The Frequency War | How Fear and Outrage Stifle Spiritual Growth
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Francisco Goya
We are at a crossroads. Not just politically, socially, or ideologically, but psychologically and spiritually. People are more exhausted, mentally scattered, and overwhelmed than ever. We are bombarded—with information, with distractions, with conflicts carefully packaged to keep us enraged but never enlightened. And in that constant state of agitation, people lose sight of the one thing that could truly set them free: the ability to think for themselves. The system does not want you to be an individual. It does not want you to step back and see the curtain, let alone pull it back to reveal the mechanisms behind it. It wants you to be so consumed by the battle you’ve been assigned that you never stop to ask who benefits from it. There is a reason for this. The world has become heavier, louder, more chaotic—not by chance, but by design. People have been conditioned—slowly, deliberately—to see everything through the lens of conflict. Instead of seeking understanding, they seek enemies. Instead of questioning, they seek to enforce. Instead of elevating their consciousness, they sink deeper into the quagmire of outrage and ideological warfare, mistaking the feeling of righteousness for actual wisdom. But beneath the surface of these conflicts, something deeper is happening. A rift is forming, a divide not just of politics or ideology, but of consciousness itself.
Throughout history, those who seek power have understood that controlling people through physical force is inefficient. It is resource-intensive, unsustainable, and prone to rebellion. But controlling perception—shaping the lens through which people see the world—ensures that rebellion never even begins. If you can dictate what people believe is real, if you can determine what they perceive as right and wrong, what they should love and what they should fear, you don’t need chains. The mind becomes the prison, and the people inside it will not just accept their confinement—they will defend it. This is not a new phenomenon. Every empire, every ruling class, every theocracy has relied on some version of this to maintain control. The Roman elite pacified the masses with bread and circuses, ensuring that public spectacles and cheap entertainment kept people too distracted to question why their rulers were living in decadence while they scraped by in poverty. The medieval Church ensured that scripture was written in Latin for centuries, creating a world where divine truth was inaccessible without an approved interpreter. McCarthyism turned ordinary citizens into ideological spies, terrified that questioning authority would mark them as a threat.
But today’s version of this is more sophisticated than anything that has come before, because it’s not just about restricting access to the truth but overwhelming us with conflicting information until we give up trying to discern it. The battle for perception has moved beyond religious decrees or government-controlled narratives. It has become decentralized, woven into the very fabric of digital life, embedded into social media, news cycles, entertainment, and everyday discourse. The system no longer needs to censor outright—it simply overwhelms. The endless barrage of conflicting information, the constant cycle of outrage, the algorithm-driven emotional whiplash all work to keep people so agitated, so mentally exhausted, that they cannot think clearly. They cannot step back. They cannot assess the mechanisms behind the noise, because the noise never stops. And so, people do not recognize the manipulation. They only recognize the symptoms: the ever-present anxiety, the exhaustion, the sense that everything is broken and getting worse. They feel the weight of it but mistake it for something natural, inevitable. They do not realize that their attention, their emotions, their energy—what they think, what they believe, what they fear—have all been hijacked. And that is exactly how those in power want it.
Vibrational Warfare: The War on Consciousness
Many spiritual traditions speak of a fundamental shift in human consciousness—some call it the movement from 3D to 5D, others describe it as the evolution from fear-based thinking to a state of expanded awareness. Whatever language you choose, it is impossible to deny that a massive transformation is underway. But as with any shift in consciousness, there are forces that seek to suppress it. We exist in a vibrational reality. Every thought, every emotion, every state of being carries a frequency. Fear, anger, shame, and despair are among the lowest vibrations, while love, clarity, peace, and enlightenment exist at the highest. The Hawkins Scale of Consciousness, developed by Dr. David R. Hawkins, illustrates this spectrum, placing states like grief and apathy at the bottom, and courage, acceptance, and joy at progressively higher levels. At the highest end of the scale, enlightenment vibrates at the frequency of truth and unity, while at the lowest, fear and shame keep people in cycles of powerlessness.
This is not just philosophical—it is the foundation of control. A population locked in low vibrational states—fear, outrage, anxiety, hopelessness—is a population that is easily controlled. When people are stuck in survival mode, they are reactive rather than reflective, defensive rather than discerning. They pour their energy into ideological warfare that sustains the very system they believe they are resisting. The war is not fought with physical weapons—it is fought with perception. Every media cycle, every algorithm, every political conflict is designed to keep people locked in dense, heavy emotions that limit perception and keep them trapped in a loop of reaction and division. It is not simply about controlling what people think—it is about controlling the frequency at which they operate. A person vibrating at fear cannot access higher awareness. A person vibrating at anger cannot perceive solutions. A person vibrating at grief cannot remember their own power. And when trapped in these states, people become their own enforcers, policing themselves and each other in the name of ideology, identity, and righteousness, never realizing they have been conscripted into a battle that was never theirs to fight. This is the essence of vibrational warfare: when the mind is locked in fear and rage, it seeks absolutes—good versus evil, right versus wrong, my side versus theirs. But higher states of consciousness cultivate complexity, nuance, and the ability to hold contradictions without cognitive dissonance.
This is why every spiritual teacher who has ever challenged the system has urged people to transcend the illusion of fear. Buddha walked away from a life of royal luxury to sit beneath a tree, facing his own mind instead of the distractions of the world. Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven existing within—telling people to seek truth beyond the dogma of the ruling elite. Both were seen as threats, not because they waged war with swords, but because they taught people how to free themselves from internal control mechanisms. They knew that real freedom is not in overthrowing a system but in stepping beyond its reach altogether. Those in power do not fear rebellion—they fear awareness. Because the moment a person sees through the illusion, they cease to be useful to the system. The moment they realize their energy is being harvested, their emotions manipulated, their battles chosen for them, they stop participating. What if your fear is not your own? What if the battle you are fighting is not the one that matters?
How Good People Become Tools of the System
Most people believe they are making their own choices. They believe their opinions are their own, that their views on morality, justice, and truth are the product of independent thought. They see themselves as agents of change, as individuals standing up for what is right. And that is precisely what makes them so easy to manipulate. Those who orchestrate ideological wars, those who profit from division and chaos, understand human psychology in ways the average person never will. They know that people do not make decisions based on logic. They are driven by emotion, fear, and social conditioning. The father of modern propaganda, Edward Bernays, recognized that it is not facts or reason that shape public opinion, but subconscious desires, collective anxieties, and the need for belonging. He understood that the most effective way to control people is not through coercion, but through suggestion—through creating an environment where certain thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs feel natural, inevitable, even moral.
Social media has taken Bernays’ strategies and perfected them. People mistake the rush of anger for purpose, the flood of engagement for validation, and the fleeting high of ideological victories for real change. But in truth, they are chasing an illusion, their energy siphoned into a machine designed to keep them constantly engaged and agitated, not awake. The algorithms that shape online discourse are not designed to promote truth, nuance, or deep thinking. They are designed to maximize engagement, to keep people clicking, scrolling, reacting. And what drives engagement best? Outrage. Fear. The intoxicating high of moral superiority. When people believe they are fighting a righteous battle, they do not stop to question whether they are being led into that battle for someone else’s benefit. They do not stop to ask whether their anger is being directed, whether their energy is being harvested. Rage is profitable. Division is addictive. The system does not want resolution—it wants endless engagement. A cycle that feeds on itself, ensuring that the only real victory belongs to the machine.
It always begins with something real—because that is the most effective way to capture hearts and minds. A genuine injustice. A legitimate concern. A wound that has long needed healing. But instead of resolution, instead of meaningful dialogue or change, the movement around it is quickly hijacked. The conversation becomes binary. You are either for or against. You are either on the right side of history, or you are the enemy. There is no room for complexity, no room for independent thought. People become so attached to their ideological identities that questioning anything within their belief system becomes impossible. They mistake slogans for wisdom, dogma for truth. And just like that, they become soldiers in a war that was never theirs. This does not happen in just one political camp, one religious faction, or one ideological movement. It happens everywhere. The moment an idea becomes absolute, unquestionable, immune to critique, it ceases to be an idea at all. It becomes a weapon. And those who wield it do not need to be forced into action—they do so willingly, believing with every fiber of their being that they are acting in service of something good.
And this is what makes modern manipulation so effective. It is not imposed from above, but enforced from within. People do not need to be threatened into compliance. They do it themselves. They police their own thoughts. They self-censor. They learn to recognize which opinions are safe and which will get them exiled, shamed, punished. They see what happens to those who question, those who step out of line, and they instinctively know: it is better to stay silent. It is better to conform. It is better to obey. Because the greatest tool of control is not dictatorship. It is fear of social death. That is why ideological purity tests exist. That is why cancel culture, public shaming, and excommunication are so effective. It is not just about punishing those who dissent—it is about sending a message to everyone else. This is the line. Cross it, and you will suffer. And so, even the well-meaning become enforcers of their own confinement. They do not see themselves as pawns. They do not see themselves as manipulated. But they are. And they will defend the very system that uses them, because to admit otherwise would mean admitting that they were deceived. No one wants to believe they have been manipulated. No one wants to believe they have been used. And so, most never will.
The Death of Inquiry: Misdirection, Manufactured Outrage, and the Machinery of Indoctrination
“The greatest trick the devil ever played was making people believe he didn’t exist.” This is a profound and powerful thought. In our modern era, it seems that this is still true. The greatest trick being played on humanity in our digital era is not just making people believe they were thinking for themselves, but ensuring they would fight to defend the very system that spoon-fed them their beliefs. The world is not more chaotic by accident. It is designed to be this way. The confusion, the endless barrage of contradictory information, the constant shifts in what is deemed acceptable or offensive—it is all part of the same strategy. Misdirection has always been a primary tool of control, but modern technology has refined it into an art form. People are told what to think, who to blame, and how to react through an endless stream of content designed not to inform but to provoke. Social media has trained people to consume ideas the way they consume fast food—quickly, uncritically, without effort. And so, too many have grown intellectually lazy, mistaking engagement with information for actual knowledge. They scroll past headlines and believe they have an opinion. They read a tweet and assume they understand a crisis. They absorb pre-packaged narratives without ever asking who created this message, and why? And in that state of passive consumption, they become predictable. Easily manipulated. A person who has been conditioned to accept their worldview in pre-approved soundbites will never stop to consider whether they are being led.
The Gnostics warned of this long ago. They spoke of the Demiurge—a false god who ruled not through truth, but through illusion. The Archons, his enforcers, did not need to enslave humanity physically because they controlled the very fabric of perception itself. They distorted reality, fed people falsehoods, and kept them shackled in ignorance, mistaking the counterfeit world for the real one. Today, the mechanisms have changed, but the result is the same: a world where truth is buried beneath deception, where people mistake their chains for freedom, where the battlefield is not physical, but mental. The Gnostics believed that the Archons thrived on humanity’s fear, confusion, and despair—that they fed off of the low-vibrational states that keep people reactive instead of conscious. In their mythology, true liberation was only possible through gnosis—direct knowledge, deep awareness, and the refusal to accept the illusion as reality. What they described thousands of years ago is precisely what plays out now: a system designed to harvest human energy, to trap people in endless cycles of outrage and division, to keep them from ever waking up to their true power. Instead of asking why society is unraveling, people are funneled into artificial battles—manufactured culture wars, hyper-partisan feuds, outrage cycles designed to distract from the root causes of collapse. People are not given space to reflect or analyze; they are force-fed pre-packaged narratives, handed a list of what to care about and who to blame. The script is written for them, and their only job is to perform it. This is how indoctrination works—not through obvious coercion, but through repetition, emotional exhaustion, and social reinforcement. Indoctrination does not announce itself. It does not tell people they are being conditioned. It does not require absolute censorship or explicit tyranny. Instead, it creates an environment where dissent feels impossible, where questioning the narrative carries too great a cost, where submission becomes a form of survival.
The Tower of Babel
The comedian George Carlin, in one of his stand-up specials from the 1970s or 80s, famously mocked what he called “Soft Language”—the tendency to take direct, meaningful words and replace them with gentler, vaguer, or more palatable versions. His example? “Shell shock,” a visceral term for the horrors of war, became “battle fatigue,” which then morphed into “post-traumatic stress disorder,” a phrase so clinical and detached that it conceals more than it reveals. What Carlin highlighted as absurd has now become a weapon of control. Today, language is not just softened—it is deliberately destabilized. Even the word “truth” has become subjective, debated endlessly as though it were a personal perspective rather than a stable reality. This is not about kindness or progress; it is a calculated tactic. By constantly reshaping definitions, by blurring meanings under the guise of inclusivity or sensitivity, those in power ensure that no one can truly agree on anything. This is the essence of the Tower of Babel—a once-unified people, fractured by their inability to understand one another, reduced to incoherent factions speaking languages that no longer align. Language is frequency. Words hold energy, and when their meanings are warped beyond recognition, so too is the vibrational integrity of thought itself. In ancient mythology, the Tower of Babel was not just a monument to human arrogance—it was a warning. The gods did not destroy it out of cruelty, but to show that division begins when language fractures, when people can no longer understand one another. Today, this lesson has been repurposed—not by gods, but by those who seek to control. Language is no longer a bridge—it is a weapon, blunted and reshaped until even ‘truth’ is unrecognizable. When truth itself is up for debate, when language is so fluid that even the most ubiquitous words shift depending on political convenience, then all arguments become meaningless, and all discourse becomes warfare.
Propaganda is not just about lying outright—it is about structuring reality in such a way that truth becomes inaccessible. Truth has not disappeared, but has been buried beneath layers of manufactured hysteria, digital manipulation, and the illusion of choice. The system does not erase reality—it drowns it in spectacle. It is about flooding the senses with so much noise that the signal is lost. It is about taking genuine issues and distorting them, twisting them, making them so emotionally charged that rational discussion is no longer possible. It is about keeping people reactive instead of reflective. The mass media plays its role perfectly, not through journalism, but through spectacle and sensationalism. The era of yellow journalism never ended—it simply evolved. Headlines are no longer meant to inform but to provoke. Nuance is eradicated in favor of clickbait extremes. Manufactured narratives are pushed with precision, designed not to deepen understanding but to inflame emotion, stoke fear, and reinforce tribal lines.And then there are the bots. The armies of fake accounts, AI-driven discourse manipulators, and coordinated disinformation campaigns that give the illusion of consensus, that amplify division, that inject chaos into every conversation. Social media has never been a neutral space—it is a battlefield where perception itself is being shaped in real-time, where algorithms determine which voices are heard and which are buried, where engagement is optimized for conflict rather than clarity.
This is what makes indoctrination so insidious. It does not force people into submission—it makes them willing participants in their own manipulation. People believe they are informed because they are constantly consuming information, yet the more they consume, the less they understand. Knowledge is replaced with soundbites, slogans, and ideological posturing. Inquiry is replaced with moral performance. And all the while, the real architects of the system remain untouched. The people are at war with each other, convinced their neighbor is the enemy, while those who profit from division, who manufacture outrage, who set the stage for this theater of ideological warfare continue to consolidate power, wealth, and influence without challenge. This is propaganda. This is manipulation. This is conditioning. This is indoctrination. And most people will never see it.
The Greeks told stories of the Sirens, beings whose voices were so intoxicating that sailors abandoned reason, willingly steering their ships toward destruction. The Sirens needed no chains, no weapons—only a song seductive enough to override self-preservation. The danger was never in the sound itself, but in the sailors’ inability to resist it. The Sirens appeared as beautiful women, their voices soft and alluring, promising something just out of reach. But to those who truly saw them, the illusion shattered—beneath the beauty lay sharp-toothed monsters, waiting to devour. The sailors never saw the wreckage until it was too late. It’s why Odysseus tied himself to the ship’s mast—he wanted to witness the illusion without being consumed by it. Today, the Sirens sing not from rocky shores but from glowing screens, from endless digital debates, from scripted narratives that convince people they are fighting for something righteous when they are simply sailing toward their own ruin. And just like the sailors of old, they never see the wreckage coming until it’s too late.
The Frequency War: A Battle Beyond Ideology
People assume war is fought with weapons. That conquest is achieved through armies. That power is maintained through governments and institutions. But true control, the deepest and most effective form, is vibrational. It is psychological. It is energetic. The greatest war being waged today is not between nations or political factions. It is a war for consciousness itself. Everything about modern life is designed to keep people locked in low-frequency states—fear, anger, anxiety, outrage, hopelessness. This is not just an unfortunate consequence of a broken world; it is an intentional strategy. A mentally exhausted, emotionally reactive, spiritually numb population is the easiest to control. People who are afraid do not think clearly. People who are angry are easily directed. People who are trapped in survival mode—whether financially, emotionally, or psychologically—do not have the capacity to step back, to analyze, to see the bigger picture. This is why every system of power throughout history has relied on keeping the masses in a perpetual state of fear. Fear of the other. Fear of scarcity. Fear of failure. Fear of exile. The more fractured a society is, the more tribal, the more divided, the more unstable, the easier it is to rule.
But in the digital age, this warfare has taken on new dimensions. Algorithms ensure that people are not exposed to ideas that challenge them, only those that agitate and reaffirm their biases. News cycles keep people locked in a perpetual state of crisis, where there is always a new disaster, a new villain, a new existential threat. Social media creates an endless feedback loop of dopamine-driven validation, where engagement is rewarded not for insight, but for aggression. And so, we find ourselves in a Frequency War—a system that preys on emotional energy, that feeds off the reactivity of the masses, that sustains itself by ensuring people never break free from the loop of conflict and exhaustion. This is not merely an abstract concept. Emotional states are measurable—fear, anger, and despair operate at low frequencies, limiting perception and trapping people in reactionary loops, while clarity, reason, and inner stillness expand awareness. Those who seek control know this, and they weaponize it.
In The Republic, Plato described prisoners chained in a cave, forced to watch shadows cast on a wall. They believed these shadows were reality because they had never seen anything else. If one of them escaped and saw the real world, the others would call him insane. They would resist the truth, preferring the comfort of their familiar illusions. Today, the shadows are cast not by firelight, but by screens—by media narratives, political theater, and algorithmic manipulation. And just like the prisoners in the cave, most will fight to defend the illusion rather than face the terrifying vastness of the truth. Plato’s Cave is still here, but now the shadows are projected by screens. People are no longer just shackled physically but mentally, voluntarily returning to their digital cages, consuming an endless stream of outrage and illusion. Those vibrating at fear or anger lash out at the ones who see beyond the illusion, just as the prisoners in Plato’s Cave reject the escaped man’s revelation. It takes courage—a mid-to-high vibrational state—to even consider stepping outside the shadows. The modern divide is not political or ideological—it is a divide of awareness. On one side, there are those trapped in the cycle—reacting, fighting, defending the very system that exploits them. On the other, those who see the game for what it is—who recognize that the real battle is not about left or right, not about identities or ideologies, but about states of being.
Ancient Hindu texts describe Maya as the great illusion that keeps people trapped in false reality, mistaking the material world for ultimate truth. What ancient sages spoke of in parables, modern society has perfected—except today, the illusion is not woven from the natural world, but from digital screens, curated outrage, and engineered division. The path to liberation has always been the same: to step back, to see beyond the illusion, and to recognize the forces that seek to keep us blind. But this is not easy. Because this system does not just create division—it makes people crave it. People become addicted to outrage. They feel alive when they are fighting. They feel purpose when they have an enemy. And stepping out of that mindset requires something most are unwilling to do: to let go of their need for conflict, to release their attachment to being right, to recognize that their enemies are often just as manipulated as they are. Most will not do this. Because it requires effort. It requires reflection. It requires the willingness to unlearn, to sit in discomfort, to ask difficult questions. And yet, for those who do, the world begins to shift. The war of vibration is real. But it is not won by fighting harder. It is won by refusing to be used.
Reclaiming Your Mind: The Only Way Forward
There is a reason why people feel drained. Why they wake up exhausted despite getting enough sleep. Why they scroll endlessly, feeling simultaneously entertained and empty. Why conversations feel performative, arguments feel circular, and no one seems to be truly listening anymore. It is because the energy required to think—to truly think—has been siphoned away, redirected into endless ideological battles that never resolve, only escalate. And yet, there is a way out. The first step is understanding that this system thrives on your participation. It does not need you to agree with it, only to engage with it. It does not care whether you support or oppose, as long as you remain inside the game, reacting, debating, performing. It needs you distracted, emotionally charged, convinced that the battle you are fighting is the one that matters. But the truth is, the real war is not happening on the surface. It is happening at the level of consciousness. Escaping the war for your mind does not mean retreating from the world. It does not mean ignoring injustice or pretending that suffering does not exist. It means recognizing how your attention, your emotions, and your mental energy are being manipulated and weaponized against you. It means asking the hardest, most uncomfortable question of all: Who benefits from my anger? Who profits from my exhaustion? Who gains power when I feel powerless? Once you start asking those questions, everything changes. The illusion begins to fracture. The carefully constructed narratives that once seemed so absolute start to look flimsy. The urgency that once kept you locked in cycles of reactivity starts to fade. You stop seeing ideological enemies and start seeing human beings—flawed, complex, misled just as much as you once were. We are all being given a choice: remain pawns in battles we did not create, feeding a system that thrives on our rage, or step back and see it for what it is. We can refuse manipulation, reclaim our ability to think, and recognize when our energy is being harvested to fuel division and suffering. We were not meant to be spoon-fed what to think, what to care about, or what to fight for. We were not meant to be pawns in someone else’s war. We were meant to be free.
Hatred and fear are low vibrations. Far too often, people rush to shout down their ideological opponents, forgetting these are human beings with their own experiences and reasons for believing what they do. Instead of humility, grace, and curiosity, we all too often default to ridicule in order to feel superior—an ego trap that locks us in low vibrational conflict. Worse still, no one has ever been convinced by relentless condescension or merciless scolding; such tactics only harden anger and deepen animosity. Screaming online, tearing people down, and treating those who think differently as enemies do not create positive change; they simply fuel division, shame, anger, guilt, and even violence. The real rebellion isn’t about picking a side—it’s about choosing a different way to exist: clarity over confusion, self-awareness over reaction, and peace over perpetual conflict. True change begins with the energy we put into the world—what we say, what we share, and what we cultivate in others. This is why the system relies on fear: fear keeps people compliant, predictable, and easy to manage. Reclaiming your personal autonomy means refusing to be ruled by fear, recognizing the bait and the script disguised as moral duty, and withdrawing from battles designed to exhaust you—so you can redirect your energy toward something higher.
The world does not need more ideological foot soldiers, more outrage merchants, more enforcers of narratives they did not create nor fully understand. Breaking free from this cycle is not about rejecting reality—it is about reclaiming it.It needs people who can see. People who genuinely care enough to realize that true change starts from within. People who can think for themselves and ask questions. People who can resist the gravitational pull of the machine and say, I will not be manipulated or used any more. That is real rebellion. The war for your mind is happening right now, in every conversation, every news cycle, every curated outrage flashing across your screen. It is not about politics, morality, or ideology. It is about control. It is about keeping people in a state of permanent conflict so they never realize they are fighting the wrong war. But the script only works if you keep playing your part. There is no liberation in manufactured anger. No wisdom in blind allegiance. No victory in a war where the only real winner is the system itself.
It is not about politics, morality, or ideology. It is about control. The only path forward is to step out of the cycle entirely. To see beyond the illusion. To reject the programming that tells you constant opposition is the only way to exist. You do not have to be a soldier in someone else’s war. You do not have to be exhausted, outraged, or endlessly searching for an enemy. You can choose something different. You can reclaim your mind. You can reclaim your energy. A person who is awake cannot be manipulated. A person who chooses love over hate, who refuses to play the game, who sees beyond the illusion, cannot be controlled. To see clearly in a world designed to blind you is an act of defiance. To reject division, to refuse the bait, to reclaim your mind—that is the revolution the system fears most.
One way to subvert this insidious lowering of vibrations is to step outside — into nature, into stillness, into something real. Seek out what brings you joy, peace, and clarity. Look for ways to bridge the gap rather than widen the divide. Focus on what we have in common, or mute the noise that fuels anxiety, stress, and anger — even if just for a day or two. This isn’t about ignoring reality, but about practicing discernment. Not every battle is yours to fight. Not every crisis deserves your energy. Choose where you direct your attention, and in doing so, reclaim your power. Walk away from the noise. Stop feeding the machine. Be free. The world depends on it.
