Humanity's ego is stopping us from proceeding to a higher level of conscious awareness. Our self-centred, indulgent ways must come to an end so that we can build a future, our own future, that will contain positive aspects and promises.
We often blame everyone but ourselves for this planet's dilemas, and instead of doing anything to help the Earth, we sit arguing with each other about who caused the problems. We need to detect the issue, acknowledge that it's there and demolish it along with its negativity, to better our planet. We cannot sit around any longer.
To change the world, first we must change ourselves. If we all did so, we could continue living in the harmony that orginally covered the Earth.
EGO = CHAOS
SELFLESSNESS = HARMONY FOR HUMANITY
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
God Violates His Own Commandment- Do Not Murder
You Have to Kill:
Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood. (Jeremiah 48:10 NAB)
Basically what God is telling us here is, "If you don't kill that mother, father, child or infant, you will be cursed!"
I've never really been able to wrap my head around the whole, "Do not murder" thing, when God regularly killed/kills people. There are many examples in the bible where God commands his people to slaughter innocent people, including infants, simply because they are not God's people. Many Christians give the petty excuse and say, "God gives life, and can take it away." That just doesn't compute with me. Below, I give some examples of this:
Kill Nonbelievers
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)
Killing at Jericho
When the people heard the sound of the horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the city from every side and captured it. They completely destroyed everything in it – men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, donkeys – everything. (Joshua 6:20-21 NLT)
Kill Your Neighbours
(Moses) stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, "All of you who are on the LORD's side, come over here and join me." And all the Levites came. He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Strap on your swords! Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, killing even your brothers, friends, and neighbors." The Levites obeyed Moses, and about three thousand people died that day. Then Moses told the Levites, "Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Because of this, he will now give you a great blessing." (Exodus 32:26-29 NLT)
God sent lions to kill "some" foreigners 2 Kg.17:25-26RACISM
TOTAL KILLED THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE: 2,270,365+
Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood. (Jeremiah 48:10 NAB)
Basically what God is telling us here is, "If you don't kill that mother, father, child or infant, you will be cursed!"
I've never really been able to wrap my head around the whole, "Do not murder" thing, when God regularly killed/kills people. There are many examples in the bible where God commands his people to slaughter innocent people, including infants, simply because they are not God's people. Many Christians give the petty excuse and say, "God gives life, and can take it away." That just doesn't compute with me. Below, I give some examples of this:
Kill Nonbelievers
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)
Killing at Jericho
When the people heard the sound of the horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the city from every side and captured it. They completely destroyed everything in it – men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, donkeys – everything. (Joshua 6:20-21 NLT)
Kill Your Neighbours
(Moses) stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, "All of you who are on the LORD's side, come over here and join me." And all the Levites came. He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Strap on your swords! Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, killing even your brothers, friends, and neighbors." The Levites obeyed Moses, and about three thousand people died that day. Then Moses told the Levites, "Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Because of this, he will now give you a great blessing." (Exodus 32:26-29 NLT)
God sent lions to kill "some" foreigners 2 Kg.17:25-26RACISM
TOTAL KILLED THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE: 2,270,365+
Emotive Tactics in Christianity
Over the 13 years that I’ve been attending a Pentecostal church, I’ve been able to observe the routine of church services. It’s seems that up until a few years ago, I’d just accepted the happenings of church. I never really questioned what was going on around me enough to disagree.
Often there’ll be music, prayers, singing and shouting praise onto God. All the service activities seem to be centred around emotion and getting you to feel a certain way. Musicians would choose specific songs to play. For example, very slow songs that create a mood, or really up beat ones to get everyone excited. Everything is planned to be a particular way to pull on your heart strings.
The emotions you feel can sometimes mask your ability to think. In church I find that the phrase, “Feel, don’t think” really does come into play. When pastors are preaching, they make you feel afraid, excited, etc particularly on the topic of hell. They’ll make you think “I don’t want to burn for all eternity in hell fire. So I’ve got to become a Christian then!”
When I was a Christian and I was worshipping in church, I often forgot why I was worshipping. It seemed that I was just being caught up in the emotion and atmosphere, not praising God. If that's the way church can make a person feel, well, their not making God the centre of their worship are they?
Often there’ll be music, prayers, singing and shouting praise onto God. All the service activities seem to be centred around emotion and getting you to feel a certain way. Musicians would choose specific songs to play. For example, very slow songs that create a mood, or really up beat ones to get everyone excited. Everything is planned to be a particular way to pull on your heart strings.
The emotions you feel can sometimes mask your ability to think. In church I find that the phrase, “Feel, don’t think” really does come into play. When pastors are preaching, they make you feel afraid, excited, etc particularly on the topic of hell. They’ll make you think “I don’t want to burn for all eternity in hell fire. So I’ve got to become a Christian then!”
When I was a Christian and I was worshipping in church, I often forgot why I was worshipping. It seemed that I was just being caught up in the emotion and atmosphere, not praising God. If that's the way church can make a person feel, well, their not making God the centre of their worship are they?
Encouragement Please, Not Pressure!
It's just about 5 weeks until I have to do my transfer exams that will decide whether I get into the high school I want. So I started revising quite a while back, and just a few days ago, I recieved my revision list in the mail. A revision list (here in the UK) is basically a little booklet that tells you what you need to study for each required subject for your up-coming exams. I like them, they help you a lot as they're guidelines that give you a rough idea of what you need to learn. But I hate recieving them, as I know, it's time to knuckle down and study. But this is all beside the point. What I really what to discuss is how teachers pile on a horrific amount of pressure on us students.
I'm not being biased here, I know that teachers want us to do well in our exams. Maybe it's just because they genuinely want us to do good, or maybe it's because if we don't do well in our exams, it'll make them look bad as teacher. I don't think it's the latter, but possibly for some teachers.
For me, I need to be motivated, not pressured. It really bugs me when a teacher sits down with a class and makes everyone feel anxious about the exams that are drawing near in a matter of weeks! We know the exams are coming, you don't need to keep telling us that! Instead of fearmongering us, why don't you give us some tips or encourage us?
I'm not being biased here, I know that teachers want us to do well in our exams. Maybe it's just because they genuinely want us to do good, or maybe it's because if we don't do well in our exams, it'll make them look bad as teacher. I don't think it's the latter, but possibly for some teachers.
For me, I need to be motivated, not pressured. It really bugs me when a teacher sits down with a class and makes everyone feel anxious about the exams that are drawing near in a matter of weeks! We know the exams are coming, you don't need to keep telling us that! Instead of fearmongering us, why don't you give us some tips or encourage us?
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
LIFE IS LIKE A WELL...
Life is like a well. The fresh water is waiting, but you need to make the effort to obtain it.
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I was thinking that I'd turn it into a haiku. So here is another version. All I've done is take some words away (syllables are 5,7,5):
Life is like a well.
The fresh water is waiting,
make the effort to obtain.
***
I was thinking that I'd turn it into a haiku. So here is another version. All I've done is take some words away (syllables are 5,7,5):
Life is like a well.
The fresh water is waiting,
make the effort to obtain.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Hello Raleigh Vista!
I am now the proud owner of a new Raleigh Vista 18 speed bicycle! I got around £50 for Christmas from relatives and was tossing and turning on what to buy with it. So since late December the money had been sitting around in my wallet doing nothing, and I just couldn't decide what to buy. Some of you may be thinking, "What bike is 50 quid?". Well, I'll explain that now...
I had my old mountain bike for over 4 years and it was looking a bit rusty I must say (I'll admit I didn't take very good care of it). After weeks and weeks of buying nothing with my Christmas money, my parents suggested that I get a new bike. There's a bike shop called Hickland's where they have a big warehouse full of bikes to choose from. It's where I got my old bike. My parents informed me that they allow you to trade in your old bike, and give you roughly about £15-20 off your next bike. I loved the idea. So we drove down there and to our surprise the shop's prices were way out of my budget.
So we went down to JJB, a sports shop, and had a look around. Bingo! There was the Raleigh Vista, and it was only £80 on sale. My parents were willing to contribute to the price as an early birthday present. And now it's home with me. It's more than I could ever have asked for. It looks good, it's fast and it's just the right size!
I had my old mountain bike for over 4 years and it was looking a bit rusty I must say (I'll admit I didn't take very good care of it). After weeks and weeks of buying nothing with my Christmas money, my parents suggested that I get a new bike. There's a bike shop called Hickland's where they have a big warehouse full of bikes to choose from. It's where I got my old bike. My parents informed me that they allow you to trade in your old bike, and give you roughly about £15-20 off your next bike. I loved the idea. So we drove down there and to our surprise the shop's prices were way out of my budget.
So we went down to JJB, a sports shop, and had a look around. Bingo! There was the Raleigh Vista, and it was only £80 on sale. My parents were willing to contribute to the price as an early birthday present. And now it's home with me. It's more than I could ever have asked for. It looks good, it's fast and it's just the right size!
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Telekinesis- Mind Over Matter
Many of you are fimiliar with the word 'telekinesis'. There are those who are skeptical about the ability to move objects with the mind, and honestly, I don't blame them. The amount of fake demonstrations I've seen on YouTube would lead anyone to believe that people are just trying to put on a show. But I've seen skeptics commenting on other YouTuber's demonstrations (genuine ones), and just automatically asumming that they're fake because telekinesis defies the laws of classicals physics, or because the skeptic has seen other fake videos, so this particular video and it's creator must be frauds.
It really frustrates me to see that. Some people don't have the gumption to look at the video demonstration from both angles and say, "Okay, are there any signs or giveaways that this guy's faking it?" and "Now, let's give the guy a chance. Are there are any signs or giveaways that this guy's video is genuine?" That's the process you need to go through when watching a TK video. It's all too easy to be rigid in your beliefs and just say that the video and telekinesis in general is fake.
The Christian believer might say, "Telekinesis?! Occult! Occult! Stay away!" The hardcore skeptic or modern scientist might say, "Ha! Telekinesis is just movement from convectional forces such as heat or air currents!" Instead of questioning their beliefs or even considering telekinesis, they turn back to their old information and sweep away the new. I've learnt that you must have a belief system that is not resistant to change. Go wherever the information leads you instead of standing rigid to the spot in your beliefs.
Back to telekinesis though. "Okay, Naomi, what is the cause of telekinesis?" I'll give you a definate answer and a not so definate answer. I'll give you the definate one first: I don't know. I honestly don't know what is the cause of telekinesis. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist because we don't understand it. Although I don't have a definate answer, I know that what causes TK is more than what conventional science can explain. People often don't believe telekinesis is real because they don't undertand it or it's abrasive with their religion. What's the first thing you do when you don't understand something? You try to understand it by asking questions and trying it out for yourself.
Here's my not so definate answer: telekinesis is mind over matter. I've done numerous experiments with TK using a psi wheel and the golden word you need when doing telekinesis is....intention. By wanting to do telekinesis, you will do it. I remember hearing about a documentary about a little 5 year old girl who had a rare disease of the brain. She had to have one whole side of her brain removed from her skull! Now when the right side of the brain is removed, the left side of the body becomes paralysed and vice versa. After having this extreme surgery the doctors made her try and control her limbs with the remainding side of her brain. And guess what, she did! She was able to re-connect her control with the paralysed side of her body, because she wanted to! It works the same way with telekinesis. Don't believe me? Try it out for yourself!
It really frustrates me to see that. Some people don't have the gumption to look at the video demonstration from both angles and say, "Okay, are there any signs or giveaways that this guy's faking it?" and "Now, let's give the guy a chance. Are there are any signs or giveaways that this guy's video is genuine?" That's the process you need to go through when watching a TK video. It's all too easy to be rigid in your beliefs and just say that the video and telekinesis in general is fake.
The Christian believer might say, "Telekinesis?! Occult! Occult! Stay away!" The hardcore skeptic or modern scientist might say, "Ha! Telekinesis is just movement from convectional forces such as heat or air currents!" Instead of questioning their beliefs or even considering telekinesis, they turn back to their old information and sweep away the new. I've learnt that you must have a belief system that is not resistant to change. Go wherever the information leads you instead of standing rigid to the spot in your beliefs.
Back to telekinesis though. "Okay, Naomi, what is the cause of telekinesis?" I'll give you a definate answer and a not so definate answer. I'll give you the definate one first: I don't know. I honestly don't know what is the cause of telekinesis. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist because we don't understand it. Although I don't have a definate answer, I know that what causes TK is more than what conventional science can explain. People often don't believe telekinesis is real because they don't undertand it or it's abrasive with their religion. What's the first thing you do when you don't understand something? You try to understand it by asking questions and trying it out for yourself.
Here's my not so definate answer: telekinesis is mind over matter. I've done numerous experiments with TK using a psi wheel and the golden word you need when doing telekinesis is....intention. By wanting to do telekinesis, you will do it. I remember hearing about a documentary about a little 5 year old girl who had a rare disease of the brain. She had to have one whole side of her brain removed from her skull! Now when the right side of the brain is removed, the left side of the body becomes paralysed and vice versa. After having this extreme surgery the doctors made her try and control her limbs with the remainding side of her brain. And guess what, she did! She was able to re-connect her control with the paralysed side of her body, because she wanted to! It works the same way with telekinesis. Don't believe me? Try it out for yourself!
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