Survival is a Spirit

I have been correctly predicting world events for four years now. Brexit, Trump, the Coronavirus pandemic.

Knowing history, understanding memes, stories, are the ultimate tools now - especially in a world in which mainstream media and politicians cannot be trusted.

I have also been an OCD-germophobe my whole life. Boarding school and playing rugby and having kids almost destroyed my psyche. I am now battle-hardened in the hygiene anxiety department. I can help you.

What comes next?

The Spanish Flu came in waves. Boris Johnson is already condemning thousands of Brits to death with his 'herd immunity' nonsense. Who has ever grown an immunity to the cold?

No - we need a year of radical change, to pass through this, the second wave of it, and then to learn from it:

First of all, we need to be spiritually strong.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard, in his account of Scott's doomed polar expedition, 'The Worst Journey in the World', wrote, "They talk of the heroism of the dying—they little know—it would be so easy to die, a dose of morphia, a friendly crevasse, and blissful sleep. The trouble is to go on....

"What are the essential prerequisites for a Polar traveller? A good blood-circulation, sound constitution, tough physique?

"No... it is a matter of mind rather than of body...It was the sensitive men, the men with nerves, with a background of education,who went farthest, pulled hardest, stayed longest.

"Other things being equal, the men with the greatest store of nervous energy came best through this expedition. Having more imagination, they have a worse time than their more phlegmatic companions; but they get things done. And when the worst came to the worst, their strength of mind triumphed over their weakness of body. If you want a good polar traveller get a man without too much muscle, with good physical tone, and let his mind be on wires—of steel. And if you can't get both, sacrifice physique and bank on will."

Get a store of nervous energy. Read books. Read old books. Pray the Psalms. So many of the Psalms are about living through plague years. Get that energy through you.

Remember Newton discovered calculus and Shakespeare wrote King Lear in times of quarantine.

Second, get strong.

Don't go to gym. Get outdoors. Get as much sun as you can. Do push-ups, squats, pull-ups, sit-ups - not too many. Stay toned. Don't do long-distance running. It will make you weak. Try swim in warm oceans, or mild lakes. I also encourage raw, free-range egg shakes to keep strong.

Third, we must practise hygiene and social distancing. We can get on top of this if all the 'it's just the flu' fake-pundits say sorry and start saving vulnerable lives. Change the energy. We're in this together. Your hygiene is everybody's hygiene.

Fourth, get ready for a reckoning with China.

Rosemary Gibson, co-author of 'China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America’s Dependence on China for Medicine', wrote, "within four years of passage of the Clinton-era law giving China unfettered access to U.S. markets and WTO membership, "the last penicillin fermentation plant in the U.S. closed; China’s vitamin C cartel forced the closure of the last U.S. production facility, and the last aspirin manufacturing facility ceased business because of predatory pricing by Chinese firms."

See my previous post. They literally invented this virus. Now they want to hold the US and other countries to ransom if we blame them. We must remember Communism is an enemy to humanity. We have been told by business elites to regard China as a normal country so they can get rich from exploiting their slave labour.

We need our governments to work together to bring supply chains back to our own countries. Every country must practise economic nationalism. Collaborate for the common good, but remember the nation-state, the local community, the family, the person, must be primary concern.

Finally, I will be increasing my posting from now. I have been away whilst working on my philosophy doctorate, focusing on Nietzsche and overcoming modern nihilism. This is no accident. Nietzsche is the most important modern thinker, and he foresaw the dramatic violence of a globalised world.

He was also a sickly, lonely man. Migraines, vomiting, ruined intestines. He suffered immensely. He was rejected by most of his friends.

Yet he wrote the following: "If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how."

And: "Even if woe is deep, joy is deeper yet than agony."

We are all Nietzscheans now.

This blog no longer has any social media presence. Social media does not have good energy. I would rather have a smaller audience. I would ask you to share this if you enjoy this content, as well as subscribe to the email, and make sure it does not land in your spam folder.

There is also a book in the works for the end of the year, based on Nietzsche, which I hope will provide many out there with new hope in overcoming our world.

Godspeed.