek only one nations advantage, even over another? The answer can be found in this quatrain…

Under the tree the lover kissed her last
The beast ran to hide, yet when found, grew to immense size
And was cut down, by the hand of the good gardener.

More shall be revealed... When the time is right.

Future Dreams

This is hereby the start of my 'Blog'. Don't be surprised if it's a little... Well... Different.
Here you will see how a psychedelic mind interprets the changing realities around it.
Here you will see how the future might well look.
Here you will witness searing commentary on all that there is.
Lets enjoy!

Life in the Future - For Youngsters

Can you imagine how life will be in the future? What will a newspaper have for the news? Let's imagine that in the future everyone reads a newspaper from the internet. Also, they can access the internet from a computer worn on their wrist.

Let’s imagine that in the future there will be no more countries- in fact when you ask people where they are from they will simply say- “______ place, in The Earth”. Let’s also imagine that even though people are very religious, there are no religions as we have now. People will just say they ‘believe’. As in all things, though, variety will exist here. In fact, freed from the need to compare themselves to one another, religious ideas will grow greatly in their individualism.

What kind of news would such people read? Well there will be lots of news to say about even though it will be a lot more positive than news now. Many new animals will be made with genetic sciences, and peaceful creatures will be wherever you go. All of the world will be constantly connected through the internet, so news will come in of the ways of thinking of primitive tribes who are somewhat closer to the Earth. There will be all kinds of cultural exchanges taking place and many people will take an interest in them. To a certain extent, the passionate debates involved in this will replace sport as the arena in which differences and apparent conflicts are resolved, as a vehicle through which peoples can learn from one another. These exchanges will also involve peoples who, at the moment, are not so well known.

There may still be a fight against disease, as new diseases will still emerge even in this comparatively enlightened time. But a lot of research will be into ways to make people even more healthy and to help them to live longer.

Just as building a greater peace will replace war as the main concern, so health will replace disease. Right now this may all sound like the ‘End of History’, as much that we learn about in history classes will indeed be over and finished with. But we will feel much more that we are at the beginning of a new present- that we have only just started to live our collective life the way it was really intended to be…


Even Further in the Future…

Starships will travel to planets in deep space, with bundles of basic life, such as bacteria, to plant on them. As this life evolves, the planet will eventually be suitable for humans. Not only will they take a long time to get there, also the process of seeding life will take an incredibly long time. Many lifetimes, in fact.

More on John Titor and the Possible Future (Emailed in Autumn 2004)

I was thinking something similar about J. Titor, especially when he speaks of the statues of 'countryside generals' who preach self-reliance, but you can see this more clearly than me. I thought of him as perhaps a Southerner, or perhaps a computer Geek who didn't like city life for some reason and was hence drawn to this Southern 'romantic moral victory against the odds' fantasy. I've seen this theme in many science-fiction video games too, though the southern-style general is usually the bad guy there.

Actually Titor only posted on the internet for a couple of years and then claimed to have 'returned' to the future, leaving a trail of predictions, so people could see whether or not he was telling the truth, and prepare accordingly. I treat it as a kind of very interesting fiction, a practical joke to get people to see things more his way. His photos and manual of the time machine were shown to be digital edits of other documents, without much benefit of the doubt remaining. What makes it interesting is that no-one has yet admitted to posing as Titor.

I've always had the impression that the South is more emotionally inclined and romanticises the past, whereas the North is more 'modern' and forward looking. I see Bush as playing to his supporters in the South and their sense of pride, also making the north less rationally inclined as he does so.

I see what you mean about the morality catch 22. I see it as a kind of social medicine- too much and there is mental paralysis and superstition- not enough and life simply starts to lose its sense of value, criminality and false values start to run rampant. The only real morality has to come from within, but of course it also has to be taught to people (rather than by controlling them). I think art and movies are good examples of this teaching method, especially when they encourage people to think for themselves.

As for Dark Ages I think they do have a purgative affect- I think they are part of the cycle. I agree that they serve to protect the planet- perhaps legendary societies like 'Atlantis' got so decadent they simply had to end. Yet, they are also very wasteful in the sense that after them not only the wheel is reinvented.

I read the story of our present time as the beginnings of nations merging into a World State, reaching an organic maturity. It may start out ruled by illegitimate governments (the 'antichrist' stuff religious fundamentalists talk so much about) but I expect those will be transcended. We are kind of in the middle of that stage, so even if there are more massive shocks to the world, I expect this trend to continue until complete. It seems to me to be the human will of the moment, and treaties which limited nuclear arms and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, etc. confirm this decision. Also, our technology and culture is very internationalised now, such as the internet, or even the presence of various brands and companies. None of this guarantees survival of our civilization, but this rapid evolution says to me that it is largely in a state of growth and has yet to peak.

I think the advent of a dark age is heralded by massive decadence, and probably this comes when the spark of inspiration is dimmest. There can only be growth or entropy, it seems, and stasis can't exist in a universe predicated on constant change. Perhaps such an age will exist on this planet in around 3,000 more years, and the product of too much labour being offloaded onto cloned workers, bred simply to service the countless machines, enfeebling the human mind. Or perhaps we will have evolved to the point at which we are unrecognisable, and are exploring other planets regularly. Or perhaps I'm wrong, and it'll take place next year?


Whatever the future brings, it is sure to be interesting. It is sure to be at least slightly different than what we expect. And if I am right there are in fact many possible futures, all existing concurrently at this moment.

Which one will we chose (assuming we do in fact choose)?

Which one will choose us?

The Story of John Titor (Emailed in Autumn 2004)

C, you should also look at the stories of 'John Titor', as it is similar to what you are saying. It was probably all an invention, but a guy claimed to come from the future in America, traveling back in time to find a computer, to help with legacy computers they still need in the future, as Unix systems were no longer working in this time. Only this computer, built in 1975, could help due to its undocumented emulation features (which IBM engineers confirm exist). He answered people's questions on internet boards between 200/2001, searching for someone who could provide the computer, and lived with his mother. His world had been ravaged by civil war and a nuclear exchange, principally between America and Russia, the cause of which being partly NATO’s interference in affairs close to Russia, and the unavailability of leadership figures in American politics.

What starts off as a civil war in America turns into a global one, not least because the security guarantees offered by a stable America appear less reliable. He claimed to be from the 'countryside forces' which were fighting the Federal forces based in the big cities. So when Russia attacked, his side benefited most and came to predominate, along with their system based around communal values and personal responsibility. He said the first inkling of this would become apparent in 2004/5 around the time of presidential elections, in which something would go wrong. Apparently he copied all the ideas from a book by Pat Frank called 'Alas, Babylon'- though some of his predictions have come true.

I made the mistake of showing AJ all about this a while back and he said- 'It's all coming true, I'm going to spend all my money and do everything I want now' or something and it took a while to calm him down, not so much by saying it was all a hoax, as by saying that many futures are possible and this is one possible one. But, he does have an entertaining story, and also he shows a way for his future society recovering after war to be a place where people are happier and have more self-respect. Much of the danger has past, while we are, as you yourself put it, 'on the brink'.

Yet for me this is another possible future, based on the self-organising nature of society. If we cannot return to decent values (which I concede are lacking in our world, especially due to money-obsessed corporations disrupting social cohesion), then perhaps in a kind of 'mass suicide' the world will afflict itself with a massive war or wars, to have the chance to begin again, and this time do it 'right'. I disagree strongly with the corporate, profit-base ethic as I think it shortsighted- life is about values, not just being 'top dog'. The best man is the most decent one, not necessarily the one in the best position (though ideally they would be one and the same, with the best people at the top). Socialism is deeply flawed as it tries to force people to be good, which is unnatural, as people can only be good from the warmth of their hearts.

So we have a definite choice as a world- either increase our practice of decent values and thereby use our technology wisely, or give in to hubris and self-centered egotism, and it will be the means of our destruction. I really think we need to make a society where people's creativity is valued more, where people are much happier. To me, that's the point we are at now, and the great thing about our world is that if a society gets really corrupt it simply destroys itself, so life can continue without being stuck in a rut.

You should check these out for more on John Titor -

http://www.fact-index.com/j/jo/john_titor.html
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/John%20Titor
http://www.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=9

Of course, I don't necessarily agree with anything said here, but it is very interesting. Also, people who investigate the story of John Titor tend to have interesting coincidences in their life. In my case it seems connected with my present job- just when I was reading about Titor the phone rang with the offer- and the guy ringing used to work for the IBM supercomputer division in Japan, and has an MA in physics and knows about particle accelerators, etc- all intimately connected with the Titor story.

On another, personal point, I'm fortunate in the fact that I have had glimpses of possible futures- which I consider to be part of the 'living future' existing concurrently with our time, in which wonderful advances have taken place, and society is both far more advanced technologically (cars run on helium, etc) and also has a lot more time for religious speculation and the spiritual side of life. I have met many people living there, and for me they are every bit as real as people living now. For my part, I will do whatever I can to make it 'come true' in our dimension, for which purpose I was probably allowed such prophetic glimpses of vision. So next time Christian fundamentalists talk to you about Biblical prophecy remember that they may well be preserving the records of great time-travelers who lived long ago-m and that there may be more validity to those records than their non-technical form of expression might indicate. It's the ultimate literature!