{"id":7115,"date":"2025-04-19T13:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/?p=7115"},"modified":"2025-04-19T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:46:17","slug":"do-not-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/archives\/7115","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Despair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/so-many-callas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/so-many-callas-747x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7116\" style=\"width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/so-many-callas-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/so-many-callas-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/so-many-callas-768x1053.jpg 768w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/so-many-callas.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad people, as my grandfather called them, thought they had successfully rigged the system so they\u2019d win; and for a little while it seemed they had won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But because bad people are incapable of complex thinking and are only aware of the mechanistic parts of systems, they greatly underestimated the genius of the totality of the system our founders borrowed from the Iroquois Confederacy: a system of seven layers, each layer composed of seven interlocking aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/behemoth-on-Big-River-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/behemoth-on-Big-River-2025-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" style=\"width:415px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/behemoth-on-Big-River-2025-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/behemoth-on-Big-River-2025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/behemoth-on-Big-River-2025-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/behemoth-on-Big-River-2025.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So it turns out bad people <em>haven\u2019t<\/em> won, and now the six other layers of the system \u2013 spiritual, genetic, collective, ancestral, regenerative, and metaphysical \u2013 are swiftly synergizing to thwart the actions of the bad people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Molly-emerging-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Molly-emerging-2025-1024x802.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Molly-emerging-2025-1024x802.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Molly-emerging-2025-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Molly-emerging-2025-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Molly-emerging-2025-1200x939.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Molly-emerging-2025.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon our beautiful complex system will eliminate the influence of bad people, decisions will be made based on peace and consensus rather than fighting, and we will experience a social and cultural renaissance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hallelujah!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>fin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gGN4-tEoaYs&amp;list=OLAK5uy_kBhAh4P02EZ34W3BWeJ1zuVDl5JwYw9I0&amp;index=6\">Through the Fire<\/a><\/em> from Todd&#8217;s album<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3Xg7dXLD4YeUU7rJd3zBhf\"> <em>Through the Fire<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad people, as my grandfather called them, thought they had successfully rigged the system so they\u2019d win; and for a little while it seemed they had won. 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