Human Perception is a many-layered labyrinth of dispute and differences of perspective. Oftentimes perception involves a creative inquiry into ontological dialogs that challenge our hobbit-consumer minds, or our ‘listening’ may get bogged down in semantic chaos. We believe in accord with what we are able to see, or perceive. Subjective interpretations color our perceptions. We are biased by nature as human ‘Beings’—we are not merely human ‘Doings.’
Who I be informs what I may choose to do. This is why I’m not spending my limited time on planet Earth as a day trader or as a casino gambler.
Ontology—
“The branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being. Recorded from the early 18th century, the word comes from modern Latin ontologia, from Greek ōn, ont− ‘being’, + the suffix −logy denoting a subject of study or interest.”
The WEF Credo Informs The Woke Ideology
As contexts for a current objective observation—
‘Either/Or’ has been expressed in this dualistic parameter:
‘Having our Bling’ vs ‘Owning Nothing = Happiness.’
Idiocracy Translation: Either we Be happy or we choose to own stuff.
What’s wrong with owning something? …Or collecting something one enjoys? When did ownership come to imply that ‘owning something’ equals unhappiness and misery? …When did our birth gender become an enemy of our happiness?
What is feeding the gender dysphoria that is plausibly the culmination of a social engineering initiative many decades in the making?
Scapegoat of the Moment…
The WEF scam is just that: A Scam. Any adult who’s been conned knows that the tactic of promising a person the moon will result in a quick trip to the cleaners where one’s wallet has been downsized. These days it looks like all of the world’s a scam, and yet we intrepid human explorers and experiencers will continue to pull back society’s veil and question the programs and narratives that confront us daily.
Reality—What a Concept!
Reality comes in different variations—by way of a streetwise example:
Reality will appear far differently for the human observer who is eating psilocybin mushrooms, vs the drunken frat boy snorting white powder off a mirror. Likewise, for the coffee-addicted commuter taking the NY Subway to the corporate office cubicle, the reality is yet another shade, though more in the range of “gray” and predictable, right down to the turnstile tokens.
Whether addicted to a thrill in the form of a drug or addicted to the thrill of the stock exchange, a routine may feel like a rut after years of repetition. Now we are all faced with additives and toxins in our food and environment—elements that also interfere with our mental health and innate sense of well-being. Younger people are being treated for A.D.D. or A.D.H.D. and we have a drug for every behavioral nuance in accord with what the experts tell us are signs of mental imbalance. And yet—the term, “social engineering” has still not become a term the MSM will discuss openly.
The Road Less Travelled
As a youth, the Carlos Castaneda books — “The Teachings of Don Juan”, and “A Separate Reality”— were instrumental in providing a glimpse into perception explorations and discovery of what many now understand as a Matrix-type event. Castaneda was a pioneer in the sense that he brought Shamanism to a youth culture that was relatively undisciplined when it came to experiments with hallucinogenics. Mostly, experimentation was just about taking the ride and seeing what happened. Very few adventurous friends (that I am aware of) were keeping a journal or trying to examine consciousness along the lines of any existentialist philosopher. It was more about sensation and escapism. Nonetheless, the doors of perception were opened to new portals, for better or worse. Some of us had good trips and other trips seemed like very negative events (no doubt the effects of tapping into the past traumas of one’s life.)
Materialism and Consciousness
There are many forms of socially acceptable addictions rooted in the attainment of wealth and bling. The perception of ‘value’ is mostly a subjective experience. My particular afflictions re: ‘value’ are in the realm of record albums(“vinyl is final!”) and boxes of books I’ve had in a storage locker for the last ten years. I refuse to part with my LP’s or books. For me, books are gold.
As I watch the collapse of culture evolving before our very eyes today, and in between reminiscing about how my generation lived during an artistic renaissance in the late ’60s and throughout the 70s, I see a bold neon warning sign flashing in the theatre of my mind:
…flashing its warning again and again, as I gather the visual and cognitive details…making my lists…calculating what is important to choose as a relevant topic for a Substack article (in my purview of ‘relevance’.)
The photo below tells a story about libraries today and suggests a reappraisal of their role throughout the centuries—and now, the State issues ESG directives:
ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance
Indoctrination vs Education
THE NEW NORMAL:
The ‘New Normal’ appears as signs in libraries that tell adults how to think, behave, feel, and interact with other humans.
In a phrase: WOKE is the new political correctness filter.
When I saw the sign (in the photo above) for the first time, the thought that arose was: “Oh, adults are now expected to think at a Kindergarten level and need proper guidance from the State authorities whose job is a reenactment of the Big Brother operating system depicted in Orwell’s “1984”… the proverbial Nanny State guidelines telling us when we are behaving like proper adults, and most importantly, as obedient citizens. [how ironic to consider the value of a classic novel like Orwell’s “1984” and then witness the transgender book titles on display in a library’s main lobby in 2023. Society’s values are being engineered right before our very eyes.]
Thank God that the Technocrats introduced Artificial intelligence into the matrix of our lives in order to monitor what may be considered an authentic human being and to enforce the newly approved ‘normal’ behavior!
AI plays the white knight and cavalry come to rescue humanity from itself as a binary messiah—praise be Microsoft and Apple! …Silicon Valley as the New Jerusalem!
What was it about the marketing pitch that sold us on laptops, and smartphones and especially the instant gratification when shopping online?
The Message was sent:
'…Without computer software how can we ever know what it means to Be Human? …Tell me oh computer oracle for these times, “Who I be… or have I lost my mind?”
The promotion of AI as the end-all/be-all solution to all of humankind’s problems informs me that human minds and critical thinking are unnecessary— especially when the sum total of our serf existence is to remain monetized chattel slave units that produce royalties for an elite cabal.
WOKEisms also act as a herald for the epiphany that we humans— as hackable animals— are as malleable as Play-Doh. DNA is to be manipulated via CRISPR tech, and gene splicing via vaxxes, while our gender identities are considered meaningless until we decide to rebel against our destinies that were formed in a womb. Relegated to a role as soulless, protoplasmic meat puppets.
The Trans-rebellion is the main thing here; all the self-righteous noise about gender pronouns is just another grievance to wear as a badge of honor. Virtue signaling is guaranteed!
Re: a recent ‘Trans’ essay
I read an article earlier today written by a trans ‘it’ (a former man who is now a woman) and one of ‘its’ chief complaints had to do with how much makeup costs at Sephora. It went on to explain how easy it is to spend $250 on the “essential” skin care gear required of women. Not to mention how it had to spend so much money on women’s clothes! Well…?
…If ‘it’ had just decided to remain an effeminate male (and who cares anyhow?) it could’ve worn its men’s wardrobe while wearing women’s lingerie beneath a pin-striped suit. A bit kinky, but perhaps less of a chore in the end.
‘Its’ objective was a trans-gender ploy to appeal to women’s struggle as ‘consumer victims’ in a ‘mans-mans-mans’ world. I always preferred the beautiful women who never wore much makeup, and besides—beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I felt ‘its’ tactical strategy was manipulative and politically staged in order to support whatever the editor needed in order to fulfill the requirements of the ESG template.
What annoyed me most is that ‘it’ spent most of the article dealing with externalities—how people are so cruel for judging trans-gender folks, even if many of us really don’t care. If you want to be another gender—have at it!—but don’t hammer me with your gender politics!
When I was a younger gadabout and exploring nightclubs, I never thought twice about the drag queens who obviously loved being the center of attention. Quel theatrics! …As the Bard said, “All the world’s a stage!”
What ‘it’ did not discuss was the range of pharmaceutical drugs required to maintain the self-imposed female hormonal balance or the manner in which its emotions are affected. What is particularly significant is that many of the trans-wokelings will never transcend adolescence due to the hormonal imbalances created by a lifetime of hormonal drug dependency. There’s that ‘drug addiction’ angle rearing its head yet again—and yet— how profitable for the Pharma racket!
In my experience of the trans-woke imperialism that has emerged (in tandem with the ESG mandates) I take offense with regard to any form of Big Brother social engineering campaigns that shut my voice down for having an opinion about trans-woke ideology, and especially state-run trans-education campaigns that our public taxes are funding!
As a lifelong artist/creator I’ve endured many types of disenfranchisement (too long a list to publish here), and yes—I’ve even complained about how too many people don’t understand the role of the artist in society. “Oh the pain…the sorrow..oh what a cruel world it is!” [insert: tiny violins playing the requiem…]
Much of the trauma and deep-seated pain in our world is directly related to the very nature of Matrix programming, the demonic interferences (i.e., Archons), and the mental illness that is particularly obvious among the ruling elite. Lest we forget what inbreeding does to the Royal bloodline’s progeny over time…. Caligula was no saint!
‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS’ redux
HE-SHE-IT…?
In the realm of the New Normal—heaven forbid I should mistake a “He/She” for an actual biological entity!
I know that when a woman becomes a man, he/she speaks in a tonal range of a castrato! Ditto, when a man becomes a woman, the voice betrays the original vocal cords of the former male human being—and he ain’t ever gonna sound like Goldie Hawn or Marilyn Monroe or Betty Boop no matter how many hormone injections he/she/it receives. However, eunuchs may speak a bit more softly sans testosterone-producing glands.
The Trans-Reality:
They (the trans-figured/genetically altered homo saps) Be what they wish to be ‘labeled.’
‘WOKE-THINK’ is largely about semantics and labeling.
I was exploring identity, and ego-centrism in my early 20’s and came to the conclusion that labels were terribly limiting and restrictive. I knew I was an Artist on the one hand, but also played the role of an outlier as well. By the time I spent two weeks at a Tibetan Buddhist retreat in northern California (when 22 years old) my ego identity had been shaken up to such a degree that the older identity markers began to diffuse in a vague nostalgic mist, and previous stories of my former ‘self’ seemed about as real as a fairy tale.
After spending 30 years pursuing personal development intensives and acting classes with a master teacher, I realized we can re-invent ourselves over the course of a lifetime— and, up to a point, this may be why some young people believe that they can be a cat or dog merely by proclaiming it is so. After all, any actor may proclaim that they are a wizard or a hobbit, especially when the actor’s agent signs the production agreement. [I’ll be happy to play the part if the money’s right!]
However, where the Woke virus intervenes has to do with literal pharmacological reprogramming and surgery; and unless I wish to have a dog’s tail and ears surgically attached to my human body, most people would agree that I am still just a Human Being— regardless of my desire to become a canine. Woof woof…
In my experience of what some call— ‘The Work’ ,i.e., exploring what it means to be human—the ongoing exercise in striving for authenticity in human self-expression entails a rigorous ritual of self-reflection and transmuting the limitations imposed by society, school, and parental control. This takes time to process, and insights and breakthroughs occur at non-linear intervals as the inner psyche weeds through a lifetime of programming.
One detail of note that bothers me about WOKE and Woke-Speak is how the ‘woke’ self-editing context seems partial to ‘throwing the baby out with the bathwater.’
An example of the ‘baby and bathwater’ scenario:
Parental control is part of a necessary educational process, especially when it comes to hot stoves or taking baths with electrical appliances teetering on the edge of a bathtub. Control that’s imposed in order to provide ‘real safety’ is one thing—but the invention of a term like, “hate-speech” is not going to create more love and understanding in the world, nor will it teach any human what it means to be accountable for one’s own actions. Merely censoring pronouns and one’s choice of grammatical elements is not going to transform hateful rhetoric one way or another—and what is “hateful” anyhow?
My take on hate speech is defined by details like coercion, and state-mandated gender pronoun enforcement. Attacking my First Amendment right to free speech is very hateful in my view of the values of human liberty, freedom, and sovereignty.
In order to become a Human Be-ing requires discipline and individualistic temerity (even when particular ideologues say we are merely programmable animals.) We may even embrace the ideals of a higher state of consciousness and behave as enlightened humans in accord with the prophetic prediction that homo sapiens will become “homo luminous.” Some pioneers call this potential transformation, “Christ Consciousness.” Prayer and meditation are powerful transformative human-interactive rituals that far exceed the external reinforcement imposed via Pharma-drugs and a media-state’s propaganda matrix. Internal work begets an external result!
I would recommend to any gender-confused adolescent a review of sacred texts from all available sources, and in using rigorous discernment when considering interpretation. The Mystery Schools were intended only for the most dedicated initiates—hence the teachings are still hidden from view in the secular realm.
Waiting for PBS to divulge many thousands of years of secrets is a futile expectation. Likewise, for the trans-confused (brainwashed) youth looking for a mission, I might advise that asking a question such as, “What does it mean to be a human being?” may be a gateway to deeper investigations into the mysteries of the soul and our human legacy here on Earth. We may find the answers we seek when we realize what it is that we are truly seeking.
Human transformation is far more profound than choosing a gender makeover. Consciousness is eternal, whereas one’s gender is merely a matter of biology and one’s familial destiny.
"I never let my schooling interfere with my education."
—Mark Twain
The Bezos Detail
An anecdotal reflection—
As a teenager (like many people I’ve known) I was not fond of authority or centralized bureaucracies and was suspicious of the Big Corporations’ interference with our local culture (and when looking back—an appreciation for the importance of ‘Economies of Scale’.)
‘Main Street’ may now be a nostalgic idea that many might consider as a Hollywood Movie Set—especially when viewed within the context: we are approaching the endgame dystopian netherworld as proposed by the WEF.
[Even if we still cannot tell if the dark forces are failing fast enough for our own sense of comfort.]
The satirical POV:
As for Cancelling any previous culture, and negating any organic human being’s sense of sovereignty—let’s make certain we get this basic WOKE assertion right:
‘The state knows best, and indoctrination is far more important than education.’ …[insert bleating sheep here]
The woke gist is all about programming, or re-programming the hackable animal’s atrophied brains and rendering all sentient souls as vapid non-entities; or retroprogramming with the emoji/avatar fabrications created in some computer Metaverse lab. [In actuality, Mark Zuckerberg wishes to produce ‘VR-Meta porn’ because he sees how much money the internet porn biz produces for the matrix entertainment moguls.]
The Zuckerberg, Inc./Meta model also serves as a reprogramming mechanism that promotes the format of the ‘avatar’ cartoon icon as a Meta-User’s frontman. As younger people don the VR goggles and are indoctrinated from an early age, they may become so brainwashed and come to believe that the ‘real-self’ is no different from the VR ‘Meta-self.’ This will spell the end of human cognition as a biological attribute… Next stop—birth of the Meta-hybrid borg-bot.
Anybody who may still believe that the VR-induced internal perception filters are merely harmless fun needs to reconsider how the corporate legacy media promoted the CV-19 pLandemic with its repetitious daily reminders of vaccines and masks as our savior.
Promoting the Metaverse is another chapter for Media advertising programmers and is the next phase of the Techno-matrix retail's business plan. Meanwhile, ‘Woke-speak’ also litters the realm of ChatGPT©Microsoft, Inc.-directed marketing ploys. Former word definitions are altered in tandem with state-issued ESG directives (as we see in the woke library rules in the photo I posted above.)
The English language is going through various stages of cancellation even as I write this article. [At least I have deactivated the AI spy tool on the Substack Dashboard!]
A history lesson: word definitions and subtle contextual alterations…all in plain sight.
“AVATAR” [Real]
…and a neo-Avatar [Fake]
The original definition of “Avatar” prior to the VR invention we know as META—
“In Hindu belief, a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher. The word comes from Sanskrit avatāra ‘descent’.”
—Oxford reference
We might presume that neurolinguistic-savvy marketers understand that the VR-META definition of an “avatar” is a digitally reincarnated human persona— albeit magically repurposed— sans obesity, skin blemishes, and any details resembling any authentic human. In essence: Meta-humans as repurposed digital fakes—or, phony people hiding behind a cartoon image.
And, if we wish to invoke a self-righteous posture about the hijack of the term, “Avatar”, then we might pronounce the hijack as an act of hate speech, and as an act of extreme disrespect to the exceptional spiritual teachers throughout mankind’s history.
The ‘New Real’ is really just a Big Fake
Welcome to the new Real, which is actually a facsimile of former human life, now removed from nature, devoid of spirit, and dead. It can be no accident that ‘META’ translates as ‘DEAD’ in Hebrew.
WOKE is the pathway to brain-dead auto pilot cancel culture politics.
AI directs the human’s lifetime—with former free humans living inside a digital prison, and wearing VR goggles while remaining blind to “authentic” human potential.
‘Woke-think’ and ‘woke-speak’ are the gateways to canceling human culture in deference to an AI-directed Meta culture.
MASS FORMATION HYPNOSIS
“The first thing totalitarian leaders do is make sure their voices are the only ones left.”
― Mattias Desmet, The Psychology of Totalitarianism
Indoctrination has replaced education and the exploration of human consciousness, and replaced human sovereignty, with a corporate tech-state model of governance. This is nothing less than Techno-feudalism or Techno-fascism.
The insidious and incremental replacement of critical thinking (and any semblance of spiritual or ontological investigation) with a ‘politically correct’ woke lexicon has resulted in nothing short of an AI propaganda-driven directive and marketing blitzkrieg that makes the 1960’s Beatlemania event appear as an amateur’s retail primer.
The Beatlemania phenomenon was just a clever sales tool that helped sell records and kept the radio stations in business. The mass formation hypnosis of “proper PC think” Meta-Woke culture is far more diabolical insofar as it divides humans into a fragmented dead culture…RIP Homo-sapiens.
During the CV-19 hysteria, even more tribal sects were created such as— pro-vaxx/anti-vaxx; Transphobic/Biophobic; Covidians/ NWO Conspiracy theorists; Trumpers/Bidenites—all the while, keeping us in “Label-ville” and less capable of resisting the onset of the WEF’s “SMART CITY” AI-Alliance.
When divided we remain weak.
What is Culture?
‘Culture’ may be defined as a celebration of human creativity, with particular emphasis on the Arts and Sciences. These forms of human self-expression form the nexus of civilization when not directed by CENTRAL BANK as arbiter. In my analysis of history and ancient history (although not as broad as I’d like) usury and debt-slavery are the great interrupters of human advances in consciousness and true spiritual potential.
In short: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda knew the score.
In terms of real-life humans, Buckminster Fuller and J.R.R. Tolkien knew the score as well. In terms of recent players who have paid a price for revealing the truth behind the globalist scams, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden played the role of super-patriot whistleblowers. When a patriot is put in jail or has to flee this former Free nation— what are we to presume?
The Woke Gender Landscape—& what did Hollywood’s screenwriters show us in the past?
In short, as long as particular Hollywood films haven’t been banned (yet) let’s consider the possibilities for the antiquated use of gender pronouns—where a He is really a Him:
First, consider how an actor like Clark Gable appears as a rake or sexy riverboat operator who can put a woman like Scarlett O’Hara in her place, and play daddy to her spoiled brat-child. Oh, but wait!…the awareness of a character’s sub-personality profiles represented in stage plays or films often depicts humans as…only Human!
The films of yore depicted all manner of confused mixed-up adults trying to live their lives the best that they could. And yet—they were imperfect, or spoke offensively, or acted selfishly in the story narratives that entertained and illuminated the human condition with all of its foibles and lessons.
What if future Woke censors decide the screenwriters needn’t show how actual humans behave, and instead create some artificial composite of humans?
We may yet turn into a nation of artificial Pollyannas who can only see rainbows and unicorns when they turn on their screens. Once again, I realize how accurate and relevant John Carpenter’s film, “They Live” is today, and how prescient it appears to have been when it was produced.
Until WOKE and AI and the WEF showed up with the ESG dictates, adults surely realized that human beings are complex, might contradict themselves, and might also possess peculiar eccentricities. In short—humans are not perfect…and yet, what is perfect?
Humans are dealing with years of trauma and programming even when it’s not generated out of Langley’s MK Ultra lab. Obviously, evolution and psychology are a many-layered process. And yet (speaking of programming and process) the WOKE manifesto is far from authentic, evolutionary, or even remotely progressive.
The label, “Woke”, (though intended most often as a pejorative term) indicates that ‘Awake’ and ‘Woke’ are antithetical thought-paradigm qualifiers. To embrace a disciplined attitude of an “awakened” human requires more than state-mandated ESG directives— all of which are superficial and artificial perception shapers.
What’s Behind the WOKE programming?
…in a word:
‘TRANSHUMANISM’…or—the Digital Prison …
And programming… Post-jab:
AN ACTUAL PATENT
(in case the ‘programming’ conspiracy seems too far-fetched to some):
‘PRE-COVID/POST COVID’ PSYOP CONSIDERATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS…
The mask mandates were most effective as a means to create division among our fellow brethren. After the mask psychosis had gone on for a year (and more) I really wondered if the bad trip would ever end. The vaccine’s adverse reaction reports became a daily narrative point around 2021-2022, but still only within the realm of the alternative media. Now, in 2023, the adverse reaction/death reports are impossible to hide.
I watched people in my community ignore the details that were emerging—and I still remain confounded by their denial. Meanwhile, I witnessed some people who had been jabbed who seemed to drift off into their own social bubbles, as I experienced some type of community betrayal (not blame); and yet, the awareness that we were reliving a type of Nazi-esque “collaborator” scenario adds to feelings of dislocation and dis-unity within the relative social order. The externally imposed “order” feels forced, dictatorial, and totally at odds with health and well-being… I call it a “dis-order” for this reason.
In 2020, while still in a state of numb disbelief, I regarded the mass hypnotic CV-19 event as the real ‘'World War Three’:
A ‘5th Generational’ war in the guise of a wickedly powerful and concerted global propaganda blitz coupled with a vaccine bioweapon. Meanwhile, five hundred new billionaires were created during the pLandemic! [as reported by Forbes]
I might presume that these neo-billionaires were either the progeny of the ruling elites (so the kids would have the proper send-off into a life of oligarchy) or a reward for the favored minions who are still playing ball with the WEF’s game plan.
Over the last two years, I have tried to observe the madness (as if frozen in time—for neutrality's sake) to see if I might assess some signs that the nightmare will end, and hopefully soon. Oftentimes, I might look in the proverbial mirror and see a hardened cynic—aware that I always resort to tracking the money, as it invariably leads back to the power players and their motives— as well as showcasing the loyal antics of the minions. [it is my contention that the real power is composed of people and families the media never reports on. Just call it a big Club, or one big unsane incestuous family.]
The inner voice steps in…
…Had I watched too many interviews and podcasts with David Icke and Alex Jones?
I have been actively communicating with a select group of peers and we might discuss (without censorship or woke-PC concerns regarding social dialog etiquette in the realm of the New Normal) the PsyOp, and the repercussions of the PsyOp; the new neurotic bad drivers; vaxxidents; covidiocy; and especially the media’s chronic deceits and denial in support of the Pharmafia’s profit schedule and deep state terror tactics. The MSM’s complicity in support of the Pharmafia cannot, and should not be denied.
The pLandemic was, and still is, a campaign against Us—as in: ‘We the People.’
To ignore this fact is to remain asleep. I choose to communicate with people who are awake and listening… Still awake and breathing after all these years!
pax
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
—Mark Twain
a Real Mongoose:
MASTER CONTROL PANEL: Zelensky demoted…at last.
https://x.com/ReturnOfKappy/status/1726284747696201735?s=20
Postscript…
Death of a Saint
“Yogananda died during a banquet at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, in the midst of reading from his poem, “My India.” He was buried in Glendale, California’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
A notarized letter written by Harry T. Rowe, the Forest Lawn mortuary director, preserves his observations, depicting more of a saint than a man: Yogananda’s body did not show signs of decay, even 20 days after his death, and a slight smile remained on his lips. “The physical appearance of Paramahamsa Yogananda on March 27th,” Rowe explained in his letter, “just before the bronze cover of the casket was put into position, was the same as it had been on March 7th….For these reasons we state again that the case of Paramahamsa Yogananda is unique in our experience.“
A visionary, a teacher, an activist, a leader — Yogananda was, in no small part, responsible for bridging the enormous gap between the East and the West in the 20th Century. His teachings continue to ripple throughout the world today, and can not only be seen in ever-resurging spiritual yoga and meditation trends, but also in the way many regard the world around themselves and their places within it. In many ways, Yogananda paved the way for the tremendous followings of other Indian spiritual giants teaching self-realization, as well as for the rebirth of spirituality in the 1960s and 1970s.”
More on Yogananda here: https://yssofindia.org/paramahansa-yogananda
A few final thoughts:
A very impressive piece of work Riki Tiki Tavi! If I may be so bold, I don't understand why you refer to a man who fancies himself female because he wears make up, "it." He's still a human male and you're obviously a spiritual 'adept', so I would love to know your intent in that regard. Much respect to you and gratitude.