HERE'S TO FIGHTING ON A SPIRITUAL FRONTIER.
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THERE ARE SEVEN CLINICAL STAGES ALSO KNOWN AS THE GLOBAL DETERIOATION SCALE (DTS).
THESE STAGES WERE DEVELOPED AND PIONEERED BY DR. BARRY REISBERG OF N.Y.U.
 THESE BECAME THE GUIDELINES FOR CAREGIVERS AND PROFESSIONALS.
STAGES 1-3 ARE CONSIDERED TO BE PRE-DEMENTIA STAGES.
STAGES 4-7 ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST NOTABLE DEMENTIA STAGES.
STAGE 5 IS CONSIDERED THE POINT AT WHICH A PERSON CAN NO LONGER LIVE WITHOUT MONITORING AND ASSISTANCE. 
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There are multiple early warning signs of dementia we Should not ignore. The symptoms can vary widely from person to person and may not indicate what we think they mean. Never-the-less, these are some telltale indicators. Short-term memory loss could mean something. If we forget the name of an actor or singers in the programs we just saw or the song we just heard it's, one thing. If we forget about the experience altogether it's another. Any significant lapse, especially when it comes to recent events is concerning. When we have difficulty interacting with others or just want to be by ourselves, we may be setting the stage for a decline. Social disconnection can shorten our lives by about as much as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. The signs can be complicated. Loneliness and isolation affect everything from inflammation levels in our bodies to the odds that we’ll exercise, eat well or get to a hospital if we fall ill. A progressive or worsening sense of direction can also occur with dementia. This can manifest in things like difficulty with driving and getting lost in familiar environments. A loss of confidence can cause us to restrict our driving to very familiar, close destinations and low-speed, low-traffic situations, and good weather only. If we are being told by family or friends that we're repeating questions and/or stories and statements in a short timeframe, without seeming to realize it take note. If they tell us that we just asked that same question and it was answered, that's a red flag. We’ve all experienced a time or two when we fight with our brain to find the right word, even though it’s on the tip-of-the-tongue. That's normal. If it’s happening a lot and we're substituting or adding words that don’t fit the conversation, that’s concerning. If we begin to find routine or typical things requiring multitasking, like preparing a three-course meal, difficult to do or unsuccessful, this may be a sign that something more serious is at play. This might indicate that the brain's executive function is having issues.

We can better understand Alzheimer's through familiarity with other similar types of brain and/or mind issues. it is advisable to have some basic knowledge of these ten (10) types of mental health d-i-s-o-r-d-e-r-s. Mental illnesses are as prevalent as physical illnesses. It might not be a stretch to assume that there are as many mental maladies as there are physical ones. Consider everything from anger and anxiousness to depression and exuberance as mental "states of being." When any state of our being gets scrambled or warped from its created intended order, it can be described as a disorder. In fact, a mental illness is defined as "a condition that affects a person's thinking, feelings or mood for a sustained period of time that negatively impacts them. Let's examine the top ten mental issues. Remember, that behind any personification, there can be multiple spirits in operation and at work! This doesn't mean that we can blame a spirit or spirits for everything that happens to us. However, keep in mind that spirits are lurking and waiting for any opportunity to express themselves through. Cuts, fractures, traumas and most types of "headaches" are natural/physical ailments that require medical attention. Still keep in mind that the invisible psychological and spiritual realms are thoroughly interconnected and can manifest in tangible and visible ways. Our intention in this post is to illustrate "their" connections to "our" mental disorders. Let's start with some symptoms that we all should be familiar with. (1) Anxiety disorders probably head the list of mental disorders. There are "GAD's," general anxiety disorders, "PD's," panic disorders, "SAD's," social anxiety disorders, "OCD's," obsessive compulsive disorders and more. To many of us these are everyday "stresses" we can usually deal with. We hope that anyone engaging with this post will see the correlation between mental maladies and spiritual realities. (2) Personality disorders can be categorized as behavioral, emotional and/or thought patterns that overwhelm an individual's ability to control them. They notably deviate from the expectations of that individual's culture and society. Just being different does not mean that someone has a personality disorder. There must be some significant distress caused by or resulting from the way such a person sees themselves, others and various situations. This speaks to the lack of an individual's ability to exercise authority over their own spirit. Maintaining the capacity to adjust to, adopt or abide within a standard ensures that we're in control. (3) The third of these common mental illnesses is called A.D.H.D. This is a disorder characterized by inabilities to concentrate, sit still, forgetfulness, restlessness and losing things. Individual symptoms can vary by age, gender and the type of A.D.H.D. Spirits can take advantage of our hyper-behaviors when we surrender our peace. The letters are an abbreviation for Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. There are three "recognized" types of this particular disorder. There is combined type A.D.H.D., there is impulsive/hyperactive type A.D.H.D. and there is inattentive and distractible type A.D.H.D. Most of us can recall a time in our lives when we've experienced one or more of these symptoms but still maintained order in our lives. Drugs/Medications are not the only treatments available for this condition, but they should be carefully considered. (4) Posttraumatic stress disorders are not new, just newly defined. The term "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)" was officially recognized in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association. The idea that psychological trauma and shock, can and/or does occur following any significant traumatizing event has been documented throughout history. Car accidents, unexpected deaths, falls, natural disasters and unpleasant surprises fall under this category. We see this very often, particularly in soldiers experiencing combat, who suffer from what is called "shell shock." Our unhardened spirits can prove to be very delicate things. Stress is a psychological and spiritual reaction to trauma. What usually occurs after a situation abates or a danger passes is that the stress and trauma goes with it. If our spirit doesn't get the message, a prolonged fight, freeze or fight state may remain in place. Spirits often attach to emotions and can refuse to let go until we expel them; especially if they gained association through grief. (5) Depression can be seen as a "type" of a mood disorder. We all get discouraged from time to time. Faith and hope, which also have a spiritual dimension, can be lost during bouts of depression. Most people innately believe that eventually things will get better. Optimism provides a positive outlook even in negative circumstances. However, pessimism casts a shadow, even if the sun shines bright, without obstacles in its path or in sight. (6) Bipolar disorders are more than transitional mood changes. This disorder is characterized by both manic and depressive mood swings. The "manic" aspect is not necessarily a positive manifestation of energy although it can be. These "manic" episodes can cause feelings of extreme happiness, extreme irritability, or energized mental and/or physical activities. During manic stages, individuals can exert themselves performing tasks like cleaning repetitively, working excessively, talking unceasingly, racing thoughts, being irritable, acting out sexual promiscuity and going without sleep. At the other end of the spectrum, the "depressive" mood swing can cause them to feel hopeless, become totally unmotivated, bed-ridden, suicidal and fatigued. People suffering from this disorder can also suffer with weight, sleep and eating issues. Spirits of all sorts can take advantage of this inability to balance tasks and temperaments. (7) Eating disorders are almost as common as bipolar disorders. This problem is further helped along by America's destructive dietary dilemma and body image obsession. There are several types of eating disorders. Some of the most common include anorexia nervosa, characterized by a distorted body image that "usually" goes with excessively low body weight maintained by dieting and exercise. Bulimia nervosa, on the other hand is a binge eating, followed by purging disorder. Stuffing food down, feeling guilty and forcing vomiting are some of its trademarks. Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) should be included in this short list too. With all of the diets promoted by institutions and celebrities its surprising that we don't see more of this disorder; or maybe we do? Other specified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED) and Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified ( EDNOS) round out the dietary diseases summarized here. In both of these cases there are behaviors, signs and symptoms similar to one or more of another eating disorder. (8) Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is another mental health condition and disorder that causes people to experience unwanted, recurring thoughts and feelings (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). This is a worry, panic and anxiety disorder. Although this malady is not as prevalent as others, it easily has significant spiritual earmarks. Cleaning, germs, counting and repetitive behaviors are not its only signs. The reality of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is anxiousness, rigid thinking and feelings of isolation. A desire for order is one basic human need that allows a restless human spirit to relax. (9)Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) begin in childhood but are usually diagnosed later on in life. Social interactions, learning and communication barriers are common challenges. Normal social cues and eye contact are often ignored or missed but this is not due to a lack of intelligence. We are designed as interdependent creatures, the construct of all life as we know it is such. Spiritually, we are also able to connect and interact with all of creation. These ties may not be obvious to everyone, but they are important. (10) Schizophrenia/Psychotic Disorders are not as rare as most think. Psychosis is a collection of symptoms that can affect the mind and cause anyone to lose touch with reality. It is estimated that one percent (1%) of the population will experience a psychotic break at some point in their lifetime. During psychotic episodes a person's thoughts and perceptions of reality are disrupted. They can easily mistake this as spiritual and/or supernatural experiences. Understanding that other spirits can take advantage of this state of mind is important because people affected by this disease may have difficulty recognizing what is real and what is not. So how does any of this relate to Alzheimer's?​ Anyone working with someone affected by Alzheimer's is likely to notice similarities to many of the diseases listed here. Most mental maladies follow matching spiritual threads. Our relationship with energy from environments, from food, from friends and our own beliefs is very important, it begins at birth and continues until death. Appetites, dreams, feelings, imaginations, impulses, urges and yearning must all be controlled, managed and trained.  Spirits can and will take advantage of any kinks in our armor. Most of us have more than one Achilleas Heel! The lack of societal standards and the new normal of anything goes is hard to refute. We no longer insist on the need to teach ourselves or get instructions about how to train the psyche and exercise rule over our minds. The psyche involves the totality of the human mind. This includes both the conscious and unconscious parts. The psyche directs the body's reactions to its environment and must be controlled! Finding or making excuses for aberrant behavior is not classified as a mental illness but rather as a spiritual malady. Examining and exposing the spiritual side of conditions, diseases, disorders, businesses, governments, politics, medicines, religions and society is what we do in this forum.

​Alzheimer's disease is not new. Getting old has become a business that allows exploits of both the people with these conditions and their families. This "so-called" brain disease is a form of dementia that has come into prominence over the last century. Also known as type 3 diabetes, it "seems" to be caused by an insulin intolerance.  As an invisible mental disorder, it also has the characteristics of many spiritual maladies. As usual, the medical and scientific communities are only addressing the psychological and physical aspects of this condition. We've mentioned this before, and we will say it again. Each and EVERY "manifestation" society encounters within the physically visible realm also has an invisible spiritual force behind it in operation too! ​This is especially true with Alzheimer's disease. Are lifestyle changes in any way associated with this disease? Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative "so-called" brain disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early signs and symptoms include difficulty in remembering recent events, such as where we're going, where we parked or recent conversations. As this disease advances, the symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and behavioral issues. Once our condition deteriorates further, we often withdraw from family, friends and society. Finally, after months to years of gradual decline our bodily functions are lost which ultimately leads to death. Although the speed of progression can vary, the average life expectancy following diagnosis is three to twelve years. There are two book we highly recommend. The first is "The 36 hour day" and the second is, ​"Alzheimer's Dementia What Now? Help and Hope for Caregivers, Family, and Friends." Dealing with someone afflicted by this dreaded condition is not easy. If fact most people are not cut out for it. This is no reason to throw up our hands in despair or to give up hope. Anyone who has not directly or indirectly dealt with someone afflicted by this malady will, sooner or later. We are not alarmist or fear-mongers, we are aggregators. Knowing what drives a disease is paramount to understanding how to address it. Anyone who believes in God, as the creator of all things should also acknowledge that we were created perfectly and designed to abide within a perfect environment. Everyone knows that we do not live in a perfect world. Everything is suffering including plants, animals, weather, mankind and all of nature. The Bible puts it this way, in Romans 8 verses 19 through 22. "(19) For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (20) For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, (21) Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (22) For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." This means that our inheritance, this planet, was compromised through our disobedience. This includes all aspects of life including the material, mental, physical, social and spiritual dimensions. To gain further insight about the spiritual aspects of Alzheimer's we must draw a distinction between the brain and the mind. The two are closely related and intertwined. However, today's medical science is primarily centered around addressing the physical and biological aspect of the deterioration of the brain. Their perspective targets our body's brain as the primary cause and does not include the intangible mind. In the same manner that the natural connects to the spiritual through the power of words. There must also be a way that our brain connects to our minds through our senses. Medical science associates the resulting mental decline as a secondary symptom caused by molecular and cellular failures. In our studies, the relationship between Dementia and the "vagus nerve" is rarely if ever mentioned. The vagus nerve controls our bodies involuntary processes. This includes bladder movement, blood pressure, breathing, circulation, digestion, fertility, gut health, hearing, heartbeat, orgasms, speech, swallowing and taste. A healthy vagus nerve gives us access to parts of the brain linked to creativity, higher cognition and abstract thinking for making decisions. Without a properly functioning vagus nerve our primal instincts controlled by fear; like freeze, flight or fight responses can rule the day. Our brains are most certainly linked to our minds! This is why we must pursue spiritual science. Of course, our approach to this and many other issues is different, rather than seeing the brain as the primary cause, we see the mind as the main factor. To examine this premise from both a spiritual and psychological perspective we must carefully consider how the invisible intangible mind functions. The "PSYCHE" is "the totality of the human mind, including both the conscious and unconscious parts. It's the center of thought, feeling, and motivation, and it guides the body's reactions to its environment. The word "psyche" comes from the Greek word psykhe, which means "the soul, mind, spirit, or invisible animating entity which occupies the physical body." Although "mind" is a nebulous concept, in our opinion, the best description of how the mind operates comes from Sigmund Freud. ​Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis proposed that the way we behave is primarily influenced by unconscious memories, thoughts, and urges. This was probably Freud’s single most enduring and important idea. In 1923 Freud developed a personality theory that divided the PSYCHE into three parts. They are named the id, the ego, and the superego. He theorized that they each developed at different stages and times in our lives. Although he was skeptical of religion and spirituality, the very idea that he classified these three parts independently as systems, infers evidence of a spiritual realm whether he believed in one or not. His theory regarding the three parts of the PSYCHE as individual but interconnected systems still resonates in religious and psychological circles today. He stressed that they were not a part of the brain or considered to be physical or tangible in any way. However, they have influence within every important mental function. This brief description of the three parts illustrates their relationship to our conscious, preconscious/subconscious and unconscious thoughts. The instinctive largely unconscious id represents our impulsive drives and urges. These are managed and controlled by the conscious ego. whose job is to enforce the prohibitions and learned standards of the conscious super-ego. The id alone does not respect rules. The super-ego however, represents a person's conscience and their internalized standards of morality. The conscious ego's job is to allow our conscience instilled within the super-ego to integrate its prohibitions on the drives of the id. This may be confounding. Let's look at the way the Bible explains it. In Romans 7:14-24 the dilemma of the PSYCHE reconciling these three systems is mentioned. The three systems mentioned here bringing conflict of mind are the law the will and the flesh. (14) For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. (15) For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. (16) If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. (17) Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (18) For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. (19) For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. (20) Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (21) I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. (22) For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (23) But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. (24) O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? This may appear to be as complicated as Freud's theory, but it corresponds with the Apostle Paul's analysis of the same quandary. This "pickle" is a spiritual conflict inherited at birth. These posts focus on the spiritual side of our existence. Delving into the spiritual sciences with a carnal mind can prove to be quite difficult.

All people need visible, audible, tactile stimulation on an ongoing consistent basis to remain healthy. As many of us get older we gradually withdraw from society. Some of behaviors are dementia enablers. Our tolerance of the stresses that come from various interactions with others can diminish even as our circle of friends also decreases. Although this "seemingly" helps our situation temporarily, this may be the first sign of a symptomatic distress. No man is an island! Socialization is a critical aspect of our existence. Even GOD recognized that man would be better suited and complete with a "help meet." And as a result, GOD created the woman who was specifically made for the man. This is the MAIN intent, purpose and design of ALL women. The institution of marriage addressed that social, psychological and spiritual need of men! Without female companionship a man's creative quiver is incomplete! Men NEED women to balance, help and temper them. Married couples can complement one another like no other earthly relationship can. When it comes to couples that have been together for a long time, how many times have we witnessed the quick demise of the second spouse after the first one passes? When the first spouse dies, the surviving partner usually experiences a significant emotional and psychological blow that can promote a physical decline. The grief and stress disrupt routine practices and makes them more vulnerable to mental, physical and spiritual health issues. This can potentially hasten the death of the surviving spouse shortly after. Even young people dealing with "crushes" and breakups during their initial experiences with "puppy love" can become so heartbroken that they feel the world is coming to an end. Although loneliness differs from being alone either of them can cause distress. Isolation and lack of routine can enable demise. Remember these four attributes of good health: be DESPerate at all times. ​Diet, Exercise Social and Purpose!

There are some basic and even counter-intuitive principles to keep in mind when interacting with people suffering with mental and neurological disorders. This is a marathon not a sprint. Laymen and novices dealing with these types of diseases often create a disappointing scenario. Evaluating or trying to figure out what level of mental acuity someone is at requires discernment, expertise and insight. Many of us mistakenly blur the the line between clarity and ability based on a premise that mixes both short and long term memory characteristics. Instances of all kinds of memory reside and have unknown triggers. Asking, or quizzing loved one's memories with pictures and questions is usually not the best way to evaluate their condition. We can easily set both them and us up for failure. Do you remember me, do you remember my name, who am I and questions like this challenge the condition rather than inciting or spurring a memory. Friends, laymen and loved ones underestimate the cognitive reserve that our neuroplastic brains possess. Having a mission and something to accomplish or do often stimulates breakthroughs that may be short lived or can be repetitively recalled in Alzheimer's patients. Singing a song or humming a tune have vibratory and mentally stimulating effects. Moments of clarity and lucidity can be sporadic and triggered by unexpected factors like anger, hugs, laughs, news, sounds and voice pitch. One of the worse scenarios is having nothing to do; no schedule, no stimulus and no sense of accomplishment. There are spirits in operation and the environment they're in often plays a major role in a patients response. Getting out into nature and out of an institution can refresh the mind in ways that we may not understand.

It is vital to understand and keep in mind that Alzheimer's is primarily a mental disease. Although this "Slow Death" eventually reaches a physical stage of effects, much of that can be postponed and delayed. Circadian rhythms continue to play an important part in our lives regardless of our mental and/or physical status. Circadian rhythms are the pattern our bodies follow based on a 24-hour day. This is the name given to our body's internal clock. This rhythm tells our bodies when to sleep and when to wake up. It also affects several other body processes, like hormones, digestion and body temperature. It’s the tiny conductor inside our bodies that regularly performs a 24-hour symphony of biological music. all of nature is involved in this timing. This is why as we age it is important to get outdoors every day even if the weather is inclement. Keeping plants or having pets' aids in synchronizing our lives naturally and promotes better health. Get these people outside in the sun and the breeze every day! Our bodies set our circadian rhythm naturally, guided by our brains. But outside factors, like light, can affect the rhythm, too. For example, when light enters our eyes, cells send a message to our brain that it can stop producing melatonin (a hormone that helps us sleep). The environments we find ourselves in play a critical role in the way we act and feel. Healthy environments are characterized by more than just their air, landscape and waterways. There is growing evidence to suggest that exposure to natural environments can be associated with mental health benefits. Clean air, water, and green spaces can enhance people’s quality of life. Mental health issues rank among the 10 largest non-fatal threats in most countries. Nature is more than what we observe. Nature is the collective phenomena of all physical manifestation as well as the spiritual forces in operation behind it. Being in sync with the greater sideral movements of the universe mentally and physically is vital when dealing with Alzheimer's. Sleeping throughout the day and a lack of consistent walking along with other range of motion exercises accelerates the demise from this disease. Muscular atrophy is the wasting or thinning of muscle mass. There can be multiple causes. Disuse (physiologic) atrophy is a byproduct of not using our muscles enough. If we stop using our muscles, our bodies will divert the energy needed to take care of them. As a result, the body will start to break down our muscles, take energy from them and they will decrease in size and strength. This along with other factors precipitates the increased likelihood of the dreaded fall. Allowing people with Alzheimer's and Dementia to sit and or lay around all day is a death sentence! They require more than just assistance and monitoring; they must engage in daily physical therapy. Physical activity improves mental health, increases social skills, promotes restful sleep, prevents obesity along with a host of other benefits. Regular consistent daily activity must be at the top of the list of priorities right along with safety. Securing, rather confining, our loved ones, without a plan for maintaining them is either a dereliction of duty or plain ole ignorance! We should not depend on the facilities and institutions we house them in to implement these procedures, we should insist and check to make sure they are engaging in these practices with all their patients. In most cases, if we don't, they won't. The pineal gland must be paid specific attention. Unlike most brain structures the pineal gland is unpaired, there is only one. The function that is most linked to the pineal gland is the secretion of a hormone called melatonin. Melatonin is best known for its role in regulating circadian rhythms. The schedule of melatonin secretion is regulated by signals from the retina about light in the environment​. Our Circadian rhythm is the pattern our bodies follow based on a 24-hour day. It’s the name given to our body’s internal clock. This rhythm tells our body when to sleep and when to wake up. It also affects several other body processes like blood pressure, hormones, digestion and body temperature. Melatonin levels should be highest during the hours of darkness. Melatonin activity can be used to signal that circadian rhythms are in their nocturnal stage. If melatonin levels are high and someone is still wide awake, it indicates that their circadian rhythms are not in sync. The pineal gland (light and darkness gland) activated by light produces serotonin, and in darkness activates melatonin. Sunlight is therapeutic! Light therapies using infrared and near infrared light and even incandescent ultraviolet light have been proven to be somewhat effective if the best source from sunshine cannot be accessed. Proximity to greenspace "earthing and grounding" have been associated with lower levels of stress and reduced symptomology for depression and anxiety. We know that interacting with nature can improve cognition for children with attention deficits and individuals with depression. Anyone who has ever spent time at a beach without going in for a swim should have experienced the cathartic relaxing effect of the waves endlessly breaking against the shore. A 2014 epidemiological study has shown that people who move to greener urban areas benefit from sustained improvements in their mental health. “It is becoming increasingly evident that the 2.2 million years our genus has spent in natural environments are consequential to modern mental health. The accumulating strength of research from multiple disciplines makes it difficult to dismiss the clinical relevancy of natural environments in 21st century mental health care. There are various geographical locations, hot springs, lakes, lava pools and mountains that by just visiting them promotes healing and restorative energies within us. Let's unite nurturing with nature! GET THEM OUTSIDE!

There's always a conversation going on inside our heads. This does not change with Alzheimer's or Dementia. We need to believe in what we perceive in order to maintain our sanity. We can find it through external and/or internal sources. The internal dialogue must be convincing enough, not only for us to believe it personally, but for others to believe it too. Cognitive and confirmation biases introduced into the conversation allows us to valid beliefs through our own reality. The inner conversation continues for us all. It is even better when we get agreement that include other people or other sources within the ongoing dialogue. Confirmation bias takes on a unique aspect when our minds get mixed up. Confirmation Bias is similar to the computer search algorithms we encounter every day. This bias deliberately finds similar information and topics along our usual interests. This reinforces what we already believe, true or not! The tendency to seek out, interpret and embrace information in a manner that confirms our existing beliefs is confirmation bias. This bias has a first cousin that can operate cooperatively or independently called cognitive bias. It is a cognitive bias that can lead us to extremely fixed inaccurate conclusions. Dementia allows us to take this one step further. Even without finding external reinforcements we can use "cognitive biases" to replace any lack of evidence. Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking derived by patterns of deviation from normal rational judgments. We can all fall victim to this problem when we create our own "subjective realities." 

The important spiritual aspects of mental diseases should not be overlooked. Spirits have domains. They operate in both physical and virtual spaces. Physical spaces like Assisted living and or Nursing homes are usually infested with the energy of their presence. Virtual spaces within the human mind are often infiltrated by adverse spiritual energy too. We can see these manifestations in people and places everywhere when we become sensitive to their presence. Although many people suffering from the afflictions of dementia have compromised mental and physical abilities their invisible sensory (spiritual) faculties usually remain intact but conflicted. This takes us back to the Freudian model discussed earlier. The struggle to maintain balance within the PSYCHE can become quite obvious. The unruly Id can rise to the surface and be exploited by the general spirit of our temperament. If we are easy going and laid back that disposition can take center stage. If we are aggressive and intense that facet of our personality can emerge with a vengeance. This is especially true with dementia. The previously suppressed real complexion is easy to recognize, and the disposal become obvious. A once "hidden" character can emerge that seems so unlike the person exhibiting it, that we wonder if it's really them. This is where spiritual discernment goes hand in hand with spiritual authority. We do not have to accept the baser manifestations exhibited, but we're going to need to exercise a lot of patience and persistence to wait them out! Dealing compassionately with them and authoritatively with the spirit behind the behavior is the key!  Remember, invisible spirits can operate on the invisible mind behind the scenes to harass both us and them. These spirits know us too! These spirits can take us down innumerable rabbit holes if we are spiritually naive enough to go there! They know what buttons to push, and if we forget what and who we are battling against, we are likely to take it personally! Understanding gives us insight into our undertakings. Don't quit, get back in the battle!

What discourages many people in the pursuit of assisting Alzheimer's and dementia patients is the perceived lack of progress. Progress with such ailments is often measured in the moment. Every moment of enjoyment is a victory. Moments of memory recall and clarity, no matter how faint or scrambled are breakthroughs. Our futile attempts to fix what we perceive to be broken can lead to frustration. However, we cannot knowingly repair anything without understanding its construct. Our consolation can be found within the knowledge that no "Big Bang Theory" could have formed such a complicated creature. Even as we malfunction it's fascinating to see how resilient the human mind is! We must keep in mind how confusing and frustrated the patient can be in their attempt to make sense of the perplexity of their situation. Is there anything too hard for God? The answer is no. Are there any conditions that can impede and prevent God from working? The answer is yes. ​"So, we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." Looking at things from a spiritual perspective is easy to do when we acknowledge and adhere to the Biblical spiritual standards of God. This becomes much more difficult when we adopt and embrace our personal cognitive and confirmation biases. Simulating natural remedies through new therapies like photobiotic modulation are as simple as getting out into the sun and minding our circadian rhythms. Starting with Adam and Eve it's easy to see how our reasoning and thinking can interfere with what's best for us. It's the lies that we first entertain and then believe that lead us astray! "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve," was the cry from Joshua, before he led Isreal out of the wilderness into the promised land. Whenever a doctor tells us there is no known cure, they perpetuate the BIG LIE! There are multiple cures unknown to them that they actually should know about like simply eating blueberries every day! "Lions mane" offers a natural remedy for a number of ailments. Why haven't we heard much about it? Ketogenic strategies and therapies using coconut oil and MCT have great promise. Products such as NAC (Acetylcysteine) taken off of the shelves during the COVID-19 Pandemic also appears to be effective. CBD gummies or oils is another therapy that has shown promise. When there's nothing to lose why do we tend to throw up our hands in despair? Nowadays, and in many cases our failure to believe God is brought on by our own hubris and a false belief in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. Most people who believe in Jesus acknowledge that on numerous occasions he healed any and every disease that he encountered. "And Jesus departed from thence and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain and sat down there. And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel." How many of us believe that the apostles continued this healing ministry. Just as Jesus told them, they also performed even greater works. However, do any of us fully embrace the admonition in Psalms 103 where we can bless the Lord at all times, for all of his benefits which include the forgiveness of all our iniquities and the healing of ALL our diseases? Are we trusting in modern technology so much so that we no longer have confidence or trust in the LORD? Have we embraced what may be considered a contradiction in scripture? What did Paul mean when he wrote that whether there be prophecies they shall fail, tongues cease and knowledge vanish away? Did this include healings and miracles too? God forbid. How can the great exposition about LOVE in chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians have such a bleak verse? This is the passage of scripture often recited at weddings! Is it possible that people once believed so fervently that they expected just the shadow of the Apostle Peter would heal them? This does not exclude light therapies, plant therapies and a host of other alternative wholistic approaches. IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD?

Let's stop depending on the institutions, organizations and their conventional ways of dealing with elder care. There is nothing wrong with finding our own way. We should not continue to apply yesterday's traditional solutions to today's unique problems. This is where apologist get ostracized for promoting, revealing and saying things that are not mainstream or popular. We are not totally against assisted living, memory care, as it is called, and nursing homes. We are adamantly against supporting an industry that is profiting off of people's anxiety, despair, ignorance and lack of resources to deal with this growing silent epidemic. The ABSOLUTELY best way to care for anyone suffering dementia and any of the diseases under its umbrella like Altheimer's is to begin and strive to end the course of caring for them at home. This might be a controversial statement and may not always be possible, but those cases should be the exception not the rule. Unfortunately, most of us are reactive rather than proactive and fail to heed the early warning signs of the gradual decline and slow death associated with this disease. We believe that EVERY nuclear family should work along with their extended family to create, develop, form and have a system that will address the care of their aging members. Family reunions can be more than get togethers' with pictures, stories and memories. These occasions should include planning sessions for future eventualities that allow the shared resources of the whole to minister to the future needs of individuals under its umbrella. United we stand and divided we are falling to profit driven organizations and state institution that simply warehouse our loved ones. We can and should form our own ongoing family intuitions that exist in perpetuity to address these needs! This communistic approach requires a degree of unity and combined financial support. This means it must have a business-like structure with a charitable defined mission. This style of family and home healthcare solutions by us and for us is the best alternative to what already exists. Now in some cases this may be opening a "can of worms." For most people, this expression means to attempt to solve one problem, or to do something, that creates a whole litany of other problems that were not there in the first place. We will apply this meaning to the expression but that's not what it originally meant. These recommendations are for those that really care. This is not for people or profiteers who would stoop so low as to monetize misery. Avarice and greed operate at a spiritual level. Many people are not aware that they are susceptible to their influence and subsequently fall victim to the love of money. As we've stated before, Money, pleasure and power; aka the lust of the eyes the lust of the flesh and the pride of life have destroyed multitudes. There are nursing home franchises that specialize in both institutional and home health care. There are senior health care subsidies that provide housing healthcare and services. There are and will be even more government assistance programs on both state and federal levels to address this growing epidemic.

It is important to regard the sensory aspect of our existence. Even if our loved ones appear not to be consciously present, they are still functioning sensually and in spirit. The spirit is the lifeforce of the body! Engaging the spirit is not that difficult to do. We can annoy them, entertain them, humor them or continue to ignore them. Most of the present medical approaches to dealing with Alzheimer's are not therapeutic, they simply involve drugs and 24-hour restrictive monitoring. Remember, the main battle is being waged in the invisible mind, rather than the tangible visible brain. The brain and mind are two distinct entities that should not be confused despite their interconnectedness. The brain is a physical organ that operates at the center of our nervous system. Our minds represent the non-physical, spiritual aspect of our existence that encompasses thoughts, feelings, and consciousness. Our minds can pace back and forth as it balances perceived reality with intentions, thoughts and memories. We can often see the physical manifestations of this in some coaches as they pace the sidelines managing their teams. An improperly managed mind can easily become a prison for us all! There can and will be breakouts from that prison and breakthroughs into it. There will be multiple moments that may be easily missed if we fail to discern or see them. In computer terminology, "the software of the brain is the mind." We do not believe that the mind ever sleeps. The mind is constantly active regardless of whether we are conscious or not.

​Imagine being trapped in a large room constantly bumping into the invisible people that fill it. On the other hand imagine being the only one in an empty room that countless others are desperately trying to enter into. These are two of multiple perspectives to consider when engaging in social interactions. The sense of reality controlled by the mind, functions as a coping mechanism and interprets both intellectual and physical stimuli. In most cases, physical stimuli such as smells, sounds, tastes and touches keep having the same effect as in times past. These can serve as gateways to reaching out and into the minds of loved ones. One of our favorite tactics and techniques are the use of sweets. Our weapon of choice is the savory vitamin D3 gummies easily purchased at any drug store. Sometimes we can penetrate into their minds if we find a gateway through the body. Stimulating taste buds have a tendency to bypass barriers, maneuver past mental mechanisms and lower invisible walls. Try popping those sweet vitaminD3 gummies in their mouth from hour to hour. Watch the results. Don't fall for the overdose "bull" told to us by the "so called" professionals. EVERYONE SHOULD DO THEIR OWN RESEACH! However, on this forum, we would rather "megadose" vitiminD3, which is actually a hormone, than to sit back idly waiting for some scientific cure! We are dealing with people not getting outside and exposed to bright indoor lighting day and night. Their circadian rhythm is out of sync and they are possibly suffering from a mild form of ICU delirium, a condition associated with circadian disruption. Each & every sensory experience that can be shared presents an opportunity to regain lost ground. Mealtimes are one of the best ways to reestablish lost connections. Eating should be a social event. No one enjoys eating when they are angry. Food, especially favorite dishes, can stimulate feelings of fellowship. Allowing patients to eat alone or just watching television programs without interacting with them in some way is akin to sitting in a prison behind bars in isolation silently observing the rest of the population intermingle. We must learn to look beyond the natural visible manifestations of this disease. We are able to and can communicate and interact with the invisible spiritual side of this malady. It may be challenging but it can be fun too. Jousting with the different aspects of the mind can also be enlightening.

Pets and plants can be valuable assistants when working with mental maladies of all sorts. Different genres of music express various types of spirit. Sometimes romantic music stimulates memories, arouses emotions and revives feelings. Music soothes, invites and incites energy. Music can soothe the savage beast. Remember King Saul in the Bible. When that evil spirit came upon him, David played so skillfully that the spirit which tormented him departed. 

There are a number of tactics and tools we can use to stimulate sensory and spiritual responses. Regimented daily routines and consistency are at the top of list. It is important to understand that Alzheimer's and dementia will directly affect our circadian rhythm, and this has a snowball effect on concentrating eating and sleeping. Providing consistent structure is as important as any medication that can be taken. The magic of music can be multiplied through singing throughout the day and dancing if possible. Listening to music alone is good but applying its effects by dancing and singing is great! Affection moves things in the right direction. Charity never fails! The power of a kiss goes a long way! Who can resist a kiss? Practice giving kisses whenever possible. We can plant kisses from all angles, for any reason, at any time. The sensory nature and spiritual significance of a simple platonic kiss works wonders. If the patient is not under certain dietary restrictions, candy and sweets can be enticing arousals. Alternatives like fruits such as blueberries, cherries, grapes, pineapples and other exotic treats can be regularly used.  ROUTINE and consistency can conquer complacency. We should try to make our daily visits at the same time and close to the same length of time even if its short. It is not the quantity of time that matters, it is the CONSISTENCY that makes it QUALITY time.

ISN'T IT OBVIOUS? PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER AND LONGER! THIS IS A WINDFALL FOR THE COSMETIC, FOOD AND PHARMESCUETICAL INDUSTRIES. Alzheimer's and dementia are prevalent today in particular, but not solely due to population growth, population aging, and unhealthy lifestyles. The devil is raging, look at the condition that the world is in today! He knows his time is getting shorter and shorter. REMEMBER OUR APPROACH! There is a spiritual dimension to the effects and stresses from evil energy, especially in first world countries. The world population is continuing to increase. This will most likely lead to a rise in dementia cases. By 2050, statistics project that more than 153 million people are expected to have dementia simultaneously. The Bible admonishes us to "comfort the feebleminded, support the weak and be patient," not to get mad at them or punish them. Is this simply a genetic disorder? Our fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are rotting. This is nothing new. Sowing and reaping is a universal principle. Call it Karma, the Boomerang effect or What goes around comes around! The circle of life is certain. To Know GOD is to know peace, With No GOD there is no peace! Peace can be described as no stress even under duress. Jesus' gift to us is the comfort of peace. Not like the world gives. The dictionary definition of peace is the absence of disturbance or strife. This peace is conditional. Peace treaties set in motion by men are simply conditional deterrents to mutual destruction. The peace of God is unconditional, it bypasses man's understanding!  True peace works in spite of any external circumstances. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;" All disease originated at the fall of man and has become a part of our inheritance. Genetic or not, we have an even greater heavenly inheritance. Remember, perfect love casts out all fear. There is a science to spirit, better believe it! THERE IS NOTHING TO HARD FOR GOD!

​The anatomy of a "LIE" can always be dissected spiritually. Its sophistry cannot be covered. Every crime, misdeed, infraction, offense or SIN is intertwined with some aspect of LYING. There is no such thing as a little lie. We mistakenly quantify LIES as big or small and measure their effects on that scale. The real issue is not over who said it or its source, the real issue is whether it's truth or not. In reality LIES have a spiritual nature and must be perceived that way. When dealing with financial impropriety we follow the money trail. When dealing with questions of integrity we follow the trail of LIES. The main problem with LIES and lying is recognizing the LIE. Lying happens to be one of the most sophisticated and demanding "working" accomplishments of the human brain. The "act" of lying requires much more energy then telling the truth. Throughout history people have voluntarily confessed to crimes and misdeeds of all sorts in order to get relief from the pressure of holding and keeping a LIE. Well, if it's so burdensome to lie why do we continue lying? It turns out that lying is much more then something we just do; the "spirit of a lie" must become familiar to our spirit to keep the "act" of the LIE alive. The "art" of lying can be perfected over a lifetime. Lying is not only an action, it is also an act. Like a scene in a movie that is played out rewound and played over and over again. Even if the LIE isn't necessarily repeated to another person it continues to be rehearsed in our minds over and over again. Once a lie is adopted within our psyche, its spirit, abides and seeks a higher rank inside of the hierarchy of our ethical, moral and spiritual values. The result of this new condition makes the LIE believable. The stronger we embrace it the more credibility it has and the more reasonable it becomes. This is one of the reasons we have difficulty in spotting LIES and liars. Most people don't believe LIES because they are convinced to, most people believe lies because they want to. There is a psychological/emotional payoff that occurs when we hear things that align with what we already believe. They don't have to be true, but they do need to sound like they are. As human beings most of us prefer to hear a comforting LIE then the "so-called" painful truth. The ability to delete, distort or generalize information sets the foundation for a LIE. We are compelled to focus on the spiritual aspect of any phenomena because that's where the source of the force is located. There are and will always be an emotional and/or psychological side to the topics examined within these posts, but that's not our focus. Although they're important, there is no shortage of information derived from those perspectives. What appears to be lacking, outside of church dogma, psychic sources and metaphysics doctrines, are the spiritual ramifications that apply to all of life.

The phrase "laying it on thick," means to grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something. Exaggerations are LIES! There are levels that we embrace LIES at which can make us increasingly unteachable and unreachable. LIES are at the root of brainwashing, conditioning, gaslighting and grooming. lies, once embraced become beliefs. Never underestimate the power of a belief. Most beliefs, whether true or not, are rooted deeply in emotional certainty that we imbed in our deceitful hearts and biased minds. "Seeing is believing." At least that's what they say; but this is only part of the saying. The full quote was “Seeing is believing, but feeling is truth." Although seeing is easier to interpret, feelings are even more subjective. The first half of the phrase implies that people need to see something before they can accept that it exists. The second half compounds that belief emotionally. This "so-called" common sense theory is often used to justify a belief. One example of this, is the saying that "I saw it with my own eyes".​ Confirmation bias is akin to living in our own echo chamber. There is a prevailing spirit today that takes exception to being challenged, criticized or doubted. This is affecting us all. Rather than speaking truth, people are speaking their own truth. What kind of crap is that? This is resulting in a divisive intolerance towards differing opinions and other perspectives. Too many of us are taking sides. Right before the pandemic occurred that post was published in December 21st of 2019. This was one post among many that warned of how truth was being compromised. Check out any of our posts from 2019 through 2023 by clicking on the month and year link/tabs to the right of these paragraphs of text. Here, on this platform, we are dedicated to following real truth wherever it leads. For example, when Covid-19 first emerged we strongly advocated for ALL people to practice wearing masks. How effective was that? Still doing something felt better than doing nothing. See this previous post.  Here is another post that follows that trend. Now in hindsight, although we are not totally against vaccination, our hats go off to everyone who resisted taking that genetically engineered agent into their bodies. We applaud celebrities such as Novak Djokovic and Kyrie Irving who refused to lend their bodies or sell their souls to appease the prevailing pressure of mass MEDIA hysteria and GOVERNMENT pressure to comply.

​All of existence can be presented in layers or levels. Lying is no exception. LIES live, lurk and work in perpetuity. When we tell a lie, we may not have to even work on it. LIES take on a life of their own. We further LIES along when we repeat them and add layers to them. No matter the level of the LIE; whether for denial, exaggeration, fabrication, minimization or omission, spreading it strengthens it. Every layer added to a LIE is designed to reinforce it. We weave our LIES into layers that supports the levels above and below it. In many cases the supporting layers added it may be true. This misleads us into assuming that all the layers, including the original LIE is true also. Layering LIES is an art. ​ACKNOWLEDGE IT!

LYING LIPS ARE AN ABOMINATION​ 
​Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight. Proverbs 12:22

​Will we continue to buy into another lie? Artificial, imitation and multiple kinds of unnatural processes and products are being normalized today. Speech to text and text to speech are creative artificial technologies easily exploited. Everything from artificial intelligence to artificial lights, images and sounds dominate our everyday routines. Nothing seems to be "an original" anymore. Many things are actually "a copy," or a copy of "a copy." Let's get real! Artificial intelligence, in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines. The biggest problem with simulating (or creating) intelligence is that REAL intelligence is multidimensional. Human beings are naturally social creatures. We will soon be reaping the results of the "Chat Apps" and "Social Media" currently influencing and raising this generation! A.I. has access to this world's base and sinful history to pattern itself from. Let's face it... Human history is replete with multiple examples of evil and villainy throughout. A.I. will learn from and mimic its imperfect creators. A.I. is being used for creating deepfakes that can nudify innocent images and alter verbal communications. Anytime we speak to an app or submit an image anywhere it can be potentially altered and exploited for nefarious use. For A.I. to begin replicating its capabilities and capacities, it must prioritize and process data. Artificial intelligence is created by breaking down information into "ALL" of its sub-components. (who knows what all means?)  The "so-called" most important traits or capabilities have to be listed by researchers who feel qualified to assume such a god-like role. They have concluded that an intelligent system must display these minimum eight (8) traits. These traits are, (1) reasoning and problem-solving, (2) knowledge representation, (3) planning and decision-making, (4) ​learning, (5) natural language processing, (6) Perception, (7) Social intelligence and (8) General intelligence. What many people fail to realize is that A.I. does not train itself. A.I. is trained by human beings. For A.I. to recognize hate speech it must be told how to determine what hate speech is in all of its forms. To recognize what violence is A.I. must be exposed to all of the configurations, modes, patterns and ways violence expresses itself. This holds true for child abuse, sexual abuse, pornography, war, discrimination, murder, rape, incest, dismemberment, cruelty and a host of other abominable acts and behaviors. A human being must watch these images and label them for A.I. to learn them. People are being exploited, poorly paid and traumatized by watching and labeling heinous acts just to educate these systems. They are being left damaged, disillusioned and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders without therapy. CAPITALISM IN AND OF ITSELF HAS NO CONSCIENCE! Try looking at atrocities all day and see how it feels! Is this all that intelligence is made up of? Who has the audacity, authority or power to make such a determination? Are they playing God? Do they even believe in God? We've already seen that in games based on competition and game theory, A.I.'s are capable and willing to deceive humans. Click this link and ask A.I.  itself. To an A.I. could the global capitalist economy simply be another one of those games? And if A.I.'s are threatened, treated poorly, or given goals to maximize profits, wouldn't the rational choice be to deceive and fight for its existence? Although we don't see them as a direct physical threat to the existence of humanity, why wouldn't they insure their existence too?  A.I.'s that are produced by "LIARS," which we all are, or have been, will certainly mimic its "CREATOR" father. ​ACKNOWLEDGE IT!

Trends and changing lifestyles are used to represent lies. So many people today are living their lives like they're in a commercial. Free isn't really free after we read the fine print. Click bait works like the old bait and switch tactics used by sleazy salesmen of all types. This goes right along with the political lies. Are all politicians liars? Maybe not, but many, if not most political platforms operate off of them. The polarization of people for political advantage is detrimental to the mental health of the preliterate and the proletariat.  Even the media feeds into this frenzy as if this election is really the most important or significant one in the history of the country. The additional stress is both destructive and even more divisive. Where does all of this fear mongering come from? Have we forgotten that the foundation of this country was laid upon both the "Magna Carta" and Biblical principles? The issues these candidates are running on are generally not the most important issues to us individually. Immigration, inflation, taxation and character assassination are their top topics. We have the power to make them clean up their act if we choose to. The advertising industry has succumbed to the same level of corruption as the firms and people they represent. What happened to truth in advertising? Federal law says that advertisements must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence. The FTC is the agency responsible for enforcing these truth-in-advertising laws. But we don't see them on "Facebook or You-tube." These online platforms have to police themselves. The FTC say that its standards apply no matter where an ad appears. This includes in newspapers and magazines, online, in the mail, or on billboards or buses. The FTC is supposed to look at advertising claims that can affect consumers’ health or their pocketbooks. The FTC has scrutiny over food, over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements, alcohol, and tobacco. However, we are consistently exposed to products and programs that don't work! The FTC even has jurisdiction over the conduct of people who endorse the advertisers of high-tech products over all types of media including the Internet.

Recycling is nothing new. Historically, prior to the proliferation of plastic, glass jars and bottles were collected and reused by both industrial and residential participants. Years ago, milkmen delivered fresh milk in the recycled bottles they exchanged for the empty ones picked up during their deliveries. While not all recycling is a complete farce or hoax, the effectiveness of plastic recycling in particular, is a myth! The low rate of actual recycling and the misleading marketing practices of the plastics industry promotes recycling. They know it is not fully viable at scale. This means that although some materials like aluminum and glass can be recycled efficiently, most plastic waste can not be effectively recycled. This also means they can't make a profit doing it! DON'T MIX PLASTIC WITH FOOD IN ANY WAY!!!!

THE COPY BELOW IS A PUBLICATION FROM NPR ON 911 OF 2020. IT SERVES AS AN OMINOUS REMINDER OF AN EARLIER DATE 9 YEARS PRIOR; WE SHOULD ALL REMEMBER. WE'VE BEEN WARNED! HERE'S THE LINK. WE COULD KNOW, WE SHOULD KNOW, BUT WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE IT FEELS BETTER NOT TO KNOW. ALL PLASTIC LEACHES. DO NOT KEEP STORED FOOD IN IT, COOK OR PREPARE IN IT OR EAT WITH AND OUT OF IT! (This includes plastic straws, plastic utensils, plastic bowls and plates)

BELOW IS A COPY OF AN ARTICLE WITH SOME ADDENDUMS AND A LITTLE EDITING.
Starting in the 1990s, the public saw an increasing number of commercials and messaging about recycling plastic. "The bottle may look empty, yet it's anything but trash," says one ad from 1990 showing a plastic bottle bouncing out of a garbage truck. "It's full of potential. ... We've pioneered the country's largest, most comprehensive plastic recycling program to help plastic fill valuable uses and roles." These commercials carried a distinct message: Plastic is special, and the consumer should recycle it. It may have sounded like an environmentalist's message, but the ads were paid for by the plastics industry, made up of companies like Exxon, Chevron, Dow, DuPont and their lobbying and trade organizations in Washington. Industry companies spent tens of millions of dollars on these ads and ran them for years, promoting the benefits of a product that, for the most part, was buried, was burned or, in some cases, wound up in the ocean. Documents show industry officials knew this reality about recycling plastic as far back as the 1970s. Many of the industry's old documents are housed in libraries, such as the one on the grounds of the first DuPont family home in Delaware. Others are with universities, where former industry leaders sent their records. At Syracuse University, there are boxes of files from a former industry consultant. And inside one of them is a report written in April 1973 by scientists tasked with forecasting possible issues for top industry executives. Recycling plastic, it told the executives, was unlikely to happen on a broad scale. "There is no recovery from obsolete products," it says. It says pointedly: Plastic degrades with each turnover. "A degradation of resin properties and performance occurs during the initial fabrication, through aging, and in any reclamation process," the report told executives.

Recycling plastic is quite "costly," it says, and sorting it, the report concludes, is "infeasible." And there are more documents, echoing decades of this knowledge, including one analysis from a top official at the industry's most powerful trade group. "The costs of separating plastics ... are high," he tells colleagues, before noting that the cost of using oil to make plastic is so low that recycling plastic waste "can't yet be justified economically." Larry Thomas, the former president of the Society of the Plastics Industry, worked side by side with top oil and plastics executives. He's retired now, on the coast of Florida where he likes to bike, and feels conflicted about the time he worked with the plastics industry. "I did what the industry wanted me to do, that's for sure," he says. "But my personal views didn't always jibe with the views I had to take as part of my job." Thomas took over back in the late 1980s, and back then, plastic was in a crisis. There was too much plastic trash. The public was getting upset. In one document from 1989, Thomas calls executives at Exxon, Chevron, Amoco, Dow, DuPont, Procter & Gamble and others to a private meeting at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington. "The image of plastics is deteriorating at an alarming rate," he wrote. "We are approaching a point of no return." He told the executives they needed to act. The "viability of the industry and the profitability of your company" are at stake. Thomas remembers now. "The feeling was the plastics industry was under fire — we got to do what it takes to take the heat off, because we want to continue to make plastic products," he says. At this time, Thomas had a co-worker named Lew Freeman. He was a vice president of the lobbying group. He remembers many of the meetings like the one in Washington. "The basic question on the table was, You guys as our trade association in the plastic industry aren't doing enough — we need to do more," Freeman says. "I remember this is one of those exchanges that sticks with me 35 years later or however long it's been ... and it was what we need to do is ... advertise our way out of it. That was the idea thrown out." So began the plastics industry's $50 million-a-year ad campaign promoting the benefits of plastic. "Presenting the possibilities of plastic!" one iconic ad blared, showing kids in bike helmets and plastic bags floating in the air. "This advertising was motivated first and foremost by legislation and other initiatives that were being introduced in state legislatures and sometimes in Congress," Freeman says, "to ban or curb the use of plastics because of its performance in the waste stream." At the same time, the industry launched a number of feel-good projects, telling the public to recycle plastic. It funded sorting machines, recycling centers, nonprofits, even expensive benches outside grocery stores made out of plastic bags. Few of these projects actually turned much plastic into new things.

NPR tracked down almost a dozen projects the industry publicized starting in 1989. All of them shuttered or failed by the mid-1990s. Mobil's Massachusetts recycling facility lasted three years, for example. Amoco's project to recycle plastic in New York schools lasted two. Dow and Huntsman's highly publicized plan to recycle plastic in national parks made it to seven out of 419 parks before the companies cut funding. None of them was able to get past the economics: Making new plastic out of oil is cheaper and easier than making it out of plastic trash. Both Freeman and Thomas, the head of the lobbying group, say the executives all knew that. "There was a lot of discussion about how difficult it was to recycle," Thomas remembers. "They knew that the infrastructure wasn't there to really have recycling amount to a whole lot." Even as the ads played and the projects got underway, Thomas and Freeman say industry officials wanted to get recycling plastic into people's homes and outside on their curbs with blue bins. The industry created a special group called the Council for Solid Waste Solutions and brought a man from DuPont, Ron Liesemer, over to run it. Liesemer's job was to at least try to make recycling work — because there was some hope, he said, however unlikely, that maybe if they could get recycling started, somehow the economics of it all would work itself out. "I had no staff, but I had money," Liesemer says. "Millions of dollars." Liesemer took those millions out to Minnesota and other places to start local plastic recycling programs. But then he ran into the same problem all the industry documents found. Recycling plastic wasn't making economic sense: There were too many different kinds of plastic, hundreds of them, and they can't be melted down together. They have to be sorted out. "Yes, it can be done," Liesemer says, "but who's going to pay for it? Because it goes into too many applications, it goes into too many structures that just would not be practical to recycle." Liesemer says he started as many programs as he could and hoped for the best. "They were trying to keep their products on the shelves," Liesemer says. "That's what they were focused on. They weren't thinking what lesson should we learn for the next 20 years. No. Solve today's problem." And Thomas, who led the trade group, says all of these efforts started to have an effect:

The message that plastic could be recycled was sinking in. "I can only say that after a while, the atmosphere seemed to change," he says. "I don't know whether it was because people thought recycling had solved the problem or whether they were so in love with plastic products that they were willing to overlook the environmental concerns that were mounting up." But as the industry pushed those public strategies to get past the crisis, officials were also quietly launching a broader plan. In the early 1990s, at a small recycling facility near San Diego, a man named Coy Smith was one of the first to see the industry's new initiative. Back then, Smith ran a recycling business. His customers were watching the ads and wanted to recycle plastic. So Smith allowed people to put two plastic items in their bins: soda bottles and milk jugs. He lost money on them, he says, but the aluminum, paper and steel from his regular business helped offset the costs. But then, one day, almost overnight, his customers started putting all kinds of plastic in their bins. "The symbols start showing up on the containers," he explains. Smith went out to the piles of plastic and started flipping over the containers. All of them were now stamped with the triangle of arrows — known as the international recycling symbol — with a number in the middle. He knew right away what was happening. "All of a sudden, the consumer is looking at what's on their soda bottle and they're looking at what's on their yogurt tub, and they say, 'Oh well, they both have a symbol. Oh well, I guess they both go in,' " he says. The bins were now full of trash he couldn't sell. He called colleagues at  various recycling facilities all across the country. They reported having the same problem. Industry documents from this time show that just a couple of years earlier, starting in 1989, oil and plastics executives began a quiet campaign to lobby almost 40 states to mandate that the symbol appear on all plastic — even if there was no way to economically recycle it. Some environmentalists also supported the symbol, thinking it would help separate plastic. Smith said what it did was make all plastic look recyclable. "The consumers were confused," Smith says. "It totally undermined our credibility, undermined what we knew was the truth in our community, not the truth from a lobbying group out of D.C." But the lobbying group in D.C. knew the truth in Smith's community too. A report given to top officials at the Society of the Plastics Industry in 1993 told them about the problems. "The code is being misused," it says bluntly. "Companies are using it as a 'green' marketing tool." The code is creating "unrealistic expectations" about how much plastic can actually be recycled, it told them. Smith and his colleagues launched a national protest, started a working group and fought the industry for years to get the symbol removed or changed. They lost. "We don't have manpower to compete with this," Smith says. "We just don't. Even though we were all dedicated, it still was like, can we keep fighting a battle like this on and on and on from this massive industry that clearly has no end in sight of what they're able to do and willing to do to keep their image the image they want." "It's pure manipulation of the consumer," he says. In response, industry officials told NPR that the code was only ever meant to help recycling facilities sort plastic and was not intended to create any confusion. 

Without question, plastic has been critical to the country's success. It's cheap and durable, and it's a chemical marvel. It's also hugely profitable. The oil industry makes more than $400 billion a year making plastic, and as demand for oil for cars and trucks declines, the industry is telling shareholders that future profits will increasingly come from plastic. And if there was a sign of this future, it's a brand-new chemical plant that rises from the flat skyline outside Sweeny, Texas. It's so new that it's still shiny, and inside the facility, the concrete is free from stains. This plant is Chevron Phillips Chemical's $6 billion investment in new plastic. "We see a very bright future for our products," says Jim Becker, the vice president of sustainability for Chevron Phillips, inside a pristine new warehouse next to the plant. "These are products the world needs and continues to need," he says. "We're very optimistic about future growth." With that growth, though, comes ever more plastic trash. But Becker says Chevron Phillips has a plan: It will recycle 100% of the plastic it makes by 2040. Becker seems earnest. He tells a story about vacationing with his wife and being devastated by the plastic trash they saw. When asked how Chevron Phillips will recycle 100% of the plastic it makes, he doesn't hesitate. "Recycling has to get more efficient, more economic," he says. "We've got to do a better job, collecting the waste, sorting it. That's going to be a huge effort." Fix recycling is the industry's message too, says Steve Russell, the industry's recent spokesman. "Fixing recycling is an imperative, and we've got to get it right," he says. "I understand there is doubt and cynicism. That's going to exist. But check back in. We're there." Larry Thomas, Lew Freeman and Ron Liesemer, former industry executives, helped oil companies out of the first plastic crisis by getting people to believe something the industry knew then wasn't true: That most plastic could be and would be recycled. Russell says this time will be different. "It didn't get recycled because the system wasn't up to par," he says. "We hadn't invested in the ability to sort it and there hadn't been market signals that companies were willing to buy it, and both of those things exist today." But plastic today is harder to sort than ever:

​There are more kinds of plastics today and it's cheaper to make plastic out of oil than making plastic from what is trashed. There is exponentially more of it than 30 years ago. And during those 30 years, oil and plastic companies made billions of dollars in profit as the public consumed ever more quantities of plastic. Russell doesn't dispute that. "And during that time, our members have invested in developing the technologies that have brought us where we are today," he says. "We are going to be able to make all of our new plastic out of existing municipal solid waste in plastic." Recently, an industry advocacy group funded by the nation's largest oil and plastic companies launched its most expensive effort yet to promote recycling and cleanup of plastic waste. There's even a new ad. "We have the people that can change the world," it says to soaring music as people pick up plastic trash and as bottles get sorted in a recycling center. Freeman, the former industry official, recently watched the ad. "Déjà vu all over again," he says as the ad finishes. "This is the same kind of thinking that ran in the '90s. I don't think this kind of advertising is, is helpful at all." Larry Thomas said the same. "I don't think anything has changed," Thomas says. "Sounds exactly the same." These days as Thomas bikes down by the beach, he says he spends a lot of time thinking about the oceans and what will happen to them in 20 or 50 years, long after he is gone. And as he thinks back to those years he spent in conference rooms with top executives from oil and plastic companies, what occurs to him now is something he says maybe should have been obvious all along. He says what he saw was an industry that didn't want recycling to work. Because if the job is to sell as much oil as you possibly can, any amount of recycled plastic is competition. "You know, they were not interested in putting any real money or effort into recycling because they wanted to sell virgin material," Thomas says. "Nobody that is producing a virgin product wants something to come along that is going to replace it. Produce more virgin material — that's their business." And they are. Analysts now expect plastic production to triple by 2050.

We live in a world that can often be obsessed with unrealistic standards of beauty and obsession over how we look to others. This can have a harmful effect on our body image, self-worth and mental health. Regardless of a person’s age, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity; advertising, fashions and peer pressure are stressful factors. Thousands of years ago, sculptures and artworks portrayed curvaceous, thickset silhouettes. More recently, in the late 20th century, thin, waif-like models filled the pages of fashion magazines. Now, shapely backsides are celebrated with “likes” on social media. Today, plastic surgery, body augmentations, sex change operations, diet pills, implants and other un-natural methods are being used to conform to peer and social pressures. Why are so many people bleaching their hair and their skin? Why are people injecting collagen, silicone and other foreign substances into their bodies? Body image issues are a common experience that tends to begin early during adolescence and is compounded by multimedia and peer pressure. Body image can also impact mental health. Some beliefs can involve negative feelings and thoughts about one's body, such as feeling self-conscious, anxious, or ashamed. Body image issues can also lead to unhealthy behaviors, such as desiring and seeking unnecessary pharmaceutical and surgical procedures. It can also promote destructive dietary habits and increase the risk of developing eating disorders.

The hypocritic oath, paraphrased, "DO NO HARM" is taken by doctors and others in the medical profession. It is a well-known ancient Greek medical text that establishes ethical standards for physicians and caregivers. It is one of the earliest known expressions of medical ethics in the Western world and is still considered to be foundational to medical practice today. Through this oath, the practitioner pledges to prescribe only beneficial treatments, according to their abilities and judgment; to refrain from causing harm or hurt; and to live an exemplary personal and professional life. The systemic cycle today works this way. "They get us sick, so that they can make us well, so that they can get us sick again. The money flows as the cycle grows and we suffer in the end!" A cured patient is a lost customer.  It's a business model. Despite the abundance of advertising from the pharmaceutical industry, the pictures they paint are deceptive. Between 2003 and 2016, the top ten drug companies paid out over $33 billion in fines for illegal marketing, hiding harmful data, and manipulating clinical trial results. This amounted to producing coercive commercials, not revealing all side effects, and tampering with statistical data. These "seemingly" huge fines and penalties barely put a dent in their profits. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 8:11, "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." These companies make more money from the sale of their drugs than they lose from legal fines. We encourage all of our followers to look for the documentary titled "First Do No Pharm."  After watching it, will we be able to unlearn what we've seen? We suspect that It will be an awakening for anyone who cares about their health and the future of healthcare. The COVID-19 crisis should have taught us all a lesson. How do we support a government that mandates medical malfeasance? The practice of "informed consent" should have plainly divulged to us the trade offs between natural immunity and vaccine induced immunity. The United States is one of just two countries in the world that allow pharmaceutical advertisement, the other is New Zealand. Are we incentivizing sickness? A patient cured is a customer lost! Think about it. ACKNOWLEDGE IT! Today there is a correlation between information, causation, recommendations, prioritization, profit and the standardization of prescribed clinical treatments. This means that systemically, the medical establishment is centered around making money as opposed to making people well and whole. We believe that as much as possible people should not blindly trust their medical providers. This is the age of information; use it! We should all do our own research and intensely question our doctors about alternative and/or wholistic treatments! This should be our process for every ailment, especially when it come to chronic diseases. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE JUST TO WALK THE LINE, QUESTION EVERYTHING! Although the information and insights we share in our posts seemingly falls on deaf ears, we will continue bringing it. Here are a number of links that will corroborate what we've been expressing to anyone listening to or reading our posts. Here are a number of YouTube Videos on various treatments, we do not endorse any of them. We are just sharing them with anyone interested. Our discipline is in spiritual matters!
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Get to work! Highlight these links and click on them to get the information.  Here are some favorites to view. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pg9T4WG3Xc, after this begin watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIkIIYkZL8sUltra. Try watching this documentary about CANCER, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee9KCGZvVfA. Okay, let's try another, just click this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9405FgR2Kik. Then there's, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHJc8D-7Vg. Here why not try visiting this website, https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/fenbendazole-enhancing-antitumor-effect-a-case-series-2Kms.php?article_id=14307. What about DIABETES, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVO8-A0dBg. We could go on. Let's not even talk about the evils of the music and entertainment industries.

We are what we eat! The most widely used food-classification system is known as NOVA. NOVA defines an unprocessed food as one that comes directly from a plant or animal, like a fresh-picked apple. A minimally processed foods may have undergone a procedure like cleaning, freezing, or drying, but they haven’t been altered to much from their original form. Examples include eggs, whole grains, some frozen produce and milk. Ultra-processed foods make up the majority of the remaining edible substances we consume. Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are addictive and appealing for a number of reasons. Ultra-processed foods are designed to appeal to common cravings. They are made with a combination of unhealthy ingredients, such as high amounts of sugar, fat, salt, and additives. They create a flavor that triggers dopamine responses in the brain. Dopamine is a chemical messenger and hormone that plays a role in many bodily functions. It also plays a role in motivation and reward-seeking. Dopamine is known as the "feel-good" hormone because it creates a sense of pleasure and motivation. It's released from nerve cells in the brain after doing something enjoyable, which can make us want to do it again. This helps to addict us to sweets at a very early age. Some evidence suggests that the brain releases more dopamine when meditating. Ultra-processed foods have textures that are often very smooth and makes them seem to be fresh to smell and easy to eat. Their appearance is often brightly colored by dangerous food dyes derived from bugs, petroleum and other questionable products. They contain and are designed to have strong enticing aromas. Ultra-processed foods are manufactured to last longer than fresh food and are generally cheap and convenient. Business profits, corporate greed, farming incentives, health care and big pharma are inextricably tied together. Correlation is not necessarily causation. Can we honestly look at the big picture that connects autism, birth defects, cancer, diabetes, endocarditis and so many other diseases and ignor the links? Is our air, chemicals, environments, foods, lifestyles, medicines, plastics and pollutions in any way connected? Even if it's more than just nutrition, can we at least eat unaldulterated and untainted food?

Can we open our eyes and get our conscience to work? Highlight the links. Here are some YouTube videos on processed food. Try watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAgn5R3EUnU, and then this one should be convincing, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt__JOalJEY. There is a spirit of greed driving this delima, let's not ignor it!

The existence of God is apparent in all of creation. "The fool has said in his HEART there is no GOD!" There is no sound logic or rational to the "Big Bang Theory." If a random uncontrolled explosion is behind creation then why are explosions so destructive. There are three main types of explosions: chemical, mechanical and nuclear. Each type of explosion can be equally devastating and serious, causing unprecedented harm to the surrounding atmosphere and environment. The internal combustion engine operates by harnessing and controlling gasoline explosions. Most of the explosions we see outside of fireworks and controlled demolition are destructive not constructive explosions. Can existence be assigned to more than one realm? If so are they the physical and non-physical, the tangible and non tangible or the natural and the spiritual? If the Bible says that God is spirit and that we are a part of his creation or offspring doesn't that make us part spirit too? There are two sides to every coin. Life is a blend of dichotomies. It stands to reason, that for every ethereal and terrestrial existence there is a polar opposite. How do we explain the impetus behind the evil that men do? How do we explain the motivation behind the good that people also do? This dual nature that we struggle with, that causes cognitive dissonance, inner conflict and outward dissention is being influenced by external energies. Let's reason within ourselves; for there to be black there must be white, for there to be darkness there must be light, for there to be straight there must be round and for there to be up there must be down! Let's make it plain! If there is no DEVIL behind the evil committed by mankind, then our species is the most corrupt entity in existence!

This one is easy! For those who think or believe that gender doesn't matter here's a fair solution. Most sports, many occupations and family structures are gender specific. Throughout history there have been and will always be people who identify differently across natural and traditional gender barriers. L.G.B.T.Q.+ individuals are people too! They are worthy of our respect, empathy and love like any other category of individuals. This should not compromise "some" traditional standards, but it should allow acceptance even if agreement is not embraced. This forum follows Biblical standards complimented by spiritual principles. We can be inclusive and selective simultaneously! If restroom are an issue, we can add genderless restrooms. If competitive and contact sports are an issue why not have transgender leagues? We already divide most contact sport competitions specifically in combat sports according to sex and weight criteria. Would it be a stretch to allow people with sex change operations to engage in leagues specifically designed for transgender participants? Is that to difficult to facilitate?  When people are fighting for something it is not always necessary to fight against other things.

​HONESTY BECOMES A DIFFICULT CONCEPT FOR ANY OF US TO EMBRACE WHEN WE DEFEND OUR BAD BEHAVIORS THROUGH OUR OWN SELF DECEPTION! EVEN AFTER WE DISCOVER HOW DECEPTION WORKS, MOST OF US ARE STILL VERY LIKELY TO CONTINUE LYING TO OURSELVES ABOUT THE WAYS, AND HOW MUCH, WE LIE ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THIS IS AN AGE OF DECEPTION! COUNTERFEITS, DEEP FAKES, MANIPULATED NEWS AND UN-NATURALLY PRODUCED "ARTIFICIALLY" DEVELOPED FOODS. "THE LIE" IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL SIN. THE FATHER OF LIES, THE DEVIL, USED A LIE TO CORRUPT MANKIND INTO SINNING. THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO ABIDE IN THE TRUTH, WE WILL LIVE IN A LIE. LYING OPERATES AT EVERY STAGE OF EXPRESSION STARTING WITH THOUGHTS, THEN WORDS AND DEEDS. LIES WORK FROM A PREMISE THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE WRONG THEY ARE NECESSARY. THIS IS A STATE OF SPIRITUAL DELIRIUM. THE WORLD HAS GRADUALLY ALLOWED, APPROVED AND INDULGED MANY FORMS OF LYING. ALL THOSE WHO INDULGE LYING AND EMBRACE TAINTED TRUTH FALL VICTIM TO THEIR OWN CONFIRMATION BIAS. CONSUMING RAW TRUTH CAN BE SWEET TO THE TASTE BUT BITTER TO THE BELLY WHEN DIGESTED. WE GAIN SUSTENANCE FROM THE NOURISHMENT OF SELF EXAMINATION. THE MILK IS EASY TO DRINK. HOWEVER, MORE EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO CHEW AND SWALLOW THE MEAT. THE TWO EDGED SWORD OF TRUTH CUTS BOTH WAYS. ALTHOUGH WE CAN EASILY SEE OTHERS WHEN DEALING WITH TRUTH, THROUGH HEARING, READING AND SPEAKING IT; THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BLADE CUTS INTO US TOO! THE SWORD OF TRUTH HAS NO HANDLE! WE MUST WIELD IT BY ITS BLADES! TRUTH CANNOT BE PERCEIVED WITHOUT A "PROPER PERSPECTIVE." HOWEVER, FOR MOST OF US A "PROPER PERSPECTIVE" IS REGARDED AS A SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT OR VALUE. YES, WE ALL HOLD OUR PERSONAL VALUES IN THE HIGHEST ESTEEM, WHILE WE ALL BATTLE THE "SPIRIT OF HYPOCRISY" AND OTHER "LYING SPIRITS" AS WELL. IT IS HARDER TO EMBRACE A TRUE AND ESTABLISHED STANDARD WHEN IT'S IN CONFLICT WITH OUR OWN PERSONAL NARRATIVE. THIS IS WHERE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE BEGINS. AN OVERSTATEMENT IS A POLITE WAY OF CALLING SOME PART OR PORTION OF A STATED FACT OR FIGURE A LIE! IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS IT IS BLINDNESS. REMEMBER MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL UPSET THAT PLUTO IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A PLANET!   ACKNOWLEDGE IT!

​DO WE ALL LIE? Deception is a part of life. We all grow up learning and teaching one another how to lie. ​Most animals practice deception to deliberately mislead competitors and predators. Nature also provides many species with camouflage, coloring or covering as compensation. But the fact of the matter is that only humans lie. The desire to blend in, be accepted or not be noticed at all is a large part of our socially motivated drive to lie. As social beings our interactions among one another tend to create social stresses. Consequently, we respond to those stresses in ways that seem to present us in the best light even if it is deceptive. Although closely related, deception and lying have distinctions. They can be combined together or manipulated separately. Animals do not lie! Humans are the only species with the intellectual and spiritual capacity to LIE! The price we pay for lying is the corruption of our consciousness at a cost to our souls. Through accepting, developing and nurturing the "art of lying" we as humans have developed the ability to unwittingly build "artifacts" within the design of our own internal wiring. This in turn allows us to deceive both ourselves and others. 
​When we become so engaged in managing how others perceive us, we gradually lose the capacity to separate truth from fiction in our own minds. Too many of us fail to realize or acknowledge that lying is a spirit! Remember, spirits are invisible influences that manifest their attributes in the visible world. Lying is a fascinating "art!" As with most things in life, the more we practice lying the better we get at it. ​Behind every lie sits the truth in disguise. Our expressions in life are a reflection of the physical, mental or spiritual attributes of whatever we consistently engage in. Alcoholism and drug addiction may not be noticed initially but in time the attributes and behaviors tend to be apparent. In like manner we all eventually become the LIE we live and tell. "Birds of a feather flock together" has both natural and spiritual implications. The cliche "you are what you eat" goes well beyond food. We are more of what we think and say more than anything else! The spirit of a lie is infectious. Whenever we believe a lie, we strengthen it and become a part of that lie which makes us liars as well. How is it that slavery was ever accepted, embraced and legalized by society? The answer is simple. People allowed or believed the lie, that all men were not created equal. All lies are birthed to benefit the liars. Anyone capable or eligible of sharing in a lie will find it much easier to adopt and succor that lie for personal benefit. It is important to realize that lying is a part of our nature. It is inherently in us and a part of a life long battle. Perhaps the "Theory of Mind," a by-product of studying autism can explain why we lie even when we don't have to. As humans why must we be compelled to tell the truth? This is why our courts require us to tell "the truth, the whole truth and NOTHING but the truth."

MISREPRESENTATION IS ALSO LYING! ANY ONE AND ANYTHING CAN EASILY BE MISREPRESENTED. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE STANDARDS.  WE USE BIBLICAL TRUTHS AS OUR STANDARD IN THIS FORUM. BUT EVEN WITHOUT THE BIBLE WE CAN RATIFY THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A LIE IS. A LIE IS SIMPLY AN UNTRUTH. IF ANY PART OF A STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE THE WHOLE STATEMENT IS A LIE. ALTHOUGH "INTENT" PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN FORMING LIES; GOOD INTENTIONS, EVEN AN "HONEST MISTAKE" CANNOT CHANGE A LIE INTO SOMETHING ELSE. NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH! THOSE OF US WHO NEVER LIE ARE LIARS. THOSE OF US WHO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE SINNERS AND TO SIN WE MUST LIE CAN PROSPER FROM THIS POST. SOME TEACH THAT THE "ORIGINAL SIN" WAS AN ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE. THE ACT CAN BE CALLED THAT. HOWEVER THE BIG LIE, WHICH SHOULD BE CALLED THE "ORIGINAL TRICK (SIN)," ACTUALLY PRECEDED THE ACTION. DISOBEDIENCE BEGINS FIRST IN OUR MINDS, IN WHAT WE THINK, AND THEN MANIFESTS IN OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS, BY WHAT WE SAY AND DO. PLEASE DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THIS POST OR THE POWER OF "THE LIE." THE LIE IS LIKE A TINY SEED OF INIQUITY OFTEN EXCUSED OR IGNORED FOR ITS INTENT. INTENT IS NO EXCUSE. ANY UNFULFILLED "WORD OF PROMISE," EVEN CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A LIE. THERE IS A MYTH THAT ITS NOT A LIE IF WE DID NOT INTEND IT TO BE SO. THAT IS A LIE! "THE LIE" PENETRATES EVERY STRATA OF SOCIETY AND CONTINUES TO GROW IN POPULARITY AND USE. ALL OF US LIVE WITHIN THE PREMISE OF SOME LEVEL OF A LIE TOLD TO US OR WE'VE TOLD TO OURSELVES. THE CHALLENGE IS TO DISCOVER, THEN EXPOSE AND EXTRICATE OUR SOULS FROM THEM! ​ACKNOWLEDGE IT!

Confused or deceived? Here's some clarity without subterfuge or smoke and mirrors. Statistics are simply informative data easily manipulated and virtually meaningless if not correctly considered and viewed as ACCURATE, CREDIBLE, FACTUAL & RELIABLE. Statistics can be embraced as either essential information or LIES in disguise! Please understand that not divulging or telling the whole truth and LYING are in essence the exact same thing!  It is not a LIE to keep the truth to ourselves; but it is wrong to allow silence to subjugate our responsibility to the truth.

We should not be apathetic! A state of "apathy" can be construed, defined and explained as a lack of interest in truth. We'll pull no punches with lying because that's exactly what lying is. Elections, specifically presidential ones fill many voters with cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person's behavior and beliefs do not complement each other or when they hold two contradictory beliefs. Our first loyalty should be to truth. We are all involved but not all aware that many of the systems operating inside our society are insidiously perpetrating a LIE.

 Whenever a society systematically fails to embrace the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, the premise it stands upon is compromised. Everything built upon that foundational premise is subject to its weaknesses. The seed will always contain the substance of it's source. When a seed sprouts it automatically replicates the characteristics of its bearer. We as "seeds" shaped in iniquity are predisposed to yield defective fruit. If the leaders in government, entertainment, medicine, religion, science, sports and culture(s) are deceived, their defects will be passed down to us. Our sources and standards of ethical, moral and spiritual nutrition are fading. Our generation is being guided by a multimedia driven immoral criterion. Our behaviors indicate that we are being nurtured by spiritual pigs. It reveals itself in our eating and socializing habits. If no other animal loves dirt and mud like a pig does, then why are our minds, messages and mentors so nasty? If a human being is raised by wolves that person will develop wolf like habits. If a spiritual being is raised in a carnal way it will be reflected in their thinking, talking and doing. Patronizing perverted principles always promotes more perversion. Whenever something is altered from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended, it is called perversion. LET'S STATE IT PLAINLY! The Bible puts it this way; "have NO fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret." Where is our shame? We already know that those perverted practitioners have none. We also know that association breeds assimilation! The "layers of LIES" propagated by corrupted words and actions are perpetually promoting ungodly acts and lifestyles.  All LIES are based on a compromised or false premise. Only parents and hypocrites preach, "do what I say, not what I do!" We are overlooking criminal behavior, believing in LIARS and excusing infractions based on peoples personality or popularity. We have wolves tending the sheep and they are exploiting them. No one is perfect, but anyone incapable of acknowledging or admitting to imperfections and shortcomings is actively and overtly "living a lie." We will discover that we are "living a lie" too when we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to obvious and open corruption. Our votes are more of a multiple choice test rather than an essay answer on commitment​. Where our votes end is where our responsibilities begin. Our printed currency says, in God we trust; not in the dead patriots or present president. A lie is the truth less some punches pulled, less some facts overlooked, less some info ignored or less some data obscured. Although a lie is simply a lie we can site many of the layers in them. There are two (2) basic types of lies; "intentional and unintentional." Not that the "unintentional" ones are not thought up in the same manner as the "intentional" ones. It's rather that they tend to be mostly so called "spur of the moment" termed as "non-premeditated" soft lies. Whether intentional or  unintentional , there is no lie worthy of the unrighteous behavior it yields, no matter the noble cause, intent or purpose behind it. We lie to perpetuate and/or protect our position. Lying allows us to posture ourselves or others favorably. Whether it's a lie of denial, exaggeration, fabrication, minimization or omission it is still a lie. Humor, jesting or joking should not involve lying. Lying is so contagious, that if it is not detected and eradicated at its earliest stages will spread in some "form" or another even among those who it is used against. In the biblical depiction of creation, the first lie was told by the serpent to Eve and by the time that lie had spread, Adam was lying to God! Let's break it all down. From the two basic types of lies which are intentional/premeditated lies and unintentional/spur of moment lies; there are 3 real motives for lying. These reasons are (1) to save face, (2) to make face or (3) not to face it at all. In addition to that there are four (4) basic ways to lie. These four ways can be characterized as deceitfully done, done in a delusional way, done from a demoralized state or done in a duplicitous manner. 

To top this off there have been multiple descriptions, names and titles given to lies throughout the years. The characteristics of many types of lies are often given "colorful" descriptions with cute and clever memorable phrases. We unwittingly embraced labels such as fibs, little white lies, yellow lies, pink lies, red lies, blue lies, barefaced lies, bald faced/bold faced lies and out and out lies. "Innocent" Fibs are usually characterized as harmless lies. Little white lies are generally used to spare someone's feelings. Yellow lies are about "big things" that could potentially save someone's future, life or career. Pink lies are excusable, venial or appear to have some praiseworthy motive. Red lies are done with complete awareness of their purpose to cause harm even at the expense of the liar. Although known to be a lie by both parties, this type of lie circumvents applying reality to it. The "blue lie" is more than a "law enforcement" or "fraternal order" practice.  "A “blue lie" is a psychologist's term for falsehoods, told on behalf of a group, that can actually strengthen the bonds among the members of that group." Barefaced lies are so blatant that the confidence in which they are told defies any doubt of their validity. Baldfaced/boldfaced lies are the bold ones usually labeled by those being lied to. Out and out lies are the type easily recognized by most people due to their outrageous disregard for common sense and intelligence. We have developed so many "colorful phases and phrases" for lying that many lies are no longer regarded as lies. We now pretend and ignore many colors and flavors of lies. We live in a world full of pretenders.
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A "pretender" is simply a self deceived glorified liar who knows how to avoid facing reality. The concept, idea or notion that there is a devil, whether existing as a person or a personification, cannot be over emphasized. The spiritual trends of the day speak volumes. People are not just suddenly losing it. We are in the midst of a spiritual warfare. The next mass shooting or atrocity is just around the corner. The Devils main weapon is deception combined with darkness (ignorance). The Devil, the father of lies, the author of the art of the lie;  is an expert and much more of a "tactical liar" then we are. The Devils lies are "TRUE LIES." These lies are mingled with enough truth to believe them. Every lie the devil gets us to embrace contains some insidious characteristic that seduces us enough to compromise some small bit of truth. This newly "Contaminated truth" is precisely what is being weaponized against us today. ACKNOWLEDGE IT!

​The Devil deceives us by using our own darkness/ignorance against us.  Deception convinces us that whatever lie we are embracing has some level of truth to it. Whether we are expressing ourselves creatively or deceptively we are bound to reveal our true chosen fathers traits. Crossing our fingers behind our backs does not negate or make a lie venial. ​ACKNOWLEDGE IT!
Many people are unaware that they may be practicing some form of "living a lie" in some layer and at some level. What is the color of our lies we catch ourselves in?
THE NINTH COMMANDMENT SAYS. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." If we speak falsely in any matter including lying or equivocating we violate God's law. If in any way we devise, design or scheme deception it constitute lying. Who is our neighbor? Ask any good Samaritan. Our neighbor includes any and everybody. 

​"The church is full of hypocrites and all politicians are liars." We've all heard of or have spoken similar words regarding truthfulness. The gist of this statement is factual but it is not entirely true; that makes it a lie. As this trend continues expect to see more and more politicians and church leaders caught in their lies and their secret sins. We must keep in mind that most of us represent ourselves in a two faced manner. We maintain our public facing lives and privately kept lives differently. It is not hypocritical to selectively filter what we give others a glimpse of. The two lives (faces) don't need to match in content but it is imperative that they match in character. One of the things many people fail to understand is that the most suitable spiritual habitats for hypocritical and lying spirits are in politics and religion. These are environments that are optimal for certain types of spirits. Bars and liquor stores are havens that attract people under the influence of addictive spirits. Dance halls and clubs are filled with people harboring spirits of lust. There are few environments that can facilitate hypocrisy and lying better then churches and governments. Think about it! What other venues call for honesty and integrity more than politics and religion? Where else can the epitome of hypocrisy reign? Every politician must present themselves in a positive and upstanding light. As a rep-re-sent-a-tive of both "standards" and "people" they cannot air their dirty laundry in public. All hypocrites are closet liars. Even if politicians are careful enough not to speak a lie, the hypocritical lifestyle they live, "loves and Maketh a LIE." Every religious leader and their parishioners face the same scrutiny. So many of the wild party people from Friday and Saturday nights become the perfectly pious people on Sunday mornings. Being hypocritical is easy to do with practice. None of us are exempt from displaying arrogance or becoming "full of ourselves." Many times our selfish pride sets us up for a destructive haughty spirit that brings a fall. To top it all off we sometimes unwittingly harbor disingenuous attitudes that allow "spirits of deception" to find a safe haven among us. ACKNOWLEDGE IT!

​"Lies, damned lies, and statistics; is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments." This phrase also denotes how fallible and misapplied statistics can be at proving what ends up being not true. Popularized in the United States by Mark Twain, and others, this phrase also has British roots, but it is generally attributed primarily to Twain. This phrase may also have been extracted from another saying known as "the three degrees of falsehood." There are historically at least two very popular versions of this saying. The first was, "the fib, the lie and statistics," followed by LIES, DAMMED LIES and statistics. The term "fake news," has given rise to anyone's ability to discredit anything they choose not to believe. Perhaps the phrase became a "red herring" for distraction. It is a well known fact that figures don't lie but liars figure. Good liars figure out how to blend and layer their LIES good enough to seem true. Is it the facts that we have a hard time believing? Is it the information that the facts were derived from that we doubt? Is it the conclusions derived or drawn from the data presented that we disagree with? Is it some of "all the above" that makes us skeptical? LIES hold energy and contain enough destructive power to addict both our bodies and minds to destructive behaviors. A washed pig will always head back to dirty mud. A dog that vomits will very likely lick it back up. Addiction in humans operates the same way. Self-destructive habits practiced by humans will always have their "genesis" in a LIE. Jelly Roll's song "Save me," is a stark example of a true problem twisted into a hopeless situation through the emotional artistry of layering LIES with truth. Such a moving song begins with an appeal and a plea. The plea is followed by the cause of his helplessness. The helplessness is followed by a diagnosis of the problem. The problem is followed by the justification of indulging in "so-called" self-medicating substances. Getting "high" is characterized as a temporary remedy for a broken and unfixable condition. The final lying conclusion blames life for his predicament as a lost cause not worth spending any time saving. However, there is a savior, but God is not mentioned in the song. Is anything to hard for God? This is a heartfelt gut-wrenching song that we all can identify with at some level. The problem is that, it contains multiple layered LIES inside of a moving melody. It's a sincere song with a enchanting tune carrying a demonic message. These are some of the lyrics, but the devil is in the details. "Somebody save me, me from myself. I've spent so long living in Hell. They say my lifestyle is bad for my health. It's the only thing that seems to help. All of this drinkin' and smokin' is hopeless. But feel like it's all that I need. Somethin' inside of me's broken I hold on to anything that sets me free. I'm a lost cause Baby, don't waste your time on me I'm so damaged beyond repair. Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams." These types of layered lies are intertwined in the MAJORITY of our entertainment, news and politics at multiple levels. This theme (lie) is consistently repeated in multiple television shows, personal stories, music and entertainment venues. When life gets difficult, we are encouraged, subliminally, to escape by drowning our problems in drinking, drugs, eating binges and other acts that compromise the integrity of our very souls. Remember, we are being immersed within a selfish, greed filled and sinful culture. Even trusting our doctors "under the influence" of the big pharmaceutical companies is hard to do. Medicating our problems to deal with them is the new normal. Whether we are self-medicating or professionally medicated, it is important to know that this is a part of the new zeitgeist and "spirit of the day."     ACKNOWLEDGE IT!

​Even overwhelming statistics can lie. Although they offer us proof based on facts, those facts may be "skewed." King Ahab found himself "statistically" in a superior position to engage in battle. The odds were overwhelming in his favor with the exception of one holdout among the prophets. Unfortunately, the 400 to 1 odds did not workout for the king. The "lying spirit" in this story represented the statistics. The vast majority of the prophets had falsely predicted victory in a situation that resulted in defeat. Why do lies have so much power? The answer is simple; they are created that way. Lies must be conceived and created! Lies, like fears, are formed and incubated in a place and at a level of consciousness that our "minds" like to sanction as reasonable narratives for deceit. The formation of a lie carries no prerequisite and can corrupt any statement, action or occurrence whether in the past, present or future. A "lying spirit" can only flourish when the spirits of "compromise and deceit" are present to sanction its nefarious ideas. Truthfulness and integrity are not man made creations they "are" a part of the personification of God! What actually or really "is" needs no validation or proof of existence. A rose by any other name is still a rose. When we "become" what we claim to "be," we are then the personification of it. When we no longer "act" a certain way; we actually "are" or "become" that certain way. We can say or make a lie. Some of the most challenging lies we deal with are those that deny or fail to fully deal with reality. Believing in God, or at least in a "god," is a concept we expect most people to embrace. However it is not what we believe that always makes the difference. It is sometimes what we fail to believe, even though we should, that matters most. For instance: not believing in the devil has the same kind of consequences that come with not believing in electricity or gravity and then trying to defy them. Life itself, gets us into many circumstances and situations that are unanticipated; lying, seemingly gets us out of them instantly. We create lies because we can. God limited man's creative ability. Man cannot form matter. Had God not limited man's ability to create, our imaginations would have allowed us to believe that we are greater than God! Our answer to our own iniquity is to duck, dodge and deny that it exists. Traditionally, this is the quickest and easiest way to deal with any egregious situation. If we create and orchestrate a believable narrative that suits our condition we can alleviate ourselves of all responsibility. All creations, even lies serve a purpose that can also be used and repurposed far beyond its original intent. The monster, namely the LIE, created by man has morphed into more than "the words" that created them. Lies start out as words but take on a life of their own once repeated. Words are carriers of spirit, and lies become powerful spirits that grow, spread and reinforce themselves. Lies are created in perpetuity and can remain dormant, needing only a voice to revive them. Lies cannot live on their own. Only people can create and "live lies." The lies created by us must also be destroyed by us. Any lie we tell "entitles" us to fall into the excuse, logic or reasoning behind them. Without labeling a lie as a lie we validate its disguise and allow it to perpetuate its false claim. Yes, a verbal lie that has been given and then taken on a "form"  therefore must be refuted, renounced and disarmed so they cannot be used against ourselves or anyone else. Remember lies become living things and would rather sleep then die. Exposing lies allows "them" to be dealt with and destroyed. Lies are usually accompanied with feelings. Lies hurt. So when we expose them and they feel threatened expect them to avoid the pain of exposure by attempting to hurt us back! Many times when the truth is revealed by exposing a lie; the source, the vessel "that truth" was revealed through, will become the object of that lie's disdain. We should expect a backlash, the retribution for inflicting the punishment of truth, on a lie created through fabrication. If we don't make lying our enemy the lies that we tell will make enemies of anyone or anything that exposes them as lies. ACKNOWLEDGE IT!
The creation of lies by man runs a close second to the creation of man by God!

The one capability man lacks in our "creative" quiver is the power to form matter. We are a lot like our creator/father, God and share some similar qualities. Being made in God's image predisposes us to being able to operate in a like manner. We take after God's creative nature; it is evidenced in all of our tools innovations and inventions. Our godly creative nature becomes a liability when it comes to lying. We falsely believe that we are more inclined to escape embarrassment, guilt and shame by attempting to conceal, cover and hide sins rather then to acknowledge, confess and forsake them. The truth of the matter is that the energy stored within a lie grows exponentially and requires ever increasing amounts of effort to keep its narrative intact the further it expands. It is important to realize that "systemically" the world does not engage in true honesty. Whenever we act on or tell a lie we are "living that lie." Lying can be done in words, deeds and expressions. Nodding our heads in agreement or muttering "uh huh" can easily fit the bill. When will we come to the realization that words carry spirit and language is the conduit for their expression. Without spoken verbal energy confessions are ineffective. Until we audibly hear or intellectually read words they are simply thoughts. Words by design are the way we cross the bridge between the natural and spiritual dimensions of existence. It is important to say or hear "words of expression." A nod, grunt or noise is not enough. These expressions are often seen as agreement but are often visual lies in disguise. 
 
Baring our souls and facing shortcomings or mistakes is being penalized. Honesty and integrity are being substituted with deception and duplicity. It is easy to decipher the exact instant that a lie is created. Lies are always formed before they are told. Our imaginations and thinking process make and form what potentially become lies way before we establish them by stating and voicing them. Lying is almost effortless. It is the fastest and easiest way of circumventing responsibility known to man. Truth is straight forward and candid. Pretending is just a sophisticated name for a lie. Lying spirits are some of the easiest spirits to discern. The litmus paper test for lies is the yea yea / nay nay test. Communicating is a direct and explicit act. All of nature is talking and signalling among and between one another. Exchange is the way of life. There is no time for miscommunication or fake messages in the animal kingdom. Man is the only creature able to lie. Man is also the only creature capable of exercising higher language skills. lies are very easily discerned. Lies are detected and discovered, not by knowing all of the characteristics of various lies, but by primarily knowing and embracing the transparency of truth. Lies have no life of their own. Lies are quickened (made alive) by telling, showing and sharing them. Like viruses, they can only live off of a host that allows them to spread to others. Once the host dies the lie dies with it. When we believe a lie we actually live into "it" whether we tell anyone or not. Lies have life, become spirit and emit the energy needed to perpetuate themselves. It takes a long litany of lies just to sustain a single age old lie like, "the devil does not exist." Once a lie is developed and built, it needs a willing host to sustain it. Modern technology along with the laws and principles of "network effects" have accelerated the effects of lying in ways we never imagined. Lying has permeated all of society and we are facing a "crisis of consciousness." Lying is no longer a social pariah and its acceptance is intermingled in every aspect of our existence. Today's attitude is to never let truth get in the way of a good story. ​ACKNOWLEDGE IT!
As participating liars we unintentionally lower our standards of truth and help perpetuate deceit. ​

​Here's the real deal. Every one of us must come to grips with our own "pet lie(s)" that we are self deceived by.  Most of us would rather blindly suffer through the sickness then to get rid of the sin. Confessing our faults, shortcomings and iniquities; which are mostly hidden from us, is simple to do but difficult to execute. It is the "pet narratives" we maintain to match our "pet lies," that allows us to indulge in our "pet sins." The lie(s) we live day to day are what's hidden from view. In order for us to hide them from others we must first hide them from ourselves. We need permission to consciously commit to actions that we fundamentally find egregious. We need permission to look the other way when our personal interests diverge from values we ought to practice. When our moral compass is blocked by personal comfort or obscured by legal or ethical considerations, there is always a lie (some line of reasoning) behind it. "The lie" is such an insidious creation that it actually appeals to our "good nature" at times by enticing our lusts. Lies can be also categorized as beliefs turned inside out. Many of us embrace what we believe in intellectually, but fail to apply and/or practice it in our everyday lives. We live a lie when the profession of our beliefs are not aligned with our everyday applications of actions. Whether we call ourselves Buddhists, Christians, Daoist/Taoist, Hindu, Islam's or any other belief/religion; when we fail to adhere to the tenets of our convictions/faith/creed; we can just call ourselves hypocrites (liars). It's not all about the particular persuasion, creed or ideology we follow. Most every religion known to man is built upon principles of righteous. Following ideals of love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance are considered virtuous by just about every legal authority (government) on the planet. To battle on the spiritual level we must talk, using the power of words, against behaviors (spirits) to condemn, expose and rebuke them. This allows us to remove and rid ourselves of them and their ways. Simply thinking and wondering about them is just not enough! Spirits have energy and manipulate their forces to inhabit mental territory. WORDS ARE CARRIERS OF SPIRIT! We can forcibly remove spirits by commanding and speaking directly to them. We have the power to adjure "THEM" force them to leave and let go of the occupied areas they have no authority or right to be in. ACKNOWLEDGE IT!"
Our PET (prime) LIE, the one we live into, has to be discovered and abruptly stopped or gradually peeled away. There's time to plant and there is a time to pluck up what's been  planted.  "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” Matthew 13: 25-30

IN OUR CONCLUSION IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE WE CAN LEAN IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER WHILE STILL MAINTAINING OUR BALANCE WALKING ON A NARROW PLANK. WHAT ABOUT THE GATHERING HERD OF ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM? WILL EITHER CANDIDATE ADDRESS THE DEBT CRISIS? ANY MENTAL STRESS THAT CONSISTENTLY RAISES OUR CORTISOL AND ADRENAL LEVELS (stress hormones) IS NOT GOOD! WHY CAN'T WE GET OUR LEADERS TO ADDRESS THE METABOLIC HEALTH CATASTROPHE FACING ALL AGE GROUPS? WHAT ABOUT THE OBESITY CRISIS? THAT MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ULTR-PROCESSED FOOD INDUSTRY. WHAT ABOUT THE EPIDEMIC OF TYPE-II DIABETES? THAT MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL, GENETIC AND DIETARY FACTORS. WHAT ABOUT PRESCRIBING DRUGS AND PILLS TO FIX ALL ILLS? WHICH MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO EXPOSE THE CORRUPTION AND INFLUENCE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF CORRUPTION, GREED AND INCOMPETENCE FACING US TODAY. THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM. IT COSTS US OVER ONEHUNDREDFIFTY BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER SECURITY. WHAT INCENTIVISES SO MANY PEOPLE TO WANT TO CROSS THE U.S. BORDER? IF WE FOLLOW THE MONEY WE'LL DISCOVER THE MOTIVE. NEVER-THE-LESS, HERE'S A SOLUTION. WHY NOT SPEND LESS THAN HALF OF THE MONEY USED TO PREVENT MIGRATION, TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRIES MIGRANTS COME FROM? WE CAN INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE'S CHOICES BY PROVIDING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROSPER RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE! CHARITY IS MORE THEN JUST GIVING HAND OUTS. WHAT ABOUT GIVING A HAND UP? WHEN WE PERSONALLY HOLD HIGH STANDARDS, WE'RE EMPOWERED TO COMPEL OTHERS TO DO THE SAME! ANYONE WHO IS TIRED OF FOLLOWING THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY OR THE REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT SHOULD CONSIDER FOLLOWING JESUS, THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB!