Victimhood

This is why it's important to read people's comments, on various topics, even those that go against our beliefs, because it can help us understand perspectives. I've been reading discussions, regarding white privilege, when it dawned on me that everyone had their perspective based on their life's experiences, but the one thing that stood out the most was how they handled those experiences.

Regardless of skin color, there was a common thread, from some, of "my life sucked more than yours" and now I'm entitled to this chip on my shoulder... this suffering or victim mentality. I could tell that many were perpetuating the hurt and hate in a self destructive manner... a means to an end. But what end? And then it hit me. It's to keep those invisible shackles on so they can use it as an invisible noose around another's neck... to perpetuate the suffering... the victimhood.

I realized, then, that no matter what anyone offered, it would not be well received. They weren't ready to hear it. It reminded me of people who have Munchausen syndrome, who feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma in order to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves. Even though their experiences could be real, healing and moving on from their victimhood would not serve their intent. 

Big Government Is Not Our Friend

I'm beginning to believe that most people who feel the government should do everything isn't necessarily due to laziness. It's more about fear in making their own life's decisions - a fear of growing up, as well as being responsible and accountable. I understand that government is necessary to the existence of a civilized society, but it shouldn't deprive us of every individual decision we need to make.

When I was growing up, I couldn't wait to move out and make my own choices, work, pay my bills and be responsible for my life. I was taught that we worked first and played later. If we couldn't afford it, we didn't get it. Part of our monthly bills was having insurance: medical, home and vehicle. To do less was irresponsible. We didn't believe the goverment needed to hold our hands and make mature decisions for us. We were free to make our choices. We weren't children anymore. We worked and helped others when necessary. It was in our nature to be this way. And, there were plenty of avenues to utilize if we ran into problems. 

Thankfully, I have hope for our future. It's refreshing to see some young who feel too much government is harmful to their freedom. They're waking up. They're talking about government overreach being criminal and making people lazy and indifferent. Others are still learning, but it took many years of programing their minds, from nefarious beings and mass educational systems, that "Big Brother" really cared. They're learning that it's not always the truth, especially when they've stepped out into the world and had a taste of reality. 

Those who have never liked excessive parental control see government overreach as another form of giving away one's power... one's freedom... including one's dignity. When it comes to making individual and proper decisions for ourselves, I can assure you that big government is not our friend. Do you want to know why I know this? I've read world history and understand human weaknesses. But, don't take my word for it, do some research. There's plenty of stories on the Internet about governments that failed and why.

Determinism versus Free Will

Five years ago, I shared a joke about determinism versus free will. A friend, Janelle, decided to weigh in on it and this was the conversation that ensued.

 

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Janelle: When I look at the Universe, my life, and those around me, to see it predetermined all the way through, no stops or breaks, no change of the flow, I feel like asking: then why bother incarnating? It doesn't make sense to me to have an experience if it's predetermined to a point we can ask, "well what's going to happen to me?" and we receive and answer for every slight, minute detail. I wouldn't want to live life that way. There's no learning experience in being given every answer. However, as far as a life time concerned, it's organized to have some direction. And I realize that doesn't mean that things can't change, they can. So maybe it's a bit a both. But, I agree, people should not slip into the idea that it's their DNA or something controlling them to a point where they cannot control themselves.

 

Me: I believe it's balance within too, Janelle, as well as without. It's an interaction of all things to keep us moving and growing either here, out there, or elsewhere. Even a river can be blocked, so we can, obviously, have moments of stagnation. Kind of like taking a rest or break from working.

 

Janelle: Indeed. If we didn't have a break, we'd be exhausted. 

 

Me: Absolutely.

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When I started teaching metaphysics, 30 years ago, I thought what might help explain determinism was our soul incarnating with all its prior programming. That soul DNA, along with our current physical DNA, is what we're "born with" - pre-determined. But, God's gift of free will helps us maintain or rewrite that soul/physical programming, in a new life, with our choices. The "collective" free will of cultural, social, and religious indoctrinations all help to influence our decisions.

 

Taking on the task of making over 300 soul beginning videos, on my Atomarane YouTube channel, proved it to me. Some have more deeply programmed souls than others - for numerous reasons. Also, I discovered that no one stayed completely in their beginning influences; they evolved.

 

 

Who's Really Being Greedy?

Mike Cernovich's tweet (picture) is correct.  Damned if we do and damned if we don't. I know people blame the government for all their problems. I've been guilty of it too. But we humans are our own worse enemy. We created unions to keep from being exploited but we got greedy and overly demanding. See, it's not just big corporations that can do this.

So, what's a company/farmer/rancher to do in order to stay competitive or keep prices within reason? Well, a few ideas would be 1) create right to work states, 2) promote outside impoverished country's temporary employment, and 3) hire illegals and pay them under the table with poverty wages while pretending you don't know they're illegals.

Okay, so now the government steps in and creates a minimum wage. We complain that minimum wage is too low and, eventually, companies are forced to raise them. We think we have accomplished something grand until employers downsize because of it. Something they've done every time minimum wage is raised or automation becomes part of the workplace. Oh, and unemployment checks don't last forever.

But we're so smart. We continue to undermined our "unstable employment perch" by arguing with only our hearts and not our minds. We need outside help! Forgive the illegals! They do the jobs we don't want! However, many are doing a lot of the jobs we once did. And, has it ever crossed our minds that they don't care because they're working - cheaply - maybe illegally - while we're unemployed or still living at home with our parents - because of the personnel glut on the market?  But that's okay, we'll just go on welfare. Right? How will that work out when we, eventually, kill the goose laying those golden eggs?

I can go on but I think you get the point. Hopefully.

The Trials of Balance

I've been telling people, for a long time, that I like our socialist/capitalist government system in the United States. It took many years to achieve and maintain a balance between the two. Of course, it's a continuous balancing act to maintain it. However, I read comments from people who want full on socialism/democratic socialism (meaning communism) and thought I'd share some of their feelings I've channeled.

What I feel, behind their words, are a plethora of emotions. Some are in fear of doing things on their own. They are still living in a "slave mentality" of wanting another to provide everything for them, so they don't have to think (weak-minded). Yet, like children still living at home, they are subject to the whims of the parents and whatever this authority figure dictates. That is, until the oppression overwhelms them and they finally rebel (grow up).

Also, they would rather complain about what others have, then doing the same for themselves. I sense a lot of greed as they complain about the greed of others. They want what others have, are jealous that they don't have it, but have very little drive to be competitive.

So, in totality, what I've channeled is fear, laziness, greed, jealousy and a lack of drive. They prefer complaining instead, which is similar to a child rebelling against parental rules, without understanding what the parent (authority) knows. It's that gimme-gimme mentality without knowing or caring where the money/resources are coming from or how to maintain the flow without upsetting the balance. Sadly, these aren't children who are behaving this way - they're adults.

From the other side, I pick up two major emotions. How can you still be so stupid after all we've shared regarding history and what it has taught us? How can you be so egotistical to think you can do what others have tried, yet failed - repeatedly?

I've also noticed that when one side pushes too far, there's a push back. Like it or not, apparently, it's part of our trials in maintaining balance between many things like emotion and logic or socialism and capitalism.

Why Learning English is Difficult

I found this on my computer today and since I have some new family members who will be learning English, I decided to share it. I do feel empathy for their journey as I recall the time I lived in Italy, as a child, and had to learn a new language. I've always admired any bi-lingual or multi-lingual person since. Anyway, I received the below information in an email, many years ago. I wish I knew who put this together but so far the author is unknown. Learning English isn’t just a question of learning the rules – it’s about learning the many exceptions to the rules. The numerous exceptions make it difficult to apply existing knowledge and use the same principle with a new word, so it’s harder to make quick progress.

Here goes …

If you ever feel stupid, then just read on. If you've learned to speak fluent English, you must be a genius! This little treatise on the lovely language we share is only for the brave. Peruse at your leisure, English lovers.

Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.  English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France   Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.  And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?  One goose, 2 geese.  So one moose, 2 meese?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.  If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?  Is it an odd, or an end?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?  If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?  In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?  Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?  Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

Proving God Exists

Many times, I see comments about people saying, prove God exists. Or that God doesn't exist. I find this ludicrous due to what I was taught and have taught. In fact, it's so simple that I'm surprised many haven't reached this conclusion. Or... maybe many already know this and that's why their belief is unshakable.

First, let me clarify the term God, which is the word I will use in order to simplify things. In monotheistic religions, it is considered the "creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being." In certain other religions, it is a "superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity." In addition, I decided to use the pronoun "it" due to my belief that this Creator God can be spirit but can, also, take on any male, female or androgynous form.

Now, as far as proof. First, one must understand emotions. This is an important step because it provides the necessary tool needed. Every being has emotions. To keep it simple, I will use only human emotions. We often call this the spirit or soul of a person, but it is what we emit throughout our life. We can often tap into that emotional energy, while we're around someone, who's expressing their emotions/feelings via sorrow or joy, for instance. However, there are people, like me, who are trained to tap into emotions of those not physically present. These people are often called empaths, among other names. I tend to use metaphysician, because of my training.

So, we're dealing with the subject of emotions and tapping into them. Or, in this case, one being in particular... the original soul. This knowledge, of an original being, has been discussed among scholars for eons. So, it would stand to reason that this being would, obviously, have a soul/emotions as any of us do. Right? If it's real?

The next step, for proof, would be seeking the emotional truth in the universe of this original being and allowing this truth to guide you to it. As the saying goes: ask and you shall receive. Then, it's a matter of sensing the truth from this being's "emotions" to "allow proof" that this is the only one that the universe recognizes as the original spirit/soul... God. Because, as I was taught, many years ago, words can lie but emotions don't. Seek the truth through emotions.

Once, you achieve these steps, you'll have your proof. You see, as I've told my students, I can give you the steps to prove it, but you'll have to do the work. Of course, you can be like many on this planet, who feel and accept this truth, unconsciously, or may have blind faith. I was never much into blind faith; I wanted proof.

What If?

Have you ever wondered about "what ifs"? I have and I like to share a few, that I've had, and why. During my life, I had so many things happen to me that I started asking (to no one in particular) what did I do in a past life to deserve this? Was there really such a thing as past lives? Then one day, due my questions and curiosity, I found out some things about me via past lives. I learned about karma and that there are those that don't let injustices go - sometimes ever - because they keep living in the past. Because of this, our past can often come back to haunt us and I don't mean our current life's actions... even though it can contribute to it.

Now, the what ifs. We hear people say things about karma (cause and effect) and that people will reap what they sow (sooner or later). What if people, that we see in desperate or depraved situations, in any country, are actually reaping what they sowed? From some past horrendous crime to humanity or another being? Or what if they're still climbing that proverbial ladder of removing past transgressions? What if our thoughts/curses are creating these scenarios for ourselves and others? You know that saying: be careful what we wish for.

Then I remembered something a spiritual teacher taught me once: sometimes, spiritually-evolved people are selected to return to help some people with their burdens. People like Jesus or Mother Teresa, for instance. They may be hurt by helping others. But maybe some choose to help who aren't as evolved. What if people, like those, are still working on their karma... including past or current leaders who had to use force to control the angry masses of lower life energies? What if it was their burden to do this... to pay off past transgressions... but caused more transgressions in the process?

What if everyone is on the journey they're meant to be on... due to karma? What if a woman, who feels she's a man, was a man who crucified a woman, in a past life, and now has to be a woman in this life (or vice versa)? See? And... what if all the evil and darkness we see, all round the world, is part of this karmic curse ideology? What if this ideology has gone too far and that's why we're seeing so much hate and anger? What if this hate and anger, of our inner turmoil, is being redirected to those that were sent to save us? Blaming them instead of looking within.

So... what if we all knew about these what ifs? Would we have more understanding? More acceptance? More change? More harmony? More peace of mind? Really... what if?

American Detention Centers vs. Nazi Concentration Camps

Pardon me while I rant a little. I've been reading where some people are comparing our refugee detention centers as Nazi concentration camps. Really? Sure, it's not a summer camp, and it's not meant to be, but comparing today to that horrendous past undermines the murdered people and reality of that time period. Maybe I can understand their ignorance; they probably haven't studied history and are reiterating bias media, or what their family and friends are saying, because it suits their purposes. But a lie is still a lie no matter how it's sugar coated or spun. And, before challenging this blog, spend a day or two checking the personal and historical articles on the internet, as I did, and not just the prejudice and exaggerated statements from any mainstream media. 

To continue, if you look at the definitions of words used for camps like concentration, internment, detention or refugee, you'll see that detention or refugee would be the proper words to use for America's current places. Even though "concentration camp" can be used, based on part of its definition, which includes the word refugees, many prefer to avoid that word because of what happened to the Jewish people, and others, in Europe. Those concentration camps, in all honesty, were “death camps,” because the main purpose was to torture and kill its prisoners. 

Nazi concentration camps were places of barbarous medical experiments and executions. Some were extermination centers with gas chambers. Millions of Jews were slaughtered in the Holocaust. Many others, including Gypsies, Poles, homosexuals and political dissidents were also victims of the Nazi concentration camps. Generally, Jewish women and children were not separated, because, immediately upon arriving at Auschwitz, they were often lined up to be murdered (picture). Under these savagely, cruel conditions, it's a wonder anyone survived but many did. Do an internet search for a man named Chaim Ferster. He was Holocaust survivor who cheated death in eight Nazi concentration camps during World War II. 

After a couple of days of research, I didn't find any similarities to compare today's temporary detention situations with what occured back then. We're not enslaving and murdering people. It's not a picnic. It's stressful. It's depressing. It's often more humane than putting them out on the streets, with no means of support, which could lead them into human or drug trafficking. It's required by our immigration laws, which has been in place for years, to protect our country from being invaded. We have similar laws that protect us from personal invasion. 

Even the recent outrage of the Shiloh Treatment Center, which "specializes in providing treatment services for children and youth with behavioral and emotional problems," has been treating children, since before the Obama administration, by giving them antidepressants and/or psychotropic drugs, when prescribed by a doctor. But, suddenly, it's an issue? Because of this administration? With that many people being placed, there's bound to be many various situations occuring and just as many reasons why they did. Incidents were first reported in 2014 but the government continued placing refugees there. However, it's a wait and see situation, because there's more than one side voicing their stories in order to weed through any hysteria or lies. And, as minors, their court records are often sealed. Yet, from what I've been able to read, to say it is anywhere near the Nazi's well-documented, unethical, diabolical, medical experiments is ludicrous. If that's the case, we should be questioning parents who are willingly giving similar drugs to their children, the doctors prescribing them, as well as any children's resentful behavior in being forced in taking them. What's the difference? 

Maybe all these protestors should consider cutting our government employees some slack, or giving them some help, instead of just protesting. Many have been overwhelmed with doing their job that we've hired them to do. Yes, it's not perfect, people aren't perfect, but how would you, say a middle income person, handle 25 family members and friends, for instance, suddenly showing up at your house asking you to provide refuge? Not a pretty picture. In fact, it may create a financially unstable situation, like capsizing an overloaded boat. Countries are no different. 

In fact, the only similarity I could find, mentioned by some Holocaust survivors, wasn't the concentration camps but the strict enforcement of American immigration restrictions to accept additional refugees. By 1939, up to 95,000 had immigrated to the United States via the immigration laws that were in place at the time. This meant they had to have multiple sponsors and secure a quota number in order to arrive... all during the time of America suffering a Great Depression. By 1941, due mainly to WWII and protecting our borders from enemies, immigration was temporarily stopped.

Lastly, for those saying they see this happening here (Nazi concentration camps): "it may not be now but, you'll see, it will get worse." One: where were you when it was going on in the past administrations? Two: have you suddenly been endowed with the gift of prophecy? Three: if you're that concerned about their welfare, be more productive than protesting and open your doors to them... without government support. 

Born This Way?

A long time ago, a warning went off in my mind when I head the phrase "born this way." I thought - well, how far down this rabbit hole are we going to go? I was concerned about it being used as a way to allow pedophilia. Well, I was right. It's all over the internet today with some saying they deserve our sympathy because they were born this way. What next? Allowing their fantasy? No! It's no different than gender dysphoria. It's a mental illness which needs psychological help. 

Let me explain. To me, this phrase made no sense, especially when we see pictures on the internet where people also claim that children aren't born racists. If so, where did it come from then? Is it possible that some acquired racism due to society's programming? We can also say that children aren't born hateful or murderers. So, what pushes people to hate and murder? What about those born with a disease? Allow it to be? No, that would be inhumane. We have to try and cure it. So, what's the difference? Just because it's mental and not physical?

Many feelings can change from birth. We have free will. I don't believe any birth feeling is our only choice. They can change with new or different information. I've seen this too often with people changing their minds. Remember the various, outrageous styles throughout history? Where are they today? Did we change our mind? Or did society change it or us? Every day, in every way, we live and learn... whatever our life's situations place us in... moral or immoral.

Which is why I've thought about this for a long time and decided that I'm not buying into the "born this way" ideology. It's flawed. I knew it was going to open a Pandora's box and it did. It's insidious, especially due to the physical and mental harm it does to another, whose innocence should be protected.