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The Rehearsal is Over
Substack ^ | October 9, 2021 | Charles Eisenstein

Posted on 11/01/2021 8:15:53 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat

A friend wrote me about her dilemma. She owns a company employing hundreds of people and is a staunch critic of that-which-shall-not-be-named. She said she has been trying to fly under the radar until sanity is restored, but with looming mandates for large employers, the radar will soon turn on her. What will she do?

I will share with you the inner monologue that her note provoked in me.

A return to sanity? Sanity will not be restored for us by others. We are the ones that must restore it. We cannot wait for others to be brave on our behalf. We are here in this initiatory moment to choose who we are. The choice of whether to capitulate or to act is a declaration: Who am I to be? What is the world to be? Am I serious enough about my vision for the world to risk my security for it? That is not a challenge meant to goad myself into action. It is simply true. Through my choice, I will know myself as I am. I will become as I choose. The rehearsal is over.

Many people trust the authorities and willingly comply with their rules. They face no dilemma, no initiatory moment, no self-defining world-creating choice point, not yet.

But as the authorities’ narratives devolve into absurdity and their rules devolve into oppression, more and more of us face this choice:

To live your truth out loud, or To live by a lie, consoling yourself with secret protest. To do what you know is right, or To cave in to the pressure, consoling yourself with words you don’t believe. “I had no choice.”

Yes, for many of us it has come to such a choice. The rehearsal is over.....

(Excerpt) Read more at charleseisenstein.substack.com ...


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1 posted on 11/01/2021 8:15:53 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

Tell OSHA to F off and get your lawyers ready for court. OSHA should never have any legal authority unless it is directly voted on by congress, item by item.


2 posted on 11/01/2021 8:42:19 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: CheshireTheCat
Staunch critic of Voldemort?



(The article makes a good point)
3 posted on 11/01/2021 9:15:36 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: CheshireTheCat

“I will share with you the inner monologue...” Thank you for sharing. I pity the person stuck in this boring inner monologue that lacks reason, hope and facts. The only way out the boring inner monologue is to look up the term “despair” in the dictionary.


4 posted on 11/01/2021 9:40:24 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: CheshireTheCat
If I was in her position I would consider several viable options:

1. Go to great lengths to make announcements about the OSHA requirements, but ignore them.

2. Grant religious exemptions to anyone who asks for one.

3. Sell the company.

5 posted on 11/02/2021 4:49:03 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: Alberta's Child

4. Fire all democrats until you are down to 99 employees.

5. Split the company into subsidiaries, so not one has more than 99 employees.


6 posted on 11/02/2021 4:53:00 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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