{"id":22151,"date":"2016-11-12T11:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T16:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=22151"},"modified":"2016-11-12T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T16:41:55","slug":"22151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=22151","title":{"rendered":"Seeking Calm in the Middle of Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twoicefloes.com\/seeking-calm-in-the-middle-of-chaos\/#more-13669\">SEEKING CALM IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><em>\u201cGod, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 The version of the Serenity Prayer adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>\u201cDo. Or do not do. There is no try.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Yoda<\/p>\n<p>A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth, both for those who wish it to be the truth because it fits their (programmed) mindset, and those who practice what I describe as \u2018<em>garbage in, garbage out<\/em>\u2019 non critical thinking. Setting aside the desire to expand upon the definition of \u2018<em>truth<\/em>\u2019, if the purpose of the lie (and the intent of the liar) is to shape reality via propaganda dissemination (basically to gain advantage) might not the lie\u00a0also\u00a0be directed towards those who know it to be a lie?<\/p>\n<p>As silly as that statement may appear on the surface, it is reasonable to inquire exactly how a known or suspected lie may significantly shape the reality of those who at a minimum may not know the truth, but can smell a lie a mile away. The answer comes by way of how we react to the lie and not the lie itself.<span id=\"more-13669\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If we are consumed by the lie, either by accepting it as \u2018<em>truth<\/em>\u2019 or by obsessively and forcibly exposing it, particularly to those who could care less or to those who are of like mind who need external affirmation of their alternative reality, we are effectively disempowered by the very lie we reject.<\/p>\n<p>Most assume a lie is used primarily to hide the truth. And for this purpose it is most effective, particularly when it fits neatly within the overall controlling narrative. But the lie is also purposefully directed towards those who know a lie when they hear one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEEKING CALM IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS \u201cGod, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 The version of the Serenity Prayer adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous. \u201cDo. Or do not do. There is no try.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Yoda A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8298,4075,2675,2864,14545,669,1250],"class_list":["post-22151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-calm","tag-chaos","tag-cognitive-dissonance","tag-lies","tag-narrative-control","tag-reality","tag-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22153,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22151\/revisions\/22153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}