Alexander Ybarra

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@paleochristcon Capitalism did that

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Yes and if a brain surgeon does not actively have brain damage or has had brain damage, they should never operate or give advice on someone who does

Nor should a basketball coach never coach an NBA team, unless he himself has, or can play in the NBA.

Conversely,
some of the worse people to give advice on certain matters are the ones who look great on paper

I think that goes without being said

thank you

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@Kekius_Sage there is one…
this is it:

an experience

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@ProofofMaro and barely even that, because there are different times depending on which part of the earth

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@isjuustadream it is both…

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The most common phrase
in the bible
is “do not be afraid”…

but i think
what this really means is
to not be a coward

because
you cannot stop yourself
from feeling afraid

being afraid
is not a conscious choice we make,
it just happens

we experience that fear,
and then
our defense mechanism kicks in

the defense mechanism is what matters…

how will you respond to fear?
that is what is important

will you be a coward?
will you be brave?

we cannot stop ourselves
from experiencing fear… no

we experience fear,
and how we respond to such a force
dictates where we go in life

either you will run from the feeling
(which is impossible)
or you will face it

“do not be afraid”…

do not be a coward…

…never be a coward.

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I am the hero at day,
the villain at night,
half-hearted,
dead and alive

protecting others less fortunate
pestering those too fortunate

loving myself,
hating myself,

the light shines,
but from a dark space

the holy path walked,
with sinful intentions

smile, laugh, love,
hate, resent, trauma,

all things,
from heaven to hell,
exist in me

damaged soul,
reaching for light

an accepted lot…

the show continues.

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@readswithravi my profile

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when they are a child,
hold them close to your heart

you have unseen powers in this world…

you encourage the light to spark,
and to catch flame, in the spirit
of the child

you are the mother of the light

through you, the light shines,
and by you, the light stays lit

but should you abandon your duties,
as mother, you put out the light

darkness reigns supreme,
but too much…
far too much

where nothing can be seen,
nothing can be,
and the children of tomorrow
walk, blinded, but having eyes,
speaking, with no sound,
hearing, with deaf ears

insecurity conquers the hearts
of men who are deprived of a mothers touch

and to the daughter, who also
experiences this deprivation,
they too, are conquered by insecure forces,
and it is them, linked together with lost men,
that propagate the unbroken chain of fear,
doubt…

and today, now more than ever,
the spirit of the mother is needed

hold your children close to your heart.

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@JoshDenofNerds i think what it means is

“do not be a coward”…

because you cannot control whether or not you feel fear,
you can only control what you do after the fact

and to not be a coward would be the greatest way to handle it

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every time
you let a painful experience
go unaddressed,
you teach your body, little by little,
to begin blinding yourself
to those experiences

after a while,
the toll of that begins to take place

that toll comes in the form of
ailments of all sorts,
which may seem trivial or
“just a part of life”,
but truly, is a consequence
of the failure to address
those painful experiences long ago

if you have found yourself
to be living in a depressed state,
filled with anxiety,
a state of hopelessness or stress,
something, long ago, time after time,
went wrong, and the body
was left to deal with it all on its own,
without the help
of your conscious intervention

know that the best defense against suffering,
is the integration between mind and body.

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i can remember when my imagination
would take full control, as a child,
sending me into any world i wanted to inhabit

often, i went to those places

perhaps, it was a defense
against some other trouble
in which the current form of reality, at that time,
failed to satisfy me,
my curiosities,
my longing for sanctuary,
my desire for excitement and thrill,
my search for what it all meant to be

this, while it had its blessings,
also had its curses

which may be just be a fact of life (and death)

where the choices we make, right or wrong,
carry with it consequences

and part of what it means to mature,
to leave that child-like state,
is to bear, nobly, the consequences,
without complaint

to which at the end of your life,
you will be reunited with the spirits
that looked over you,
to them embracing you,
applauding you,
praising you for the privilege you gave them,
to witness a true spectacle,
a soul, dancing between joy,
and misery

to which, they will then
eagerly ask with excitement…

“Ready to go again?”

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there always exists a problem…
always

that is the nature of life

you need there to be problems,
you need there to be mishaps

what kind of life would you have otherwise?

sure, you would enjoy yourself for a while,
but mostly because of the relief
from the constant bombardment of problems that you have endured

but after years of enjoyment,
everything going right,
all of the time,
no problems at all,
i ask you…
would you not begin to get bored?

wondering, “is this all”?

how many times have you read a book,
watched a movie,
or played a game,
in which, there was nothing but happiness,
you getting all that you want,
and the characters in this having no battle to face?
no struggle to maintain?

you are built for an adventure,
not drunkenness,
with constant pleasure-inducing experiences

adventure…

one day, there will be no pain,
and consequentially, no happiness

just as one who sleeps…
and one who puts the book down…
and one who turns off the movie…

seek your adventure and wear it
with courage and honor.

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when you are born
your brain maintains
great flexibility,
your brain and mind

and
throughout the early stages of development
it keeps itself open
in order to adopt
the preconceptions of its environment

it does this to increase chances of survival

up side is that it survives
in its immediate environment

down side
is that the environment
could be detrimental
long-term

as adults, though,
the mechanism
that keeps the brain and mind open
begins to shut down,
for good reason

the idea is that,
if the brain survived
thinking the way it did
in that environment,
it will double down on what works
hereby shutting down the mechanism
that kept it open
and pliable

that means
that the tendency to change one’s mind
as an adult, becomes very difficult, naturally

and the problems arise
once that particular person
with that particular mindset
leaves that environment

and gets exposed to how the world really works.

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maybe right is not
inherently right,
and wrong is not
inherently wrong

because right can change
depending on which view you take

hitler thought he was right…
and from his perspective?
he was

maybe you think there is an
objective right,
a kind of right that unites us,
one that we all consciously
or subconsciously
operate by

but if so,
you would have to address
the fact that evil
on a daily basis
is committed by people
without a hint of remorse
or second thought

some, yes…
but others,
they are so far gone,
the idea of remorse
is not even a point to be rejected
or avoided…

it simply does not exist
for these people

and if
there is an objective right,
it may require
subjective commitment

because otherwise,
the very thing
you call objective
would cease to exist

because it does not
in those people

and they live among us.

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@Kekius_Sage The real kicker is once you realize that nothing is something and that something is nothing

and that the only reason you see a difference is because of the perspective in which you view it.

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@Bay17d__ All endings and beginnings operate this way

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The Good in life has a birthplace…
but what has continued to surprise me
is that Evil does too

which means, evolutionarily speaking,
there is a place for Good
and a place for Evil

in other words,
there is no getting away from Evil,
but there is also no getting away from Good

i used to think that women
were naturally the gatekeepers
for only what is Good

only the men who were successful,
generous and noble,
were the ones who gained access
and were therefore the ones
who successfully reproduced

but now,
with this new understanding,
those who are evil,
psychopathic,
manipulative,
sadistic,
also gain access to women

albeit, women who are also,
maybe,
on that end of the spectrum as well

and so, life seems to be
the breeding grounds
for that which is heavenly
and for that which is hellish

but that your decisions (or indecisions)
dictates which grounds you occupy…
and to what force you propogate
into the world of tomorrow.

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@readswithravi it “feels” like it does, though..

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@readswithravi Superman had a fortress of solitude, to rest…
God had a whole rest day creating the universe…

there is no problem with resting, or taking days off,

there is a problem with the proportion in which you do that to when you show up and work