I WAS TOLD … AND I USED TO BELIEVE …
That we are
all born equal
That I was
born FREE
That my
education will give me knowledge and wisdom
That my university
degree would bring me life-long security
That our
history books are accurate and true
That we evolved
out of apes
I was told that … Fluoride would stop
my teeth from rotting
That
vaccines would keep me healthy
That flowing
electrons create electricity
That the
pyramids were tombs for Pharaohs
That the
ancient civilisations were primitive
I was told that … Our
tap water was safe to drink
The food on
the supermarket shelves is healthy
That
scientists have it all figured out
That mathematical
formulas can explain everything
That atoms
are made of subatomic particles
That Gravity
was well defined and understood
I believed that … We landed on the
moon
That we
travelled though the Van Allen Belts
That we returned
to the moon several times
That we
landed a probe on Mars
That the sun
is giant nuclear reactor
That we have
a picture of Earth from space
I was told that … Our junk DNA is
just useless matter
That nothing
moves faster than the speed of light
That cancer
cannot be cured
That drug
companies develop cures for diseases
That pills will
make me better
I was told that … Mythology
was just the imagination of people in ancient times
That Alexander
was Great because he conquered the world;
That Adolf Hitler
was evil because he wanted to conquer the world
That Hitler started
the war and Churchill was a saint
I used to believe … that we are the
most scientifically advanced civilisation
That we are at
the pinnacle of knowledge
That humans
are the most advanced species
That
Stonehenge was built by men in loin cloths
That there
was an exodus from Egypt by 600,000 Jews
That a man
called Jesus was born 2000 years ago
I used to believe that … Our
calendar is accurate and we live in a year called 2017
That our
governments are our servants
Our
governments are doing the best they can for us
That armies are
necessary for our protection
That JFK was
shot by a guy called Lee
That William
Shakespeare wrote all those great stories
I was told that … Money
makes the world go round
That our
banks are controlled by our governments
That
economics is very complicated and only a few truly understand it
That our money
was connected to our gold reserves
I was told that … Two jumbo jets flew
into the twin towers
That Saddam
Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destructions
That Hendrik
Verwoerd was killed because of Apartheid
That Gaddafi
was a dangerous dictator
That royalty
has some divine right to conquer and rule the world
I used to believe that … Nelson
Mandela and the ANC freed the people of South Africa
That the
Bible was the word of God
That millions
of people were killed in gas chambers
That gold
was necessary for human survival
That mining
the planet was part of an advancing civilisation
That
industrial development was the driving force behind our human progress
I was told that … Rockets can
navigate in space
That chemtrails
were just stubborn vapour trails
That there
is molten iron at the core of the Earth
That this
molten iron gives our Earth its magnetic properties
That
magnetism is well understood
I was told that … Banks
are respectable institutions
That people
need jobs to survive
That human
nature is to be greedy – to be violent – to wage war
That the
human misery is a consequence of our dark human nature
That it is
impossible to get out of this mess we find ourselves in
I was told that … Columbus and others
like him were explorers
The Earth moves
through space
That the
Earth spins at 1000 miles per hour at the equator
That every
picture shown by NASA was real
That
dinosaurs roamed this Earth millions of years ago
That Father
Christmas was real...
But today, I
am not so certain about any of this, any more. What I do know, is that we have
been manipulated and lied to for so long that it has become almost impossible
to separate the lies from the truth. I realise that the deeper I scratch, the
bigger the lies become.
I know that
our governments are not our friends or servants, and they serve an invisible
master unknown to most of the people alive – covering up some kind of secret
and knowledge, that if exposed, would cause them to lose control over the
people of the world.
I suspect that
it is this secret, which remains viciously guarded by our draconian dictators, that
holds the key to our infinite potential as humanity to create anything we
choose to. That we are the creators of
our own reality. That this potential and ability has been hidden from us through
the lies and manipulations for thousands of years.
So let us not
wait another day longer, and let us start creating the kind of world and the
kind of reality we want to live in, today. www.ubuntuplanet.org
