{"id":60941,"date":"2021-01-02T12:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T17:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/?p=60941"},"modified":"2021-01-02T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T20:06:13","slug":"digital-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/digital-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Demise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Jesus would have been banned from Facebook,<\/p>\n\n

Too many likes for the likes of those in charge;<\/p>\n\n

Shunned even by the Twitterati \u2013 too radical \u2013<\/p>\n\n

Reviled by the Mainstream News \u2013 his narrative<\/p>\n\n

Not consistent with their agenda.<\/p>\n\n

All his YouTube videos taken down.<\/p>\n\n

Even the one of him appearing to walk across water –<\/p>\n\n

Several million views – Googled out of existence.<\/p>\n\n

This man\u2019s TED talks now unavailable. \u2018Sorry\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

His LinkedIn page would be \u2018laughed to scorn\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n

\u201cStory-teller, Teacher, Lover of all humanity,<\/p>\n

Especially enemies; If you\u2019re poor and broken, welcome!<\/p>\n

Healer, miracle-worker,<\/p>\n

Ability to change one thing into another on demand;<\/p>\n

Paradigm-buster, shape shifter, bringer of good news;<\/p>\n

Manifester of groceries out of thin air – no gathering too large.<\/p>\n

Advice on fishing.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the clincher for his digital demise:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can do this too!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, he knew it was asking for trouble<\/p>\n

To challenge the status quo:<\/p>\n

The rigid hierarchies of authority,<\/p>\n

The conflicting laws of religion and state,<\/p>\n

Designed to dominate and disempower.<\/p>\n

He quietly refused to participate,<\/p>\n

Instead freely demonstrating the power of love<\/p>\n

In plain sight of those with the love of power.<\/p>\n

But it had to be done.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

We know how it ended \u2013 or do we?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here we are in the now,<\/p>\n

The same old power structures<\/p>\n

Dominating and disempowering.<\/p>\n

Wars on terror, terrifying us all,<\/p>\n

Death by gaslight, mind-bending<\/p>\n

And blatant dishonesty,<\/p>\n

Pandemics of fear and confusion<\/p>\n

Criminal control of \u2018the truth\u2019, conjured<\/p>\n

By a handful of rich mostly white, mostly men<\/p>\n

Who still believe in an old paradigm –<\/p>\n

Of scarcity and competition.<\/p>\n

Survival of the fattest bank account.<\/p>\n

Yet haunted by the idea of their own death.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s dawning that Darwin it got it wrong.<\/p>\n

It can\u2019t be every man for himself!<\/p>\n

(Always, of course, ignoring the women)<\/p>\n

In our quantum sea, graciously perfused<\/p>\n

By an over-arching beneficent Mind,<\/p>\n

Sparkling and dancing with infinite potential,<\/p>\n

Separation\u2019s not possible \u2013 everything we do,<\/p>\n

Think and feel matters, affects everything.<\/p>\n

Makes all things possible, even Jesus,<\/p>\n

Now with a new endorsement on his page –<\/p>\n

\u2018Practical application of quantum physics\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

So how can we finish what he started –<\/p>\n

Resurrect the forgotten Christ?<\/p>\n

Do we want to? Enough? Can we be bothered<\/p>\n

To look up from our weapons of mass distraction,<\/p>\n

Or will we settle for the same old, same old,<\/p>\n

Until the doomsday clock strikes twelve?<\/p>\n

In which case, we know how it ends.<\/p>\n

But for this light-filled new beginning to come to birth,<\/p>\n

The question is, will I, will we,<\/p>\n

Quietly refuse to participate in business as usual<\/p>\n

And, against all the logical odds,<\/p>\n

Be willing to demonstrate the power of love<\/p>\n

In plain sight of those with the love of power?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ann Banks<\/em><\/p>\n

15 October 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

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