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Powerful And Moral Realities Of Life For Everyone
By: Muzammil Akram
Tags: Life Realities, Morality, Moral, Life Lessons, Life

We don’t understand the realities of life, or it takes time to understand them. Every human being has a story of his life and that person is a hero in this story of his life. As time goes by, this life takes many of our exams and teaches us lessons.

We human beings always, more than destiny and longing to meet ahead of time, which leads us to despair. We are comparing ourselves to other people without knowing and understanding that God has created us.

He (God) has also written my destiny. He (God) has also planned my life.

Patience, Humility, courage, and enthusiasm never allow a person to fail, but the bitter realities of life are creating a lot of fears in us. Likes, Fear of failure, fear of losing someone, etc. But dare, extend your hand to go into this fear and touch this fear and see……. Then step forward and enter this circle of fear. In this way, one by one, make all the fear of your life your friend. But never let despair come to your heart. You keep trying to make yourself a brave person at every moment.

Knowing that the rising sun every morning has appeared with a new destiny of a new day, then what a disappointment? Let’s start your day with a new spirit that this time is yours. If you want to make this time beautiful with courage or to lose this moment in despair.

Learn from your mistakes that are now yours past, but also have a great lesson for you. It is not wise to repeat mistakes over and over again, so always think about your mistakes and learn from them.

Look at the surrounding people, the people above you (richest), and the people below you (poorer), then you will know that life is not perfect for everyone. But with courage and effort, you can make yourself successful, but victory requires strong struggles and patience.

Always trust yourself, because it is trust, courage, and perseverance of effort that will lead you to success, and despair will push you into a deep abyss of failure. Always do the work that gives you happiness, so peace of mind and contentment do not come from envy, jealousy, and disappointments.
The Absolute Limit!
By: Joshua Fesi
Tags: Morality, LGBTQ, Kant, Limits, Nonbinary

“(because what limits must be different from that which is limited by it)” ~Immanuel Kant

I am obsessed these days with the idea of Limit. If infinity is limitless, if eternity has no beginning nor end, the Limit is precisely the opposite: limits are the quintessence of limitation, of definition, of circumscription. They are what make our world actual and not simply pure potential. They are the strengths and weaknesses of our animal bodies. In a moral sense, they are the parameters that determine how we animal souls coincide with each other, how we consent or not to overlapping, and how we draw lines between us.

“De-Center is De-Limit” by Joshua Fesi

Kant discusses Limit as one of the essential structures of experience. He derives it from the synthesis of sensations of any particular object with the eventual cessation of those sensations. From this contrast of sensations over time is derived the concept of Limit, where surface unity meets negative space. The Limit thus reflects our boundedness within the particulars of our given spacetime, as well as our present tense relations to other bounded souls and bounded things. If that sounds too abstract, remember that the limit demarcates the boundedness of our fleshy, feeling bodies as well. Much of morality stems from the inescapable fact that our bodies are fragile, mortal, and exquisitely sensitive to the other bodies around us.

The Limit is physically grounded and morally weighty, but I don’t want to simply dismiss its abstractions out of hand. Our ability to categorize is premised on our predisposition to carve up the world, to delineate and define it according to concepts abstracted from the past. As such, the Limit, as conceptual boundary, is necessary for explaining the disjunctive binaries that so often organize our attempts to categorize the world (“it’s EITHER this OR that, with no in-between”). As such, it is also central to our understanding of non-disjunctive alternatives (e.g. “non-binary” gender identity, conceptual spectra, BOTH-AND multiplicity, etc). When we encounter a limiting case, we encounter a case at the extremes that defies our existing categories. If the Limit is a necessary feature of our world, it is negotiated and renegotiated perpetually.

This world is not perfect nor infinite as God, but perhaps it is not fallen, in the Christian sense, perhaps it is merely being bounded and limited again and again, as we move through our various and mutual coincidings indefinitely!
The Duality of Man — A moment of clarity
By: Sulan De Silva
Tags: Duality Of Man, Duality, Morality, Peace And War, Moment Of Clarity

Everything we do hinges on a conflict of choice. Sometimes the conflict is between choices that are interchangeable and SOMETIMES… the conflict is between choices that are incompatible. And when these incompatible choices have equal appeal, there arises a problem of duality.

Peace thru war. Nothing reeks of duality more than this sentiment. Within a nation, a civil war rages on. A benevolent intermediary with the intention of instilling peace and bringing relief to the innocent, picks a side it decides is on the right side of the argument based on convictions held by both sides, which has unfortunately led to said civil strife. A very objective approach, relativity be damned! Before committing to a full-scale ‘involvement’, courtesy requires a communication to ‘those guys who are on the wrong side of things’, that they immediately rethink their stance and come in for a peaceful resolution. The ‘NO’ buzzer beeps from the other side as they say that ‘THEY ARE in the right of things’ and that they will continue to carry out their campaign to achieve the desired ends. Well now, that puts everyone in a quandary. Unfortunately, all situations arising from conflicting viewpoints are plagued by them. And when convictions are infallible, no one backs down.

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A landing party is required, the intermediary decides. We will go there ourselves, identify the root cause, dispel the wrong ideals, by force if necessary, and all in the name of peace. Any bastard who is not going to see eye-to-eye on this, we will take them down. And so, with the good intent of making peace within a warring nation, the intermediary force goes en massé with the directive, kill… only to preserve the peace.

The fundamental flaw here (subjectively speaking), is that war is seen as a necessary and even an appealing choice to precede a movement towards peace, also an equally or more so an appealing choice (again, subjectively speaking). Because at cell level, among the fighting soldiers, the policy makers and the warmongers, duality rears its head, confusing and blurring all lines of morality; ‘No one wants a war, but everyone wants profit’, ‘The only way we can bring about peace to that nation is if we wage war against one faction and destroy it’, ‘Man I don’t wanna kill, but I will kill anyone who wants to kill me’. As each cell attempts to justify it conflicting convictions, the bigger meanings of life and morality are lost in the mists of duality. It is a system flaw built in to mankind. A flaw aimed at triggering natural selection through self-destruction. Unfortunately, we are not designed to be instinctively self-aware in this regard as a species but limited to achieving clarity on our own moments of duality as single, isolated cells.

Therein dawns realization; is any one person qualified to speak against the duality of man when we are all, to some measure, inflicted by it?
Are humans devolving?
By: Mehr Minhas
Tags: War, Evolution, Morality, Peace, Discrimination

Millions of years ago, penguins could fly. But they evolved into flightless birds. Scientists say this is a case of devolving or one could simply say evolving backwards. It is said that change is the only constant; hence, evolution is the only constant. But is the veracity of this story true? Metaphorically speaking, humans have been devolving since people of colour, different religion, gender or caste were seen as inferior or not human. Humans have entered an unfathomable void of ignorance, insatiability, power and irrational thoughts which expands every time an individual takes a single breath.

War is known to mankind but peace is not. On the contrary, peace does not satisfy the desires of mankind while war brings up destruction and millions of causalities, the end result serves only a few. One major reason for war is religion, ironically. Every religion preaches peace but somehow people believe their religion preaches peace better. Ultimately, leading people to go to war to prove that very statement. Values, ethics and the essence of morality is taught through religion. Buddhism teaches us the simplicity of life, while Sikhism teaches us to stand up for the underprivileged. Hinduism teaches us about karma and Islam teaches us patience and the art of giving back. Humans tend to sideline this and focus on the negative aspects. Individuals strive to force their religion on the other which goes against values their own religion teaches them. The essence of religion is to keep in check our actions; it is present to make sure morality is intact. The manipulation of religion has made us go back centuries, a time which our respective religion strived to change.

Humans need to recognize that religion is a part of their life but violating your religion to prove that it’s somehow superioror better is not alright. It is on you to believe in your religion or to not believe in it. Everyone is free to follow whichever path they desire. You may change your religion, or you may not follow any religion at all. Spreading hate or violence in the name of your religion is unacceptable.

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Religion was meant to unify and not divide. Yet, it’s what humans have molded religion into, a tool for division. Religion was meant to promote a sense of belonging but humans have snatched the identity of those which don’t follow the same religion. Having a mindset based on ideas borrowed from communalism and discrimination is the exact opposite of what this world requires.

In conclusion, humans need to look beyond than what religion one belongs to. They need to look for qualities and help people feel accepted. It is imperative for us to realize the importance of acceptance and behave like an evolved species.
Craft A Career That Reflects Your Character
By: Anar Chuluunbaatar
Tags: Morality, Career Advice, Character

Have you ever considered your job as the best avenue for moral self? Your workplace can be a moral laboratory for you to reimagine, redefine, and redesign your own work, which can contribute to all aspects of your life.

Even though virtually all people refer to themselves as moral human beings, indeed, they do not do anything for this but they think it is personal development.

When 800 undergraduate students were asked to align the personality changes to see in their future life, most of them didn’t include moral traits such as sociability, productiveness, and creative imagination. Thus, they urged people to develop moral humility.

The Workplace As A Moral Laboratory

The workplace is the best place to develop yourself. At work, you can enhance your diligence, courage, or fairness.

Job Crafting For Career

People can develop their career by altering their perspective toward the way they think about their work(cognitive crafting), second, changing the task you do(task crafting), third, changing the nature of your relationship with others at work(relational crafting)

Firstly, change the perspective toward your work and try to see your work from a different angle. At the end of the day, ask yourself if you could be a better person today than yesterday and motivate yourself to be a better person tomorrow.

Secondly, do the most influential work that can make you feel you are growing and then do that consistently. Set a habit that you will always express your voice in your team.

Lastly, be close to the people who support your relational moral. Furthermore, send signals to your peers and supervisors that you are committed to ethical behavior.

Your little effort has ability to change the entire workplace. Make the job crafting as a leverage to change the world.

Source: https://hbr.org/2020/03/craft-a-career-that-reflects-your-character?ab=hero-subleft-1
Enforcing Private Morals Simply Doesn’t Work
By: Scott Cunningham
Tags: Politics, Alan Watts, Morality, Philosophy

Enforcing private morals rarely ever works out. Just look at prohibition and you can see all the evidence you need for this. This can pertain to any private moral that the majority does not hold.

So for example, enforcing any private religious morals by law on everyone including those not following that religion will likely lead to conflict. This should be obvious that this is the case because the police will enforce the legislation passed by politicians who are meant to represent the majority. When legislation doesn’t represent the majority and it rarely does when enforcing private morals, naturally people have to hate the police as they did throughout prohibition. The same phenomenon can happen for anything else.

Let’s look at LSD, something Alan Watts spoke of even 60–70 years ago he knew that trying to police it would enable so many worse things. LSD can be hidden in anything and thus allows the police to search through and uncover anything and everything to enforce this private moral.

Private morals are simply those that don’t concern society or the government such as what drugs you indulge given you don’t affect other people.

Let me know what you think about this in the comments!
Why do we really need laws?
By: Babar Sultan
Tags: Tribalism, Morality, Politics, Law Enforcement, Judgemental

Is saying ‘no law was broken’ enough to say the person is innocent ?

Let us get a little deeper into our inner self. Each one of us have that voice inside us that tells us what is right and what is wrong. It steers us away from doing wrong and learns from its own mistakes. It’s up to our conscious mind to either ignore that voice from time to time or pretend it doesn’t even exists.

Here where I find the dilemma comes in. Rules (laws) are created for those individuals who are in that category of consciousness where they are ignoring that inner voice (your moral voice). As an adult before someone else can tell you if you are doing right or wrong and show you the written rules; you were already told by your inner voice that it was wrong. You either ignored it or you have reached a point you don’t even believe that it exists.

When we lived as tribes and within our tribes we had set rules. Each tribe member were expected to follow these rules and when they didn’t they were either punished or told to leave. When a person is in the act of breaking the rule they are well aware of the rules they are breaking and potential for punishment if they get caught, but they did it anyway and either got away with it or faces the punishment.

Why is this important you ask ? Our society let’s people get off the hook just because they were found not guilty even though we all know morally the act was wrong. Your moral meter should be showing red way before we even get to written laws and someone has to point it out to you.

I propose a new term called ‘morally incapacitated’ so you can say “no laws were broken however the act of the individual demonstrated moral incapacitation”. What that simply means is no tribal written rules broken but the person has stopped listening to the inter voice.

This concept became from prevalent during the Trump era presidency (which had nothing presidential about it). Regardless of which side you represent, if you think just because someone found a way to bypass laws makes them a great leader- you are definitely drinking the wrong koolaid.
Morally Creative Ethos
By: Nikhil Kumaar
Tags: Creativity, Morality, Creative Writing, Leadership, Millennials

Morality is a grand, singular concept where a Standard of living is set up by the individual, for the individual. It treads in the terrain of Self introspection and Inner peace. Moral behavior is found intrinsic to one’s self and intriguing to many as to what could be the degree of morality they possess to stay altruistic to people around them. His/her cognizance and action characterizes their individuality, defining the aforementioned. Honesty on the other hand, is a quality that directly transmits from the heart and the person giving away stands apart in the length and breadth of his stature. The only way one chooses to be moral and Honest is to possess uncluttered standards of Integrity. Featuring Compassion alongside these adjectives ascends their personality to a different league altogether.

Having been engrossed in the contemporary system to earn a fairly competitive living, workaholics fail to welcome the feeling of satiety about their persona. ‘Health Is Wealth’ — a popular saying since ages, today has its true meaning in suspended animation. Millennials grab the latter half to be more enticing than the former, urging in the direction of monetary autonomy.

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A clarity of thought, therefore, can manifest a creative crowning point of morality and ramp up the possibility of equity through authority and fellowship
Decoding the mystery of India’s peculiarly low mortality rate.
By: Utkarsh Dubey
Tags: Covid 19, Morality, Coronavirus, India

There have been around 314000 deaths in the world so far. This number is petrifying and terrific but if we talk about India, the death numbers are quite peculiar.

India has had about roughly 91000 cases as of 17th may, out of which, approximately 35000 people have recovered and around 3000 people have lost to fate. If we compare this data with other countries’ data, then the death rate of India is quite low.

So, why does India has such a low mortality rate?

Reason 1: Strict lockdown

India ranks 1 when it comes to talk about the firmest lockdowns. India had proclaimed the world’s biggest lockdown on 24th March, when the nation had only 500 cases. The timely response to the spread, can be considered one of the reason behind the low mortality rate. Currently, India has extended the lockdown till 31st May. So thus, Indian citizens are going to have to spend a total 67 days in lockdown now, that started from 24th March.

Reason 2: Young Population

India has the world’s highest number of 10 to 24-year-olds. Moreover, 42 PERCENT of the total cases in India, belong from the age group of 21- 40 year olds. Young people tend to have a better and stronger immune system. Therefore, a a huge chunk of patients are able to battle the virus.

The masterstroke lockdown and youth population are the reasons why India has a low mortality rate.
Designing For/Of Love
By: Anthony Smith
Tags: Creativity, Design Thinking, Morality, Design, Love

23-year-old Jamaican CEO, Anthony Omarie Smith, dedicates his entire company to the increase of love and morality in humanity on a global scale. The Edna Manley College Graduate is adamant about growth and improvement in Jamaica, his home country, and then in the rest of the world as we now know it. His first and main initiative is his agency called Formylus Design Co. At Formylus, love is the main ingredient for everything created. This is so due to his belief that everything created by God was done out of love, and if the universe exists because of love, then whatever we add to it should be in accordance.

“What would the world be like if more of the success trainers, motivational speakers and influencers spoke of love more often? I’m not saying they are not doing a good thing (even though money is the sole motivation for many of them), I’m saying that love is being removed from life little by little and we should try to put in back”

His aim is to engage clients who are willing to use their companies as conduits of and for love while remaining true to their own pursuits. He believes this is not a far-fetched idea because we have all heard at some point that we should love what we do and do what we love. The difference is, he wants to push this further, to a point where love is the message, fuel, action, and result, not just the mindset — love as a means to itself, love.

Formylus Design Co offers brand development, brand strategy, and other design-related business solutions. These are done only through love, love for the field of design, love for helping clients reach their goals, love for enhancing humanity, and, love for the sake of it. It’s no secret that they charge for their projects. Let’s be real, the bills must be paid, and all of what the company is doing and aims to do costs something in the real world. Nonetheless, design philanthropy is something Anthony believes in personally.

Anthony has been active in his pursuits and as a result, has been gaining momentum that will enable him to accomplish his visions for a better humanity. In doing so, he has entered competitions that aim at spreading love, philanthropy, and has helped a lot of start-ups and entrepreneurs to gain recognition in their industries by being of service and helping them with their design needs. The individuals/entities cover a broad spectrum of industries including healthcare, fine art, cosmetics, fragrance, law, agriculture, and fashion — to name a few.

He is unapologetic, and this mindset governs Formylus Design Co. Follow Anthony on this quest for a better humanity. Email: formylus@gmail.com and @the_anthonysmith on Instagram
Here's how I get from "is" it "ought."
Tags: Philosophy, Ethics, Morality, Moral Philosophy, Science

Here's how I get from "is" to "ought."

Morality is only relevant where it might change a choice we are about to make. Whether I should kill my loved ones for sport is not a moral choice. Whether I should kill a stranger for sport is a moral choice. If I enjoy the chase, then I must give up that fun to do the morally right thing. The “is”: Every moral choice is a Prisoners’ Dilemma. If a moral choice has the potential to change my behavior, it’s because my narrow self interest drives me to a different course. But I would not thrive in a world where everyone did what I was about to do. That is the essence of the Prisoners’ Dilemma: defecting pays off for the lone defector, but the defector loses if the other player (aka “everyone else”) defects, too. Prisoners’ Dilemma games are resolved by introduction of a coordinating authority, an agent with the power to compel cooperation when universal cooperation produces a better outcome for everyone than universal defection would produce. Morality is what we call the coordinating force in the Prisoners’ Dilemma games that continually spring up in our lives. Sometimes morality is supplemented by law, but that does not change the fact that morality addresses and resolves the “ought” part of the problem. The “ought”: We ought to cooperate in Prisoners’ Dilemma situations and, therefore, in making all moral choices.

I recognize that this approach does not deal with some arguably “moral” issues, e.g., the trolley problem. I would argue, though, that the trolley problem does not raise a moral issue except to the extent that the decider’s life would be affected by a universal maxim implemented by the decision. The situation in the problem is so unrealistic, however, that no moral actor can actually decide whether he would be worse off under one scenario or the other as a universal behavior.

For me, morality is only worth discussing when it involves sacrificing one’s own interests. If one insists on treating the trolley problem as a “moral” experiment, then I would simply say that my is/ought argument applies to the subset of moral choices in which one’s own interests are in play. That’s a pretty wide array of is’s turned to ought’s.
Has the Bible Failed You or is it the People that Call Themselves Christian? There is a Difference You Know…
By: Mark Baham
Tags: Culture, Morality, Christianity

Has the Bible Failed You or is it the People that Call Themselves Christian? There is a Difference You Know… Mark Baham Jan 1, 2020·2 min read

I have been reading a lot of articles full of people vigorously shaking their fists at YHWH, the Bible, and every church in the world. There is real and righteous anger because of what one person who professed to be “Christian” did to them. The notes and the melody differ, but the song is always the same. A seeker stepped inside a man made edifice bearing His Name and was mistreated by a person who claimed to be a follower of Christ.

We are human, we make mistakes, and we act hypocritically at times. The perfect human church does not exist. It is a struggle to live up to the standard that the Bible contains, and we regularly fall short of that ideal. How you were treated was not right, it was not good, it is not acceptable, and it is not new. The Lord Jesus blasted the religious leadership of His own day for their hypocrisy and their mistreatment of parishioners. He was grieved, He was angered, but I am sure He was not surprised. Qoheleth, centuries before Christ, stated “that which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9, NKJV).

The modern church struggles with unbelief, moral failings within its ranks, and cultural pressure just as the church has throughout history. Many people who have led the church down through the centuries have been poor, miserable examples of the Christian ideal. Some people who call themselves followers of Christ are despicable and commit heinous crimes. It is a terrible tragedy what you suffered, and I am sorry that a “Christian” hurt you or abused you. That person does not deserve the name.

Rather than mock, criticize, and disregard people who follow Jesus Christ, would you consider the fact that that person who mistreated you was not acting according to the clear direction of Scripture. They are a glaring embarrassment to those of us who are trying to follow in our Lord’s footsteps. Let me apologize to you on behalf of followers of Christ everywhere. That person is not my brother or sister; you are, and I hurt for the pain that charlatan caused you.
Being A Good and Nice Person
By: Putri Ayu F.
Tags: Morality, Anecdotes, Life Lessons

When a friend said, “you are such a nice person,”

I wonder if it’s just simpler way of saying that I conform to a certain moral system that he/she believes.

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When my teacher said, “you are a good pupil,”

Sometimes, I don’t think it means that I’m a brilliant person — it just means that I comply with education system that my teacher follows.

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The bottom point is, It’s never really impressing (if not confusing) when someone says that I’m a good person or that I’m a good at being a certain role. More often than not, it’s an allegory to a person who fits in a certain system.

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It’s not being in a system is a bad thing; supra- human entities and human makes system mostly to create order in certain group of people. Sometimes, when being confined to a system, people often fail to see that there’s flaw in every system and sometimes, thinking outside the value box dictated in a system could bring you possibilities that you would never imagine before.

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And even when a system has tons of flaw, why we tend to run after the ‘good’ than ‘bad’? Is it worth it to be deemed as ‘good’ principle of a system?

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I suppose different person would have different perspective on why being good is deemed better than being bad. For me personally, I suppose it’s because the benefits of being good in a system outweighs the drawbacks of being confined in a certain system (well this is a given though). Like for simpler sense — being a good lawful person could steer me away from jail which will take several of my life time away; though being a robber could make me rich in instant, its drawbacks overweighs the benefits.
8 Reasons to Try Psychotherapy
By: Harmony United Psychiatric Care
Tags: Therapy, Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health, PTSD

Is psychotherapy, also known as “talk therapy”, something you have wondered about? Are you unsure if it’s worth your time and investment? Below are 8 proven reasons to give psychotherapy a try.

It’s proven to be effective.

According to the American Psychological Association, more than 50 peer-reviewed studies confirm that talk therapy is effective in treating a wide range of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions, and personality disorders. Studies indicate that 75 percent of patients who work with a therapist show positive signs of improvement. Moreover, large studies have demonstrated that psychotherapy is more effective than many other types of medical treatment in reducing rates of illness, disability, and even death. Psychotherapy actually rewires your brain.

Imaging studies have shown that psychotherapy changes neural activity in certain areas of the brain, including the medial prefrontal cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex, the hippocampus, and the amygdala. These areas are involved in self-referential thoughts (“me”-centered worry thoughts), executive control (decision-making), emotion, and fear. Cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectic behavior therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and interpersonal psychotherapy have all been shown to alter brain function in patients suffering from a major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, posttraumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. These studies are further proof that talk therapy can actually help change the ways you think and react to situations, leading to a mentally and emotionally happier you.

If you would like to give psychotherapy a try, Harmony United Psychiatric Care offers a team of licensed therapists experienced in treating a wide range of conditions. Call (352) 431–3940 or visit our Book Appointment page to schedule an appointment. We’ll get your first session scheduled within one week of your request.
I have chronic illness that is very depressing. What is the solution?
By: Don Carpenter
Tags: Success, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Self Improvement, PTSD

Answer: The solution to your situation is the same solution Jesus gave to his disciples 2000 years ago when they were having problems of healing sickness and disease. He told them then and is telling you now that the reason you are having health issues is “because of your unbelief”. Until you replace unbelief with belief in God, your life is lived in vain and you will continue to suffer with health issues. In other words, “when you have the consciousness of God, the belief in God, the sick are healed”.

Since God is the only (perfect) cause, God must be the only (perfect) effect. Belief in God translates itself into bodily health because the perfect nature of God remains the same perfect nature in its effect. Healing takes place in the recognition that God is omnipresence and omnipotent and therefore illness has no power and no presence. By practicing the Presence of God you will come into the realization that when the infinite divine Presence takes possession of your individual consciousness you will show forth the perfection of health which is of God.

Remember that when you remove the unbelief in God you are removing the belief in your chronic illness and the only substance to your illness was the false belief out of which the illness was formed. The visible evidence of your illness is generated “because of your unbelief” and is removed when that false belief is replaced with belief, the consciousness of God. As long as you realize that there is nothing present but the presence of God because of omnipresence and there is no power but the power of God because of omnipotence, the healing of your health issues must take place.
PTSD linked to development of type 2 diabetes
By: Raheel Mir
Tags: Health And Wellness, Diabetes, Stress, Food, PTSD

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 12% of the population and 30% of veterans. Controlling PTSD symptoms is associated with improvements in depression, sleep, blood pressure, and psychiatric health. In research conducted by Saint Louis University a decrease in PTSD checklist score was correlated to 49% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes after adjusting for all confounders.

This cohort study examined 1598 patients from the Veteran’s Health Affairs medical record from 2008–2012. Patients were eligible to participate if they scored higher than 50 on the PTSD checklist score and had not been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Another PTSD score was measured after 8 weeks and 12 months.

Subjects were considered having clinically meaningful improvement if their PTSD score decrease by 20 points. Research suggests that a 10 points decrease is considered clinically meaningful. In this study researchers wanted to increase the detection of PTSD improvement by using a 20 point decrease. Otherwise, patients with less than 20 point decrease were considered less or no improvement.

After adjusting for age participants with clinical improvement had an incidence of 2.6% and those without clinical improvement had an incidence of 5.9% of diabetes.

Subjects taking medications for depression and psychiatric issues were more prevalent in the less or no improvement PTSD score group. Both of these disease states alone can affect your PTSD score and can lead to diabetes.

Improving your PTSD score to clinical levels can decrease your chance of developing diabetes. Improving PTSD symptoms can lead to better health in a number of different disease states.

For more information please visit JAMA Psychiatry.

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For All Who Read My Words
By: Cary Bach Donahou
Tags: Sexual Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Metoo, Trauma Recovery, PTSD

I become so uncomfortable when you call me a warrior, or brave. I feel uncomfortable when you send me love and hugs, or pray for me. I don’t feel special. I don’t feel brave. I don’t think I did anything to deserve your love. Praying for me freaks me out!

I’m a woman healing from a lifetime of trauma. I have spent more of my life being abused, than being safe and loved. I have neve felt that surviving was a choice. Except maybe when I was 13 and wanted to kill myself. It was a choice then. Not now though. I almost feel compelled. This is what I know I must do. For myself, my ancestors, my children, their children. This is my soul’s work. This is what I am here for. Not just for me, for all of us. For the ones who have no voice, to help the children who are currently being abused, the women or men in abusive relationships. I use my voice for all of us. So that everyone will understand.

And I couldn’t do this alone, my support network is the most amazing ever. Filled with women who love me, who support me, who don’t want to fix me, who want to cheer me on. Women that I in turn cheer on. And not for any other reason than because they are my friends and that’s what friends do.

I don’t want pity, I don’t want any sort of acclaim. I want to be heard. I want to make sure any other victims who see my words, know they aren’t alone. I want to make sure that anyone who hasn’t been abused, knows what we’ve been through, so they feel compelled to stand up, the same way I do.

Share the words that come straight from my soul. Share my pain. Share my joys. Share my realizations. Share it all! Please, whatever you do, don’t just feel pity for me and move on. Believe that you can make a difference. Because it’s true, you can make a difference. If you see abuse, call it out! If you see a child who can not protect themselves, protect them.

I’m not being ungrateful, every word of encouragement, all the love, the hugs and even the prayers you send to me, matter. Even if it makes me feel wierd! I appreciate every single one. If I can ask a favor? Share what I write. Stand up for those who can’t stand up for themselves. Dont’ look the other way. I know it’s horrific. I know it’s hard to believe abuse is happening all around you. But you are strong enough to fight it. You are strong enough for those that have no voice.

With gratitude and love,

Cary
Stand Up
By: Cary Bach Donahou
Tags: Sexual Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Stand Up Comedy, Metoo, PTSD

Fuck every single one of you who knew and didn’t save me. Every adult in my life who knew and looked the other way, every one of you who didn’t speak up, or stop it… FUCK YOU. Fuck every single one of you.

Do you have any idea what you did to me? You reinforced my feelings of shame and guilt over something I had no control over and didn’t deserve. You allowed me to believe I was worthless, and unworthy of saving. You made me believe I deserved to be sexually violated.

I was a little girl. Just a little girl, and because you chose to look the other way, I shouldered this burden all by myself. Do you have any idea what it would have meant to me, what it would have changed in me, if just one of you spoke up? If you had tried to stop it. If you had come to my aid?

How can anyone look the other way? How can anyone with even an ounce of compassion allow a child to be abused in any way? You have to do better. You have got to stop looking the other way. This is an epidemic. Children right this minute are being sexually violated. All over the world, right this minute is a child who has no choice, has no one to save them, is being conditioned to believe they are worthless and deserve what is happening to them. And it’s not just the abusers fault. Every single person who knows and does nothing is just as culpable.

Stand the fuck up. Do it now. Stop pretending it isn’t happening. Stop thinking it isn’t your place. Stop hoping someone else will stand up. Just fucking stop. Stop and go save that child. Right fucking now. Stand up!
Daddy Dearest,
By: Cary Bach Donahou
Tags: Sexual Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Metoo, Trauma Recovery, PTSD

I often wonder if you know what you truly did to me…

I know you were sexually violated when you were a child.

So I feel that you must know exactly what you did to me.

You looked at me, your daughter, and chose to sexually violate me. I know I wasn’t the first, nor the last. I wasn’t anyone special, just another person to dehumanize and exert your power over. What you did to me wasn’t love, as you claimed. Or a father’s responsibility to teach his children about sex and love…

What excuse do you tell yourself when it isn’t one of your children? A grandfather’s responsibility? An uncle’s? A brother’s? A husband’s? A boyfriend’s? A cousin’s? A stranger’s?

Somehow I think that lie must get pretty old. Start to chafe at some point.

Here you are, nearing the end of your life. Any accomplishments you may perceive are yours, don’t exist. After what you have perpetrated, time and again, no amount of good can erase it. There is nothing you can do to absolve yourself. After the lines you’ve crossed, are you even human anymore?
The Optimum Ways To Cure Or Overcome Depression.
By: Manvendra Singh
Tags: Depression, Psychology, Mental Health, Support, PTSD

1) How you can help someone with depression.

I’ve been asked many times in my life if I was okay. And as always, I would reply, “Yes, it’s just a bad day”. But no. I’m not okay. And I guess, I’ll never feel that way. Anyways, here are some of the strategies you can go along with —

Be supportive and listen without judgement.

Research and learn about depression yourself.

support the idea of exploring different options of treatment like counseling and medication.

recognize that they can’t just “snap out of it”.

A majority of people think they can, but that worsens the situation more.

Don’t try to diagnose them yourself.

Encourage them to do positive things that they enjoy and accompany them.

Photo by Edo Nugroho

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.” — Charlie Chaplin

2) How to overcome depression.

Youth in the contemporary world are vulnerable and fragile. They are at greater risk of struggling the life game, adversities, and choices. Depression is inevitable in this phase wherein it’s agonizing, confusing, and disturbing. Youth are a drain, lost, hopeless, and broken. It is relentlessly perceived throughout every segment of life which persists to amend the life and broaden immense deal of peril given that they are undergoing the utmost stressful stage. Here are some of the ways you can try on yourself to overcome depression —

Try to think positive by looking at the brighter side of things.

Keep a journal and write everything down about how you feel (Trust me, it helps.)

Think that whatever you’re experiencing is preparing you for something bigger and brighter (I truly believe that).

Spend more time with people you love.

Try asking yourself “What if it will all work out?”.

Remove TOXIC PEOPLE from your life and start prioritizing yourself (I cannot tell you how IMPORTANT removing toxic people from your life is!)

Stop blaming yourself for all the crises in your life. It’s not your fault. You can’t control everything.

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” — Lou Holtz

Yesterday I was surfing the web about the ways to overcome and cure depression, and I found this beautiful poem, would like to share it with you…

Photo by Nereis FR

“When the grey clouds roll into your life and your tears fall like rain long into the night, remember the sun continues to shine, above the darkness there will always be light.” — Christy Ann Martine

Therefore I conclude that depression is a severe matter that can trigger negative effects that can amend and control the life of youth in every aspect. Since depression is inevitable in life, we have to learn how to handle and cope up with it. Draw deeply to people to aid advice such as family, friends, and god to find joy, refreshment, and strength.

Manvendra

June 2020
The Choice to Heal
By: The Harmony Place
Tags: PTSD, Growth, Life Lessons, Healing From Trauma

To anyone who has suffered from any type of trauma, we know that healing is a journey. Yet it takes so many different routes to get to our destination. I believe that healing does not come from a book, a therapist, support groups, family members, friends or medication. These can all be different road maps leading destination. However, healing comes from a desire:

● the desire to be better,

● the desire to improve yourself and your life,

● the desire to get past the pain,

● the desire to leave what is not beneficial to your health behind and move forward.

The ability and capability to heal is within you. By using external aids, such as those mentioned above can be great resources. Unless you truly desire it, that healing is impossible to attain even with that much help at your fingertips. Think about this for a second, can rehab save someone with an addiction unless that person is fully ready to commit to giving up whatever they are addicted to? So I ask you, are you ready to give yourself permission to heal?

M.V.

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#NEVERFORGET: But What Does That Mean To Someone Riddled With PTSD?
By: Tiffany Marler
Tags: Veterans Affairs, Ptsd Recovery, Dynamic Shift, 9 11 Memorial, PTSD

When we look at the actions of the past twenty years we must look into ourselves and our own homes and how we have raised our children to understand this new “Age War on Terrorism”.

If you are a “civilian” family you will see this whole situation differently than a “military” family or “first responder” or LEO” family would. That has come to be true over 20 years of research with the spread of the digital age and also the spread of misinformation throughout our country and fear and mistrust among our own citizens based on skin color or religion or culture for the first time since 1812 in this particularly way because now we were facing a “War on Terrorism” and had been attacked on our own homeland soil for the first time in 189 years!

As a Navy Corpsman Veteran that was serving the middle stent of my 8 years of reserve time (ended 9/30/2006) after getting out, which when I got out I had no idea i sign up for that btw lol, until I got out and got to the Department of VA medical Affairs and they told me in Columbus, GA.! I am also a First Responder (EMT), CNA, MA and Emergency Manager now, all retired due to health.

That day though, I was pregnant 5 months with my first healthy pregnancy with my now only son, Joseph JR. And all’s I could do was think to myself, “God, are you serious? I’m now bringing a child into a War? On our home turf? OMG this will never end!” And I was right.

We sat at home tonight and watched the special about 9/11 and The War Room on Apple© and afterwards talked about how THIS is what he was born into and THIS is what started everything that has happened and what I have been fighting against and preparing him for of (just in case) because the eventual (what if) is now a reality!

My father was 4th generation military and served as a Force Recon Sniper in the USMC in Vietnam 🇻🇳 for three tours until he got too “hurt” too go back. Then he switched to the Army National Guard later and was an NBC Warfare Specialist until he went active duty around 1988 and then he became an NBC Warfare Instructor as well. My father was very smart. I am the 5th generation. I will be the last unless I have a grandchild go. I have an only son, he has opted to run the nonprofit for Veterans and children who are homeless as need help with suicide prevention and mental health treatment and other things.

My father took 9/11 hard. So did I. We both lost people we knew. Me at Tower 2 & one person in the Pentagon and my father would not tell me who. He would just stare off and mumble, “But we got those bastards, and for what….” But I don’t ever still know what that means.

As for myself, I got stood down due to me having a high risk pregnancy and in some ways I look at it that my son saved my life. When I look at all of the individuals that went there that year and now have major health problems and cancers or are dead now I know I most likely would not be here. It would of been an Honorable Death yet I guess God had other plans for me.