Avoiding a Truth War

[SonofThunder]

In quite a timely manner as usual, todays Thru The Bible (TTB) podcast episode (link at bottom) is a continuation of the Old Testament book, Jeremiah, and it focuses on continued avoidance of truth, avoidance of a war on truth and a notion that avoiding war, provides peace.

I avoided a war on truth for multiple decades by being in the fog of my conditioned passiveness and lack of PD education, finding myself further into my submissive captivity behind my PD cult walls.  My children witnessed some of the manipulative abuse over the years, experienced some of their own kind as children of a PD in relationship circle 2 vs a spouse's circle 1.  They watched and experienced my example of a husband and father's submission to manipulation vs a war on truth.  I have always wondered what it would have been like in our home, for them and myself,  if I had become educated to the truth earlier and decided to not keep running off again and again to just another land deeper into the heart of continued captivity; a place I presumed would be peace.  It was not. 

In a book on war which I have begun to read (credited below), the author quotes a writing from Frederick Douglas, about an experience he had during his captivity as a slave, which brought him out into the open regarding the unknown, and empowered him: (bold portions by me for emphasis)

"The frequent hearing of my mistress reading the bible—for she often read aloud when her husband was absent—soon awakened my curiosity in respect to this mystery of reading, and roused in me the desire to learn. Having no fear of my kind mistress before my eyes, (she had given me no reason to fear,) I frankly asked her to teach me to read; and without hesitation, the dear woman began the task, and very soon, by her assistance, I was master of the alphabet, and could spell words of three or four letters...

Master Hugh was amazed at the simplicity of his spouse, and, probably for the first time,  he unfolded to her the true philosophy of slavery, and the peculiar rules necessary to be observed by masters and mistresses, in the management of their human chattels. Mr. Auld promptly forbade the continuance of her [reading] instruction; telling her, in the first place, that the thing itself was unlawful; that it was also unsafe, and could only lead to mischief.... Mrs. Auld evidently felt the force of his remarks; and, like an obedient wife, began to shape her course in the direction indicated by her husband.

The effect of his words, on me, was neither slight nor transitory. His iron sentences—cold and harsh—sunk deep into my heart, and stirred up not only my feelings into a sort of rebellion, but awakened within me a slumbering train of vital thought. It was a new and special revelation, dispelling a painful mystery, against which my youthful understanding had struggled, and struggled in vain, to wit: the white man's power to perpetuate the enslavement of the black man. "Very well," thought I; "knowledge unfits a child to be a slave." I instinctively assented to the proposition; and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom."

Excerpt From:
The 33 Strategies of War
Robert Greene & Joost Elffers

My comrades, below is a link below to todays TTB podcast episode if you so desire.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thru-the-bible-on-oneplace-com/id580874786?i=1000663280961

SoT

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Thank you for that. I've read Douglass's Narrative... a couple of times, and he was quite an intellect. I remember that passage, and certainly can appreciate its application here.

I feel frustrated with myself for having been weak many times. It's the F in FOG that primarily drives me. I've accepted the unacceptable many times because of it.

But I've also drawn the lines and defended them several times, so I will keep that in mind.

The book I just started is on the subject of leadership with a military focus. One of my interests is special forces, not so much from a war standpoint but for strategy and mission planning. I do also appreciate discipline. I'm hoping I learn some things I can apply in my future life of freedom. I miss being able to work toward something and having discipline go somewhere other than a black hole. There is much we can do if we apply ourselves. Douglass certainly did so.

[1footouttadefog]

Great thoughts, thanks for sharing. 

[Mary]

What a powerful quote.

We can hope and pray that our children will find their way with better education than we had, and hopefully better insights.