Some of my favorite things to study is ancient history, etymology and symbolism. As the world becomes more and more unsure about where we are going, more and more people are gaining a devoted interest in learning more about where we came from, and how we got to where we are today.
From Graham Hancock, to Michael Tsarion, Jordan Maxwell and other alternative researchers, I've been hot on the trails of history, to gather a sense for what lessons had been overlooked, or even outright ignored. After all, the function of history, or even of Story Telling itself, it to pass on useful information from one generation to the next, so that they might not make the same mistakes that had come before.
So much of how we are raised to be in the world is to simply "Do what our parents did" and in so many ways that we could imagine, end up repeating the same mistakes. Go to school, get the job, buy the car save up money... and with luck on your side, you might just be one of the lucky few who might enjoy the feeling of having a family, and playing our part in raising the next generation. However with the cost of living as it is today, and when time = money... there is so little time we have left to look deeply into our past and be able to recognize and learn from our mistakes.
So how do we claim more of our time back? One way to go about that is to ask ourselves what is driving us, and come into a better distinction between our desires, and our actual needs. So much of the world is driven by advertising and other well funded methods of engineering peoples consent, that the distinction between wants and needs has become very fuzzy.
Along side this lack of time comes the pressure of maintaining and developing healthy relationships... and this often comes down to the exchange of consumer products, toys and other leisure products to make up for all the time we do not have to create deep and meaningful connections with the people in our lives.
So with these things in mind, I am left curious about what the social landscape of the ancient past was really like. Today, it's hard to get even 3 people to agree on something, make a plan and accomplish something together via cooperative group action, if that activity offers them no personal rewards. In fewer words... there are few people I've come across who are willing to be a part of a group activity, unless there is some personal reward they can walk away with.
Imagine trying to build pyramids, with such high precision, aligned with astrological events with impeccable accuracy, in a setting where there was no personal rewards.... we would be hard pressed to accomplish these achievements today, even with all of the technology we have at our disposal.
We are told that many of these mysterious sites were the result of millions of slaves being whipped and lashed into submission for many generations... and out of that cruelty came the most beautiful and exquisitely designed Earth Works the world has ever seen. And it all took place mysteriously in time, where so few are able to agree on exactly when they were built. We hear about the destruction of cultures taking place throughout history, inquisitions and book burning, and what we are left with is a closely guarded narrative of human nature being a vile and cruel manifestation, ever tumbling towards an oblivion, where entire chapters of the human record have been lost, or sequestered by those who rose to power. Something about that doesn't add up. By any recollection of the oral traditions that are often brushed aside as anecdotal, these were works of Love, of passion and of an extremely high purpose and function.
The picture at the top of this post is of a site in Ireland, called "Newgrange" which by some interpretations and estimates, pre-dates the pyramids of Giza by perhaps thousands of years. The alignments are even MORE precise than those recorded at the Giza Plateau, and the blocks used in its construction are cut from solid quartz crystal. The implication of this is staggering, for it shows us that the further back in time we go, the MORE advanced we were in terms of our ability to cooperate, and achieve something spectacular as a whole. The way the dome is held up, and the interior structure of the complex is composed, is thousands of years ahead of its time according to the history books. The methods used in its construction were not "officially" recognized until much later, yet after a closer examination performed by those unbias to a paycheck, it reveals that the historical record, as it is told to us, is vastly inaccurate, and in dire need of review.
So what are your thoughts on the significance of these great works? What messages do they hold for what is possible? What do they have to teach us about the power of cooperation, and the value of a collective agreement and vision? And lastly but not least, what do they have to reveal about the nature of "Time" as we've come to know it?