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Originally posted by IAMIAM
Gandhi said it this way my friend, "Be the change you want to see". Christ said it this way "Pick up your cross and follow me".
It takes one person at a time to change the world. If you truly wish to see it change, YOU must live your life the way you want it to be. It really is that simple. Does it sound like a sacrifice? It is. If you are not willing to sacrifice, why should anyone else? There is no better way to loose your vision than by depending on another to bring it to fruition.
When you are hungry, do you wait for someone else to bring food to your mouth? That is a good way to starve my friend.
You must have a clear vision of what you want this world to be. Then you must decide if you want it to be that way enough to live it, to sacrifice all for it, to BE it. If you are not willing, then no one else will be either. If you are sincere in your desire, you will live the way the world should be, not for yourself, but for future generations.
It is far easier to preach than it is to do. The world grows weary of preachers. What it needs is doers.
With Love,
Your Brotheredit on 10-4-2011 by IAMIAM because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by thedoctorswife
The minority is too small and things are happening too quickly, people are not changing quick enough, if at all. I have been thinking about the issue of human survival deeply since the Japan earthquake, and the truth is, we dont deserve to survive, This is an absolute truth.
Originally posted by thedoctorswife
Originally posted by IAMIAM
Gandhi said it this way my friend, "Be the change you want to see". Christ said it this way "Pick up your cross and follow me".
It takes one person at a time to change the world. If you truly wish to see it change, YOU must live your life the way you want it to be. It really is that simple. Does it sound like a sacrifice? It is. If you are not willing to sacrifice, why should anyone else? There is no better way to loose your vision than by depending on another to bring it to fruition.
When you are hungry, do you wait for someone else to bring food to your mouth? That is a good way to starve my friend.
You must have a clear vision of what you want this world to be. Then you must decide if you want it to be that way enough to live it, to sacrifice all for it, to BE it. If you are not willing, then no one else will be either. If you are sincere in your desire, you will live the way the world should be, not for yourself, but for future generations.
It is far easier to preach than it is to do. The world grows weary of preachers. What it needs is doers.
With Love,
Your Brotheredit on 10-4-2011 by IAMIAM because: (no reason given)
Iam, i greatly admire you, i love your posts, they make me feel safer, however, its too late for us, you know this. The minority is too small and things are happening too quickly, people are not changing quick enough, if at all. I have been thinking about the issue of human survival deeply since the Japan earthquake, and the truth is, we dont deserve to survive, This is an absolute truth. In the face of end of world type occurences the people of the earth are ignoring things and carrying on with lives, booking holidays, watching x factor. The end is staring them in the face and none of them can see the woods for the tree, and at that moment when things kick off, theyll say "how didnt we see this coming, it was staring us in the face".
Im very down about things at the moments, and if you want to give me some words of comfort, theyd be appreciated as im starting to think not any of us will be here in 6 months time.
blessing my friend.
Originally posted by thedoctorswife
Iam, i greatly admire you, i love your posts, they make me feel safer, however, its too late for us, you know this. The minority is too small and things are happening too quickly, people are not changing quick enough, if at all. I have been thinking about the issue of human survival deeply since the Japan earthquake, and the truth is, we dont deserve to survive, This is an absolute truth. In the face of end of world type occurences the people of the earth are ignoring things and carrying on with lives, booking holidays, watching x factor. The end is staring them in the face and none of them can see the woods for the tree, and at that moment when things kick off, theyll say "how didnt we see this coming, it was staring us in the face".
Im very down about things at the moments, and if you want to give me some words of comfort, theyd be appreciated as im starting to think not any of us will be here in 6 months time.
blessing my friend.
Originally posted by shoeshiner
IAMIAM, like the above, i also admire what you say and believe. It's true in a way but hey jesus got crucified and ghandi got assassinated. You cant go around focusing only on the good and leaving the bad for the bad. That just makes you a target, its like we tend to kill those happy go lucky people off to feel better about ourselves or something.
Originally posted by IAMIAM
Originally posted by thedoctorswife
Iam, i greatly admire you, i love your posts, they make me feel safer, however, its too late for us, you know this. The minority is too small and things are happening too quickly, people are not changing quick enough, if at all. I have been thinking about the issue of human survival deeply since the Japan earthquake, and the truth is, we dont deserve to survive, This is an absolute truth. In the face of end of world type occurences the people of the earth are ignoring things and carrying on with lives, booking holidays, watching x factor. The end is staring them in the face and none of them can see the woods for the tree, and at that moment when things kick off, theyll say "how didnt we see this coming, it was staring us in the face".
Im very down about things at the moments, and if you want to give me some words of comfort, theyd be appreciated as im starting to think not any of us will be here in 6 months time.
blessing my friend.
Too late my sister? By whose watch? By most scholarly opinions, the Great Pyramid at Giza was built around 5000 years ago. Yet mankind in our present form appeared in Africa over 150,000 years ago! In that time we have faced numerous challenges that by all reason should have wiped us out. Are times as tough now as the Dark Ages when the plague ravaged Europe? Are times so tough now that the tragedy eclipses the Ice Ages of the past? Are the wars worse now than when whole villages were burned to the ground and women taken off as slaves? Yes, we are going through a tough transition, but we are more prepared to face the challenges than at any other time in our history! If the divine spirit of Man persevered through the Ages then, nothing will destroy that spirit now.
Don't you know we are the stuff of God? The very fabric of the Universe binds every atom of our being. The energy of stars awakens our soul. This flesh we inhabit is but a suit we wear for but a very short time in our eternal journey through the cosmos. We are immortals experiencing eternity!
This is no mere accident that we are where we are today. Everything moves in clockwork order along a level of time whereby we grow and understand ourselves more clearly. That which we were yesterday, is not who we are today. Mankind will persevere and on looking back we will learn to admire the resiliency of our species. We will know we are of divine origin for the obstacles that wiped other species from this rock, we have endured. While other species have remained trapped by their primal desires to eat, sleep, and mate, WE have unlocked the very mysteries of existence itself. Still there is an infinite amount of things to discover in this wonderful creation, and as long as there is something to learn, something to understand, some bit of knowledge to unlock, man will be around.
We are going to see the end of the world as we know it. It is an old world that is dead to a species functioning as a global family. The one on the horizon is being born. The earth shakes in her labor pains, violence erupts around the world as old ideologies are burned in the crucible of evolution, disease will come, and our planet will suffer. Then in our darkest hour, when we have no choice but to come together or face extinction, Man will rise! He will dust off his soiled clothes and unite as the Brotherhood he was always meant to be. Man will clean up the earth and the process will rejuvenate his dead heart, warm it again to the love within, and give him a greater appreciation for this fragile world we share.
Do not despair my sister. Do not doubt these things. Rejoice! For there is no better time to be alive then to see a new child born.
With Love,
Your Brotheredit on 10-4-2011 by IAMIAM because: (no reason given)edit on 10-4-2011 by IAMIAM because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by simone50m
reply to post by shoeshiner
"We point fingers at the fat cats dumping radiation in lakes and polluting our air, meanwhile given the position, power and money we are likely to do the same."
Thats not fair. I wish I was "the decider" over a trillion or so, $$$. I would do the right thing by the suffering, the powerless.edit on 10-4-2011 by simone50m because: edit.
Originally posted by shoeshiner
You have a nice way with words and again I admire it. Unfortunately as you said there were previous before us, and they had their beliefs and infact they knew more than we do on many things. Take the mayans for example, they had a great system and they thrived until the spanish invaded, and they are still here today. I looked into it, their personal calendar and many things. I'm not so sure we will be spared and float around the cosmos all happy and singing with joy. No I think we are far from changing, and I highly doubt with so many individuals we can come together at our hour of need. Our hour of need was centuries ago. Our hour of need is the japan crisis but hey what have we done? Most of us are too stuck on charlie sheen, miley cyrus and justin bieber to care and act. We should have acted a long time ago. I include myself hey, I don't see many innocents in our system, which has its goods and overpowering bads.
They (our Teachers) quite literally gave their ALL in order to make their point. And, for me, their point was simply this: “You must CHOOSE LOVE each and every day, each and every moment. That choosing LOVE is not a singular occurrence; that the wonderful event of choosing LOVE is a perpetual, never-ending action which results in ever-flowing LOVE for all others and, of course, for yourself.”
Originally posted by shoeshiner
reply to post by IAMIAM
I'm not really a believer in a god. I looked into this too deep to pick one. That's another story though. I don't say there isn't an intelligent being/creator out there.. I believe what you have said is right and maybe I need a change in my life. That's true what you say, open up to the world and see the beauty, then you will experience it with others. There is a lot of good and we long for it. I think thats probably the best way hey because right now my life isn't going as planned. I'm tied down in a stressfull job, I have a few debts to pay and I want to start a course soon to get further and do the type of work i like. I don't see a way out of this anytime soon so maybe I must get involved in sport again and other fun stuff, then back to work like a good slave and hope space junk doesn't land on my head.
Thanks i'll give it a go, or atleast include it in my plans. Much appreciated for your time and effort, I hope all goes well with you