hekura

...I was curious about this post because I found it to be a question juxtaposed to my ordinary interaction with my environment. When reviewing the threads in the forum, the implications of "infiltration" suddenly filled my mind, when I read the title. Interestingly, this was a mixed thought...including concern, resignation, and joy.

I was concerned because, certainly, infiltration by an enemy could be very dangerous. My concern immediately focused on possible enemies, and the dangers they could present. The more I thought about it, though, the fewer enemies I was able to readily identify. Really, I could only suspect that certain people in my environment, "might be" enemies...but I don't actually know every individual near me, right now. I suspect this might seem like a "duh!", and that the whole point of "infiltrators" is that you do not know them.

I thought about everyone I knew...and I wondered if any of them would qualify as an "enemy". Without doubt, there are many people I know, that I do not trust...but it is not because they will kill me, necessarily...I have just learned that they have a very loose affinity for the truth. They have proven to me that their lives, and the lives of those they interact with, are poisoned by their "un-truths". I typically do not choose to enmesh my life with these people, beyond the expectations of community or profession, because I do not like to waste my precious time with deception or drama.

I thought about everyone I didn't know...and in wondering if any of these people qualified as an "enemy", I came to the same conclusion...no! Again, I figured there would be some that I couldn't trust...and some that I might not specifically appreciate...but I had no particular reason why I might not trust or like them. I can only guess that they would match my experience, and that there would be a few who thrived on deception and drama...but I REALLY didn't know. Further, I couldn't clearly determine what it is they might be infiltrating. There will obviously be communities of people struggling to survive, if some of the sinister scenarios we have become aware of, bear fruit...but how would they be vulnerable to infiltration? With what currency will "traitors-to-be" be paid? It seems to me that only in the beginning of these separations of community, will differentiation be made between "privilege" and "truth". The very down-to-Earth business of survival will easily identify those who readily bond with their neighbors to achieve a common purpose. I would hope that these groups would have learned that the idea of "difference" or "belief" as a separatist policy...is where the whole trouble began, in the first place.

Ultimately, I was brought to joy. I imagined being a member of a community that actively addressed practical issues of living, treasuring independent perspectives, while lovingly self-policing itself. I thought that being an outsider to this group would NATURALLY make me wish to infiltrate it. For whatever reason I might find for being an "interloper" to this environment, I would welcome the opportunity to be included in the logistical navigation of their collective safety. If the group were unhappy, or frightened, or paranoid...I wouldn't particularly wish to be a part of it. If I had been commissioned to "infiltrate" this thriving community, by others who wished to destroy it...I would immediately question my motives, and the reward I am offered to do so. It is likely that any motives or rewards would fall far short of the joy of being included in such a community.

Isn't the whole point of any of these things which may or may not come about...the truth? How can a society fueled by the truth, spend time expecting others to be a part of deceptive infiltration? Unless truthful activity becomes illegal, shouldn't it be celebrated? Even if the truth becomes illegal, does a community have the right to automatically assume deception on the part of others...ESPECIALLY if they stand apart from such a travesty?

These are just my thoughts...and perhaps the majority will see it differently. I think that natural law will only be delayed by the continuation of suspicion and mistrust. I am a VERY experienced human...and I know there are others who will align against truth. My "experience" is that war, at ANY level, just does not succeed. I know that some will die because of contrast in ideology, but this is a return to nature, in a way. There are only so many ideologues in the world who cannot abide by others...and their NATURAL attrition will ultimately yield governance to the people. WHEN truth becomes the natural order, it is likely that we will ALL be infiltrators, at one point or another. The single idea that we should resist oppression, doesn't necessarily qualify us for admission to a "truthful" society.

I am resigned to the thought that "infiltrators" will be a concept that is difficult for people to transform into the "potentials" these people actually represent. Regardless their origin, they represent skills, labor, and intelligence...vital resources to a "truthful" society. To react to them in a traditional way, with killing and violence, is to abandon the premise upon which all of this effort is being expended.