I  haven’t been into making resolutions for a New Year for a long, long time.  In fact, it’s probably 20 years ago since I last bothered to do so.  That was at the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990. 1989 was without doubt the worst year of my life, and it was one that I’d love to be able to either erase, or revisit with what I know now. Mind you, I have friends who have had a really rough 2009, and no doubt if I asked them to rate this past year, they’d see now as the time that they’d most like to delete from their history.

I’ve had quite some time to reflect over this last week, and have another week to go before my world gets back onto its rail track of conformity. It’s one of those things about the way we experience the world that most of us are kept so busy with work, play, and the worry and fear upon which our life experience is restrained. Therefore, we never give ourselves a chance to do a stock-check on where we are now, and where we want to be.

In the last days of 1989, I had realised that I had just one friend left that I could rely upon. The others had proved to be selfish, either with a backbone of wickedness or a mask of wilful ignorance (which meant they never wanted to take a position on anything).  At that time I had no comprehension of ‘wilful ignorance’ or indeed how intrinsic it was in society.

And here, twenty years later, I have realised what a danger ‘wilful ignorance’ is to the world around us. There was a quote that summed it up perfectly that I came across the other day: ‘people only want to be consumers, not citizens’.  To a great many, our society is defined by what we own; how big our house is, what car we drive, and the price ticket of the Christmas gifts we give out.

These things should not define who you are. If they do, then there’s nothing else about you. The house where I now live rightfully can be called a home – my wife, my pets, and I have all we need to be comfortable. Each room is a basis for whatever mood we want to experience at the time, and for me they also reflect parts of my life – the conservatory is the old family caravan, the bar defines my time working in The Hollybush public house in Wolverhampton, the study feels like the same study I had in my first flat, and so on.

Our car is functional – it’s never let us down, and because it’s a four-wheel drive we never get stuck anywhere (although we are slowed down by those in front of us who DO get stuck and block the roads). I don’t have it to ‘cock a snoot’ at global warmists, it’s a functional device, a tool.  We also feel safer in it given the utter and complete lunatics who litter the highways these days.

As for Christmas gifts, well, what many folk got from me this year was a book called [1] “The Truth Agenda” by Andy Thomas. It’s a work of genius, separating the facts from fiction on all sorts of unexplained mysteries, global cover-ups and the 2012 prophecies. I didn’t give it because it was ‘the right price,’ I gave it because if I can give any one thing, I want to hand out the truth about our world. As those who have already started their journey in realising that the mainstream media is dishonest, deliberately misleading us, there has to be the desire to pull back the veil and look beyond our conditioning.  I just wish 20 years ago, in my time of greatest despair, I had found the tools to break the glass, think outside the box, and find out what’s really going on around us.

That said, people have to be at the place in their life where they sense something is not quite right. Until then, they’ll not dip into any book they’re given, watch any DVD they’re gifted, or do any research on the internet into the alternative readings of what is happening in the world.  It’s a shame that it will take time for some to catch up, but I know that in 2010 more people are going to see how big the lies we are being told actually are.  As Hitler noted, “The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of a nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies, but would be ashamed to tell big lies” (Mein Kampf).

There was a point way back when, probably 1983 I think, when I was presented with the opportunity to begin the walk along the truthseeker road which has now become such a part of my life.  One of my teachers gave me a purple folder that contained an archaic photocopy of a document called “The Gemstone File”. It was supposed to be an inspiration for my creative writing, but unfortunately got boxed up and came on life’s journey with me. I only got around to reading it earlier this year. The revelation was that it covers a host of the greatest conspiracies we have ever known, and I think if I had read it at the time, the last 25 or so years would have been a lot, lot different. It’s that regret which makes me want to help people get with the programme sooner rather than later, so they don’t duplicate my error. The amazing thing is that this privately circulated document did get properly published.  In fact, you can even now find it available at Amazon:

[2] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gemstone-File-Jim-Keith/dp/0962653454/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262106969&sr=8-2

And now, in a very Harlan Ellion-esque way I finally get around to those resolutions for 2010. What I hope to do is look after myself a little more, whilst at the same time not biting my tongue so much when I hear people spouting uninformed gibberish.  Specifically:

1. Continue to keep free of Aspartame (and other artificial sweeteners).  When I see ANY NEW product contaminated with this crap, I will tell people and complain to the manufacturers (already done with a brand of pear cider.  I mean, PEAR CIDER fer Crissakes!  I simply don’t accept there’s no other way to thin out the cider, as was the excuse from the manufacturers – if that was the case, it would have ALWAYS had to have been in the damn stuff!!!). More info at:

[3] http://www.conspiracy101.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=165&sid=4f719f2e99b66a914292ce0b3e36e1f0

2. Continue to try and avoid anything containing refined white salt.  The stuff that’s removed from processed salt actually constitutes trace elements that are good for you.  For instance, when we use ‘ordinary’ table salt, we are missing 81 nutrients taken out by the production process, and their absence has an adverse effect on us. .It makes us weaker, imbalanced and more susceptible to disease. Pay the extra and buy either Himalayan or Gaelic Salt. Read more at:

[4] http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/salt.htm

3. Avoid white sugar. Simply, it is a poison that has been bleached, highly processed, and deprived of its nutrients. I will continue to support Stevia, the occasional spoonful of Honey (in particular Manuka), and investigate Agave Syrup, Blackstrap Molasses and Maple Syrup. Find out more at:

[5] http://food-facts.suite101.com/article.cfm/nutrients_in_natural_sweeteners

and

[6] http://www.mvholisticretreat.com/article.html/sweet-poison

4. Avoid white flour. Studies show that alloxan, the chemical that makes white flour look ‘clean’ and ‘beautiful’ destroys the beta cells of the pancreas. So, go for anything wholegrain on the flour front because, guess what, the extra stuff it contains is actually good for you! Further reading at:

[7] http://www.naturalnews.com/white_flour.html

[8] http://www.naturalnews.com/whole_grain.html

5. Continue to switch over from dead lager to real ale. Well, there’s got to be some pleasures in life, and it’s reassuring to know that cask ales actually have considerable health benefits (but, like most things, must be consumed in moderation). Read the good news at:

[9] http://www.familybrewers.co.uk/home/cask-beer/health-benefits-of-cask-ale

And to help with eating right, I’m going to stick the Honest Food Guide to my fridge, which you can download at:

[10] http://www.honestfoodguide.org/

Right, that’s the body part of my resolutions; now here are the ones on the soul side of things:

6. Continue to develop the new direction for the Cineology® brand – exploring the facts found in extraordinary fiction. One of the reasons it took me a long time to appreciate that a world government was not a good thing was how prevalent the concept was in favourite fictions from my childhood. Whether it was Captain Scarlet or Star Trek, the reason that such a totalitarian structure was seen as a good thing was it was the best way to fight the enemy from outside our borders. Unfortunately, such a structure means that we are susceptible to the enemy within, and absolute power corrupting absolutely. The one party state of George Orwell’s “1984” is with us already, it’s just that many of us haven’t realised this yet. There are many truths that have been demonstrated first in TV and film fiction, and that helps hide what’s really going on – dismissed because it was an element of a television storyline. Just because it was in a work of fiction does not mean it was never part of a planned reality …

7. Bring back the fun to television fandom. We’ve seen commercial interests decimate the spirit of media appreciation. It’s become a big money-making machine with no soul, and a level of corruption which is quite simply criminal.  There are some aspects that are beyond repair, but there must be new way of doing things that can be more palatable to the stars, creators and appreciators alike. It will need the assistance of a great many fan groups, who had better be able to demonstrate their ability to mobilise people. However, we’ve seen what CAN be done if people band together – witness the Christmas chart success of Rage Against The Machine. Watch this space …

8. Get it together on becoming a public speaker on truth topics. It’s been a rollercoaster of a ride over the last three years, getting my head around what’s really going on in the world. The first five of these resolutions should, if you are getting with the plot, make you realise there’s a lot that makes little sense in our world.  If our food is being processed so that it becomes more harmful to us, then what else is wrong? If you read beyond the headlines, you’ll realise that organic food is better for you. The hit-piece this year which tried to make the case that there were no health benefits to organic crops soon fell apart when you actually inspected the results - see:

[11] http://www.conspiracy101.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=100&sid=4f719f2e99b66a914292ce0b3e36e1f0

Helping to organise the last two Alternative View conferences has shown me that I’m actually now well-placed to help others connect the dots and see the big picture.

9. Stop buying things I want, and limit myself to what I actually need. Hopefully I’m not the only person who looks at a pile of recent acquisitions and begins to wonder why on Earth I bought more than half of what’s in front of me! This gets back to getting one’s head straight about what’s really important in life. It’s almost a Spock quote from the original Star Trek episode “Amok Time”: ‘After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting’.

10. Not to lose patience with those who are engaging in ‘cognitive dissonance’. This is when people try to rationalise the continuance of their view of the world as they have always seen it, rather than rationally take on board new evidence which smashes their current position (or ‘paradigm’, as has become the word of choice for this). However, the following quote comes to mind: “All truth passes through three stages:  First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident.” (Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860). So many are still at the First stage. Let’s hope that we can pass through the Second stage without too much grief, so that next Christmas we can all be at the third stage!