Conspiracy theory

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Tom threw up his eyes to the ceiling.

Leonard was speaking. ‘I used to believe in conspiracy theory until I met a politician and he told me that conspiracy theory is bunkum. From that moment, I no longer believe in conspiracy theory, I believe in conspiracy fact. It’s a fact that there’s a dominating patriarch, an unseen hand that rules things for the benefit of themselves – a tiny few – and the servitude of the masses. I mean this Covid-19, what is it but a device to render the masses susceptible to fear so we’ll meekly submit to a lockdown and whilst we’re locked down, they’ll implement further harsh laws to enslave us further?’

‘Oh shut up,’ Tom said, ‘I’ve had enough of this. I’m going to take Mindy for a walk.’

On the walk, Tom met a young woman he’d met before and smiled on; her dog and Mindy were nuzzling one another.

‘Those dogs don’t believe in conspiracy theory,’ Tom said. ‘They are cleverer than my daughter’s partner. Do you believe in conspiracy theory?’

‘Yes and no,’ she replied.

‘Yes and no?’

‘Yes, because it’s a natural consequence. An effect of mindset, of collective mindset, of millions, billions of people giving their power away, so naturally life or consciousness creates a few who want to take the power and rule the world. I mean isn’t history about that?

Triumph for the rulers, poverty for the people?’

‘It is,’ Tom said, ‘but...’

‘So, we get imbalance,’ the young woman continued, ‘imbalance in power, imbalance in riches – the same really. He who rules the money rules the world. But no, in the sense that it’s a reflection of mindset, humanity’s collective mindset of lack which gives rise to fear.’

‘But it’s random?’ Tony said.

‘Is your daughter’s partner an artist?’

‘A government artist. He calls it his introspective period, I call it the dole.’

‘So probably, he’s perceiving lack?’

‘He is lacking, lacking in usefulness.’

‘So, he feels disfranchised from what you insist is the “real” world, but from his belief or identity with lack, he’s open to hearing ideas of conspiracy which is anti-establishment and imbalance and fear and speaking them forth as truth. But all coming from his perceived lack.

‘Perhaps you could listen to him.’

‘You mean give in to his views?’

‘No, I mean listen. Listening is not just hearing the other person; it’s hearing your inner reaction. He’s triggering something in you which you’re afraid of and so you project fear on him and since he’s coming from fear, there is an outbreak of fear, which is disconnection.

To connect, you first connect with yourself, uncover what’s being triggered. Perhaps there’s latent jealousy or disharmony with your daughter’s choice of fellow, perhaps you’re lamenting the loss of the father-daughter relationship, probably there are other issues.

True listening is when you attend to what’s being triggered in you instead of projecting an opposite viewpoint to the other person which begets opposition, disharmony, loss of peace in yourself and loss of connection with him and an undercurrent of discontent in the household.’

She smiled. ‘No wonder our dogs pine for a walk away from our clouded households.’

She walked on with her dog. Tom likewise, Mindy following, wagging her tail.

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