Once upon a time, a long while back, a man was born called Adam ... then about the same time there was a woman born called Eve ...
At first they saw each other as equals and their "parent" as the ultimate equal (=) ... all "three" loving each other equally (=) and unconditionally ... a very happy "family" with very few differences ... none that were a "problem" ... their unity was cooperative and creatively synergistic, what differences they had they called natural diversity and used their unique talents toward a common goal ... there was peace and prosperity in the valley garden !
They, the man and the woman, then "came together" and children were "created" ... but the first two children were boys who later became men ... and they became "confused" because the "balance" no longer existed and the "original parent" (=) was "replaced with the "two" more immediate parent(s) ...
In their confusion, one of the boys took after dad and the other took after mom and became, rather than equals (=), opposites (+/-) and began to fight about it ... there had arisen a Gap or Void (/) where before was a "Bridge" (=) of equality ...
The "original Trinity" (+=-) of overall Balance, Dad Adam (+), Parent GOD (=), and Mom Eve (-) became distorted with Dualistic views (+/-) by the kids ... they could no longer "see" the "distant" original "parent" and the Natural Trinity (+=-) and it's value (love) and meaning for their future ...
In their (the kids) minds there was just two parents, they did NOT know of or believe in "Old Grand Parent" ... so they took up "sides" of opposition based upon jealousy and fear of each other ...
One kid identified with Dad and called himself a conservative republican and did not much see anything to like in the brother who identified with Mom and called himself a liberal democrat ... now, remember, they were really both very confused and unity with cooperation was not seen as useful ... in fact they feared each other rather than loved each other ... maybe they had sensed a gap developing in their own parents who's attention had been diverted from the original parent by the squabbles of the kids who consumed so much time with problems ... maybe some "favoritism" developed in the parents to match that of the kids looking in the other direction ... (?) ... whatever, problems multiplied because the former peace associated with unity and loving cooperation was no longer so evident ...
Eventually all HELL broke loose when the one kid killed the other kid ... and nothing has been as good ever since ...
The moral of the story, and the offered lesson, is that with a Trinity of Love (+=-) there will be peace in the valley and cooperative synergism resulting in creative Utopian conditions ... where each and all are "winners" using their natural diversity to help each other solve any common problems that might arise ...
The alternative being non-cooperative conflict across the Void (/) of misunderstanding and distrust causing FEAR and ever more of the same all around ... resulting in nothing but conflict and eventual destruction of the one by the other ... lions and hawks killing off the lambs and doves ... the men killing the women and the conservatives killing the liberals ...
Does this ring any bells at all with anyone ... ???
(+=-)>(+/-) ... IMnsHO. ... :-)
Jerry Kays, Oct 24, 2008, 12:09pm EDT (originally placed as comment on Devin Barber's post http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977485610
(reprint from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977487616 )
Monday, November 1, 2010
Take over the world conspiracy ... or just good pragmatic planning ?
In the last couple of days I have come across some startling information that I feel compelled to share ... Sarah Palin's potential part (?) ... just for the record ... yes, take out the "Jewish" aspect, leaving the "essence" of the underlying "implications" of "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" (which I have written of before) and you may well find that the links I will provide here reflect just such nefarious planning for the eventual "One World Order" ...
These (at least one of them) are a bit lengthy because there is much convincing information presented, and both are very well researched and footnoted ... so take some time and find out what has been going on behind your backs ... please, Conservative Evangelicals take note ...
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10167
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/165994-The-Dominionism-Apostasy-The-Despoiling-of-America-by-Christianity-turned-Evil
Please leave your two bits worth AFTER READING the whole offering ... JUST FOR THE RECORD.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977458015&nav=Namespace
The above linked article added Oct 1 because it is so related and important ... please read it and comment there also ...
(REPRINT FROM: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977457095 )
These (at least one of them) are a bit lengthy because there is much convincing information presented, and both are very well researched and footnoted ... so take some time and find out what has been going on behind your backs ... please, Conservative Evangelicals take note ...
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10167
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/165994-The-Dominionism-Apostasy-The-Despoiling-of-America-by-Christianity-turned-Evil
Please leave your two bits worth AFTER READING the whole offering ... JUST FOR THE RECORD.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977458015&nav=Namespace
The above linked article added Oct 1 because it is so related and important ... please read it and comment there also ...
(REPRINT FROM: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977457095 )
GOD, ultimate truth ... God and god(s), less and lesser truths.
This basically a recent comment needing more exposure, no doubt it will be controversial.
Ultimate Truth is the ONLY Truth that matters ... That Truth is the Truth that will set you Free ... it is the "Basic Equation of Truth" symbolized as the BET (+=-)>(+/-).
As far as I am concerned, I learned that from GOD via my own Soul connection through a special "awakening" and subsequent "INtuitive Learning" ... (one would have to read my book to know what that was all about, unless they also had a similar experience as some have).
Truth is relative on this human realm of egoic division (believe it or not), but when it comes to the GOD as the totality of everything, GOD then becomes the absolute standard for all else in the universe of which this world is but a very small part ... yet the Hu-Man is not only a world occurrence, we represent so much more from the universal perspective of GOD due to commonalities we hold to all of sentient creation on and in many realms and levels (dimensions) of spirit.
So my relationship to GOD is a "panentheistic" relationship (any interested can do a Google to Wiki) and that to me means that the God of the earth institutionalized religions associated with Old Testament Bible were actually created by god(s) and use God in place of GOD.
Bottom line, god(s) help (?) people on earth to unite behind a God of their design ... for a purpose earth related. Such god(s) are spiritual beings but NOT of the highest vibration (divine energy), yet they know themselves related to GOD and serve a useful function for the greater purpose ... they and their "Religions" are but a relative "1st Grade" class of beginning organized teaching of the masses ... the subject has been God in a Dualistic sense of (+/-) because that is what most people deal in via their egos and the only thing that most understand ... probably related to the lack of love and predominance of fear in their lives.
People are easily led because they feel relatively powerless and seek a leader type that seems powerful enough to take care of them ... the problem has been that their standards are so low that they have allowed leaders to gain power who are not so interested in their well-being as much as their own ... such leaders and authorities tend to tell lies to maintain their positions of power and they institutionalize it all as has the Catholic Church and many others.
They then make many rules for the followers to obey ... in the name of God ... claiming that the God of the world ... and insinuating that "He" is the very GOD of the Universe ... NOT !!!
The GOD of the UNIverse makes no rules and regulations for us to follow ... leaves that all up to creation itself, including all Gods, gods, and even each of us ... because we are each and all a part of THAT GOD and make up the totality of.
There is nothing in this universal creation that is not spiritually interconnected, that includes even the rocks ... yet the higher up the energy level of frequency vibrations associated with space/time the closer we each (aspect) gets to the GOD of the WHOLE ... thus man is less than god(s) and can have a spiritual connection to god(s) which may well be less, but not necessarily so, than a connection to God ... but any connection DIRECT (from your higher Self, your Soul withIN) to GOD is as high as it gets and over-rules any other possible connections found through god(s) and God(s) ... believe it or not.
So the point being for this article is that we are each a Spiritual aspect of GOD over and above anything else ... as such we are a miniature (so to speak) (+=-) GOD ... beware the God and god(s) that are but relative Dualistic aspects of (+/-) ...
Thus whatever is done to any aspect of creation on this level and realm matters the most involving intention ... is what we do more about fear or love, lying or truth ??? Nothing else is as important !!!
Whether a baby or an adult human life is terminated here on earth never destroys any part of the Spiritual Total, there is never any "Ill Effect" upon GOD ... the only affects will be upon our own Soul aspects of GOD involving our eternal lessons of coming ever closer to GOD ... the accounting is done by Spirit (The Spirit of GOD) and is commonly called the KARMIC process ... what goes around comes around, cause and effect, and as I said, what counts the very most is our INTENTIONS !!!
IMnsHO. Jerry Kays, Aug 22, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
(reprint from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429033 ) <<< WELL WORTH THE READ INCLUDING MANY COMMENTS !
Ultimate Truth is the ONLY Truth that matters ... That Truth is the Truth that will set you Free ... it is the "Basic Equation of Truth" symbolized as the BET (+=-)>(+/-).
As far as I am concerned, I learned that from GOD via my own Soul connection through a special "awakening" and subsequent "INtuitive Learning" ... (one would have to read my book to know what that was all about, unless they also had a similar experience as some have).
Truth is relative on this human realm of egoic division (believe it or not), but when it comes to the GOD as the totality of everything, GOD then becomes the absolute standard for all else in the universe of which this world is but a very small part ... yet the Hu-Man is not only a world occurrence, we represent so much more from the universal perspective of GOD due to commonalities we hold to all of sentient creation on and in many realms and levels (dimensions) of spirit.
So my relationship to GOD is a "panentheistic" relationship (any interested can do a Google to Wiki) and that to me means that the God of the earth institutionalized religions associated with Old Testament Bible were actually created by god(s) and use God in place of GOD.
Bottom line, god(s) help (?) people on earth to unite behind a God of their design ... for a purpose earth related. Such god(s) are spiritual beings but NOT of the highest vibration (divine energy), yet they know themselves related to GOD and serve a useful function for the greater purpose ... they and their "Religions" are but a relative "1st Grade" class of beginning organized teaching of the masses ... the subject has been God in a Dualistic sense of (+/-) because that is what most people deal in via their egos and the only thing that most understand ... probably related to the lack of love and predominance of fear in their lives.
People are easily led because they feel relatively powerless and seek a leader type that seems powerful enough to take care of them ... the problem has been that their standards are so low that they have allowed leaders to gain power who are not so interested in their well-being as much as their own ... such leaders and authorities tend to tell lies to maintain their positions of power and they institutionalize it all as has the Catholic Church and many others.
They then make many rules for the followers to obey ... in the name of God ... claiming that the God of the world ... and insinuating that "He" is the very GOD of the Universe ... NOT !!!
The GOD of the UNIverse makes no rules and regulations for us to follow ... leaves that all up to creation itself, including all Gods, gods, and even each of us ... because we are each and all a part of THAT GOD and make up the totality of.
There is nothing in this universal creation that is not spiritually interconnected, that includes even the rocks ... yet the higher up the energy level of frequency vibrations associated with space/time the closer we each (aspect) gets to the GOD of the WHOLE ... thus man is less than god(s) and can have a spiritual connection to god(s) which may well be less, but not necessarily so, than a connection to God ... but any connection DIRECT (from your higher Self, your Soul withIN) to GOD is as high as it gets and over-rules any other possible connections found through god(s) and God(s) ... believe it or not.
So the point being for this article is that we are each a Spiritual aspect of GOD over and above anything else ... as such we are a miniature (so to speak) (+=-) GOD ... beware the God and god(s) that are but relative Dualistic aspects of (+/-) ...
Thus whatever is done to any aspect of creation on this level and realm matters the most involving intention ... is what we do more about fear or love, lying or truth ??? Nothing else is as important !!!
Whether a baby or an adult human life is terminated here on earth never destroys any part of the Spiritual Total, there is never any "Ill Effect" upon GOD ... the only affects will be upon our own Soul aspects of GOD involving our eternal lessons of coming ever closer to GOD ... the accounting is done by Spirit (The Spirit of GOD) and is commonly called the KARMIC process ... what goes around comes around, cause and effect, and as I said, what counts the very most is our INTENTIONS !!!
IMnsHO. Jerry Kays, Aug 22, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
(reprint from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429033 ) <<< WELL WORTH THE READ INCLUDING MANY COMMENTS !
The KISS between the Discursive and the Intuitive.
Way too complicated for me are so many things and ideas ... I would rather deal in essential basics ... such as that there is a God. This God is considered panentheistically as a part of a holographic universe ... in fact this God IS that universe.
That universe contains the infinities of polar oppositions in two potentials, positive (+) and negative (-) ... they are interconnected with a neutral Spiritual energy that is the karmic intelligence of the totality, the agent of God and symbolized as (=) completing a Trinity of (+=-) which is the BET [Basic Equation of Truth] as the universal (+=-).
( ) Universe
(+) God
(-) Creation
(=) Connective Spirit of God
(+=-) the Total package of Balance and overall harmony.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
(+/-) World Dualism
( ) World as related to second order as in (God)/(World) [world under and thus less than God]
(+) Positive Potential related to whatever, people, things, acts, etc.
(-) Negative Potential related to whatever, people, things, acts, etc.
(/) The divisional Gap or Void that separates differences in a world where Spirit is not related to as the (=) in Trinity above. (/) is all about misunderstanding, fear, hatred, and often conflicts, power and control between differences.
These are the BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS of REALITY ...
(+=-) a True Spiritual Reality.
(+/-) a Lesser World Reality
To know the differences and the relationships of the preceding above, is all one really needs to know about the entire subject, there really is no need to become deeply involved with :
Allegory, Apologue, Analogy, Answer, Aphorism, Axiom, Antinomy, Concept, Epistemology, Falsehood, Hermeneutics, Law, Metaphor, Metaphysics, Maxim, Ontology, Philosophy, Principle, Proverb, Question, Rhetoric, Sophistry, Simile, Theorem, Truth, ... etc.
All one needs to know is the KISS ... Keep It Simple Stupid ... principle, and everything else will fall into place and become known as needed INtuitively ... IMnsHO.
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390715 )
That universe contains the infinities of polar oppositions in two potentials, positive (+) and negative (-) ... they are interconnected with a neutral Spiritual energy that is the karmic intelligence of the totality, the agent of God and symbolized as (=) completing a Trinity of (+=-) which is the BET [Basic Equation of Truth] as the universal (+=-).
( ) Universe
(+) God
(-) Creation
(=) Connective Spirit of God
(+=-) the Total package of Balance and overall harmony.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
(+/-) World Dualism
( ) World as related to second order as in (God)/(World) [world under and thus less than God]
(+) Positive Potential related to whatever, people, things, acts, etc.
(-) Negative Potential related to whatever, people, things, acts, etc.
(/) The divisional Gap or Void that separates differences in a world where Spirit is not related to as the (=) in Trinity above. (/) is all about misunderstanding, fear, hatred, and often conflicts, power and control between differences.
These are the BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS of REALITY ...
(+=-) a True Spiritual Reality.
(+/-) a Lesser World Reality
To know the differences and the relationships of the preceding above, is all one really needs to know about the entire subject, there really is no need to become deeply involved with :
Allegory, Apologue, Analogy, Answer, Aphorism, Axiom, Antinomy, Concept, Epistemology, Falsehood, Hermeneutics, Law, Metaphor, Metaphysics, Maxim, Ontology, Philosophy, Principle, Proverb, Question, Rhetoric, Sophistry, Simile, Theorem, Truth, ... etc.
All one needs to know is the KISS ... Keep It Simple Stupid ... principle, and everything else will fall into place and become known as needed INtuitively ... IMnsHO.
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390715 )
The BOTTOM line connection to FREEDOM
Freedom as a "word" drummed into the heads of the citizenry, has been taken by too many to mean selfishness and excessive pride, in thinking of what they have in relationship to those who do not have, neither freedom or enough wealth, to even survive day to day ... we are told to wave our flag and be proud of our country in the name of freedom and doing good for others, that it is our "goodness" in the form of our willingness to set goals and work for our future, that has made us prosperous and great, that anyone can succeed and be very wealthy, or even become the president of the nation by gosh ... follow in the footsteps of GWB ... if he can do it anyone can.
Our earth world is now just too electronically and transport interconnected to any longer ignore the plight of so many that live in "third world" conditions ...
It is past time for "nationalisms" to exist, based upon dog eat dog competition and the concept of dualistic divisions between winners and losers (+/-) where those on the "wrong" (-) side of the divide (/) are considered less, because they are deemed lazy and therefore deserving of less in every way, even death by disease, starvation, and genocidal wars.
The examples that this nation shows to the world, what we actually do in reality, not what we "tell them" in propaganda lies, has basically amounted to, "do as I say, not as I do" ...as the message sent out to all.
9/11 should be a glaring example of such "blow back" repercussions ... but our leadership in their duplicity, lies to us yet and tells us it was only because "they" hate our freedoms ... the truth being that "they" hate our excesses, which come from the freedom of our multinational corporations to make deals with corrupt leaders set up by our wealth in "their" third world nations, to rape the land and people of natural resources at "their" expense (losers) for our gain (winners) ...
The capitalistic "game" of life in the form of "big business" is highly "rigged" and lied about ... most of the rest of the world knows this and highly resents it ... we here in our nation prefer to believe what we are told by our leadership ... that we are good, would do no such harm to others in the world, and that it is only, because they are lazy and ungrateful for all we done for them, do they hate us ... and thus they deserve everything bad that happens to them ...
We promote the flag waving, our young sign up to "pay them back" and off to war on terrorism we go, to conquer the world and make it free again ... free enough for the multinationals to continue raping as before ... business as usual ... out of sight out of mind ... what a way to run a world.
World is a key word here ... it is our world AND it is their world ... we share it physically ... we know that, yet we seek to better the powerful ones, as we make the others weaker, by competition rather than cooperation world wide. Somehow we think that the neglected will "just go away" ... but they will not ... but they will, bite back, like 9/11 ... and like the "gorilla action" going on where our military is now active ...
Our actions in this world are allegorically like the human body brushing it's teeth, combing it's hair, washing it's face and smiling in the mirror saying "how nice" ... while having ignored wiping it's butt ...
What is now "out of sight" and now "out of mind" ... cannot be ignored forever, it is a connected part of the whole body (world) and must be properly maintained ... or it can (will) eventually turn cancerous and destroy the whole body (world) ...
We have ALL been DIVIDED mentally by propaganda in every way to think that dualistic competition between the "good guys" (winners)(our head and face) can go on forever, where the "bad guys" (losers) (our butts) can be ignored completely ... as IF there were no real connection, either physically ... or spiritually ... the latter being actually really more important than the former.
There is an unseen "leadership" hiding behind it's excessive wealth, wealth that provides them power and benefit, they reside in anonymity pulling the strings of the purchased leadership we have elected, the very puppets provided from above, in so many cases, for us to "think" that they were actually selected and chosen from the bottom up by us, rather than the top down by "them", that via long range planning by "their" think tanks.
The point I hope to make, is that these hidden leaders, out of sight, act like god(s) all-powerfully pulling the strings of control here on earth ... if they are, or were, "gods", they would be the "evil" kind ... because they only have concern for their own bottom lines and ultimate survival of them and theirs ... to hell, they think, with the rest of this world ... as "they" live in a MATERIALISTIC "heaven" ... and so many others here on earth do live in a materialistic hell. (+/-)
This is all because of dualistic competitive advantage based upon the method of hiding out of sight manipulating those others below in a "divide and conquer" ploy, where both "sides" of that resulting division BELOW (+/-), are actually controlled by what they are told and what they are given, to relate to each other on a competitive basis ... even calling each other the "enemy" (conservatives against liberals ?) ... all the while, most important, the real movers and shakers above, control it all out of sight basically.
The excessive evidence of "them" is occasionally seen, mostly on TV programs, as opulent riches in the world such as huge yachts anchored in exotic tropical locals around the world and life styles, even above that of the "Rich and Famous" that the TV program has shown us ... which of course are meant for us to believe that if we stay focused (on the treadmill), that we also can live like them ... uh huh, sure thing.
Bottom line, end of story, the REAL TRUTH :
That is all the playing out of a rigged duality (+/-) called healthy competition ... winner/loser.
There REALLY IS a GOD ... we call it God (+) ... God has a SPIRIT (=) that is everywhere, even right INside of us all, interconnecting the entire world and universe together ... that, world physicality, is what we see as creation in the objective physical sense, what would be (-) in relationship to God and Spirit ... all together a TRINITY of (+=-) ...
THAT IS THE TRUTH OF OUR UNIVERSE ... a COOPERATIVE SPIRITUAL TRINITY ... (+=-) ... NOT a dualistic competitive winner/loser (+/-).
The Spirit (=) [of God (+)] ... bridges the voids between man (-) and that which is truly heavenly and truly good ... WANTS US ALL TO BE PROSPEROUS IN EVERY WAY !!!
That is the MOST IMPORTANT message we should all learn ... IF ... we really want a better world for our offspring ... it is really our choice whether we wipe our butts or not ... ain't nobody else gonna do it for us ...
Jerry Kays, Jul 3, 2008, 3:50pm EDT (the above a comment made on a thread (http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977388759&nav=Namespace) by Thomas Millington today)
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389055 )
Our earth world is now just too electronically and transport interconnected to any longer ignore the plight of so many that live in "third world" conditions ...
It is past time for "nationalisms" to exist, based upon dog eat dog competition and the concept of dualistic divisions between winners and losers (+/-) where those on the "wrong" (-) side of the divide (/) are considered less, because they are deemed lazy and therefore deserving of less in every way, even death by disease, starvation, and genocidal wars.
The examples that this nation shows to the world, what we actually do in reality, not what we "tell them" in propaganda lies, has basically amounted to, "do as I say, not as I do" ...as the message sent out to all.
9/11 should be a glaring example of such "blow back" repercussions ... but our leadership in their duplicity, lies to us yet and tells us it was only because "they" hate our freedoms ... the truth being that "they" hate our excesses, which come from the freedom of our multinational corporations to make deals with corrupt leaders set up by our wealth in "their" third world nations, to rape the land and people of natural resources at "their" expense (losers) for our gain (winners) ...
The capitalistic "game" of life in the form of "big business" is highly "rigged" and lied about ... most of the rest of the world knows this and highly resents it ... we here in our nation prefer to believe what we are told by our leadership ... that we are good, would do no such harm to others in the world, and that it is only, because they are lazy and ungrateful for all we done for them, do they hate us ... and thus they deserve everything bad that happens to them ...
We promote the flag waving, our young sign up to "pay them back" and off to war on terrorism we go, to conquer the world and make it free again ... free enough for the multinationals to continue raping as before ... business as usual ... out of sight out of mind ... what a way to run a world.
World is a key word here ... it is our world AND it is their world ... we share it physically ... we know that, yet we seek to better the powerful ones, as we make the others weaker, by competition rather than cooperation world wide. Somehow we think that the neglected will "just go away" ... but they will not ... but they will, bite back, like 9/11 ... and like the "gorilla action" going on where our military is now active ...
Our actions in this world are allegorically like the human body brushing it's teeth, combing it's hair, washing it's face and smiling in the mirror saying "how nice" ... while having ignored wiping it's butt ...
What is now "out of sight" and now "out of mind" ... cannot be ignored forever, it is a connected part of the whole body (world) and must be properly maintained ... or it can (will) eventually turn cancerous and destroy the whole body (world) ...
We have ALL been DIVIDED mentally by propaganda in every way to think that dualistic competition between the "good guys" (winners)(our head and face) can go on forever, where the "bad guys" (losers) (our butts) can be ignored completely ... as IF there were no real connection, either physically ... or spiritually ... the latter being actually really more important than the former.
There is an unseen "leadership" hiding behind it's excessive wealth, wealth that provides them power and benefit, they reside in anonymity pulling the strings of the purchased leadership we have elected, the very puppets provided from above, in so many cases, for us to "think" that they were actually selected and chosen from the bottom up by us, rather than the top down by "them", that via long range planning by "their" think tanks.
The point I hope to make, is that these hidden leaders, out of sight, act like god(s) all-powerfully pulling the strings of control here on earth ... if they are, or were, "gods", they would be the "evil" kind ... because they only have concern for their own bottom lines and ultimate survival of them and theirs ... to hell, they think, with the rest of this world ... as "they" live in a MATERIALISTIC "heaven" ... and so many others here on earth do live in a materialistic hell. (+/-)
This is all because of dualistic competitive advantage based upon the method of hiding out of sight manipulating those others below in a "divide and conquer" ploy, where both "sides" of that resulting division BELOW (+/-), are actually controlled by what they are told and what they are given, to relate to each other on a competitive basis ... even calling each other the "enemy" (conservatives against liberals ?) ... all the while, most important, the real movers and shakers above, control it all out of sight basically.
The excessive evidence of "them" is occasionally seen, mostly on TV programs, as opulent riches in the world such as huge yachts anchored in exotic tropical locals around the world and life styles, even above that of the "Rich and Famous" that the TV program has shown us ... which of course are meant for us to believe that if we stay focused (on the treadmill), that we also can live like them ... uh huh, sure thing.
Bottom line, end of story, the REAL TRUTH :
That is all the playing out of a rigged duality (+/-) called healthy competition ... winner/loser.
There REALLY IS a GOD ... we call it God (+) ... God has a SPIRIT (=) that is everywhere, even right INside of us all, interconnecting the entire world and universe together ... that, world physicality, is what we see as creation in the objective physical sense, what would be (-) in relationship to God and Spirit ... all together a TRINITY of (+=-) ...
THAT IS THE TRUTH OF OUR UNIVERSE ... a COOPERATIVE SPIRITUAL TRINITY ... (+=-) ... NOT a dualistic competitive winner/loser (+/-).
The Spirit (=) [of God (+)] ... bridges the voids between man (-) and that which is truly heavenly and truly good ... WANTS US ALL TO BE PROSPEROUS IN EVERY WAY !!!
That is the MOST IMPORTANT message we should all learn ... IF ... we really want a better world for our offspring ... it is really our choice whether we wipe our butts or not ... ain't nobody else gonna do it for us ...
Jerry Kays, Jul 3, 2008, 3:50pm EDT (the above a comment made on a thread (http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977388759&nav=Namespace) by Thomas Millington today)
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389055 )
RELIGION VERSUS SCIENCE ... PAST VERSUS FUTURE ... PURITY OR NOT ?
Maybe in the base essence of the thoughtful choices as to our present and our projected future ... we have two base choices ... according to the argument here now.
1) Go with Religious tradition based upon the historic past, and generally only as interpreted back then, relying upon a very few "books" that are deemed inviolate as regards to the truth ...
Of course there are differing Religions with differing concepts about all of that, and they seem not to be able to agree, or even to agree to disagree, in too many cases, resulting in much conflict world wide. A conflict of differing hierarchies and their dogmas ... Or ...
2) Take the route of Science based upon research ongoing, always seeking "the next step" in a purely logical and rational methodology, dealing in pure facts that alone are considered truth.
This type of research then would seem to limit itself to only the common 5 objective senses that man considers "reliable" ... pure objectivity ... the idea that the individual ego is the epitome of evolutionary advancement ... and that the most logical and rational ego that can consistently compile the most facts along with having the ability to defend them, should be the "leader(s)" ...
A scientific hierarchy that is trusted without question by the mere population in general who have not been so well endowed with intellect and "position" within the hierarchy. Trusted leader(s) and the masses of followers just going along ...
Can "such" leaders really be trusted though? What might take place when one hierarchy comes to feel "threatened" by another, and takes the current research from a peaceful use to a weaponized use to control the feared or hated "other" ... Survival of the "fittest" ???
Where does "morality" come into play in all of this ... or does it ?
What about our "other" long history of Philosophy and it's various branches of inquiry into the differences between the noumenal and the phenomenal ?
Do we throw out epistemology and ontology ?? Completely disregard the history of metaphysical questioning just like you would religious inquiry ?
Should we completely reject INtuitive considerations in the pursuit of logical and rational reasoning only ?
Or ... could there be a Third Choice ???
3) Some kind of Balance, a generic spirituality that did take into consideration the potential possibility of a spiritual interconnection that transcends the egoic selfishness of man. ??? A panentheism maybe, rather than a theism. ???
Should we NOT have some consideration for individual inquiry, that cares about the entirety, a possible overarching continiuty to beginnings and endings, having a connection that could be involved with a transcendent loving as the higher truth we all surely seek in our hearts if not our minds ?
Jerry Kays, Jun 25, 2008, 11:12am EDT
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977382432 )
1) Go with Religious tradition based upon the historic past, and generally only as interpreted back then, relying upon a very few "books" that are deemed inviolate as regards to the truth ...
Of course there are differing Religions with differing concepts about all of that, and they seem not to be able to agree, or even to agree to disagree, in too many cases, resulting in much conflict world wide. A conflict of differing hierarchies and their dogmas ... Or ...
2) Take the route of Science based upon research ongoing, always seeking "the next step" in a purely logical and rational methodology, dealing in pure facts that alone are considered truth.
This type of research then would seem to limit itself to only the common 5 objective senses that man considers "reliable" ... pure objectivity ... the idea that the individual ego is the epitome of evolutionary advancement ... and that the most logical and rational ego that can consistently compile the most facts along with having the ability to defend them, should be the "leader(s)" ...
A scientific hierarchy that is trusted without question by the mere population in general who have not been so well endowed with intellect and "position" within the hierarchy. Trusted leader(s) and the masses of followers just going along ...
Can "such" leaders really be trusted though? What might take place when one hierarchy comes to feel "threatened" by another, and takes the current research from a peaceful use to a weaponized use to control the feared or hated "other" ... Survival of the "fittest" ???
Where does "morality" come into play in all of this ... or does it ?
What about our "other" long history of Philosophy and it's various branches of inquiry into the differences between the noumenal and the phenomenal ?
Do we throw out epistemology and ontology ?? Completely disregard the history of metaphysical questioning just like you would religious inquiry ?
Should we completely reject INtuitive considerations in the pursuit of logical and rational reasoning only ?
Or ... could there be a Third Choice ???
3) Some kind of Balance, a generic spirituality that did take into consideration the potential possibility of a spiritual interconnection that transcends the egoic selfishness of man. ??? A panentheism maybe, rather than a theism. ???
Should we NOT have some consideration for individual inquiry, that cares about the entirety, a possible overarching continiuty to beginnings and endings, having a connection that could be involved with a transcendent loving as the higher truth we all surely seek in our hearts if not our minds ?
Jerry Kays, Jun 25, 2008, 11:12am EDT
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977382432 )
THE LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE DIVIDE ... WHY ?
In today's political climate, there is a great divide between some Conservatives and some Liberals, that have played out here on Gather, and everywhere else, with a lot of conflict over being right and/or wrong, where one side accuses, and the other reacts in defense ... some just call that "cognitive bias" ... others see it as bigotry ... I am not sure, maybe I will have to Google the terms.
The one thing that stands out the most, is the "polarization" ... and I believe that is the result of unfair judgment where mere discernment would be more than sufficient.
When one person decides they are right and another is wrong, that is but a discernment, a personal subjective decision ... until it is acted out and affects the other person, the one considered wrong, in a negative way, such as a condemnation declaration ... that being an "expressed" judgment and a de facto "sentencing" ...
There would be no reaction by the second party, a natural defense, if they did not reject the initial judgment of the first party, so it comes down to action followed by reaction, cause and effect ... sometimes ad-infinitum.
Too many people feel they have the only truth on things, then, when another does not fit their example of what truth should be, the other is criticized, maybe even considered or called untruthful ...
There is only ONE TRUTH that could be considered Absolute, and that would be associated only with the best concept of God. All other concepts of truth would be but a fraction of the ONE (1) as in 1/x ... and would thus be "at best" relative truths, relative to other x's on the same (or different) level(s), but never FULLY equivalent to the (1). ... except ... for what I call the Basic Equation of Truth, the BET as (+=-) which IS UNIVERSAL TRUTH, that of God ! THE Absolute Truth ... IMnsHO.
So that might be stated, that there is no real truth but God's truth ... and it is God in the form of a Trinity relationship that makes up the Creation that IS God ... (+=-) where the complete "outer" unity of God would be defined by the pair of parentheses ( ), within which is contained every possible potential, (+) and (-), separated by, yet completely conjoined by, the Spirit of God (=), the equalizer of opposites, non-judgmental, yet fully discerning and karmically accounting ... (+=-) being the BET.
Short of THAT TRINITY (+=-), which results in peaceful cooperative harmony of natural diversities resulting in win/win synergy, we have but Dualism (+/-), which amounts to a judgmental dichotomy of conflicts where there is supposedly only one good and right, making all else less, bad and wrong ... of course that "naming" so often begins with the "righteous" labeling of the others BY the one the most militant about being right ... the way of our world today and getting worse it seems.
So in the end, we can rightly label as a tool for discernment, but should never be judgmental about it such that it insults and causes hard feelings ... anybody can be, say, a liberal or a conservative rightly and truthfully, it is no different than being a man or a woman, they are just facts of life and are nothing to be ashamed about or guilty of requiring defensiveness and conflict over ... let us instead find our natural Spiritual common ground in the middle (=) and work it all out based upon just that, agreeing to disagree if needed, but cooperating when we can for the synergy we are capable of and which God intends for us all ... Peace.
Jerry Kays, May 20, 2008, 5:11pm EDT
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349739 )
The one thing that stands out the most, is the "polarization" ... and I believe that is the result of unfair judgment where mere discernment would be more than sufficient.
When one person decides they are right and another is wrong, that is but a discernment, a personal subjective decision ... until it is acted out and affects the other person, the one considered wrong, in a negative way, such as a condemnation declaration ... that being an "expressed" judgment and a de facto "sentencing" ...
There would be no reaction by the second party, a natural defense, if they did not reject the initial judgment of the first party, so it comes down to action followed by reaction, cause and effect ... sometimes ad-infinitum.
Too many people feel they have the only truth on things, then, when another does not fit their example of what truth should be, the other is criticized, maybe even considered or called untruthful ...
There is only ONE TRUTH that could be considered Absolute, and that would be associated only with the best concept of God. All other concepts of truth would be but a fraction of the ONE (1) as in 1/x ... and would thus be "at best" relative truths, relative to other x's on the same (or different) level(s), but never FULLY equivalent to the (1). ... except ... for what I call the Basic Equation of Truth, the BET as (+=-) which IS UNIVERSAL TRUTH, that of God ! THE Absolute Truth ... IMnsHO.
So that might be stated, that there is no real truth but God's truth ... and it is God in the form of a Trinity relationship that makes up the Creation that IS God ... (+=-) where the complete "outer" unity of God would be defined by the pair of parentheses ( ), within which is contained every possible potential, (+) and (-), separated by, yet completely conjoined by, the Spirit of God (=), the equalizer of opposites, non-judgmental, yet fully discerning and karmically accounting ... (+=-) being the BET.
Short of THAT TRINITY (+=-), which results in peaceful cooperative harmony of natural diversities resulting in win/win synergy, we have but Dualism (+/-), which amounts to a judgmental dichotomy of conflicts where there is supposedly only one good and right, making all else less, bad and wrong ... of course that "naming" so often begins with the "righteous" labeling of the others BY the one the most militant about being right ... the way of our world today and getting worse it seems.
So in the end, we can rightly label as a tool for discernment, but should never be judgmental about it such that it insults and causes hard feelings ... anybody can be, say, a liberal or a conservative rightly and truthfully, it is no different than being a man or a woman, they are just facts of life and are nothing to be ashamed about or guilty of requiring defensiveness and conflict over ... let us instead find our natural Spiritual common ground in the middle (=) and work it all out based upon just that, agreeing to disagree if needed, but cooperating when we can for the synergy we are capable of and which God intends for us all ... Peace.
Jerry Kays, May 20, 2008, 5:11pm EDT
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349739 )
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