Basecamp for Men E198: The Spirit of Defiance

E198: The Spirit of Defiance with Special Guest Marja West

 

E198 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. Today we have a few tidbits and a fiery interview that I really enjoyed being a part of .

You can see the new variant marching onto the scene, can’t you? It’s so boring and predictable , isn‘t it. How fucking dumb do they think we are? Getting it all ready for 2024, yawn.

Here’s a meme from David Wolfe shares a BREAKING story. A new and more lethal OMICRON variant has been detected. It’s called BS 24-7. It attacks the truth and insults your intelligence. Aho.

I have a few questions for you. How will you navigate Round 2? Did you learn anything from the last round? Did you like complying and obeying orders from tyrants who hate humanity and freedom? How did that feel? I am asking because I don‘t know as I, my family, and a few close friends were on the other side. I have learned a ton the past two or three years but I plan on making many of the same choices in Round 2 of another plandemic. I won’t be doing masks or jabs or boosters or whatever else the Globalists have in mind for us. I’m not interested in any of that and I don‘t really care what you think of me. I stay out of your business, trusting you will make the best choices for you and your family.

And a great way to tee this interview up is with a Walt Whitman quote and a reaction by Bitcoiner Jeff Swann.

Walt Whitman says “There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country. If the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.” In which Jeff responds with a simple “Walt Whitman knew the fucking snowflakes would ruin the country.” Aho. This gets us in the mood, so to speak.

Buckle your seatbelts as I sit around the fire riffing with my new friend. The fiery, truthful, enchanting Marja West. Enjoy the ride.

Marja West Bio

Marja West is an author, mentor of The Hermetic~Natural Law Principles, and a leading expert in Trauma-Based Mind Control. Her focus is on assisting survivors of this trauma to evolve from Victim to Victorious. Well-known for her zero-filtered-laugh-out-loud humor and disarming, electrifying presentations, Marja is the author of the book F’d Wide Open: The Rude Awakening of the Heart-Based New Humanity. Here is my interview with Marja West.

E198 Final Thoughts-

I hope you enjoyed that conversation as much as I enjoyed being in it! Marja is a true spiritual warrior and she wears it all on her sleeve. I love it. I get to be a guest on her show Conversations with Men coming up soon. I’ll share the details with you here or maybe even shape it into something for Basecamp. Thank you so much Basecampers and we’ll see ya around the fire next week.

 

 

 

Basecamp for Men E83: Fireside Chat with Howard Ferguson

E83: Fireside Chat with Howard Ferguson

 

E83 Introduction-

As a show that is assisting in the awakening of humanity and attempting to do our part using myth, Gnosis or spiritual knowing, and an unflinching stand for what is true I see roughly three groups right now. There is the group that is having one epiphany after another, this is the group that are the meditators, truthers, , the seers and the Gnostics.  This group is excited. For these are the early adopters in this huge shift in consciousness. They are seeing more and more of the pattern.

There is a middle group where things have begun to stir. They are sensing that things may not be what they thought and perhaps the MSM is not telling them the truth about what is happening.

Maybe they took one or two of the red pills and things are shifting.  Or some of what we are talking about mythically is starting to resonate with them. Things are expanding for this group but cognitive dissonance may still be the order of the day as they try to discern the pattern that is emerging. This group is neither early adopters nor the laggards. This group is starting to right-size the ego and so not be as entrenched in their old ways of seeing and categorizing reality. They are starting to sense that we are at a tipping point and that THEY might have something to do with the outcome.

The final group does not appear to be stirring nor awakening and that is fine as well. They are perhaps too entrenched or invested in the old reality. They seem to believe that anyone  that does not think and talk as they do are crazy.

For this group there does not seem to be enough inner resources to either right-size the ego nor prepare themselves for the massive amount of information that will need to be downloaded and integrated into our tribe in the coming weeks and months.

I know a lot of people in each of these three groups: friends and former friends, collegues, family members, people I know in the community. I am fine with whatever group you find yourself in although my sense of the third group is that nobody is going to put themselves in that final group. The ego won’t allow it. Such is the way of things. My focus is on helping those that are showing the unmistakable spark to find some footing and participate in a growing tribe during these strange shifting sands we find ourselves on.

What follows is another red-pill episode.  Part of a series of episodes we have done and will do sprinkled throughout season three. Think of it as two friends sitting around the fire talking about the pattern they are seeing right now.

And make no mistake, these red-pill episodes are for the middle group, the one that is starting to make sense of things. If we can help fill in the picture a bit more clearly or you take something you heard and investigate it for yourself, then Howard and I will have succeeded.

Whether you confirm our findings as true or not is not really the point. Not ultimately anyways.  Your honest inquiry and ability to throw aside the mainstream media’s disinformation campaign and propaganda and discern for yourself is what will further your awakening. I wish you Godspeed listeners. We are, as they say, at the precipice.

Howard Ferguson Bio-

My guest today is a friend, entrepreneur, restaurateur, and fellow seeker of Truth. Howard Ferguson is a man known as straight shooter, a truth teller, and someone who is able to integrate new information and form it into a collective vision of what is happening and where we might be going.

Here is my interview with Howard Ferguson.

E83 Final Thoughts-

I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Howard Ferguson.  One resource that both Howard and I love is the writing of Martin Geddes. Martin is really good at giving you a birds-eye view on much of this stuff. I highly recommend you check out his latest book Open Your Mind to Change: The Guidebook to The Great Awakening.

The website is at www.openmindschange.com. I promise you that you will pull a bunch of things out of there that you weren’t aware of. I also promise you that you will feel more optimistic and more empowered about what is unfolding than you did before you picked up the book.

Basecamp for Men E79: Meditation as a Portal

E79: Meditation as a Portal with Special Guest                Richard Haight

 

E79 Introduction-

Meditation is a topic that we have covered here on Basecamp for Men a number of times. It is not a coincidence that most of my guests have not only a familiarity with meditation but most have active practices spanning many decades and many different types of meditation.

We have done episodes with Paul Dunion and Ziad Masri. We have done episodes with Janell Hartman and Howard Ferguson. We’ve done them with Sally Kempton and Sophie Maclean. And we have recently done EPs with Champ Parinya and Lisa Rezac, all active meditators. I bet if I asked all my guests, most would say they have some sort of meditation practice. And it makes sense, doesn’t it?

If meditation speeds up evolution then a show about men’s personal development really should have a lot of meditators on the guest list.

My take on meditation is that it is one of the most powerful tools you can use for yourself and your development. What are the benefits of a meditation practice? The answer: comprehensive. In other words, it helps with everything.

And there is a touch of  magic and mysticism in a meditation practice. Something transcendent. And who doesn’t love these qualities? You are, in a very real sense, communicating with the Divine. You may not start with that as your notion but over time, it hits your awareness as this jaw-dropping discovery.

Your awareness starts to expand. Ego starts to dissolve and, with it, all its unnecessary suffering. Patterns that seemed on the edge of your awareness suddenly come into full, clear view. Subtle energies that eluded you suddenly become available to you.

I like this quote by the great Ken Wilber. He says “Meditation speeds up evolution. It accelerates the remembering and the re-discovery of the Spirit that you eternally are. Meditation quickens the rate that acorns grow into oaks, that humans grow into God.”

My guest today is a life-long student and teacher of meditation and meditation techniques. Let’s go have a chat with him.

Richard Haight Bio-

Richard L. Haight is the founder of the Total Embodiment Method (TEM), which is an awareness training system designed to integrate meditation into one’s daily life. Richard is the author of five bestselling titles, most notably The Warrior’s Meditation, Unshakable Awareness, and The Unbound Soul. He is a considered one of world’s foremost experts in the traditional Japanese martial arts.

Through his books, his meditation, and martial arts seminars, Richard  seeks to ignite a worldwide movement for personal transformation that is free of all constraints and open to anyone of any level.

E79: Final Thoughts-

I hope you enjoyed our time with Richard. I have found that, like Richard, meditation has greatly improved my writing. There is an allowing in writing, a giving yourself over to the flow of words that meditation helps prepare you for.

I also like what he said about how training ourselves in open awareness or what the Buddhists call “Big Mind” is often times easier for beginners. There is something interesting to this. If meditation walks you along a path of Light with fellow mystics and seers, then this vast, expansive exploration will certainly hold treasures for those brave enough to plunge into the deep end of the ocean, so to speak.

I sometimes wonder, as I prepare to do a meditation, how many millions of other Souls am I joining in this extraordinary experiment in energy, frequency, and vibration. Who might I meet next along these ancient roads? I thank you my listeners and I wish you Godspeed.

Basecamp for Men E76: Building Bridges

E76 Firestarters for Men: Building Bridges

 

E76 Introduction-

Well today we come in with one of our short format Firestarters for Men. I am calling it Building Bridges. For what it’s worth, I am feeling incredibly optimistic right now. That may surprise some of you. It hit me this week. A feeling that we are right on the verge of something historic. A restoration of our Republic. A reclaiming of what is rightfully ours as WE THE PEOPLE.

I want to get a guest on to unpack The Act of 1871 and its implications. I mentioned this at the end of the last episode. It seems this knowledge is making its way to the center stage. Were any of you able to go do some research on this?

I am also starting to put together interviews that will serve us as a tribe NO MATTER what happens in the world. If the shit hits the fan, what are our resources as men? What can we count on? Where is our edge right now as men?

It seems we are being asked to transcend our boundaries. To integrate the polarities that have kept us divided. I hear it from both sides, right and left. I have been in both camps at different points in my life. Here is what you will hear: I can’t talk to them. THEY are brainwashed. THEY don’t listen. THEY are crazy. THEY are stupid. THEY are violent.If you move across the political spectrum in this country, it’s the one thing that both sides have in common. They view the other side as a bunch of brainwashed idiots.

I am not sure if way of thinking if going to get us there. Do you? If what we have been talking about here the past ten episodes or so is true, this polarity will need to be transcended. What work do you need to do?

Let’s not forget what we have learned about projecting our shadow. We have a strong, unconscious tendency to hide, repress, and deny all the traits that we don’t want to own in ourselves. We then project them onto the other person or other group. So, it is always them. THEY that are ignorant ones, never us. THEY are violent, not us. THEY are brainwashed and conditioned, never us. THEY are wrong about something never us. And finally, it is THEY who are arrogant and lack humility, not us.

Do you see how prevalent that is in our thinking? To remedy this, we can get out one of our most powerful tools in menswork and just own the projection.

I can be ignorant of many, many things. There is so much I DON’T know.

I can be violent and angry. Sometimes I want to burn this old, corrupt system to the ground.

I can be brainwashed and conditioned. My whole life I have processed information that wasn’t true. Even though it was packaged as such. So have you, my friend.

I can be wrong….about lots of things. Maybe I am even wrong about this.

And finally, I can be arrogant and lack humility. I can think I know more or am better because I do spiritual work or mens work or I’m smart and well-read and so on and so forth. I can lack humility. This is a shadow that many men have.

Can you find these in yourself? These qualities you project to the other side, whether that other side is on the left or on the right. This sort of owning your shadow is what helps build the bridge. Are you starting to see that?

We have forgotten that WE ARE We The People. There isn’t a political divide in WE THE PEOPLE. The divide is an artificial construct. An impediment or obstacle in our collective awakening .

Sure the MSM, which is controlled by the DS and CIA, stokes and fuels our division. This is by design. However it is up to us to see this and ultimately decide: does this division serve us? Will it take us to where we need to go?  Does it feel good to constantly put our friends and family members “over there” in the box we label as idiots or brainwashed or misinformed (even when you can easily make the case for this). Will standing above others ever awaken them?Or do we need to figure out more elegant ways to build the bridges for WE THE PEOPLE.

I have work to do finding the new language. I am betting that you do too. This is perhaps the most important work you and I will do together. Do you want to be part of reclaiming WE THE PEOPLE and look back on this time as the best thing that you ever saw happen in your lifetime? Then it’s time to lean into your work and your courage. We are counting on you my friend.

For me, another area I see that I can continue to develop is in my ability to hold space for people that don’t agree with my viewpoint. This seems really important right now I‘m really being challenged by that with this show. I want people to like me and respect me (although this desire has lessened as I have grown older).

My teacher Patrick mentioned this in the recent retreat I did with him. He reminded us to stand in the Truth, no matter what. Serve the Divine and serve the Truth. Then let the chips fall where they may. You might lose a few friends and family members as you continue on your Hero’s Journey. But that’s ok. Sometimes these people you think are gone circle back around further up the mountain.

I got a great email from a listener that I want to share with you. He was so respectful and expressed how much he has enjoyed Basecamp and called out some specific episodes that he has enjoyed. He then expressed that the recent episides on The Great Awakening and, specifically, the episodes where Q is referenced have been off-putting and out of alignment with him and his viewpoint.

I completely get this. I have an intuitive feeling that many of you may be sitting with the same unease or lack of resonance with these recent episodes. My question to you is: did you get anything from the episodes, even if you didn’t agree with some of the content?

Here is the email I sent back to him. I hope it makes sense to you. I won’t use his name, of course.

Thank you for your honest response and thank you for listening to Basecamp. I think I understand where you are coming from.

That being said, I wanted to clear something up as best I can. The Great Awakening is not centered on nor dependent on Q for its momentum. It is a collective awakening to both the Light and the Dark. Q is simply a tool to help awaken many to the shadow. That’s it really.

Is Q a military intelligence operation? Yes it is. Are they preparing to make arrests? Yes they are. Is it going to shock the public? Yes it will.

However, beyond that, you don’t ever have to go there (nor does anyone else). There are a lot of ways up the mountain (many versions of the Hero’s Journey) and there seems to be a collective quickening happening right now. It’s palpable in the air, isn’t it?

I’ve done 75 shows now and only 5 or so mention anything related to the Q phenomenon. I will continue to serve men and serve Truth and our collective awakening. 

Thank you for giving Basecamp a listen and I wish you well.

With respect,

Tony

It seems we are being asked to forge new tools for the next chapters of our Hero’s Journey. What has brought us this far may be inadequate for the next challenges. How do you do your part to build bridges? What part of you is beckoning for expression? What part of you that has been dormant is now being asked to come forth? Your voice? Your heart? Your truth?

To steal a few lines from Andy Dufrane in The Shawshank Redemption, one of my favorite films of all-time. If you’ve come this far, perhaps you’re willing to come a bit further. I hope this episode finds you and finds you well.

Your friend,

Tony

 

Basecamp for Men E74: The Beginning or the End?

E74: The Beginning or the End?

with Special Guest Champ Parinya

 

E74 Introduction-

Have you noticed something a bit odd about the Biden inauguration and his quote/unquote Presidency? Did you notice anything odd about the inauguration itself? I mean besides the massive military presence. Most of which are still there in DC  and will remain there until mid-March.

Why do you think this is?  Do you think it’s to protect Biden from the rabid mobs of Patriots, the way the MSM claims? Why are none of the Patriots getting upset by anything Biden is doing? Even as they were disappointed in the lack of fireworks on Jan 20th? Is it because they are resigned to four years of Biden/Harris or are they aware that Biden has no authority right now and thus, no ability to further harm the republic.

Here is part of a correspondence  I received from a military friend.a He asks (with a wink and a smile):

– Why was Biden denied a military plane to bring him to DC?

-Why was the typical song for the arrival of  POTUS not played for Biden during the inauguration?

-Why wasn’t Biden rendered a 21-gun salute as is customary for an incoming President?

-Why did the military turn their back on Biden when he drove by in his motorcade, rather than face and salute, which is a requirement for all service members?

-Why is the pentagon still blocking access for members of Biden’s administration?

He’s pointing to something. The military are not answering to the Biden administration. Are we, in fact, in  a de facto military rule?

I stand by everything I said in E72: The Storm is Upon Us. However, I don‘t sit in meetings with President Trump and General Flynn and Ezra Cohen-Watnick and others. I don’t know what events make most sense by what date. But we do know they are coming.

I’ve started to see something unfold in recent days. That if the arrests that the military is preparing for had been done on President Trump’s watch, half the country would have never accepted the arrests. They (and the Deep State controlled  MSM) would have called it the maneuvers of a fascist dictator and never accepted the evidence presented before them.

This is optics for the public. Trump is in Florida playing golf. Joe Biden is in control of the nation and the military, right? Are the troops in DC to protect Joe Biden and his Administration or to finish the job that has been in the works for years? Do you think the military will just hand over the nation to the CCP, the Great Reset,  and treasonous politicians, with ALL the evidence they have? Are you at all aware of the evidence? Will enough people awaken to alter the course of the Hero’s Journey? What does your gut tell you about this question?

Champ Parinya Bio-

My guest today is again Champ Parinya, the creator of the Great Awakening Map. We caught up with Champ to help us make sense of the unfolding current events (using the Great Awakening as a context). Here is my interview with Champ Parinya.

E74-Final Thoughts

The world is watching the United States right now and for good reasons. Enough people have heard the rumors. Will the U.S. fall to its enemies? Will we succumb to the Chinese Communist Party and The Great Reset? Will treasonous politicians and those that traffic in children and human suffering continue to breathe fresh air? Will enough people awaken to alter the course of the Hero’s Journey? My sense is that we won’t have to wait long.