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Thank you, Robert. and i'm an equally deeply honnered to be introduced by you. | Thank you, Robert. and i'm an equally deeply honnered to be introduced by you. | ||
And what you just said like: what can we do? | And what you just said like: what can we do? | ||
In the response to do this propaganda machinery | In the response to do this propaganda machinery | ||
which has been unleashed, and the which is | which has been unleashed, and the which is | ||
by far the most impressive | by far the most impressive | ||
propaganda machine the has ever been | propaganda machine the has ever been | ||
unleashed in the history of mankind. | unleashed in the history of mankind. | ||
Well, you know I've been talking so much about | Well, you know I've been talking so much about | ||
the phenomenon of mass formation and totalitarianism | the phenomenon of mass formation and totalitarianism | ||
throughout the last few years, | throughout the last few years, | ||
focusing on a, on what happens in a population which falls prey to propaganda. | focusing on a, on what happens in a population which falls prey to propaganda. | ||
And focusing on how we can understand how an entire | And focusing on how we can understand how an entire | ||
population goes mad | population goes mad | ||
and buys into the most absurd | and buys into the most absurd | ||
beliefs you can imagine. | beliefs you can imagine. | ||
And i'm focusing now | And i'm focusing now | ||
much more, on the psychology of totalitarian leadership, | much more, on the psychology of totalitarian leadership, | ||
and the psychology of propaganda itself. | and the psychology of propaganda itself. | ||
What guys have do we have to do with | What guys have do we have to do with | ||
and, in particular, what can we do? Because that's the most important thing, of course. | and, in particular, what can we do? Because that's the most important thing, of course. | ||
What can we do | |||
What can we do? I do believe that | |||
the better you understand the nature of a propaganda, the more you see that | the better you understand the nature of a propaganda, the more you see that | ||
counter propaganda is not an option. | counter propaganda is not an option. | ||
If you | If you | ||
use counter propaganda in response to propaganda | |||
use counter propaganda in response to propaganda, you're actually slowly | |||
going to the same level as the people you try to fight, | going to the same level as the people you try to fight, | ||
because you also lose touch with sincerity. You also lose to lose touch | because you also lose touch with sincerity. You also lose to lose touch | ||
with the ethical principles of humanity, | with the ethical principles of humanity, | ||
and that's the big question you have to ask ourselves. | and that's the big question you have to ask ourselves. | ||
And I was really touched by what Senator Johnson just said. It's, as far as i remember, | And I was really touched by what Senator Johnson just said. It's, as far as i remember, | ||
the first time that i hear someone say that freedom is important, | |||
but that there is something that is even more important than freedom, | but that there is something that is even more important than freedom, | ||
and that is truth. | and that is truth. | ||
And i think that's really right. That's really right. | And i think that's really right. That's really right. | ||
Because freedom... there is no absolute freedom for a human being. | Because freedom... there is no absolute freedom for a human being. | ||
A human being can be free to a certain extent, | A human being can be free to a certain extent, | ||
but it will always be subjected, | but it will always be subjected, | ||
if it wants it or not | if it wants it or not | ||
to the eternal ethical principles of humanity. | to the eternal ethical principles of humanity. | ||
If we lose touch with that, freedom is worth nothing. | If we lose touch with that, freedom is worth nothing. | ||
These ethical principles, these principles of humanity, | |||
we can get in touch with them by speaking sincere, by speaking truthful | we can get in touch with them by speaking sincere, by speaking truthful | ||
through truth speech, | through truth speech, | ||
And that again i agree with Senator Johnson | And that again i agree with Senator Johnson | ||
when he said that it is very hard to know for a human being | when he said that it is very hard to know for a human being | ||
what truth is. What is truth actually? | what truth is. What is truth actually? | ||
It's very hard to determine that. If we think we can possess the truth, | It's very hard to determine that. If we think we can possess the truth, | ||
we lost it already. | we lost it already. | ||
We can | |||
We can feel it for a moment. Feel it for a moment to resonate with it, | |||
articulate, truthful words, but that's it. We can never possess it. | articulate, truthful words, but that's it. We can never possess it. | ||
That's actually what i'm doing now. I'm focusing, | That's actually what i'm doing now. I'm focusing, | ||
on the one hand, on propaganda | on the one hand, on propaganda | ||
and, on the other hand... | and, on the other hand... | ||
I try to understand as well as possible, psychologically speaking | I try to understand as well as possible, psychologically speaking | ||
what the truth is. What is truth? | what the truth is. What is truth? | ||
Is truth a kind of speech? | Is truth a kind of speech? | ||
Is through a kind of words | Is through a kind of words | ||
that refer in the correct way to facts? | that refer in the correct way to facts? | ||
I don't think so. | I don't think so. | ||
I don't think so. | I don't think so. | ||
Even a joke can be truthful | Even a joke can be truthful | ||
if it is articulated at the right moment | if it is articulated at the right moment | ||
and the joke has no reference to facts. | and the joke has no reference to facts. | ||
Truth speech... we can only define truth in reference | Truth speech... we can only define truth in reference | ||
to something completely different than the fact. | to something completely different than the fact. | ||
Through speech, is this kind of speech | Through speech, is this kind of speech | ||
which penetrates through the veil of appearances, which | which penetrates through the veil of appearances, which | ||
destroys lies, which destroys fake, which destroys the... | destroys lies, which destroys fake, which destroys the... | ||
what they like to call the veil of appearances. | what they like to call the veil of appearances. | ||
And we can do that at every moment | And we can do that at every moment | ||
in our existence, every day, we have a chance to speak truthful and sincere | in our existence, every day, we have a chance to speak truthful and sincere | ||
in so many occasions. | in so many occasions. | ||
and every time we do so, even if it is | and every time we do so, even if it is | ||
about a minor detail of life, every time we do so, | about a minor detail of life, every time we do so, | ||
we establish | we establish | ||
we go through the veil of appearances | we go through the veil of appearances | ||
that isolates people from each other, | that isolates people from each other, | ||
we go through the veil of our own ego | we go through the veil of our own ego | ||
and we establish a resonating bond | and we establish a resonating bond | ||
between the soul of two human beings. | between the soul of two human beings. | ||
That's why truth speech | That's why truth speech | ||
makes the soul of a human being emerge from behind his ego. | makes the soul of a human being emerge from behind his ego. | ||
That's where we create a human bond | That's where we create a human bond | ||
and that's where we create resilience to propaganda. | and that's where we create resilience to propaganda. | ||
We can do so one hundred times a day, or at least ten times a day, | We can do so one hundred times a day, or at least ten times a day, | ||
and every time we create a human bond, a human bond between two souls, | and every time we create a human bond, a human bond between two souls, | ||
we make the bond between the soul of two human beings stronger, | we make the bond between the soul of two human beings stronger, | ||
and that's the historical revolution we're witnessing now. | and that's the historical revolution we're witnessing now. | ||
It's a historical revolution. The metaphysical revolution, | It's a historical revolution. The metaphysical revolution, | ||
where a mass that is in the grip of propaganda, | where a mass that is in the grip of propaganda, | ||
is slowly getting weaker than a group connected through sincere speech. | is slowly getting weaker than a group connected through sincere speech. | ||
The more we realize that, the more we understand that we have to do our best | The more we realize that, the more we understand that we have to do our best | ||
to learn the art of sincere speech, because i believe it's really an art. | to learn the art of sincere speech, because i believe it's really an art. | ||
It's an art we can learn. In Belgium and Holland, | It's an art we can learn. In Belgium and Holland, | ||
I give these workshops. About three hundred people followed them by now. | I give these workshops. About three hundred people followed them by now. | ||
We practice for four days straight the art of truth speech. | We practice for four days straight the art of truth speech. | ||
And | And | ||
I encourage people to continue to practice it after it, because | I encourage people to continue to practice it after it, because | ||
like every art, we have to practice it our entire lives. | like every art, we have to practice it our entire lives. | ||
But the more we understand that, that's what will be decisive... | But the more we understand that, that's what will be decisive... | ||
The oldest act of humanity, speaking in a sincere way, will be what ultimately | The oldest act of humanity, speaking in a sincere way, will be what ultimately | ||
overcomes the most impressive propaganda machinery mankind has ever known. | overcomes the most impressive propaganda machinery mankind has ever known. | ||
We will do it together and am happy to do it with you people. | We will do it together and am happy to do it with you people. | ||
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