Cause and Effect

                                  The Power of our Minds.

 

Well I think all of us have a moment in time when things just click into place like a jigsaw puzzle. Impossible things meeting or colliding in impossible ways with impossible conditions that normally would not happen.

With an outcome of true miracle quality and having wow factor to make us wonder how we got something so impossible. But we did and we are Happy and don't question it. Some call it luck I call it Fate.

How did it happen just luck , I don't believe in luck, I do believe we make the thing called luck.

"The meeting of oppertunity with preperation generates the offspring we call LUCK". Tony Robins.
I all so have this overwhelming fear and feeling that we make our own bad luck. So even if you don't agree with me about this, imagine just for a second in either direction good or bad if you inside your head, control what happens in our external worlds. Its kind of a scary thou and if you had that power it would be taking responsibility for everything you manifest in your life. Whether you are a winner or a looser it's all on YOU. Whether it is true or not I prefer to live this way today.

With great power comes great responsibility. I say this because you effect other peoples worlds too and most of them walk around like sheep. They live life like victims floating down the river of life getting pulled by the current Thur rapids and calm waters alike. But like children of God, if you believe in that you take no credit for who you are or where you go or even what happens to you. A victim, when I realised and began to believe these theories I had a over whelming thought did I cause that because I was off my game and how could I control this power.

Knowing you can do this but not always being able to control it is the hardest thing I have ever done. Because my convictions are effected by my mood and by my emotional control or lack of it.. I like the zen of it the mystical part. Even tho it might just be ones focus and getting other people to buy into your dream and unconsciously they are helping us get what we desire and need.

What I really think is every time you need something the universe will provide it by way of your thoughts. Now some could and would call the entity I call the universe, " God ".

I do not believe that. I believe in energy, I also believe that science and religion have merge with similar theory's. Make it hare to discount either one. The mystical is something humans like because it feels good. I have leaned that you don't have to understand everything to use it and with time you get better at getting what you need out of it. I heard some one say that you do not need to understand Electricity to use it, unfortunately the same electricity we use to flip a light switch on and have light in our homes can also fry and kill a man. I have seen it first hand as a retired firefighter. .

Sounds like Religion doesn't it just like Blind faith. But i like the balance of adding science to the formula. Mainly because I get to control it and my internal bible can be rewritten as many times a day as I need and today's beliefs may be different tomorrow. As my experiences and education and moral compass change and guide me Thur life.

I don't float Thur the river of life I swim like a sun of a bitch. Only problem is sometimes I swim the wrong direction. Even learning from the wrong direction I went, takes time to figure out because you can justify pretty much anything you do in life. You add different meanings to it so it becomes at peace with your moral compass.

Like two kids or two people in one head or brain the two of you adjust what you did or the wrong direction you swam to make sense. It goes as deep as two kids pulling on a door because one wants in the room and the other does not want company in the room. They pull on opposite sides of the door knob struggling and yelling let me in. No go away I don't want you in here with me. so finally what happens as always one of them lets go and the other topples over backwards, and gets hurt and the crying and screaming starts.

I call this the E + R = O theory . So the first thing you have to do is get both parties to agree they were even their in the first place together pulling on the same door. Its a biggy because one says its boy A's Fault and the other says its boy B"s fault.

Now we do agree that we were both here pulling the door together correct. Yes.... they say aloud. Now both boys pulling on the door is the Event. ( E ) now the ( R ) is either persons and simultaneously or separately the ( R ) the reaction to the event equals the Outcome. Take away any part of the formula and it did not happen. So back to that moral compass thing our reactions to situations changes the out comes. the ( O ) . Like OK fine stay in there alone I hate you. lol

or alright come in just don't talk so much. or or or..... you see...

So I am not arguing the fact that their is forces that are external in nature pulling like a rivers current and they could form the ( E )factor of the equation but there is no Outcome with out our REACTION. Now our reaction could be just a thought that makes us happy or sad, or it could be falling backwards off the door knob. See how all things can melt together. Not much black and white in this world.

Like I said before allot of fog or grey areas everywhere when you Think.... and are honest with your self and are open to rewrites of ideas.

When you think and learn and change the part after the = ( equal sign ) can change from day to day,  tomorrows iron clad fix idea could change.... believe me.

YOU are LIKE a table with legs under it. The legs are morals and values and ideas that support who you are today. But someone comes along and knocks a leg out from under your table or you learn a new way to think and calculate what things mean and how they add up and it changes everything.

YOU are not who you used to be.

Think be alive and allow yourself to change and be in charge of you. The universe loves you ... lol Dog....

Thanks for thinking with me and thanks for reading, it means allot to me.

See ya next time....
Lance.

Freedom to Express and its a lottery

So this really bothered me. Revers Discrimination.

Quote:  "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
                      and I'm not sure about the the universe."

You Must watch youtube Video to make sense of this Post.. or not good luck.
Link
http://youtu.be/9swxIvDWVhA

And then I see this Posted:
A CONVERSATION WITH GOD

Me: God, can I ask You a question?
God: Sure
Me: Promise You won't get mad ... ... ... ...
God: I promise
Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?
God: What do u mean?
Me: Well, I woke up late
God: Yes
Me: My car took forever to start
God: Okay
Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait
God: Hmmm
Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call
God: All right
Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that?

God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one
of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that

Me (humbled): OH

GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.

Me: (ashamed)

God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.

Me (embarrassed):Okay

God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.

Me (softly): I see God

God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.

Me: I'm Sorry God

God: Don't be sorry, just learn to Trust Me.... in All things , the Good & the bad.

Me: I will trust You.

God: And don't doubt that My plan for your day is Always Better than your plan.

Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for Everything today.

God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children...

Share if you are thankful too

NO I WILL NOT>>>>>>>
Who posted this shit anyway, have we become so stupid as humans we have to post shit like that.

Well You know I have had some of the worst shit happen to me. and I don't complain but this is an example of, how sheep are brain washed. So worse shit could have happened to me and I should be grateful to a imaginary entity controlling everything . I don't think so.

I am a good person I have rose up from my dispare and remain a good human being, I would be classified under human terms as agnostic.

	agnostic
	An agnostic is a person who believes that the existence of a greater power, such as a god, cannot be proven or disproved; therefore an agnostic wallows in the complexity of the existence of higher beings The realization of knowing that “we cannot know everything” is the backbone of the agnostic belief.   I believe I have the human right to be an ever changing person and have the right to  freedom of Thought.     I Believe this...    Quote:     "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."   Keep on Thinking.  Thanks for reading Lance

My Contact Info: freedomirrigation@gmail.com

Well whats a topic one should not bring up. Ah I know Religion....

I was wondering about it in the basic way, not the theological history or reality but what common aspects of religion that are good and meet basic human needs. There must be something there that made it last Thur the ages. Maybe it was a universal way we used to link to each other. I believe in a common Collective consciousness. Now keep in mind my beliefs are fluid and keep changing or evolving as I become aware and enlightened. But I do believe in a collective consciousness. Now you can take this term as far forward thinking as you want, to new age thinking like you teach a monkey on a island on the other end of the our planet to use a specific tool to complete a task and other monkeys elsewhere on the planet will gain this ability or knowledge as well. We also intern can take it backwards in history to Emile Durkheim who died in 1917. He coined the phrase in psychology to refer to the shared beliefs and moral attitudes which operate as an unifying force within society.

So as I learnt it is not a new term, even tho new age thinking grab hold of the phrase and attached it to a growing thought that we are all bound together and draw from each other if you have evolved or become enlighten to a point of joining the group. Kind of like activating a radio transceiver in your head. The trick is to tune the radio and use it for good, as I have learnt and am still learning. So you must be evolved enough to transmit and receive and be open minded enough to believe it possible. Instinct a gut feeling, premonition's. You see where I am going with this if you do not believe in those three things and more you will not be able to use your radio in your head. Well something like that being enlightened also means you love your self, forgive, live in a fluid loving manner where you are open to new crazy ass ideas and think they are possible and probable.

Compared to the thinking of Emile Durkheim and the contrast would be the thinking of that age was ( In societies of this type, the contents of an individuals consciousness are largely shared in common with all other members of their society, creating a mechanical solidarity through mutual likeness. Now with language you can interpret a statement like that many different ways but what stands out for me is the word Mechanical . It amaze me that our ever changing cycles of thinking have a repetitive similarity of thinking but with a broader scope.

Did we already know this stuff or just a smaller portion of the human race was what I call (ENLIGHTENED ) seems like a possibility for sure..

Now jumping ahead just a bit the phrase Collective consciousness again coined this time to be: herd behaviour or group thinking , becoming aware of their shared traits and circumstances, and as a result  a community, and achieving solidarity.

Also jumping ahead just a bit the idea of Collective consciousness evolved to , Hive mind or group mind and social mind.

Hmmm So the power or the draw to some sort of Religion or to be part of something bigger than ones self is historically repetitive and addictive to humans.

There is something out there bigger than thy SELF. Something universally felt by most of us.

I respect the philosophy of the ideal with out the restrictions of organised stagnant religions or in some cases cults. I do not however agree with being controlled or having to think one way forever so I can be part of that HIVE.

So in short I kinda believe we are all gods each one of us to some degree at least and never want to be controlled or told how to think but I can however understand the need for a group of people, like say a family sitting around a table all hoping for the same things that are good for one or all. They share some beliefs that are common in nature and are positive for the universe.

Damn I think to much...

I might expand on this idea down the road.

Thanks for reading. Dog. lol if your like me and are dyslexic and have been called dog you see
God. yup you are God.

Lance

Recycle

Can you guess the Topic of this Post.

  First Let me say I hate Recycling I know we need to do it and I know its good for us and the planet I just think it is the most unorganised cumbersome way of doing something that should be easy. I read  about different countries practises and it seems to be a globally Miss managed effort. Saying that some countries are re visiting how to make it better like Australia .

  So let me start with an experience I had a few years ago. I am at a landfill some where in British Columbia. Naming no one...  and I have a very mixed load of garbage I have to separate the usual items wood, metal, gyp rock, electronics, house hold waste, glass, tires, roofing, porcelain and cardboard of course. I am at my second to last stop and it is house hold garbage with cardboard last on the way out. I am standing there with the Dump guy when I see a garbage truck pull up and back in. If you do not know it as they load there trucks at each stop they compress the garbage so they can fit lots in. When they unload the back flips open and a giant hydraulic wall at the front of the truck pushes out the garbage like the truck is taking a dump in slow motion in a horizontal fashion out the back.

Well what do I see as it pukes out everything that I have just separated into half a dozen piles in different locations all around the dump and it is putting them in the house hold area only to be buried by dirt. Now in the middle is a small garden shed sized lump of compressed cardboard. I was shocked. Now I am told this does not happen any more but I am not totally convinced at all.

I believe in recycling and its motto that is to avoid,

reduce, reuse, recycle, energy recover, and landfill, with the latter being the least

desirable outcome model.

Well this is some suggestions I have and Number one on my list is Don't let manufactures ship items of any kind in anything that is not recyclable it is just wrong. It should be against the law. 

Styrofoam.Non-Biodegradable
Styrofoam appears to last forever, as it is resistant to photolysis, or the breaking down of materials by protons originating from a light source. This, combined with the fact that Styrofoam is lightweight and therefore floats, means that over time a great deal of polystyrene has accumulated along coasts and waterways around the world. It is now considered the main component of marine debris.

Styrofoam is manufactured by using HFCs, or hydrofluorocarbons, which have negative impacts on the ozone layer and global warming. HFCs are less detrimental to the ozone than CFCs, which they replaced in the manufacturing of Styrofoam, but it is thought that the impact of HFCs on global warming is much more serious.

Non-Sustainable

Another reason that Styrofoam is harmful for the environment is that it is made with petroleum, which is a non-sustainable resource. Additionally, petroleum production creates heavy pollution

Well sorry to bore you with details but it is bad shit and for the most part gets  buried by dirt in your local landfill.
I believe every house hold should have a device or power tool to help you deal with your recycling,
Such as cardboard is very recyclable and with modern technology why cant we have a cross between a wood chipper and paper shredder that we feed our cardboard Thur and it CUTS it in to bits that goes in a garbage bag. Easy Peezy .. Wood is sustainable if we recycle it.

The fire wood I cut is all from Wind Falls they are laying down decomposing and they help heat your homes in wood stoves. :^)




Aluminium cans. Well do we really need to stack them and stack them and stack them. GeeezWeeezzz.
Can't we at least crush the damn things. Did you know.
   
 Making aluminium from
recovered scrap cans takes 95% less energy than using raw materials. Recycling makes
these materials available again for manufacturing new products, which is a better use
of both materials and energy.
I don't know maybe its just me but I think we can be so stupid as people and following a model that is so flawed is better than doing nothing but I think it could be easier for everyone.

I also believe our planet is worth saving now the people in it. HAA. 

One last thing Do we need 50 different Kinds of Plastic containers You need a PHD in Plastic to figure out which is and which is not and what goes in what category. How about one kind and yes a shredder in your house or one shared in your complex that shreds the plastic soap container or what ever that you had to wash 10 times. 

Thanks again for your Time. 

Some pics for your Viewing Pleasure below.

                                                  Wind Falls Heat for your house.

                                                       Thanks again. The End.

 





You are here for a reason. What is it?

Well like the photo above I guess we are all under Construction. 

The power of words and pictures to invoke thought is truly amazing, well I think it is any way. You know some times we are so wound up in what, why, where, whats next we are not present in the moments. We are not in phase with the universe we are part of. Its like when I go out and want to take pictures with my camera I have to change my cycles per second that my mind and body are resonating at or vibrating at or I can not find one single thing worthy of a Photograph. Seems unfair to the planet as there are miracles under every leaf, rock and in the sky. It is a weird thing I just recently became aware of in myself. I must go into almost a meditative state to see what is right in front of me. I believe we need to do this more. You ever experience some sort of personal trauma and your body puts you into a kind of shock to protect you and give you time to heal or rest. Well if you have and I have it is similar its like the world keeps spinning fast and your not in sink with it anymore. You can do this to your self any time. Simply do this as an-experiment  if you wish. 

Go out side and sit down on the grass just for a minute it total changes you. Not the same as a chair or your car seat. I mean the earth it self. You be come grounded quiet literally. You become part of the earth not an external entity you go from being the observer to the observed. There are other cool things that can do this to people like petting a dog or for some holding a baby. Funny thing is they all change are state because we become instantly connected to something bigger than ourselves.

 Ah The Mystery of life......

I am going to share some very wise words a dear friend of mine sent me. She some times helps me get out of myself when I am having a melt down. Any way I think they are true for many of us. I never understood the statement the " The answer is in the question " in fact it used to drive me nuts to hear it or read it but it is so true, any how here is what she wrote. 

You are here for a reason. What is it?

 Perhaps you touch lives in a positive way that helps them to transform. Perhaps it is to transform your own being? I don't have the answers but I know that we are all here for a reason, a higher purpose. Hang on to yourself. Those that have left this place are not gone, just changed. You can still let them in by letting love and light in and releasing, fear, anger, regret etc. Sounds esoteric and intangible ... but to me it also sounds true! Our senses are limited and keep us from knowing everything... ah the mystery of life is yet to unfold. Maybe if we embrace and marvel in the mystery, life will open up to us and become... magnificent!

Very POWERFUL words and words we all need to hear and think about. Just BE. good advise. 

Thank you..

So if your like me and everyone else to. Keep this in mind. We can get so weighed down by life that we miss out on people and things that are right in front of your face. Sit down on the grass or on a beach shore and shift yourself out of phase with the chaos of the clock ticking in your head and be OBSERVED. 

Thanks for your time. 

Lance.

The realities of being Human.

So here is my question, ready its a complex one and has many sides to it like the old house in my

 photograph. 

Do you think we would respect life more if we hunted and shot our own meat. You know that stuff that you pick out at the supermarket sitting in Styrofoam and covered with clear wrap. Now in this regard I am talking about actual shooting it and gutting it and all the gross parts involved. Recently I received a freezer full of deer meat cut and wrapped. Awesome gift as times are tight and this gives me meat for the winter. It is wrapped up like beef from the butcher shop. I did not shoot it. It was a gift and  just arrived in my freezer. So I took out my first steaks and barbecued it and ate it. Now I am not one of those people that dissociates the whole posses like some. I think about it all the time when I am eating meat of any kind. I am one of those people that evolved to a point where I carry ants and spiders out side and do not kill them. I respect all forms of life. I was not always this way but I am now. So anyway you would think that me eating that deer meat would be no different than going to the supermarket and buying a steak for supper. It was not every bite I thought something gave up its life so I could live. It was weird, I was so surprised it actually bothered me. So now I am thinking not of becoming a vegetarian but the opposite that if I am going to continue to eat meat I should be man enough to kill it myself and all that goes with that responsibility. I believe that I will respect the gift of life much more if I am not removed from the reality of killing and eating meat. We take so much of life for-granted and are Hippocrates about it. I am one to face my fears and false beliefs and change them to reality. We will find out but I know I will not have the euphoric experience of the thrill of the hunt. I believe it will be the opposite I will be sad and grateful that a animal gave its life so I could eat. The way this world is going I also think we need to survive in a different way we take running water, power, Internet, heat all the things for granted. It would not take much to cripple our grocery stores. People don't know how to even cook anymore every thing is pre packaged and microwaveable. So acquiring some skills and tools to grow your own food and hunt if you choose and have a plan if this world goes for a shit sure can't hurt or at least think about it. I don't mean going to extremes just some baby steps in that direction. I believe that you would have a lot more respect for Life and the environment and our planet and the people in it if you kill your own deer or what ever it is. Now some might say the opposite but I believe for us evolved souls it would be the opposite that you would have a profound new respect for life.

We will find out because I hate hypocrites and I am not giving up meat at this time in my life.

 If any of you have any thoughts on this post. I would like to hear them. I am ever evolving and changing my mind and views on the world and people in it and me in my own skin. So thanks for your time and have a great day and Think. Don't be one of those people that hide behind soft language like the deer past away or when you cook your next roast in the oven you associated it with something inanimate that had no life. Even plants are alive and we kill them and eat them. Milk was taken from a live cow. Cheese and yogurt are living cultures just like us. Pro biyotics are not man made Plastic objects. I just want you to be real and think about reality and embrace it.

Thought does that and conversations like this with different prospective s invoke our personal enlightenment to I hope a better place in our minds. Deep eh. lol anyhow I can not escape or hide from my thoughts and nor do I want to anymore. So the roller coaster ride continues. Maybe this weekend Phil will post a comment or two on what he thinks about this idea of disassociation we all suffer from. 

Ps I took the photo's they make me imagine a different time where there was no choice but to live in alignment with the earth and respect what you have to do to stay alive and appreciate the little things.

Chow for now folks stay safe and stay real. 

Xpress L.P.

Well folks we go live soon. So come on a ride with us.