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  • Money for Nothing

    Money for Nothing

    Niccolò Machiavelli and Money for Nothing
    Niccolò Machiavelli

    Australia (Oz) taught me so much and I was so green in my twenties that looking back, I consider my years from the age of twenty one to twenty five to have been my college education. Also, it was the years leading up to the move to Australia, where I worked in the toughest jobs in Canada, from work camps inside the Arctic circle and up the sides of the Rocky Mountains. Seasonal work in every industry, such as mining, logging, tree-planting and lot’s of pipeline construction, with a stint in seismic to boot.

    I was RWA (ready willing and able) in Oz

    I survived the first part of my youth and felt well prepared for Australia and one lesson I learned there from the very beginning, well two, always say “Good day” to people you pass in the morning, whether you know them or not, and the second and most important lesson; there’s no free lunch. Although I did here about young Brits who had come to exploit the unemployment insurance that accept people who had never previously worked to pay into it. That was what they called “the Dole” since they doled it out and some people surfed every day while collecting free money.

    We all know that there’s a massive inequity in the distribution of wealth on our planet, much of it has to do with access to information. Yes, really, often times people just don’t know the same things other people know and usually it’s because we are not asking the right questions. However, what you come to learn, is that knowledge is power, not money and that is why Oz was part of my journey to find, obtain and consume knowledge.

    Starting with the Penguin Classics I read every great author and anything recommended to me. From the start of my journey I’ve never had less than 3 books on the go at a time, same as now. I let each book suggest the next and follow all topics to their source, until I feel satisfied I understand and then move on. Some classic authors are harder to relate to, like James Joyce for example, it takes longer to appreciate than Joseph Conrad, for example but within every single book was the clues to my path to current day.

    Fast forward to 2010 where the library in Youtube had now grown to encompass every single writer, every single book and all the ideas contained within them and indexed out into incredible byte sized downloads, to meet the maximum data input rate, of an information addict (me) accustomed to the highest doses, that is how I am. I turned that logic analysis machine, which is my mind, into a funnel with filters and then poured as much information through it as was possible.

    One of my main questions, especially because I have been the editor of Invest Offshore and report on cross-border banking, is there an evil cabal of people who intentionally control the world through the central banking system? Then, secondly, and largely because of my favourite classic that touches upon this topic with historical context; The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli what knowledge can I derive from this information.

    The answer is to the first is yes, and corroborated by the The Creature from Jekyll Island (1994) by G. Edward Griffin. The answer to the second is to become an agent of Private Placement Programs (PPP) and to become knowledgeable in Bank Trading Platforms. Then with this knowledge, seek and find qualified participants and inform them of this knowledge, explain how it can benefit them and provide an introduction to the experts.

    The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

    Niccolò Machiavelli

    The Prince is an extended analysis of how to acquire and maintain political power. It includes 26 chapters and an opening dedication to Lorenzo de Medici. The dedication declares Machiavelli’s intention to discuss in plain language the conduct of great men and the principles of princely government.

    So in the end, it’s who you know and what you know, then being able to prove that you can help them. That sounds an awful lot like politics to me : ). So, all you need to know, is someone with vast amounts of money and show them Private Placement Programs (PPP) and Bank Trading Platforms, then introduce them to a banker that is willing to award you for introducing the person with vast quantities of money.

    Sounds simple right? Like Money for nothing, just remember though, that there’s no free lunch.

    Money for Nothing Macchiavelli Photo credit: Prachatai on Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-ND

  • Plus Ultra Society Conspiracy Theory

    Plus Ultra Society Conspiracy Theory

    The coat of arms of Spain, flanked by the Pillars of Hercules bearing the motto Plus ultra
    The coat of arms of Spain, flanked by the Pillars of Hercules bearing the motto Plus ultra

    Are you the Optimist we are looking for?

    <!– Optimistic thinkers never hide secrets in code–>

    That’s what it says (above) in the source code of the home page of Plus Ultra Society, leaves little doubt that there is in fact a secret society behind the name. Plus Ultra moto is much older than the alleged secret society, of the same name that Nikola Tesla was supposed to have been a member of… the Plus Ultra Society.

    The fact that I had never heard of the Plus Ultra Society before today, is further proof of how secretive it was, however there has been widespread speculation since 2015 and much awareness cast upon it by another site called Stop Plus Ultra Society. And even a movie to expose the idea further, the notion is that this was the original “White Hat” good guys, who were aware of the criminal cabal in the banking and government, so they needed to be deep underground and only had members of affluence and connection to power and money.

    HOW DO WE KNOW?

    Being a secret society, physical evidence of Plus Ultra’s existence is difficult to come by.  In the century-and-a-quarter since its formation, references to it have largely been relegated to obscure volumes and whispered conversation. To Learn more visit Stop Plus Ultra

    Plus Ultra Motto in History

    Plus ultra (English: Further beyond) is a Latin phrase and the national motto of Spain. It is taken from the personal motto of Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain (as Charles I), and is a reversal of the original phrase Non terrae plus ultra (“No land further beyond”). This was said to have been inscribed as a warning on the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar, which marked the edge of the known world. Charles adopted the motto following the discovery of the New World by Columbus, and it also has metaphorical suggestions of taking risks and striving for excellence.

  • Marianne Williamson for President

    Marianne Williamson for President

    Marianne Williamson - Caricature
    Marianne Williamson – Caricature

    Marianne Williamson brings an entirely new wisdom to the discussion of government and society and our individual responsibility to become part of the change. Anyone with the courage to discuss tough issues with a new perspective that is non-political and more about doing the right thing, needs to be heard. We all agree we need change, well… here she is.

    This is about all of us by Marianne Williamson

    The election of one person president is politically just the tip of an iceberg; what is most significant is the mass that lies beneath it. This campaign is about all of us, and is dedicated to an uprising of energy among anyone who is drawn to it. The word “citizen” has lost its sense of importance in America today. Too many people are either disengaged politically, or tell themselves that someone else is handling all those things, or think that politics is too toxic, or think it doesn’t make any difference anyway, or simply feel they’re too cool to care. This massive disengagement has led to a weakening of our societal immune system, leaving us open to myriad opportunistic infections that are eroding our democracy.

    Yet underneath all that is the yearning of our hearts, and deep down we the people do care. None of us are truly apathetic so much as we feel at times paralyzed by the challenges that confront us. Yet this is not a time for passivity; it is a time for vigor and for passion. That is the challenge of our age.  At a time when fear has been harnessed for political purposes, we must turn wisdom and love into a political force. History has called to us; now let us respond.

    Marianne Williamson for President

    Marianne Williamson – Caricature credit: DonkeyHotey on VisualHunt.com / CC BY

  • Grand Solar Minimum is Climate Change

    Grand Solar Minimum is Climate Change

    Solar, Eruption, Fire, Sun, Space, Flare, Explosion and Grand Solar Minimum

    As I’ve mentioned before in this blog, topics that are negative, mean-spirited, insulting to someone other than myself or instill fear, will be excluded because I don’t want to add to those thoughts and ideas. The weather was once the safest thing to talk about with anyone, not anymore, now that we’re in Grand Solar Minimum.

    Since we live in a world of duality, every topic must have an issue of contention. The world is full of highly educated people, that are completely ass-backwards on a few facts. In some cases a lie has been perpetrated at such a high level, and to such a massive degree, and orchestrated with such finesse, to actually convince a majority percentage of global population, to believe in something that is just not true. Such as BH Obama being born in Hawaii and that climate change is man made. The bigger the lie, the easier to sell.

    In the case of Obama, he said he was born in Kenya in his own Bio for his first book, which his handlers finessed to be a mistake of the editor. Many people had to die, like Loretta Fuddy, in order for the Hawaii story to stick. Then in a show of absolute power, an entire press conference, held by Sheriff Joe Arpio of Arizona, was ignored. In that non-partisan presentation, 2 separate (world renowned) document experts proved, to every major media outlet in the world, that the birth certificate was forged and a bad forgery. Oh well… doesn’t matter for the deep state.

    To this day people say; why does it matter? he was already the President when they found out. Trump intended to expose the truth (in my opinion), then on the evening of his election victory, he met with the Supreme Court Justices and after that meeting his challenge of the Hawaii birth certificate and bet to pay $50M to BHO was dropped (unpaid). All BHO had to do was show the microfiche from the very department where Loretta Fuddy once worked.

    Sheriff Joe Arpio had the entire U.S. Government against him and they went after his character with everything they could muster. A man who was trying to do the right thing and be an honest cop was run-over. However, Trump pardoned Joe Arpio and the whole huge mess has been swept under the carpet (for now). Mainstream media have worked overtime to plaster millions of words of content on this story, even turn it into a parody and comedy. Birtherism is now connected with mental illness

    Trump wants to win that bet and Obama has never produced the microfiche

    In a side note, it’s worth mentioning that the web is being altered and the search engines cleansed to re-write history. My guess is that the former president of the USA is spending more money than anyone in history, to change millions and millions of URLs that once provided facts. In each was edited with breadcrumbs leading elsewhere. For example, there’s often a list of who started the birther movement, it says Donald Trump started the birther movement, when in fact it was Bill Clinton who started the rumour that Obama was not born in the USA, not Trump. It began by Bill Clinton, while in Miami, and that slip caused death in Little Rock.

    We live in a Post-Truth era. The enemy of truth now controls the media. History has been hacked.

    The reason I mention the birth certificate in the same story as the climate change is because in both cases the information is so overwhelming that there are only a couple of reason why in our duality world, such a high percentage of very intelligent people believe the fabricated story. When you have the Pope pitching the Paris Accord you know we’re in trouble.

    Two reasons why duality reigns and why so many smart people are wrong

    1. They never got the facts, used critical thinking, with an open mind
    2. They decided for personal reasons, to stick with their own beliefs

    In both cases it’s not going to matter and that’s why I’m allowing myself to write about it now. I’ve actually come to the conclusion that we crossed an imaginary line in the time/space continuum where nothing anyone says will make much of a difference any more. People are going to know the truth soon enough, then all that matters is how they cope with it, and how they act towards other people.

    Grand Solar Minimum is just a cycle, truly a wonder of nature and arriving at a more perfect time would have been impossible. Duality is doomed because of singularity, it’s just we’ve not had our shock and awe moment yet but we will, it’s foretold and obvious in the weather itself, and when we do have that come-together awakening, an entirely new consensus will birth the dawning of a new age of enlightenment.

    I’m sure some of you are still convinced BHO is who he says he is and probably you’ll never read another word I say but before you go, there’s one thing that can bring benefit to your time, on the second topic, of which I can not be proven wrong. Have the intellectual courage to research the fact that Grand Solar Minimum is Climate Change (it’s not man-made).

    Truth will set us free!

    Grand Solar Minimum Photo on VisualHunt.com

  • Naughty Beaver Strikes Again

    Naughty Beaver Strikes Again

    Naughty Beaver

    For those with eyes to see and ears to hear. The most important thing I’ve been telling people for well over a year now, is that Naughty Beaver is connecting dots with Flower of Life and also explaining how Nostradamus had foretold the sequence of events that are happening, specifically the Great Sign in the Sky (as described in Revelation 12).

    The reason I say for those with eyes to see, is that everyone on earth is seeing changes and only some people are understanding what is happening. For me it was the ringing in the ears that enabled me to find Naughty Beaver in the first place, however I had been researching space too and believe in the Hopi Prophecy. For over ten years I have been watching and learning about the heavens (also known as space), since it’s mentioned over one hundred times in the Bible.

    For sure the flower of life geometry is real but why spray from above?

    Worth searching images of great sign in the sky to see for yourself and read about Revelation 12, then ask yourself the chances that so many signs of tribulation could be possible, with a few yet to come, which I won’t mention but the message contained is one of great hope, peace is ahead.

    Naughty Beaver has taken a radical path to arrive at the conclusions he’s sharing with us, the thing is though, it all makes perfect logical sense. However, it feels weird accept that benevolent races would spray us too (assuming that malevolent forces have been spraying us for decades). In many ways that’s my major grievance, since I really resent that Geo-engineering and cloud seeding happens.

    The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), the main telescope of the Vatican Observatory. The dome to the left houses the telescope itself; the space to the right are the control room and the living space for the observers.
    The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), the main telescope of the Vatican Observatory. The dome to the left houses the telescope itself; the space to the right are the control room and the living space for the observers.

    A couple of other huge clues set me on the path of the Red Star a very long time ago, for example “Wormwood Observatory” in West Australia and that the Vatican would be so heavily invested in the building the most powerful observatory with the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope.

    The 1.8 meter Alice P. Lennon Telescope and its Thomas J. Bannan Astrophysics Facility, known together as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), is a Gregorian telescope observing in the optical and infrared situated on Mount Graham in southeast Arizona, United States. It achieved its first light (first starlight to pass through a telescope onto its detector) in 1993.

    VATT is part of the Mount Graham International Observatory and is operated by the Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, in partnership with The University of Arizona.

    Revelation 12 great sign in the sky

    Naughty Beaver Photo credit: CatDancing on VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC

  • Kahlil Gibran as in the Beloved Prophet

    Kahlil Gibran as in the Beloved Prophet

    Kahlil Gibran, photograph by Fred Holland Day, c. 1898
    Kahlil Gibran, photograph by Fred Holland Day, c. 1898

    The first Poet I ever knew of was Kahlil Gibran and as a young boy I can remember his books in my house. My family has collected Gibran since his writing, sketches and art became popular in the nineteen sixty’s and seventies. My Mom has several early issues of “The Prophet” as well as Beloved prophet : the love letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell.

    Kahlil Gibran Self-portrait, c. 1911
    Kahlil Gibran Self-portrait, c. 1911

    Gibran is the third-best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi. The Prophet has been translated into as many as 110 languages His mother, Kamila, daughter of a priest, was thirty when he was born; his father, Kahlil, was her third husband. As a result of his family’s poverty, Gibran received no formal schooling during his youth in Lebanon. However, priests visited him regularly and taught him about the Bible and the Arabic language.

    The Prophet (Gibran) cover, 1923

    Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931, at the age of 48. The causes were cirrhosis of the liver and tuberculosis due to prolonged serious alcoholism. Gibran started drinking seriously during or after publication of The Prophet. Several years before his death, he locked himself in his apartment, away from visitors, drinking all day. Gibran expressed the wish that he be buried in Lebanon.

    This wish was fulfilled in 1932, when Mary Haskell and his sister Mariana purchased the Mar Sarkis Monastery in Lebanon, which has since become the Gibran Museum. Written next to Gibran’s grave are the words “a word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you.”

    Illustration from The Madman, His Parables and Poems, 1918
    Illustration from The Madman, His Parables and Poems, 1918

    Gibran willed the contents of his studio to Mary Haskell. There she discovered her letters to him spanning twenty-three years. She initially agreed to burn them because of their intimacy, but recognizing their historical value she saved them. She gave them, along with his letters to her which she had also saved, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library before she died in 1964. Excerpts of the over 600 letters were published in “Beloved Prophet” in 1972.

    The Gibran Museum and Gibran’s final resting place, in Bsharri

    Mary Haskell Minis (she wed Jacob Florance Minis in 1923) donated her personal collection of nearly one hundred original works of art by Gibran to the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia in 1950. Haskell had been thinking of placing her collection at the Telfair as early as 1914. In a letter to Gibran, she wrote “I am thinking of other museums … the unique little Telfair Gallery in Savannah, Ga., that Gari Melchers chooses pictures for. There when I was a visiting child, form burst upon my astonished little soul.” Haskell’s gift to the Telfair is the largest public collection of Gibran’s visual art in the country, consisting of five oils and numerous works on paper rendered in the artist’s lyrical style, which reflects the influence of symbolism. The future American royalties to his books were willed to his hometown of Bsharri, to be “used for good causes”.

    NOTE: An excellent must read – The Borderless World of Kahlil Gibran

    The Prophet (Gibran) cover, 1923 Source (WP:NFCC#4) Photo credit: antonè on VisualHunt / CC BY

  • Apple Cider Vinegar, Peyote and Carlos Castaneda

    Apple Cider Vinegar, Peyote and Carlos Castaneda

    Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem. 1150 also known as peyote
    Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem. 1150

    Just had my evening shot of Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar and remembered the time I ate peyote buttons, in the very north of British Columbia, in the middle of winter. (Bragg is not a sponsor).

    The fur on the buttons you see, on the outside of the Astrophytum asterias cactus (above) are poisonous (arsenic) and have to be carefully cut off with a razor blade. The taste of those little buttons is ten times more wretched than vinegar to the body, the second you bite in it’s almost too much. Really interesting effect from the plant though, extremely introspective, without time (as we know it) very deep understanding of things in a new way. Probably a good idea to have a guide but make sure you have lot’s of time on your hands and forget about food, you’ll not be able to hold anything down, even if it looks good.

    The thing that I remember most was that it was 40 below and my first Christmas away from home, I was 18 years old and living alone, it was holiday season so every one was festive in the town of Fort Nelson and from outside the houses I could see the waves of energy and heat pulsing off the frozen exteriors, like I had special vision. Also the sound of my own boots crunching on frozen snow was almost an endless source of fascination, to the point where one single step was filled with intense new interpretation of the sounds. Walking and walking and observing every detail with awe. I can still remember the experience, it was deep.

    Organic, Raw, Unfiltered, with the 'Mother' (Naturally Gluten Free - Certified Non-GMO)
    Organic, Raw, Unfiltered, with the ‘Mother’ (Naturally Gluten Free – Certified Non-GMO)

    People have asked me if Apple Cider Vinegar has helped me, or what benefits have I noticed since I started. Truth is that I don’t know for sure but I do believe I discover a breakthrough technique. The idea came to me from watching Wim Hof (the Iceman) describe how the mind as ability to control systems of the body, we just didn’t know we could.

    The Teachings of Don Juan
    The Teachings of Don Juan

    Apple Cider Vinegar is revolting to drink, the only thing I know worse is peyote buttons, which are a natural source of mescaline, they taste so bad that some people wretch and others just can’t put them in their mouth. It was a long time ago but I remember it well because I was living inside the arctic circle at the time. My peyote adventures were inspired by Carlos Castaneda and his incredible; “Teachings of Don Juan.”

    I learned long ago, from experience that clarity, sobriety and fitness is way more fun and the clean mind too important, to risk by playing with recreational drugs. I’ve lived substance free for many years, however I do plan to experience Ayahuasca some day in the future (in Brazil). Fortunately for me, altered states hold no interest any more. Plus, to be clear I never did trust anything synthetic, so Apple Cider Vinegar becomes my substance of choice now. My technique is a “Power of Intention” excercise and practice of wisdom right from Don Juan. I use the shock of the taste, hold it under my tongue while engaging my mind to re-set my body.

    By breathing in the correct sequence, while you hold the apple cider vinegar under your tongue, you can force the shock of the revulsion into your body as a blast of energy from God. Imagine that some ignorant sick people put vinegar in the mouth of Jesus, when he was told it was water. Think how you are going to survive and thrive! Play sequence of thoughts in your mind and become fully aware of your immune system. In those seconds your mind has sent big wave of love through your body. You just joy jolted your entire system, now swallow!

    As with so many things, it’s the simple repetitive discipline of doing it day after day. The key difference is the Power of Intention and the amount of focus you’re able to conjure with your mind. Frankly, many people just don’t have the time nor the inclination but I want influence over my own body, so for a daily ritual I borrow from the Yaqui Way of Knowledge suggested by The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico.

    Ayahuasca

    Ayahuasca, iowaska, or yagé, is an entheogenic brew made out of Banisteriopsis caapi vine and other ingredients. The brew is used as a traditional spiritual medicine in ceremonies among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin. It has been reported that some psychoactive effects can be felt from consuming the ayahuasca vine alone.

    Peyote Photo credit: Skolnik Collection on VisualHunt.com / CC BY-ND

  • Hunter S. Thompson and the High Times, Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs

    Hunter S. Thompson and the High Times, Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs

    Hunter S. Thompson (caricature)

    Hunter S. Thompson and his Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was legendary when I was a teen and for some crazy reason, I was inspired by his gonzo journalism. Another idol was Hemmingway, added to that, I grew-up during a time when rock stars were trashing hotel rooms, so for my formative years, I had party-animals as roles models.

    High Times Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs: History, Uses, Growing Your Own, Religion and Magic, Herbal Highs, Aprhodesiacs, Pharmaceuticals, Wonder Drugs, Psychedelics, Culture Heroes, Smuggling Paperback – 1978
    High Times Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs: History, Uses, Growing Your Own, Religion and Magic, Herbal Highs, Aprhodesiacs, Pharmaceuticals, Wonder Drugs, Psychedelics, Culture Heroes, Smuggling Paperback – 1978

    To live large was the motto in my 20’s, declaring that there was such little time, to try all the drugs found in the Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs. My friends and I revered in the wonderful High Times work of mastery and it became our guide book to discovering our post-poppy age culture. Hunter S. Thompson said it best….

    “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, first appeared as a two-part series in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971.

    It’s fun to write about drugs now that I survived but truth is that alcohol is the hardest drug for me to quit because it’s everywhere, tobacco too as it’s accepted, or was. Alcohol is not in the Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs and actually; alcohol can diminish the best effects of other drugs, however in rock lore it’s the fuel of the party, most of the others just add more fuel.

    For purists, they want to trip on whatever it is, say for example mushrooms or LSD and not mix booze into the experience, then in other cases, like ecstasy, aka X, and or cocaine, which enable consumers to drink even more than they normally would, people have a tendency to overindulge. Really, alcohol is the danger additive and most of the rest of the recreational drugs are naturally derived substances and provide very valid, useful experience.

    The setting is what’s most important and for safety to be with someone who’s experienced. Never inject anything, since it’s not natural. Whereas Peyote buttons for example are a magical and amazing experience that can last for extended periods and provide incredible insightful experience, however the taste is hard to swallow and initial high often induces vomiting. Mushrooms are more mild and can be brewed into tea.

    From the beginning of time and in every culture, there have been stimulants. In many ways the term drugs is more of what the problem is. Is using plants immoral, for getting high? My belief is that all plants are here for our benefit and that the war on drugs failed to prevent drug abuse. The new cannabis laws are showing a reduction in use by the youngest demographic, which indicates another victory for legalization.

    Knowledge is power! Drugs kill brain cells and lead us towards addiction. I’m occasionally writing about my own drug use, as a way to contribute to the clean-mind awakening. Yes, the more pure your mind the more happy your life. The key now for me, is to laugh it off and make light of it, luckily I cherish clarity so much now, that nothing entices me to deviate.

    Young people today are faced with even more choices than my generation and media is attacking just as hard as ever, as seen in young people consuming increasing amounts of tobacco. Imagine that cigarettes are the gateway drug and studies show, the hardest to quit and yet easiest to get.None of them are glamorous, just an experience….

    “No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well…maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.”

    Hunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    We all have to learn about ourselves, it’s part of life and living. Be careful!

    Hunter S. Thompson Photo credit: Ben Templesmith on Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-ND

  • In God We Trust, Temptation and All

    In God We Trust, Temptation and All

    In God We Trust
    In God We Trust

    Trust is the key to bliss, as we forgive our trespassers. Temptation is the path towards darkness, without which we’d never know the way to the light.

    Here’s an excerpt from USA TODAY on June 6, 2019;

    Pope Francis reportedly approved changes to the wording of the Lord’s Prayer, also known as the Our Father.

    Instead of saying, “Lead us not into temptation,” Catholics will say, “Do not let us fall into temptation,” The Guardian and Fox News reported.

    The pope said he thought the English translation of the prayer was not correct.

    “It is not a good translation because it speaks of a God who induces temptation,” he told Italy’s TV2000 channel in 2017, per The Guardian. “I am the one who falls. It’s not him pushing me into temptation to then see how I have fallen.

    Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY

    Overcoming temptation is what the point was. Temptation will always be there, it’s not something we fall into. The way to the Kingdom is by right choices, so we pray every day for the resolve (by the hand of the almighty).

    Obviously we must know temptation too! It’s not always what we might think it is but each one of us is faced with. As such, ascension must then be the mental capacity to rise above all thoughts that diminish bliss. Hell is the consequence of repetitive sin, whatever that might be to you.

    Amazing to think that we can think our way through to a higher consciousness. It is possible to achieve a higher level of bliss, of that I’m certain but temptation will always remain a constant enemy until we leave this flesh. Due to memory, as well as input of new stimulation and ideas.

    My life long key reasoning remains in tact, that we must have hopes and dreams, then strive with passion and sincerity, to improving as much as you can, to become the best version of yourself that you can make. Learn from everything, like a sponge and constantly challenge your own thinking. Try to study into the areas where you recognize as your own weaknesses.

    Never stop expanding the definition of temptation and always ask yourself; “what could I do to make the world a better place?” Do You honour God by what you do and how you act? Do you treat other people as a brother?

    Believe it or not I am un-Churched, just annoyed that the Pope would feel that just because he stopped wearing Red Shoes, that he can change the Lord’s Prayer. Also, he’s now a Climate propagandist for the Paris Accord. Enough already! Please Pope just solve your own problems

    Pope backs carbon pricing to stem global warming and appeals to deniers – June 14

    Needless to say, there are other Global leaders with opposing views and yet others with really just want war, at any and all costs and that’s what Pope’s used to be involved in talking about. What happened to peace? Why is the Pope so tempted to use his power fort he wrong things, what happened to him? The only good thing about Francis is that he’s not got a Nuke button like other global leaders, all of whom are compromised.

    Now United Kingdom has been found to be spying against USA, so the leaders of the world are all at odds with one another except the 3 Kings but we all know that 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, so in the end we conclude that the single most important word in any language is Trust.

    In God we Trust, there’s nothing else to have faith in.

    Photo credit: kevin dooley on VisualHunt.com / CC BY

  • John F. Kennedy Jr.

    John F. Kennedy Jr.

    JFK Jr. with his father at the White House at age two
    ST-C333-3-63 10 October 1963 President Kennedy and his son, John F. Kennedy Jr. White House, West Wing Colonnade. Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House, in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
    John Kennedy Jr. at the White house correspondents dinner 1999
    John Kennedy Jr. at the White house correspondents dinner 1999

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as JFK Jr. or John John, was an American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher. He was a son of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and a younger brother of former Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy. His father was assassinated three days before his third birthday.

    Beyond his childhood years at the White House, Kennedy was the subject of great media scrutiny, and he became a popular social figure in Manhattan. Trained as a lawyer, Kennedy worked as a New York City Assistant District Attorney for almost four years. In 1995, he launched George magazine, using his political and celebrity status to publicize it. Kennedy died in a plane crash in 1999 at the age of 38.

    Kennedy Family with Dogs During a Weekend at Hyannisport, 08/14/1963
    Kennedy Family with Dogs During a Weekend at Hyannisport, 08/14/1963
    John F. Kennedy, Jr. Plays with Hat in White House
    John F. Kennedy, Jr. Plays with Hat in White House
    Day 192 (134) jfk jr salute

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