Third Paradigm

Alison McDowell's Camelot Corner analyzes Charles Eisenstein's talk at Bretton Woods and his deep connections in cryptocurrencies. She looks at RFK's talk at a Bitcoin conference and the false story of how the two met. I give my own experiences and observations that led me to conclude both are complicit in what they say that they're against. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Nefahotep has outlined important lessons from the Bhagavad Gita for today. I add onto those from A Course in Miracles, the gnostic Gospel of Philip, Vanessa Beeley on the ICJ ruling and Myriam Charabaty’s article on Resistance Justified: Unmasking Deceptive Neutrality. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Is Meryl Nass controlled opposition or just naive on Robert Malone? I read a comment thread where I questioned her. I also cite Charles Wright and Alison MacDowell on Camelot Corner with Children's Health Defense and Scientology. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Reads a passage of the gnostic gospel of Philip and explains why first century Christians and Jews may have been followers of Judas the Sicariot, leader of the zealots. Compares it to passages from the Tao te Ching, A Course in Miracles, the Isha Upanishad, and a poem by May Sarton. In an essay called Coming Into One's Own, I look at the concept of Oneness in ancient and modern mystic scriptures. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Looks at the power of religion to make good people do evil things. Defines scripture and inner vs. external authority. Sees IDF soldiers as puppets with stories being the strings that control them. Quotes Bassam Youssef on Israel as a narcissistic psychopath that f*cks you up and then makes you think it's your fault. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

My brother-in-law, Luis Moreno, died last Wednesday. I look at the essence of his particular brand of life and ask my daughter's question, "What do you want me to do on the day you die?" Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Lee Fang reveals Moderna flagged Brand as hurting their profits one month before the sex allegation media frenzy. I look at this and three other examples of suspicious timing, going back to the days of masks and mandates, to WWII and holocausts, and to missing messiahs. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Any change you can make as an individual, without changing the system, is a tweak that won't last. Challenges James Corbett's Solutions Watch that taking responsibility for our own happiness, even if that means shopping on Amazon, is better than judging others. I tell a personal story that makes the point. This launches the series on socio-spiritual solutions. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Looks at how thoughtcrime thugs have used their mainstream platforms and financial clout to force Substack to censor ... in the name of democracy, of course. I outline four principles to challenge ideologies of supremacy and violence. I end with Pepe Escobar on South Africa's lawsuit at the Hague. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

To kick off a year of better arguments, I start with the Big Questions. I define the given proof of Reality as something perceived by more than one person. Then I expand the realm of possibility for how the world might not be real, using a logical theory that hits all the data points. I read from A Course in Miracles on What is Death? And I start with lyrics by Bill Callahan and end with Jose Gonzales. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

I start with an anecdote from my daughter on why honesty shouldn't be given freely. The Japan earthquake is examined and compared to Turkey, Haiti and Fukushima as natural or manufactured, citing Jim Stone on the latter. And I end with a rant on eye drops. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

I outline ten steps for improving the quality of your arguments: 1) Frame an open-ended question 2) Like the person you're arguing with 3) Why does it matter? 4) Define all terms in the question 5) Expand the realm of possible answers 6) What evidence could change your mind? 7) How do you determine authority on the subject? 8) Own your dogma 9) Name the rules of engagement and 10) Agree to talk until you agree. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

A New Year's Eve retrospective and prospective for 2024. Looks at a year of socio-spiritual solutions and subversive Bible study. On the socio side, will continue looking at the Third Paradigm. Spirituality will develop A House for the Soul in the Land Beyond Faith. Solutions will apply the system of my book, How to Dismantle an Empire to How to Build a Commonwealth. And will post essays from A People's History of the Bible, Old Testament and New. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

A conversation with Everything Voluntary Jack on whether A Course in Miracles is an authoritarian belief system. I counter with why atheism is a dogmatic belief in the separate self. I outline rhetorical devisives I call the Toxic Tilt, You've Been Framed, and Throwing the Book. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Conjuring your i-land in a mind without borders, this episode is how to mage our heartlands into existence. Uses Sane Francisco's 50 Shades of Beige, What's in a Name, Really? for the AI Extravaganza, Victory Palace on ImageNation: the Only Nation, Charles Upton on Can AI Write Poetry? and Gavin Mounsey on nature as the oldest scripture. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Happy Birthday! I look at the Christ as a movement, not a person, that's coming into being after 2000 years of dormancy. I read "How Will the World End?" from the teacher's manual of A Course in Miracle. And I end with a poem I wrote called The Holy Dark.

In response to James Corbett's analysis of the 1997 film Conspiracy Theory, I develop 16 levels of conspiracy theorists based on my own progression. I then name 9 rhetorical divisives that end the conversation rather than moving the question forward. I end with another Corbett where he takes the test on whether you're a conspiracy theorist. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Questions whether Jesus was a rebel against the Roman Empire or in league with Rome against the Judean insurgency. Examines the Greek word translated as robber in the Gospels and rebel in Josephus' War of the Jews. Looks at the 'den of thieves,' 'good thief/ bad thief,' Good Samaritan and shepherd as for or against self-rule. Compares the zealot revolt of Judea to the simultaneous story of Jesus for where it stands on empire vs. sovereignty. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Was Hitler a hero to the Germans and a villain to the Jews or the reverse? I analyze the videos Hellstorm and Dresden: a Burnt Offering along with The Enigma of the Fuhrer. Nefahotep takes from Firestarter 16 Mistakes made by Hitler, and offers the premise that he was a British agent. Neo-Feudal Review gives a sophisticated analysis of the complicated relationship between the central bank owners and the Jewish people. I wonder if Israel is another sacrifice zone, like Ukraine, like Germany. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Introduction to A House for the Soul in the Land Beyond Faith. I talk about why the question is more important than the answer, how to develop your own theology of synthesis, what building materials welcome the terrain instead of fighting it, and how paradox differs from contradiction. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Religion should be a forum to ask the Big Questions but instead, it's a cult of shared superiority. I define faith as making up your mind in advance of experience. The most important question is my true relationship to you, and my only dogma is that we're equal. Based on that, I explore the possibility that God is real and the world is not. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Looks at the grand vizier of global bloodsuckers and the world's bloodiest agreement. Quotes from Anthony Bourdain, Ron Unz and Benjamin Freedman's 1961 address. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

This video goes from the dramatic pole dancing of Anete Blaua to Love is Metaphysical Gravity of Buckminster Fuller. It then explores apocalyptic ecstasy from The Cormorant who explicitly describes the hero's journey to satisfy the dragon chakra, uniting the Divine Masculine with the Divine Feminine. How to bring about universal peace in the privacy of your own home! The synchronicities include octahedrons, global dandelions and spiritual/ sexual alchemy. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

Looks at romance and religion as projecting the ego onto a person or a deity, and why a pedestal is a precarious place to be. Tells a story of a spiritual pick-up artist and how empty words of affirmation are just ways of shushing you because he didn’t understand a word of what you said. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607

What's the question? On James Corbett's Solutions Watch, he interviews Keith Knightly (author of The Voluntaryist Handbook) and Larkin Rose (Jones Plantation & The Most Dangerous Superstition). They respond to the feasibility of anarchy. I give my answers from my book, How to Dismantle an Empire. I compare the policies of Terezania to Corbettville, Knightopia and Roseopolis. Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/ How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607