There is a crack in everything, that's how the LIGHT gets in.
On this glorious 7th day, of the 7th month, in a universal 7 year— reflecting on the LIGHT that's beaming into (& through) the cracks, creating our World More Beautiful ☀️
Connecting with the radiance of today’s 777 Gateway, I am feeling a deep sense of comfort in the knowing that we are all where we are meant to be at this time, and that the LIGHT of a more luminous World is growing brighter & brighter by the day.
The Cracks
writes here on Substack. One of this recent sharings entitled Rebellion, Not Retreat stirred my Heart. One of those moments where your whole body says YES, and there is no denying the truth that gleams on through……we are now at a hinge in history—the end of an age and the beginning of something new. Anyone who thinks he or she knows exactly what will emerge next is probably wrong. Whatever is coming next, it will be a very different world from the one we’ve inhabited since World War II. I am quite certain that many things will get worse before they get better. Our societal institutions—governmental, educational, communications, media, medical, public health, etc.—have failed us. The degree of rot in these institutions makes reform or repair, in the short term at least, impractical.
So maybe the word ‘cracks’ minimises or even trivialises the gravity of this moment. Let me now substitute the word crack for deep cavernous divides of decaying rot— that should do it!
Whether it is the WHO’s grab for power or Australia’s recent draft Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023— we are all experiencing a global pandemic of putrid rot on a massive scale.
We must not develop amnesia regarding the importance of safeguarding our democractic values— or blindly defer our self-authority to the ‘Experts’.
If you are interested in learning more about the above Bill, sharing a number of interesting Videos & Discussions that challenge our Governments narrative—
- - Article: Truth as Lies and Lies as Truth
- - Article: Does the Government want you to be quiet…
Maria Zee - Video: Most Dangerous Legislation in Australia
Here is an article from our public broadaster the ABC, keeping in mind that they are a Member of the TNI— Trusted News Initiative.
Read about the Bill PLUS have your say here.
The LIGHT
Whilst some of the dark crevices within the rotting caverns are being composted, such as this preliminary injunction against the government censorship, the change is painstakingly slow. How long it would take to compost the whole rotten mess is anyone’s guess— so that is where the LIGHT steps in— the creation of a Parellel Polis.
In Aaron’s Rebellion, not Retreat article, he shares the wisdoms of Czech dissident Václav Benda. In the Czech context of the 1970s and 1980s…
Benda recognized that any hopes for the regime’s fundamental reform or even moderation were futile. It was time to ignore the regime’s official structures and build new ones where human community could be rediscovered and human life could be lived decently.
Benda proposed building new small-scale institutions of civil society—in education and family, in productivity and market exchange, in media and communications, literature and the arts, entertainment and culture, and so on—what Benda called “The Parallel Polis” (1978).
Aaron went on to note that the Parallel Polis is not a…
…ghetto or an underground; it is not a black-market system hiding in the shadows.
As the word polis suggests, the purpose of these institutions was to eventually renew the wider society, not to retreat from it entirely.
“The strategic aim of the parallel polis,” Benda wrote, “should be the growth, or the renewal, of civic and political culture—and along with it, an identical structuring of society, creating bonds of responsibility and fellow-feeling.”…
The task, therefore, was to create so many of these parallel structures and institutions that the corrupt state would finally be limited in its reach: while it could crush any one institution at any time, there would eventually be too many such institutions for the state to target them all simultaneously. Elements of the parallel polis would always survive: as the state crushed one institution, two others would arise elsewhere.
World More Beautiful
I agree with Aaron’s sentiments, ‘it is time to build these new parallel institutions of civil society… the Parallel Polis’. It’s up to us to create our World More Beautiful.
That is why for the past years I have been posting Radiantly Human articles on my website (formally Global Health Freedom over 2020-2022)— to inspire people to critically think, challenge the one-narrative, and ultimately from am expanded expression of consciousness create & BE the solutions of the future.
It is also why in late 2022 that I created my Flourish with Simone community— to educate, inspire, create & share solutions that vibrate. A space where there is no censorship. Where we are free to express & be our real selves. And ultimately a community where together WE CREATE the solutions (our Parallel Polis’s) in reverence to our role as the ancestors of future generations.
Whilst we may not see the full fruits of our labours in this lifetime, the only way to create our Flourishing forests of the future is to cultivate living & vibrant fertile soils and begin planting our seeds. There is no time like the present 🌱
Interested in learning more about how you can Flourish during these changing times?
Join my Flourish with Simone community—
together let’s connect, nourish, transform & evolve🌀
Awesome. Thank you.
Here are a few additional resources that you may find helpful when considering the impacts of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 & The Voice referendum.
𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗔𝗖𝗠𝗔 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰’ 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲
https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/15/acma-media-watchdog-monitor-voice-content-online/?su=elZ6SXd1MzhsUW5yWkgxenRIMzJTdz09
𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗼 '𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱' 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵
https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/breaking-tech-giant-meta-to-safeguard
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
https://www.covision.com.au/post/preserving-democratic-principles-navigating-the-fog-of-misinformation