In Germany we have a mandatory fee for the payment of public radio and television – about 20 Euros per month per household. No matter whether you make use of their services or not. More and more people refuse to pay it – especially since the legality of it is most questionable. As it is often discussed in (German) social media, I felt compelled to share my experience and insights with the “BeitragsService ARD, ZDF, Deutschlandradio” (Contribution Service for three public broadcasting stations). Their slogan is: “Simple. For all!” – hence the logo of the company as illustration of this blog entry.
Simple for all?! – But complicated for an individual!
After thoroughly dealing with the BeitragsService – BS in short which so nicely also means bullshit…, spending hours on forums and in chats, considering to go to a sub group of the society “Friends for home and law” and also ordering and reading an informative brochure with the lovely title: “Out of the compulsory TV – the BS-Trap” by Marco Fredrich and of course, discussing the issue with a few friends, I had the following insights:
The swamp is probably much bigger than we can possibly imagine
I cannot fathom how swampy our political-legal swam is in reality – I do not know enough about it. But it definitely is much more swampy than I ever thought. Trying to get a hand on it is – at least for me – a kafkaesque endeavor.
The BS is a part of this swamp, even a particularly muddy one. I find it most honorable and worthy of respect that so many people intentionally deal with this and many other dirty aspects of citizenship. That is clearly a worthy path to self-empowerment – to overcome non-resistance and to achieve conscious or as it is expressed in the chatrooms “woken up” acting. I myself found it strangely enlivening to research the background myself and to gain my own view of this swamp. It reduces the fears and increases the anger. As a matter of fact the “BS-dropouts” are by now several hundred thousands of people… And also the other resistance groups concerning citizenship, welfare, water- and electricity fees etc. are steadily growing in numbers.
Growing Madness
That also includes having to find new friends in the long run. For many of the old ones consider one insane if one states without losing a beat, that our present constitution is invalid, that in reality Germany is defined by the borders of 1937 and that our personal ID is not sufficient if you want to found a party – that requires the proof of your actual citizenship. In the long run one has to acquire a new peer-group – and most important of all: be willing to get so familiar with the whole matter that one can explain and defend one´s claim competently to allow for decent discussions and analysis.
Of course some of these people who are thus committed are former Eastgermans and receivers of social welfare – frustrated and with a lot of time on their hands, and who do not want to be any longer the victims of “the system”. But not only. There are also many smart people with integrity who simply have the desire to be treated with respect and not like dumb sheep…
Resistance requires time, force and energy
However that kind of commitment requires the willingness to invest time and a lot of energy into research, reading laws and also understanding them. The law dictionary becomes a constant prop. And also a decent measure of anger, willingness to fight and perseverance are necessary – to then finally – legally, but costly – stand up against “the system”. It is also important to connect with people of an alike mind in order not to feel lost and lonely within. And of course: the more connect, the bigger and faster the avalanche will grow that can bring about the desired change.
And I do indeed have an aspect within me, a kind of inner revolutionary who deeply despises inhuman systems and goes on the barricades – emotionally. But physically? In our time? Here and now?
We create our own experience of reality
Finally I am aware that we create our own experience of reality with our thinking and doing… So if I enter this field with my consciousness – which can become rather insane and fanatic – then I support that view of the world and thus the empowerment of a reality where we are all innocent victims of an actually completely insane system. And even if our knowledge about it grows, we never grasp the entire truth, which is even larger and more complex than most of us can fathom.
For this is another of my recent insights: we truly move in different realities – and none is more real than the other…however for the individual only his/her own is valid and that also applies to “the truth”: you can only recognize what you are willing to recognize, or rather you only can see, what you want to see… And even not wanting to see something, or intentionally ignoring it requires the focus on the undesired object and thus feeds its manifestation – often against one´s own actual wish.
For me, fighting is out!
Besides the fact that I´m way too lazy by nature for open battle and fights of this kind, I am also aware that this would be a path according to the old paradigm. To defend yourself against something automatically produces resistance if not counterstrikes: that is the energy of war… So if I align myself with a group of people who engage themselves in fighting for a reform for state and law – no matter how honorable their reasons – then I go into resonance with their dissatisfaction, their victimhood and their power struggle. For the only reason to defend yourself is because the other is stronger. But in the end battle is always costly for all involved, for the driving energy is rejection and separation. With that focus my life would be marked by constant information about all the things that are wrong in our world…that is a lot, as we all know! That causes long term depression and illness… And you feel guilty if you focus on beauty, nice and pleasant things – and accuse yourself of ignorance – for “in reality” everything is much darker and more painful… I don´t want that!
There is another way!
So I decided to invest my time and attention in things that are truly important to me: my own physical, emotional and spiritual health, the unfolding of my highest potentials and the expression of what makes me unique and with which I can contribute – at least metaphysically – constructively to the field of collective consciousness.
Furthermore I decided that I will take a different path of reform and change. I rather write than research mean and painful laws, sublaws and overlaws… I rather spend my time with people who prefer sharing and exchange, than “fighting an enemy” and think “we here” and “those there”. From now on I focus on the beauty of the possible instead of on the ugliness of the impossible! From now on my attention will not be paid any longer to the problems in our world, but to what works and improves in our world. There are already many things where health is already present..! That is a reality that I happily feed with my energy!
And concerning the BS: I paid the full amount and will also do so in the future. Even though I consider the BS a parasitic and dark system and in more than one way: with the money all kinds of things are financed, that keeps people exactly in their unconsciousness. If you sit on the couch and watch tv you at least don´t do any other challenging things! Furthermore many programs also pleasantly numb one´s own thinking and stop creativity…
Also the news system can probably be easily manipulated with the money…and wherever else there might be entanglements, that all cater to the intention of those, about whom we hardly know a thing. For the BS is not the actual opponent, but his creators – unknown to the public.
In reality it´s about actively lived love and creativity!
But it is their intention to distract people from their true size, their divinity and their creative abilities and rather exploit them… That of course works much better, if they voluntarily take the position of victims – especially if they believe to actually resist this position… However reading and analyzing laws and regulations also ties up a lot of attention and energy: similar to a fly in a spider´s web who is also wriggling for its liberation and yet because more and more entangled…
This process of insights emerged from my decision to not act from a place of fear, laziness or ignorance concerning the BS. Now I can say, I pay it! Even with you and the awareness that I contribute to change with every single euro in my own way: my this money be filled with love and light and thereby contribute to the reorganization of the system from within – and that means its break-down that´s fine too!
And I know that this works, for I´ve had the experience already! For a while I worked as a screenwriter for German television. However all the productions I was involved with – broke down. Frustrated I went to a psychic to gain some metaphysical insight and learned that I myself was the cause for these failures. With my commitment to the light and my fundamental decision to only act in the service of love, I poisoned all dark systems – the light actually became a virus! And how powerful even a small light can be becomes obvious if you´ve ever lit a match in a pitch dark space…
Shining instead of fighting!
From now on I will make sure that I vibrate as high, as I possibly can – that I experience and express s much joy and love as possible and become contagious doing it! For the higher we vibrate the faster and easier our experience of reality adapts to our vibration…may we all create together a radiant reality!
That also includes that I divert my attention from a consciousness state of lack (paying the BS fee is “too much”, I´m too week to defend myself alone, I´m too stupid, to understand it all and finally too lazy to even struggle with a dying system) towards abundance and conscious selfempowerment:
I focus on so much material abundance that I can pay my fee in a relaxed and serene manner. I don´t defend myself, but I also don’t resign – I simply totally accept whatever is and on that basis choose the best possible next developments….
I choose not to understand the swam and dry it out! I focus on the grows of clarity and transparency and that the muddy waters will dry up if they are not any longer fed by fear and power. I invest my energy into my creativity and encouraging growth of consciousness for me and others.
I assume that the days of the dark forces are counted anyway and everything will restructure itself soon and in a good way – may all find a good place for themselves during the current transition and in the future. May love prevail – so intensely that finally everything falls apart that is not love.
In that sense I wish all an empowering process in dealing with BS…
