“WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE OVERCOMES THE LOVE OF POWER, THE WORLD WILL KNOW PEACE.”

In this story we look at the history of the world trough the lens of power. This has a double meaning. It is about those in power over a population but also about power as energy. How these seemingly unrelated topics are linked will become clear in this story. Let’s get started.

500BC–500AC Places: Jerusalem & Rome
Before the separation of church and state, religion was used to govern people. How did this happen? As an example we will examine the story of Jesus as depicted in the Bible. Outside of the Bible only a few texts mention the existence of Jesus. Therefore we have to rely on the Bible as the source of our knowledge. However the Bible is a library of some books as agreed upon by namely the Catholic Church. Jesus did not dictate this and therefore, at least partly, it is a human creation. When the Catholic faith became the state religion of Rome the Bible became an instrument of power. Who’d control the contents of the Bible would control the politics in these days. This is why some interesting elements were stripped from the Bible but also some changes were made.

But we will have to start with the life of Jesus first to understand the danger he posed upon those in power. By choosing twelve apostles Jesus would suggest the restoration of the twelve tribes of Israel and the creation of their own nation would be close. This was also predicted it in the Tora and Jew people are still waiting for that to happen. However war would be inevitable to accomplish this. It was a widely accepted fact. In his time and place Jesus should be considered a revolutionary Jew. For the establishment in Rome this was a
problem and the main reason, besides others, why he was crucified. But aside from running into problems with the establishment Jesus also professed the kingdom of heaven on earth.

Most people believe this does refer to the after life. However there is reason to believe he refers to an internal state of mind. Where would a young Jew get this knowledge?
Several ancient eastern texts indicate Jesus received training in India. It
would also provide a comprehensive understanding besides the Son of God theory. What also made Jesus more dangerous is that this internal state of being was available to everyone: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.” (John 14:6) “I Am” being the gateway to the Father. In other words the (inner)being of every human, is his or her own inherent connection to God. This would not
allow for a controlled religion and thus politics as was being practiced in Israel at that time. The priests would work with the emperor in Rome to maintain their well earning positions.
Jesus therefore undermines the entire establishment by his words and actions. Now fast-forwarding four centuries later Rome makes Christianity the state religion, ironic isn’t it?

Why and how was this allowed? By STRANGLING THE GOSPEL AT BIRTH The twelve apostles worshipped Jesus as most gurus are worshipped. So it was very easy to put him on a pedestal. The church thereby declaring he was the Son of God but more importantly the only one. Anyone who would claim to be the Son of God after him would be accused of heresy. Than adding to that he died for our sins. In other words indebting all people to God by default. By doing so installing guilt and shame on the believers, but since it was a state religion, onto the population.

1400 AD – 1600 AD Places: South & North America
However something happened in North America that would eventually start to challenge those in power. When America was discovered by the Spanish Hernando Cortes they went
to the capitol (of the people living in, what we call today, south America) and asked the ruler for all his gold or else he would be killed. This leader of the Aztecs, Montezuma II, did give all his gold but Hernando didn’t keep his word, he killed him anyway. Then he blocked the roads and aqua ducts so no one in the city could get out and get fresh water. For a couple of days the Aztecs starved and eventually died. Because of this Hernando believed he could take over any other civilization in this fashion.

He was right until he came across the Apache. Unlike the other civilizations they were organized in a decentralized way. This means there is no centralized one leader in charge. Every group living together had a Nant’an. This was a person who would lead their group by example. The Spanish would ruin the homes of the Aztecs and kill the Nant’an. But when they did it had almost no effect since their decentralized way of living made them very resilient. For example after their homes were ruined they became nomadic and a new Nant’an would stand up in their midst. For those in power (mainly in Europe at that time) this made it very difficult to beat the oppression. Since every time they thought the killed their leader, a new one would pop up. But also because the Apache were flexible enough to become nomadic after their homes were destroyed.

1500 AC – 1950 AC Places: Europe & The United States of America
The oppression by religion (mainly in Europe) has worked for centuries but when a separation of state and church happened (from 1530 onwards) another tool was
needed to keep control by those in power. An opportunity came when an English king needed more money to fund its wars. The king allowed some bankers to control the creation of money as a form of debt. However the population would pay the interest on
the debt. Because the money for the interest is not created there is always a shortage of money to repay the entire debt. Just like sin the idea of debt causes people to feel shame and
guilt towards the lender hence making them easier to suppress. As the notion of the world as a globe became clear the bankers knew they could make the most money with loans granted to governments for wars. Also they became aware of the possibility of world domination. Soon a plan was drafted in the beginning of the 20th century.

With the implementation of the Federal Reserve act in 1913 the debt
based economic system, at first in the USA and later worldwide, would be
firmly in place. This allowed the (elite) bankers control over government even in democratic societies. Since 2008 the public has learned about this scam: private profits and public losses. Unless we change this debt based system we will be repeating the same patterns. Let’s change this!