The Long Time and Enelram
By
M. Marlene Oaks
Some of you may remember the Long Time, however some of you may be lingering in its echo.
If you remember, there were loosely defined groups, and some few were in more than one group. Occasionally, a few would switch groups, but that was not usual. Let’s see if we can remember the main groups.
1. There were the Wailers. They screamed and cried, even rioted over matters they knew little about. They loved to make a scene, whether it was in their homes or out in public. They encouraged onlookers to join in. It became sort of a sport, screaming, jumping, waving signs, breaking things. It is thought generally that they craved extreme attention, were addicted to their own adrenaline, were paid to act this way, were mentally ill, or some combination of these. Each event seemed to have a mixture of these.
2. Closely affiliated were the Instigators. They loved to get the Wailers going. They thought up often outlandish schemes to get the Wailers wailing and even otherwise Normals wailing too. They made up problems that often seemed so ridiculous that it was difficult to imagine people could actually get upset about whatever was their outrage of the week. Historians have surmised that part of their payoff was power. It made them feel as if they were powerful because they could cause so much disturbance in the Force.
3. There were the Lumps. They lived mostly what was called “virtually.” They ate, drank liquids, eliminated like others, sort of, but their lives were lived in virtual realities. At first it was what were called “games,” but at some point they left the outer life and entered almost fully into virtual life.
4. Then there were the Subversives who wanted to end all freedoms, take power, take everything but bare survival needs from the people and take everything else for themselves. They often were the ones feeding the crazy, and often confusing, so-called issues to the Instigators. They tried to confuse the language, excite rage over opposite ideas, make up phoney categories to defend vehemently, and eliminate all logical debate. They worked on shutting down free speech. They despised all spirituality, tradition, even the nuclear family. They worked to sneak Subversives into seats of power. The leaders worked in the shadows for the most part, but it is also from this group that the Iron Rulers emerged.
5. The Iron Rulers took ultimate power. Their Subversives had eventually succeeded in crumbling all that had been held sacred. No one could question them lest they disappear. This had been seen in history before, but not quite like this well-planned, gradual shift. It had been an elegantly planned and sinister plot. First they accused the traditional leaders in all areas of things opposite of what they were doing, but what the Subversives and Iron Rulers were doing both behind the scenes and also in plain sight. It began slowly, gained momentum, and then in one final swoop, the Iron Rulers took over. It was a terrible time.
6. The largest group for quite a while was the Normals. They worked. had families, went to religious services, played actual sports, took vacations, voted for other Normals whenever possible (there came a time when Normals became afraid to run for office). They were amazed by all of the crazy ideas and demonstrations, but didn’t know what to do about it for the longest time. Under the Iron Rulers, they just tried to be invisible.
7. There were the Criminals, distinct from the other dysfunctional groups, but in some cases, also part of them. They did not obey laws. They stole, murdered, subverted, raped and were in general violent. The Subversives and Instigators had abolished institutions that kept them apart from others, so they pretty much did as they wanted.
8. Another major group was the Thinkers. This group was not subject to the hypnotic tactics or threats of the Wailers, Instigators, or Subversives. This group professed critical thinking, free speech, self-control, creativity, and the like. For quite some time, this group has shrunk in size regularly. During the time of the Iron Rulers, they went underground, still working on ideas to get everyone free. It is often thought that their Renaissance was what turned it all around, likely in conjunction with the Lightbearers.
9. One
other group made up those times, the Lightbearers.
This group not only studied the wise ones of before the Long Time, but also
walked in two planes – this planet and the Spiritual Realm from where we came and
someday will return. They were incredibly upsetting to the Subversives and
Instigators, and were eventually almost wiped out during the time of the Iron Rulers,
as they had been attacked from time to time before the Long Times in ancient times.
They knew too much and so were inimical to the powers. They could not be
controlled.
We have some writings
of a few Lightbearers that were somehow saved from the scrubbing process. Of
course, we are fortunate to have the writings of current Thinkers and Lightbearers
to help us stay out of recreating the dark days of the Long Time and the horrible
days of the Iron Rulers ever again.
One such person is
known as Enelram. We do not know for certain if this is a male or female, but current
scholarship consensus thinks female is most likely, so we will go with that for
now.
We think it is likely she
got rounded up somewhere in the first half of the 21st century, when
they rounded up everyone over 90 to eliminate them as drags on society.But
first they took the Thinkers and Lightbearers over 90.Then later, they took many
of those over 50m, because they remembered how it had been.
There needs to be more
research on those days. It is important to learn what went awry so as not to
repeat those terrible mistakes. I’ll get back to you when I have more information.
