Lies, More Lies and Creative Paralysis

Vanity Upon Vanity: When Truth-Tellers Are Buried and Lies Rise to the Top

The past ten days have been deeply frustrating. Though my mind was teeming with arguments and angles worthy of publication, a cocktail of disillusionment and creative paralysis rendered me inert. As soon as the creative juices rushed like a torrent through the capillaries of my brain, it would dissipate just as quickly, drowned by a sense of futility.. There are various terms used to describe this condition.

Creative Paralysis: This occurs when a person has ideas or inspiration but can’t bring themselves to act on them. The prevailing cynicism can be articulated through the following questions:

“What’s the point?”

“It won’t matter anyway.”

“No one will care.”

“Everything’s already been done.”

Existential Nihilism: This is a more hi-falutin term which encapsulates a philosophical stance where life, values, and creation are seen as meaningless. When internalized emotionally, it can undermine motivation to create. It is best described by the following question to oneself:

“Why bother making anything in a broken or absurd world?”

Learned Futility/Disillusionment Burnout: These are more grounded terms which describe a condition similar to learned helplessness but is more often tied to creative efforts. It stems from mental fatigue, from Sisyphean creative struggles, only to be denied recognition or a chance for one’s voice to be heard. When past attempts are ignored, dismissed, or ridiculed, it takes a toll on the mind. Cynicism therefore becomes a defense mechanism.

The symptoms and terms I described are not related to the “loser mentality,” although I am sure that a lying narcissist like Donald J. Trump would wholeheartedly disagree. They are, in fact, borne out of real experiences and undeniable facts — one of which would be presented in all its stark effrontery further down in this essay.

During this period, I was also taken aback by the slew of garbage prioritized by Google’s search engines and the putrid trash that Youtube’s algorithms kept recommending on my feed. I am subscribed to over two dozen channels but fresh posts from the majority of them were conveniently buried by YouTube.

Instead, the content these platforms recommended were not only unmitigated lies, they were lies recycled by the same suspect players for the same gullible audiences. This was not traditional propaganda; this was sewer-level material designed to destroy any semblance of critical thinking left on the planet. No wonder the vast majority of sheeple wallow in the bottomless mendacities of “the powers that be” (TPTB).

To understand the world today, one needs empirical data — something real to build upon. But when the entire edifice of information rests on a rotting foundation and a stack of decaying lies, the surging tide of globalist deceit will inevitably wash the gullible away. There is only one Truth and this is what He said:

Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. (Matthew 7:24-25; ESV)

It does not matter how many lies one had exposed during one’s lifetime — from 9/11 to Saddam’s (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction to lies over Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons to the plandemic etc. etc. — the sheeple will fall for mainstream lies again and again. This happens partly out of gullibility and partly out of the need for self-preservation. Cowardice and gullibility are inextricably linked!

One can expose these lies again and again, get censored or shadowbanned relentlessly, and ultimately become cynical and worn down. As King Solomon repeatedly declared in the book of Ecclesiastes, “it is all vanity.”

The injustice cuts deeper when Indian content farms brazenly plagiarize my work — with Google's algorithm rewarding their theft with prime search rankings while shadowbanning my original works. The evidence speaks for itself: RT published my latest Op-Ed with the following headline verbatim and so did other platforms which did so with proper attribution. But only the stolen content was prioritised by Google. Ironically the publication is incongrously titled BLiTZ: Fears None But God.

What does God say about theft?

I filed a complaint with Google, but the process proved convoluted and legalistic. It is easier to steal than to have your contents protected online.

On a brighter note, it gave me an idea to expose the nexus between Alphabet (Google’s and Youtube’s parent company) and serial plagiarists. I also advise my readers to switch to Bing or Yandex to seek more balanced news sources.

But more than that, I advise my readers to seek God, or at least retain Him in your thoughts, and He will bring to your attention whatever you need to know. You can indeed rest in that blessed assuredness. If you are facing a situation like mine, maybe He is allowing you to be worn out so that you can lay your burdens on His feet. And, as I have referenced before:

Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away. (1 Corinthians 7:31; NLT)

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