The Media

We of Moondwabi are free and that includes freedom from the media.

Media is the greatest brainwashing tool of all, aimed at entire populations, entire nations. The power of mainstream media is so immeasurable that it can make the most atrocious lie become the norm. You, dear reader, are brainwashed and don't even know it (but I do).

Mainstream media is exactly that - mainstream. Step outside the mainstream and you become not only a member of the minority - you are considered "alternative", "revolutionary", "anti-social", or ironically "brainwashed".

Wherein lies the media's great power? In its power to entertain!

When over 2 million people go online to watch a "piano playing" cat and then CNN reports this in its headlines...well, doesn't that make you wonder if people aren't ignoring more important issues?

I'm aware of the need for light entertainment. We live in a pretty dark world. So, what harm in laughter? Why shouldn't we focus on the latest Hollywood scandals, sport scores, MTV, and all other mindless forms of diversion? The harm is when entertainment becomes our news and news becomes just another form of entertainment.

But there are "serious" things on the news too. War, crime, deaths, tragedies...sadly, much of this is also entertainment, designed to satisfy your morbid curiosity - or to make you passionate for a cause (the cause of the media corporations).

A word about truth: Every story has two sides, that is the old expression. This is not true. Every story has five sides. Here they are.
1 and 2: The sides of the two parties involved
3: The side of the mega-media conglomerate that reports the story (if you follow mainstream media, all your news is coming from media corporations). Often the news is twisted and spun to satisfy the agendas of a powerful government or the billionaire who own the media outlets.
4: Your side. How do you interpret the news? How to you filter it? How many versions do you know of the same story? How does your own life experience color your views of current events?
5: The hidden truth. The side that no one sees. (except me)

Mainstream society has often accused the cult of Moondwabi of brainwashing its members by cutting them off from all forms of media. That is a perfect example of a one-sided "truth".

We have our own media. The cult of Moondwabi has a website (you're reading it!). The cult of Moondwabi has its own pod cast, newsletter, concerts, and educational DVDs. That's media! We report anything that is relevant to our lives as Moondwabians. And everything not relevant to Moondwabi is treated as the useless information that it is.

Am I really enforcing a "media blackout" for my followers? Not at all and it would be futile to try. I cannot possibly protect my members 100% from the invasive influences of TV, radio, newspapers, Internet and even word on the street.

Instead, I merely instill in my members the wisdom that the outside world is full of false ideas, losing causes, mindless teachings, and twisted morals. As Moondwabians, we are no longer a part of this world Earth, and in fact we plan to leave it. Within our cult we have created our own ideal society made up of the people who matter most to us - each other.

The scrambled messages that come from all corners of the Earth, all competing to be heard at once, each message claiming to be of utmost importance, claiming to be vital for survival or (as is more often the case) vital for keeping up to date on the flavor of the week...

We have our clarity and peace. To us, the billboards and announcements that bombard the brains of the masses are but air pollution and litter on the landscape.