No Boxes

Review written by Bernie Weisz, Historian, Vietnam War. Pembroke Pines, Florida U.S.A. Contact: BernWei1@aol.com November 20th, 2012 Title of Review; The World Is Controlled Madness, Unrecognized by Mankind Due to Brainwashed Conditioning!
What does Australian Vietnam Veteran Syd McLeod mean by the title of this book? Read his second installment of "No Boxes; Truth Cannot Be Expressed" and you'll find out! McLeod, or "Mac," as he prefers to be called, wrote his first installment titled: "No Boxes: A Triumph of Spirit." In his initial offering, Mac covered his childhood and joining the Australian Army in 1960, his June 1963 to August, 1965 tour in Borneo and Malaya,of which eighteen months of that were spent deep in the jungle. This prepared Mac for his two tours of South Vietnam, in which he bravely served the Australian Army during the worst part of the conflict. He was there from August of 1967 to August of 1968, witnessing the January, 1968 Communist "Tet Offensive." He returned to South Vietnam and served from May 16th, 1970 to January 6th, 1971 as a member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps battalion. Mac discussed the reality of the "Domino Theory" for Australia, coming to terms with killing someone during combat and the fact that Vietnam was the world's first "television war." As far as reporters and camera crews were concerned, Mac drew no bones in declaring that if one is not involved, they needed to get out of the way or suffer the consequences. Needless to say, both books have one theme in common. No ideologies are discussed, but rather indicted. The author sets the stage for this second book by clearly stating that whatever mankind knows arises from other's indoctrination and is the forerunner of arrogance. Based on his extensive wartime experiences and his self-rehabilitation to recover from its Post Traumatic Disorder effects, the reader can easily understand why McLeod feels the way he does.

In "The Truth Cannot Be Expressed," Mac covers many subjects, expounding on his viewpoints. His self rehabilitation from the Vietnam War included ridding himself of all mementos of it, including all his medals. Using mineral supplements, B-12 and meditative therapy, Mac lives in the here and now by elucidating; "It is possible to live in the present, despite all we see and know of the past. All it takes is recognition and a factual judgment of our histories, then discard into the wastepaper basket all that has proved itself to be wanting." All organized religion is assailed, with Mac claiming it has an insidious nature of mind conditioning. He explains this by asserting; "The obvious is right before our eyes, but we cannot see it because we have been conditioned to be brain dead in that regard, i.e. never discuss religion or politics. Why? Unrepressed debate highlights the facts and none of those involved want the facts exposed for what they are, a sham." So is Mac an atheist? Read on. Mac explains this further by writing; "People can only know they are alive, they do not know when they are dead, so instead of making the most of what they know, they slaughter each other, trying to convince others that their version of what they cannot possibly know is fact. The most amazing thing is they regard their fairy tales and their insane actions as being normal. The reverse is the case, we have conditioned madness aided and abetted by our so-called intelligent institutions, universities, etc., all lacking the guts to come out and say the obvious: this is All Nonsense!" Is Mac talking about "The Crusades, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy" as well as the papacy and its system of ecclesiastical government?

You, the reader may interpret Mac's assertions any way you want. However, the author qualifies himself by saying; "Those who have got past ideologies and realized the lie for what it is were and are caught in a trap, to express the facts would mean their quick demise, murdered by idealistic groups who don't dare question their idealistic ideas and are terrified of anybody who does." On Christianity and Jesus Christ, Mac declares; "if their own prophets came back from the dead now, they would have nothing to do with what has been created in their name. Despite the proof that the only words that can be attributed reliably to him were those of the Sermon on the Mount, people will not accept that all the rest can be placed largely at the door of a bunch of faceless Greeks whose interpretations were based on prior ideology. So, in reality the Christian faith is an institution that is not espousing the message of the Originator." On theology vs philosophy, Mac has this to say; "Those who stand in the pulpits, spewing their venom and other contradictory nonsense have no authority and in fact spiritually blind. Theology was made separate from philosophy for one corrupt reason, the former accepts hearsay and ignores facts whereas the latter investigates hearsay and accepts facts. Theology is therefore a lie that has elevated itself above questioning, and the populace blindly follows these corrupters of truth." On the very basis of Judeo-Christianity values is the Old and New Testament. Mac declares this in regard to scripture; "Nearly all subjects are not as complex as they seem to be. They only appear that way because of the underlying religious corruption. Deal effectively with that and you remove all those religious contradictions, which are the main cause for the confusion in the first place. And make no mistake, the bible is full of them as well as being anti-nature."

Syd McLeod covers much more than the aforementioned. He has noticed the aggregate power and influence of large groups, making the following observation; "Collectively large groups can at times be extreme, because there is something else at work. It is not the mass of individual energies that cause this, it seems to have a life of its own that to a greater or lesser degree effects all. It is how flocks of birds, herds of animals can all wheel in any given direction instantaneously. The human species is also effected by it, panic, spontaneous goodwill, fervor, violence, love and many others. Having some idea of how this operates gives individuals power over others; you can make your own list of who they are." One of the aftereffects of intense combat is P.T.S.D. Mac covers this, and schizophrenia by expressing the following; "somebody hears something that no one else can hear does not mean that noise cannot exist. "Mental sickness" is a perfect example of wrong thinking just described. What currently happens is that the effect, not the cause , is treated. So instead of using intelligence, the life is shocked out of millions of people using electricity, surgery, drugs, brain washing and repressive conditioning. This only creates more problems, genetic change not being the least which is fine for the mind butchers." There are many other fascinating issues McLeod addresses. Some of them are meditation methods, results and consequences, man's inspirations and accomplishments, the limited use of mind power and intellect, dream management, extraordinary intelligence, learned vs. original thought, and other dimensions of consciousness. Whether you agree with Syd McLeod or detest him for what he says, Mac is guaranteed to evoke a response in even the most neutral reader. This, along with his first installment of "No Boxes," is a fascinating book that will challenge any reader!