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HOW I CLOBBEREDEVERY BUREAUCRATICCASH-CONFISCATORY AGENCYKNOWN TO MAN. a Spiritual Economics Bookon andRemembering Who You Areby:Mary Elizabeth: Croft1

DedicationFor my sons, Colin Thomas and James Caseyupdated August 2008Be certain to read my articles, which I post episodically, on my blog:www.spiritualeconomicsnow.netAcknowledgementI could not have written this without the assistance of Ray Cox and Rice McLeodNo DisclaimerThere is no disclaimer in this book because the reader will learn that we are all responsible for our perceptionand interpretation of anything and everything we experience. I have no intention of disclaiming anything Iwrite. Maybe what I tell you will allow you to change your mind about how you want to conduct your affairsfrom now on. Anyone reading this book is wise enough to follow one’s own counsel and thereforeacknowledges that I cannot, do not, and will not tell anyone what to do.Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have while trying to write one. –R. ByrneCONTENTSForeword . PageTruth . PageNotes . PagePreface . PageIntroduction . Page35677PART I – WHAT HAPPENED . Page8PART II – HOW IT HAPPENED . Page 20PART III – WHAT REALLY HAPPENED / WHAT TO DO . Page 63EPILOGUE . Page 93SUMMARY . Page 94Contact Info/ Bibliography . Page 962

FOREWORDI had given up writing this book because of people’s reactions when I mentioned the Commerce Game.Most wanted to ‘kill the messenger’ because their having been so conned by the alleged ‘authorities’ fortheir entire lives was too painful to contemplate. Those with neither eyes to see nor ears to hear wanted toargue with me. Many suggested they were aware, yet upon further discussion they admitted to not reallyknowing.Our mind is of 3 categories: what we know, what we don’t know, and what we don’t know we don’tknow. Not knowing is unfortunate; not knowing that we don’t know is tragic. – W. Erhart.Some actually did know about the fraudulent banking system and yet felt already defeated. Theyremain part of the problem by refusing to become part of the solution.The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about and refuse to investigate.– Dr. Wayne DyerI concluded that, unfortunately, only a few want to hear how to become free, stop identifying withtheir false beliefs, do what they want to do (instead of ‘working for a living’), and live in joy which iswhat we are designed to do. I felt as if I were my own minority group – I truly do want to know thatwhich I don’t want to know. Most want security over freedom. As most people identify with theirbeliefs, giving them up would present the fear, ‘who would I BE?’ If they were to open their minds, droptheir preconceived notions and their psychological prejudices, let go of the concept that their beliefs arewho they are, they might become enlightened.Millions of unconscious people are not taking responsibility for their inner peace. – Eckhart Tolle.Needless to say, suggesting we have been conned into playing an insidious game which is destroyingour lives, our futures, our fellowship, our spirituality, and our true natures, will meet with non-receptiveminds. Consequently, in exasperation one night I resolved that my book would be futile – a waste of mytime and energy. I declared I would put my efforts back into developing my Energy Psychology practice.In the middle of the night I was awakened by a voice saying, “Secret Oral Teachings”. I thought, “I’llremember” and went back to sleep. Later I heard it again, and then again upon awakening I heard, “SecretOral Teachings” at which point I leapt out of bed and went to my books and put my hand on a smallbrown book which I’d owned for 20 years and never read, entitled, Secret Oral Teachings in TibetanBuddhist Sects by Alexandra David-Néel and Lama Yongden (1967). Within the first eight pages I readabout the hesitation of the Buddha, before beginning His Mission:“I have discovered a profound truth, difficult to perceive, difficult to understand, accessible only tothe wise.“Human beings busy themselves in the vortex of the world and find their pleasure. It will be difficultfor men to understand the law of the concatenation of causes and effects, the suppression of thesamskaras (ideas that one forms which depend upon ignorance).“Of what use to reveal to men that which I have discovered at the price of laborious efforts? Whyshould I do so? – This doctrine cannot be understood by those filled by desire and hatred . it ismysterious, deep; hidden from the vulgar mind. If I proclaim it and men are unable to understand it, theonly result will be fatigue and annoyance for me.”Brahma Sahampati exhorts the Buddha to conquer His hesitation:3

“May the Venerable One preach the Doctrine! There are beings whose spiritual eyes are hardlydarkened by light dust, these will understand the Doctrine. In the land of Magadha a false doctrine hasprevailed up to the present, elaborated by men whose minds were contaminated (by ignorance). Now opento them the gate of Immortality (literally, of the deathless).“Arise, O Victorious One ! Travel through-out the world, O Chief of Pilgrims (beings who wander inthe round of successive births and deaths). There are some who will understand Thee.”The Buddha insisted strongly on the necessity of examining the propositions put forward by Him, andof understanding them personally before accepting them as true. The ancient texts leave no doubt on thispoint:“Do not believe on the strength of traditions even if they have been held in honour for manygenerations and in many places; do not believe anything because many people speak of it; do not believeon the strength of sages of old times; do not believe that which you have yourselves imagined, thinkingthat a god has inspired you. Believe nothing which depends only on the authority of your masters or ofpriests. After investigation, believe that which you have yourselves tested and found reasonable, andwhich is for your good and that of others.”“Doubt is an incitement to research, and research is the path to true knowledge.”“Why are these teachings secret? Does that mean I can’t write and tell about them?” “No, Alexandra,these teachings are not called ‘secret’ because it is forbidden to talk about them. They are ‘secret’ becauseso few who hear them understand.”***Immediately I began writing, yet from a completely different perspective from my previous attempts.Following is the result of this inspiration. I ask that you take the Buddha’s suggestion – “investigate,believe what is reasonable and for your good and that of others.”I was asked – but there no words: it was a straight mental instantaneous communication – ‘What had Idone to benefit or advance the human race? – The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Sogyal RinpocheI have determined that writing this book is my responsibility.***4

TruthA truth’s initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed. It wasn’t theworld being round that agitated people but that the world wasn’t flat. When a well-packaged web of lies hasbeen sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and itsspeaker a raving lunatic. – Dresden JamesEach progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed to guard the past. Maurice MaeterlinckContempt, prior to complete investigation, enslaves men to ignorance. – Dr. John Whitman RayIn a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. – George OrwellIf you want to make someone angry, tell him a lie; if you want to make him furious, tell him the truth.All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it isaccepted as self-evident. – Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher, 1788-1860As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. – J BillingsDon’t confuse your opinion with 55the truth. – Werner ErhardIts a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear. – Dick CavettThe power to fit in with one’s social peers can be irresistible. To a human lemming, the logic behind anopinion doesn’t count as much as the power and popularity behind an opinion. – Norman Livergood?If the truth is that ugly -- which it is -- then we do have to be careful about the way that we tell the truth.But to say somehow that telling the truth should be avoided because people may respond badly to the truthseems bizarre to me. – Chuck Skoro, Deacon, St. Paul's Catholic ChurchNeo: What truth? Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. That you, like everyone else, was born intobondage. kept inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch – a prison for your mind. MatrixAccept it or reject it; you have to know it. – Mrs. McKay, my grade 11 Geology teacher, RYCIWe serve no one by withholding information. We do not serve ourselves by refusing to investigate.Lack of information never assisted anyone. Accurate information allows us options; we can choose to takeaction based upon it or choose to ignore it, but not knowing does not assist us. So put aside yourpreconceived notions, your psychological defence mechanisms, and your prejudices. Take a chance onremembering what could well grant you complete economic, emotional, and spiritual freedom.Any “Logics” course will teach that we can have a completely logical system which reaches a logicalconclusion yet it is not true because it is based upon a false premise. The mind seems not to care if itreacts from something that is untrue as long as it feels certainty. So, the best position from which to learnis from ‘uncertainty’ – ‘being in the question’.Can we afford to be so arrogant as to pretend we know something we don’t know the knowing of whichcould transform our lives – Werner ErhardMany people have ruined their lives when they could have prevented it .but for want of opening their minds.***5