Imagine

Alongside The Beatles conspiracies I come across, another theory I see expressed amongst conspiracy theorists is that the John Lennon song "Imagine" is either a New World Order anthem, a Communist anthem or in more recent times, a WEF anthem.

First of all, here are the lyrics:

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today... Aha-ah...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace... You...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world... You...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Like a lot of these theories, the problem is, you can make anything fit if you want. If you only take things at face value, on the level of words or the intellect, then many things can appear what they are not. Especially when you are dealing with spirituality, a lot of spiritual statements and concepts can appear to match the agenda of the system. This is because the devil (ie. the unconscious mind) always imitates and disguises itself as God (the conscious, enlightened mind). That is how the 'devil', so to speak, has been able to get away with what it has for centuries. Humans are essentially gullible creatures and most can't tell the difference. Politicians talk of freedom and the masses lap it up but when a truly enlightened being talks of freedom they often turn on him or her. That has been the way for so long now.

There is Oneness in Consciousness terms and there is One World Government. The public often confuses them. One is offering true freedom whilst the other is all about control. So when John sings "and the world will live as one" which one do you think he means? The conspiracy theorists will claim he is promoting One World Government. I will break it down verse by verse and offer my take:

Verse 1: To me, he is clearly singing against religion. He is imagining we dispose of religions and the ideas of Heaven and Hell that come with them. I don't see anything sinister here because enlightened beings also want you to dispose of these ideas. It is the belief in Heaven which creates the idea of Hell. Throw out God and the Devil and what are you left with? He is offering that you contemplate, imagine this for a moment.

Verse 2: "Imagine no countries"... Well, countries are imaginary lines drawn on maps by humans. In reality, there are no lines, no borders anywhere on this Earth. Simply masses of land and water. That is reality. Much of the killing that has went on for centuries is over these imaginary lines. Again he encourages us to imagine no religion and then suggests without all this nonsense we may live in peace. I don't see anything sinister here.

Bridge: He is aware most people will see all of this as fantasy, not possible as a reality but again encourages us to come to this reality despite the cynicism.

Verse 3: This is probably the most controversial line in recent times because of it's similar sounding sentiment to the WEF's agenda that we will own no possessions. My feeling is John meant it not literally but in terms of imagining a world where we are not attached to possessions. Where we don't think in terms of "mine". That is a very different sentiment. He is often criticised for this line because he lived in a mansion with lots of possessions but the key is how attached he was to those possessions. He follows it with "no need for greed or hunger" which backs this up. Again, all genuine spiritual teachers throughout the ages talk of how greed drives us to own lots of possessions because we somehow feel we will be more ourselves, more important, better than others, if we own a lot of stuff. "A brotherhood of man" does sound a little masonic in terms of the freemasons often talking about "brotherhood" but that term is not exclusive to them. It can equally simply mean man uniting to help his brother. He finishes with imagining us all sharing the resources/possessions of the world. Is this such a bad idea?

I've seen people bring up a quote of his on the song where he said it was "virtually the communist manifesto". Knowing John's personality from afar, he was akin to making bold, over-the-top statements at times and in relation to the Western capitalist system, Communism probably has some more similarities to how an enlightened world might look, in the sense there would be more equality and sharing of resources amongst people. Probably if you pressed John on which system he preferred - Capitalism or Communism - he'd probably choose Communism because I'd imagine he'd see it as the lesser evil. Yet he criticised Chairman Mao in The Beatles song "Revolution" so I doubt he was naive enough to fall for Communism completely.

I've also seen it expressed that so many celebrities pushed that song during Covid times, certain artists covering it and so on, backing up their theory that it is some WEF anthem. I would suggest perhaps those celebrities misunderstood the real message of the song or the control system behind them has deliberately hijacked the song. It wouldn't be the first time the system has grabbed hold of something genuine and pure and tried to use it for their own agendas. In fact, that is one of their main tactics throughout the ages. They take something that is popular or has touched people in a real way and distort or invert it to fit their own twisted beliefs. Remember, the Devil mind cannot create for itself, it always has to work with the creations of others. Now that John is no longer here physically it is very easy for the control system to attempt to distort his works but as Bob Marley sang "who feels it knows it lord".

As with most things, I go by what I feel when I listen or watch something, not what is on the surface, in this case the words. On top of that, I don't get the feeling John Lennon had anything but good intentions. When you look at his work as a whole, the messages he put out in his other songs, such as the Plastic Ono band album, the trip to India during The Beatles, etc I really don't see how he was serving the system, if anything he was exposing it.