Waiting for NESARA

Waiting for NESARA

Going along with my study of the psychology of cult members for one of my screenplays, I reference Waiting for NESARA (once again from the wonderful Grey Lodge). NESARA documents a group of people called the Open Mind Forum that believes a bill passed by President Clinton in 2000 would radically alter the economic structure of the United States (with other interesting features). The National Economic Stabilization And Restructuring Act would--so the Open Mind Forum believed--abolish the IRS, eliminate debt, pave the way for Jesus Christ to return to Earth via a flying saucer, expose President George W. Bush as a lizard-like humanoid and other hard-to-swallow points. Rather than poke fun at the members of the Open Mind Forum, the filmmakers maintain a detatched and even sympathetic point of view that allows the the Forum members to openly and honestly present their radical viewpoints. It's a fascinating study of the cult mentality whereby members of the cult can believe such farfetched ideas despite profound and obvious contradictions, prophesies that never come true or are perpetually delayed and other obstacles that not only do not make the cult members reevaluate their thinking, the obstacles instead prove to strengthen the members' convictions.

It's a great documentary about a fascinating subject (to me, at least). Definitely worth the hour and fifteen minutes of your time.

Watching:

Wild Blue Yonder

The Science of Sleep

Reading:

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter

The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti

Blake's Selected Poems, William Blake

JLA Vol. 3: Rock of Ages, Grant Morrison, John Dell, Howard Porter (Finished.)

Goodbye, Chunky Rice, Craig Thompson (Finished.)


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