THE MIND GREMLINS

And just when everything was going well someone dropped a spanner in the works, our organised and adjusted life is thrown out of kilter and we are at sixes and sevens as to what action we need take to rectify or bring back some degree of harmony and equilibrium within our mind. None of us are immune from aspects of life that seemingly just appear from out of nowhere or materialise from what we thought was stable. Life from that point onwards looks somewhat different, the edge has gone off what would have otherwise been light and airy and is now tinged with something like a toothache gnawing incessantly within our mind. Our thoughts turning over and over again, the situation having endless permutations about how to solve it or what to do, and if we are not careful we go into overload ourselves and if that's not checked then like a nuclear reactor we become unstable and then there's no telling what might happen.

The "mind gremlins" live in the dark areas of our mind, they feed like bad religions on negative energy, they dance to our upsets, they disco to our sleepless nights, they frolic to our dismay and they dine well on our stress and instability, they just love it when life gets messy as often we do little to avert any further lowness that may come along. The mind gremlins are a product of ourselves, it's we who creates them and it's us who feeds them too, almost at times encourages them by our negative statements an instant apathy that some latch on to as an excuse to not making any move forward. The mind gremlins if not put into check will ravage our mind and scarify our thoughts to the extent that we start to suffer physical ailments as a result. Where our mind goes our body follows and if our mind goes to a not so nice place then our body will duly follow.

It's imperative that we face up to what's happening, and do our utmost to find whatever humour, lightness, positive solace, uplifting thoughts we can as those will elevate our mind state and stop the downward shift to even more despondency. The good news is that the mind gremlins only live a finite time and as soon as circumstances change they disappear and fade away so quickly one can hardly recognise the emotional upset they have been through. Emotional stability is essential in all of our lives no matter what we are experiencing, and getting into the habit of not entertaining negativity is the best way forward, not even the slightest murmur do we utter, for it's the little cracks in our facade that the gremlins pour into until they populate what once was a haven of fun and excitement.

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JUDGMENTAL ATTITUDES

We see today on television and read in the press reports from all over the world on situations that are taking place, we even see close to home the immediacy of devastation in relatively stable backgrounds caused by flash floods and the like. In relation to such we have an opinion and make judgments based on the facts we are privy to. We also experience the results of the global economy whereby we have to all do nothing to see the effects on our daily shopping and banking systems, and restraints and higher costs that are levied to pay for such gross shortfalls, and we have an opinion and are judgmental on all this too whether it affects us greatly or not at all in terms of changing our lifestyle. And then over and above all this we have our opinions as individuals about how life should be and how others react to aspects of life and why, and this may bear no relation whatsoever as to how we live our own lives, in fact it can be quite contradictory. Then we have situational judgments based upon a belief structure that's man made, it's called religion, and for people who either become devout or fanatical one s not to believe what they say as it's tainted with instability. What they purport to be and indeed hide behind doesn't exist and as God equates to love these people, if one can call them that are as far removed from love as is almost possible. They breed a version of love called "conditional love" which is tantamount to devil worship.

Being too hasty and casting a judgement can be the biggest downfall in one's life, it can thwart real aspects of life based upon instant emotions and it can negate any positive effect and benefit that's outside current thought. Just because certain people do things outside of one's own personal remit doesn't preclude them from being generally good people. The more judgmental a person is the less stable they are, and also the opposite applies to politically correct people who are almost valueless and bring nothing to society other than what they can utilise for the personal emotional aspects they seek for themselves. It's good to have an opinion and it's good at times to judge what is right or wrong and there are areas where it's very clear about both aspects of life with regards humanity and the human condition. But we need to walk the walk and talk the talk in order for any degree of merit to be fully realised otherwise we will be empty vessels with no credentials and that will reflect badly upon who we are, if it doesn't already.

The right attitude is essential to us communing with life proficiently, and whether we believe in God or not being judgmental can open us up to others seeing our failures and our weaknesses without even having to ask, it's all evident in our conversations. It furthermore narrows us down to an area of life which pigeon holes us by default so that we almost smote ourselves by our own hand in not furthering life for the better but squandering it and living in a rut. The upshot of being repetitively judgmental is that we forever 'miss the plot' and rather than see the bigger picture live in a microcosm and never allow our full potential or that of others around us to blossom forth and indeed walk the love walk, as that's just a figment of our imagination.

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YOU DON'T NEED PERMISSION

It's funny how when we grow up we are taught, or at least most of us to be respectful to others and others property, it's something that we more or less readily take on board because we don't want others to take advantage of us and do things that we wouldn't do. It's somehow got a bit sque-wiff but the essence of all that is still firmly in our minds, and by and large most of us adhere to it. We intermingle with people at home, at work in the street and we form certain types of relationships that at times proceed to bonds of some description, our family usually being the almost inherent bond we encounter and others as we get older, possibly with "best friends" and then our own relationships. But over and above this there are those who seek to impose criteria and unwritten rules as to what they require or about who they are. The weak step right in to adhere to such always wanting to please and those that supposedly 'know better' do what they know is expedient and cause friction, it's knowing who you are and getting your priorities right and not giving away your own authority.

Parents can abuse authority where selfishness turns into emotional blackmail and causes untold anxiety within the family as well as guilt, it shouldn't but it does. (Especially where religion is concerned). Then there's the self proclaimed responsibility "If I didn't do this they would starve or die or whatever". And if you died  yourself tonight would they starve or die, no they wouldn't, they would still survive. So we have to be clear on what our life consists of and the needs of others too, it's a two way thing and the base line revolves around love, where there is an inherent understanding of the problem. Where love has been turned off to allow selfishness to rise, then there is only a one sided aspect, which is the me, me, me, me, regardless of what the others need to do. Many Middle Eastern families and other cultures impose historically this attitude via emotional blackmail, although it is getting better with subsequent generations of families.

Self esteem also plays a major part too, where some forever seek permission from anyone to do anything just to make themselves feel good or better or get a "blessing" to do what they need to do but require none whatsoever. Subservience isn't smart nor is it warranted, despite that society has both leaders and followers and it's a natural trait within. There is a fine line between being selfish and doing what you need to do for yourself, but that "feeling" you have identifies that clearly and guilt has no part to play whatsoever. If we can't do things for ourselves then no one else can.  There is always should we seek it out a solution, amicable solutions and forced solutions, the former is the one that has real meaning and cause for the self and should not be fuelled with regrets. The latter shouldn't by and large have regrets attached too because you only have one life and if it's done with the best intention under the circumstances then it must be done. If it's family orientated the "love" should be the corner stone of moving forward regardless of the circumstances.

Fear fuels the need for permission, the invisible "they" comes into many conversations and the worst of all are the worthless "politically correct" morons who take it upon themselves to be bastions of society, whereas they are but useless inept people seeking to gain personal kudos for their own gross insecurity and a total lack of creativity and utmost selfishness in a life of painful nothingness. Those that enjoy and contribute to life just go and "do it", they stick to humanitarian and moral codes as they need followers to uphold eventually what they set out to do. It's ironically the "armchair" brigade that fear the most and as such never do anything for the "fear" rising of what others may think or do. For most cases in life the "others" (whoever they are) haven't an opinion on what you do as they are in the same boat themselves and more likely don't understand your motivation, hence it's so important to "go for it" as you are the only one with your thoughts which no one else has privy to.  

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NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

Our equilibrium in life is a balance between how we think and what's going on around us, it's how we assimilate it all and how we look beyond the right here right now and see what possibilities and potential holds tomorrow or thereafter. If we dwell on our problems then of course we lose sight of the solutions because we can't proficiently dwell on both at the same time as they produce different emotions and assuming we aren't schizophrenic we have to make a distinction between the two. The bottom line however is that our negative emotions will bring us down, there's no getting away from it, they produce adverse reactions within and change our inner chemistry which ultimately affects us. We know only too well what nerves can do to us, and our negative thoughts produce the same conditions perhaps not immediately but they do and the effects creep on so slowly we start to feel ill or under par without realising we have caused it all. Our mind power is amazing, yet most people take for granted their status quo and prefer to contract out negative feelings by overwhelming them with booze, medication or frivolous activities all of which have negative consequences themselves.

How we view life reflects who we are and our character. We all know within our own circle of friends and even family those who are always bright and bubbly and those who wear their life on their shoulders and look, sound and feel as dull as dishwater. All of what we appear to be comes from within, it doesn't come from anywhere else, it can't, what we say or think emanates from our mind, even if we copy others, it's our decision to have done so. The more selfish we are as people the more we dwell on the negative aspects of life and the more we tend to "play act" for sympathy from others to appease ourselves or even try and to excuse ourselves from doing things. It's always the selfish that feel they are generous and those that are generous (of thought, word, time, understanding, giving help, advice, knowledge etc) say hardly anything.

The human condition is that we are great transmitters and receivers of information, some better than others but never the less we absorb and give out a whole manners of informative aspects of whom we are and how we are and how we feel. Our body language, our voice and the tone of it, what we say and why, the quality of our conversations and responsiveness, etc, all contributes to how others perceive us and their assessment of us. Positive people get on far better than negative people, and positive people attract positive people, it's the collective buzz that they mutually get. Which leaves negative people attracting negative people to share their stories of misery and why they just can't get on in life or why things aren't fair. We have a great deal of control in our lives as to whom we are and whilst some may shun that as it gives little leeway for a get out, it is the total truth. Life is what it is, and within that we have an enormous amount of say as to who we want to be and how we want to enact it all.

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SOCIOPATHS

Sociopaths make up about 4% of the population, they are people who have no or little emotion as opposed to fanatics who often have an overzealous passion that fuels intent over and above reason for humanity, such as the ever increase in mental Islamic Terrorists. Sociopaths exist in Africa in abundance where rulers and leaders siphon funds and obtain a lifestyle far in excess of what their country can afford, although this way of living is not exclusive to Africa as a whole. Never the less sociopaths exist within all our communities and usually have positions of authority which they utilise purely for their own gain regardless of consequences such as in the recent global finance meltdown. There's nothing to safeguard against sociopaths as those lower down the ladder are fuelled on by greed and potential in a "follow me" capacity over and above their own capabilities so latch on to what could be a free ride to extra wealth for themselves.

Sociopaths make good mercenaries too, where human life is but a value of monetary unit and suffering is a consequence of their own inability or the system to adequately care about the populous such as in Dhofar. The lack of self regulation with regards families and the size of same always having to rely on others to feed, clothe, educate ete, a recipe for ongoing disaster until it becomes a norm and everyone moves on accepting the status quo. A quality of many sociopaths is their chameleon like status, being able to change appearance to gain whatever they want for their greater plan. Most sociopaths pay great attention to detail and seek to uphold an appearance which is usually very smart and commands a certain degree of respect even if you don't know what it is one is respecting, it's an air which is exuded and this attracts followers who seek a style they would like to aspire to themselves. (Usually weak people who feel they can gain kudos from others and are incapable of doing it themselves).

Sociopaths have the ability to reduce others to putty in their hands such is their talent to strike beyond the nerves of others who control what they do based upon concern and thought for others, the sociopath has the ability to see through someone coldly and reduce their own reasoning to dust. There are strong leaders and there are sociopaths who more often than not just keep to themselves  as the "limelight" would hinder rather than help their ultimate ideas and plans. Where little is indispensable in what they set out to achieve and the route to attaining that goal can for bystanders be lavish, unknown to them that they have been drawn into a spiders web of consequences and haven't a clue about. A sociopath is a master at emotional games something that the average punter is not capable of handling proficiently and usually submits to whatever they need to do even begrudgingly and with great remorse within.

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BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

Are you one of the so called "beautiful people" or are you just you, and if you are just you, what are you, are you beautiful or just ordinary? And how do you describe ordinary in relation to the so called 'beautiful people'. There are many criteria for what we would call beautiful, and what actually "turns us on", what makes us go all "wobbly" within, and it can be more than just skin deep. Of course we have an industry that's as disingenuous and corrupt and mentally unstable as you can get and it's the fashion/cosmetic industry. Such industries rely on vanity (a negative emotion) to survive, it's a self feeding industry that has strong views and lots of money, it's an industry that likes to tear itself up and then throw wild parties, it's an industry that at times licks its own vomit and likes the taste, it's shallow, bimbo friendly and is prone to illusions at any cost to further its cause. The industry is predominantly for women and one only has to look at the newsagents to see dozens and dozens of magazines depicting negative traits that women just can't resist. For men, there are about three magazines outside of the "tits and bums" variety that talk about men's lifestyles and they don't challenge the mind either, all very presescriptive stuff.

But for the average punter, the street pedestrian, what we see we subliminally pick up on, from that point onwards we either run with it or reject it, just keeping the notion of what we have seen in our minds as a reference and then get on with what's important. But to the thick, stupid, vulnerable, unstable, those lacking in self esteem, those devoid of self creativity and those who don't know any better in life it's a totally different ball game, it's how life should be as painted by others. The unfortunate thing is what's painted by others doesn't actually exist in the form it's purported to be, it's there all right but it will never ever be a complete picture as brought together in snippets of condensed media. Where ancient models and possibly those not so ancient have their wrinkles and cellulite airbrushed out to make them look exactly what they aren't, perfect. To change their curvature to meet with how the photo shoots need to portray them, where morals and responsibility could ruin what they set out to do which is sell more make more and attract more. It's almost like a drug, something else which seems to be a popular choice for many of the so called "beautiful people".

We can all see beauty in many aspects of life, we can see character too in people which radiates a beauty from within and changes our thoughts as to the physical beauty of someone, and similarly someone who is very attractive but hasn't a proper functioning brain can change how we feel and they suddenly look less attractive and we see faults which we couldn't before, almost to the point of repulsion. Like anything from a distance it can look wondrous, in finer detail it can be a whole different ball game.

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THE BITTER PILL

We all at times in our life have to take stock of who we are, where we are and what we are, and to our dismay our perceptions of all those three may not meet up with our own thoughts of what we should be. Our perceptions of where we should  be often bear no resemblance to the life we lead nor to the life we should be leading either, it is after all a perception and that can be a million miles away from the truth let alone reality.  There's nothing wrong with having views of where we would like to be or end up or ideally could be, it gives us a pathway in our mind to aim for and even if we don't attain it, the route to those thoughts often moulds who we are anyway. Time is a great leveller and a great "forcer" of events, time has no friends nor enemies, it is a universal aspect that encompasses us all. What time does do is allows us to distill who we are and where we are in relation to what time we anticipate we have left, and we don't know that either.

Where we are at any one time gives rise to our thoughts and feelings and those again put into perspective what we feel about ourselves and our life and those around us and assess how relevant everything is. Sometimes we need to face the facts that our dreams unless we win the Lottery will never come to pass, and in reality most people's dreams are just that for if any appreciable part of  their dreams did come true they in all likelihood would not be able to cope nor stand the pressures that come with them with regards friends and family and everything else. Having said that, life for some starts at a later stage than it does for others, and for those whose life starts early with a modicum of success mid life often is relatively cruel, and it's only later on that it tends to go full circle to be more harmonious and enjoyable too.

When we become ill we are told when young that the more nasty the taste of medicine the more good it will do us, and that analogy is often quite true when it comes to life. Sailing on aimlessly not taking stock of life and what's in it eventually denigrates us to a default life whereby little ever happens and one falls into a state of self devised ruin as an easy option. The mind closes ranks, the self becomes a nothingness of humanity, the will to live becomes robotic and the mind disregards anything that it sees doesn't not fit into a devised harmony that needs no thinking and shuns out disappointment. For some this happens later in life for others it can happen at an early age, it matters not, when that realisation takes place if we don't address it proficiently it can be the demise of what is left of the life we have.

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A DYING ROMANCE

It's come to this, the end is in sight yet you just don't want to let go for fear of the nothingness and the void, and the emotionally charged memories, the trinkets and the shared moments which will all of a sudden have a different meaning. The thought of the other person, their little foibles, their smell, their noises, their habits their funny ways, it's the end of the ride, all change, please take your baggage with you when you leave. The consternation  that it all brings, the feelings of the self being "free" from the responsibility and the morality of sharing a part of someone else's life, and they yours. And unless the romance has some acrimonious aspect to it, it's all rather pitiful and sorry. It's a tax on the emotions and it's a stain on life too, it affects daily life and it's a constant thought forever regurgitating itself and extricating itself from the reality of the deed to happen or just happened for whatever reason. Sometimes relationship just run out of steam especially those that are  or were an affectionate convenience, which tends to happens to youger people at university and the like, rather than the real love aspect, although many don't know the difference. You've just got to see celebrities playing the game of "happy families" run concurrently with "Snakes and Ladders" where snakes are the predominant feature, or is it "spot the braincell".

Relationships are as peculiar as people themselves and it is what makes each other tick that is the most important aspect, what others think and feel is of no concern nor any one's business either. There are too many backseat drivers and armchair critics as well as stupid bored and nosy family members who are the biggest failures themselves. The most important aspect of life is giving your all, for if you don't then failure is an aspect awaiting to happen. If you can't give then you can't win, it's as simple as that. Having said that relationships are of varying qualities it's not the proverbial 50/50 split it can be 70/30 or 60/40 or 90/10, it can be whatever it is that adds up to 100%, and it's all that personal too. What works works, it's when conditions emerge or the word "I" starts to crop up more often or "I need my space" or anything like that, once the "Us" and "We" reverts back to the "I" and "Me" then it's almost time to call it a day or that day is on the cards even if you can't quite see it. How intimate or aloof others see you from outside towards each other is only an outward appearance, it's what it means to both parties that spells success.

Age has a great deal to do with how we perceive life, the younger we are the more important aspects of life are as we anticipate endless years ahead. As we get older a degree of companionship is relatively important and if a relationship does break down it does not necessarily mean that either party are bad people. Companionship is very important to everyone to give the self a feeling of worth, value, mental stability and purpose, the human condition needs to share even the self centred and selfish need to share some aspect of life even if at times it appears it's all a "one way event". Mentally and emotionally bruised, battered, torn, depleted, anxious, weary, tired, listless, just plain 'out of it' are the feelings and emotions that hit home when we come the end of the line and all need to leave and change platform. It is a void that only time will heal, but time is a great healer and for many a regained composure, life, and even relationship on a different level is very possible as we are good at re-inventing ourselves in such circumstances. It's only the "poor old me" attitude that self-buries us in a pit of pity that eventually rots our inner self until it's all too late.

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BEING SORRY

We are all sorry about something sometime, possibly even as often as in our daily environment, but being sorry isn't just a feeling based upon an action or deed or conversation that we would rather not have done or said, it's far deeper than that. Being sorry is something that's almost homogeneous in that it's a mind action that has some degree of background information to it, otherwise it wouldn't have been produced. If we don't get for the major part resolution from a deed that caused discomfort or gross offence by deliberate means then we need to appease ourselves of this thought otherwise it's likely to reside in our minds and thwart our clear thinking or cause a barrier within towards whoever it was that we did the deed

Of course there is the "sorry" we come across whereby we accidentally break something or bump into someone, but usually as this is not a pre-meditated action and so there is a more defined thought which is of a genuine nature to apologise for what was something almost instantaneous and often beyond being averted. But the sorry that we come across that hurts is the one that has an emotion attached to it, that someone did something that affected us in a personal way. It's nothing to do with this stupid thought process of today that anything one doesn't like is almost transcribed into an automatic "I'm offended" scenario, which denotes how pathetic and shallow you really are as well as unstable in mind thought. It's a real mind process that defines something that's discordant

But being sorry is a cathartic process and it is to a degree both humbling and human too, it denotes more of a character of someone as well as their understanding of life and humanity and purpose. Being able to say sorry shows a higher degree of inner strength although for some saying sorry is almost akin in their mind to a weakness, yet for those that subscribe to that thought it speaks volumes of their own screwed up mentality and perceptions of life and how they enjoy it or not as the case may be. Being able to say "sorry" whether it's accepted or not allows one to move forward and breaks any self induced bonds of guilt and gives a freedom to move onwards without shackles of retribution of anger or anything else. If others do not accept "sorry" then that's up to them, you have said your peace and that's enough, being sucked into others contrived thoughts and feelings is not on the agenda and it can be quite disruptive and complex too if ventured into that area.
 
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ADDICTED TO NEGATIVITY

How many times have we heard other people say "we always do it like this", or "it's my culture" or "it's my religion" or "it's the way its always been done" or whatever the verbiage is that is endlessly recited. By and large there are valid reasons why things are done as they are and the order in which they are done. Something's have a very defined order and to do whatever it is in any other order would not only be pointless but futile also. However as times goes by processes change, the mechanics of doing things change and above all people change too. From empires created in companies by some bombastic individuals for their own ends times move on and their redundancy is well overdue. For those who reside in a culture that is of a bygone era they at times plan their own failure and demise by saying "it's our/my culture" but it has no longer any gravitas nor purpose so they are reenacting a step towards modern incompatibility as well as failure and outmoded mentalities. And for those that follow religions that only rely on the past not the present the supposedly living God that helps you today no longer exists because you see no proof of that what so ever. In some religions only mayhem and bad things happen.

Negativity is a state of mind, it's something that we create even if our families were negative and that can have some bearing upon how we think unless we engage our brain and change that stance. If our families were positive then the opposite could happen we will be are far brighter and responsive to life. Our attitude weighs heavily upon what we do in life, a positive attitude gets us into a frame of mind as to what to do and how, a negative frame of mind always makes us ponder and see everything around us as either an obstacle or of a magnitude that it's beyond us. Wherever there is a positive mind we see the "Bigger Picture" and not the lot that we are currently standing on that has little merit or any virtue.

In our own working life and daily world we can be subliminally looking out for the negative side of anything, no matter what it is, we can even see good things and suddenly revert to the flip side and thus negate any benefit that we may have been privy to or utilise for ourselves. Looking on the bright or positive side of any situation brings far better closure and resolution so that we don't harbour any ill effects or mind stances that seem to bug us continually.


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SELF MOTIVATION

Without motivation we do very little in life, we end up lifeless, listless, dull, boring and everything we do has that edge of negativity, "it's all too much trouble". Without motivation we don't see beyond our nose as we are always acquiescing to something else to spur us on, if this happens, or I'll do it tomorrow, or whatever feeble excuse we can come up with. It is a feeble excuse, for if we can't do it for ourselves because the goal isn't good enough one thing for sure is that no one else will do it for us. Having said that we are all different, some people are entrepreneurial, some are followers and need that lead in order to proficiently go forward. We can get entrepreneurs who are not that good and followers who are brilliant, the mix is always varied and different, but one thing is for sure to make whatever we do work, we have to do it.

We have chores to do in our daily life otherwise we would end up in a right mess and possibly a dirty mess too. Some chores we do with ease and others we dread, but never the less do them and often feel good at having done them.  There is however nothing but nothing like self motivation, because that lasts, it fuels up our whole body because we want to do it. We are impervious to others comments because we know what we are about even if discovering what we are doing, and if that's the case others definitely haven't a clue.It's OK going to a motivational evening where some guru makes your adrenaline pump around your body, but that's one evening, why didn't you have that feeling before because if you can't muster that self determination on your own then you are hitting the wrong buttons within. Or your mind is not where it should be and the results will not be as they should be anyway. You can't rely on a "top up" from someone just to continue, it must be inherent and it must be driven from within.

There's a lot done in companies to motivate people, but the reason why such companies deem it expedient is that they have gotten the basics wrong so to overcome their gross negligence and incompetence they have motivational workshops, but it all soon fades away and as new people join it fizzles out into nothing because there's nothing there to sustain it. Self motivation has a lot to do with the "what's in it for me" attitude which could be seen as selfish, but in reality in a work environment it's almost a top of the list credential. If we don't get anything from what we do and just do it because "it's a job" then all is lost, the bottom line is permanently a threat or at risk and it's senior management that are at fault for allowing it to have gotten that far.

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THE MERIT OF GRATITUDE

It seems at times that society as a whole is in for whatever it can get at whatever cost, the press and the media provide no comfort whatsoever as to values of life or the feelings of others unless they fit in with a story they happen to be running at the time. It all seems so much that everything is just "fair game" and that the individual is but a porn in the charade called life whether you do your best or not. The biggest problem facing the general population in the Western world at least is that of mental health, the stability of life itself and the purpose of it all. For most people when life is good and great little effects one's thoughts with regards negative actions or deeds and the diatribe that the press throw up in hoping to attract your attention has little merit. But unfortunately surfing that high wave and enjoying the breeze and buzz in life eventually comes to a stop as our surf board comes to rest on the sandy beach, no more buoyant water to sustain our thrill and travel is firmly at a stop.

There are many areas in life that we need to apportion gratitude to in order to understand what we have and where we are even if it's not ideal or where we would like to be. If we forever take then there is no buffer nor distinction between good or bad and we will start to find difficulties is assessing what we have to do, where and how, and when and those parameters start to fade into each other we really do have problems in communicating and seeing the bigger picture. Gratitude is almost like a "firming point" in our pathway, like a ratchet on a hill railways that stops it running back, gratitude strengthens our resolve and we see the power that others have in addition to our own in being able to move forward often in ways we had never thought of.

Gratitude helps in our walk in love, it helps us with our friends and loved ones, we take into account the pleasure of who they are and what they do for us even if it's just being there which is no mean thing. It makes us compassionate without being whet or insipid, it gives us resolve and fortitude and makes us feel wholesome and gives added purpose to whom we are. It improves our self esteem and gives enhanced clarity in seeing our way forward, it helps us enormously when we are low or life starts to wobble a bit and tends to unnerve us. In short without gratitude within us we are but rouges of nethanderal man of the past, absolving our higher mental processes of the human condition and resorting to the self which is lonely and cold without compassion and love from fellow man. Gratitude allows for us to absorbe the good in life and reject the bad and find the distiction between both.

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REVENGE

There's a lot written about revenge, the bitter sweet deed of getting "one's own back" or having some deliberate recompense for whatever action has not gone your way or deed that has in some way harmed or inconvenienced you. There are movies made about revenge and the ordeal of subterfuge and dastardly contrived and even warped thoughts about what to do and how to do it. The act of "getting even" and how it can subsume someones thoughts or even take over their lives sometimes as a life long quest in trying to 'get back' just for the sake of it. It makes interesting viewing and it makes interesting reading, but when it comes to the real thing, engrossing negative emotions to enact an aspect of life it could not be further from the truth. There is no such thing as sweet revenge even if there is a natural "comeuppance" in life, revenge is an evil thought that has had dexterity and deliberation put behind it for self appeasement and self gratification, often with no physical gain just a thought in the mind.

The self imposition or gratification of taking on the task of being revengeful says a lot about the person who is harbouring such thoughts. If you believe in God then of course you just "don't go there" believing as one should that God will make the culprit atone for his or her deeds and that one must do no more than get on with life as it should be free from the burden of evil and revengeful thoughts. This is true unless you live in the West Bank or Gaza Strip where revenge is a way of life, and it's woven into the fabric of Islam, where whole families are revenge mongers breeding same and dance with the devil to his own tune. But for the more "civilised" revenge whilst it may appease the material aspects within us, it is our own self generating a degree of hatred which fuels the ability to carry out or constantly harbour revengeful thoughts which will forever take the edge of who we are and our life. Revenge is a personal thing even if the thought is shared by others, it can only be felt by the individual concerned not by everyone else even if they are privy to what it's all about.

The negative emotions in life such as greed, hate, envy, pride, jealousy, avariciousness, etc, will all lower our personal values and in many cases make us ill or cause us to be "under par" health wise or even just mentally unstable such is the impact of these feelings on the body. Harbouring any negative feelings - and some carry them on as a personal vendetta throughout their whole life and even bring them into conversations such is their determination to keep revenge alive, reduce the human condition to something that's almost worthless and lacking in total respect. If we don't morally and spiritually appease ourselves and move on, the deed of revenge or the cause of what's happened to us will forever emerge and thwart our happiness trail, it will level off the peaks that we seek to give life real purpose and we will lose sight of both potential, love and harmony, and probably be a pain to those around us too.

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HOPE

Without hope in our lives no matter how distant it appears we have nothing to motivate us or seek a pathway forward, without hope we are aimless and docile just going through the motions of living which is barely living at all.Without hope we lose sight of the future because there isn't one for us in our mind and without hope we are at a loss as to what to do and find self encouragement in mustering up the energy to further ourselves in any direction for any cause. Hope is just so important in our lives no matter where we are or who we are, if hope fades away then so do we.

Hope however doesn't have favorites nor enemies, for even enemies and those that do deeds against society and ironically in the name of religion have hope, such is the power of the thought that everythingng will succeed and that we will have the energy, knowledge, ability and foresight to gain what we set out to do, even if it ends up not quite as we expected. The journey in life is usually a series of mountains and plateaus, for some the inclined walk is shallow for others it's steep, but without the walk and hope within us everything becomes an uphill struggle and life loses its meaning and becomes without purpose.

 Our everyday life must have hope within it somewhere otherwise we just rely on future events and what's in between tends to be a life of endurance and biding time until the next event comes around. Hope gives us that impetus to see other things and opportunities in life that's why positive minded people and entrepreneurs are always bright and indeed positive and go with their feelings as opposed to working out textbook logic which has no sparkle nor insight into anything.  Academia can have a real stranglehold on hope as academia needs a base to anchor itself, whereas hope allows itself to rise to any occasion without shackles built by others and sees what has yet to be written about.  Real hope is not just a a passing wish but a real thought that is enabling, but like everything in life it's got to come from within and be sincere, sincerity is in short supply today.

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INNER FULFILLMENT

It's important that we get some inner fulfilment in life otherwise we suffer a degree of deprivation and loss, we get that endless feeling that there must be more to life than "this" and whatever "this" is, and that "this" isn't readily sustaining our emotional needs. Our emotional needs differ from our real needs and whilst we would possibly like something in an ideal world to appease our thoughts, reality is by far the best way to accept or approach where we are and the reality of the day. Many people walk around daily with that empty feeling in the pit of their stomach a void  which always seems to need quenching yet one doesn't quite know how. It's this "I don't know how" exasperated feeling that causes more consternation than ever, even if deep down one knows what changes are needed to live and enjoy a better life.

Sometimes cultural / family / circumstances have a demanding effect that thwarts the inner resolve to being who we are and thus we are always at sixes and sevens with life and others, being torn between the devil and the deep blue sea and nothing is ever quite right nor has full meaning or purpose. The off shot of not having inner fulfilment is that we see life in a different way from everyone else and our mental makeup also has a different slant so in the grand order of things we become somewhat discordant, volatile and insular, always avoiding commitment and hardly ever daring to 'step out'.

Everyone needs some degree of inner happiness or fulfilment, it's a natural aspect of the human condition and it's something that not only helps us along in life it tends to solidify who we are as people and enhance our purpose. However, the bottom line in any degree of inner fulfilment is that we have to live on planet earth, at least for the time being. If we live anywhere else such as in a fantasy world, day-dreamland, or any other ethereal orbiting mind planet then we will forever lose out, always overlooking and casting away what's on offer and what's available for the here and now. Always self denying and complaining to our inner mind, often to the extent that that's where we convince ourselves not to do what everyone else is doing, which is having a good or better time than ourselves. You either take ownership of your life or you give it or some of it away, it is a choice you make, no if's or but's it is a real choice and what choice you make you reap the results. End of story.

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PEACE

Peace is one of the most valuable commodities that's available to us today, and it doesn't mean being on an island in the middle of nowhere. Peace is what we make it, and if we are one of those people who has gotten into a habit of checking our mobile phones every five minutes, then peace isn't something that we are going to achieve, even if we think we can accommodate both. Solitude for some is unnerving, for others it's bliss, so we need to take stock of what peace consists of and what it will hopefully mean for us. Many people go on holiday seeking that "peace" get it, then say, I'm glad to be back it was too quiet or not vibrant enough. Our levels of life and what makes us tick is something we have to take into account.

What we seek in life has a lot to do with how we enjoy it, there is a distinct difference between the country person and the town person and what each defines as peace can be as different as chalk and cheese. Just having a few days away from home or work or whatever breaks the routine can be liberating in itself, any kind of positive change can break the humdrum thought process that carries with it accumulated baggage and thus we find it hard to throw off without some outside stimulus.

But worse still is that thought that "I need to get away" which may reside within can be as burdensome as it also forms a stress related condition that if you don't get away you are going to suffer, which is not usually true, it's just a mind manifestation that we create ourselves. Our attitude governs to a large extent how we react to life, if we react emotionally charged then yes we are going to become tired, frustrated, tense, nervous and all the rest. If we take things in our stride then we see a greater area within life that can not only elevate us forward but can give us the peace that we really need at the right level that will allow us to re-charge our batteries and gain proper momentum in life.

Life is what we make it, it can't be any other way, we are the only ones to live our lives regardless of outside conditions and circumstances so it's imperative that we don't turn them against us as we will then be in a self confrontational situation of which there is no way out.  

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HYPOCRISY

It's amazing and also somewhat ironic that certain areas of life are riddled with hypocrisy, not that hypocrisy is confined to any one place or situation, but some areas are seemingly prone to it becoming almost a way of life or by default because of culture or habits of the past. Religion is one of the major areas where hypocrisy is ripe, so is the aspect of death or to put it more gently bereavement. Where religious holidays come around and all and sundry get excited and warm and smiley and think "Godly" thoughts, only to revert to their real selves after the dated event has ceased. Similarly in death the "paying of respects" when you haven't seen the bereaved for 20 years is beyond hypocrisy it's a damned insult.

Hypocrisy however is almost a requirement to be in the media, advertising and finance, and in many cases customer services served by overseas call centres, smart words are just that, the reality of wading through the bottom line truth and un-fabricated and divisive content is a quagmire in itself. Where company voicemail says leave a message and I'll phone you back - do they? Cherry picking is almost de regeure when it comes to communications and it's very rarely policed so it's down to the honesty of the individual who hides behind the corporate blanket and does as little as possible over and above their remit.

The unfortunate thing about hypocrisy is that like a virus it spreads within the beholder, and bit by bit they become by default a hypocrite of their own making, this then spreads out into other areas until the instigator of the deed almost subsumes the role of being two faced, aloof, insincere, complacent, selfish and starts to cut corners and falls behind on anything that's not directly connected or concerning them, which may work for them but for those who rely on additional information spells gross failure. Hypocrisy is rarely taken up in companies despite the need to enhance communicational skills, but the self is where it needs to be made to work effectively for if it doesn't lip service will become a 'norm' and then excuses then verging on telling lies which will be the result of not tacking dedication from the outset.  

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

The difference between machines and humanity is the emotional aspect of thought, it's how we assimilate actions or deeds based upon our feelings towards the subject, and those can vary from person to person for a range of logical reasons based upon circumstances etc, etc., So it can be quite a complex list of attributing factors that causes us to say or do what we do even if it takes a split second to come to that conclusion. We can also make enormous and grave mistakes too with degrees of varying deliberation  based on thoughts residing in negativity or religious connotations, which are usually negative in themselves.

Emotional Intelligence is an aspect of life that's becoming more to the fore in how we live and how we interact with life today, it's becoming more concomitant with artificial intelligence than ever before, and it's increasing exponentially every year. Like it or not we are on a course of hybrid development even if at today's stage of development it appears embryonic, it was only a few years ago that Sci Fi seemed far fetched and today it's reality for much of it.

The average pedestrian in the street and theologian are usually full of armchair thoughts as to what developments mean and how they will impact society and importantly the ethical aspects of stepping too far. However all such thoughts are redundant and facile as the wheels of motion are well in place and even front page media hype of highlighting potential negativity is but a thought of today with no result of changing tomorrow. The "snowball effect" is well in place and on its way, changes beyond our thoughts and conception are now taking place. Just enjoy the ride.

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SPYING

We are all familiar with the TV films and movies built around spying, espionage, corruption, deceit, subversion, bribery, etc, it all goes hand in hand.  It's also associated with neurosis, insecurity, lack of freedom, fear, religion, dictatorships, and again all the other stuff that makes the world go around. There is at times a fine line between being protective and being completely mental and neurotic about what you perceive, or what countries perceive. Anything to do with staunch religious (not God - religion) is always suspect, warped, evil, subversive, dictatorial, regressive, anti-human, backward and promotes living in fear or what should be ironically a place of peace and freedom, like Iran and Saudi Arabia.

In any society there will always be a differing of opinion and to some extent it balances views from extreme left and extreme right, there will always be issues of national security both real and imagined, there will always be those who work in such places as controlling security those that see life almost hysterically and those that are laid back preferring to see the bigger picture by and large as opposed to being invaded at any moment at any time. Except religiously controlled countries who are lead by the religiously stupid and have a lot to answer for in their supposedly named God. If they were all judged here and now all would burn in hell in an instant.

We have spies all around us, or in some cases "moles" or in today's parlance "whistle blowers" who spill the beans when it comes to reporting unethical practises or areas of work or government that gets too wrapped up in themselves to see that it has gone a step too far. Complacent governments are like that, they get away with what they can until it almost becomes the norm which it shouldn't be and then habits form and attitudes change for the worse.

How we formulate our life, allow those around us to live as well and as free as they can is down to us, who we vote in power is directly a feeling of what we want even if we see little choice when placing that cross in the chosen box. Spying is actually essential but it has to be done with a cool head and a warm heart otherwise we will get a backlash that hits us so hard we will be ensconced in our own turbid word of mayhem and deceit.

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RULING YOUR OWN LIFE

Drugs, sex, booze, food, speeding, smoking, stupidity, lies, deceit, greed, etc, etc, all things which are under our control, all things we do with a degree of deliberation, all things we do for us because we want to. We don't get fat on fresh air regardless of the tablets we are on our our medical condition,  alcohol doesn't jump down our throats, tablets don't fly into our mouths, things don't just appear from stores and houses in our possession we have to steal them, and the rest we can make an educated guess at, that none of the things mentioned happen in exclusion to ourselves, we being privy to the deed. The global banking recession happened because of deceitfully greedy bankers, it just didn't happen. There are of course two states of mind, there is the state that we control and the state that we arrogantly allow someone else to control so that we admonish responsibility for having a good time and if it all goes wrong, it's someone else's fault.

Relationship and love are two essential ingredients in life and are two of the biggest areas that we fail to take control of. If our emotions are lost then we haven't a cat in hell's chance of finding any degree of happiness or peace at any time in our lives. The state of our body is down to us, if you like being fat, so be it, if you want to be a drug addict so be it, it's your life and perhaps you are better dead than wasting others lives selfishly looking after you when there are plenty of people around who need help because of circumstances and situations beyond their control, good people too.

How you react to life is down to you, how you perceive life is down to you, how you live your life is down to you regardless of your status or the parameters in which you live. You are a product of you if you are over 18, your family is a product of you too, their early mentality is a reflection of yours, so until siblings get a taste of life for themselves it's you who they take after. If they are not so clever then probably they will live with the stigma of your own failures all their life also.

It's imperative that we take charge of our lives, that we make a difference and don't laugh arrogantly at life when it's us that looks like the circus act and it's us that life points its finger at and laughs back, it's us who will suffer as life itself has no feelings whatsoever and is purely indifferent to who you are and what happens to you. So if you don't care about yourself don't expect a following of others behind they will have walked off to a better place to where humanity lives and life exists in its full state.

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SATIRE

Satire is as old as the hills, in Western culture it's accepted as a form of expression by anyone who has a point to make about anything or anyone, no one is immune and it`s almost fair game for all. It's a sign of maturity and freedom. Newspapers and magazines go to town on it and indeed there are some television programmes  built around satire itself. For most of us we take it for granted as it`s wallpaper and taken as tongue in cheek, it`s sophisticated, intelligent and it represents a society that`s free and up for question. It often highlights the failings of man by the public at large and that allows for evolution to proceed with a more dedicated thought for humanity rather than the will of a few despots with hidden agendas.

For those that live in Islamic countries or other backward societies it`s a different ball game, where restrictions and subversion are standard form, where a few make the regulations for the many, where evil lives untouched and unfettered. Where fear from religious yet  un Godly fanatics reigns and everything is done in the name of God, the killings, the beatings, the murders, the jailing, everything from a so called loving God is tipped by the hand of man to the devil's throne. And what positive things has their God ever done to the vast majority that live well below world standards and endure global atrocities more than any other race on the planet. Even atheists and agnostics have a better life.

It`s often the simplest and seemingly insignificant things that can topple and ruin the ego of people, those that need to control and in many cases hide behind religion, not God but religion for their own sake. Of course the down side of this is that countries and the respective populations remain in fear and always behind the times, a burden upon the global community and acting as the Devil`s plaything, a symbiosis of pure negative virtue. Where leaders can't take criticism, they can't take negativity, they have gross ego problems, in short they are lesser humans than the average who just gets on with life.

Laughing at what you want to, saying what you want to, doing what you want to when you want to is all part of satire. It`s not having to flee your own country to talk about it from the comfort of another, evil has no boundaries and suppression is about organised evil. A society that has repression especially in the name of God is a society without love, real love is God, real love has NO strings nor conditions. No "honour killings" or outmoded tribal rubbish like that, that's the base of an evil society, that's the base of destruction by your own hand.

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SMILING

One of the most pleasing aspects of human interchange in the human condition is the smile, it needs no rehearsing, no prompting, no translation, it has no hidden agendas and it costs nothing too, in short it's the best way to communicate with someone else in an instant. The smile transcends barriers of religion, status, situation, language, and whatever else, it's the perfect way to express who you are and transmit or relay it to another, without having to carry on further and without the need for reciprocation. Having a pleasant disposition is one of the best assets you can have, it not only has a warming effect upon life around you it elevates who you are and provides a platform of heightened response and attitude towards life in general, especially when things go wrong. A smile means you are approachable, it means people can engage with you should they want to and it means that you are approachable even if deep down you aren't too keen on talking or conversing with certain individuals.

Our disposition in life or our attitude plays a vital role in how we both enjoy life as well as how we think of ourselves and others.  It may be "cool" to look mean by media standards but such ideology is fantasy land and covers up their own neurosis of life, failings and gross apprehension about how they fit into the grand order of things. For the every day pedestrian a smile lifts life beyond the "poor old me" approach to something that's good and gracious and likeable, it even by default elevates those around as they can sense and feel goodness radiating from within. For those who can smile easily even when on the phone it brings a new dimension to conversations, something that advertisers who get their audio clients to smile when talking can't do as it's all contrived, but the inferior beings will one day learn otherwise. Building up warmth from within is like a degree of maturity that just gets better and better and better, it's the grand fine wine that's aged and brings out the very best of what's on offer.

Those that smile get better help than those that don't, they are more readily liked, they tend to get better more quickly than the dull and dowdy, they are less selfish, more active in life and see beyond the horizon whereas the melancholic can't see anything but downhearted aspects of life. Smiles convey love, the base of our very existencee, smilest convey trust, and it brings a degree of unity too which melds people together and how they feel into an overall commonality, which is also essential to make us feel a part of life today. Smiling is definitely an asset and if you don't subscribe to smiling regardless of what others do or whether they reciprocate or not, you will lose out big time in life,  just be you and smile.

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CULTURAL DEATH

It's nice to feel wanted, to feel loved, to feel you have a place in life and that you have some degree of heritage, because without these things we are but empty entities travelling a pathway without credentials. The unfortunate thing however is that life is evolving faster and faster and many of those that hang on to cultural roles are the less educated and the down trodden. The higher up in life's strata's one gets the more accommodating one is in making both cultural aspects of life and today's real values come together in a more homogeneous and pleasant way. Religious cultures are the sheer death of any society as can be seen by Islamic countries which are all behind the times and house the biggest number of peasants and poor. Even those countries with new shiny buildings have an 'offstage' ensemble of poverty and total lack of education and the burdens that such brings. 

There's nothing wrong with culture unless one becomes the culture and like King Canute think that one is impervious to outside forces, and holding on to traditions is honourable and a proud thing to do. Whilst all around are racing forward enjoying a more pleasant and hospitable life with the world at large, and not being cocooned in some backwater fuelled and fostered by the pathetic and narrow and divisive and recalcitrant failures in life.

We can all enjoy the past in a reflective mode, but like medicine and dentistry it moves on to what is more efficient and compatible with today's environment and human being. Where aviation started out with wooden aircraft it's now metal and even composite such is evolution, culture should evolve too especially the religious cultures that hold only death, disharmony, oppression, subservience, illiteracy, and inner egos for those that run their course as co-owners with the devil and all his works.

Many cultures are riddled with protocols and oppressive female conditions, none of these have love as a stronghold and thus are by their base alignment and foundations strangling new blood and developments by those that are selfish, embedded with hatred and have no thoughts to anyone else but themselves and similar minded people. Societies that are heavily culturally dependent are always lacking and falling behind those that take all into consideration and utilise what's good and reject what's bad. Education or lack of it has a lot to answer for, religions in such countries kill by smothering nature and and when all goes wrong, blame it on others such is their useless and pathetic stance in life. Hollow Gods need excuses real Gods stand proud with positive results, not hoards of untrustworthy men making up rules as they go on as a facade bahind a God that doesn't exist.

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RESPECT

Respect is one of those homogeneous words it incorporates a lot of levels and different strata points, it's both subjective and objective and transcends even the dictionary definition. Respect is something we use every day in our own lives and it's not just in relation to other people and what we think of them or what they do it applies to how we think of ourselves too. How we think and how we assimilate life and to a degree intelligence has a part to play in our version of respect in all its guises.

Respect in general has to be earned and that includes people in authority as well as those around us, respect is not something bestowed upon anyone for any reason and it's our own thoughts that give us a degree or respect or not for that person or indeed organisation. There is of course a general degree of respect for fellow human beings, whereby we respect life and values in it and similarly hope that by doing so ourselves others will adhere to that and give us that respect to not harm us or perform ill gotten deeds on us our families our homes and everything else. Of course this is not perfect hence we have police,  never the less it works relatively well.

What one person respects another may throw scorn upon it's so subjective and our thoughts and emotions tie us into life to the extend we can be at permanent loggerheads with everyone or get along well, despite the odd hiccups that we all experience. It should never be underestimated by anyone that they are to be respected because of their position regardless of what it is other than that of a humanitarian level. Self promoting ego and self debasing thoughts are not those of a well balanced mind and tend to throw areas of concern into light, no matter how good or otherwise such people are or appear to be.

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SPIRITUALITY

There's so much written about "Spirituality" from people who haven't a clue, there's so much clap trap embedded in dogma and mythological diatribe that it appears that it's the lost and bewildered who are the ones who try and seek out what they are missing out in life. It's strange to note that "ALL" those religions and cultures that worship "mother earth" "Hallowed land" "burial places" have either died out or are beyond "third world" status. i.e. those that place spirituality as almost a venerated area are failures.If one believes in "spirituality" then the material by definition has no place, and even graveyards have no link with spirituality as "spirit" is now beyond the material.

Life is for the living, and those that go out on a limb to India or other places to seek out Gurus do so at the cost of giving up on society by and large. There are many ways to attain that "higher self" understanding and it's "horses for courses" as we are all different, but for the masses, i.e. the world population as a whole it's totally impractical and unnecessary to seek what we already have within us. Our makeup and thoughts dictate what our needs are and it's usually the lost, pathetic and selfish that seem to need to find in "spirituality" what others can do without as they understand already who they are and their purpose or it doesn't pose a problem as they have "other" things to get on with.

The word "spirituality" is in itself a bit of an anathema in that very few can define it succinctly, although many have their version of what it is but still don't know the mechanics nor attributes or base definitions of how it comes about. Whether we believe in God or not we all have a "spiritual" aspect to us, the physical has the commonality of molecular construction, the spiritual goes beyond to the ethereal without constraints and has nothing to do with the stupidity of religious leaders who don't know anymore than the regurgitated doctrines written on yesterdays fast food wrappers.

Unrest in society has almost by default placed "spirituality" as the answer  (or one of them) to "finding oneself" and that if we can commune with the cosmos or the universe all will be revealed. Death is our only release from molecular construction, our spirit as always goes beyond and it's up to us to enjoy the here and now for if we don't then we have not only wasted our lives, we have defaulted upon purpose for spirit is purposeful and if we seek to find what isn't lost we are really speaking from a dark orifice of life itself. Those that find aspects of purpose, meaning, self, un-fulfillment etc of life an issue, they have brought it about themselves upon which the cure is "self". Those that continue to be lost in life at whatever level they reside do so by their own hand of destruction and latter life disappointment and unrest and often mental problems.

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