First of all, since I'm making this post primarily from a conspiracy based perspective, I will go under the premise stated in the title. Whether this premise is true completely, partially, on the level of governments, corporations, or on the global level - it doesn't ultimately matter. Whether the premise is true at all or not, I do not know, but let us simply play with this idea for now. (And do note - even if the premise is completely false, the solution remains the same - for then the psychopathy and evil that shapes and moulds the world moves through the heart and mind of every individual and those in power simply externally reflect that phenomenon).
If there are people like that in power, with access to an incredible amount of information, in-depth human psychology, sociopolitical and geopolitical intelligence, surveillance data and behavioural analysis of millions, if not billions of human beings - then you know you are dealing with an adversary far, far beyond your power and scope.
It also means that the situations being created and publicized through the media have a very specific intent, a specific intent to create a specific reaction within you - and through that to create a very specific set of actions.
If you remain unconscious and unaware, the way you will RESPOND to the events happening throughout the world right now (including the virus, the rioting and protesting in the US at the moment, the social and economic injustices, potential pushes for conflicts with foreign adversaries including China and Russia,....) will be scripted. You will react largely like a robot, a program with a set of programmed instructions where inputting a certain parameter will throw out a desired result. In the case of crowds and masses of people, such results are even easier to predict.
All those in power have to do is put in a set of parameters, simply create certain situations and events - and the results that will come out will be pretty much as planned.
So assuming all of this - what is the solution? The solution is awareness.
It is to allow yourself to respond and act from a place that is not scripted. To respond and act from a place of freedom and not from a mental-emotional program running in your mind.
If you simply react instantaneously to whatever has happened without taking a moment to process the emotions and question the thoughts about it, without reflecting on what is the most appropriate action - then you have quite simply stepped into a trap.
Alternatively, if you act from awareness, your actions remain unscripted and impossible to prepare for, you are quite literally thinking and acting outside the box.
The virus is meant to make you afraid and give up your rights in order to find an illusion of safety under the carpet of surveillance. You can successfully promote health without succumbing to fear, it is not an all or nothing solution.
The hatred of other countries, be it Russia, China...etc. is meant to take your attention away from the real issues and into conflict and war. Nobody except those in power, safe in their ultra-secure and luxurious bunkers, wins in a war. The mass populace is ALWAYS the loser. You can be against the policies of other countries without desiring or pushing for armed conflict.
And ultimately - the current violence springing out throughout the US is like a powder-keg being ignited that has been waiting to do so for a long time. It is a keg, once ignited, will create more violence, division between the populace, more calls for a state of heightened security and surveillance, an even more expansive police state....or if the governmental structures somehow collapse - civil war and anarchy (do note - none of this means there should be no protests, but there are many different kinds of protests and not all involve an intensification of violence)
Challenges are being thrown at people and most are not meeting them consciously. The only response that cannot be controlled is one done from awareness, from a place of being present, from a place of stillness, from a place where you have processed your emotions and became aware of the stories in your mind.
And when decisions are made consciously, what is the most common response? The most common response is love and unity - take that in the current global context as you will.
It is like having a fight with your partner, friend or parent - there is no end to the blame and anger until either of you becomes conscious and lets go of the resentment, forgives and sees that what the other has been doing was out of their own ignorance (as Socrates once said - no man errs willingly, instead all mistakes are only the result of people's own ignorance).
That is when you realize that the entire game of anger and hate has been based on unconsciousness, a game where the only result is a loss - for all parties involved.
Is that the kind of game you wish to play? Remember that the games you play are based on your internal state, as well as whether you are coming from a place of awareness or not. A game played unconsciously is a game everyone loses, while everything in the vicinity is burned to dust.
The psychopaths in power themselves are also unconscious - they are simply trying to seize power and control within the framework of that unconscious mentality, within a framework of what they believe will bring them happiness and peace, even though it will never do so in reality.
The only way to win is to step out of unconsciousness and into awareness, to step out of hatred and fear into peace. Thus the only way to win the current game is to quite literally stop playing it. Though the important distinction here is that the key to stop playing is primarily an internal phenomenon, with external results and actions that follow from there.
As you can see, I have given no specific solutions, because although they are welcome and needed (I have made a specific article about such solutions elsewhere), the primary modality for their arising is awareness, which is also the main source and pathway to true creativity. Without that, nothing can change for the better - all such changes will be simply cosmetic in their basic nature.
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