The Truth Hurts

THE CYPHER COMPLEX 

If, like myself, you have been incessantly trawling the internet, searching for answers to questions on far-ranging topics these last however many years – and in all that time, stumbled upon 'truths' (or certainly the more worryingly plausible alternatives to official stories), which have left you feeling jaded, confused and distressed, now wishing you hadn't 'found' these alternatives in the first place – well, fear not brothers and sisters, you are not alone.

There's a lot of info being shared online that undermines our reality – warping our perception of what we think the world is about. We've been hoodwinked and cheated for many years, distracted and brain washed, while greedy, selfish and corrupt others are literally taking the money from our pockets and doing what the hell they like. How did we get to this twisted state of being? OR more to the point, how have we been so blind??? Mugs – the lot of us!!!

Maybe we thought a bit of online digging into hair-brain topics concerning lizard elites, secret societies or government mind-control programs, were all gonna be just some harmless fun – nonsensical throw-aways of mind-junk – as harmless as the word-search puzzles, spot-the-difference or Top-Tips pages from Viz were from our youth. Ah, blissfully innocent (blinkered) times they were!

Damned Computers....
On the whole, TV certainly hasn't been as good as it was in the late 90's (certainly not here in the UK), and having never replaced the old TV set when it died over 10 years ago, has meant there's definitely been more free time in the evenings to investigate the nonsense I used to briskly gloss over with mild amusement on the home computer. But that was all before the pocket-computer iPhone materialised in 2007 – which is when we first became exposed to 24-7 information.

Free-time and an inquisitive mind can get you into hot water. Perhaps the initial dip of the toe was metaphorically viewed as something merely entertaining to take us away from the humdrum of everyday life – a break from normality. Then before you know it, years of intense research have passed by and the once ludicrous and entertaining alternatives to reality have somehow morphed into becoming the actual 'normal' state of the world. Weird, crazy cultish pedo's and psychopaths are running the show it seems. I really want to believe this isn't the case and get back to enjoying life without these concerns – but I'm unable to let this stuff go. I can't un-see or disregard what I've learned, but I have tried to wean myself off – a bit like a junky/alcoholic going cold turkey, but it's not as easy as it appears, to kick the habit! It really doesn't help when your peers are addicts too, so the first step was to stay clear of the ones that were my fix-catalysts.

So, I successfully managed to abstain for a while, but now all my other friends, the ones who called me crazy, are finally waking up and shoving all this stuff back in my face all over again. There's better things for us all to be spending our valuable time on than looking at dark shit, but can we ignore going''s on that are potentially making people very miserable? That's the quandary we find ourselves in – reliant on others to fix this mess and powerless to act. We are all guilty for being apathetic. At least, this is what I am experiencing.

Less Trivial Pursuits 
Ten years on, with better connectivity and faster smartphones being able to grab even more of our attention, it's no wonder that we're spending even more of our down-time rattling through hours of shared information on social channels. Holiday photos and funny animal videos aside – it's mostly the political goings-on in the US/Russia/UK with Trump, Putin and Brexit, which have taken the fore, even more so on Facebook. And whereas it was a minority of people (myself included), secretly delving into what are coined 'conspiracy theories' (or should that be conspiracy truths?), only sharing findings with a select few like-minded deviants – 'how much your house is worth?' dinner conversations have now been replaced with interstellar black-ops projects, MI5 pedo cover-ups and deep-state zionist agendas. Nobody seems to be laughing at David Ike any more.

Illuminati exchanges and not 'After 8 mints' are now being buzzed around the table over coffee. How well the evening went, depends on where you were at with it all, stemming from how far down the rabbit hole you've ventured. There's no cheese pieces to be won in this game, just more iPhone research on the cab journey home and likely another restless night's sleep.

Thing is – the world is a bad place. People do bad things. Power and greed corrupts. Nothing new there then. But why do we all have to be privy to the dirty goings on? Whereas previously we'd all just be twiddling our thumbs wondering aimlessly what we were having for dinner or going on holiday next, we now preoccupy our minds with all kinds of freaky distractions, – some of which will definitely rob your appetite. Who's policing these devils and why such a bad job?

Being a captivated audience on a boring bus ride, is just the tip of the information attention-grabbing iceberg. Like any addiction, for the last few years, since I found myself temporarily out of a job with far too much time on my hands at he start of 2015, the draw for my inquisitive mind to learn as much as I could from waking moments, engulfed my mind through entire mornings, beyond lunch and late into the night. I've literally been an information sponge! I can work and eat and shit while ingesting through my eyes and ears so there's been no let-up.

There's been no respite in the down time away from the regular routine either – because wifi is now a global phenomenon. The usual crime thriller or horror epic has long since been replaced by youtube channels as my summer holiday chill-out go-to. It's definitely not relaxing reading on about/listening to vids about nanobots and population control, far scarier control topics – even more engrossing and harder to put down than a quality Steven King novel.

Everything is apparently a conspiracy these days and that's become a a major mind-fuck for many. I don't know about you all – but I'm now thinking the green* pill would have been better to take. And just like Cypher, the fictional character from The Matrix film, I'm looking for a way back in.

*We should all spare a thought for the poor colour blind here – how would they know which was the red or green pill – could be one hell of a bad trip...?!

Action For Change
Life really is what you make it. The pursuit of happiness is one thing, but we have a moral duty to be decent to others. Yes, there's still a game to play – it's going to need a few tweaks for sure. There's still plenty of fun to be had and if there's one positive thing to come through from learning all this screwy stuff – it's a realisation that we're actually pretty good people on the whole and we have the capacity to be even better given the chance.

My new proposal for the coming months, is to dedicate more of my time to charitable deeds. For a start, I will advertise my advertising skills to ethical companies and put my focus into promoting products that are more beneficial to the planet and to mankind. It's quite a simple plan that could make a massive difference to the status quo if we all took the time to research a bit more about who are the good guys worth investing in. If there's something we can do right now, to stop the greedy corporations, their shady owners and morally bankrupt shareholders from profiting in the destruction of our planet and the decimation of communities – it's by ceasing to buy their products and seeking out better alternatives instead.

Raising people's awareness to the corruption and getting involved with groups that stand up to fracking, social engineering and warmongering is what we all need to be doing more of. So unfortunately, the green pill is not an option for me. As much as the truth is painful to hear – there are people of privilege and power who will continue to push their agenda if we allow it to happen. Maybe they are mostly misguided – we need to teach them how to behave for the greater good!

I look forward to the day when we all take an active role for progressing forward towards a fruitful global society – one that is not governed by the super-rich elite, but monitored and regulated by the majority of the people who ultimately stand to benefit from a free and just world.