Frighten-In, Psych-Out: Forces that Divide, Conquer - The Enemy 

Among Us: "A multi-player deduction game" that has become highly popular, a way that extended families (those not living in the same household) and friends have stayed connected the past few years. Nice. Instead, without apology, what I'm concerning myself here in this post is what happens when the negative forces within and between, among US, become domesticized, a multi-player ("it takes two...") player social reduction game, a HOUSE DIVIDED. As in any relationship that began with investment of time and energy, great expectations, celebration of love/friendship, dissolves, devolves to one of despair and mutual disdain. Where WE even without a foreign agent become divided and conquered. Where we, in all honesty, in the end, have no one else to blame, except US. While our collective attention is understandably and deservedly riveted on what's happening this very morning overseas, it is vital, critical, to maintain a strong domestic policy. Before advancing (as in "enemy advances...", an acutely important headline) to another specific Psych-Op strategy we are witnessing (in addition to the "Fearmongering" I presented here yesterday), let's briefly "touch base" (common term for staying in touch, especially as we sense some physical, social, or psychological distancing) and concurrently highlight the ways in which as well as what happens to US (here in the U.S. and the world over), as we become a HOUSE DIVIDED. That is, consider both the cause and effects, both HERE and THERE, in this multi-player game among US...

MAD: Riches to Rags X 3: As in the "Big Three". That is, whenever, wherever, we find ourselves dividing from one another, from relationships we heretofore found mutually satisfying, even sustaining, there are three BIG (ergo, "Big 3") forces that are universally experienced, as well as exploited, both the cause and effect of such divisions. A dramatic and common example, a sad case for illustrating this, encountered almost daily in my office, is that of domestic divorce (i.e., marital). Where one party seeking 'relief' via legal separation and/or divorce, starts with what appears to be a type of 'win-lose' proposition (e.g., "I want a divorce...I'm divorcing you...I'm taking the kids, packing my bags and leaving...") more often, to the dismay of all involved, ends up with what WE heard a lot during the "Cold War", one of "Mutually Assured Destruction (with the exception of the attorneys, in the case of divorce). Three forces that find parallels at home and abroad, brought to bear to intimidate, annihilate, get the other to capitulate (as in "out of court settlement"), in no particular order:

1. Disrupt Lines of Communication: Here, probably already accomplished and part of why they are divorcing ("We just can't communicate!") and ironically, paradoxically, what I tell the couple they'll have to do more of, in order to be good stewards of other resources already stretched thin. Such as when a corporation opens a new office, builds in a good communications system, to maximize both physical and personnel resources -- an exercise I always do with such couples (including those without children), after which they both show sufficient understanding but seem to have difficulty applying when they leave...

2. Disrupt/Destroy the Grid: Always an instrumental part of an effective battle plan to defeat an enemy force, whether when instigating or countering, to disrupt or even eliminate the source(s) of energy, so that no matter how many forces THEY have, they may lack the energy (literally) to sustain an attack (or defense, respectively). Here at home, we have heard that as a nation our power grid is precariously vulnerable. Even closer to home, in cases of couples dividing, it is likely that they are already experiencing more fatigue after a period of conflict and/or estrangement that has brought them to this difficult moment, energy depletion that both parties (and many children if present) continue to report for a while after. Also frequently represented in the more traditional sense, as in when, perhaps through a breakdown in communication (see #1), one party does not pay the utility bill ("We got a shut off notice!"), whether deliberate or unintentional (Yeh, right!)...

3. Disrupt Supply/lines: In warfare, key battles have been won or lost not just by the presence of superior forces, but by supplying them with sufficient 'bullets and beans', via effective logistics. Here in the U.S. and throughout the world we have seen and experienced early during the pandemic weeks, then months, what happens when such a critical household staple as TP is not readily available, by the supply line being disrupted at one 'end' or another. In the case of divorce, this is also represented by one or another's attempts to shift, raid bank accounts, refuse to pay for expenses (even those agreed on in the divorce), and/or "late child support payments!", with legal attempts to prevent, mitigate, and/or counter such disruptive money supply strategies represented in part by "hold harmless" agreements (many times about as valuable as the paper-less on which they are drafted)...

Collectively, these forces that can easily divide and conquer US, bring to mind the oft quoted "I have met the enemy; it is US". Forces to be wary of, to reckon with, here and abroad....as I return to other specific Psych-Ops that are part of these...Next Up: "False Flag(ing)"