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Unsealed Revelations.
By: Shiloh Cyrus
Tags: Fake News, God, Truth, Daily Blog, Conspiracy Theories

#7. The Truth is out there, Wait — Its right here

Hidden knowledge.

The important thing that you need to

understand is that dark forces have been

able to use sacred books like the bible

to deceive the world and dictate

man’s history.

So as you read through, Please don’t get tricked.

You may think you know the whole story,

but odds are you have been misled by

the dark forces that now run this world.

Don’t let dark forces keep you from

reading this because what I am going

to reveal will teach you how to manifest

the things you want most in life.

You should be living the dream

rather than living with loss!

Sacred knowledge Awaits

Please help — I need your insight & feedback.

These post are from a book I’m writing, so I

need to know if this is helpful, is it

understandable and or share your insight!!!

I will make additional post weekly.

so please check back

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Mitch Goldfarb
By: Mitch Goldfarb
Tags: Life, Truth, Success, Inspiration, Mindfulness

Don’t we decide what’s possible?

Like flying?

Or going to the moon?

And don’t we decide what’s impossible too?

Which will you decide today?
Greenwashing — Window Dressing. The world becomes more vulnerable with…
By: Dyedo Tikio
Tags: Health, Truth, Environment, Knowledge, Bussiness

Greenwashing — Window Dressing

In recent decades, sustainability has become a priority for consumers, who are increasingly on the lookout for products that are organic, high-quality, affordable AND environmentally-friendly. This tendency has led companies to devise green product and marketing strategies.

Green strategy is beneficial in the long-term race for businesses while bringing sustainability, transparency and trust to customers. Companies touting green products or technologies will make significant contributions to restraining climate change, helping to reduce not only industrial waste, but also household waste.

Besides, Organic products will protect people’s health from harmful chemicals. Especially, Obsolete technologies will be replaced with new advanced systems that conform to new environmental standards. When corporate social responsibility is enhanced, people’s living conditions will be remarkably improved.

On the contrary, if businesses just pretend as if they have a green product or technology, when the curtain on them is lifted, the consequences will have to be taken into consideration. “Greenwashing” products and wrong marketing strategies lead to extensive damages. Toxic waste is ‘discharged directly into the air or water, ‘instantly affects the living environment and human health. Moreover, The reputation of businesses will be tarnished, consumers will lack confidence in green-labeled products, and commitment to sustainability will become undervalued. ‘Ultimately, it will be difficult for companies to restore their honor and consumer confidence, leading to a loss of profits and the risk of bankruptcy of the business itself.

It is extremely important for companies to develop effective green product and marketing strategies, which can eliminate the need for greenwashing and lead to greater profits and consumer faithful. In order to earn the respect and loyalty of. consumers, there is no mantra for companies except honest and genuinely committing to sustainability.
Bitter Truth
By: Muthia Huda
Tags: Life, Accident, Truth, Sadness, Poetry

Photo by Martin Lopez from Pexels

you can’t force the truth

to be tailored

the way you want

stabbed by the truth

— she fell there

— she felt bare

choked by its claws

— she lost pace

— she went pale

held by its grip

— she gone numb

— she got sunk

damned by the truth

— fade she did

— soul she bid
Sovereignty
By: Arielle Brown
Tags: Masculinity, Relationships, Truth, Women, Sexuality

Your heart is where you need to be, in order to access the freedom you seek.

Sister, you cannot manipulate your way into sovereignty.

You cannot control your way into safety.

You are not a victim of your circumstances.

You are a divine creatrix of your reality.

Your anger at the patriarchy, your resentment and distrust of men…

…is a GMO candy that is sure to give your soul a cavity.

Stop with your hidden agendas, and your calculated pleasantries.

Yes, there is power in your sexuality, but power can cause damage without integrity.

There is a way to be in relationship with men, without perpetuating your own disability.

Of believing that we need to be saved in order to be safe, or that finding “the one” is some kind of race.

Sisters, we must stop competing with each other. We must rise in our own sovereignty, and cultivate our inner Masculinity…

…so the men we love can step off their white horses and meet us eye to eye in their vulnerability. They are not perfect, and neither are we.

It’s time we remember this, sisters, so that we can all be happy, connected, and free.

Welcome to the new paradigm of relating.
Don’t Mess With Dr. Fauci
By: Terry Mansfield
Tags: Trump Administration, Truth, Pandemic, Poetry, Covid 19

Don’t Mess With Dr. Fauci

Trump and his cronies tried hard

to tear down the reputation and

credibility of their immunology

expert, the renowned Dr. Anthony

Fauci, because he tells the truth.

But their nefarious efforts failed

because everyone knows Dr. Fauci

is a man of integrity and honor, a

trusted voice in the midst of a

pandemic — unlike President

Trump and all of his lying staff.
NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP?
By: Mitch Goldfarb
Tags: Life, Truth, Success, Inspiration, Mindfulness

It’s never over till it’s over? Right?

So why not give it one more try?

And go for all your dreams and desires today?
lessons my grandmother taught me:
By: Marisa Pace
Tags: Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Grandmother

lessons my grandmother taught me:

live your life with no regrets.

one day when I was visiting my grandmother and we were reminiscing on the times when she was my age and she went on talking about how she’d go out to the drive in and to dances with her friends. I asked her if she would change anything and she said no because i live with no regret and i’ve taken that with me as i live my days since that moment.
I Get Angry
By: Matthew Spira
Tags: Poetry, Truth, Poem, Literature

Credit: Usman Yousaf on unsplash.com

(Re: PROMISE)

I get angry

at what my life has become.

I get tired of the grind.

I get so fucking tired

but that’s not going to stop me

from putting one foot

in front of the other.

And stepping up to each day

because none of it is my kids’

fault.

What are you motherfuckers

going to tell me?

When I get angry, I know

it’s not “helpful.”

It doesn’t solve

any problems.

So where is the truth

in this moment?

You motherfuckers.

My anger at the world

my anger at all the bullshit

doesn’t matter.

My specific truth is just today.

Just what happens next.

Waking my son up for class.

Making sure my daughter

who is in so much pain

doesn’t explode.

Having my son give me a hug

just because.

My anger doesn’t mean

anything

unless I keep my promise

to make sure my kids

have their own story

to tell.

And that’s exactly

what I’m going to do.

It’s no longer about me.

So fuck the motherfucking

world.

Fuck you.

And tomorrow

we wake up

and keep doing what we do.

Because, what else can we do?

— Matthew Spira © 2020
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Tags: Peak, Bioboost, Review, Probiotic, Truth

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Truth or Dare
By: Federico Gatchalian Iii
Tags: Truth, Disinformation, Truth Telling

Truth or Dare

A childhood game that brings memories how we admit feelings to our crushes, how we did the dares without hesitation; a fun and enjoying game. Now that we are already an adult, we are still playing truth or dare without us knowing. Technology arise and facts and information are now widely disseminated as fast as we can imagine, along with these information are the people who chose to bend factual information try to shape other people’s mind what is good and bad through disinformation.

A lot of movements have been raised and series of webinars are already conducted, but why do people tend to always fall in the trap of disinformation? As a citizen who consume the information from the internet, we should choose whether truth or dare. Choose the truth when you seek for factual news and information, you want to keep yourself informed with verified facts and data. While on the other hand choose dare if you are brave enough to face the consequences creating, spreading and supporting such nonfactual data, it will bring distrust of people to the media, lack of information, and chaos to the community.

Right now our society is still playing, and everyone has a choice to make, truth or dare?
The Truth
By: Priyanka Srivastava
Tags: Life, Truth, This Happened To Me, Poetry, Writing

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4 Fascinating Truths About Your Life That You Believed Were Lies
By: Daniel Hövermann
Tags: Life Lessons, Truth, Change, Personal Growth, Personal Development

Whenever I am in my seminars or with wakeful friends, I am curious what people are thinking about their lives or what is true to them.

The funny thing is — rarely anybody knows the truth for their lives.

You and I lived in such an unaware state of mind that we did not even notice that we breathed alternately through one nosehole at a time! It changes from the right to the left and back again in a specific period.

Now that you know this — you cannot say that I did not warn you!

And if we are not aware of such fundamental things that literally happen right in (front of) our nose — what else do we miss?
Mitch Goldfarb
By: Mitch Goldfarb
Tags: Life, Truth, Success, Inspiration, Mindfulness

Still matters?

A true test of character?

But only if you care?

So what kind of person do you want to be in the world?

And what kind of world do you want to help create?
Is the World Telling You Who You Are?
By: Katrina Bos
Tags: Relationships, Autonomy, Truth, Spiritual Journey, Freedom

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

“The world will ask who you are, and if you don’t know, the world will tell you.” Carl Jung

Who are you really?

If the opinions of others didn’t exist, how would you act? What would you believe? How would you live?

It’s a funny balance between the training to comply and get along with others and the deep soul need to truly be who we were meant to be.

Isn’t it strange that these two things are in opposition to each other?

At the beginning of covid, a friend said to me “Why are you such a rebel?”. She was responding to the fact that I had a very different reality about what was going on… and because of that, I couldn’t comply with the measures being taken.

Why does this mean I’m a rebel?

It’s important to note that we have a deep training within us that you are either with the current narrative or you are a rebel… someone just out there causing trouble.

One of the great blessings I have found through this covid situation is that I am getting to observe my “infrastructure”. I am getting to see the beliefs that I have been programmed with that I wasn’t even aware of.

One piece of this infrastructure is that we are not allowed to believe our own realities if it does not agree with those in power. If we go against the clan leader, then we are being difficult, we don’t trust people, and we don’t care.

Wow… talk about powerful programming to keep us in line.

How amazing to get to see this clear as day.

What I love about Carl Jung’s quote is that I do know who I am. So, when the world tries to say that I am a rebel or anything else, I can quietly smile, and know that “no… I simply don’t agree with you… I know who I am.”
Spit Or Swallow
By: Vance Larson
Tags: God, Politics, Truth, Communication, Covid 19

She asked if she should stay with her narcissistic boyfriend. I asked if she spits or swallows?

This was actually a timely conversation given the times. We live in a time where it seems people have lost the ability to think for themselves. And that’s scary. When someone is feeding you bullshit, do you spit it out, or do you swallow it? So many people drink the Kool-Aide without asking questions. Up your IQ. Ask the questions. Do your research.

We’ve got media, social media, religions, politics and the list goes on and on, telling us what to believe. Here’s a novel thought, believe in yourself.

Do you believe in God? Great! Now ask yourself why? Don’t believe in COVID? Awesome! Did you do your research? Have you been a part of the same political party your entire life? Maybe it’s time to start asking some questions.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But what they’re not entitled to, is pushing their bullshit onto you. Yes, I am all for having a conversation. But we somehow seem to have lost the ability to hold space for a sacred ceremony. Sacred ceremony? The act of honoring the expression of thoughts and ideas without a hidden agenda of trying to convert, belittle or betray. There is no honor in that. And that is because you swallowed.

As for the woman with the narcissistic boyfriend, she left. She could no longer swallow the lies that were damaging her self esteem. Better to walk away clean, she said, then to lose myself in the lies.

You want to be free? Think for yourself. Test your own belief system. Because in a world that is brow beating you with information, you better learn to spit before you drown.
The Passions in Us
By: Nina Biddiex
Tags: Life, Truth, Passion, Reality, Love

He was my passion that I could not pursue, and that devastated me. I was lost when I lost him, until I turned my broken heart into writing and art, he became my muse for life. It was a way for us to be together in spirit. As long as I gave him a home in my heart, he was with me no matter where I was. I began to see him in colors, I felt him in warm breezes, I’d smell him in the scent of flowers and I heard him in every song. Speaking to me, loving me the way I loved him. Suddenly my world didn’t seem all so dark, even without his presents he led me toward the passionate life my once broken heart yearned for. For that, I am eternally gratefully.

Perhaps the meaning of life on this earth is to live for a passion before your time comes to an end and you journey on into the unknown. The answers that we seek have been held within us, but we are convinced to look past it. It’s no question everything that drives mankind is through some sort of passion, whether it’s money, sadness, power, music, a lover. Maybe it’s spilled thoughts upon an empty page or colorful art spread across a once blank canvas, whether it’s a force that compels you to move your body or an eye to capture a moment in time, it is all passion. Without each of us having and pursuing our own individual passions that bring us joy and light, we become lost in our alternative darkness, passions of evil. While lost, we all feed into the disastrous, ugly truth of what humanity can be and is.

With so many lost souls it’s seems as though we’ve created a dark world, however; darkness is lifted when one experiences a love for something or someone that propels them into a state of melioration to be interpretations of Our Great Creator. Is that not the foundation of life? Creation? Depression is created by the evils of us, so what if our destiny is to fill our earth, our home with all of our individual love, so that evil cannot corrupt us as a whole. I’m not saying all will live in ahimsa, however; the sad man lives in a dark reality, and the passionate man lives in a reality full of light, even when things don’t go as planned, he knows something greater is in store. He’s aware of his passion and applies it in his everyday living.

Why else would the passionate appear to be more successful? It has nothing to do with the amount of money they make, or the amount of people they know, not even their skill. It is the simple fact that they have given themselves the gift of happiness, and they use that intense love to drive them forward regardless of the corrupt reaching and clawing to hold them back from living the beautiful life we all deserve.
Prostitute:profane or pious While reading fundamental rights chapter in polity,I was irked by the…
Tags: Prostitution, Truth, Economy, Truth And Life, Prostitutes

Prostitute:profane or pious

While reading fundamental rights chapter in polity,I was irked by the reasonable restrictions put on freedom of movement .It states that prostitutes are prohibited in public space subject to public morality and health.This word public morality negates the works or perception of ancient sages, scriptures ,modern philosophy etc.

According to me, prostitution is a natural skill which women got and can monetise it anytime.Its not a taboo. Just sex with multiple partners which a normal girl used to do.Frequency of sex shouldn’t be a basis of judgements. Following facts accentuate my opinion.

Before any analysis,let’s see the epistemology of this word prostitute-expose publicly.Actresses are doing the same and in contrary they are adulated by public and honoured by accolades.

On the other hand,as we( particularly Indians)all know God never be wrong. Starting from god Indra ,who always surrounded by Apsaras(directed to seduce enemies).Even one of the 18 soil used to make Durga idol taken from brothel.

The famous painter Raja Ravi Verma portrayed prostitute as goddess Laksmi and Saraswati.

In Mahabharata,Draupadi was shared by five men.

King’s hairam , courtesans accompanied warriors during wars.

In modern times, this aspect of women persona is validated. e.g. a psychoanalyst quoted as saying that the sole purpose of women is to look attractive to entertain men. IPC 497A and 498 states the same.

In addition to it,as we are so- called young, westernised citizens ,we must follow our western counterpart’s stance on prostitution .so that efforts of Indian men to go Bankok would be minimised.

Sex is not an offence whether we do it with a partner or multiple partners throughout our life.Its a personal choice .There is no room for social scrutiny or approval here.It is a natural instinct of human which provides psychological or physiological contentment.

My concern is to create awareness for a safe sex and bring prostitution back to the mainstream by taxing it as it is economically viable.only then our dream of Inclusive india would be fulfilled.
Mitch Goldfarb
By: Mitch Goldfarb
Tags: Life, Truth, Success, Inspiration, Mindfulness

Don’t they help to define us?

If you’re attacking a problem…

you can solve in a lifetime…

aren’t you thinking too small?

What problem will you choose to attack today?
Consider the Source
By: Anthony David-Alan
Tags: Pop Psychology, Critical Thinking, Truth, Mindfulness, Self-awareness

or why not to trust the stuff in your head

Photo by Elia Pellegrini on Unsplash

On Sunday night, October 30, 1938, thousands of terrified citizens called the police department in Trenton, New Jersey, to determine how to escape the alien invasion.

According to breaking radio news, a meteor had crashed into a field in Grovers Mills. And if that weren’t horrifying enough, someone reported that a Martian was seen leaving the site of the crash. Within minutes, an entire army of Martians was on the loose. The National Guard was deployed to prevent the potential threat, but they were unprepared for what they encountered; toxic gas enveloped them in moments.

Radio announcers were panicking. Thousands of people scattered to find shelter, and even more alien invaders crashed down in the Midwest.

It was awful and catastrophic and entirely made-up.

It turns out, Orson Welles and a team of other actors were performing a radio production of “War of the Worlds,” a book by H.G. Wells. And it’s not like they were sneaky about it; the show opened with an announcement. What they didn’t consider — or did they? — were the latecomers, people who switched over from another station after the show had already begun.

In the days after the broadcast, there were reports of heart attacks and frantic departures. Many demanded legal action. This fake alien invasion sparked real panic.

The moral? Don’t believe everything you hear.
Why Believing?
By: Nuwan Wijayaweera
Tags: Truth, Enlightenment, Religion, Reality, Philosophy

Why Believing?

I just want to share my thoughts, that's all this about. I thought it's enough arguing with myself. Any personal view is welcome [conditions apply :) - please read the following].

[BEGIN]

Take (any) god, (any) supernatural evil force, nirvana/enlightenment, heaven, hell, rebirth/reincarnation and/or karma.

Currently there's no one in this world who can prove the existence or the nonexistence of any of these (I'm talking about bulletproof evidence here). Is there any? (Please share with us)

To prove any of these, one need to find sensible evidence which anybody (at least him/herself) can grasp with their own sensors. (correct me, if I’m wrong)

Now, if you can turn off your own belief system, which is inspired by verbal or written teachings/communications of someone else, for few minutes - do you believe anybody in this world will ever(or at least during your lifetime) find evidence to prove any of these?

*** If yes: Please stop reading this right now (and tell us why you are so confident about it).

If no: What is the reason/purpose of believing any of these?

[Remember you turned off your belief system, so think something of your own - something sensible.]

*** If you have found a sensible reason/purpose to keep believing, you can stop reading this right now (Please share your reason/purpose with us).

If you can't find any,

Still you can say - Nobody has proved the nonexistence of any of these. Therefore there is no harm of being open (agnostic).

My question(s)

As I mentioned, to prove the existence - you should find evidence, which is sensible and easy to grasp through one's own sensors (right?). Then,

What should we do to prove the nonexistence?

Is it sensible to ask someone to prove the nonexistence of any of these?

I think (correct me, if I'm wrong), the nonexistence is the default state. If you need to make sure, you should try to prove the existence and then succeed/fail. "Is it worth trying?" is a personal question.

I decided not to try. Pardon me if I shattered any of your glass houses. Apparently I have shattered my own.

[END]

Open for constructive discussion.
A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING?
By: Mitch Goldfarb
Tags: Life, Truth, Success, Inspiration, Mindfulness

People working together?

Lifting each other? Honoring each other?

And creating a world that works for everyone?

Isn’t now the time?
3 Poems For More Empathy
By: Jameson Blackmay
Tags: Writer, Poem, Truth, Poetry, Writing

I would like to post regularly a blog weekly, where I will show you a few of the poems that I think will help you or make you understand life, relationships, love, etc. a little bit more. Enjoy.
Yes! This is exactly it!
By: Sam M
Tags: Truth, Inspiration

You don’t have time to be waiting seven days on a ghost. If big pubs aren’t accepting your pitches, make your own pub and make it big. If you can’t find a path, carve it yourself.
Beyond Relevance
By: Max Revlin
Tags: Sacrifice, Sacred, Relevance, Truth, Writing

Beyond Relevance

At a time when people eagerly sacrifice the sacred at the altar of relevance, I write for the record in the wilderness of irrelevance. I enjoy the consolation of not having to sacrifice the sacred.
For darkness is the light we choose to perceive and give life to…
By: Jackie Fitzgerald
Tags: Sojourning, Truth, Finding Light In Darkness, Pandemic, Troubled Times

There is a bliss in the winters brisk presence. It’s in times to that the world is more then grey, that we become comforted in the will of soul to move through… beckoning self to see not what’s in the world but the outline of the world we care to live. Allowing ourselves to feel the encompassing agonies, of that which is the world creates a desire to see light from new perspective. Where we are of the world has a sudden new expression upon us. Giving experiences that provoke the spirit to ponder pensively ones own realities of self and soul to that we not only subscribe but that we can only attain through the trenches of life. The victory will come to those that are fallen not those that have risen through self actualizing and glorified false senses within that are deemed without pure structural truth. For a truth must have structure and absence to dissect it’s natural foundation that indeed makes it an absolute. With this thought in mind we give to the essence of natures will upon us within. Where grievances strive to intertwine also with joys that rekindle anew on ones sojourn. It is minds experience to that ground stability in reasoning the further presence of tomorrow and how we live mind and soul to fuel and ignite presence of self, not in the world but the outline of. We can understand the imagery within it. Imprinting us… for darkness is the light we choose to perceive and give life to.
Your Morning Routine is Bullshit
By: Jeff Clark
Tags: Routine, Truth, Bullshit, Hustle, Lifehacks

Courtesy Shutterstock

Excuses are like assholes, everyone has one. Your morning routine is bullshit and you know it.

You just make excuses.

Instead of waking up early, setting a schedule, and getting things done, you create an excuse and hit the snooze.

That’s why my routine is light years ahead of yours.
Great article Ashley!
By: Brian Magnus
Tags: Truth

Great article Ashley! I’d imagine it’s cathartic for you and others to discuss this behavior of paper clipping. As someone who has been on both sides of this behavior, I just wanted to share an important piece of information I’ve learned.

At the risk of sounding cliche, relationships take 2 people. They never operate in a vacuum. What I don’t see getting discussed enough is how the role the “paperclipee” (what feels like the victim) plays in this dynamic/behavior. There are two sides in every relationship. I theorize that often times 2 people who are not truly compatible stick it out for various reasons (no judgement, just observing). Over time, ACTUAL needs are not met. These unmet needs may not be discussed or resolved, but is felt and resentment enters the relationship like an insidious virus. Well, 6 months/1 year/5 years go by, then what? In my experience, people stick it out for the sake of the relationship without looking inward to repairing the parts of themselves that is contributing to the dysfunction. Perhaps both people lack self-confidence deep down but have different ways of coping and presenting to the world.

But here’s the thing, BOTH people in a relationship are contributing to this undesirable dynamic. I know that we (our egos) want to believe “it’s them” and point fingers. Yes it feels good but it’s just a facade and a cheap thrill for our egos. We’re ignoring the undesirable parts of ourselves, which is all we have control of, in lieu of finger pointing.

Another observation is the paperclipper/paperclipee dynamic seems to be a modern spin of the narcissistic/codependent dynamic that has been discussed at great lengths. Just like before, rarely do people discuss the issues the codependent brings to the relationship. Too often articles are written from a victim mindset. There may be a time for that, but true healing comes from looking inside. Being radically honest (and accepting) of the dysfunction you bring, and most importantly actually fixing it. It’s hard work, don’t get me wrong. But it’s the only real work you have control over. If you’re trying to get the other person to change, you *might* have some control issues that need to be examined. No human person in the free world should be controlled. Many people do not properly apply this framework our Founders created (for those in USA).

In writing all this, I certainly cannot speak on this for everyone across the board. If you’re having a harsh reaction to reading these words, there’s a good chance there is some unresolved “stuff” you’re carrying around. Address that, and be amazed what happens! I just wanted to share this because I do agree this is paperclipping phenomenon is becoming too frequent in relationships. May you be honest with yourself, and have a fulfilled life!
THE MORAL UNIVERSE?
By: Mitch Goldfarb
Tags: Life, Truth, Success, Inspiration, Mindfulness

Maybe closer than you think?

But only if we want it?

If we are willing to not compromise?

Isn’t that a universe worth creating?
The Blinders
By: Ann Litts
Tags: Grace, Life Lessons, Truth, Understanding, Covid 19

Someplace along this journey — we have put blinders on. Maybe it was to keep from breaking our own hearts. Maybe it was an automatic defense mechanism. Maybe it was survival instinct. It matters not how they got there — the point is — the blinders exist. They obliterate our peripheral vision. They only let us see a very small and focused bit directly in front of us. They limit our ability to turn from the path we are set upon.

As I have existed in the pandemic — I have tried to take my blinders down. Some days it’s way more difficult than others. The Ego doesn’t easily expand to consider that the blinders even exist in the first place. Some days I simply cannot view the landscape beyond what is directly in front of me. I can’t give grace to anyone else who is focused on their own small piece of a path completely different than mine.

But I’d like to.

I’d like to remember the days when discourse begat lessons. I’d like to remember the days when listening to each other was the norm. I’d like to have someone help me remove my blinders — as I help them remove theirs.

Because taking off the blinders isn’t a one-person job. We need assistance to see another’s perspective. We need to help each other with this. We need to hear, believe, SEE the truths of each Human we encounter. We don’t have to agree with their vision, but it’s past time we sought to understand each other again.

My Truth is not Your Truth is not My Truth. But that doesn’t mean it still isn’t true.

Namaste.
Truth
By: Matthew Spira
Tags: Parenting, Poem, Truth, Poetry, Love

Credit: Author

When I think about my journey through life

I didn’t realize how badly scarred I would be

by what is essentially a singularity in time.

The way that “moment” has coiled and lashed out

time and time again in my life is still something I

don’t quite understand. But I’ve learned to just

keep putting one foot in front of the other…

because what else can I do? It’s the least my kids

deserve.

As you go through life, you accumulate your story

and everything you’ve done in life compounds;

if you make excuses, you’re just lying to yourself.

That’s not something I’m going to do. My kids

deserve better. This is my story and my story

may or may not have a happy ending, but I will

do everything and all I can to make damned sure

my kids have control of what their stories mean.

Truth.

— Matthew S. Spira © 2020
On ADHD and the Norweigan Flame
By: Dumpster Fire
Tags: Truth, Adhd, Expectations, Love, Restlessness

Oh, where do I begin? Isn’t it ironic that it takes a global pandemic enforcing a year of stay-at-home so my ADHD ass could drop the facade and come out of the closet?

Don’t get me wrong, getting to know that I am ADHD was such enlightenment. Years of suffering -white man’s kinda suffering- made sense. All the pieces came together. Imagine complaining for years and not receiving a fulfilling treatment/response, only to know that you have been complaining about the wrong issue. It is like your hand is cut off, yet you complain about how long it takes you to wear socks.

“It was never the anxiety. It’s the ADHD all along”

My mind has been occupied more lately with an old flame that I never imagined it will be reignited again. I am not happy about it. Among all other distractions, love interest is my least favorite. The ebb and flood between us, which I appear to be enjoying a lot, only leaves me with more questions, which they seem to end up with the simple truth, that we are never ever going to be a thing. A mental loop of minutes, that’s all it takes, to go back to the same simple premise, “You are never going to be a thing”. However, the question is, Do I want us to be a thing from the first place?

The truth is, I don’t know. I really don’t. When G. asked me this, I always campaign that my feelings are over, which can be the case btw. This could be a new distraction, crafted particularly because I have other things to do. I see a pattern, indeed. I also come to know -the hard way- that the grass is always greener on the other side. It is easy and natural to extrapolate how fun and exotic it would be if we became a thing, which is clearly, an old bleak mind game, because after all, people are people. They do shit, and they are always much less interesting than you think they are, including me. Plus I’m sure it seemed it’ll o be “fun” as well with the previous exs, who I politely describe them as anything but fun.

I’m keeping three more thoughts for upcoming stories; keeping it short and breezy for now, and also because “I am Jack’s restless leg.”

With love (which I’ve got a lot of),

J.A.
Your truth my truth
By: Chirrayu Rasane
Tags: Society, Life, Truth, Philosophy, Books

Truth is a very complex subject and an important factor that motivates human life to survive in this universe.

The book ‘My Gita’ by Devdutt Pattanaik was my Inspiration while writing this article and I am very grateful to the universe for blessing me with the opportunity to read this book.

In today’s society where things are quite uncertain. Where people are busy in their own life as well as in finding their truth and constantly believing in it. It is important to understand that, there could be various versions, sides, and shades of the truth.

It is equally important to understand that as humans we are blessed with only two eyes. No common individual can witness all the shades and parts of the truth. The book very beautifully explains that whenever you feel the necessity to find the universal version of the truth or as the book says, whenever the urge to find a fixed single objective truth grips you

Remind yourself:

Within infinite myths lies an eternal truth

Who sees it all?

Varuna has but a thousand eyes.

Indra, a hundred

You and I, only two

This phrase completely changed my perspective of looking at things and understanding the message this book delivers. It certainly made me aware of the fact that as humans we are only exposed to bits and parts of the Truth.

It is also important to understand that the world existed before us and will continue to exist after us. We are not here to change or control anything. But we are here to experience and seek wisdom from that experience.

But unfortunately, in this world full of rush, insecurities, and restlessness caused because of this rush every individual believes there is only one truth. And the whole truth is accessible or could be experienced through the common Human’s sight.

This human behavior of seeking a single objective truth makes them think that their personal version of the truth is the ultimate truth. If two individuals keep on trying to prove that their personal version of the truth is the ultimate truth. It gives rise to Vivaad (argument) this situation of Vivaad is often experienced in our daily life.

But we should act wisely and should carry out samvaad (discussion). Samvaad happens when two individuals appreciate and acknowledge each other’s personal bits of truth and their viewpoints also at the same time expand their respective truths.

The truth remains a question and a complex subject for an argument. But let us understand the importance of ‘Samvaad’ and seek the ‘Truth’ together while experiencing and going through this beautiful journey of life.

~Chirrayu.R
What if cheerleading for Trump is just an effort to stave off a great shame?
By: Petr Swedock
Tags: Culture, Trump, Lies, Truth, Con Artists

I’ve never told another soul — I’m ashamed, but it’s true — about the time I got taken by a con man.

It was in the mid-to-late 1980’s, in Boston. I was hanging out, waiting for a show at a small local jazz club to start. The show, however, was limited to ages 21+. I was not yet 21 but in those days, it was sometimes easier to slip in unnoticed. If I got in and didn’t order any drinks I might be ok. This is important to the story.

It was the late afternoon. I was walking near the famous Boston Commons, on Tremont street, just thinking.

A man stopped me. ‘How you doing?’ he asked. Friendly, without being creepy. Somehow he had sized me up, and he did so extraordinarily well.

I told him I was well. ‘How about yourself?’ I asked in return.

‘Good, good. Where you headed?’

I told him there was a show at 1369 Club, to which I was then headed. I don’t recall exactly, but I may have used the word ‘bar.’

‘You need a fake ID? I can get you a fake ID.’ He said. I must have blinked, started, or in some other manner betrayed my surprise, because — as noted — I was not 21, and had been plotting to slip in and enjoy the show. If I had a fake ID it would be so much easier. I could get a beer and fit in even more.

I was hooked. ‘Sure!’ I said.

We went to a small cafe and got a cup of coffee together, and talked for a while. He put me at ease. We did discuss what it would take, then we talked about jazz and sports and about a variety of things. I began to think that I had made a new friend. He asked if I wanted to go through with it. He was giving me an out, but I remember thinking to myself, ‘I’m already in it, might as well go farther.’ I gave him what I thought was a fair amount of money for a fake ID. He then asked if I wanted some marijuana. I didn’t, particularly, but I knew some people who might and I thought I could resell it to them, limit my losses, so to speak. So I gave him some more money. He left, promising to return with a fake ID and a bag of marijuana.

I waited. And I waited. I had another cup of coffee. I missed the show. Still I waited. He never returned. Of course he didn’t.

I still remember the sting and impact I felt when the slow, creeping realization of hot shame met the chilling streak of cold sweat running down my back. At first, slowly, then all at once, as reality asserted itself and it was awful. I was out plenty of money, but more impactful was the dent in my pride and self-image. I was crushed.

I spent the next few weeks in a blue funk, looking for arguments and fights, tight with a clenched, bitter, self-recrimination and shame.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED?
By: Mitch Goldfarb
Tags: Life, Truth, Success, Inspiration, Mindfulness

To get to where you’re going?

To live your dreams and desires?

If you think about it…

aren’t you born with everything need?
Yeah…no it’s not hahaha
By: Annette Fundaburk
Tags: Fake News, Imagination, Truth, Reality, Liars

Yeah…no it’s not hahaha

Matt is the biggest phony I have ever seen. He grew up in the suburbs in middle valley Tn. He had a good family in a nice home and instead he chose to visit his friend in the “hood” every once in awhile. He walked around in a 3–4x white tshirt with “Southern Street Soldier” written in sharpie on it, down the suburban streets with the cigarettes his moms bought him daily.

He got his big break when he got caught holding little old ladies up at a couple small town gas stations for $30 or $40 dollars, with a busted, tiny, woman’s 22 pistol.

He has claimed to be from the hood, a crip, and a dope dealer since he was living in middle valley. He’s not. He was a semi spoiled white kid who wanted to be something he wasn’t.

He also has the smallest penis I’ve ever seen on a man. It looks like an enlarged clitoris. He tried getting me to do something with it and then told everyone I was a whore when I didn’t.

Grow up and get a job. Stop lying to people and pretending to be gangster. After a decade and a half, it’s just pathetic now.
ONE THING THE 2020 ELECTION MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR
By: Tyler Zimmerman
Tags: Elections, Truth, Social Media, USA, News

ONE THING THE 2020 ELECTION MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR

Photo by Dmitry Ratushny on UnSplash

In my opinion this was the craziest election I have ever witnessed. The 2000 election was full of suspense and brought us a few new things to make fun of, “the hanging chad.” But nothing like this.

If I can take away a few things from this election and share them with you it would be this. The main stream news and social media sights are linked at the hip. They will only allow you to see what they want you to believe. They have become to powerful and can dictate to many people what to believe and what not to believe. Nothing is more evident than the Hunter Biden story.

If you are not familiar with the story, which is a very possible and reasonable truth. Then let me share. In October a story broke from the New York Post that a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden was left at a repair shop. On this a laptop were some very unfortunate pictures, incriminating emails, and possible links to the Biden family receiving money from foreign entities. The following took place. The twitter feed for the New York Post was suspended for the following two weeks. Facebook blocked the story and would not allow you to click on the link to the story if you did want to read it. You could not forward the link anywhere on twitter. All you saw on main stream media was the following:

Photo from story on Politico

This was what they were telling us in the Washington Post, The New York Times. CNN, MSNBC, NPR were all repeating the same information. For gods sake 50 intelligence officials said so. It must be true.
The Mask of Masculinity by Lewis Howes
By: Harrison Wendland
Tags: Living, Masculinity, Books, Books And Authors, Living With Purpose

If there is any mask that I connected to and felt guilty of wearing more than another, it was the stoic mask. I have a tendency to show emotion to only a few select people and be more monotonous and flat to other people. I have more control that way and often prefer it. But, it definitely prevents a great deal of potential vulnerability and even some authenticity.

The Stoic Mask:

Removing the stoic mask:

1. Make a list of the 5 most painful moments in your life. Note what happened and how you felt in each moment.

2. Once you journal about these painful moments, read them out loud to yourself and give yourself permission to feel emotions.

3. Find someone you trust who you can share your emotions with.

4. Look into hiring a coach or specialist that can help you understand your emotions and accept them.

Women, be patient with your man and take initiative to help them, they most likely won’t do it by themselves (otherwise they already would have).
Worship. The. Masculine.
By: Serena V Amoroso
Tags: Masculinity, Spiritual Growth, Relationship Building, Relationship Advice, Self Love

But Serena…what about the rape, the abuse, the dominance, the betrayal, the destruction…

I get it. I hear you. We’ve been in a 5000+ year distortion of the Masculine energetic so I understand your triggers + honor your resistance.

⚡️HOWEVER- I’m here to activate you into new realities, so here’s what I say:

It’s time to stop the blame. It’s time to stop the fear. It’s time to stop living in the past.

It’s time to create your reality based on the future you want to experience.

👉If this includes orgasmic loving relationships, a boss babe business and healthy boundaries ( which I know it does 😉)…

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 + 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚.

Within yourself

Within the men in your life

Within the collective

🔺Who is the Divine Masculine?

He is Truth. He is presence. He is leadership. He is protection. He is safety. He is structure. He is FREEDOM.

He is the provider, the helper, the fixer, the protector, the giver.

He is within you. He is within me. He is within 𝘼𝙇𝙇 of us.

The Masculine has been shamed so He is hiding.

As the Divine Feminine continues to rise we must also create space for the Divine Masculine to rise 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮.

It’s not one over the other. It’s about creating the 𝙎𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 of both energetics.

🔷From this space, your relationship with not only the men in your life will blossom, but 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙎𝙊𝙈.

👑 Serena

@serenavamoroso

PS — Wondering HOW to do this? Join me in Feminine Magnetism. Mod 5 is focused on healing + embracing your masculine energetic. DM for info.
Why Sexism is a Gateway Drug to Racism
By: Mark Greene
Tags: Culture, Masculinity, Man Box, Racism, Sexism

Photo by Anthony Crider

Why Sexism is a Gateway Drug to Racism

In man box culture, we teach boys the rules of being a man. The first thing we teach boys is “women are less.”

We do this by policing boys’ and men’s masculinity via the denigration of the feminine. This begins shortly after infancy and goes on continually thereafter. (What are you, a girl? What are you, a sissy?) Eventually, boys under constant bullying and pressure to live up to man box culture’s expectations, engage in public harassment and denigration of women as a shortcut to masculine confirmation.

Once you train boys to think their gender makes them better than girls, it’s not much of a reach to convince them they’re better than others based on race, religion, immigration status, and so on. It’s why masculinity extremists and white supremacists are the same population.

Show me the degree to which a man thinks women are less and you will have shown me the degree to which he is racist. One predicts the other. Bank on it.

Our dominance-based man box culture of masculinity teaches boys that girls and women are less while bullying and shaming boys out of authentic connection and community. Our sons end up emotionally isolated, disaffected, angry, and ripe for recruitment into white nationalism.

All of our society’s problems are born out of our generations old dominance-based culture of masculinity. Until we replace it with a culture of masculine connection, we will continue to create broken men who do themselves and others harm.