Arlington Institute Quartet: Are We Being Played & How to Navigate the Changes?
by Arlington Institute Quartet [8-9-2024 published].
(After the introductory remarks, John Peterson shared comments & questions from premium members from about 9:50 through 23:35 that were addressed. Then they dived into the big question. Yes, we are being played by a lot of sinister forces who are not on the side of improving human life in harmony with Nature. There are also good forces in play that encourage us to live in harmony with each other and our incredible earth. As individuals, we have a choice to make. Do we align ourselves with the chaos that won't survive, or do we align ourselves with Nature and harmonious interactions with others? We don't need to wait for some 'external' force to come and 'save' us. We can start building the 'New World' by taking steps now to create the liberty & harmony that we desire. The three share a lot of excellent observations about what is happening and what we can start doing right now. — RAD)
Relevant Resources
The Arlington Institute John Petersen's website
John L. Petersen is considered by many to be one of the most informed futurists in the world. He is best-known for writing and thinking about high impact surprises (wild cards) and the process of surprise anticipation. His current professional involvements include the development of sophisticated tools for anticipatory analysis and surprise anticipation, long-range strategic planning and helping leadership design new approaches for dealing with the future.
He has led national non-profit organizations, worked in sales, manufacturing, real estate development, and marketing and advertising, mostly for companies he founded. A graduate electrical engineer, he has also promoted rock concerts; produced conventions; and worked as a disc jockey, among other things.
Mr. Petersen’s government and political experience include stints at the National War College, the Institute for National Security Studies, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council staff at the White House. He was a naval flight officer in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve and is a decorated veteran of both the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. He has served in senior positions for a number of presidential political campaigns and was an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1984. He was twice the runner-up to be Secretary of the Navy.
In 1989, Petersen founded The Arlington Institute (TAI), a non-profit, future-oriented research institute. TAI operates on the premise that effective thinking about the future is impossible without casting a very wide net. The “think tank” serves as a global agent for change by developing new concepts, processes and tools for anticipating the future and translating that knowledge into better present-day decisions. Using advanced information technology, a core group of bright thinkers and an international network of exceptionally curious people along with simulations, modeling, scenario building, polling and analysis, Arlington helps equip leaders and organizations from many disciplines with tools and actionable perspectives for dealing with uncertain times.
An award-winning writer, Petersen’s first book, The Road to 2015: Profiles of the Future was awarded Outstanding Academic Book of 1995 by CHOICE Academic Review, and remained on The World Future Society’s best-seller list for more than a year. His Out of the Blue: How to Anticipate Wild Cards and Big Future Surprises book was also a WFS best-seller. His latest book, A Vision For 2012: Planning for Extraordinary Change, was published in 2007. Mr. Petersen’s coauthored article, The Year 2000: Social Chaos or Social Transformation?, was one of the most highly acclaimed writings on Y2K. His 1988 book-length report The Diffusion of Power: An Era of Realignment was used at the highest levels of American government as a basis for strategic planning. He has also written papers on the future of national security and the military, the future of energy and the future of the media.
Petersen is a past board member of the World Future Society, wrote on the future of aviation for Professional Pilot magazine and was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation. He is a former network member of the Global Business Network and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. A provocative public speaker, he addresses a wide array of audiences around the world on a variety of future oriented subjects. When he is not writing or speaking, Petersen invests in and develops resources for large, international projects and advanced technology start-up companies. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
Robes: A Book of Coming Changes PDF version of Penny Kelly's book that was mentioned.
Robes is a book of global dimensions offering a compelling look at the changes coming at us now and over the next decades. In 1980, a group of little monk-like men in brown robes began to visit Penny Kelly, always asking her to "look at some pictures." Over the next year and a half, the little men visited her regularly, each time showing her pictures of the future and emphasizing that humans needed to take responsibility for the world they were creating. This is the story of what she was shown, and an amazing commentary on the ongoing evolution of the human being.
By turns startling, comforting, enlightening, and unnerving, Robes takes a deep look at the coming break-up of nations, our evolution past democracy, the temporary rise of business to power, and some of the reasons for all of this. It goes on to examine our institutions, technology, how we raise children, our sexuality, ideas about healing, the family, and culture as well as the emerging human potential embedded in the body/mind system. This is a book for everyone interested in what is happening in our world today, why it is happening, and how to begin building the new world. Notably, it brings hope, new ideas, a sense of direction, and common sense back to the world of the Everyday.
Robes: A Book of Coming Changes Paperback version of Penny Kelly's book that was mentioned.
Robes is a book of global dimensions that offers a compelling look at the next century. By turns startling, comforting, enlightening, and unnerving, it takes a deep look at the coming changes in nations and governments, as well as the rise of business to power. It expands to examine everything from education and population, to wars, weather, food, and famine, including the emerging human potential embedded in the body/mind system. "The most important thing for you to remember as you look at these coming changes," said the little men in brown robes, "is that things could be so much easier if you understood why these things are happening, and if you worked with them instead of against them..."
PennyKelly.com Penny's website
Penny Kelly’s Assignment to Earth Penny presented this talk at the 2024 Ozark Mountain UFO Conference on 20 May 2024 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
John Peterson of the Arlington Institute talks with Mike Adams about the COSMIC FUTURE of Humanity
Enjoy this episode of John Petersen, featured by Mike Adams of Brighteon TV discussing the future of humankind, our space in the cosmos and being one planet in multiple advanced civilizations. They talk about the interaction with extraterrestrials as well as technology transfer from those civilizations, big picture thinking and human consciousness, the mass awakening and how we escape the prison planet and take our rightful place in the universe.
- Future vision, technocracy, and cosmic energy affecting human DNA and society.
- Global awakening, technocracy, and potential future events.
- Extraterrestrial life and the Arlington Institute's efforts to facilitate the transition to a new world.
- Suppression of technology and human advancement.
- Earth's value and potential extraterrestrial observation.
- The value of humanity from a cosmic perspective.
- New forms of currency and governance in a post-human society.
- Energy, elements, and transmutation.
- Advanced technology and extraterrestrial life.
- Future of humanity, UFOs, and consciousness.
Templeton Prize Nominee, scientist, international educator and renowned as a pioneer in the emerging paradigm based in science, social policy and human potential.
He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and is active with visionary organizations including the HeartMath Global Coherence Initiative and The Arlington Institute. He’s presented his discoveries in over 30 countries on six continents and has been invited to speak to The United Nations, Fortune 500 companies and the U. S. military. Read Gregg Braden's full biography here.