Let’s begin with a deep breath together.
Now, listen for three sounds you can hear right now.
(It’s okay for your eyes to glance away, as you take your time listening for three distinct sounds.)
And another intentional breath.
We have landed. I invite you to stay in your body as you read this brief post, and to check in through your ears if you notice yourself getting pulled from the present.
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My unlearning/learning has been continuous at a new wideness/expansiveness since about fall of 2024. They compile and slowly have reshaped (& continue to reshape) my narratives and views on just about everything. (The most common change: “I don’t know. I know what I’ve been told/taught by others, but I don’t actually know firsthand, through my body’s senses.”) From the lenses of other countries, Americans are some of the most propagandized people. I could say so much more, but will keep it short with today’s drop.
Just two days ago, I experienced a timely learn/unlearn about the USS Liberty—a naval U.S. intelligence ship.
On June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty was in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea (ordered to be there). After being surveyed across six hours by Israeli aircraft (& clearly identified, U.S. flag flying), the USS Liberty was suddenly attacked by Israeli planes and torpedoes. This was during the Six Days’ War (Israel vs. Egypt/Syria/Jordan). The USS Liberty sent out calls for help on the radio, and rescue aircraft were sent. But then rescue aircraft were ordered to turn around. This happened twice.
It was an aggressive attack. Thirty-four humans were killed. One hundred and seventy-four were injured. Help didn’t come for 17 hours (even though planes could have been there in minutes, had they not been turned around earlier.)
Israel says it was an honest mistake; they’d thought the USS Liberty was an Egyptian ship. This was clearly untrue, but that’s the story the U.S. and Israel agreed to. The U.S. also grossly downplayed the attack to bury it and not draw suspicion.
Meanwhile, the American survivors on that ship were threatened to never speak of it again, or they would be killed. Some kept this secret for 40+ years, under active blackmail.
But this decade, they’ve been speaking out, to tell the truth.
Here is the interview I watched, which introduced me to this:
And here is the website where the remaining survivors are sharing their stories and spreading truth. (There are many more documentaries/videos now made.)
Can you feel yourself breathing? Can you identify a sound that’s audible right now?
I never learned about this in school. (And after my unlearning/learnings during the 2020s, I’m not at all surprised.) “School” taught me what the U.S. government wanted me to think (in order to become a complying, non-questioning, tax-paying, un-feeling, consumer citizen. But that’s an exploration for another day).
The USS Liberty attacks have huge implications. For folks who haven’t yet done a deep-dive into things like the origins of the CIA, COINTELPRO, MKUltra, 9/11 truth (& the whistleblowers who have been killed), the JFK assassination, or the Las Vegas shooting, for example, (there are so many more) this is a clear example of the blatant lying, deceit, murder, manipulation, gaslighting, corruption, and propaganda branches of the U.S. government have been partaking in… since it was created. (Which is brief/recent, when you look at the origins of the spiritual battle we’re amid: 6,000 to 7,000 years ago. But I digress.)
And I don’t want to leave you feeling discouraged. I’m sharing today’s drop as a pulling-back of the curtain.
After all, the Wizard loses his power when you can see the tiny man behind the curtain, pulling levers and speaking into a microphone. Oz loses its appeal (the job with benefits, the house, the degree, the awards/accolades, the fame/reputation, the retirement fund) when the façade is revealed. And you realize you had everything you ever needed, within, as you are a divine powerful human. A soul and a mammal body with the precious gift of human life, co-creating with Creator/God/Source.
Breathing and being and transforming during this unprecedented time on this place we call Earth, where love is rooting wider and wider each day, co-creations sprouting and budding, blooms spreading more seeds.
Feel your feet on the ground. Let’s take a deep breath together, here and now.
And one final tuning-in to your ears, what can you hear? (I just heard some type of bird out the window, now a car driving past).
May the truth continue to shine,
and may it expand freedom,
soften hearts,
and transform us into compassionate humans.