I think there is some confusion looming on the horizon as to the folks who are survivalists and organizing militias and those of the Other 1 Percent. I, personally, am not awaiting doomsday. Religiously speaking, I do want to be ready for the Second Coming, but I'm not expecting the "traditional rapture" concept either. Although the direction of this new millenium does seem dismal on some fronts, I'm not hunkering down and stockpiling. Now that I've shared what we're not, I'd like to share what The Other 1 Percent is truly about, at least from my perspective.
The Other 1 Percent is making different investment choices than US currency, yet we're staying on American soil, both financially and practically. I'm not seeking offshore investments, not outsourcing, nor expatriating. It's a lifestyle of returning to the method of living that has worked for centuries upon centuries that our grandparents left for the industrial revolution, which appears to be winding down in less than a century. To see this and point it out, doesn't make me a prophet of doom, it makes me aware of the news and unemployment statistics. I'm investing in the soil, and that is different than buying land.
I am hoping that I will at some point be a part of a group of folks in one place sharing this same vision and commitment, but that will then get the label of a cult. Realizing the two things that have been prophesied to come to pass, I'm not sure I'll see it in the way, I was hoping. I do believe the Bible and although I don't like everything that has been prophesied, I don't feel that I'm supposed to fight it. I'm sort of a peaceful rebel, but I know these things and I believe they are the purpose of the Other 1 Percent.
My life is very spiritually centered, and right now that seems not so popular. It's as if spirituality must be pantheistic or at least with intangible adjectives like ethereal and surreal, yet without direction; to be accepted socially. Our social spirituality seems to be a paradox of purposeless direction. A sort of worship of the journey . . .That's okay, I'm not called to fix that perspective either, the Other 1 Percent lifestyle is not for everyone. I'm thrilled, actually, that the government is only calling us "preppers." I've been called much more vile things than that, but then Y'hshuwah said that would happen and he specified from where the degradation would come. He was spot on!
Humans were created to tend the garden, and it's worked all these years . . . My investment in the soil is seeds. This week's Torah portion addressed how to afix the price of a field. It was not to be based upon a land value, but rather the number or years of crops it would produce before the land itself reverted back to the original tribal owner. Not only do I harvest produce, I harvest seeds to perpetuate my investment. When Y'hshuwah said to "be ready." I believe he meant that, so I guess in some ways, I do fit the criteria of the negative connotation of "cult prepper," but that's not because of what I believe, it's because of what my accusers don't believe.
My method toward success is following the Instructions given by our Creator. In doing so, He keeps my garden growing and my livestock healthy. The only time I haven't had rain in it's season or had problems with the herd, was when I was disobedient to His Instructions. It truly is that simple. There are instructions for successfully operating anything in life, I don't know why people would choose to disregard the Instructions for life . . .
Not waiting to be taken care of by a government or a church doesn't mean I'm fighting them. Back to the basics of the Bible is refreshing. Being a part of the Other 1 Percent is a practical spirituality or spiritual practicality. The Other 1 Percent are not awaiting and preparing for doom, we've embraced a spiritual awakening to life!
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