Mysterious Ramblings

Sometimes I find myself wondering how much of what I read is anything close to true versus how much I read is pure BS. The same applies to what I write. I have been reading and writing about unsolved mysteries, John F Kennedy's assassination, government conspiracies, government cover-ups, esoteric mysteries, the alternative histories, unidentified flying objects, the Masonic Lodge, Knight's Templars, buried treasure, (Oak Island) etc etc for quite a while. In some ways, most of my life.

Do I consider myself a "conspiracy theorist" ? Actually no. Although I write about this stuff, I have not really formed an opinion about it, not really....I have my ideas I suppose, but as far as opinions or answers go, I believe that there is much I don't understand, and perhaps never will understand. It hurts my head to think about it sometimes. The problem is the sheer volume of information, books, websites, videos, television shows, all purporting to have the answers, but most just succeed in doing what I do, ask more questions.

I believe there is lots we don't know. I believe that history, as we know it, is largely the result of man and man's imagination, and what past men and organizations in power wanted us to believe. Call it mind control, call it controlling the masses to do your bidding, whatever, it is what we have been taught to believe from the beginning, even though, that has changed throughout time. That implies that someone, some persons, know more than we do, and know how to control us, with "us" being the masses. These are things tied to the economy, to business, science, and of course economics, money and power. In some ways, each of us is a 'slave to something'  For most of us, it is earning a living, eeking out a life, not that far removed from oxen working a field, or slaves spending their lives building a pyramid for some Egyptian Pharoah to be buried in when he died. Those who resist, who don't want to go with the group, usually end up homeless, penniless, or worse. No matter how much many of us learn to like our jobs, we have "learned" that behaviour. Think about it, given a choice, would you rather drive a truck or sit on a beach in the sun, drinking margarita's? We learn that if we ever want that chance to 'sit in the sun' we have to give a lot to get it, a lot of blood, sweat and tears, while others, the Pharoah's for instance, can spend all their time in the sun should they choose, watching us work on their monument......

 I don't believe we really know much about the "real" history. I think there are people who know some of it, probably lots of people who know some of it, and others who know another part, but nobody, no one person, group or organization, have all the answers, nor have they got together to put what they do know into one place. I doubt they (we) ever will.

I have also begun to realize that the more we talk about it, the more we write about the mysteries of life, and that is what most of these things are, the more confused and lost we become. Scientists often postulate a theory, then set about using approved methods to test or disprove their own theory. Conspiracy theorists don't do a lot of that. We tend to postulate a theory then set about proving it, using whatever sources and methods we can find,  often citing other's agreements with our own theories as proof. It isn't. It just means we have found like minded individuals who subscribe to the same theories. For if I say that life on Earth began on Mars, and I find other websites saying the same thing, I tend to start to accept the other websites as proof of my own theory. Regardless of whether or not the other authors have proven anything or not.

The problem in my mind, is that we have become a society obsessed with unsolved mystery, and we love conspiracy ideas. We also want to believe, we really do, we want to believe in life after death, in aliens from other planets, in conspiracies within high places, and leaders with knowledge beyond our own. I think it is hard wired into humanity to believe, which is how religion enters our lives, it doesn't really matter the belief, as long as one exists. It's a line from "Death of A Salesman" something to the affect, "A salesman has to dream boy...." or some such thing, "a person has to believe in something"

Those of us who subscribe to conspiracy theories and other unsolved mysteries, who wonder about things like the pyramids, and UFO's want to believe, but I think we really don't  know what it is we want to believe, but we are searching for something. It's why we are open to believing in conspiracies, why we can believe in a 'shooter on the grassy knoll' or an alien abduction, or a new history, one that explains something that perhaps other history overlooks, either on purpose or otherwise.

I am lumping a lot behind the title, 'conspiracy theory' but there is a lot, too much. It takes a mind greater than mine to make sense of it, any of it. One thing leads to another. For example, set out to become and expert on pirate treasure and suddenly you find yourself needing to be an expert on Masonic legend, or the Knight's Templars. Set out to become an expert on Stonehenge and suddenly you are studying UFO's and Druids and mysterious rock formations around the world. Study stone walls and you find out you need to become a cartographer, astronomer and perhaps an expert in Native culture at the very least. Try to focus on political assassinations, like JFK, Abraham Lincoln, and topics like history and society, well beyond the accepted, become important, as do mysterious societies. Study of the Knight's Templars takes you down roads that lead to Egyptian History, Pyramids, Solomon's Temple, Bible Stories, The Crusades, Quests for the Holy Grail, Masonic Lodges, Prieure de Sion theories, unknown North American history, even Viking history, Native American history, pirates, and yes, even the Oak Island Treasure Mystery.  Each mystery intertwined with another and another.....Linkages appear and disappear, stories and theories support one another, while others disprove one another, but all seem pointed in the same direction, further on, deeper and deeper into the mystery.

Unfortunately, regardless of what they may claim, I do not believe that any group, be it scientists, Masons, the illusive Priory de Sion, Conspiracy buffs, religious organizations, have the answer. None of them. Sorry. They might each have some of the story, some of the answers, but none of them have it all together, and even if they do, who would believe them?  

On another note, or perhaps the same note....There is a billboard that has recently appeared on Interstate 35 near the town of Wyoming, Minnesota. It shows George W. Bush, smiling at us, saying, "Miss me yet?" You can see the billboard and read the article, Here On the surface, it's kind of funny.  According to the article, the advertising company who put up the billboard said, "The ad was purchased by a group of small business owners who wish to remain anonymous."

The billboard and picture might just be a bit of a joke, it might also be a political message, and it might be something altogether different. I'm sure the internet will soon provide us with lot's of theories. The first thing I noticed, when I looked at it, is the shape of George W. Bush's right hand. It is obstenibly a wave, but when you look close, the first thought that I had was, it is a kind of odd way to hold one's fingers. The open palm, facing down, thumb extended, middle three fingers together, and the small finger separated, held apart. As a conspiracy theorist, I immediately tried that hand position. It's not that unusual, but it's not how I hold my fingers to wave, particularly the pinky finger, it just doesn't seem natural. But maybe for Bush, it is, maybe he had that finger broken, maybe his hand just goes that way, and maybe, just maybe, like the billboard, someone is yanking our chain.......