The Living Glory - Ezekiel’s call.

While in exile the heavens were opened and frequent visions that made differences benefiting another emerged.  

When my mother passed the word of the lord came to me though the profit Ezekiel as he talked to me with the hand of the lord upon him. 

Ezekiel’s call 

He said to me, Soul Man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you. 

As he spoke, the spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. 

He said: Soul Man, I am sending you to a rebellious community that has rebelled against me and covenant; they and their predecessors have been in revolt against us to this very day.  

The organization to which I am sending you is obstinate and stubborn. 

Say to them, this is what community under god covenant says.

And whether they listen or fail to listen – for they are a rebellious – they will know that a Profit has been among them.

And you Boomer Soul Man do not be afraid of their words; do not be afraid, though deceit and deception are all around you as you live out among scorpions. 

Do not be further afraid or terrified by their additional words against covenant. 

You must speak my words to them whether they listen or fail to listen but you Soul Man listen to what I say to you, do not rebel like the rebellious community open your mouth and eat what I give you. 

Then I looked, and I saw hands stretched out to me, in them were books revealed before me, on both sides of them were written words of Lament and mourning and Woe. 

And he said to me: Soul Man eat the knowledge of what is before you and go speak to the house. 

You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language whose words of intent you cannot understand. 

Surely if I send you to them they will listen to you but be forewarned the house is not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to us for the whole house is hardened and obstinate. 

But I will make you as unyielding and obstinate as they are. I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint; do not be afraid of them. 

He then said to me, Soul Man listen carefully and take to Heart all the words I speak to you. 

Go now to your community in exile and speak to them. Say to them, “this is what the Sovereign Lord says to you,” whether they listen or fail to listen. 

Then the spirit lifted me up with strong hand – may the glory of the lord be praised in his dwelling place where senior exiles lived as I sat among them for several days overwhelmed at what I saw and heard. 

Warning to the house

Near the end of my journey into literal hell on earth the word of the lord came to me: Soul Man, I have made you Watchman for your generation so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 

When I say to a wicked individual or organization they will surely fall and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save life, that wicked individual or organization will fall for their Sins and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 

But if you do warn the wicked and they do turn from their wickedness or evil ways they will surely fall and be punished in their sins, but you will have saved yourself. 

Again, when a righteous individual or organization turns from righteousness and does evil, I will place stumbling blocks before them and since you did not warn them they will fall into the hands of their own sin. Any righteousness done will not be remembered and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 

But if you do warn the righteous individual or organization not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely thrive because they took warning, and you would have saved yourself. 

The end has come

The word of the lord came to me: this is what the sovereign lord says to consortiums outside of covenant. 

The End! The end has come upon the four corners of your land. The end is now upon you and I will unleash, I will judge according to conduct detestable practices. 

You will not be looked upon with pity nor spared. Then you will know true community covenant among you. 

Deceits has roused itself against all that have participated, market share demise is upon who dwell in this land. Then you will know that it is true community that strikes back in justice’s name under god. 

The day is here for arrogances and wickedness to be punished; none of original consortium will be left and to any remaining in this crowd –  no further wealth or nothing of value will be bestowed. 
The visions of this consortium and its inner circle will be reversed back under Gods toward community in justices name. The party is over. 

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FUNDAMENTALS of HAVING A BRAIN 

To start, we use it as intended not toward the pirating of another; but by the setting of improper unethical iniquities against another in proper perspective order that writes senior community as the grand strategy of things in life other than their money insofar is in ones power to do so. 

The brain is like a book in their own unique ways as they attempt to work out the same complex set of hidden themes. Looking backwards it is not unusual to discern that one has been wrestling with themes as far back as can be remembered. 

At that time the road less traveled may have felt De Novo, but later in time one begins to see work has begun long ago or perhaps was born to work on them? 

All that matter here is that one recognizes work was already in progress. 

Many still believe all truths lie in science, but the most important discovery of modern Science has been that there are limitations to scientific inquiry. 

With a few ifs, ands, and buts, there is no real certainty to be found in science than in theology. 

It’s scary when our best minds are those who best know that they don’t know. 

A major theme in community under God in which we stand is encouragements in the greatest range of thoughts in search for answers which would appear by many demonstrations as abandoned virtue. 

Our sight seems to be currently crippled by scientific Tunnel Vision, so it is essential that are critical faculties and capacity for skepticism not be blinded from the brilliant beauty of in the spiritual realm.  

Once literal thesis behind you goes into the business practice of real life more often than most unless morally insane without knowing is the beginning, almost unconsciously, to develop some cautious, tentative answers to one’s own questions. When enough such answers have accumulated, they continue to accumulate toward different works. 

They are very different, but dependent upon what focused on they may all be part of an elaboration of one or more of the key concepts in the road less traveled as elaborations that carry concepts further; they look deeper; they go beyond. They tie together many of the ways in which one has been pushed – often stumbling- to move beyond current personal journey.  

Some may consider being a reflective compilation, a compendium, or a summary of works quite selective in synthesis to capture the beyondness within tying up loose ends. 

A quote of power that assists can be attributed to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who once said: 

“I DO NOT GIVE A FIG FOR THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS SIDE OF COMPLEXITY, BUT I WOULD DIE FOR THE SIMPLICITY ON THE OTHER SIDE.”*

His profound sentiment leads to organize this work into three sections. 

• In part One, “Crusade against Simplism, We decry the Primitive and Effortless simplistic thinking that lies at the Root of so much Individual and Organizational Sickness. 
• In part two, “Wrestling with the Complexity of Everyday Life,” we describe the engineered complex choices that must continually be monitored and remade if we are to live well. 
• And in part three, “The Other Side of Complexity,” we describe where we can arrive when we have been willing to pay all our Proper Intellectual and Emotional Dues. 

Although the Phrase the Other Side rings with possible intimations of Heaven, we can certainly through proper community reach Heaven this Side of the Grave and indeed come to Exist in a Closer Relationship to the holy which seems to have been forgotten in lieu of Money and on that other side of Complexity there is a kind of Simplicity where we can know with Humility that in the end all things point to God.   

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Systems promoting ethical interdependence in collaboration

First qualifier is Civility in Community, for without there are few ethics and with few ethics, resolve most likely will resemble non existence of interdependence in collaboration. 

Minimalistic ethics many times solely reside within at the expense focused upon another which is a very scary place to be in. 

This is dramatically visible in our legal system; go visit any lawyer and their office is filled with bookshelves of books full of weighty tomes containing legal precedence of a situational nature. 

To live by situational ethics, it is necessary for the individual affected to have the capacity to serve as an Entire Legal System within self: to be Healthy and Whole, we must possess within our own minds a competent litigator Defense attorney, a competent prosecuting attorney, and a good Judge. 

Misuse of situational ethics can cast unhealthy dependency needs and feelings upon another that do not constitute love, commonly referred as civilities Community, attempting to unjustly drive another into the terrible trap of dependency. 

It is a trap because it leaves the affected dependent individual continually feeling that one cannot be whole without it and is nature of this game. 

Individualist practitioners in unethical minimalism benefiting self usually conveniently neglect to recognize that they too can be called to come to terms with their own sin in half-truths to feel ashamed of not only in the eyes of others but also their own. 

A True soul man, I am my brother’s keeper, will denounce this simplistic, one-sided, non-paradoxical, and therefore fallacious ethic and, in talking about Community, begin to Champion right interdependence as intended under God in which we are supposed to stand.

A builder of community serves as dramatic example by demonstration of positive virtues benefiting others. 

Like a good marriage it does not worry about roles dictated by stereotypes. 

True builders distinguish wisdom, organize time well, and recognize the value of interdependence as grace, but require consistency toward ethical to be righteously achieved under God. 

Collaboration by definition simply means: “Laboring Together” and when collaboration is Poor in organization, the system can look quite ugly. 

But when the Collaboration is good, not only is the organization “EFFICIENT,” BUT ITS SYSTEM CAN BE BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD THAT APPROACHES A KIND OF GLORY. 

The word “Diabolic” is derived from the Greek diaballein, meaning to throw apart, fragment, or compartmentalize. 

When dealing with institutional societal evils, one must remember for the most part what is integrally Good must be good for most people, most of the time and not merely a matter of “Is it good for me” mentality. When certain community segments are designated systematically disposable or irrelevant or treated with derision, dire consequences for the integrity of the entire community are inevitable.

Sounds conceptual in the familiar as graced survivor quantum leaped well ahead of my time. 

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A Long Time Coming.

Growth and Will

In some ways we understand much more clearly how people can learn in adulthood by Active Deliberate choice. What we do not understand is why? 

We are now confronted with the extraordinary mystery of the human Will. 

Certain people seem to have been born with a strong will; a strong will is one of the two greatest blessings that can be bestowed upon a human being.  

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Strong willed people with the mysterious will to grow usually do well no matter the myth, situational Odds against or background. 

They do not sit on their duffs and welcome justified confrontations as friend to the soul.  

Having a Strong Will is like having a Dozen Clydesdales in your backyard. 

These horses are massive and extremely strong. 

When properly trained, disciplined, and harnessed with them you can literally move mountains. 

The distinction between the properly harnessed and the improperly harnessed will is important.

Improperly trained, literally goes about life simply harnessed to self, lack disciplines, and as result generally only succeeds in knocking houses down.

On the flip side of this coin is the properly trained disciplined will, harnessed to a psychospiritual Power Higher and greater than self-proven to effectively move mountains over time. 

Willingness identifies the disciplined strong, who will go where he or she is called or lead by a Higher Power in essence as love. 

Love as will, extends oneself for Spiritual Growth or toward Another’s. 

Genuinely Loving People are by Definition, Growing People. 

The Capacity to Love is nurtured in one throughout life by Parent(s), Grace, or God’s Love.  

Mysterious though it is the choice to actively learn as an adult and devote ones Will Consciously to Growth and Learning is the most Crucial Decision one ever makes in life. 

The will of decision toward disciplined growth welcomes responsibility that comes with learning majoring in what does not come readily easy. 

Mark of true active learner is Discernment by choice and made repeatedly. 

The Decision; then becomes stronger and stronger as it is Remade and Remade and cement that choice. 

My own personal style has been, for most of my life, learning from experience, and particularly through the Contemplations of my own life experiences. 

That is why the contemplative is best described as someone who takes a bit of experience and Milks it for all it’s worth.

It’s not a simple matter of how much life experience one has BUT WHAT YOU DO WITH IT. 

We all know individuals on paper that would appear to have accomplished many tasks or done this or that which seems to amount to a broad range of experience, but by demonstration seem as Naïve or Confused as ever. 

Going around on paper as one experienced is worthless if one does not learn something about self and the rest of the world, that is why it is Important to be Alert not only to External but to Internal Experiences that serve Spiritual Growth as well. 

Thus a Large Part of the Willingness to Learn must include Learning by Looking Within.

Specific to point is quote from philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, who said:

“A man may perform astonishing feats and comprehend a vast amount of knowledge, and yet have no understanding of self. But sufferings direct a Man to look within. If it succeeds, then there, within him, is the beginning of his learning.” 

Ultimately, someone whose will resides other than on paper only becomes devoted toward learning and growth clearly in alignment with God’s Community Purpose.

Even Agnostic(s) whose will is other than money shows willingness’s to submit toward something they consider Greater Than Selves – perhaps the ideals of Love, Light, and TRUTH. 

In the end, all these qualities have something to do with God. 

Out of Narcissism

We have heard of people so self-centered they wonder how the world would manage to service without them. 

For others Narcissism may not run this deep, but for each of us one of the most important things to learn and come to terms with is that the world does not simply revolve around any one of us. 

• Narcissism can become Thinking Disorder. 
• Advanced narcissism cannot nor will not think about other people. 
• Growth out of terrible twos syndrome can only be accomplished when sufferer become more conscious, learns to consider others and think more about them which can build on self. 

We do not know why people fail to grow out of narcissism, but is suspected failure begins at early age in vulnerable period of life which was an inevitably humiliating time. 

The key to learning ones way out of narcissism is simply last century’s teachings concerning deep consideration other than self-first is the cure of insanity more than anything else.  

Simply put: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you if you were in their particular, unique, and different shoes as two heads are better than one. 

So, growing out of Narcissism allows for the process known as “COLLABORATION,” IN WHICH PEOPLE LABOR TOGETHER WITH WITS AS WELL AS BRAWN. 

Narcissistic common criminal thinking

The bulk of critical theory on criminal thinking has been derived primarily from people who are incarcerated or have otherwise broken the law. 

But there is often a thin line separating white collar crime from the rest of us. 

Research on criminal thinking underscores the most common patterns of irrational thought that lead to disordered decisions. 

Most common criminal thinking patterns are not so much convoluted as simplistic and one-dimensional. 

One aspect of Criminal Thinking Patterns stands out most because of its Prevalence among noncriminal segments of the population.   

It is an Attitude of Ownership, or what can be referred to as a Sense of Entitlement. 

Inherent in this attitude is a Cockiness that borders Blatant Narcissism. 

Those with Extreme Entitlements disorder are able to easily justify without regard;

• Violating other People.
• Violating their Property.
• Violating their Civil Rights. 
• They discount their own Failures.
• Demonstrate no effort to improve their Lives.
• Choose to manipulate and Take from Others. 
• Fail to recognize own Negligence. 
• First shot at everything mentality.
• Due anything that is desired. 
• Offended by others who want the best for themselves. 

Desiring the best in life is not the problem, it’s sense of Entitlements that arises out of a “Superiority Complex” that makes thinking problematic when suggestive in willingness to violate others by discrimination, Exploitations, and Oppressions, Denying them the same Rights , opportunities, and Access to Valued Resources and of course is Primitive Simplistic Thinking. 

The common denominator here is human tendency in failing to think well. 

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THE BATTLE OF THE MIND

Romans 7:25; 8:1 

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! . . . There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

 

Romans 7:22, 23, pinpoints the battleground for the contest between me and sin: "For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members."

 

Where does my desire to do what's right reside? Paul uses the phrase "the inner man," referring to my new self where my spirit and God's Spirit are in union. This is the eternal part of me. And where does sin wage its war to keep me from doing what I really want to do? In the physical members of my body (James 4:1). Sin operates through my flesh, that learned independence that continues to promote rebellion against God. This is the temporal part of me. Where then do these two opponents wage war (Galatians 5:17)? The battleground is my mind. That's why it is so important that we learn how to renew our minds (Romans 12:2) and to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). 

 

Paul concluded his description of the contest between sin and the new self with the exclamation: "Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?" (Romans 7:24). Notice that he didn't say, "Sinful man that I am !" Wretched means miserable, and there is no one more miserable than the person who has allowed sin to reign in his mortal body. If we use our bodies as instruments of unrighteousness, we give the devil an opportunity in our lives, and he brings only misery.

 

The good news is that Romans 7:24 is followed by Romans 7:25 and Romans 8:1: "Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! . . . There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." The battle for the mind is a winnable war.

 

Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for knowing me, understanding me, and providing for me a way of escape for every possible temptation.

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