Try sticking to mental arithmatic and avoid script. (My kids could do the 17 x table and solve basic algebra problems at age six in their heads.) Before age seven the psyche is mainly in an intuitive right brain mode and tends to see script upside down, which is very confusing and leads from mild to severe cases of dyslexia. So I kept them away from books. Kids love oral info, stories, maths history etc, especially if you dramatise your delivery. By puberty they were chomping at the bit to read and write and needed no supervision from me. Oral input sticks in the memory for life. Good luck with teaching him. ( I spent a lot of time in Istanbul once - marvelling at Islam inside the Blue Mosque.)
If you take the philosphy of war to its logical conclusion and get past all the glory and chest thumping and the dreams of booty, it becomes quite satanic as it leads down though the fires and pains of hell to end in a putrid pit of puss, where the soul is lost in total oblivion.
If you adopt the philosphy of peace and weather the storms of ridicule from the hawks who still need to prove their manhood, and you are willing to travel through the deserts of self discipline, that narrow road becomes quite Divine and you arrive eventually in a soulful place of eternal laughter.
The choice is ours to make. Unfortunately most of us do not look far enough down the road to see the end game.
Sometimes I come to think that the evolution and rise in consciousness of man: has become destructive and gone beyond the means of just surviving. Where are the inbuilt markers for greed/ deception/ and all the negatives? as these aren’t good qualities to pass on, but most of society seem to have such bad/ deceitful qualities.
and then sometimes I think that speech/ free-thinking etc came into play: so that the best of the best could get away from the worst of the worst, but they are always closely behind: mimicking and adapting to try and be part of that elitist gathering whom things come so easily to, and that they are so envious of.
I look upon society and am deeply saddened by what I see, but then again: who am I…
We are indeed in a trying moment of evolutionary change.
Old Iron Age values are now passe.
I see us in the last years of a reactive teenage of scientific determination and religious protestation.
The prodigal son who has been gambling with our ancestral inheritance is near bankrupt.
Our revolutionary nature - which dares to deny the existence of our Father God, may well lead us to self-destruct.
No new Nuclear Age values are yet standardized and consequently everything seems to be going awry
But if we manage to survive this moment of transition, I fore-see us returning to our Father’s House - graduating into responsible Age of adulthood as global stewards.
This will be followed by two further Ages of Mastership and Sagehood, when our evolutionary cycle somes to an end and we move on into a higher dimension of transcendental consciousness.
I do believe that some of humanity has already arrived at that stage, but alas, the rest are still dawdling behind like naughty children, and haven’t got the sense to advance.
Don’t get me wrong: I lead a happy life, and interact with like-minded souls (that small 5% that you mentioned) but it’s not easy when there are so few to ‘share’ with
Yes, celebrate our collective (evolutionary) achievements by all means, but not at the expense of our progression
It is the duty of the Seer to foretell future trends
The strong stand on the shoulders of the weak to reach new levels.
It is therefore the duty of the strong to reach down and lift the weak to the same level - who then be strong and again lift the stronger to yet higher levels.
The future is determined by the efforts of the past. The expenditure of the present has already been made. Grateful repayment is always due. Therefore we must revere the ancestors.
I shall not enter Nirvana until all sentient beings are there before me. Bodhisatva6th Century A.D.
I commend and applaud you on your patience, but I don’t think that most of society deserves it
I will help those along the way: who want to help themselves: after-all, we all have the priviledge to pick and choose those who will give us the ‘easier ride of it’ - if others want to come along for the journey then they are welcome, but I don’t go out of my way to change minds (the victims have to be willing ones, after-all.)
Living one’s life fully has to come into the ‘time/patience’ equation, or we might as well not exist?
Good neighborliness is not a matter of changing another’s mind. Its a matter of responding to the urges in one’s own heart.
I was born and raised in Africa. There are millions of noble souls there who struggle mightily to rise above their station - yet are forced by circumstances beyond their control to watch their children starve before their eyes - when a chnage of heart by a super-power can bring hope back into their lives.
Am I to feed my kids and leave theirs to their fate? Or am I obliged to reach deeper into myself and into my Christian culture in order to do the right thing?
Then why procreate: when circumstance doesn’t allow for it?
Why do they as a whole: allow their government to reap the donations that the afore-mentioned super-powers give?
They have no fight in their heart: they will not survive. It is sad, but it is imminent: no matter how much we wish other-wise (safety is not always in numbers.)
Birth control costs money. There is none in Africa. Are you suggesting continental celibacy?
Their governments are dictatorships run by rich bully-boys armed with guns sold to them by us (and paid for by the money we give them.) It is hard to overthrow a regime when armed only with spears.
I am curious, why do you have a caduceus as your avatar?
I’m not suggesting anything. But a little thought before procreation would be good: considering the dilemma that they’re in!
What a waste of our charitable donations, time, and effort. Their demise is truely imminent: considering the cycle of ‘take and take’ that their government has adopted, and are unwilling to relinquish; and the give and give: that we so readily do!
Well, one day: while trying to have a power-nap before heading out for a nights partying: I saw one in my mind’s eye - didn’t know what it was at the time, but described it to some-one, and they told me what it was. Have read all that I can about it since that day, but nothing can explain why I saw it!
[size=75]A large white pearlescent orb appeared in my mind’s eye: which filled my field of vision
A few minutes passed
The orb grew wings: that were translusent and gold in colour
Something started shifting around the circumference of the orb: like snakes circling in opposite directions
The bands then descended, and coiled around each other as they did so
Within a fraction of a second: the bands reversed their descent, uncoiled from around the orb, and shot off in opposite directions
My mind’s eye was clear/the orb had gone.[/size]
Then you know that it is the staff of Mercury and adopted by the medical profession as a symbol of their integrity.
The snakes represent the fearsome nature of wisdom and the wings mean that the wisdom represented is heavenly (healing) and not satanic - (destructive)
The full mystery of why a healing message from the Gods appreared so magically before you cannot be revealed until and when you adopt a more compassionate attitude towards ALL of God’s Creation.
If you do not wish to accept my reading, then I suggest you take the trouble to seek a second opinion from another metaphysician.
I am grateful for your reading/reply. You may be right/I don’t have the answer…
When looking out upon the world: I am deeply saddened by what I see - I have limited supplies of time and energy, and have therefore decided that my only option is to help humanity on a mass scale (don’t ask me how, or when: as I don’t have the answer.)
A time will come when things will fall into place, and I will hopefully be able to make a postive difference to many lives: anything other than that seems futile to me (and I know ‘me’ very well.)
Why heal a small part: when you can heal the whole!
Like everyone else: I had thoughts of why am I here/what is my purpose? and I always felt pretty useless, and unable to contribute to society: as society didn’t need (or perhaps want) my help. I am slowly finding my niche in London, and it’s in a place where I can make a big difference - I can’t negotiate to save my life, but I am a great influencer: which I hope to use to make those in power see the devastation they create, and thus stop being the cause of the misery of the global people.
