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Friday, July 24, 2020
AGW: Is Sanity Even Possible?
Overpopulation and overconsumption fueled by fossil fuels will only decrease when events occur on a wide enough scale to dramatically and permanently curtail various greenhouse gas emissions. Accept this, and then you can more intelligently take adaptive personal measures .
Note: Supporting groups that push for open borders is counterproductive. The borders will burst open anyway in the climate crisis. It’s better to abandon socialistic credos and, in the now, proactively focus on survival of the human race, etcetera.
Search:
‘dealing with global warming in the now’
Read:
Climate Change Denial:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/denying-the-grave/201901/climate-change-denial
When Facts Are Not Enough:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/943
Related posting:
“Not Minding What Happens...”
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2020/07/not-minding-what-happens.html?m=1
Note: Those people who survive and thrive in the upcoming difficulties will be those who most manifest the virtuous qualities of intelligence and adaptability, strength and courage, love and wisdom, cooperation and service, knowledge and science, as well as orderliness and the appreciation of genuine responsibility, authority, compassion, necessity, dependability, et al. These people will be the the ones who usher in a new golden age for mankind.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
What about: Who Wrote the Bible
“The Bible’s Buried Secrets”
Documentary (1 hr 46 min):
https://youtu.be/VMeWaYIzfx4
“Don’t Know Much About the Bible”
by Kenneth Davis —
Note: The following link allows the copy and paste function)
“Who Wrote the Bible”
https://www.history.com/news/who-wrote-the-bible?cmpid=email-hist-inside-history-2020-0722-07222020&om_rid=58bd68db45771d8664d1c9976112be964d0dbfe433cd97bb5a09446966e39ddc
We need to keep in mind that our ancient ancestors witnessed events that bore meaning for them. Whether ascribing storied meaning to the constellations above or to geological features below the firmaments, the universality of these stories are priceless beyond compare. For example, study the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and you find multiple human and divine ascriptions to explain their destruction. In concrete reality, rift zone earthquakes and ensuing fires ruined these places that have since been unearthed by archaeologists. And pillars of salt really do stand on the shore of the Dead Sea in their proximity — their meaning in the biblical story is telling us not to look back, but (even as the world burns) to always look forward and into the deeper meanings of the Will of God.
Search:
‘Inner meanings of the Bible’, etcetera
Monday, July 20, 2020
“Not Minding What Happens...”
"This is my secret," he said. "I don't mind what happens."
He did not elaborate, and so I suspect most of his audience were even more perplexed than before. The implications of this simple statement, however, are profound.
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‘I don't mind what happens’— what does that imply? It implies that, internally, I am in alignment with what happens. "What happens," of course, refers to the suchness of this moment, which always already is as it is. It refers to content, the form that this moment - the only moment there ever is - takes. To be in alignment with what is means to be in a relationship of inner nonresistance with what happens. It means not to label it mentally as good or bad, but to let it be. Does this mean you can no longer take action to bring about change in your life? On the contrary. When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of Life itself.”
https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2089
My Comment: When one factors in the relationships of absolutely all of the constants and variables leading up to the present moment, one cannot help but be in alignment with what is happening, and thus, fully realizing the backstory, one has the prescience to be able to continuously make small but significant changes in the advancing thin slivers of free will conscientiousness that we frequently inhabit.
“George Carlin: Circling the Drain”
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2019/08/george-carlin-circling-drain.html?m=1
Note: If you are not able to master ‘not minding what happens’, then perhaps simply allow yourself to be lightly amused by what makes you feel happy and gently compassionate towards that which does not. Be simply aware of your thoughts and feelings while realizing that energy goes to what you’re paying attention to. So, qualify the energy you are sending in this manner. Cultivate a peaceful mind.
If your thoughts are intrusive, then ask yourself two questions:
Are my thoughts useful?
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2020/10/two-questions-that-silence-negative.html?m=1
What if nothing is wrong?
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2020/10/when-troubled-ask-yourself-what-if.html?m=1
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Angel Stories Nurture The Soul
Example:
With my husband away on a business trip, I planned to spend a quiet weekend at home. But when my friend Chickie and her husband, Dom, invited me to join them for an afternoon at the beach, I was tempted. “I had an asthma attack yesterday, and it really tired me out,” I warned them. “So I’ll probably just lie out on the sand. It’s too humid for me to do much.”
A few hours later, relaxing under a sun umbrella after a picnic lunch, I was glad I’d come. Chickie and Dom went for a dip. They liked to go far out before swimming parallel to the shore. Shielding my eyes, I looked for them in the water, but they were too far away. The tide was low, and we’d laid our towels in a grassy area quite far from the surf. I soaked up the sun until I got too hot, then took a walk down to the shore.
For a few minutes I just let the waves lap around my legs. The ocean was smooth as glass. ‘I could float on my back as if I were in a swimming pool’, I thought, and did. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the gentle rocking underneath me. The sun wasn’t quite so hot this late in the afternoon.
I drifted peacefully until the water beneath me dipped and rolled, splashing over my face. I opened my eyes and looked around. ‘How did I get so far from shore?’ I hadn’t realized how quickly the sea was carrying me.
I started swimming as quick and hard as I could. Even so I wasn’t getting any closer, and it was becoming harder to breathe. I spun around with a splash, looking for help, but I seemed to be completely alone in the water. Far off on the sand I could see people packing up their umbrellas and towels. ‘It must be nearly five o’clock’, I thought. That’s when the lifeguard went off duty.
A wave slapped my face and I swallowed salt water. My chest was already burning as I struggled to breathe. I had no air to call for help. In desperation I raised one hand and waved it to get the lifeguard’s attention. ‘I’ll never last till he reaches me, I thought. They’re all too far away. I’m going to drown out here and nobody even sees me!’
Two young men were suddenly near me. “Help,” I managed to whisper.
One of them grabbed my arm. The other grabbed his arm. Together they pulled me toward the shore. The lifeguard splashed into the water with his board. “You can stand here,” he said. “The water’s shallow.”
I shook my head. I was too exhausted to stand, much less walk. They laid me over the board.
“You were caught in a riptide,” the lifeguard said as the three of them carried me onto the sand, still shaking, trying to catch my breath.
“Are you all right now?” one of my rescuers asked.
I looked up at the two of them and nodded. For the first time I got a really good look at them. Vanilla was the word that came to my mind to describe them. They looked nearly alike, as if they were twins. Their skin was neither pale nor dark. They were neither short nor tall. Their hair wasn’t any color I could name. Just two clean-cut young men. Plain vanilla. “Thank you so much for saving my life. And thank you too,” I said to the lifeguard.
The few others had gathered on the beach. I felt embarrassed and got up to walk back to my towel. After just a few steps I looked back again for the twins.
The beach was nearly empty as the small crowd dispersed. The lifeguard packed his things. The water was empty. In the few seconds since I’d turned around, my twin saviors had simply vanished.
“There you are!” Dom said when I got back to the towel. “We wondered where you were.”
“Did you go swimming?” Chickie asked.
I looked back at the water once more. Then I sat down with my friends to tell them about the angels.
https://www.guideposts.org/inspiration/angels/the-two-angels-that-saved-her-from-drowning
Related postings:
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2018/05/angel-stories.html?m=1
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2017/06/proof-of-heaven-nde-experience.html?m=1
Note: If you believe in angels, then you know that you have a soul/spirit that deserves care and nurturing.
Search: ‘spiritual self care’
Example:
https://beyondthesafeharbor.com/what-is-spiritual-self-care-how-to-practice-it-today/
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Identifying News Media Bias
Example: ‘Yahoo news bias’ / which will show left-center bias
Example: ‘Fox News bias’ / will show right-center for their online news, but far right for their live TV show.
OR click on —
“Identify Media Bias”:
https://propagandacritic.com/index.php/tools-for-fighting-back/identify-media-bias/
I suggest trying to avoid biased news sources, unless you’re going to take the time to read both sides’ versions. One way to do this in an efficient manner is to read the hard copy “The Week” magazine (not their online news). The magazine presents left, right and center on issues that are in flux.
OR select from:
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/center/
Humor:
https://www.glasbergen.com/wp-content/gallery/cartoons-about-tv/toon-3169.gif
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Spirituality: Unity, Jesus Christ, et al
Man makes conscious unity with God first at the center of spirituality, this center having its basis of action in the top of the head. The only way to establish unity with the Father-Mind is by prayer. God's name is I AM. Our name is I AM. Speaking this name in the silence, recognizing that it is God's name and ours, we establish conscious unity with Him.
https://www.truthunity.net/rw/unity
Also:
“...The same transcendent spirit that moved through Jesus Christ moves in and through each one of us... If we acknowledge that Christ lives in us, we open the way for a full and complete expression of God to manifest himself through us.” That is to say that God is a transcendent power and that praying in the name Jesus Christ awakens a full and complete expression of that transcendent God in us...”
https://www.truthunity.net
I AM That I AM “...is a common English translation of the Hebrew phrase אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ’ehyeh ’ăšer ’ehyeh – also "I am who I am", "I will become what I choose to become", "I am what I am" or "I will be what I will be" or "I create what(ever) I create". The traditional English translation within Judaism favors "I will be what I will be" because there is no present tense of the verb "to be" in the Hebrew language...”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am
Image:
https://www.davidyoryor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/i-am-that-i-am-300x400.jpg
Source:
https://www.davidyoryor.com/2019/12/i-am-that-i-am-meaning-metaphysics-exodus-313-15/
Image:
https://www.summitlighthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Heart-Chakra-I-AM-THAT-I-AM.png
Source:
https://www.summitlighthouse.org/name-of-god-is-the-password/
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Spiritual: Neither Condemn Nor Condone
The Great Ones Who have guided humanity on its path to Perfection from its infancy, have throughout eons of time, reiterated those Commands; and they are still this very moment just as much Cosmic Laws to all humanity here and elsewhere as they were the very first time they were spoken forth. They apply to every human being on this planet and there is no such thing as an exception. If we will exercise our mental muscles a little it will not be difficult for us to grasp the reason back of this Cosmic Command. First, from the standpoint of each of us, for that is the nearest thing to us, we do not want to create thought forms with which we fill our own auras with anything except what is going to bring us harmony, happiness and blessings. Everyone's primary impulse in life is to be happy. That is our birthright and our Divine prerogative. Harmony is the fundamental Law of our being. Therefore, if we think, see, feel or speak an inharmony about any other part of creation, we are that moment building thought forms of mental substance and energizing them with our feeling and thought...”
http://www.ascension-research.org/ascended_masters.html
“Read John 8:10-11 —
Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
There seem to be two extremes in the Christian church when it comes to dealing with human wrongdoing. One extreme is to jump on those who have gone astray and remind them constantly of their shortcomings. You may hear about grace, but you have to crawl over broken glass to receive it.
The other extreme is to shrug your shoulders, paint a warm smile on your face, and pat the wrongdoer on the head and tell them God loves them so don’t worry about it. Grace is so cheap that it becomes worthless.
Neither approach takes human responsibility seriously enough. We are responsible for our actions and our actions have consequences. Then again, our God is able to bring good out of evil and wholeness out of brokenness. We are neither to complacently accept sin nor see it as the bedrock reality...”
https://hope1032.com.au/stories/faith/2019/condoning-and-condemning/
Friday, July 3, 2020
AGW: Oceanic, Atmospheric CO2 Cycle
Ocean’s Carbon Balance:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/OceanCarbon
Changes in Carbon Cycle:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CarbonCycle/page4.php
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide:
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide
Search:
‘AGW: Ocean Atmospheric CO2 Cycle’