Chaos is defined as a state of extreme confusion,
disorder and unpredictable behaviors in which chance
reigns supreme.
The
chaos we are witnessing today in America is driven by “conflicting versions of what reality actually is” – embedded in streams of information people delivered
through mass media and social media devices.
Chaos
is created through tsunamis of
conflicting information. Creating order requires focusing on the specific
pieces of information within those waves, identifying what type of information it
is and identifying the source of the information.
Making accurate distinctions between types of information
increases certainty and decreases confusion.
As certainty increases chaos decreases.
We
are dealing with three types of information:
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Fact based information.
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Institutional truth based information.
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Personal opinions.
Our
brains treat all types of information as if they are of identical value, that’s
why creating chaos is easy and it spreads like a wildfire through the masses.
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Fact
based information are
statements based on things that anyone with functioning sensory organs can
perceive.
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Institutional
truths are statements backed
by institutional authority that are believed to be true.
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Personal
opinions are statements made
by individuals that are not fact based or institutional truths.
Almost
all of the chaos we are experiencing today is linked to conflicting “institutional truths” that originated in
political, economic and religious institutions. The primary institutional
truths generating conflicts and creating chaos today are money, god
and rights.
In
biblical stories gods are sensory perceived entities, not
things that must be “believed in.” In
our world, gods are not sensory perceived entities -- groups of people do not see them with their
eyes or hear them with their ears. Religious conflicts are really conflicts
over “institutional truths about gods.”
Below
are a few patterns history has documented many times about people that control
religious and political institutions.
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They have institutional and personal agendas.
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They use both forms of human power –
persuasion and physical force -- “to promote and protect their Institutional
truths” and “to destroy opposing institutional truths.”
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As their institutions gain power and
wealth, they invent new stories to legitimize, perpetuate and extend their
dominance.
Transparency is an
absolute requirement for decreasing chaos.
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Commit to making your belief system large
enough to include all of the facts, open enough to be examined and questioned,
and flexible enough to change when errors or new facts are discovered.
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Identify who exercises institutional
power.
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Identify who benefits from actions of
institutions.
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Identify who is hurt or harmed by the actions
of institutions.
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Identify who created the institution and
why it was created.
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Identify institutions that support it and
those that oppose it.
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As you discover accurate information,
share it with others.
Thank
you for reading this. Please share and discuss it with others.
May
your life be blessed with an abundance of TOV,
Jim Myers
Jim Myers
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