Information Overload? Ways Rekindle Your Quest for Truth

By Gaye Levy

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

In recent months I have found myself shrugging in disgust as I browse the web and read the latest news headlines. I mumble the words I used to say in the old days, “par for the course”, as I find myself actually becoming complacent while reading the latest stories of government excess, corporate shenanigans, sneaky banksters and Wall Street crooks.

Sometimes I feel as though I am sitting on a deck chair of the Titanic, slowing watching the ship go down. Our elected leaders are out of control and it can feel like, any day now, our society is going to go to heck in a hand basket. I exaggerate a bit but not by much. My perception is that much of what I read is the same news I was reading three years ago. The only difference is that it has been repackaged, rehashed and refreshed. The cast of characters may have changed a bit but the same tactics of oppression and submission have not.

And the point is…?

Lest you think this is another of one Gaye’s rambles, let me get to the point. It is human nature to gloss over the familiar in our search for something new. And if something new is not forthcoming, after a while many of us lose focus, drop what we are doing and move on. And that, in my opinion, is what I see happening not only to myself but to many of my peers.

Stated more simply, we are becoming immune to the quest for truth.

So what do we do? To ignore the plethora of information is not acceptable. To remove ourselves from the search for truth, the end of tyranny and the end of predatory economic policies would mean defeat.

Over and over I ponder this because as much as I write about preparedness, being prepared for a natural disaster is not enough. We must also prepare for an economic collapse, civil unrest and the potential breakdown of our society. Emails and comments on Wake Up World and my website Backdoor Survival lead me to believe that others feel the same as I do.

I am not a wacko or extremist and neither are my readers. We are ordinary folks of all ages who are worried about losing control of our lives to tyranny. Rather than let the bad guys win – and we all know who the bad guys are – we preppers are taking back control, overcoming our fears, storing up food for when the shelves are empty, learning skills and knowledge that will allow us to live a decent if not comfortable life when the lights go out, and establishing relationships with like-minded friends, relatives and neighbors that will help us form sustainable communities and networks if and when the SHTF.

In my own quest to stay focused, I have looked long and hard at my own practices and have come up with a few solutions that, in the short term, have revitalized and re-energized my own pursuit of answers to the questions this 21st century reality asks of us. Perhaps they will be helpful to you, too.

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