FABRICATIONS FROM THE FEELING'S FACTORY

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FEELINGS ARE A BYPRODUCT OF BOTH OUR BODIES AND MINDS. WHETHER IT'S PHYSICAL ACHES AND ITCHES OR MENTAL HEARTBREAK AND EMOTIONAL PAIN IT IS IMPORTANT TO INTERPRET THEM PROPERLY. THERE ARE THE TWO TYPES OF FEELINGS WE EXPERIENCE. 
OUR  MOST TANGIBLE FEELINGS ARE PHYSICAL.
ALL FEELINGS HAVE SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCE. 
EVEN PHYSICAL FEELINGS HAVE EMOTIONAL COMPONENTS. 
THIS POST WILL PROBABLY HURT MANY OF OUR READERS FEELINGS. 
CAN A "FEELING" BE HURT?
NO IT CANNOT! 
FEELINGS ARE INTERPRETATIONS OF EVENTS THAT COME FROM OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM.  WE PERCEIVE AND REGARD TRUTH IN TERMS OF WHAT WE FEEL OR THINK IT ACTUALLY IS! ​

SHOULD FEELINGS LEAD US OR SHOULD WE FOLLOW THEM?

When we say "how are you?" we're asking about feelings.
  Our physical and emotional states are often described specifically in terms of how we "seem" to think we feel.
Many of us are driven and motivated by our feelings. 
We behave like living & walking "feelings factories."
Although we live our lives based on how we "feel!" 
The reality is, "emotional feelings" are not real.
In fact, "emotional feelings" just "feel" real.
THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE ​BECAUSE THERE IS EVIDENCE TO CONTRADICT SUCH FINDINGS.
On the other hand "emotional ​feelings" are definitely real! 
Every day we experience them physically, emotionally and intuitively. 
All Feelings as a whole are connected to and are a part of our consciousness. 
We can create feelings with new thoughts or from memories previously experienced.
By attaching to "the energy of thoughts" and memories we can form emotions. 
Emotions are a responsive "force of energy."
Emotions help us relate to and explain actions in a way that makes sense to our ego.
​ Emotions also reflect our mood towards circumstances and relationships with others.
​We mistakenly regard feelings and emotions identically. 
Feelings are the faculty that expresses awareness within us.
Emotions are the resulting energy of the vibrations we emit while thinking about an action  or behavior. ​

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INTENTIONS ALONE CAN NEVER JUSTIFY ERRANT ACTIONS

We ​know feelings play a major part in producing emotions. So it stands to reason that if our feelings are incorrectly interpreted then the emotions they helped produce will be wrong. Feelings like illusions and magic both appear and FEEL REAL! What we actually believe our feelings mean determines how we behave regarding them. Playing around with feelings can be dangerous. Our feelings are always susceptible to being manipulated but they cannot always be anticipated. This is the reason we're describe people as "feelings factories." As Human beings we are always producing feelings. Not only do we produce feelings; but our  feeling's also get together and produce even more feelings. The fact is that Physical feeling's are capable of producing both more physical feelings as well as emotional feelings. Even our emotional feeling's can cause physical reactions by sending freeze, fight or flight fear signals throughout our neural networks. There are many types of chemical and/or psychological stimulus' that can produce multiple physical manifestations in our bodies. These are "emotional moments." Floods of emotion can come upon any of us suddenly. In such a moment allowing emotions to reign can be fatal. This type of emotion may seem like an "out of body" experience though it is real. Feelings come and go. We have the options to dismiss them or entertain them. Whatever we do in any given moment describes how we feel motivated in that moment. It can never completely define who we are in totality. To be motivated solely by feelings is like depending on a fair weather friend. "Sometimes we feel like a nut sometimes we don't."

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NOBODY LIKES ANYBODY MESSING AROUND WITH THEIR FEELINGS OR  EMOTIONS!

According to most psychologist there are only 10 basic emotions. In reality there are at least 30 different emotions that are commonly experienced day to day. One thing for sure is that we certainly "feel" all of them. As human beings we generally "need" to have a reason behind our actions. That "reason" must psychologically connect with the emotion or emotions justifying that behavior. Because we feel what we do, all of our actions are based upon some level of "emotional reasoning." Interestingly enough even heinous and evil acts will have some kind of "emotional logic" behind them explaining their rationale called motive. Emotions have the capacity to operate in deference to truth or reason! Many times its emotions that are behind police brutality, insurrections by the citizenry, corruption of the clergy, and apathy towards one another. Prior feelings can stir emotions which cause actions that have consequences. Our society grooms us such a way that it promotes ardor for insignificant things that incite reactions. We are being groomed in a manner that makes us highly susceptible to emotions while indifferent to feelings. Actually almost anything can trigger both feelings and emotions. EMOTIONS ARE IGNORANT! If we allow our emotions to rule us rather then ruling them we forfeit stability. Leaders often appeal to feelings and use our emotions to manipulate consensus.

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TELLING AND TRUSTING THE TRUTH

Is ignorance bliss? Is it better to know or not to know? Should leaders hold back information from the public to prevent alarm? Do our rulers have a responsibility to tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Some of the most renown leaders in the world actively and publicly downplayed the severity of this pandemic. We watched both the  president of the United States and ​The president of Brazil tell people not to fear this virus. Both presidents caught the virus and recovered. The Brazilian president termed this pandemic locally as "the little flu." His attitude and the tone he used seemingly gave people the feeling that Covid-19 was not much of a threat. ​Today their health care system has been overrun. Their new variant called P.1 is affecting younger and younger people. If we do not assist Brazil in containing that variant it will eventually affect and infect us too! We all live in the same world, on the same planet, breathing the same air, sharing the same environment that is the source of all our food and water. A VIRUS CANNOT MUTATE IF IT CANNOT REPLICATE. The world had the opportunity to unite and eradicate this virus. Our leaders had a choice between aggressively containing it, downplaying it, ignoring it or the Whack-a-Mole approach. 
We all know what they did.
But is it's too late?
Even though the barn door has been left open,
the chickens have come home to roost
the bull is in the china shop,
the cat is out of the bag
and we're in denial.
Things do not feel as bad as they are.
Although the situation is dire our emotions don't reflect it. ​
If we study the lies they'll just tell us more and more of the lies.
If we study the truth we'll recognize the lies when we hear them.

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ACTING ON AN EMOTION IS NOT AN EXCUSE?

Emotions are a natural part of life they help us to navigate the effects of our experiences. 
Emotions can be erratic and partial indicators.
Regardless of how emotions feel they have no real power.
Emotions act as signals to point us towards the right direction Emotions help us make sense of what we’re going through.
Emotions are tangible feelings. 
It is easier to dismiss a feelings  than controlling an emotion. Feelings can reconnect to whatever produced them.
​ (activities, events, occurrences) (people, spirits, thoughts)(dreams)
Trusting politicians, preachers or other people with our innermost passions can be disastrous. 
Feelings are a natural extension of our mental existence.
Feelings come and go like smells.
We can like or dislike feelings but they must be put in their place. 
Feelings tend to cause us problems when we embrace and abide in their emotional component. Keeping a feeling inside, especially those private secretive ones, can create mental anguish.
As social animals, by nature we are built to share all of our resources.
This sharing includes food, clothing, shelter, information and feelings.
Feelings do not like to be ignored or isolated.
Feelings form expression through emotions that allows us to deal with them in a tangible way.
Feelings forced to exist only as thought can express themselves as fantasies and hallucinations.
Unresolved feelings can cause unsettled emotional expressions even unexpected outbursts.
Unresolved feelings fester in our emotions and can be unwittingly converted into our beliefs.
Feelings whether pleasurable or egregious should be examined and either eliminated or expressed. 

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FEELINGS CAN FABRICATE FACTS TO FICTION AND FAITH TO FEARFULNESS  

QUESTIONING ANYTHING ALWAYS AROUSES FEELINGS ABOUT SOMETHING! ​

The feeling that the 2020 presidential election would be fraudulent was introduced emotionally prior to voting.
That seed was planted and grew until it was embraced and believed.
As humans our accepted personal beliefs are embraced as fact.    
A belief is a "personal truth" whether it is true or not! 
43 states have introduced legislation to change their election laws.
Fairness has been replaced by fear.
We need to "tweet" others as we would have them tweet us.
The "emotion of fear" from feelings fueled by lies and embraced through false beliefs are becoming our newest legacy.
The "Black Lives Matter" movement presents the police as the principle instruments of "systemic aggression" that's true.
But the police have been used as pawns in a game that sometimes sacrifices them for an agenda.
The police are victims too! It is impossible to fairly enforce laws or protect and serve through bias.
Our nation has been infected with the (spirit/feeling) "germs of hate."
Hate has spread like a virus, but we have not administered the "love your neighbor" vaccine.
There are things within us all that we fear and feel. 
They lay dormant inside our minds until someone or something stirs them up.
​Our feelings, accompanied by emotions are our justification for exterminating anyone or anything.
When we follow the ongoing attacks upon the Asian community it appears that all of society has succumbed to becoming an instrument of "systemic aggression." 
The system is not broken. This system functions within the parameters of its original design. 
The Feelings of animosity unleashed against our Asian sisters and brothers is rooted in racism.
It's easy to perpetuate, practice and tolerate hatred or any other sin we're use to.
The trees of "white supremacy" replanted throughout our history continue bearing fruit.
The apples of Abuse along with the apricots of apathy, the avocados of assaults, the eggplants of experimentation, the honeydews of hangings, the ice cream of incest, the kiwis of killings, the raspberries of rape, the strawberries of shootings, and the tangerines of torture feed the nation.
The "SPIRIT OF RACISM" has bound our nation, because Racism is...what racism does!
Any differences in color, culture, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation can empower racism.
We allowed our leadership to foster an environment that perpetuates attacks upon elderly Asians. To some it even feels okay to conduct mass killing in their places of business. ​​

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​RACISM ISN'T NECESSARILY CHARACTERIZED BY COLOR, IT IS EASIER TO IDENTIFY BY ITS ACTIONS. ​

Why are there now more then two hundred fifty (250) bills proposed in 47 states to change voting laws? The optics for JIM Crow 2.0 have become obvious. Why were only white officials allowed to witness the governor of Georgia's signing of their new voting rights bill? Just knowing that a group of all white men privately signed a new bill into law beneath a picture of a slave plantation feels disturbing. Any law with provisions in it that prevents people waiting in line to vote from receiving a bottle of water to drink, seems horrible and feels disgusting. Does the nation stand behind this bill or approve of the spirit in which it was written. How many people are aware of what's really behind these actions. Well if things are not changed it's bye bye to Home Depot, Coca Cola and Delta Airlines for our family. How can we support any state, business or organization that blatantly oppresses equality by suppressing its voters. We'll have to get our peaches elsewhere or stop eating them. We anticipate supporting companies with a social conscience like Levi's, who have a track record against racism. Many of us will be radicalized by our feelings just enough to get arrested for handing out food and or water to anyone waiting in line to vote. Wait and see! There are too many things being hidden from the general public, suppressed by media, and kept quiet throughout society. Most people know about the high profile police cases concerning George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. But what the majority of people are unaware of is the overwhelming number of police shootings and killings nationwide. We have endured a worldwide pandemic for more then a year. But black people have endured a nationwide epidemic of police killings for decades. In the first eight months of 2020 alone, the (pawns) police in this country have killed over one hundred sixty black people. It's not hard to understand how certain actions tend to cause certain reactions. The mental heath of our minority populations are suffering even more disproportionately during this pandemic. It's amazing that after suffering so much for so long that black people have not advocated vengeance. They have followed the example of the late Nelson Mandela who advocated forgiveness and reconciliation. Throughout 2020 when black people continued to be unequally killed, this stirred the feelings of all kinds of people who took to the streets in emotional protests. ​When stirred feelings caused emotions to run high over the election, regular citizens "expressed" their anger by breaking into and smashing down the doors of our nations capital. It felt and seemed surreal, but not one white person was arrested during the insurrection on that day. But when feelings invoked an emotional response from a lone black female Georgian state representative the instruments of "systemic aggression" namely the police "arrested" her. She was arrested for knocking on a door for admittance to witness what this group of white men were doing. Feels like it's a rainy night in Georgia. This is the same state that a law enforcement official spoke about mass murder in terms of the murderer "having a bad day?" Meanwhile the State of Virginia has made voting easier for all people. Now we know how feelings that spawn emotions can create beliefs birthed from fears. When rumors are aired they can create or revive feelings. When feelings are expressed their emotions can take on form. When emotions rule they can follow the agenda of the feelings that produced them.
The beliefs that come from the synthesis of thoughts, feelings and emotions can easily be embraced as truth whether they are or not! ​

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​RACISM ALWAYS LEAVES A FUNNY TASTE IN OUR MOUTHS THAT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED BEFORE!

 LETS LOOK AT ONE PROVISION IN THAT NEW LAW

Let's examine the language in that law. There are some new restrictions on voting. Some of these changes make it disproportionately more difficult for minority and poorer voters in urban areas. On the other hand there are changes in which the law expands voter access, particularly in rural areas.  So how are these voting districts drawn & which voters live in the various districts? Lets examine the logistics. Georgia is represented in the United States House of Representatives by 14 elected representatives, each representative can campaign and receive votes in only one district . The voting district lines drawn by state legislators. The Georgia Constitution mandates that the legislature undertakes redistricting every 10 years after the national Census. The law also allows for annual redistricting. This means lawmakers can adjust the district lines during any legislative session. That's like saying we can change some of the rules of the game any time we want. Georgia lawmakers from BOTH parties have used these opportunities to engage in creative remapping to protect incumbents or weaken political opponents. Andrew Young, Newt Gingrich, and John Barrow were each purposely drawn out of their home districts during their respective bids for Congress. In 2015, GOP legislators changed district lines for House Districts 105 and 111 in their effort to protect two Republican representatives who had barely won re-election the year before. Attempts to do the same in other districts in 2017 and 2019 were eventually stopped thanks to intense public scrutiny.​ This is called gerrymandering. So what does any of this have to do with not being able to render food or drinks to an elector (voter) waiting in line. Longer lines mean longer times which means more fatigue and further to go. Voting is a right and should be a pleasurable experience. As a matter of fact people should be as passionate about voting as they are about sports. Why is it a difficult process at all? Everyone should realize that today we already have the technologies to easily make voting just as secure as the transfer of money from an ATM. Let's face it. The reason these systems are not in place is because we want to leave ourselves wiggle room, that means room to cheat!  Here is the New York Times link to the law. It is not written in plain English, but the facts are plain.This law seemingly applies to every elector(voter) in line regardless of the length of time or the length of the line.
  
SECTION 33 STATES:
​"No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any person distribute or display any campaign material, nor shall any person give, offer to give, or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, FOOD and DRINK, to an elector," Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor. Democratic precincts often have longer lines and longer waits to cast ballots. There are other changes that leave a bad taste in the mouth. How should we feel about it?