Month: October 2017

Just like understanding the balance of triangles, we need to understand the cycles of circles. Our individual and personal circle of life can be easily affected by the larger circles around us.

We are a story within a story within a story. For instance, you have a personal story worth five bucks (read five bucks). You are the main character, or the CEO, of your life. You make decisions and choices to live successfully during your lifetime. This is where the triangle of health, happiness, and success comes into play, yet it is related to this personal circle.

Since I am talking about circles, let’s stay with the circles. After you have learned about your personal circle, or I should say your teacup, you need to learn about the neighboring circles. You learn to relate to the people around you, just like in your community. You can vote for the direction you want your community to go, but that is the only power you have. The outcome of your vote is not in your control, so you have to come to terms with your limits and understand you have no control over many different things in your life. This circle includes your race, gender, nation, and religion. They dictate and show their power to let you know that they are more powerful than you. They have the power to punish or shun you, put you in jail, or even kill you for disobedience in the name of control. You have to use your personal politics to live within the boundaries, rules, and laws of the land you belong to, regardless of the demands of your personal circle.

In the second circle, we do the same. Even as communities, we try to control things in the third circle. This can create the same frustration for the community as an individual feels when the community does something he or she does not want. We need to comply, even as communities, to create a balanced environment to evolve further. I see wildfires and the efforts made by communities, yet wind can lead to out-of-control fires.

By accepting mortality and health-related issues, we can set the rhythm to evolve without frustration. You don’t win a war against cancer by going to war; you continuously pursue evolution to get better and use more of your brainpower. This rhythmic pursuit can help to adopt evolution one level at a time.

The third circle I am talking about is where your all-powerful second circle is powerless. This is where nature and God reside. Amongst all these complexities, you have to really know your politics to spend a mortal life with happiness and contentment because you, as an individual, depend on the oxygen from this circle.

Our rights and wrongs change not only as individuals but also as evolving organisms, meaning we change in the second circle over time. The obvious changes and evolution of our societies are well documented, except for religious rules, but even religions these days try to shake off their extreme behaviors. The Pope has made statements about these changes, but we will have to see if they stick to them. Our world has been going back and forth with governmental changes. If we give power to religious people, they would like to take us back to the era of the prophets. I would like to see if other religious leaders come out and preach human rights over old rules dating back two thousand years.

As children, we learn something we don’t agree with. As teenagers, we think that was stupid, and when we become adults, our rights and wrongs change places.

In exactly the same way, our belonging groups can change with evolution. We condemn and believe that slavery and gay bashing are crimes nowadays. Canada becoming a sanctuary for Russian gays shows signs of these changes. Our sense of human rights is overpowering the politics of our sense of belonging to conservative groups. Acceptance of Syrian refugees, and the Omar Khadr case, regardless of social divide, are good examples of our evolution. In the past, it would not even have been a topic of discussion.

Evolution is at the core, foundation, or genes of human beings, with the wisdom to see or envision the future. The sooner we adapt to the coming changes, the better. It is important for the individual to know what is most important in personal mortal life, circle, or teacup. To me, personal happiness and contentment should top the agenda. Remember, regardless of the circle you are in, it will always come down to your personal happiness and contentment as an individual in your living years.

If changes happen in your next circle, where you don’t have control, you have to adjust accordingly to live your mortal life with the top goal of happiness and contentment.

If you are unhappy because the opposing political party won the election, or you are cleaning up after a natural disaster, it is you who has to adjust to keep going because you are the CEO of your life project. Events, situations, and circumstances are part of a big project; they should be just that. They should not have the power to bring your whole life to a screeching halt or break down your belief system. Losing hope because of an event or situation is looking at life with a narrow-minded and limited vision, as if it is a department instead of a project.

Knowing the wrong is easier if you put yourself in others’ shoes rather than demanding others to fit into yours. People change gradually, so the problem is not the change itself but rather the speed at which individuals adopt changes. Some don’t want to change at all, while others want to change everything instantly.

I prefer to look at the journey of humanity where the reality is that we have already come this far. We have a lot to show—just look at the people with cell phones in their hands. Our history shows constant changes, and resistance to change has always been constant and a part of our evolution. Yet it has never been able to stop progress. From no religion to religion, from one religion to another, from communism to socialism to democracy and back and forth, there is still progress to show. Just look around: the number of moderate believers is growing against the extremists.

At the base of all changes, you will always find an individual’s imagination, regardless of the size of the change. It always starts from the thoughts of one human individual. Every group is made of human individuals, yet it is there to nurture or destroy the individual’s imagination, which creates or destroys reality. If reality is not created, the group will lag behind because of the brain drain.

If there were a measuring device to measure the smarts, strength, and ability to live for oneself and help others, imagine you are standing on the bank of a river and need to get to the other side. Before jumping in and drowning, you have to think, plan, and then act on your plan. You can gather some branches, make a raft, and row yourself to the other side. It’s not simple, but in a nutshell, this is what it’s all about.

If this godly wisdom, power, energy, and ability to do everything is measured, metaphorically it is worth five bucks for each individual. If the whole community contributes their five bucks to build a bridge, everyone in the community can cross the river whenever they want. But here comes the problem: when the community gets involved, things have to run with rules, and the rules should be equally followed by all community members. But with the politics of control, everything changes, and the five bucks take a back seat because of the metaphoric big brother.

Logically, a single individual is weaker than the big family, community, nation, or religion, depending on whether they get along and work as a unit. One can be very smart and have a lot of resources to hire many helping hands to function at a higher level. Either way, that smarts still come from that five bucks.

Fighting infectious diseases like the Ebola outbreak, issues with global warming, the spread of the internet, or even building the space station is best done if humanity comes together with five bucks at a time. These days, times have changed. Infections and global warming don’t stay within our political boundaries.

An example: a human cell is meaningless on its own, but with the right circumstances, it has the power to create a whole and functioning human body with limitless potential. We each have trillions of cells in our bodies. Individually, a cell may be insignificant, but when they work together, the potential is limitless.

Internal space has its intricate functions of trillions of cells, which seems chaotic, but we have been learning to survive disease. We have been learning about external space as well, regardless of our control over it. This all points towards the bigger circle that holds our health and death. Trying to control without accepting it creates an even more chaotic situation. The stress of learning our responsibilities points to the need for a belief system. A belief system helps us be at peace with mortality. I still believe we need to do everything in our power to evolve further because we have not hit our potential. As human beings, if we pursue, we achieve. Modern technological advancements and medical and genetic breakthroughs don’t come with the attitude that “God will save me, so I should pray regardless of my lifestyle.” To me, prayers are and should be left until we have done our best. If you are on the other extreme and believe you are the one doing everything, you need to know that without oxygen, you are a dead duck, so don’t take all the credit. It is not God alone or you alone; everything is done by both of you together. Create balance to accept your responsibilities as a CEO and believe that you are being helped so you can create some inner peace for your mortal life.

Back to the circles: all my knowledge has never been, is not, and will never be about controlling to reach extremes. It is all about creating balance for the individual to live a mortal life with all its difficulties because it is the reality.

I believe most of our mental health and other happiness and contentment-robbing problems start when we want to fit the larger circles into our smaller one. If you want to control even godly events, sooner or later you will run into a situation where you lose control, and most of our problems start when we feel out of control.

A belief system teaches about these things by saying that God is doing everything and we as human beings have no control whatsoever, yet they have the strictest punishments for human disobedience. I have two problems with this philosophy. One, God’s work is done physically by human individuals, so they can’t be insignificant. Sure, we depend on oxygen to perform the physical work of God. Second, it is not that humans or God are doing everything separately; it is done with equal efforts, so it is not one or the other or who is doing more. It is the balance because of the individuals’ ability to reciprocate regardless of mortality. Just like our cells do their job to keep us alive, we do that for God.

If you believe God is doing everything, then you have to know how things are being done physically if God is only spiritual. Where and how do you fit the five bucks you got before birth? You have been told that it is not enough, so you have to put up with our political agendas. This not only robs the individual of self-esteem, but it also makes the individual limited, which God had never meant. We are not a drop in the ocean; we are the ocean in a drop. So any education that limits and holds back the human individual is against God’s will because otherwise, logically, we would not have the five bucks individually.

If you believe that you are limited, you have to look at your education or the data you have been instilled with critically. The potential you carry is related to God himself, not to your politics of a sense of belonging as a group. A group makes the individual weak so he or she can be controlled.

If you look at our governing systems, some go too far in the dog-eat-dog philosophy and some try to help the individual to the point that he or she stops seeking his or her potential. Help should be there because I believe if a community wants the individual to follow rules, the individual’s basic rights should be met. No one should go hungry. If a hungry individual breaks the rules, it is not the individual’s mistake; it is the community’s fault. Sure, we need rules to follow, but we should have rules for our groups as well so they don’t trample on individual human rights.

As healthy human beings, we have rights and responsibilities of reciprocation, not only to God but with our communities as well.

So playing your part is a must. Honest living creates inner peace. Using others or the system is like making yourself a limited being who does not want to reach his or her potential. Reaching and living to our potential is a responsibility we all have because not only as individuals, but as communities and as part of God, all our evolution depends on it. If the community is the right one, it will encourage it because it helps the community in the long run. If the community is hindering, the brain drain should happen to that community because regardless of religious beliefs, it is against God’s will to keep human individuals from reaching their potential.

Being part of God himself is the foundation of individual self-esteem, which is why most religions and nationalist systems of governance are against individual strength. We have been brainwashed by community-oriented thinking to the point that we sacrifice our energy, happiness, and even life, despite the fact that this mortal life, happiness, and contentment are personal gifts from God directly to the individual. The politics of our sense of belonging are determined to rob the individual to serve and spend a mortal life as part of a big machine. While there is no denying its importance, why do we all have free will and personal responsibilities for our personal lives?

I understand the purpose of life is to reciprocate, but when matters are taken to the extreme, we end up killing and being killed over the politics of belonging rather than for spiritual reciprocation to God. Even God himself made the human individual so important that we are all given the potential to be the CEO of our lives. We are taught not to have self-esteem and that we don’t have a direct connection to God, so we must follow the rules to go to the so-called heaven while creating hell in this lifetime. Where did this knowledge of hate and conflict come from? God himself or spirituality? I don’t think so.

Religious beliefs are like kingdoms where royal families are the only ones connected to God, and everyone else is a commoner with no direct link to God. They must follow orders blindly, or else. Yet, God created the individual in such a way that he or she is perfectly capable of using free will at will, anytime and anywhere.

It’s true that sometimes you must use free will to stay alive by following the orders of oppressive rulers. However, in reality, you are using your free will to say that you don’t have free will. To know your importance, it is important to stay alive. So regardless of the level of freedom you have, you still have free will, which makes you a miniature God or part of God himself. You can go through this lifetime being free in your mind, even if you feel trapped outside.

The human individual is the thread of the fabric of God. Regardless of the design and strength, the very existence of that strength is impossible without that thread. The thread in the fabric is the most important aspect of the fabric. In God’s case, the physicality of God depends on the presence of human beings. Without them, the fabric’s physicality disappears and it is not able to fulfill the prayers of others, thus losing its importance regardless of spiritual significance.

Taking attention away from the individual’s importance is a must for controlling authorities. The individual can easily be controlled if he or she feels the need to belong. Groups have taken power from individuals by instilling the knowledge of weakness. They have flipped the triangle, causing the individual to lose importance and self-esteem.

When it comes to mortality, it is crucial for individuals to understand their importance. If you don’t recognize yourself as the thread in the fabric of God, you will become what your ruling authorities intended for you to be: “meaningless.” This may come from religions, yet it is against God’s will. Helping fulfill someone’s prayers is as good as it gets; human beings are meaningful to the point that they make God meaningful.

Issues with self-esteem, such as inferiority complexes, personal weaknesses, lack of belief in God, and lack of control, create an environment of helplessness, resulting in an unhappy, depressed, anxious, and unfulfilled mortal life. This is created by the politics of governing authorities or worshiping systems. The weaker you are, the easier you are to control. Lack of belief is not created by you or God; it comes from the installed knowledge you have grown up with.

That is why you are taught to think whatever you are doing is your personal will. Yet, acting as a puppet is not in your interest, especially if you are mortal. Doing good for society is great and very satisfying, but it is an extreme. Creating balance is your duty as a mortal individual because God created you as a CEO. This means you have to attend to all departments of life, including taking care of your personal importance. You matter to yourself, regardless of the education you have been exposed to. If you are not important to yourself, or you don’t matter to yourself, it is a spiritual flaw you have accepted from your belonging group because you have demoted yourself to being the head of a department instead of being a CEO.

If you dig into yourself beyond the installed data, you will discover your direct connection to the source, or God, at any place, anytime, and all the time. This will give you all the confidence and self-esteem you need to tread through a mortal life, regardless of your belief system, because it makes you a miniature God yourself. That is, if you are willing to go there and deal with the dead dog of the problems you are facing. Most of the time, going inward and becoming spiritually evolved can make what appears to be a big problem seem small. When you put things together for yourself, the first thing you should do is become aware of your mortality so you can appreciate even the simple things like oxygen, which you can’t live without. It will make you appreciate physical life and its bounties, like love and other enjoyments like food.

Most religious people believe in sacrificing everything that God has offered for this life to get into the afterlife. Sacrificing this life for the afterlife has a smell of the politics of control so that the individual can be used and controlled in living years. Human beings are useful to God while they are physically alive, so doing good while alive is a good thing. But sacrificing while being alive makes God unfair, so it may not be God’s order. God can easily say that he gave you free will for a reason so you can reciprocate while enjoying the living years. People do that anyway; not everyone sacrifices. Even priests have their cake and eat it too.

You may turn things around for yourself if you can address the causes of your imbalances. I believe in medicine, but I also believe in finding the causes of the problems. Spirituality resides within the thoughts of human beings, so being aware of mortality clears a lot of clutter out. Our thoughts are, and can be, very powerful and have profound effects on our daily living. They dictate how we feel. So if your thoughts are controlled and cluttered, you may be led to believe that you are a born sinner and an inferior entity, thus needing to find strength in numbers to belong. Obey the rules of the belonging groups regardless of right and wrong. This has nothing to do with spirituality but everything to do with politics. So find your real belief from within by becoming a CEO of your life. You are an equal partner in doing God’s work. Remember, God can’t fulfill anyone’s prayers physically without your help. So know your importance. If you don’t believe in yourself or what I am saying, find me a prayer that got fulfilled without the help of any human being. Even miracles are performed through human individuals. Remember, all the prophets of God were human beings. Ever wonder why?

Mosques, churches, and other places of worship are where like-minded people gather for political reasons. Strength in numbers is politics. In the foundation of religions, people believe or are taught to believe that if you bring in a believer to their religion, you will go to heaven. Every political entity requires individuals to follow a set of rules to be part of the group. Yet, in spirituality, there are no demands on the individual other than reciprocation. It all depends on the individual to use free will to be an evolving human being with potential. This potential takes us out of the politics of belonging to a group and brings us into the arms of humanity as a whole. So a politician of a group would never want you to become a CEO of your life to challenge their belief system.

God does not exist in religious buildings but in the real worship places, like the armpits of humanity where it stinks but these places will give you real spiritual satisfaction. Doctors without Borders, food for starving children, or helping people after a natural disaster or refugees of human political conflicts or global warming are examples. Interestingly, religious wars are still creating refugees.

I want to clear one thing here: I don’t think or believe we can function without our politics. It has its place and importance, but one should be able to distinguish the differences between politics and spirituality. Just look at our actions. You may feel confused about your standing. If you do, strive to become a CEO.

If you believe that enhancing the number of a belonging group, nation, or religion is spiritual, you need to think again. Remember, seeking strength for security is as political as it gets, period. Worship style or clothing is political as well. You may be led to believe it is God’s order to dress a certain way. Sure, we need to cover ourselves, but it is all politics of the sense of belonging to a certain group to show signs of belonging. Traditional clothing of the land where you are born is a common political statement. If you are born in the north, you have to survive by covering up, and yes, even if you have to wear fur. The people who talk against it are not in your shoes, and you are not in their shoes either. So becoming passionate about it is all political. You may feel the cause is a spiritual one, but if you don’t put yourself in others’ shoes, you can’t be passionate about it.

When you show up at your place of worship, you are standing with your belonging group. Otherwise, talking to God can be done anywhere at any time, so it is political to show up at gatherings of all kinds. Prayers and the sacrifice of your time, resources, and energy are personal and directly connected to God, so they can be done in personal ways depending on your intention. Sticking to the law of a land is an individual’s duty, but it is not necessarily spiritual. While doing so may keep you out of trouble, following the law in the name of God has no spiritual value. Political value? Yes, but only if the ruling authorities care for everyone equally, which doesn’t happen often.

It is important to be aware of why you follow a certain set of rules to live a life. The answers to your problems may reside in the installed data. You should be able to differentiate between political and spiritual matters. It’s important for your well-being to remove the clutter and have room for peaceful living and contentment. Realize your importance, especially as an individual, and gain self-esteem by understanding your mortality. Gain awareness, then talk to God and your problems will become more manageable. Dealing with the dead dog is much easier. But it’s your free will, and that’s what God has given you. How you want to exercise it is your personal choice. My purpose is to increase your awareness, that’s all. No one can live your life but you. It’s your responsibility to have a fulfilling life, and you should know that without God’s direct connection, that is not possible. Your prayers are answered, or not, according to your actions and awareness. So be aware, and the rest will fall into place.

Standing up for your belonging groups, regardless of right or wrong, is entirely political, not spiritual. Therefore, thinking that standing for your religion automatically makes it spiritual is a misconception. Fighting and killing over religious opinions is not spiritual; it is political to align with your belonging group. An individual should evolve to be the CEO of their life so they can judge right and wrong, even if it involves their belonging group.

Believing in one God and seeing everyone as part of God, regardless of differences or ensuring equal human rights, is purely spiritual. Oppression, discrimination against any human individual or group, racism, and prejudice are entirely political. The carrot-and-stick philosophy, or the concept of heaven and hell, is not spiritual; it’s a form of politics used for control.

God is free from the politics of control; otherwise, we would all be angels without free will. God represents only truth, while human beings, despite ideally not being, have become nothing but political entities driven by security concerns. Ironically, as mortals, there is logically no absolute security whatsoever.

Extremes lie in completely adhering to spirituality or politics. Finding and creating balance is the challenge that a mortal CEO must undertake. If you visit a graveyard, you can observe that all the deceased may have believed, in one way or another, that living a controlled life would secure them, as taught by their belonging groups. However, no group, not even the most powerful ones, can save an individual’s life or alter mortality—at least not yet.

While I don’t deny the importance and benefits of religious knowledge that inspires spirituality, I refuse to close my eyes and blindly believe as ordered. I aim to highlight the flaws in our belief systems and the harms they have caused. Spiritually, these systems teach restraint and love for others, which is commendable. However, they have also allowed and facilitated the dominance of political agendas driven by a sense of belonging to certain groups. This has not only eroded trust in spirituality among ordinary individuals but has also led to countless deaths and individual suffering.

Consider historical dungeons, torture chambers, and the punishments inflicted by religions for minor disobediences—they are enough to shock modern sensibilities, especially when done in the name of God. When religions engage in war, they do so with fervor, often trampling spirituality in the process, all under the guise of serving God.

I believe that religion touches each of us deeply, akin to music—we may like it, dislike it, or passionately love it. It remains an enigmatic reality. Our transition from compassion to zealotry is closely linked to our extreme political allegiances to belonging groups, whether personal or collective.

The rigid boundaries and strict conformity imposed by governing systems have subdued the human spirit, reducing it to mere allegiance to governing structures that often disregard individual human rights, especially for those belonging to opposing groups. If a governing system lacks respect for the individual, it is spiritually flawed and will inevitably fail. Today, few nations still enforce religious rules as their justice systems—why do you think that is?

By nature and logic, placing any restrictions on the individual contradicts human nature, which I believe aligns with God’s will. The continuous regeneration and multiplication of neurons and all other human cells are clear signs of evolutionary intent. Embracing this evolution with faith in God is the path forward. Creating rules that stifle human potential goes against God’s will, often reflecting political motives driven by a sense of belonging. Modern advancements, such as predicting and mitigating superstorms to save lives, owe their success not to religious decrees but to scientific inquiry. Without scientists, we might still be sacrificing virgins, believing it would appease an angry God.

All attempts to restrain the human individual, based on carrot-and-stick philosophies of the past, may work temporarily, especially when dealing with animal instincts. However, they fail when imposed as a permanent police state over every individual. Such controls not only prove impossible but also degrade human intellect.

I believe in knowledge that promotes self-regulation through compassion and logic. If you expect respect for your personal self-restraint from those around you, you have misconstrued its purpose—it’s between you and God, not between you and others. Seeking approval, fitting in, or wanting admiration diverts from the spiritual path. It worsens if you impose your beliefs on others, unless mandated by law and order. There must be a clear distinction between the laws of the land and an individual’s belief system, as not all humans share the same level of clarity in their beliefs. Ignoring this could lead to injustice and human rights violations against those who do not share the same beliefs.

Remember, everyone is born with mortality thrust upon them without choice, logically entitling them to live as they choose. Crimes against humanity or each other become matters of law enforcement. Law enforcement operates under a justice system based on solid, universally applicable written rules.

During discussions, belief systems often touch upon the unknown, requiring varying degrees of belief—from complete acceptance to outright denial. This is why a belief system should not be equated with a legal system. A justice system built on equal human rights, devoid of prejudice, supersedes belief systems in fostering community welfare as a superior governing model.

Self-regulation through education, in contrast to carrot-and-stick methods, can help individuals overcome mob mentality, opportunistic crimes like looting, and killings. Such crimes plague societies worldwide, regardless of their governing systems. Education in self-awareness and critical thinking is imperative, empowering individuals to make decisions beyond group allegiance.

Religions, with their carrot-and-stick approach spanning millennia, should have eradicated crime by now, creating self-regulating societies that negate the need for police or justice systems. Yet, observe the world today—thousands of years of education have not eradicated these issues. Continuing with the same beliefs is unlikely to yield different results. The spiritually enlightened individual, who distinguishes right from wrong and acts as a CEO of their life, remains rare, regardless of education level. It’s time to advocate for a new paradigm—one that embraces humanity as a whole. All signs point toward collective action against global warming issues, as safety cannot be confined within national or religious boundaries.

The internet serves as a gateway to diverse perspectives, akin to spirituality and religions. In contrast, nationalism, racism, prejudice, and discrimination are like single computers. Choose your paradigm wisely. When dealing with differing opinions—whether within family, friends, community, nation, or religion—remember mortality, spirituality, humanity, God, compassion, and love. These principles steer us away from extremes, cultivating a discerning judgment of what truly matters.

We are evolving beings and cannot achieve perfection until we reach our full potential. Some may exhibit more of their animalistic side, contributing to societal challenges as physical beings. This tendency persists despite strict rules; sexual deviance, even among high-ranking religious leaders, betrays respect for religious tenets. From violating indigenous rights in residential schools to scandals involving priests, or the neglect of neighboring nations by wealthy Islamic states, these deviations spotlight individuals and states in moral decline. Likewise, choosing political parties contrary to spiritual beliefs and values by churchgoers is another glaring contradiction.

When politics intertwine with religion, compassion and spirituality often take a backseat. Self-regulating individuals can discern between enforced rules and self-imposed morality. Despite efforts to impose fear of God and guilt over supposed devilish affections, such control mechanisms fail because the unknown remains uncharted until we reach our fullest potential. Looting, especially during natural disasters, or abusing power post-conquest, contradict principles of compassion and love.

Why hasn’t our religious knowledge succeeded? I attribute it to forced education. The best approach to education is fostering self-regulation through informed reasoning. As parents, we can’t be omnipresent, society can’t assign a cop to every individual, and concerning our governing affairs, we should allow God to address broader concerns like providing oxygen and health by maintaining inner and outer order.