{"id":124096,"date":"2014-06-04T22:12:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T22:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonrappoport.wordpress.com\/?p=6454"},"modified":"2014-06-04T22:12:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T22:12:21","slug":"imagination-vs-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/imagination-vs-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagination vs. Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagination vs. Reality<\/span><\/p>\n

by Jon Rappoport<\/span><\/p>\n

June 4, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n

www.nomorefakenews.com<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

On December 4, 2061, a federal agent appeared at the home of John Q Jones, a writer living in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

He showed Jones a copy of the beginning of an article Jones had written on his computer.<\/p>\n

This was the text:<\/i><\/p>\n

At one time, all reality was imagination. You could be talking about tables and chairs, cars, factories, roads, engines, beds, computers\u2026and you could also be talking about trees, bushes, deserts, rivers, animals.<\/p>\n

From another angle, reality is the condition of being accustomed to something. There it is, and there it has been for a while.<\/p>\n

Reality sets in like a meal after you\u2019ve eaten it. <\/p>\n

Reality is acceptance. It\u2019s framework, context, territory inside which a person acquiesces. And makes do. And lives.<\/p>\n

He enjoys that space, or doesn\u2019t like it, or forgets it even exists.<\/p>\n

When, eventually, he gives up the ghost (his body), he leaves, he goes away, and if he\u2019s conscious, he says, \u201cWell, I was living in that space, that reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

A painter who stands before a blank canvas is acutely aware of the space. He knows he can imagine and make anything happen on it. The forms, colors, shapes, energies, narratives can be continuous or discontinuous. They can come alive or lie there like a dead cat.<\/p>\n

He can always be beginning or he can always be painting the last stroke. He can scrape away a section, paint over it, add, subtract, build borders or knock them apart.<\/p>\n

Acceptance, familiarity, acquiescence? Why bother? It\u2019s all new.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a dream, or a dozen dreams colliding. The painter invents his own logic.<\/p>\n

Ordinary reality fits and interlocks and evolves. It operates by laws. It entices devotees toward more discovery. It has one system of logic—and if you can\u2019t learn it, you stumble. Badly.<\/p>\n

But beyond that knowledge, imagination sits on a cliff or a thousand cliffs, waiting, ready to go, looking for a signal. It can remain there until the sun collapses and goes dark. But when the person with that dormant imagination decides it\u2019s time, everything changes\u2026<\/p>\n

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The federal agent said, \u201cMr. Jones, the NSA intercepted your work and sent a query to our office.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of query,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s called a 546 A. It means the capture system was unable to process your text. It made no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019d like me to explain what these words mean?\u201d Jones said. \u201cI can\u2019t. They explain themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, well, the disturbing aspect\u2026you seem to be saying reality is only\u2026temporary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo?\u201d Jones said. \u201cWhat\u2019s the problem?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople reading your document could become confused. They could fail to differentiate fact from fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHappens all the time,\u201d Jones said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t need my words to make that mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

The agent stared at Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not here to debate that, Mr. Jones,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m here to prevent the contagion of uncertainty. It\u2019s against the law to defame reality, because we establish reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd who is we?\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Homeland Security. We secure the State. We can\u2019t have people proposing something vague and unsettling that exists\u2026beyond that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m a criminal?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d the agent said, \u201cwith our help, you could become an ally. You could continue your work as one of us. We would give you slightly \u2018edgy\u2019 ideas to transmit under your name—and we would see where your words travel, who picks them up, who agrees with them, who is tempted to move beyond the consensus. You would be doing your country a service.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would become an agent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. A valuable one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"power<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jones said, \u201cBut you see, those words I wrote\u2026they\u2019re true. Reality is just a habit, an addiction. It\u2019s useful, I don\u2019t deny that. But it\u2019s pernicious. It ultimately puts everybody to sleep. It makes people into loyal robots. I\u2019m tired of that. I\u2019ve lost my patience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you prefer I arrest you and send you to a reeducation camp?\u201d the agent said. \u201cYou\u2019d learn that all the prophets and the messiahs have already come and delivered their messages, and it\u2019s now our job to align our actions and thoughts with the greatest good for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you define it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we define it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones nodded.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now,\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019m only interested in one thing. Did you understand what I wrote, Agent? Forget what other people might think when they read my piece. Forget the effect it might have on them. Forget the general good. Forget all that proprietary meddling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, Mr. Jones. You misunderstand. I\u2019m not me. There is no me. There is no you. There is only and always all of us. Together. And in that context, what you wrote is significant, because it could disturb the Field. What people might believe when they read what you wrote is of paramount importance. It\u2019s the only important consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones laughed. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very entertaining,\u201d he said. \u201cI have a little secret, Agent. You know what it is? I can see your imagination. Right here, right now. I can see it inside you. You\u2019re busy trying to kill it. You\u2019re rationalizing that act of murder—as futile as it is—on the basis of what\u2019s necessary for Everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Q Jones vanished.<\/p>\n

The agent was in the room alone.<\/p>\n

He felt the urge to scream.<\/p>\n

He fought it and beat it down.<\/p>\n

He looked around.<\/p>\n

He started sweating.<\/p>\n

He took out his gun.<\/p>\n

He stood there for a long time.<\/p>\n

Finally, he put the gun away and walked out of the room.<\/p>\n

He walked out of the building on to the street.<\/p>\n

He was in a city he had never seen before.<\/p>\n

The street was crowded with strangers. Cars moved along slowly. On the side of a huge building, news images flashed and changed. Words crawled. <\/p>\n

He struggled to understand the stories. He failed.<\/p>\n

He heard a voice in his head:<\/p>\n

\u201cAgent, stay where you are. We\u2019re coming to get you. You\u2019re experiencing a transient episode. We\u2019ll be there in under three minutes. Mr. Jones was a hologram. A plant. The enemy is playing tricks. We\u2019re equipped to handle it. Don\u2019t worry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The transmission ended.<\/p>\n

The agent breathed in and out slowly. He waited. <\/p>\n

He noticed he was standing outside an art gallery. He could see the paintings on the walls.<\/p>\n

A woman was sitting at a desk. She looked up and saw him. She smiled.<\/p>\n

She waved for him to come in.<\/p>\n

He stood there, not knowing what to do. <\/p>\n

Jon Rappoport<\/span><\/p>\n

The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at <\/span>www.nomorefakenews.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Filed under: Energy & Imagination<\/a>, Short Stories<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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