Crucify Him!

Many times, while reading hateful Facebook comments, condemning another or others, I get this mental image of people yelling out "crucify him." Just as we know from when Mark (15:13) told us what the angry crowd said about Jesus: And they cried out again, Crucify him.

It's the typical angry mob mentality of self-righteous indignation, as if they are above anything similar or have a flawless character. They're so fast at pointing a finger without knowing, or remembering, that "someone" knows how to see into their soul ... can see their truth within.

The impression I get is that they know they've sinned but they feel their sin is less than another's. When they point a finger at another's, it's their way of saying that someone else is a bigger sinner and now people will stop looking at my sin.

Their hurt says: no one understood my path, so I'm not going to understand theirs. So, they yell in chorus, crucify him! However, what they are really saying is, if you do this, it will take the heat off of me. I want to redirect the hate and anger from my sins onto another.  

Therein lies the path of hypocrisy.

Therein lies the path of hurtful repetition throughout history.

Therein lies the negativity, which illicits more negativity and not healing.

When will we ever learn to stop crucifying another in order to justify our sins?

The Ouija Board and Possession?

I originally wrote this blog on November 13, 2013 called "Ouija Board My Butt!!"and then a link problem had me redoing it on February 10, 2014. Today I discovered the link was hijacked, so I deleted that one. Maybe it's a sore subject with some people who like to throw their weight around. I decided to rename it and share it again because I feel it's important for people to know what I was taught about it.

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The reason I wanted to write this blog was to discuss something that one of my first guides told me about many years ago and I still hear it today. My guidance just scratch their spiritual heads in amazement of the things we keep falling victim to and for absurd reasons.

I won't go into a long description of the Ouija Board. You can find out more on Wikipedia. Don't worry, it won't bite you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija

This is some of what has been shared with me over the years: 'The Ouija Board is no more powerful then we allow it. This "game" is just a means of mental communicating (telepathy) and is a process to help one concentrate and hear. Yet, we continually give power away to it and other "tools" for awareness instead of understanding the real power of self. What next, are you going to say that learning to meditate is evil too?"

People are told to shy away from things like this in order to keep them controlled, in order to prevent them from learning, and in order to place fear in them. We can have spirit possession or mind power attacks without even seeing a "talking board" or knowing anything about spirits, mind power or telekinetic attacks ... much less literature, belief systems or movie makers telling us so.

It can happen to anyone at anytime, including infants and children ... not just adults. Study history and you will understand this. So, let's be realistic about who is trying to control whom and why that could be.

We believe what we want to believe and we are controlled by those beliefs ... even if it's a fanciful imagination. 

Yet, what I find amazing is that I see people who are into mind communication negating things of this nature, as well as ridiculing it, and allowing people to fear it too.

Are you kidding me? Really?

Why would they do this? Unless they don't know their worth enough and allow people to fear a tool to help them learn mind communication. Are they actually trying to have people stay away from learning so they can be worshipped instead? It made no sense to me, at all, when I started seeing this. Maybe that's why guidance asked me to write about it. They were saying: enough is enough!

Besides, where was a tool of this nature when all the past prophets were able to communicate to the universe? Did they all have talking boards or used a planchette for automatic writing? Think about it! 

Teachers and books are tools too, should we fear them as well? Of course, I will state that not all teachers, or books, are good ... but that is my opinion.

The point is that anyone at anytime can have an attack for any reason ... even in the real (physical) world. They can draw in good or bad ... unless we all believe that all these spiritual beings/messengers are all unholy demons out there. Why would we believe that? Would that make God a demon then? Really?

Also, why would we believe that any tool to help us develop our mind is evil? Are we going to go back to burning books, or people, just because they are doing things to help bring awareness that is beyond our archaic thinking?

Yes, we can have stuff happen but let's think things through, if at all possible. How would you know if you weren't allowed to think, if you are caught up in a flow of false doctrine in order to control your thinking so you can be dumb and worship those who you feel are smarter?

I'm not suggesting that anyone go it alone. They should be taught by a qualified teacher in anything they want to do ... safety in numbers. That would be, based on my life's lessons, like walking down a deserted looking street and being mugged because of it. Life teaches us that there are unscrupulous beings in the world but we can still learn and provide protection. Yet, are we providing protection for the right reason? 

Are we in fear and, if so, why do we keep allowing it?

One should also ask, what "possessed" someone to walk down a deserted looking street to get mugged in the first place? Did we really need that lesson in life, or were we denied a universal, mental-communicating awareness in order to protect ourselves from the unknown or unseen?

I also want to add that it's our mind and body that is utilized in moving the planchette. If it's not moving, this could be a good or bad thing. One, someone around you is not wanting you to make any connection, thinking they're protecting you. Two, no one is around you to communicate ... period. Three, no one wants you to know anything, you're being puppeted. Four, if the planchette is moving and not making sense, this could be deliberate interference. Again, someone not wanting to communicate with you or not wanting you to communicate with them. It's your brain, thoughts and body motions that are utilized to do anything. It's no mystery when you know this. That's where the expression  "being puppeted by the gods" came from. We don't need a Ouija Board to have our strings pulled.

Furthermore, we have been mentally communicating for eons ... with or without mind communicating tools. No? You think all those great ideas came from you only? You think you're always arguing with yourself all the time? Yeah, right!

 

Karma: Reaping or Sowing?

I learned not to judge rich or poor from many lessons I was taught during my life. We are all on different karmic paths: reaping or sowing. Sometimes it's more balanced and it's barely noticeable or can be seen instantaneously. Sometimes it's not, and we may see sowing more and reaping less or vice versa.

 

Do we see what our Creator sees?

 

After all, do we know the past life of any person who is rich? Did they suffer and were granted a more blessed existence because of it? How much did this person devote to others to be allowed this current life? Is one, that is rich, still helping others in whatever capacity they can? Just because it's not what we feel is right for us, is it our place to judge without knowing their path before they returned to earth or what they're to do during this lifetime?

 

Do we feel what our Creator feels?

 

Besides, if a person is choosing to not help others, is it due to hurt feelings, within the soul, of not being helped from others in their past? Do we know what we did to them, to have these feelings? Probably not, but we still judge them for teaching us a lesson?

Do we know what our Creator knows?

 

We also see impoverished people and lament. Our compassion wants to save them. However, do we know why they may be in this life? Could it be our cry for justice ... for karma ... that may have placed them in this situation? Are they also reaping what they sowed? Were our prayers answered with things like, I hope karma gets them or karma bites?

 

Do we understand what our Creator understands?

 

We see illness and death of all ages. We question the reasons but, again, could they be in a karmic cause and effect? Were our collective thoughts the karmic culprits? It's things to consider when we judge another or others. What flow are we creating? What flow did they create? Because, rich, poor or in the middle, that's the reaping and sowing of karma for the soul ... with the body being the instrument for doing so.

 

I.D.P.S. Metaphysical Degree Courses

I have my metaphysical degree courses listed under notes, on my Facebook school page, but their updates have, apparently, created reading it quite a strain, so I thought I'd put them in my blog for easier reading and sharing. You can see what I mean when you click on this link: https://www.facebook.com/atomarane/notes (Note: this link may not work on smart phones.)

These tried and true courses are also listed in my book called, Eternity Proven: Scientific Research Proving Eternity - The Creator - Souls - Reincarnation - and Walk-Ins (Soul Interchange). It can be found via the internet or my Lulu site as a paperback or eBook at: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/atomarane

 

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THE INSTITUTE OF DIVINE PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCE

Established May 15, 1990

Metaphysical Degree Courses

 

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ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN SCIENCE IN METAPHYSICS

 

CLASS ONE:
Learning spiritual communication/telepathy/ESP
Learning automatic writing
Learning about clairvoyance, clairaudience & clairsentience
Learning about the altered states of consciousness
Learning protection of the body, mind & soul (first phase)
Learning about the differences of body, mind & soul
Learning voice (conscious) channeling
Learning (first phase) astral projections
Learning about your spiritual guides (first phase)
Learning meditation techniques for calming & connecting
Learning about the "tools" for growth

No one will graduate without conquering this communication ability. The tools learned in this course must be mastered before going on toward class two and finishing the requirements for the associate degree.

Connecting with your spiritual guide(s) will allow the assistance of their abilities in keeping you on your path. They are there as a steady reminder until you learn your lessons.

The teaching techniques that this institute allows will help you master these abilities faster then you can imagine. Students do homework and class work. Some visual aid is offered to make understanding simple.
 
CLASS TWO:
Learning soul journeying (reincarnation)
Learning about soul interrogation (first phase)
Learning about removing blockages from your soul
Learning more about other spirits (other than your guide)
Learning to know your guide (final phase) & other's souls
Learning about even emotions and how to judge for truths
Learning about the energy around you (first phase)
Learning protection of guide and your soul (final phase)

Techniques applied are fast and simple carrying you along your journey of enlightenment.

As you begin to know more about yourself and start removing blockages and judgments you will begin to see the density lift from your soul. Your soul will become alive as your conscious becomes clear. You will become closer to your guide(s) in your learning.

Much love and joy are offered to make lessons easier. Homework is required. Visual aid is offered.

This class can be entered by any new student who has already mastered class one and has gone through an evaluation from this institute for placement.

CLASS ONE AND TWO WILL BE MASTERED BEFORE GOING ON!

 

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BACHELOR DEGREE IN SCIENCE IN METAPHYSICS

 

CLASS THREE:
Learning energy holdings with the universe (final phase)
Learning mind/thought/astral projections (final phase)
Learning about out-of-body journeys
Learning to deal with death and birth
Learning to communicate with extraterrestrials
Learning to communicate with physical earth plane beings
Learning protection of your being (final phase)
Learning to "hold court" for another being
Learning to pull in thought of projections around you
Learning to "see" things around you with your mind
Learning to pull on thoughts of the universe for knowledge
Learning to interpret dreams through channeling
Learning to "throw" thought (telepathy)
Learning counseling techniques
Learning an intense soul cleansing

During this class you will learn about soul interchange for proof of eternity. You will have the understanding of soul cleansing and why it is necessary.

You will learn techniques from this institute, which were learned from many masters. By this time you will/should have started applying these techniques to your personal and business experiences.
This class is to be mastered before continuing further. Learning is enjoyable. Visual aid is used for easy understanding.

Any new student can enter if they have already mastered class one and two, had their evaluation from this institute, and have earned their associate degree.

 CLASS FOUR:
Learning healing techniques for yourself using energy & thought
Learning to help people heal themselves with mind power
Learning to read the body when it comes to nutrition/pain
Learning how spiritual guides help in healing
Learning how the body, mind and soul work in healing
Learning to deal with "power" and the elements
Learning techniques of earth healing

As an added incentive in understanding mind power your instructor will show you how to call in the wind and pull the energy out of a cloud, while you bring the energy to your being, as you watch the cloud disappear. You will have fun learning.

This course is to help you heal yourself. You will learn to use your mind to see inside your body for healing.

We use visual aid, whenever necessary, for easy understanding but the clouds and air will be provided by God. You will know the mastering of power and healing.

CLASS THREE AND FOUR WILL BE MASTERED BEFORE GOING ON!

 

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MASTER DEGREE IN SCIENCE IN METAPHYSICS

 

In order to receive a master degree with this institution a bachelor degree must have been earned and a term paper written on your soul ascension/interchange experience. This term paper will allow for the first or collective experience of communicating to your own soul (spirit). Examples will be shown for understanding. This term paper, as well as all class requirements previously mentioned, is mandatory for the master degree. Full evaluation and life credit will be given to those who have experience and wish to have degree. You will be guided by our universe and your guide(s) to this institution if you feel that you have already earned but never received your master degree for your life's lessons.

 

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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SCIENCE IN METAPHYSICS

 

Awarded by this institute for a student's awareness of all metaphysical understanding, along with a thesis prepared by an accepted student after approval from institution on research to be done; A student must have basic concepts of, or prior training from this institution.

 

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DOCTOR OF DIVINE SCIENCE

 

Awarded by this institute for a person's contributions to society for their awareness and honoring of all religious beliefs, or a thesis prepared by an accepted student on the values all religions place on our culture and how these beliefs will guide our future generations.

 

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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN METAPHYSICAL SCIENCES

 

Awarded as an honorary and meritorious degree by this institute for a person's contributions to society on their metaphysical awareness and promotion of same.

Happy 25th Anniversary I.D.P.S.!

On the 15th day of May, twenty-five years ago, I legally registered my metaphysical school, The Institute of Divine Philosophical Science (I.D.P.S.), with the State of Florida; a metaphysical school which offered courses and diplomas. When it first began, it was contained to local students but the internet made it international. 

Along the way, I've had students go as far as receiving the Associate's Degree. Some went onward and earn a Bachelor's Degree, yet only a few went the distance to earn a Master's Degree or PhD. There were even children receiving Angel Certificates. Hopefully, if they didn't continue onward with me, they continued on with their guidance or other teachers ... maybe becoming teachers themselves. Everyone must decide what's best for them.

Also, periodically, guidance suggested that I.D.P.S. give honorary PhD's to people who were promoting/teaching their metaphysical beliefs, even if they weren't the courses taught by I.D.P.S. After all, there are many paths, and teachers, toward the same destination of universal wisdom. It's nice to recognize their endeavors. 

Surprisingly, when I first decided to teach, and reward my students with diplomas, I hadn't noticed any other local metaphysical facility doing this. Of course, our community awareness wasn't as widespread as it is today. Now, due to the internet, there's more awareness of these various spiritual schools around the world ... some small and some grand ... some new and some that's been around for years ... some teaching in local shops, correspondence courses, or internet classes. Whatever gets the job done, that's what's important. 

I've also noticed that there were more metaphysical schools offering diplomas and not just certificates. This is wonderful, because, as I've always believed, it's great to receive recognition for a job well done. Which is why I would like to take this time to say thank you to guidance/universe and ... Happy 25th Anniversary I.D.P.S.!

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My website: http://atomarane.wix.com/idps1

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Privileged? Don't Assume!

Is anyone else having similar feelings regarding "privileged" comments and memes? As I'm reading these social media posts, I'm appalled in seeing the racial bias from those who say they hate racial bias. I realize some may not want to see things in perspective because they would not be able to hold onto their judgements. Judge not lest thee be judged is not supposed to be one sided.

Anyway, lately I've seen comments about people being privileged with many relating it towards the white race. Don't assume that all whites are privileged or that other races aren't, because your perspective is off. Don't assume that only minorities have had a bad time of it unless you considered those underprivileged whites that have had it too. To do anything less would be ludicrous. I know what it feels like to be called white trash or poor white trash when I felt I was neither.

Thankfully, I'm fortunate to have friends of many races, on many levels of social status, to help me keep things in perspective. These friends have shown me that we all have our trials and are all doing the best we can. I love them because of their kind heart and not because of their physical countenance or financial status (or lack of one). I would hate to lose any one of them due to this insanity. Sadly, over the years, I've lost some friends, even so-called enlightened ones, because of assumptions. Don't assume the color of one's skin makes anyone privileged. Don't assume that even someone that looks well off didn't have, or are still having, their struggles too. In fact, don't assume I'm assuming, you'll be wrong.

For you see, many times, in my life, I've struggled with finances and other concerns. All my life, I've struggle with illnesses that kept wanting to knock me down. Many times, I've discussed, written about, and made videos of my horrendous psychic attacks. Many times, I've dealt with unemployment. Many times, I've been subject to reverse discrimination due to not having the right color skin, not being within a minority sexual orientation, or not speaking a foreign language, because of being "privileged." Many times, I wasn't able to have a job that I felt I was more qualified, then the one hired, due to a company needing to meet a government's race or veteran quota. Instead of whining about it, I joined the military to help me get a veteran's status. I tried to learn a foreign language or get better educated, but I couldn't do anything about my skin color and I didn't choose to change my sexual orientation. Many times, I couldn't even get government assistance because of being told certain minorities needed it more. After all, I was white and I could get a job. Yep, I was certainly privileged. Privileged enough to deal with lots of discrimination, including sexual discriminations. I'm sure you can discern those atrocities on your own. Walk a mile and don't assume.

Did I throw a temper fit, go on a murderous rampage, riot and loot because I didn't get my way; didn't think life was fair? No! I sucked it up and changed my direction, because I believed in the Golden Rule. The Bible told us to ask and you shall receive ... not steal and you shall receive (stealing food, due to hunger, was an exception). So I asked, many times, and many times I had doors closed on me. Eventually, life taught me that I may be knocking on the wrong door or my timing was off. I decided to just keep knocking until the right one opened or be patient until it was my time.

I tried to make good choices, to help me improve. Maybe God/Universe saw those good choices and I was finally rewarded by being able to pull myself up and out of those parts of my life. However, every single day I struggle to maintain my hard earned "rewards" from those who constantly want to pull me back down into their hell, to pull me back down into their misery, to pull me back down to their level ... the level I struggled to get out of by making good choices.

I feel their hate of what I have because of their assumptions. I paid my dues; I'm still paying them every day. Anyone who really knows me, and knows my life story, understands this, and yet, I still do what I can, when I can, to help others. In fact, I've observed that many people are helping, in many ways. However, people who are takers never want to acknowledge this. Eventually, I don't feel like giving, because of those takers, because of those complainers who feel no matter what anyone does it's never good enough, because of those that assume that life should be easy and that everything should be handed to them.

Don't assume you're not paying your dues, based on your choices or those you chose on your path. Don't assume that your not reaping what you sow. It's called karma. Many times, I've questioned my own life by saying: what did I do in a past life to deserve this or who have I angered out there? One of the best things I've learned, in my awakening, is asking permission (direction). Asking if this is the right door to open or is this the right person to help me (or if I'm to help them). I'm finding that this can save a lot of heartache.

Lastly, please don't judge that any one color is more privileged, anymore than any one color classifies thuggery. Take off those bias blinders, open your heart and not just your mind. Look around you and asked yourself, how can I be part of the solution and not part of the problem?

Privileged? Don't assume!

Sports Fan Riots

The first time I heard about a "sports fan riot" was when I was visiting London in 1985 with my friend Jeanne. We met a man from Germany, while eating dinner in the hotel restaurant, who suggested we shouldn't walk around outside alone at night. He suggested he could walk with us and show us around. We thought he was being chivalrous until we started hearing a bunch of singing and yelling coming down the street towards us about an hour into our walk. He then suggested we go back to the hotel. That's when he explained that sports fans can become rowdy and riotous. I realized then that he had been concerned for our welfare because he knew about the game and what may transpire afterwards. Since then, I've noticed this type of barbaric mentality is worldwide, many times with horrible outcomes, not rooted in any one particular gender or race, and not just sports. 

Yes, it may seem strange that sports fan riots have been part of history and I didn't know much about it before then. However, I was never a sports person and television news was limited to certain times and only on three channels. This type of news may have only been a blip of time and then onto other news. It's definitely not like the daily news we have today. 

Anyway, being someone who is interested in soul programing, the things that make us who we are and do what we do, I decided to see what history had about this and found the first recorded sports fan riot, etc., was in 532 AD and was called the Nika riots. Not discounting the horrendous riots we still have in our current time period, this one is the worse. I was appalled over what I read about a chariot race, with political issues, and it's outcome. 

I also realized that this soul programming, of barbaric rioting for any cause, goes deep into history and our souls, probably way before recorded history. The more I thought about this, I wondered if the world would ever understand this programming and learn to rewrite it, so we can become more civilized. Sadly, with what's going on with our current world, maybe not. Maybe the programming goes too deep to ever recover. It's definitely better, but we still have much to overcome, especially when the feelings of persecution and entitlement are added to the emotional mix.

Lastly, Wikipedia has a list on sports fan riots, for anyone interested, but the link below is about this first recorded one. One that makes me wonder if we're improving or heading back into this darkness. 

Wikipedia Excerpt: The Nika riots (Greek: Στάσις τοῦ Νίκα Stásis toû Níka), or Nika revolt, took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in AD 532. It was the most violent riot in the history of Constantinople, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots#

Animal, Human or ... ?

Humans express anger and hate because they are showing their fears of what they want to control or change but also feel impotent to do anything. Humans, who are more emotionally animal, generally, want to create mayhem when they're angry. This is one of our base (animal) survival instincts; a need to attack and conquer. 

There are people who are still learning to control the animal within. However, many times, these base emotions are still controlling them, sometimes a little or a lot. Especially when irrational, phobic fears, which can cause a plethora of emotions that may create harm to themselves or others. Once we understand this, we can work on changing those emotions into a more positive and humane direction by communication, cooperation, and resolution. Awareness helps to calm the angry beast within. Knowing the answers to our fears may help relieve them, giving us better options and definitely making better sense than allowing mayhem out of anger. 

Furthermore, many of us have learned, through education and observation, that all souls are eternally evolving, as well as no two souls are alike. Understanding soul/mind programming may help us control these inner emotions that surface when under any threat or at least help us react with less violence. The more animal human tends to create problems with its instinctual attacking emotions while the more evolved human knows this makes matters worse and works on resolving them.

Also, could there be additional clues, about what's in our souls, coming off the universe, with the words we say or hear? 

For instance:

She's running like a scared rabbit.

They're butting heads like rams. 

Quit monkeying/horsing around. 

She's purring like a cat. 

You're like a bull in a china shop.

He's sly as a fox.

She's a snake in the grass.

They're quiet as a mouse.

He eats like a pig.

You're an eager beaver.

Are these animal idioms only a coincidence or is someone trying to tell us something? I used to jokingly tell my husband he was a Neanderthal. Years later, I learned it was the first lifetime in his soul. A clue from the universe? 

Just for clarity, I'm not negating animals (fish, mammals, birds or reptiles). I watch animals shows and respect them, knowing what they have to do for survival, but I'm honest about their limitations as I am about my own. I just feel, as humans, we should be reaching higher in whatever capacity we can. If not, what is our purpose here? 

In conclusion, many times we hear: what possessed them to do that? What did? Was it an emotion from this lifetime or a past life? Of course, one would have to believe in souls and past lives or that animals souls can evolve into a human life. There's always doubt on this subject. Yet, can anyone come up with anything that would explain why two people can go through nearly identical experiences but react differently? 

What's in your soul? 

Who's controlling your emotions: animal, human or ... ?

The Wisdom of Adages

An adage is a short, philosophical or memorable saying which holds some important fact of experience that is considered wise by many people. I grew up with the adage: think before you speak. With today's technology, we should add: read before you write. If not, another wise adage is: keep your thoughts to yourself. Doing that may keep you from: putting your foot in your mouth.

 

Or as Andy Rooney stated: "Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."

 

Adages, like these, are to help us but there may a slight flaw in this "thinking before we speak" idea. Most often, while thinking, we bring into our awareness the things we know, yet the things we know may not be current truth. Think about it. Changes may have occurred since the last time we investigated something. Reading (researching) will help us learn more. However that entails both sides of a situation and not bias researching. Another adage was: take it from the source. Which meant, is this source reliable?

 

It also entails us to read, really read and not just scan over something, to know more, especially if it's important enough. Too many are falling victim to ADD which makes me wonder why this flow is growing so prevalent in an educated society?

 

As a person who likes to think, read and observe, as well as having the ability to sense things, I'm discovering there are more people who are forgetting these wise adages as well as forgetting about Karma or the Golden Rule. They are all about giving their opinion without understanding the consequences or that there are two sides to every situation. Not understanding both sides, before making a judgment call, can easily show our ignorance to those who know more about the subject. Maybe we should add one more adage: sense universal truth first. Those who are more "psychically attuned" will understand how valuable this is. That is, as long as they're into universal truth and not just their truth. I've learned that even a psychic can be bias, especially in their earlier learning days.

 

To continue, far too many people seem to think that just because they're hiding behind a computer, on social media, they can say anything they want. Many, lately, have acquired a bad habit of biased or hateful opinions. They make choices without truly understanding there are consequences. Let me rephrase this: during my life, I have never seen anyone get away with anything ... ever. Just because we may not see something occur, doesn't mean it hasn't or it won't.

 

We may hide behind a computer but there's no hiding from the universe.

 

Furthermore, we tend to develop bad habits, including the one called arrogance. Sometimes, it's a bad habit due to a lack of "mind to mouth filtering." Like any habit, they can become difficult to break. After all, who needs those wise adages anyway? Yes, we're living in a world of wisdom but arrogance too. When has developing a bad habit of arrogance ever overruled common sense?

 

We need to learn to break the habit of speaking or writing without thinking or researching. In order to do this, we first have to accept the fact that it is up to each of us to control our tongue ... our words ... our thoughts. That's where another great adage, my mother's favorite, can help ... the Golden Rule. We tend to forget this one when we're throwing out contemptible or vulgar words. I've been guilty of it myself, so I speak from experience. However, I have diligently worked on being a better person and not stay down if I do fall.

 

I'm sure it bothered my dad when I did bring myself down. He held all of his children in high regards. He used to tell us that the words we use show our intelligence or lack of it. He learned that from his father who he considered a very intelligent man. Thirty years in the Navy, my father never cursed ... ever ... before, during or after. A sailor who never cursed? Yep! A rare breed, but that's because he was programmed to believe it made you less of a person and it was the same beliefs he tried to instill in his children.

 

Anyway, being an observer of people, I began to see the wisdom in his words. Social media comments showed me this too. No judgment just a discernment. I can tell who knows something or who doesn't because of sensing. I can sense the feelings behind the words and many times try to ignore the words because of it. Yet, many times, the hate or ignorance behind the words are too much to ignore. Then I may venture forward with help or an explanation to open one's mind, even if they may not be immediately receptive to what I offer or never receptive. I do this with respect for mutual learning because I truly appreciated it when someone has done this for me; kindly showing me a different perspective out of love and not hate. Does anyone really want to be taught with hate? I doubt it.

 

It's seriously something to consider when tossing our words around publicly or via the Internet.

 

Lastly, let's reprogram ourselves to stop blaming (as much as possible). We, as adults, are responsible for the words that come out of our mouth or what we write. Did anyone make us do it? Is anyone holding a gun to our head and telling us to type or speak ignorance, vulgarity or hate? Please keep in mind that what we do shows others who we are. If we don't feel comfortable about what we feel, don't say anything. It could be a message that there's more to know before we speak.

 

And, speaking of "messages," just as I was finalizing my blog, I took a break, as I normally do, and decided to read my emails before returning to check it over once more before posting it. I received an email with this quote (below) and decided to share it too.

 

The universe really does work in mysterious ways.

 

~~~~~ Lao-Tze ~~~~~

 

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

 

Mental Illness: Reprogramming The Mind

I know there are exceptions to every rule, and I really hate to say what I wish to share in this blog, but sometimes I have to get things off my chest. Hopefully it will turn on the light within someone's mind. Before I start, I would like to state that anyone who knows me, and knows the challenges that I've overcome, will understand why I've often felt compelled to share my feelings about mental illness. What "possesses" people to do what they do?

To continue, being an observer of life, most of my life, I feel that society, lately, tends to give more credit and effort to animals being trained (programmed or reprogrammed) than humans with mental issues. To me, it's vaguely insinuating that we're less capable of being better, being able to be reprogrammed, or being able to overcome a challenge. It's insulting!

Is society just tired of the challenges they've faced in the past, are humans just too much animal to be reprogrammed for society's approval, or are we being programmed to accept our weaknesses instead of overcoming them? If so, then why? What has created this flow?

Then I also think about the whole leading a horse to water thing. You can't make someone do something. You have to have two willing beings involved, one to teach and one to be taught. I have seen extremely productive results when this occurs. The only tag then is teacher and student; challenging but not necessarily a strong stigma.

However, to tag a medical "mental" name on someone, give them a pill, along with an excuse to fail, due to stigma, just isn't the slightest bit logical. It promotes negative programming right from the start within some people. It's like saying, "you're an animal and cannot be taught anything." We know this isn't true, with a functioning brain, many various animals, with time and patience, have proven they can be taught many things.

So, why do we allow this demeaning conditioning to humans? More importantly, why do humans keep allowing it? I'm not saying all humans feel this way or act this way. I do see adults and children working on overcoming their challenges, sometimes very serious challenges; knowing it's going to take time but they're worth the effort. Yet, lately, I have seen enough adult victimizing to have me wonder ... what's up? To have me wonder ... why am I being shown these examples?

Is mental illness increasing due to population increasing or is mental illness really on a rise? Are we tagging too many situations with mental illness that are just people being people? I can understand the limitation we impose on children, but why would any adult human accept being treated as an untrainable animal?

What do we do when we want to train an animal? We give love, repetitive training, discipline, and positive reinforcement.

Maybe that's our answer.