the Institute of Unlearning, editorial 59

Back in 2002, I received a forwarded email newsletter from Neale Donald Walsch, creator of the Conversations with God series of books. In the letter, Neale had written what wonderful news it was that former president Jimmy Carter had received the Nobel Peace Prize. It was one of the first times in my unlearning process that I had to hold back the urge to vomit. Until that time, I had considered Walsch to be a very wise man, as his writings helped me to break free of my Christian religious conditioning. Since that time, I have had to view him and several other consciousness leaders with suspicion or utter bewilderment.

How is it possible that a man who can write such important and powerful ideas be so blind when it comes to world affairs? It is Unlearning 101 that world political leaders are part of the structure of human oppression, no matter what kind of rhetoric seeps out behind their Cheshire Cat smiles. In the case of Jimmy Carter, we know that his affiliations with the Trilateral Commission, founded by David Rockefeller and Zbignew Brzezinski, place him firmly in the control of the globalist agenda, which has demonstrated itself to be anything but benevolent.

I wonder what Neale would have to say about Mr. Carter after his remarks on February 19^th, as reported by Associated Press writer, Cara Rubinsky. Attending the ceremonial launching of the US Navy's latest submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Prize-winning ex-president had this to say,

"The most deeply appreciated and emotional honor I've ever had is to have this great ship bear my name."

Are these the words of a man who has supposedly dedicated himself to world peace? Wouldn't winning the Nobel Prize or actually bringing peace to some conflict-torn area be the greater honor? The newly commissioned submarine is equipped with a 50 torpedo payload, Tomahawk cruise missiles, and the ability to "wiretap" undersea cables to monitor communications going through them. The purpose of this submarine is to kill our supposed enemies, not to bring them to the negotiating table.

Some may argue that a strong military presence is necessary to assert a nation's claim to peace in an all-too-evil world, therefore rendering my critical perspective irrelevant. But if you think that way, you probably stumbled onto this page by accident, and had best get your ass back to some mainstream news media website, where there are plenty of stories of "bad guys" waiting to take the United States down because they "hate our freedoms."

Endorsing such a perspective places us squarely back in the old and tired "might makes right" paradigm that has failed to deliver peace for as long as we have practiced it. It is the kind of thinking that allows fascism to sneak out of the dark, reptilian shadows of our being and goosestep its way into the waking light of our "normal" lives. War mongers like Bush, Hitler, and others become celebrated heroes as we waste our precious lives and resources destroying others for the sake of an elite few. It is the kind of thinking that makes the inventor of dynamite the self-proclaimed mentor of peace in the world.

For former president Carter to make such a statement is more of a relief than it is a shock. Perhaps now we can all stop pretending that this man is a great leader in the quest for peace and that the Nobel Prize (like the Pulitzer) is an award worthy of our admiration. This episode is only the latest in a string of Carter's post-presidential deeds that have shown him to be nothing more than a globalist shill, trotted out from time to time to make the still-asleep population feel good about themselves and this country.

As for Neale Donald Walsch, it is not necessary for him to have the eyes of the unlearned. Each of us, in our own way, has a part to play in the grand game of waking up. When we were young, our parents used to wake us up in the morning to send us off to school, but that didn't mean they learned what we did. Eventually, our knowledge grew to surpass theirs in some ways, and we hoped that it was enough to create a better life than the one they had. They would wish for no less than this if you asked them.

If we keep this analogy in mind, we can see the gifts that everyone has to offer. Neale has given to many the ability to know their power truly for what it is. Some have used that power but have chosen to remain in the level of reality that they have always existed in. Others are using that power to imagine a different reality altogether.

As long as Neale continues to do what he does best, we can tolerate some of his foolish political observations like we tolerate the sometimes crusty perspectives of our elders. After all, they tried to teach us to live our own lives, even if they are unlearned ones.