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The rise of the US banking system in the 19th century can be summed up by its architecture (if we all go out on the same limb and imagine everything everywhere is holographic–a manifestation of everything else). Architecture is the “human dance” momentarily frozen in concrete (Medieval churches as[SPIRE] to the heavens while secular buildings usually just “level with you”–no angels or heaven exist, buddy).
Anyway, the banks have those big white corinthian columns which masquerade as the massive edifice of protective armor, but, hey! It’s really only a Hollywood set: the back end of this massive Greek Temple ends up on the back end near the alley as a humble and well-meaning chicken coop. A total architectural wash. A meek and very human banker with glasses and a comb-over.
Make no mistake. Money is a hallucination. Jesus knew what he was talking about when he said “You cannot serve both God and mammon.” There’s a dialectic involved, too and it’s probably a necessary one played out not only in work/leisure, city/country, art/labor but in Empire and God. CAUTION!!! JESUS AHEAD: 2,000 year ago those in petty power attempted to trick the charismatic rabbi into admitting his obvious rejection of the zeitgiest authority of Roman rule.
According to Wikipedia: “Then they asked him whether or not it is right for Jews to pay the taxes demanded by Caesar. Jesus first called them hypocrites, and then asked one of them to produce a Roman coin that would be suitable for paying Caesar’s tax. One of them showed him a Roman coin, and he asked them whose name and inscription were on it. They answered, “Caesar’s,” and he responded “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God what is God’s.” His interrogators were flummoxed by this authoritative (though ambiguous) answer and left disappointed.”
As more and more begin to really begin to live life’s ambiguity with the authority of open-hearted integrity, “banks” (and all the rest) will no longer be confined to imposing buildings, monetary schemes and power plays. The energy of money, trade and commerce will transform into pure energy and then perhaps the world can finally get down to business.
BibleLibel: I think your analysis is basically on the mark. However, is it “money” or its assigned “value” which is the hallucination.
It might help to ponder what Jesus is saying in this example you’ve provided. Alright, if it is proper to render unto Cesar that which is Cesar’s (symbolic of man’s lower nature) and to render unto God that which is God’s (symbolic of man’s higher nature), this begs a question. What is “Cesar’s” seems obvious — the very physicality bearing his mark. But what is it that we have that belongs to God? What bears the stamp, his seal, of something higher? Repeatedly throughout the New Testament Jesus indicates there is “something”. He speaks of it in parables of “talents,” in “seeds” some of which bare fruit while others do not; fig trees which become withered when the bare not, of “wine” old and new and ‘wakefulness’; reminders to sleep not, to remain awake, watchful, conscious. The point being that ‘something is invested in us’ in some small measure, that this ‘something’ has the stamp of the ‘God’, the highest, the source of All, and that it is our duty and responsibility as living men to nurture this ‘seed’ that it may take root and grow; to invest the talents such that they increase and ‘bare fruit’ in us; to become the fully awakened ‘New Man’. (C.f. author Maurice Nicoll) I bring this up because it may be that only this New Man or at least those who are working toward his fruition within themselves can begin to “live life’s ambiguities with the authority of open-hearted integrity.”
Ultimately it has to do with what we as human beings *value* and how it is valued. If you want to know what people “value” in their lives today, look at what they pay attention to. Think of the billions of man hours of attention and where it is focused, on what it is focused, how it is focused (global monetary system, etc.) day in and day out. This is our human condition. Alright, so we have bodies and we live in a world which has certain demands — air, water, food, clothing, shelter — the basics. Obviously we need these things — but beyond that *what do we value?* On what do we place our attention, our time, our energy? It is the actual (not theoretical) answer to these questions that defines “value”.
Our situation might be hopeless if it were not for the possibility of having two kinds of attention. I have to *pay attention* to the needs defined by my physical (carnal) nature. But there is *also* the possibility of having a *second attention* with which I PAY for the growth and development of that ‘something’ that is implanted in my by ‘God’. These two forces can coexist in me simultaneously but this requires an effort of conscious will to first discover and secondly to sustain. However, nothing can happen other than what is happening so long as I remain ignorant of this possibility and, thus, do not “value” it. I will not pay for something I mistakenly believe I posses already.
I would love to have a few hours conversation with Gary Fielder I agree with eighty per cent of his speech but I would surelly help on the laws that he mist and ways of dealing with the wrong doers ,the only thing is that I would like to know is he a member of the Lawyers Guild of Great Britain , I would apreciate his phone number very much Thank You Joe L’Amarca
Excellent lecture! The content, organization and pace are superb. This video is another vehicle, like Freedom to Fascism and Zeitgeist, that will resonate with people who respond best to this type of presentation.
Thank you Gary and all concerned.
The man speaks so well . Its great that he is backing we are change .
Thanks for the buzz on “The Gig is Up.” I couldnt have done it without Jonathon’s help on the video clips, and Rob and Turtle from CO We are Change in getting people to show up for the presentation through a driving snow storm.
I’m not really up to speed on the Internet file sharing methods, so I really appreciate everyone’s assistance in that regard.
Keep up the good work.
Great job, Gary (and Jonathon, Rob and Turtle). Thoreau wrote: “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” You guys got right to the root of our problem by identifying our fraudulent money system, which was conceived in conspiracy and which underlies so many of our problems. I commend you for so courageously and professionally raising consciousness about what Hemphill called “the most important subject intelligent persons can investigate and reflect upon.” I agree with Mike Ruppert: “Nothing is going to change in this country until we change the way that money works.” There is no point in supporting candidates at any level of government who won’t identify the root of the problem and work towards repealing legal tender laws, thus allowing free citizens to freely decide what “money” is. (It’s a commodity like any other that can be freely managed by free citizens and free markets.)
I especially enjoyed the numerous references to our Founding Fathers, as well as to modern-day patriots and truth-seekers such as Jim Marrs, Michael Tsarion, Alex Jones and my hero, RON PAUL.
THANKS SO MUCH!
Afterward, I asked Gary to consider translating his presentation into printed form, booklet, etc. That was the best explanation I ever heard, and it covered ‘the whole nine yards’. It was well worth the trip in the bad weather.
Thanks, Gary and WACC, for all your work.
Here is a copy of a letter I sent to our President and comments to a Letter to the Editor.
Write letters to the Editor. Politicians read the newspapers.
Letter to the President 1/.30/09
The lack of regulation in all areas of the stock market has been the primary cause of our present melt down. Wall Street, the biggest unregulated gambling machine has allowed the plutocrats to manipulate the market so the small investor is at their mercy.
We broke away from the Royalty of the British Empire with their Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Lords and Ladies, Dukes and Duchesses,with their Castles and extravagant living.
We have substituted CEO’s, COO’s, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Junior Vice Presidents, Senior Department Heads, etc., along with their wives and consorts. They carefully guard their Mansions, Estates, Yachts, private Planes and all the toys of their affluence.
Who has the power to dethrone these plutocrats ??
How and when will we return to the basics of a country of the people, by the people and for the people. ???
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and insure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do (again) ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States”
Frank, you say;
“Distribution of wealth predisposes one to suppress ambitions. What is gained when hard work and long hours are used to support a person with a poor work ethic? The work ethic is lost when there is no penalty for not working”.
Who sets the standards of how wealth should be distributed??
Is it the hard working person who must work two jobs at minimum wage to survive ?
Or is it the person who inherited a fortune, and along with fellow plutocrats establish the wage scale; putting themselves at the top of the mountain and denigrating the average worker to the bottom??
Is it fair distribution when the corporate system gives the top earners 100 to 200 times the income of the minimum wage earner ?
This is worse than “taxation without representation”; it is the epitome of greed and unethical distribution of wealth.
Gambling with other peoples money has become respectable; when they win they keep the profits; when they lose they ask the government for welfare support.
Please rethink your position
Does Gary mind providing his email address or some other non MySpace/Facebook method of contacting him directly? Specifically, I wanted a list of the sources that he recommends through out his presentation. Just wondering if that’s at all possible.
Thanks,
V
Please break this into segments and post to You Tube.
I often think of the story of Jesus and the money changers. Clearly economic enslavement is not a new idea. Usury was outlawed for a long, long time.
I wonder, would Gary recommend buying a home or staying debt free? We are facing that choice now. How can we impact the system besides lobbying congress? If we pay off all of our debt, won’t we force a change? Without each of us taking on more debt, they have no way to keep making this awful system work.