Doubt and disbelief go hand in hand.  

Doubters may ask, if God exists, why do bad things happen? How can God let it happen?

If God created us, why do some people commit horrible, heinous, depraved crimes against humanity?  

All good questions that can be easily answered when found.  

For instance, some may doubt the existence of karma or divine retribution. Yet retribution is a natural result of negative harm and destruction until ruination, where systems become unsustainable and inevitable collapse. 

The same is the progression of sin in sinners, where the negative harm to the soul destroys the humanity within and the fruit of the Spirit until the soul becomes unholy and unable to receive love and peace, grace, and the Holy Spirit, causing separation from humanity and God in spiritual death.

When the separation from humanity and the Lord occurs, each choice that follows becomes progressively negative, ignorant, and wrong.

For example, if given a choice of whom to follow, a teacher or a pirate, a sinner would most likely choose a pirate. Much as when Pontius Pilate gave the mob a choice of whom to set free, Jesus Christ or Barabbas, and it chose Barabbas.

Doubt would naturally occur when people make bad choices resulting in tragedies and horrific consequences.  

The why usually lies in fear or running away from and covering up fear and insecurities, which causes aggression and harm, especially when seeking to control the fear inside instead of facing the fear within.  

When all people can see fear and the consequences thereof, it blots out hope and disbelief in anything better, or higher grace sets in.  Then again, the fear takes over, and self-destruction in sin or harm feeds in.

Unfortunately, fear manifests itself in aggression and sin; horrible, heinous, and depraved harm and tragedies will occur, and repeatedly occur until stopped either through destruction or redemption.

Doubt and disbelief go hand in hand, and so do love and peace go together to overcome the fear which leads to doubt and disbelief.  

We need only to choose love and peace, and the natural state of grace will allow enlightenment and faith to follow.  

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How do you fulfill your stewardship duties without good deeds?

How many good deeds did Jesus perform in his lifetime?

*The Bible does not specify an exact total of good deeds or acts of kindness Jesus performed, but it specifically records 37 distinct miracles during his public ministry. [1, 2]

Recorded Miracles and General Acts

While 37 specific miracles are carefully detailed in the Gospels — such as healing the sick, calming storms, and feeding large crowds — the Bible notes these represent only a portion of his actions.

General Healings:

The Gospel accounts often summarize uncounted acts by stating that Jesus healed "multitudes" or "all who were ill" in various towns.

Theological View:

The final verse of the Gospel of John (John 21:25) states that if everything Jesus did were written down individually, the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.*

Note:

Despite all Christ's good deeds and miracles, it did not prevent the high priests of Jerusalem and Pontius Pilate from crucifying him.

Nor did it stop the Roman soldiers from mocking and humiliating Jesus by:

dressing him in a scarlet or purple robe, 

placing a crown of thorns on his head, 

holding a fake scepter in his hand, 

bowing to him while sarcastically calling him the "King of the Jews," 

physically abusing him by hitting him with their hands and flogging him over the head with a reed,

and humiliating him by publicly stripping him and crucifying him on the cross, which was designed to strip victims of all human dignity, leaving them exposed and publicly shamed.**

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Yet through the ages, people remember Christ’s teachings and his love and kindness, not his humiliation or shame as the Romans intended; instead, they disdain the infamous Roman soldiers, Pilate, hypocritical priests, and Judas who led Jesus to his death.

As in all humiliation, the victims suffering at the hands of abusers are the fault of the abusers, guilty of immense cruelty and sin; and the shame and dishonor rest solely with the abusers, not the victims.

Though the fate of those infamous soldiers is unknown, the high priests Caiaphas and his father-in-law Annas, and their dynasty, died in disgrace and infamy.

Whatever the fate of those involved in crucifying Christ, their ultimate destiny is probably not heaven, for theirs is a life marked by crimes against humanity and the Lord.

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Finally, some argue that salvation comes through divine grace and faith, not deeds; but how can you receive grace as a gift without a heart of service that prepares you to sow the seeds of grace through good deeds?

In other words, without the expectation of earning grace, but receiving it through humble service and good deeds, one may better understand and receive grace.

Conversely, one could argue that if you’re unwilling to perform good deeds or lack a heart of service, how will your heart be open enough to receive divine grace and faith?

Performing good deeds is an essential part of good stewardship and turning Christ's teachings into action.

It is also a key step in fulfilling your purpose in life with a humble heart capable of receiving divine guidance, grace, and faith.

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*Referenced from Google AI search: “How many good deeds did Jesus perform before death?”

**And how Roman soldiers crucifying Jesus also humiliated Christ.

 

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Ephesians 2:10 states, "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." 

Key Meaning*

The Lord's Handiwork:

Believers are considered God's craftsmanship or masterpiece, created anew through Christ.

Created for Purpose:

Salvation leads to action; believers are designed to perform good deeds.

Preplanned Path:

God established these good works beforehand, providing a pathway for individuals to follow.

Context in Ephesians 2

Saved by Grace:

Verses 8 and 9 affirm that salvation is a divine gift, not earned through human effort.

Completing the Thought:

Verse 10 clarifies that although works do not bring salvation, performing good works naturally follows and is the intended outcome of salvation.*

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Let us clarify: 

Deeds alone do not secure salvation; rather, they serve as expressions of our love for Christ and humanity.  What we give in love restores us in Christ and aligns us with the Holy Spirit's guidance regarding our purpose in life.

For what is our purpose if we do nothing with our talents and treasures and waste time? 

Or worse, if our actions cause harm rather than good, then what is the true purpose of life?

Is it to serve only ourselves through selfish pursuits, accumulated wealth, and power? 

All of which cannot be taken with us at death.

Or is it to serve oppressive autocrats who show no regard for our lives?

Surrendering our dignity, living as less than free individuals, and denying our children the freedom to be true to themselves, safe from harm and oppression, to grow and realize their fullest potential?

Most definitively, should we dedicate our lives to serving the Lord and humanity?

Forging a sacred path for future generations to fulfill their purpose and become the individuals the Lord intended them to be.

Note:

Perpetrating unlawful acts constitutes a crime.

Violating divine law is a sin.

Breaking covenant contradicts the Lord's divine purpose for us, resulting in separation from the Lord, the Holy Spirit, humanity, and our spiritual selves. This leads to the loss of divine protection and invites divine correction or judgment.

**Breaking a covenant with the Lord results in spiritual separation, loss of divine protection, and divine discipline, as outlined in Scripture.

Spiritual and Material Consequences

Loss of Protection:

A broken covenant creates spiritual vulnerability by removing the protective boundary God places around His people.

Divine Discipline:

God often responds with corrective measures such as hardship, loss of peace, or material scarcity, intended to inspire repentance.

Relational Distance:

Unfaithfulness and sin hinder the close fellowship and intimacy with God.

Severe Judgment:

Historically, persistent and unrepentant violation of the Mosaic covenant led to significant consequences, including military defeat, captivity, and exile.

[Ultimate Judgment - forever damned to the deepest parts of hell with extreme agonies. ]

Path to Restoration:

Repentance:

Scripture emphasizes that turning away from wrongdoing and returning to God restores the relationship.

Grace and Renewal:

God, described as slow to anger, offers mercy and a pathway to reconciliation through confession and renewed commitment.**

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Each individual has a unique purpose assigned by the Lord.  We must not hinder, disrupt, distract, or impede another's divine purpose, as doing so undermines God's promises of salvation, love, peace, prosperity, and healing.

Therefore, we must respect the universal human rights of everyone, in order that everyone can fulfill their purpose in life. 

And if we can help people to fulfill their holy purposeful deeds in life, we should, because it will make it easier for us to fulfill our own purposes and the Lord's divine will when we work together, and then the Lord's promise will be sooner realized.  

*Referenced from Google AI search, Ephesians 2:10.

**Referenced from Google AI search, Breaking a covenant with the Lord.

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How many times does the Lord smite sinners in the Bible?

*The Bible does not provide a precise, definitive total for the number of times God "smote" or killed people for sin. However, theologians and researchers have catalogued dozens of major recorded events in which divine judgment resulted in deaths, either widespread or individual.

Major Recorded Instances of Divine Judgment

Although individual verses use the specific word "smite" or describe God carrying out direct judgment, these events include both large-scale catastrophes and punishments of specific individuals:

The Great Flood: God destroyed all of humanity except Noah and his family because of widespread wickedness (Genesis 6-9).

Sodom and Gomorrah: Fire and brimstone fell and destroyed the cities because of their depravity (Genesis 19:24-25).

The Egyptian Firstborn: God struck down the firstborn of Egypt during the final plague before the Exodus (Exodus 12:29-30).

Korah’s Rebellion: The earth swallowed Korah and his followers, and fire consumed 250 men. A subsequent plague killed 14,700 people who had complained (Numbers 16).

Nadab and Abihu: Aaron's sons were consumed by fire for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord (Leviticus 10:1).

Ananias and Sapphira: In the New Testament, both fell dead after lying to the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:1-11).

Skeptics and scholars who have attempted to calculate the figures estimate that the cumulative death tolls in major narratives reach into the thousands or millions, primarily because of the Flood. However, Scripture presents these events as distinct, monumental instances of judgment rather than as an itemized, cumulative count.*

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Do these major smites suggest that the Lord or the Holy Spirit actually forgave the sinners, particularly in cases involving depravity, turpitude, corruption, and repeated harmful offenses- conduct regarded as blasphemous and unforgivable?

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Once sacred trust is broken, the victim is subjected to desecration and harm. And the grave sin is recorded on the sinner’s soul: an unholy action, thought, or failure to uphold God's law and moral principles that harms the victim and renders the perpetrator’s soul unholy.

This is especially true in cases of depravity, in which the sinner's heart becomes impure and, as asserted here, unable to receive the Holy Spirit and love. Desecrating the victim and the temple of the Holy Spirit is unforgivable and unclean.

Contrary to what some have been led to believe, not all sins are forgivable.

All sins remain recorded on the sinners’ souls until they are fully confessed, repented of, and atoned for.

Any sin that renders the sinner's soul unholy and unforgivable through the desecration of a victim and the temple of the Holy Spirit will not only make the soul unholy, but will also render the heart unclean and, as asserted here, unable to receive the Holy Spirit and love.

In other words, how could sinners who are unholy and desecrating, and who have reduced themselves to the status of cockroaches and parasites, endear themselves to the Lord, their victims, their families, or humanity?

Why would those cockroaches and parasites expect forgiveness while in such a state, without first cleaning themselves up, making amends, and reforming themselves?

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Suppose you are hosting a reception for the world's dignitaries and leaders, and an incident occurs in which guests are harmed. Would the world blame the guests and victims, or would it hold you, the host, responsible?

Who would be left with egg on their face—the guests or the host?

If uninvited guests enter your home without permission, steal from you, desecrate your home without your consent, and violate your wife and children, who would be at fault: the perpetrators or you?

In these scenarios, who would need forgiveness and be forgiven by the Lord and the Holy Spirit?

And would those perpetrating unforgivable sin be forgiven by the Lord?

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*Referenced from Google AI search: How many times in the Bible did the Lord smite sinners?*

Do you know the shame of repeated unclean, unholy, desecrators of the victim and the temple of the Holy Spirit is beyond the depths of hell?

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Doubt.

Do you doubt that the world is filled with counterintuitive constructs and systems?

What about the phrase “men are from Mars, and women are from Venus”?

Do you think this is an outdated stereotype that exaggerates gender biases and ignores personal traits?

Or do you agree that men and women have fundamental psychological differences in how they think, communicate, and handle stress?

Do you intuitively understand your partner, never feel as if they might be an alien from another planet, and find that nothing they do is counterintuitive to you?

What about the phrase “The Lord works in mysterious ways”?

Do you intuitively understand how the Lord works in your life, or does the mystery of life come as a surprise to you?

Still doubt that the world, especially its mysteries, mostly runs in counterintuitive ways?

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The date was December 4, 1965. Two planes collided because one pilot suffered an optical illusion, an upslope effect caused by cloud tops, that made him believe they were on a collision course.  

His evasive climb inevitably steered them directly toward the other plane, causing them to clip each other.  

Though both damaged planes managed to make their incredible emergency landings, 4 people of the 112 occupants tragically died.  

Optical and sensory illusions are common in flight.  It happens when visual references to the horizon or ground are lost, obscured, or distorted.

Types of optical illusions*

False horizon:  

A pilot mistakes a slanted cloud layer, a geometric line of ground lights, or a starry sky meeting a dark shoreline for the actual horizon.

The Black Hole Approach:  

When landing at night over dark, featureless terrain or water with nothing but the runway lights visible. Without peripheral depth cues, pilots feel they are higher than they actually are, causing them to fly a dangerously low, shallow approach.

Runway Width & Slope Illusions:  

Narrower-than-usual runways make a pilot feel too high, causing them to fly a dangerously low approach.

Upsloping runways or upsloping terrain create the same "too high" illusion, prompting a premature descent.

Autokinesis:  

When staring at a single, stationary dim light (like a distant star or ground light) against a dark background for several seconds, the light will appear to randomly move or drift.  

A pilot might mistakenly try to align or "follow" this moving light.

Atmospheric Distortions (Haze and Rain):  

Rain on the windscreen refracts light and lowers the horizon visually, making the pilot feel higher than they are.  

Atmospheric haze makes the runway appear much farther away and higher up than it actually is.

Vestibular & Somatosensory Illusions (The Inner Ear)*

When visual references vanish (like flying inside a cloud), the brain relies on the inner ear, which is easily fooled by forces of acceleration and turning.

The Leans: 

The most common illusion in flight. If an aircraft enters a slow, gradual turn, the inner ear fluid doesn't move, so the pilot thinks they are flying straight. 

When they look at their instruments and correct back to level flight, their body strongly feels like the plane is banking heavily in the opposite direction, causing them to lean in the cockpit.

Somatogravic Illusion: 

Rapid forward acceleration (like a jet takeoff or a go-around) stimulates the inner ear in a way that feels exactly like the aircraft is pitching straight up into a steep climb. 

If the pilot reacts to this sensation instead of trusting their instruments, they will violently push the nose down into a catastrophic dive.

The Coriolis Illusion: 

Considered one of the deadliest illusions. It occurs when a pilot moves their head rapidly (like looking down to grab a chart) while the aircraft is in a prolonged constant turn. 

This activates multiple fluid canals in the inner ear simultaneously, creating an overwhelming, sickening sensation that the aircraft is tumbling, rolling, and spinning on an entirely different axis.

Graveyard Spiral: 

A pilot in a prolonged turn stops feeling the turn. When trying to level the wings, they feel like they’ve entered a turn in the opposite direction and will pull back on the yoke to stop a perceived descent. 

This actually tightens the spiral, causing the plane to lose altitude rapidly while the pilot believes they are climbing.

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The only way to defend against optical and sensory illusions is to ignore their physical sensations and trust the aircraft's flight instruments, which feels completely counterintuitive.

The point is that much of our broad-scope interactions are counterintuitive, and if you do not rely on the instruments of intelligence, knowledge, and proven economic, scientific, physical, and metaphysical laws, then the likely result would be catastrophic, tragic, and deadly.  

We cannot rely only on our instincts, or we will fall prey to false horizons and idols with grandiose illusions of grandeur, tripping on power along unsustainable paths of ruination and destruction.

*Referenced from Google AI search:  What kind of optical and sensory illusions in flight.

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When fueling hatred and building weapons of mass destruction, it overlooks the importance of the economy, feeding the people and their spirit.

For example, *during World War II, Nazi Germany faced severe and systemic logistical problems in feeding its military (the Wehrmacht), especially as the war continued.

Several critical flaws in their strategy, doctrine, and supply chains left millions of German soldiers starving.

Nazi planners intentionally created Der Hungerplan (The Hunger Plan), which required German troops to invade territories—particularly the Soviet Union—and forcibly seize local crops, grain, and livestock to sustain themselves, knowingly condemning tens of millions of local civilians and POWs to death by starvation.

By late 1944, Germany’s food supply had reached a point of no return. As the Soviet Red Army advanced from the east, Germany lost control of Ukraine and Eastern Europe's highly fertile agricultural lands, which previously supplied up to 40% of the Reich's bread and meat.

By April 1945, both military and domestic food rations had fallen to starvation levels, forcing the regime to cut bread and meat allowances by over 70% compared to the start of the war.*

Nor does fueling hatred feed the economy, as shown by the collapse of Nazi Germany's economy by late 1944 and early 1945.  

Hatred causes a lot of harm and devastation, stifles inspiration and innovation, and blocks love, peace, and redemption.  It's nothing to aspire to and something to definitely avoid.

*Referenced from Google AI search zNazi Germany's problems with feeding its own soldiers.

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Hypothetical situation:

If a madman with a gun on a plane ordered all the passengers, including you, and all carry-on baggage to the back of the plane, would you do as you were told?

What if all your immediate family members were on that same plane?  Would you still obey?

By redistributing the weight to the tail, you shift the center of gravity too far aft, making the tail unstable.  This results in centrifugal force pulling the tail downward, and once the plane begins to spin, it flattens out only to enter an unrecoverable tailspin, leading to an inevitable crash.

All the people on the plane, including the madman, would die as a result.

Knowing this, would you still do as you were told?

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Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, was not recognized until 1980.  Before then, it was called "shell shock" and "combat fatigue."  Most war-related traumas, including civilian ones, were never spoken about or diagnosed.

Regrettably, when silence surrounds trauma amid massive crimes against humanity, the true consequences become muffled over time, especially amid the rush to forget the nightmares and death.

How many in Germany remember that at the end of World War II, the Nazi economy was in total collapse?

The Nazi infrastructure was in ruins; Germany had lost control of all conquered lands, cutting off external resources; their currency was worthless; citizens resorted to barter, further worsened by enormous, unpaid debts, leading to mass starvation with about 100,000 deaths from hunger.

How many German people perished in the war? 

An estimated 5.3 to 7.4 million Germans alone. And about 70 to 85 million people worldwide.

The tragic end of this senseless war, marked by silence, does not diminish its reign of terror. Yet, it should, because history risks repeating itself with possibly even greater consequences, especially when “madmen" ignore the inevitable fallout of unsustainable systems rooted in destruction and violence.

Sadly, future generations will remain trapped in unresolved past traumas and unspoken mistakes, never fully recognized or understood from beginning to end, their initial causes to their horrific outcomes.

Unfortunately, this reality makes future apocalyptic tragedies and complete economic collapses increasingly plausible.

Will you recognize the dangers of shifting the center of gravity too far to the tail, the unsustainable nature of aggression, violence, and destruction?

Or will you repeat the same historic tragedies to worsening degrees, but expect different results in the same unsustainable systems?  

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Why is it important to pass tests of character?

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Passing "tests of character"- the tough moments, ethical dilemmas, and personal crises that push you to choose between convenience and principle- is crucial because your character determines your long-term success, resilience, and self-worth much more than any academic or professional achievement. 

While skills can open doors, it’s your core character that helps you keep them open.*

From psychology, education, and philosophy perspectives, passing these tests matters for several key reasons:* 

1. It Builds "Grit" and Resilience.

True character forms under pressure (not abuse). Overcoming setbacks and choosing integrity during tough times develop emotional intelligence, self-control, and patience. 

Experts say that character strengths predict success in the "university of life" far better than test scores. When you pass a test of character, you prove to yourself that you can face adversity without losing sight of who you are.

2. It Earns Genuine Self-Respect. 

You might fool others, but you can’t hide from your own reflection. The famous poem The Man in the Glass captures that the most important judgment is your own. 

Passing a test of character means you can "look yourself straight in the eye." Failing your ethical standards leads to internal conflict, shame, and a fractured self-image, while sticking to them strengthens lasting self-worth.

3. It Prepares You for Influence and Power. 

In leadership and personal growth, tests of character serve as essential training. 

They expose your hidden motives, pride, or weaknesses before you reach significant success. 

Passing small, unseen tests of discipline and honesty privately ensures that when you gain power, visibility, or leadership, you'll have the strength to handle it without breaking.

4. It Surprisingly Promotes Practical Success.

Focusing on core values like commitment, courage, and accountability doesn't hinder your goals; it supports them.

A solid ethical base naturally boosts performance:

- **Academic Integrity:** Rooted in honesty, it guarantees genuine learning rather than superficial shortcuts.

- **Persistence:** Based on commitment, it helps you push through tough tasks.

- **Collaboration:** Built on mutual respect and teamwork, it enables healthy relationships and effective networking.

Ultimately, passing a test of character means choosing who you want to be over what’s easy right now, creating a foundation that temporary failures or successes can’t shake.*

Can we pass every test of character all the time?

Probably not, which is why we need to atone, make amends, and redeem ourselves in our own eyes and in the eyes of the Lord.

Otherwise, we risk failing our tests repeatedly and disgracing ourselves before our family, humanity, the Holy Spirit, and the Lord.

*Referenced from Google AI search, “Why is it important to pass tests of character?”

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What distinguishes a good person from a holy person?* 

A "good" individual emphasizes standard virtues such as kindness and helpfulness in everyday life; conversely, a "holy" individual is spiritually dedicated to a divine purpose.*

**Key Characteristics of a Holy Person:**

Deep Humility: They acknowledge their own faults and weaknesses rather than defending themselves or passing judgment on others.

Profound Love for the Divine: Their conduct arises from a close relationship with the divine rather than adherence to a rigid set of rules.

Courageous Commitment to Truth: They do not merely "go along to get along"; they stand firm against injustice and hypocrisy, even when such actions are challenging.

Proactive Mercy: They demonstrate quiet patience, authentic kindness, and gentle mercy towards those around them.

Purity of Heart: They avoid detrimental temptations and maintain pure motives and hearts, with a focus on love.

**Why is it important to distinguish between good and holy?**

Understanding the difference between possessing good character and having a holy spirit facilitates interactive growth and the nurturing of both moral values and spirituality.

A good character comprises the moral and ethical qualities that guide an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors across various situations, based on core values rather than external pressures.

While there is some overlap between traits of good character and spirituality, these areas exhibit nuanced differences.

**Essential Traits of Good Character**

Integrity: Living an undivided life by acting consistently across different contexts and remaining true to one's core values.

Honesty: Communicating and acting with truthfulness, thereby fostering trust and reliability.

Kindness: Exhibiting empathy, support, and care for others without expecting reciprocation.

Resilience: Recovering and adapting in the face of difficulties or setbacks.

Accountability: Taking responsibility for one's choices, actions, and mistakes, with openness to feedback.

Self-Discipline: Regulating impulses and maintaining decision-making control, especially under pressure.

**Whereas spirituality centers on a person's pursuit of meaning, purpose, and connection to something greater than themselves.***

The core dimensions of spirituality include:*

1. Internal Awareness & Mindfulness

Heightened Self-Awareness: Recognizing a deeper "Self" beyond daily roles and superficial identities, accompanied by the ability to observe thoughts and actions objectively.

Inner Peace and Contentment: Cultivating a steady sense of mental and emotional tranquility amidst external life challenges.

The Search for Meaning: An enduring desire to answer fundamental questions about human existence, purpose, and suffering.

Direct Experience: Valuing personal, lived experiences of connection or transcendence over strict adherence to institutional or rigid religious frameworks.

2. Connection & Relational Traits

Compassion and Empathy: Developing an expanding sense of love and care towards all living beings, often manifesting as a desire to alleviate suffering.

Unconditional Love: Practicing love driven by intent and will (often called agape), rather than transient emotions.

Interconnectedness: Feeling a profound sense of unity and belonging with the universe, nature, a higher power, or the human community.

Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Choosing to release anger, resentment, and retribution in favor of healing relationships.

3. Ethical & Behavioral Expressions

Humility: Maintaining humility by controlling the ego, acknowledging personal flaws, and serving others without seeking recognition or status.

Gratitude and Wonder: Viewing life, nature, and existence as gifts, inspiring awe and thankfulness.

Integrity and Honesty: Ensuring thoughts, words, and actions are fully aligned with inner values.

Responsibility and Service: Embodying inner convictions through social responsibility, civic justice, and actions that promote a fairer world.

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It is important to understand these differences because it enhances the development of both good character and holy spirituality.

*Based on information retrieved from Google AI search regarding the difference between a good person and a holy person, Community in Mission; essential character traits, and essential spirituality traits.

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How do those chess masters who play on the Lord's chessboard actually play without counterintuitive understandings, let alone intercept plays on the world's chessboard?  

The economic missteps in themselves would inevitably destroy them and lead to eventual bankruptcy and perpetual poverty, much like Syria.  

How do those stuck in stale, stagnant perfection, never operating beyond their base instincts, ever see the big picture? 

Dream big.  

What does that even mean without counterintuitive discernment?  

Especially the bigger the system, the more counterintuitive interactions and determinants there are.  

Why is it laughable that those thinking themselves big-picture people without counterintuitive understanding are nowhere but within their tiny boxes of misconceptions and, at times, extreme delusions?  

Super manipulators in grandiose and Satanic power and control are only reading themselves and are never in the reality of how things will actually turn out in the end.  

Because though initially it may seem to work, forcing into unsustainable areas will never work in the end.  

It would be like investing in subprime mortgages or Ponzi schemes or robbing Peter to pay Paul, because once you bleed them dry, there is nothing left to steal and no viable system of producing anything.

You need only look to history to see numerous examples of the catastrophic miscalculations by misguided, infamous leaders incapable of broader discernments in counterintuitive understanding.   

And in the end, their sad, pathetic legacy is of gross catastrophic failures and massive crimes against humanity.  

Are those without counterintuitiveness able to truly understand themselves, let alone their enemies?  

How many generals in Imperial Japan were experts in the Art of War?  

And though those generals believed their analysis was accurate because their battle plans initially won over a hundred battles, in the end their assessments and schemes were completely wrong.  

Because can you win wars without sustainability, without the capacity to understand counterintuitive systems and deploy countermeasures?  

Those without counterintuitive sight can never and will never see the big picture, and can never truly dream big.  

So, what does it mean to dream big, to see beyond the obvious? 

Part of the answer is to have an understanding of counterintuitive interactions, constructs, and systems, and to dream beyond the obvious.

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Do you know which economic systems are counterintuitive or run counter to our natural instincts?

Most economic systems operate in ways that run counter to our innate instincts.  This discrepancy arises because human cognitive development has been shaped by small, zero-sum tribal groups rather than expansive global markets.*

For instance, consider the paradox of thrift:*

The assertion:  If all individuals endeavor to save more simultaneously, the aggregate savings within the economy will, paradoxically, decrease.

Why it appears illogical:  Saving individual funds seems prudent and responsible.

The reality:  An individual's expenditure constitutes another's income.  Consequently, if all individuals cease to spend in order to save, businesses will experience reduced revenues, leading to layoffs and a decline in overall wages, ultimately decreasing the amount available to save for everyone.

Regarding the principle of comparative advantage:*

The assertion:  Two nations or individuals invariably benefit from engaging in trade, even if one possesses superior capabilities and efficiency in producing all goods.

Why it appears counterintuitive:  If one excels at two tasks more than a counterpart, it may seem logical to perform both tasks personally for greater efficiency.

The reality:  By concentrating on the task at which one is most efficient and delegating others, total productivity increases, resulting in greater value with less effort for all participants.

What additional examples illustrate inverse relationships?

Gold and commodities: Tend to decline when real interest rates increase, as higher rates raise the opportunity cost of holding non-interest-yielding assets.*

Growth and technology stocks: Frequently experience downward pressure when interest rates rise, since higher rates discount future earnings more heavily.*

The core insight is that many aspects of life exhibit counterintuitive behavior due to our inherent predisposition towards small, kin-based groups.  Few individuals possess a sufficiently broad perspective to comprehend large-scale transformative phenomena.

Because many cannot intrinsically see the broader context, the adage that “if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles” overlooks the importance of understanding counterintuitive strategies - especially those involving aggression - since tactics effective in small-group or micro-level scenarios often collapse at macro scales, where such approaches conflict with the dynamics of larger societal constructs.

When you ask why the gross overestimation, especially by aggressors who thought themselves experts in the Art of War, throughout history- for example, Imperial Japan's prediction of conquest of China within three months, which, as we all know, was wildly inaccurate- has occurred.

The answer is on a grand scale: economic realities do not operate intuitively, and neither does humanity.  

We can be like the tiny tree, waste energy cutting down other trees, but we will only lay waste to humanity, bring down prosperity, make systems unsustainable, and turn things into a Syrian third-world hellhole.

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Therefore, when we operate, we must take into consideration the larger whole and understand that many, many things in life, especially economics, operate counterintuitively to our instincts, and intelligently factor these determinants into our decision-making process.

Think twice; but think counterintuitively.

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*This analysis references insights obtained from Google AI searches concerning counterintuitive economic systems. 

 

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Proverbs 31:25

"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come." 

Meaning and Context: Strength: Shows inner power, courage, and spiritual firmness.

Dignity: Reflects honor, self-respect, and grace.

Laughter at the future: Represents peace, confidence, and a lack of fear regarding tomorrow because of trust in the Lord.

Context: This verse is part of the "wife of noble character" poem in Proverbs 31, highlighting a life guided by wisdom and faith rather than outward appearance.

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P.S. Happy Birthday, Mom 🎂

 

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Any individual who participates in or fails to report violations and desecrations of a person's body, considered the temple of the Holy Spirit*, is deemed unholy and is committing unspeakable acts of sacrilege and blasphemy. Such acts are regarded as unforgivable sins, condemning the perpetrator to the deepest realms of hell.

There exists no reprieve or redemption for repeated offenses of unforgivable sins, particularly in cases involving sexual assaults that result in the desecration of the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Individuals associated with such offenses should be made aware that similar condemnations are likely to accompany them throughout their lives until their end.  

*  1 Corinthians 6:19

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“Bah humbug,” said the Ungrateful Rutter,

“How dare you foil my great schemes of conquest?!”

“How dare I?  How dare I stop you from self-annihilation, total bankruptcy, and knocking down all your dominoes?

Aren't you missing something here? 

Sustainability, prosperity, innovation, and healing lights?”  I replied.

“How dare you speak to me as if there is a possibility of anything missing from my absolutely perfect calculations and schemes?!” screamed the Great Ungrateful.

“Where do you think the majority of current world market wealth comes from, and what's fueling the current economy to avoid economic chaos and collapse?” I responded.

“Grrr…” grunted the great Rutter.

“You're welcome.”  Said I.

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How do you think you would fare in life if you suddenly lost permanently 40 percent of your income?

How do you think a store would fare if it lost 40 percent of its customers?

And how well do you think an economy would perform if it lost over 6 trillion dollars a year, year after year?

Would war or conflicts make up the difference or significantly widen the gap?

When a plane is in an unrecoverable tailspin, would it help to hurl baggage at people on the ground or shoot the messenger?

Why would anyone want to live in infamy, hated by future generations for the harm and atrocities committed during conflicts and war?

And why would being like the Imperial Japanese or Nazis, on the losing side of history, ever make your ancestors, grandchildren, or future generations proud?  

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Once there was a tiny tree living in a big forest. It thought it would grow to be the biggest tree if it cut down all the other trees.  

He cut and cut and cut and cut.  It took him years, but he finally cut down all the trees in the forest.  He stood alone.  

But still he did not grow tall.  In fact, he was withering, slowly drying out.  His leaves started to fall, and his branches started to hollow out.  

Without his brother and sister trees to help block out the sun's rays, it became quite hot.  

Without his brother and sister trees’roots to hold on to the topsoil, the soil eroded.

Without the forest to house animals and plants, the land became barren.  

The tiny tree was dying from thirst, and its roots no longer had a foothold in the ground; soon it simply dried up, died, and fell over from the slightest wind.  

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The fable teaches that an individual, organization, state, or country cannot become stronger, taller, or bigger by cutting down others.  The result would be self-annihilation or destruction.  

We are part of humanity, a whole environmental ecosystem, and part of the global economy.  

Cutting down the biggest fruit tree will not make you a fruit tree capable of bearing fruit.  

Shrinking the global economy, where there is less innovation, will not make the country cutting down fruit trees and other trees that are customers richer.  

In fact, fewer customers and less innovation mean becoming poorer.  And depending on the level of destruction, the economy would likely spiral into depression, and stagnation becomes imminent and inevitable.

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Control freaks are sticks in the mud.   

Being stuck in a deep rut is what power and control aggressors represent: playing on a tiny square of a tiny square on a tangent-intercept chessboard, never riding the waves of life, forever standing with sticks in the mud, stuck in ruts, forcing and coercing others into their same dull and perfect constructs of the world and how it should be, like them.

How can I, a mere mortal, say this?  

Do those trying to control and hold total power over people ever consider someone else's point of view or think about any consequence other than their own desire?  

Or consider the state of the world as what is best for humanity, rather than their idea of a perfect world - a flawless, unchangeable utopia with them in absolute power and control, stuck in the mire of a foundation of unmovable rut sinking in mud?  

Or consider the state of their own souls, with no room left to grow, forever force-feeding themselves and others their grandiose delusions for the sake of controlled perfection - unchanging, unbending, and immovable, despite the ever-changing world?  

Or consider where the Holy Spirit might be guiding them, instead of blocking the Spirit with sheer willpower?  

And how to receive the Spirit or, for that matter, love, if their only desire is for power and control?  

Sad that power-hungry, control-obsessed super-rutters will never learn how to live within Life and the world, nor how to receive the love and light of the Holy Spirit.

Super sight becomes negative sight with them, seeing only what is super desired, not what is truly there; worse than normal eyes that can see the situation as it is, rather than through super mirages of future grandiose delusions and nonsensical sightings.  

Because those super rutters are never really on any part of the chessboard, except the tangent intercept of a tiny square within a tiny square.  

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Hope you haven't put any bets on the super rutters.

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What is a prophecy?

A prophecy is a message or prediction believed to be inspired by a divine source or a prophet.*

How many prophecies are there about the coming of Jesus Christ?  

Scholars estimate that the Old Testament contains between 300 and 450 prophecies regarding the first coming of Jesus Christ.*

How do we know those prophecies were real?

Because they came true at least three times.  

Just as you know something is a prediction, not guesswork, if it passes the verification test three times.

"Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern.”*

Biblical scholars agree that Jesus fulfilled at least 300 distinct predictive prophecies during His earthly life, death, and resurrection.*

Therefore, we know they were prophecies from various prophets and were verified as true and fulfilled at least 300 times.

*Referenced from Google AI Jesus, prediction,  and prophecy searches.

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