🐴 We the People in 1984 BEHOLD!

The Pale Horse of Kali Yuga and the Bane of the One Ring of Power in the Fires of Armajihadden

I love a good story.
When I was a child, my grandmother would read me tales from Grimm’s Fairy Tales before bed. I probably asked her once, “Is this story real?”
Her answer? “Anything is possible in the realm of make-believe.”

This post is a mash-up of prophecy and fiction, blending:

• Orwell’s 1984
• The Book of Revelation (Christian Bible)
• Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration from the Srimad Bhagavatam
• Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
• The concept of Jihad in Islam

Each offers a lens into the spirit of the age—the Espíritu de la época—and together, they form a mythic tapestry of warning, hope, and transformation.

📚 1984: The Dystopia of Surveillance and Submission

George Orwell’s 1984 depicts a future ruled by the omnipresent Big Brother, where:

• Thoughtcrime is the worst offense.
• History is rewritten daily.
• Individuality is crushed by the Party’s control.

Winston Smith, the protagonist, rebels through love and thought—but is ultimately broken.
He learns to love Big Brother.

This is not a world of “happily ever after.”
It’s a cautionary tale of totalitarianism, propaganda, and the erasure of truth.

🕊️ Revelation: The Apocalypse and the Triumph of Good

The Book of Revelation is the final chapter of the Christian Bible.
It presents:

• Letters to seven churches
• The Four Horsemen: Conquest, War, Famine, and Death
• The rise of the Beast and the False Prophet
• The final battle between good and evil
• The creation of a new heaven and new earth

It’s a vision of judgment, redemption, and eternal hope.

🕉️ Kali Yuga: The Age of Quarrel and Hypocrisy

Canto 12 of the Srimad Bhagavatam describes Kali Yuga, the current age:

• Morality and dharma decline.
• Wealth defines worth; power defines righteousness.
• Leaders become corrupt; society fractures.
• Disease, anxiety, and ignorance rise

But it also prophesies the arrival of Kalki, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, who will:

• Ride a white horse
• Wield a blazing sword
• Destroy wicked rulers
• Restore righteousness and begin a new golden age

💍 The One Ring: Power, Corruption, and Sacrifice

In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, the One Ring is forged by Sauron to dominate all others.

• It corrupts its bearer.
• It amplifies power—but only for domination.
• It must be destroyed in Mount Doom, the fire from which it came

Frodo, a humble hobbit, carries the Ring to its end—but only through sacrifice, struggle, and the help of others.

☪️ Jihad: The Struggle for Truth and Justice

In Islam, Jihad means “struggle” or “effort.”

• The greater jihad is internal: resisting selfish desires.
• The lesser jihad is external: defending justice and truth

It’s not simply “holy war”—it’s a multi-dimensional effort to live righteously, promote peace, and resist oppression.

🔥 Armajihadden: The Final Conflagration

This imagined term—Armajihadden—blends Armageddon with Jihad.
It evokes:

• A final reckoning
• A spiritual war
• A collapse of corrupted systems
• A rebirth through struggle and sacrifice

🧠 In the Realm of Make-Believe, Anything Is Possible

Prophecies and fiction alike remind us:

• The future is not fixed.
• The will and means to change it exist.
• Truth may be obscured, but it cannot be destroyed.

Whether through Orwell’s dystopia, Revelation’s apocalypse, Kali Yuga’s decline, Tolkien’s ring, or Islam’s jihad—the message is clear:

The struggle is real. The stakes are high. But the path to redemption is always open.

📜 My Heart Laid Bare: A Partial Testimony

Birth seems the most fitting place to begin.
I was born on August 19, 1982, at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. My birth certificate lists my Father and Mother as eyewitnesses. I was their firstborn—and only child from that marriage. My father had a daughter from a previous marriage, making her my older half-sister.

🧸 Early Memories and the Mystery of the Crab

My earliest memories trace back to a second-story apartment on Bainbridge Boulevard in Norfolk, VA, where I lived with my father around age 2 or 3.

• I remember spilling cereal while trying to serve myself.
• I remember jumping on my parents' bed and splitting my lip on the foot rail.
• I remember waking early, flipping through channels, and discovering Pinwheel on Nickelodeon.
• I remember opening my toy box and seeing what I thought was a live crab. I ran to get my dad’s future third wife—but when she looked, the crab was gone.

Was it real? Or just imagination? That moment still puzzles me.

👪 Family, Faith, and the First Fractures

My biological parents divorced before I could form lasting memories.

• I believed my dad’s third wife was my mother until age 7, when I noticed I had three sets of grandparents.
• A phone call with my biological mom revealed I had two more siblings—a brother and a sister.
• That discovery sparked a curiosity in me: a desire to learn what I didn’t know.

Around this time, I began attending Great Bridge Church of Christ in Great Bridge, VA.

• I was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
• It was the first time I heard the names Jesus and God.
• Innocence was lost soon thereafter.

🔄 Born Again, Bit by Bit

The concept of being “born again” eluded me then.
But over time, it revealed itself—strangely, and often in ways society finds contemptible.
This testimony is not a full autobiography, but a partial unveiling of the thoughts and experiences that shape my literary ambitions.

🗡️ Suicide, Vanity, and the Samurai Code

I’ve contemplated suicide—not from despair alone, but as a form of honor, akin to Seppuku, the ritual suicide of the samurai.

• Seppuku was a way to die with dignity, to escape shame or torture.
• It was a final act of agency.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote in his autobiography:

“Perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own vanity... being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action.”

Some of my maternal ancestors—Samuel Willard Saxton, Grace Birgfield, and Robert Murphy—inspire me to write autobiographically.
At 32, a full autobiography felt premature. But a partial testimony felt right.

🖋️ Poe’s Challenge: My Heart Laid Bare

Edgar Allan Poe once wrote:

“If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize at one effort the universal world of human thought... all he has to do is to write and publish a very little book. Its title should be simple—‘My Heart Laid Bare.’”

But to write it truthfully? “The page would shrivel and blaze at every touch of the fiery pen.”

🌍 A Revolution of Innocence

I’ve fancied suicide.
I’ve fancied vanity.
I’ve fancied revolution.

But now, I fancy a revolution not of myself, but of higher power for the innocent—especially children.

• No payment required but my own affirmative action.
• No ambition but to push corruption as far into the past as possible.

If this is conceivable, then the rest will follow.

🔍 Truth, Misinformation, and the Game We’re All Playing

Buddha once said, “Three things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, and the Truth.”

Yet in today’s world, Truth often feels like Waldo—hidden in plain sight, obscured by a sea of distractions.

 

🧩 The Waldo Effect: Truth in a Misinformation Landscape

Imagine Truth as Waldo in a crowded scene.

• The rest of the image? Misinformation, misdirection, and noise.
• Journalists, media outlets, and official reports often serve as the background—colorful, detailed, but ultimately misleading.

Martin Armstrong once argued that exaggeration is the golden rule of disinformation:

“The Feds knew what they were up to and allowed it to happen... They exaggerated everything to destroy any credible investigation. This makes anyone who questions 9/11 a conspiracy nut job. Perfect cover to hide the truth right in front of your eyes.”

This strategy doesn’t just obscure the truth—it weaponizes ridicule to silence dissent.

🧠 Conspiracy vs. Principle

Conspiracy theories often derail themselves by abandoning principle and resorting to Ad Hominem attacks.

• Blaming shadowy groups like “the Illuminati” or “the Rothschilds” dilutes legitimate inquiry.
• Ephesians 6:12 reminds us: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities.”
  The real battle is against systems and ideologies that prioritize ego and control over truth and cooperation.

📰 The Press and the Engineering of Consent

John Swinton, former chief of staff at the New York Times, said in 1880:

“There is no such thing... as an independent press... We are intellectual prostitutes.”

Edward Bernays, Freud’s nephew, pioneered public relations and authored books like Propaganda and The Engineering of Consent.

• His work laid the foundation for manipulating public opinion through psychological and sociological techniques.
• Truth became a nuisance—something to be managed, not revealed.

🎮 Game Theory: The Rules Beneath the Surface

Game theory reveals how individuals and groups strategize in competitive environments.

• Cooperative games foster long-term sustainability.
• Non-cooperative games drive short-term gains, often at great cost.

Richard Dawkins’ documentary Nice Guys Finish First explores the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the success of the Tit for Tat strategy—cooperate unless provoked, retaliate if necessary, but always be quick to forgive.

🌳 Good Trees, Good Fruit

Matthew 7:16–20 offers a simple test:

“By their fruits you shall know them.”

If the system produces corruption, it’s a corrupt system.

• Today’s game rewards materialism, misinformation, and exploitation.
• The top players consume the Truth, profit from it, and discard the consequences.

💸 Money, Time, and the Value of Truth

Money has become the driver of society, but no one’s steering:

“When money does all the driving... This is empire baby. And this train ain't stopping until it derails.” —Wu-Li

Like money, time loses value when spent chasing illusions.

• “Time is money” becomes a warning: inflation of lies devalues our lives.

🌅 A New Enlightenment?

Alexander Pope once said:

“Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.”

Truth doesn’t need to be hidden—it needs to be reframed.

• Make virtue profitable.
• Teach children new rules.
• Build a cooperative game where the best of humanity thrives.

🧭 Final Thought: Finding Waldo

Truth is there. It’s always been there.
But like Waldo, it takes effort to find.
And maybe that’s the point—if Truth were too easy to find, it wouldn’t be valued.