Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we have enough of it, one word is enough to change the course of our lives. If we don't, the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and that revelation won't make a damn bit of difference. Do you know that at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know you can use that eternity, if you so desire? Do you know that you can extend yourself forever in any direction and use it to take the totality of yourself forever in any direction? Do you know that one moment can be eternity? If you had enough personal power, my words alone would serve as a means to round up the totality of yourself and get to the crucial part of it out of the boundaries in which it is contained.
It is a great art to have... an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty of existence, the struggles, the miseries, the laughter, the tears - and yet keep your mind very simple; and you can have a simple mind only when you know how to love. (Krishnamurity)
When you come to the end of your earthly experience and step forth from the physical body in the new life it will not be asked of you: "What religion did you follow? What belief did you hold?" There will be none to say: "Were you a Roman Catholic, a Hindu, a Jew or a Christian?" But those who have loved in your earth life, these will come to you with love. They will look to see how much service you have rendered, how much love you have given to those weaker and less evolved than yourself, how much courage you have shown in dark and lonely experiences, for by this measure is the soul known when it comes to the spirit life. But where spiritual knowledge has given the soul increased ability to live kindly and peacefully, then we say that religious belief has its value. Where a philosophy helps to raise the thoughts on high, then that philosophy is a true one. But it is not true that worship in any one church or belief or any one religion is more important than the other.
Order your life so that your reaction is always one of forgiveness, gentleness, peacefulness, & LOVE. So will your spirit become lightened and brightened, and at the end of the journey it will be released, ready to rise into the realm of light where it may enjoy all the happiness, harmony and beauty which I strive so inadequately to clothe in the words of earth, that you may gain some faint understanding of the beauty you may all see one day.
Let go of regret and let go of self reproach. Say sometimes in your prayer: "Yes, great Father of All, I have failed in this. I should have done better. Help me next time to fulfill this with a greater understanding." Do not weep over your failure and reproach yourself endlessly, for you only build a barrier which holds you back from Light and comfort.
It is true that you must pass through varying experiences in the daily life but you do not need to suffer; your suffering is simply your reaction to what occurs. God has not ordained suffering, but has ordained change, change which must come in every human life. But there is no need for you to suffer through these changes if you can accept them as experiences by which to learn.
It is a mockery of divine justice to think that a death-bed repentance will wipe away all the wrongs you have done.
If you knock on a door and it does not open, do not push. If you push the door gently and it opens, that is for you. You cannot go through a closed door. Too many people in your world waste time and effort banging at closed doors.
Disease is, in a large number of cases primarily due to the wrongful alignment of mind, body and spirit
The higher you seek to rise, the more difficult it must become.
It is easy to love those you love. There is no virtue, no saintliness in that. But to love those you do not love, that is the attribute of an evolved soul.
Creeds, dogmas, doctrines, rituals, ceremonies, stained glass, altars, mitre, cope -- what have these to do with religion? Religion is in the spirit, the spirit that belongs to all Creation, which expresses itself in every rhythm and manifestation of life, that is revealed in every aspect of Nature and in the striving of all idealists and reformers who wish to serve. What has that to do with creeds?
Sometimes the worst answer to your prayer would be to give you that for which you asked.
No harm can come to any soul whose honest motive is to do the best. Every soul who desires to serve will find the opportunity provided.
Man makes his own future,
Stamps his own character,
Suffers for his own sins,
and must work out his own salvation
Sin, in its essence, is the conscious violation of those eternal laws which make for the advantage of the spirit. God cannot view sin as a personal injury. He regards it as we regard the offenses of a child, which will bring sorrow and retribution in their train. Sin is not in itself any offense against the Creator. The punishment is not wreaked on a defenseless creature. Sin is itself its own punishment, as the transgression of immutable law.
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The 25 Rules of Disinformation
From Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation (Includes The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist) by H. Michael Sweeney. These 25 rules are everywhere in media, from political debates, to television shows, to comments on a blog.
1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — especially if you are a public figure, news anchor, etc. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen, and you never have to deal with the issues.
2. Become incredulous and indignant. Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the “How dare you!” gambit.
3. Create rumor mongers. Avoid discussing issues by describing all charges, regardless of venue or evidence, as mere rumors and wild accusations. Other derogatory terms mutually exclusive of truth may work as well. This method works especially well with a silent press, because the only way the public can learn of the facts are through such “arguable rumors”. If you can associate the material with the Internet, use this fact to certify it a “wild rumor” which can have no basis in fact.
4. Use a straw man. Find or create a seeming element of your opponent’s argument which you can easily knock down to make yourself look good and the opponent to look bad. Either make up an issue you may safely imply exists based on your interpretation of the opponent/opponent arguments/situation, or select the weakest aspect of the weakest charges. Amplify their significance and destroy them in a way which appears to debunk all the charges, real and fabricated alike, while actually avoiding discussion of the real issues.
5. Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule. This is also known as the primary attack the messenger ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as “kooks”, “right-wing”, “liberal”, “left-wing”, “terrorists”, “conspiracy buffs”, “radicals”, “militia”, “racists”, “religious fanatics”, “sexual deviates”, and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.
6. Hit and Run. In any public forum, make a brief attack of your opponent or the opponent position and then scamper off before an answer can be fielded, or simply ignore any answer. This works extremely well in Internet and letters-to-the-editor environments where a steady stream of new identities can be called upon without having to explain criticism reasoning — simply make an accusation or other attack, never discussing issues, and never answering any subsequent response, for that would dignify the opponent’s viewpoint.
7. Question motives. Twist or amplify any fact which could so taken to imply that the opponent operates out of a hidden personal agenda or other bias. This avoids discussing issues and forces the accuser on the defensive.
8. Invoke authority. Claim for yourself or associate yourself with authority and present your argument with enough “jargon” and “minutiae” to illustrate you are “one who knows”, and simply say it isn’t so without discussing issues or demonstrating concretely why or citing sources.
9. Play Dumb. No matter what evidence or logical argument is offered, avoid discussing issues with denial they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect.
10. Associate opponent charges with old news. A derivative of the straw man usually, in any large-scale matter of high visibility, someone will make charges early on which can be or were already easily dealt with. Where it can be foreseen, have your own side raise a straw man issue and have it dealt with early on as part of the initial contingency plans. Subsequent charges, regardless of validity or new ground uncovered, can usually them be associated with the original charge and dismissed as simply being a rehash without need to address current issues — so much the better where the opponent is or was involved with the original source.
11. Establish and rely upon fall-back positions. Using a minor matter or element of the facts, take the “high road” and “confess” with candor that some innocent mistake, in hindsight, was made — but that opponents have seized on the opportunity to blow it all out of proportion and imply greater criminalities which, “just isn’t so.” Others can reinforce this on your behalf, later. Done properly, this can garner sympathy and respect for “coming clean” and “owning up” to your mistakes without addressing more serious issues.
12. Enigmas have no solution. Drawing upon the overall umbrella of events surrounding the crime and the multitude of players and events, paint the entire affair as too complex to solve. This causes those otherwise following the matter to begin to loose interest more quickly without having to address the actual issues.
13. Alice in Wonderland Logic. Avoid discussion of the issues by reasoning backwards with an apparent deductive logic in a way that forbears any actual material fact.
14. Demand complete solutions. Avoid the issues by requiring opponents to solve the crime at hand completely, a ploy which works best for items qualifying for rule 10.
15. Fit the facts to alternate conclusions. This requires creative thinking unless the crime was planned with contingency conclusions in place.
16. Vanishing evidence and witnesses. If it does not exist, it is not fact, and you won’t have to address the issue.
17. Change the subject. Usually in connection with one of the other ploys listed here, find a way to side-track the discussion with abrasive or controversial comments in hopes of turning attention to a new, more manageable topic. This works especially well with companions who can “argue” with you over the new topic and polarize the discussion arena in order to avoid discussing more key issues.
18. Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad Opponents. If you can’t do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance, but even if their emotional response addresses the issue, you can further avoid the issues by then focusing on how “sensitive they are to criticism”.
19. Ignore proof presented, demand impossible proofs. This is perhaps a variant of the “play dumb” rule. Regardless of what material may be presented by an opponent in public forums, claim the material irrelevant and demand proof that is impossible for the opponent to come by (it may exist, but not be at his disposal, or it may be something which is known to be safely destroyed or withheld, such as a murder weapon). In order to completely avoid discussing issues may require you to categorically deny and be critical of media or books as valid sources, deny that witnesses are acceptable, or even deny that statements made by government or other authorities have any meaning or relevance.
20. False evidence. Whenever possible, introduce new facts or clues designed and manufactured to conflict with opponent presentations as useful tools to neutralize sensitive issues or impede resolution. This works best when the crime was designed with contingencies for the purpose, and the facts cannot be easily separated from the fabrications.
21. Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor, or other empowered investigative body. Subvert the (process) to your benefit and effectively neutralize all sensitive issues without open discussion. Once convened, the evidence and testimony are required to be secret when properly handled. For instance, if you own the prosecuting attorney, it can insure a Grand Jury hears no useful evidence and that the evidence is sealed an unavailable to subsequent investigators. Once a favorable verdict (usually, this technique is applied to find the guilty innocent, but it can also be used to obtain charges when seeking to frame a victim) is achieved, the matter can be considered officially closed.
22. Manufacture a new truth. Create your own expert(s), group(s), author(s), leader(s) or influence existing ones willing to forge new ground via scientific, investigative, or social research or testimony which concludes favorably. In this way, if you must actually address issues, you can do so authoritatively.
23. Create bigger distractions. If the above does not seem to be working to distract from sensitive issues, or to prevent unwanted media coverage of unstoppable events such as trials, create bigger news stories (or treat them as such) to distract the multitudes.
24. Silence critics. If the above methods do not prevail, consider removing opponents from circulation by some definitive solution so that the need to address issues is removed entirely. This can be by their death, arrest and detention, blackmail or destruction of their character by release of blackmail information, or merely by proper intimidation with blackmail or other threats.
25. Vanish. If you are a key holder of secrets or otherwise overly illuminated and you think the heat is getting too hot, to avoid the issues, vacate the kitchen.
-From Vigilant Citizen
1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — especially if you are a public figure, news anchor, etc. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen, and you never have to deal with the issues.
2. Become incredulous and indignant. Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the “How dare you!” gambit.
3. Create rumor mongers. Avoid discussing issues by describing all charges, regardless of venue or evidence, as mere rumors and wild accusations. Other derogatory terms mutually exclusive of truth may work as well. This method works especially well with a silent press, because the only way the public can learn of the facts are through such “arguable rumors”. If you can associate the material with the Internet, use this fact to certify it a “wild rumor” which can have no basis in fact.
4. Use a straw man. Find or create a seeming element of your opponent’s argument which you can easily knock down to make yourself look good and the opponent to look bad. Either make up an issue you may safely imply exists based on your interpretation of the opponent/opponent arguments/situation, or select the weakest aspect of the weakest charges. Amplify their significance and destroy them in a way which appears to debunk all the charges, real and fabricated alike, while actually avoiding discussion of the real issues.
5. Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule. This is also known as the primary attack the messenger ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as “kooks”, “right-wing”, “liberal”, “left-wing”, “terrorists”, “conspiracy buffs”, “radicals”, “militia”, “racists”, “religious fanatics”, “sexual deviates”, and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.
6. Hit and Run. In any public forum, make a brief attack of your opponent or the opponent position and then scamper off before an answer can be fielded, or simply ignore any answer. This works extremely well in Internet and letters-to-the-editor environments where a steady stream of new identities can be called upon without having to explain criticism reasoning — simply make an accusation or other attack, never discussing issues, and never answering any subsequent response, for that would dignify the opponent’s viewpoint.
7. Question motives. Twist or amplify any fact which could so taken to imply that the opponent operates out of a hidden personal agenda or other bias. This avoids discussing issues and forces the accuser on the defensive.
8. Invoke authority. Claim for yourself or associate yourself with authority and present your argument with enough “jargon” and “minutiae” to illustrate you are “one who knows”, and simply say it isn’t so without discussing issues or demonstrating concretely why or citing sources.
9. Play Dumb. No matter what evidence or logical argument is offered, avoid discussing issues with denial they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect.
10. Associate opponent charges with old news. A derivative of the straw man usually, in any large-scale matter of high visibility, someone will make charges early on which can be or were already easily dealt with. Where it can be foreseen, have your own side raise a straw man issue and have it dealt with early on as part of the initial contingency plans. Subsequent charges, regardless of validity or new ground uncovered, can usually them be associated with the original charge and dismissed as simply being a rehash without need to address current issues — so much the better where the opponent is or was involved with the original source.
11. Establish and rely upon fall-back positions. Using a minor matter or element of the facts, take the “high road” and “confess” with candor that some innocent mistake, in hindsight, was made — but that opponents have seized on the opportunity to blow it all out of proportion and imply greater criminalities which, “just isn’t so.” Others can reinforce this on your behalf, later. Done properly, this can garner sympathy and respect for “coming clean” and “owning up” to your mistakes without addressing more serious issues.
12. Enigmas have no solution. Drawing upon the overall umbrella of events surrounding the crime and the multitude of players and events, paint the entire affair as too complex to solve. This causes those otherwise following the matter to begin to loose interest more quickly without having to address the actual issues.
13. Alice in Wonderland Logic. Avoid discussion of the issues by reasoning backwards with an apparent deductive logic in a way that forbears any actual material fact.
14. Demand complete solutions. Avoid the issues by requiring opponents to solve the crime at hand completely, a ploy which works best for items qualifying for rule 10.
15. Fit the facts to alternate conclusions. This requires creative thinking unless the crime was planned with contingency conclusions in place.
16. Vanishing evidence and witnesses. If it does not exist, it is not fact, and you won’t have to address the issue.
17. Change the subject. Usually in connection with one of the other ploys listed here, find a way to side-track the discussion with abrasive or controversial comments in hopes of turning attention to a new, more manageable topic. This works especially well with companions who can “argue” with you over the new topic and polarize the discussion arena in order to avoid discussing more key issues.
18. Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad Opponents. If you can’t do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance, but even if their emotional response addresses the issue, you can further avoid the issues by then focusing on how “sensitive they are to criticism”.
19. Ignore proof presented, demand impossible proofs. This is perhaps a variant of the “play dumb” rule. Regardless of what material may be presented by an opponent in public forums, claim the material irrelevant and demand proof that is impossible for the opponent to come by (it may exist, but not be at his disposal, or it may be something which is known to be safely destroyed or withheld, such as a murder weapon). In order to completely avoid discussing issues may require you to categorically deny and be critical of media or books as valid sources, deny that witnesses are acceptable, or even deny that statements made by government or other authorities have any meaning or relevance.
20. False evidence. Whenever possible, introduce new facts or clues designed and manufactured to conflict with opponent presentations as useful tools to neutralize sensitive issues or impede resolution. This works best when the crime was designed with contingencies for the purpose, and the facts cannot be easily separated from the fabrications.
21. Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor, or other empowered investigative body. Subvert the (process) to your benefit and effectively neutralize all sensitive issues without open discussion. Once convened, the evidence and testimony are required to be secret when properly handled. For instance, if you own the prosecuting attorney, it can insure a Grand Jury hears no useful evidence and that the evidence is sealed an unavailable to subsequent investigators. Once a favorable verdict (usually, this technique is applied to find the guilty innocent, but it can also be used to obtain charges when seeking to frame a victim) is achieved, the matter can be considered officially closed.
22. Manufacture a new truth. Create your own expert(s), group(s), author(s), leader(s) or influence existing ones willing to forge new ground via scientific, investigative, or social research or testimony which concludes favorably. In this way, if you must actually address issues, you can do so authoritatively.
23. Create bigger distractions. If the above does not seem to be working to distract from sensitive issues, or to prevent unwanted media coverage of unstoppable events such as trials, create bigger news stories (or treat them as such) to distract the multitudes.
24. Silence critics. If the above methods do not prevail, consider removing opponents from circulation by some definitive solution so that the need to address issues is removed entirely. This can be by their death, arrest and detention, blackmail or destruction of their character by release of blackmail information, or merely by proper intimidation with blackmail or other threats.
25. Vanish. If you are a key holder of secrets or otherwise overly illuminated and you think the heat is getting too hot, to avoid the issues, vacate the kitchen.
-From Vigilant Citizen
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Why is the government trying to kill us???
The New World Order is already in full effect. We wonder why all of these so called natural disasters occur, but again, it is all part of their plan. Their missions is to decrease population. They say the world is now 6.6 billion people overpopulated. So that's when and why these diseases are put out along with other things to cause massive deaths, etc.
Planned Parenthood... Only in the "HOODS"!
Abortion rates are at a rage and it is killing off our population. Have you ever noticed that these places are only located in the urban communities. Planned Parenthood is killing babies and making money from it! They love accepting donations form racist donors.
Abortions are the #1 killer of blacks. For every 3 black babies conceived, 2 are aborted. Please watch this video. Has Obama sold himself out to the black community? Obama is behind this movement too. Its so much going on that we need to open our eyes and be aware. They are doing everything in their power to eliminate the black race. How do you feel about this? How do you feel knowing that you really have no say so and that your vote doesn't count because everything is set up the way they want it to be...?
How Does Planned Parenthood Celebrate Black History Month?
The following statement appears on Planned Parenthood's website: "In observance of Black History Month, Planned Parenthood is celebrating the leadership of African Americans who led the fight for reproductive freedom."
This is all very touching -- that Planned Parenthood would take time from their busy schedule of killing black babies in their Abortion Clinics -- to proclaim their appreciation for the African-American community. The Planned Parenthood website goes on to recognize the achievements of that famous advocate of nonviolence -- the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. as if Dr. King somehow posthumously approves the violent killings of the more than 1500 babies that will be destroyed in a black woman's womb every day, a significant portion of which, are performed in Planned Parenthood's abortion clinics.
The Planned Parenthood website also states that, "Planned Parenthood is committed to providing the highest level of care to people of all cultures and backgrounds." This is indeed very generous of Planned Parenthood to lend a helping hand to one of Margaret Sanger's favorite ethnic groups, as exemplified by Margaret Sanger's famous "Negro Project". Undoubtedly, during Margaret Sanger's well documented trip to talk to the Ku Klux Klan, she must have assuredly spoken in very generous terms of African Americans. However, the Planned Parenthood website that addresses Black History Month, mysteriously fails to mention all of the tax dollars that they receive from hard working African-Americans --- tax dollars which are used to help kill the more than 1500 unborn African-American babies every day. We are sure that this must have been a slight oversight on their part.
There are some that claim that Planned Parenthood is a racist organization; however, we will not say that -- for to do so -- would be a terrible insult -- to racists throughout the world.
Although black women constitute only 6% of the population, they comprise 36% of the abortion industry's clientele. The leading abortion providers have chosen to exploit blacks by locating 94% of their abortuaries in urban neighborhoods with high black populations. This high rate of abortion has decimated the black family and destroyed black neighborhoods to the detriment of society at large.
Between 1882 and 1968, 3,446 Blacks were lynched in the U.S. That number is surpassed in less than 3 days by abortion. 1,452 African-American children are killed each day by the heinous act of abortion. 3 out of 5 pregnant African-American women will abort their child. Since 1973 there has been over 13 million Black children killed and their precious mothers victimized by the U.S. abortion industry. In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King said, "The early church brought an end to such things as INFANTICIDE."
What would Martin Luther King say to the church today? The Rev. Jesse Jackson once said: "That is why the Constitution called us three-fifths human and then whites further dehumanized us by calling us 'niggers'. It was part of the dehumanizing process. The first step was to distort the image of us as human beings in order to justify that which they wanted to do and not even feel like they had done anything wrong. Those advocates of taking life prior to birth do not call it killing or murder, they call it abortion.
They further never talk about aborting a baby because that would imply something human. Rather they talk about aborting the fetus. Fetus sounds less than human and therefore abortion can be justified". Jackson's massive flip-flop on the abortion issue is further proof that his political future is far more important to him than are his principles. With 1/3 of all abortions performed on Black women, the abortion industry has received over 4,000,000,000 (yes, billion) dollars from the Black community. All text and images from Fair Use. Music from the Music Bakery
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Monday, May 9, 2011
GOSSIP - The SINFUL & GUILTY Pleasure
I HAD TO SHARE THIS WITH MY PEOPLE! Thanks Amber and it will be going on my blog!!!
WHETHER U BELIEVE IN GOD OR NOT THIS MESSAGE REMAINS TRUE & APPLIES TO EVERYONE!
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THE DANGERS OF GOSSIP:
We are ALL guilty of having "LOOSE LIPS"... Gossip is a SERIOUS MATTER so I was compelled to write about this...
Gossip. Like bullets fired from a gun, words cannot be taken back.
1. Intent. Gossipers often have the goal of building themselves up by making others look bad and exalting themselves as some kind of repositories of knowledge or in some cases a victim so others will feel sorry for them.
2. The type of information shared. Gossipers speak of the faults and failings of others, or reveal potentially embarrassing or shameful details regarding the lives of others without their knowledge or approval. Even if they mean no harm, it is still gossip.
Everyone likes a good story, right?
Well, not necessarily. What about the person the story is about?
Does that person like the story? Probably not. Spreading rumors only hurts others and destroys our credibility.
Who is going to trust us with anything when they think we’ll tell everyone else?
Gossip is also a way we judge others, which really isn’t our job. God is in charge of judging people, not us.
Gossip really only ends up creating greed, hate, envy, murder.
Gossip is also a sign that we are not really active in our faith and in our lives. If you think about it, the busier we are, the less time we have to gossip.
We no longer have the time to get wrapped up in someone else’s life.
Gossip is bred out of boredom. It may start as a simple conversation about people, and then escalates quickly.
The Bible clearly tells us to do more than discuss other people’s lives.
As I said we are ALL guilty of this whether you were the "Fire Starter" or you were the "FUEL" that was added to the fire..
The thing about gossip is that it is 1 sided and when you are only hearing 1 side you can't possibly pass or make a sound judgment because you don't know the WHOLE TRUTH. You are only going off of what that person who is running their mouth is telling you.
Because 1 thing is for sure in life.. If they gossip to you and with you.. TRUST & BELIEVE that they will gossip ABOUT YOU in a New York Minute! This includes EVERYONE in your 360 (Circle).
I have experienced this on many occassions especially dealing with co-workers and "friends/associates". They tell you something negative about someone on the job or in your circle of friends whether it is pertaining to you or not and next thing you know they are buddy buddy with the person they just talked to you about. Sound Familiar?
I am very leery of people who barely know me but are quick to tell me someone elses business that I don't even know but by the end of the conversation I know EVERYTHING about that person except for their Social Security Number! (I also handle people accordingly when I see certain characteristics that are RED FLAGS.) Then later I am mad at myself for even entertaining the mess I listened to. People like DRAMA and definitely like to start it and they like to watch the BLAZE that they created and as long as they don't get burnt then it is alright with them. Sometimes people will tell you what someone said about you but they are really speaking on how they REALLY feel about you. BE CAREFUL!
HOW TO AVOID GOSSIP:
First, if you catch yourself falling into gossip – STOP! If you don’t passon the gossip there is nowhere for it to go. This includes gossip magazines and television. While it may not seem as “sinful” to read those magazines, you are contributing to gossip. Stop them dead in their tracks and let them know straight up that you will NOT entertain that foolishness. From now on I will simply change the subject or better yet ask them, "Does this person know how you feel about them?" and if they say NO then I will simply say, "Well you telling me all of this is not helping anyone maybe the best thing for you to do is go to THE SOURCE of the MATTER."
I guarantee they will not come to you with that mess again or any mess for that matter if you keep SHUTTING THEM DOWN! :o)
BUT REMEMBER THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOSSIPPING AND SHARING INFORMATION TO GET ADVICE AND/OR HELP FOR THAT PERSON IN NEED.
Also, when you are faced with a statement that may or may not be gossip, check out the facts.
For instance, if you hear someone has an eating disorder, go to the person. If you don’t feel comfortable talking to the person yourself, and the rumor is something serious, you may want to go to someone you trust and someone who can help them.
Getting someone to help in a serious situation is not gossip as long as the information stays with you and the person you go to for help.
If you want to avoid gossip, focus on creating helpful and encouraging statements. Let the gossip and end with you and remember the Golden Rule – if you don’t want people to gossip about you, then don’t participate in gossip.
Proverbs 26:20 – “Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.” (NIV)
Deuteronomy 13:14 – “Then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly.” (NIV)
Matthew 7:12 – “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (NIV)
Ephesians 4:29 – “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”(NIV)
I don't know who ever made the ridiculous statement that “sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but words will never hurt me”; but words can be very painful. The most painful wounds in life are those inflicted by a careless or cruel person's words. It hurts bad when someone whom we look up to hurts us; but it hurts even worse when we unintentionally hurt someone who looks up to us. Gossip is so subtle, and if you're not careful it can spiral out of control!
It's been said: “Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see." I like that. The facts are nearly always distorted as they pass from one ear to another. What began as a hold of the hand usually ends up turning into adultery by the time it reaches enough ears.
People love to talk, gossip, slander, and tear down. It's in our nature to destroy ourselves. That's the human race. The more we hear about peace, the more war happens and innocent people are murdered. There will never be lasting genuine peace until Jesus Christ reigns from Jerusalem. Until then, people will continue to hurt people, as they do best.
God Gave You Teeth to Cage That Evil Tongue
Keep your cage closed. Don't let the wild animal out! Keep your tongue secured within those pearly white teeth (i.e., the bars of a cage). God gave us a mouth to encage that dangerous tongue! Literally, you ought to view your mouth as cage for our evil tongue.
The Bible teaches in James 3:7-8 that the tongue CANNOT BE TAMED. It is impossible. It's in our human nature to talk trash. Everyone is guilty of saying things they shouldn't say.
So what's the answer? Keep your mouth shut! It works. If you DO NOT have nothing nice to say then do NOT say ANYTHING AT ALL!
The key is to limit our words, and do our best with the Lord's help to be careful what we say. Wars have been started and ended by mere words. Words are the most powerful force in the world. This is evidenced by the Words of God, which is the highest authority in the universe (Psalm 138:2; John 1:1-3,14).
Keep your mouth shut! If you don't talk, then you can't gossip, can't spread gossip, and can't create gossip.
Most gossip is partially true, which is the most dangerous form of gossip. What usually happens is that people spread misinformation, not having all the facts, and someone's life and reputation are injured or destroyed.
Proverbs 11:13 – “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.” (NIV)
Romans 1:29 – “They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips.” (NIV)
1 Timothy 5:13 – “Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.” (NIV)
Matthew 7:1 – “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” (NIV)
Proverbs 18:8 – “The words of gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s inmost parts.” (NIV)
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
1. Don't worry what peoplw think they don't do it very often. Worry about what God thinks. People have NO heaven or hell to put you in!
2. No matter how carefully you choose your words, they'll end up being twisted by others... *Just agree to disagree IN LOVE*
3. Forget what hurt you in the PAST.. But NEVER FORGET what it TAUGHT you!
4. You can't control what peoplw say, think, or do. Peoplw have the right to think & say whatever they want. But u have the right not to take it to heart♥ or react to it.
3. David said: "Do Not Fret!".. Peoplw will talk about you whether you do bad or good. Pray for them & do NOT feed into their negativity!
4. "If someone does you wrong it is OKAY to confront them IN LOVE.. Let me REPEAT confront them IN LOVE NOT ANGER."
5. "Angry Words Are True Thoughts"... Be careful what you say because you canNOT take back the marks you leave when caught up in the moment!
6. Surround yourself with others who inspire you to become a better person. Not people who try to stop you or get in the way when your trying to become one.
MOST IMPORTANTLY:
7. When people question your intentions for your life... remind them you're the one living it!
This was written by: Amber Montgomery
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Losing my religion...
As far as religion goes, Christianity tells us that nobody can go to heaven and live an eternal life unless they know Jesus and have been "saved" by him.
So my question is, what about all the many many people who lived and passed away hundreds of thousands of years before "Christ" was born\created\invented)?
They didn't know anything about his existence. So does this mean they all go to hell and burn forever?
Would an authentic, loving and just God allow that to happen to all of those innocent people?
*No "Bible-Spouting", please. Just use reason and common sense.*
So my question is, what about all the many many people who lived and passed away hundreds of thousands of years before "Christ" was born\created\invented)?
They didn't know anything about his existence. So does this mean they all go to hell and burn forever?
Would an authentic, loving and just God allow that to happen to all of those innocent people?
*No "Bible-Spouting", please. Just use reason and common sense.*
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Intriguing Facts Part 1
I know everyone doesn't "TWEET" but I came across a new profile to follow @IntriguingFacts so I thought every now and then I should share some of them with you! = )
#IntriguingFacts On average, when asked for a color, 3 out of 5 people will say red.
1 minute ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
2 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Richard Nixon was the 1st US president to visit China in February,1972.
2 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The people in Bali only have one of four names : Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut.
3 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts American car horns beep in the tone of F.
3 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriugingFacts 7,000 New insect species are discovered every year.
4 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The average life expectancy of geese is 25 years.
4 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts By the age of 60 most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
5 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The nail of our middle finger grows the fastest and the nail of our thumb grows slowest.
5 minutes ago via web
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about 7 hours ago via MyLikes Network
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A bean has more DNA per cell than a human cell.
1,280,526,827,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys Gum.
1,280,526,813,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.
1,280,526,689,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
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Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar.
1,280,526,451,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets.
1,280,526,207,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Eskimo icecream is neither icy, or creamy.
1,280,526,185,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
1,280,526,165,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Austria was the first country to use postcards.
1,280,526,125,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Planet Venus is the only planet to spin counter- Clockwise.
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Reply Retweet . This is So Cool. Ever Wonder Who's Been Searching You? If You Type Your Name At Mylife.Com You Can Find Out INS http://lx.im/5RoH (Ad)
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Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The 2 most common surgeries are biposies and cesarean sections.
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Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband.
1,280,436,106,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.
1,280,435,625,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The human heart weighs less than a pound.
1,280,435,600,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called an epithalamium.
1,280,435,584,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Every second there are 418 Kit Kat Fingers eaten in the world.
1,280,435,401,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Great Britain was the first country to issue stamps in 1840.
1,280,435,373,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
1,280,435,343,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
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Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The Honda Accord has the highest stiken rate in the US according to NCIB
1,280,346,435,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Of all the words in the English Language, the word set has the most definitions.
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1,280,346,318,000.00 via MyLikes Network
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.
1,280,346,163,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Over it's lifetime a shark will loose as many as 50,000 teeth.
1,280,346,132,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
1,280,346,105,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't.
1,280,346,041,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Bumping foreheads with a hand shake is the traditional greeting in Tibet.
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Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
1,280,345,915,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Research indicates that people prefer the color blue for their casual clothing.
12:38 PM Jul 28th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Drew Carey once worked at a Denny's.
12:35 PM Jul 28th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Half of the 40 million people currently living with HIV/AIDS are females.
1:50 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Ambisexual is a more contemporary term for bisexual.
1:49 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Many men masturbate daily, or even more frequently, well into their 20s and sometimes far beyond.
1:49 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntrugingFacts Autofellatio is the act of a male performing oral sex on himself.
1:46 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A hair is 70% easier to cut when soaked in warm water for two minutes.
1:45 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
1:44 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The human liver performs over 500 functions.
1:43 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Eighty percent of 10 year old girls in the USA go on a diet.
1:43 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed.
1:41 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States Daily.
1:38 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes.
1:38 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
1:34 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A mule wont sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
1:34 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
1:33 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Americans spend around $3billion for cat and dog food a year.
1:33 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
1:32 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
1:30 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Crocodiles cannot stick their tongue out.
#IntriguingFacts On average, when asked for a color, 3 out of 5 people will say red.
1 minute ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
2 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Richard Nixon was the 1st US president to visit China in February,1972.
2 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The people in Bali only have one of four names : Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut.
3 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts American car horns beep in the tone of F.
3 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriugingFacts 7,000 New insect species are discovered every year.
4 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The average life expectancy of geese is 25 years.
4 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts By the age of 60 most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
5 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The nail of our middle finger grows the fastest and the nail of our thumb grows slowest.
5 minutes ago via web
Reply Retweet . Twitter to Email helps Twitter users to send their tweets as a Email from twitter itself to their non-Twitter f http://lx.im/5TJc (Ad)
about 7 hours ago via MyLikes Network
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A bean has more DNA per cell than a human cell.
1,280,526,827,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys Gum.
1,280,526,813,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.
1,280,526,689,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
1,280,526,667,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar.
1,280,526,451,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets.
1,280,526,207,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Eskimo icecream is neither icy, or creamy.
1,280,526,185,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
1,280,526,165,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Austria was the first country to use postcards.
1,280,526,125,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Planet Venus is the only planet to spin counter- Clockwise.
1,280,526,108,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . This is So Cool. Ever Wonder Who's Been Searching You? If You Type Your Name At Mylife.Com You Can Find Out INS http://lx.im/5RoH (Ad)
1,280,519,116,000.00 via MyLikes Network
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The 2 most common surgeries are biposies and cesarean sections.
1,280,436,189,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband.
1,280,436,106,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.
1,280,435,625,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The human heart weighs less than a pound.
1,280,435,600,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called an epithalamium.
1,280,435,584,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Every second there are 418 Kit Kat Fingers eaten in the world.
1,280,435,401,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Great Britain was the first country to issue stamps in 1840.
1,280,435,373,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
1,280,435,343,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
1,280,435,316,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . This is So Cool. Ever Wonder Who's Been Searching You? If You Type Your Name At Mylife.Com You Can Find Out INS http://lx.im/5RoH (Ad)
1,280,432,717,000.00 via MyLikes Network
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The Honda Accord has the highest stiken rate in the US according to NCIB
1,280,346,435,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Of all the words in the English Language, the word set has the most definitions.
1,280,346,371,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . This is So Cool. Ever Wonder Who's Been Searching You? If You Type Your Name At Mylife.Com You Can Find Out INS http://bit.ly/dxqZPq (Ad)
1,280,346,318,000.00 via MyLikes Network
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.
1,280,346,163,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Over it's lifetime a shark will loose as many as 50,000 teeth.
1,280,346,132,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
1,280,346,105,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't.
1,280,346,041,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Bumping foreheads with a hand shake is the traditional greeting in Tibet.
1,280,345,944,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
1,280,345,915,000.00 via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Research indicates that people prefer the color blue for their casual clothing.
12:38 PM Jul 28th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Drew Carey once worked at a Denny's.
12:35 PM Jul 28th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Half of the 40 million people currently living with HIV/AIDS are females.
1:50 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Ambisexual is a more contemporary term for bisexual.
1:49 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Many men masturbate daily, or even more frequently, well into their 20s and sometimes far beyond.
1:49 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntrugingFacts Autofellatio is the act of a male performing oral sex on himself.
1:46 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A hair is 70% easier to cut when soaked in warm water for two minutes.
1:45 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
1:44 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The human liver performs over 500 functions.
1:43 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Eighty percent of 10 year old girls in the USA go on a diet.
1:43 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed.
1:41 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States Daily.
1:38 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts The average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes.
1:38 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
1:34 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts A mule wont sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
1:34 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
1:33 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Americans spend around $3billion for cat and dog food a year.
1:33 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
1:32 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
1:30 PM Jul 27th via web
Reply Retweet . #IntriguingFacts Crocodiles cannot stick their tongue out.
Types of Haters
When you notice a hater? You either ignore them or if you're kind fellow..u give them "I Don't Give A F**k Cookies"
#TypesOFHaters -Copy Cat Hater (does everything I do, then says your better than me at it)
#TypesOFHaters -Take Action Hater 2 (does sh*t on the sneak tip like slashing my tires etc.......and thinks I don't know who did it)
#TypesOfHaters: Take Action Hater 1 (takes it physical and TRIES to fight) very RARE
#TypesOfHaters - Keep It To Yourself Hater (has never said anything out loud but definitely hating in their mind)
TypesOfHaters - The Want Me To Hear You Hater (says little slick sh*t, just loud enough so I can hear)
#TypeOfHaters - Smile In My Face Hater (hates but pretends to be cool with me, when I see them)
#TypesOFHaters - The Behind My Back Hater (only hates when your are not present) aka The "Okay He's/She's Gone" hater
#TypesOFHater - Internet Hater 1 (knows me somewhat in real life but only hates on me online)
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