Finding people to discuss FE with is difficult. I'd love to have someone in my local area to share observations with and the shear wonder of it all. I have made many international friends through a website called Interpals (https://www.interpals.net). While there are many scammers there too (due to lack of authentication process) they are usually easy to spot and are quickly identified by real users of the site. Moving on it occurred to me to search for the term "flat earth" and see which people actually listed this in their profile. I "met" one senior Japanese women who is incredibly switched on and somehow shattered a stereotype I didn't know I had :) . I guess I can recommend this site to other Truthers out there. A second person I reached out to was in Russia. So it's a great way of getting past politics and connecting with real people. This guy asked me how FE changed my life. I wrote him a response which I've copied below.
Thank you. A brief background story. I first say the Divergent YouTube channel. Initially it was too much for my mind to handle. Then I made a friend on Facebook who posted MEMs on the topic. Made me think. Finally one day while driving on the road I noticed the sun's rays spreading out at all different angles through the clouds. It was obvious our sun is local and not 148 million kilometers. At that distance and with the "sun" being 109 times the diameter or the earth the suns rays would more or less be parallel. It's basic trigonometry . Then I noticed the effect of perspective, clouds gradually shrinking in size from the viewer's point of view into the horizon. Then the stars rotating around the north star. All the observable facts supported the truth that we are not spinning through space.
How has it changed my life? Well instead of feeling insignificant in the Universe I now feel amazed and humbled to be living in this giant Terrarium. Also it helps me not be fooled by Alien this and Alien that (at least from "outer space"). It actually increases the mystery of this place because what really happened in the past and what other continents might exist that are off limits to us ordinary people?
I guess another big one is that I'm not manipulated by fear tactics from our government regarding climate change and the war on "Terra".
I just wish I knew more people locally who could see the truth. I really want to talk to people about this but it's very risky trying to start the conversation. Those that control this world have already planted the seeds of ridicule in the public regarding the "flat earthers" . It's a massive psychological operation of warfare on the human race.
Thanks for asking me!
Take care,
Simon
Slavery and the eight veils:
Behind the 1st veil: There are over 6 billion people on the planet. Most of them live and die without having seriously contemplated anything other than what it takes to keep their lives together. 90% of all humanity will live and die without having pierced the first veil.
The 1st veil: 10% of us will pierce the first veil and find the world of politics. We will vote, be active and have an opinion. Our opinions are shaped by the physical world around us; we have a tendency to accept that government officials, network media personalities and other “experts” are voices of authority. 90% of the people in this group will live and die without having pierced the second veil. 6,000,000 pierce the 1st veil.
The 2nd veil: 10% of us will pierce the second veil to explore the world of history, the relationship between man and government and the meaning of self-government through constitutional and common law. 90% of the people in this group will live and die without having pierced the third veil. 600,000 pierce the 2nd veil.
The 3rd veil: 10% of us will pierce the third veil to find that the resources of the world, including people, are controlled by extremely wealthy and powerful families whose incorporated old world assets have, with modern extortion strategies, become the foundation upon which the world's economy is currently indebted. 90% of the people in this group will live and die without having pierced the fourth veil. 60,000 pierce the 3rd veil.
The 4th veil: 10% of us will pierce the fourth veil to discover the Illuminati, Freemasonry and the other secret societies. These societies use symbols and perform ceremonies that perpetuate the generational transfers of arcane knowledge that is used to keep the ordinary people in political, economic and spiritual bondage to the oldest bloodlines on earth. 90% of the people in this group will live and die without having pierced the fifth veil. 6,000 pierce the 4th veil.
The 5th veil: 10% of us will pierce the fifth veil to learn that the secret societies are so far advanced technologically that time travel and interstellar communications have no boundaries and controlling the actions of people is what their members do as offhandedly as we tell our children when they must go to bed. 90% of the people in this group will live and die without having pierced the sixth veil. 600 pierce the 5th veil.
The 6th veil: 10% of us will pierce the sixth veil where the dragons and lizards and aliens we thought were the fictional monsters of childhood literature are real and are the controlling forces behind the secret societies. 90% of the people in this group will live and die without piercing the seventh veil. 60 pierce the 6th veil.
The 7th veil: I do not know what is behind the seventh veil. I think it is where your soul is evolved to the point you can exist on earth and be the man Ghandi was, or the woman Peace Pilgrim was-people so enlightened they brighten the world around them no matter what. 6 pierce the 7th veil.
The 8th veil? Piercing the eighth veil probably reveals God and the pure energy that is the life force in all living things-which are, I think, one and the same.
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