Is it because I said so? Is it because it is consistent with your ideas? Is it because it was posted on your favorite website? Is it because an authoritarian agency said it is? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you are an average American citizen. Granted, I certainly understand if you favor one website over another, I certainly do. It helps whittle down the enormous amount of data thrown at us every day. But I go one step further, and I'll use myself as an example.
My hope is to gain your trust in me and the Earth Changes Media reporting. I work very hard at doing such which takes an immense amount of effort to seek, filter, and publish what I believe to the truth. However, it still takes your participation to use your discernment to seek what is right for you.
I use to write the following at the end of almost every article I wrote between the years 2000-2005. And will still put this in from time to time depending on the impact of the article.
"Do not follow my truth, follow your truth. Seek and you shall find. Find what? Your Truth! Use your gift of discernment; we are coming into the prophesized times of accelerated myths, deceptions, and false prophets - We are also coming into predicted patterns passed down from our ancestors which hold truths. Remember; just because I speak with passion and conviction does not make it "the truth", it simply makes it "my truth". (mitch battros)"
What I am about to outline is the very reason discernment and critical thinking is so important today. When I wrote my second book "Global Warming: A Convenient Disguise", the new face of environmentalist came after me with a vengeance. Notice I say "new environmentalist" - this is because I heard very little from the true (original) environmental conservatives who believe in stewardship of our home, to be responsible in our communities, to develop sustainable living such as the principles and application of Permaculture - all of which I support.
This is very different than what is being called an environmentalist today. I would suggest the community who has suffered most IS the true environmentalist of yesterday. It is as if they have been "hijacked" and not sure how to regain their integrity. What we have today is a "pack" that have been handed the "Kool-Aid" presented by a well organized cabal with billions of dollars at stake. Yes, B for billions and I mean hundreds of billions all based on a LIE.
An Easy Way to Sniff Out Mass Manipulation vs Critical Thinking
Remember when Bush, Cheney et al told of Weapons of Mass Destruction, mushroom clouds, and un-provoked invasion of Kuwait. How many of you took the bait right off? Did you ask questions to yourself? - simple ones such as who-what-when-where-how? Personally, I saw through this almost immediately. It just didn't make sense.
Sign of Manipulation: It was when Bush et al came out with his blanket statement: "You're either with me, or you're with the terrorist". On one occasion he even said: "You're either with me, or you're against me, now what's it going to be".
If you ever-ever-ever see anything like this again - please use your gift of discernment and hopefully by then you will have begun to practice the skill of "critical thinking". Statements like this have "Red Flag" written all over it.
It was just a few short years after the Bush "follow-the-bouncing-ball" trickery, it happened all over again. How many of you remember when Al Gore made the following statement referring to Global Warming? "If you look at the peer-reviewed scientific literature, the debate is over."
Red Flag alert: Whenever you read or hear a statement that reflects anything close to "the debate is over" - you need to immediately apply your skills of critical thinking, beginning with the most rudimentary questions such as: who-what-when-where-how and then build on that.
It was in fact because of my learned skills of critical thinking, I was quickly able to see right through such nonsense. Of course it did help that I had interviewed many of the top scientists of the world in multiple disciplines. Yep, much of it is simply the right-hand being clueless of the left-hand.
Because of my stance on the made up name of global warming, you can imagine the slings and arrows I have endured. But the tide is changing - and guess what? Much of it is being pushed by the "true environmentalists" who were early-on sandbagged. Life can be interesting indeed.
I can't think of a better way to end this article than with the following statement:
"Do not follow my truth, follow your truth. Seek and you shall find. Find what? Your Truth! Use your gift of discernment; we are coming into the prophesized times of accelerated myths, deceptions, and false prophets - We are also coming into predicted patterns passed down from our ancestors which hold truths. Remember; just because I speak with passion and conviction does not make it "the truth", it simply makes it "my truth". (mitch battros)"
(Part - I) Thoughts on Critical Thinking and Discernment - A Personal Reflection - CLICK HERE
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