{"id":3086,"date":"2025-12-13T13:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjmaclean.com\/wordpress\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:04:09","slug":"the-origin-of-intractable-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjmaclean.com\/wordpress\/the-origin-of-intractable-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"The Origin of Intractable Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The word intractable<\/em> means, something that stubbornly resists a solution. It comes from the Latin \u201cintractabilis,\u201d which combines \u201cin-\u201d meaning \u201cnot\u201d and \u201ctractabilis,\u201d meaning \u201cmanageable\u201d or \u201cable to be handled.\u201d It has been used in English since the late 15th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most intractable problem of humanity is our inability to get along with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my opinion, the origin of all intractable human problems is human consciousness and how we define it. If you interviewed people on the street and said, \u201cconsciousness comes from the brain,\u201d nine out of every ten people would probably agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defining consciousness as materially based has caused the human race to be confused about who it is for millennia. History reflects this confusion in constant conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quantitative vs. qualitative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What consciousness is, has to do with the difference between qualitative and quantitative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quantitative has to do with things, and the measurement of those things. \u201cHow tall is that tree?\u201d \u201cHow many gizmos does it take to make a widget?\u201d \u201cWhat is the necessary tensile strength of the materials used to build a bridge?\u201d  All of these things are quantities that can be measured. In engineering and science, there is often only one answer, or a range of values, that guarantee success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qualitative, on the other hand, has to do with the quality, or character, or essence of something. Qualitative refers to an attribute that is above and beyond the things of the physical universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanity has a millennia-long history of conflict and killing because it continues to describe human consciousness quantitatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Material things and systems are easily quantifiable. \u201cThat new material scored high on the stress test.\u201d \u201cThe download speed on my internet connection is 320 megabits per second.\u201d \u201cOur company manufactured 100 widgets today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consciousness is qualitative. We say, \u201cThat person is always cheerful.\u201d \u201cHe is very intuitive.\u201d \u201cShe is perceptive.\u201d \u201cJoe has integrity.\u201d \u201cCarla has a good character.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quality cannot easily be measured because it is an ephemeral attribute that describes an aspect of consciousness. A quality cannot be assigned a variable in a computer program, for example, for it is something that cannot be easily described. How do you define integrity, or character? Or cheerfulness? Or beauty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are qualities and their origin lies within consciousness itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consciousness is, inherently, outside the purview of the physical universe. Consciousness is that which decides, or considers, or assigns value to the things in the physical universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many examples of characteristics that apply to consciousness and not to material things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why do scientists, doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and mass media define consciousness in material terms? Because that\u2019s what they are taught. This misdefinition leads to terrible confusion for everyone about the most fundamental questions of life: \u201cWho are you?\u201d And, \u201cWhat happens after you take your last breath?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer to the latter question is frightening for those who believe in the quantitative definition of consciousness. The answer is, your awareness is snuffed out forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new world technocracy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amongst the \u201cexpert\u201d classes there is fantastic and fanatical resistance to the very simple idea that a human being is a spiritual personality temporarily associated with a human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a grave error to describe something qualitative as quantifiable because it severely limits the human spirit and degrades human beings as a species. That leaves researchers in a bind because a good investigator needs data. But the only data that truly describes consciousness \u2013 qualitative data \u2013 is not definable or computable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that doesn\u2019t stop the technocrats. The Global Governance system<\/a> is now being implemented at international organizations like the UN, the WHO, the WEF, GAVI,  the various public and private pharmaceutical networks, and many of the world\u2019s governments \u2013 including our own \u00ad\u2013 who see massive benefit in a quantitative system that can manage large populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to \u201cmanage\u201d individuals, the technocrats cannot treat human beings as persons with inalienable rights. For these folks, a human being is just a ledger entry with values. Voters and elections, in this system, are obsolete. Human beings are quantified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Global Governance matrix optimizes for stability, but humanity isn\u2019t stable. We love people who are liabilities. We\u2019re entertained by people who flirt with danger \u2014 real or imagined. We pursue meaning that has no monetary value. We insist on freedom that creates risk. From the matrix perspective, humanity is irrational \u2014 humanity is the prime problem to be solved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 escapekey.substack.com, \u201cThe Ghost of Wassily Leontief\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The world we live in today \u2013 a mess of conflict, hatred, and confusion \u2013 is the result of mis-identifying what consciousness is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because consciousness is inherently qualitative it cannot be accurately described by science, the scientific method, or by any technocratic process that is quantitative. The Global Governance system will ultimately be a massive failure, as long as there are enough human beings who understand their qualitative nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is consciousness then?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even guys like Eckhart Tolle, Sadhguru, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj have a hard time describing what consciousness is, using language. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj\u2019s book, I am That, <\/em>is a masterpiece and I have had many profound realizations from it. My edition has 464 pages. In it the Master answers essentially the same questions with essentially the same answers, using different and very clever examples. It is clear that Nisargadatta Maharaj found something<\/em>, a profound understanding, that is intensely personal and that people could feel radiating off this humble shopkeeper. But even Nisargadatta Maharaj could not entirely explain what consciousness is to the satisfaction of his listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This presents a conundrum: In order to advance, our species must recognize that the human spirit is quintessentially non-physical, a divine aspect of the Creative Source. When that occurs for enough persons, a tipping point will be reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All civilizations in this galaxy have faced that dilemma at some point in their development. Some make it, some don\u2019t. We are at the crossroads now, today, at this moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consciousness is ultimately non-physical. People aren\u2019t their bodies. People aren\u2019t meat. People aren\u2019t quantifiable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consciousness shift<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The failure to properly define consciousness, I believe, is not deliberate or evil. This idea is captured in the phrase, \u201cNever assign to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, maybe not stupidity, but a lack of awareness. Fortunately that is changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have asserted over and over in these essays that humanity is undergoing a massive consciousness shift. But what does that really mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means that the collective awareness of humanity about itself is increasing. It means, as well, that individuals are discovering more about themselves, both good and bad. The good and the bad are being acted out on the Gameboard of Earth as humanity tries to find itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are seeing on our screens a grand movie about human consciousness that is the culmination, or the denouement, of human activity and karma over the past 200,000 years. Since homo sapiens came out of the caves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does this movie have a happy ending?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe it does. To believe otherwise is to fall in with the Global Governance crowd and create a dystopian future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postscript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am not religious, but I\u2019ll leave you with this great quote from the Bible that I found in one of the MKULTRA memoirs I mentioned in my last post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFor there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed; or hidden that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Luke 12: 2-3<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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