FICKLE FATE, FALSE NARRATIVES & FAKE PREMISES

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IS OUR FATE SEALED? WHAT NARRATIVE CAN WE EXPECT? WHAT PREMISE SPEAKS TO THAT NARRATIVE? ARE WE ALL DOOMED? THE TRUTH IS BEING DISGUISED AND HIDDEN BEHIND APPEARANCES. SEEING IS NO LONGER BELIEVING. TODAY, DECEPTION IS CAMOUFLAGING BOTH REALITY AND REASON. ONE SURE WAY OF DECIPHERING AND DISCOVERING TRUTH IS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF PROVEN PRINCIPLES. a PRINCIPLE IS "A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of beliefS, behaviorS, AND LOGIC for a chain of reasoning." SOUND PRINCIPLES PROMOTE PROPER PERSPECTIVES. WITHOUT HAVING AN "APPROPRIATE PERSPECTIVE" IT IS DIFFICULT TO POSSESS A "PROPER PREMISE." THAT ITSELF IS A PRINCIPLE! WHEN WE LACK CLARITY, WE TEND TO SUBSTITUTE "CONFIDENT ASSUMPTIONS" FROM THE THEORIES WHICH WE ACTUALLY WANT TO BE FACT. IN CASES SUCH AS THESE A PREMISE SIMPLY BECOMES AN UNSUBSTANTIATED ASSUMPTION. THAT DESCRIPTION HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF SEARCHING FOR AND SEEKING OUT TRUTH. WE CAN TAKE CONSOLATION IN THE FACT THAT TRUTH ALWAYS LEAVES A TRAIL. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE! THE PROCESS FOR DISCOVERING AND VERIFYING TRUTH IS WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT. OUR ENDEAVOR HERE IS TO PRESENT THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE PREMISE WHICH FORMS THE FOUNDATION OF THIS PRESENTATION. WHEN THE THINGS WE PRACTICE OR BELIEVE IN LIFE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH FACT AND PRINCIPLES, OUR PERSPECTIVES AND THE PREMISES WE FORM WILL HAVE A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF BEING TRUE. PRINCIPLES ARE NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS. THEY ARE OFTEN NEGLECTED IN OUR EVERYDAY PRACTICES. IF WE LOOK HARD ENOUGH, WE'LL DISCOVER MULTIPLE PRINCIPLES AT WORK IN EVERYTHING WE DO. PRINCIPLES TEND TO OPERATE INVISIBLY. WHETHER WE OBSERVE THEM OR NOT THEY ARE ALWAYS IN "PROCESS." IN MANY CASES WE CANNOT SEE TRUTH WITHOUT LOOKING BEYOND OUR OWN BIASES. WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT A PREMISE SHOULD NEVER BE FORMED "STRICTLY" FROM OUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS.

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PREMISE: aN ACKNOWLEDGED FACT, proposition OR STATEMENT from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.

When we find something hard to believe, the story behind it may make it even harder to swallow. Who actually believes that Noah built a vessel large enough to contain two of every species on earth? "If the premise is true, then the conclusion must be true. Think about it. "Is there anything too hard for God?" Without proven complementary results, what we might call a "premise" is simply speculation. To apply a premise properly we must understand exactly what it is and how it works. A premise is like a prediction yet to be realized. Like a promise yet to be fulfilled, a premise must be proven. Failure to understand this concept defeats the "scientific" process required to establish it. A perverted process will form a faulty premise. This is why we all must exercise proper judgement without assumptions. We are all like judges. Judgement is the job of our senses. We operate as decision making machines all day long, every day. Choosing between deeds, do's and don'ts while deciphering their meanings is a lifelong process. When we look back over our lives we will discover things that we evaluated but analysed wrong. There will be erroneous judgments we have made. We may label them as mistakes, but faulty premises can easily turn mistakes into lies. Our intentions become insignificant when our actions betray them. Lies, like life, operate without bias. This is why Forgiveness is an act/action that must be applied and extended EQUALLY to us and others. Perfection is not possible in the human economy, granting and being granted forgiveness is an innate need. "Once we've experienced a redemptive process in life, it changes the way our reflective process operates. Obedience allows us to practice concepts and principles without clarity. "Most of the time," when we commit to practicing a concept, even without understanding its application, the principle "generally" works. However, having clarity, with understanding, while practicing a principle properly "always works." Principles  may not feel fair or find popularity among offenders. For example, showing love" does not necessarily involve pampering. Sometimes demonstrating or "showing love" requires chastening. Simply "feeling" emotions like love, hurt or hate is easy. "Feelings," like air, are always present but their meanings are not always clear. How we respond to our feelings is measured by our E.Q. This process which takes place between an occurrence and our impression about it, is when and where feelings are formed. Feelings can be formed from assumptions which in turn can create a false premise. Without applying principles to the process of forming a premise self deception is inevitable. What feels right, sounds right and seems right may not be right when we examine the process used to reach that conclusion. Adopting and believing error is the same as lying by or through deception. The intentions may differ, but a lie is still a lie. We can be right about facts but still wrong about judging them. Just consider the number of minorities profiled by the police. The factual truth is that the subject is not white and that fact is right, but to conclude that they are a criminal is most likely wrong. Biases and feelings work hand in hand; one always complements and strengthens the other. This "enables" us to see what we want to see. "Taking sides" is instinctual not intellectual. They say that feelings lie. But the truth is that we lie to and about our feelings. Making correct judgments (decisions) and demonstrating love properly requires practice and an ability to adjust to change over time.

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 EDUCATED, BRAINWASHED, CONDITIONED,
​GAS-LIT & GROOMED

Education is "the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university." Life educates us without assigning or appointing teachers. Every moment at every opportunity on every occasion life is showing and teaching us something. We may not absorb or learn every lesson but the teaching never stops. The distinctions between teaching and learning are as subtle as the differences between clarity and confidence. Teaching is more of a forced feeding process while learning requires some level or desire to know. Teaching requires a place to deposit substance. Learning comes through an appetite to intake and digest substance. We can practice the mechanics of teaching without "absorption" taking place, but no learning occurs without it. Learning is not autonomous, it is desirous. We must want to learn, "to learn." Teaching others to believe as we believe is indoctrination. Pressuring others to adopt a belief is brain washing. Training the brain to modify our own attitudes, beliefs and thoughts is mental conditioning. Manipulating someone through psychological tactics to question reality and their sanity is gaslighting. Finally, the act of preparing a naive or unsuspecting person under our control to accept mental, physical or sexual abuse is grooming. Education is meant to be used as a tool rather than a weapon. Education does not malign or punish ignorance. Education willingly shares what it knows. Education's mission is to make sense of experiences. Education is the friend of the uninformed. It's like observing something spectacular from a distance without clarity and trying to describe it in detail. Education is what drew Moses to the burning bush. He could see it, but it was difficult to fully comprehend without going through the process of having a close and personal lesson directly with God. There are established processes for doing just about everything. When we are unsure of how to go forward or proceed, we generally create a process of our own. Any process formulated entirely on our own will most likely need to be amended. Sometimes the newly formed process simply perverts the present process. When we create or follow any perverted process, we unwittingly jeopardize our personal integrity. The methods used in any process we develop should be analyzed and scrutinized authoritatively. The difference between a method and a process is another important distinction. A process is simply a well-defined set of steps and decision points for executing a specific task. ​A methodology is an approach to “doing something” with a defined set of rules.

PROCESS: A FOUNDATION FOR FINDING AND FOLLOWING PROCEDURES

"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death." Anais Nin
A process is a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end. Whatever process we use will affect our performance. Processes are developed over time by the exercise of discovering the most efficient sequence of steps towards a solution. Processes are often reviewed, refined and subsequently ratified. Once a process has been verified and established rarely is it changed. Established processes often become societal standards. The "path of a process" is composed of the activities and procedures that form a specific way of doing things. We follow these procedures carefully because they have been set and accepted. Any deviation, even the most minute change, alters the process! So it stands to reason that "trusting the process" is essential. Processes work as two sided coins. For every process that efficiently "builds" there is an alternate process that efficiently "destroys." We should "trust" that both processes will function exactly as designed and expect results accordingly. Everyone uses or follows processes of some kind. We may assume that they work but they may not be effective.  Distinguishing how processes are constructed and operate allows us to evaluate them. The sequence of steps in a process is as important as the steps themselves. Each step represents an established flow of an activity or task. If we base the success of a process solely on its appearances, and allow what we "think" we see or understand to serve as the basis of our conclusion, that premise alone can mislead us.  The biggest mistake we can make in forming a premise is to misunderstand the process and confuse correlation with causation. The basis of an argument or inference represents the premise of that proposition. The rationale behind the decisions we make are a part of a process. Thinking and reasoning are both steps in the process of decision making.

ESTABLISHING PROOF HELPS ESTABLISHING TRUTH

There is a premise behind any established practice. In life we call these precedents. We live each day hoping that as we engage life our approach to it is practical. This premise allows us to have confidence that the processes we employ and follow in life are working. Conflict and problems generally arise when we are faced with challenges or failure. The main problem we face with any process is believing in the process after things go wrong. Most of us look for and focus on external causes when confronted with problems. If no other scapegoat can be found, we blame the process. The "blame game" also known as "blame-shifting" is commonly used to deflect fault and pass the buck. "Blame-shifting is an emotionally abusive behavior or tactic. Here are some definitions or descriptions of blame-shifting: abusers have difficulty taking responsibility for problems. They will go as far as necessary to attribute blame for their circumstances to anyone else, even if it may sound somewhat conspiratorial.​" Even as the current pandemic spread throughout the world we failed as a planet to mount a united defense to combat it, and now it's too late. Failure is a process too. Unfortunately, rather then admitting, confessing or owning it, most failures are addressed by finger pointing. It's always easier to blame a process than a person. People will generally defend themselves. This is why we established standards. Standards always protect processes and the principles behind them. Honesty is a standard. The standards we abide by are the pillars that support any premise. We are all critical observers of life. Our senses are designed to constantly send us input about the environments we inhabit. Without their information we are more susceptible to danger. Although our senses inform us it is our job to constantly educate them. Misdiagnosed and misinterpreted signals can cause us to create premises that are inaccurate and sometimes untrue. Sometimes we are presumptuous and being presumptuous causes us to make presumptuous errors (sins). This is one of the issues King David prayed that GOD would help him with in Psalms 19. Even if two individuals looking at the same thing, see it differently, there is common ground. The mutual recognition of the existence of a problem is a good start even if not seen in the same way. There is no reason why we can't work from that premise! Seeing things differently does not make anything different. Every one of us is subject to judgment errors. Kings, priests, businessmen and politicians all face the same dilemma. On another occasion a priest accused a grieving woman of being drunk while she was mourning her barrenness and begging God for a child. All the signs indicated that she was drunk but the fact of the matter is that she was simply broken. Premises, the judgments we form from them and the beliefs we embrace through them have spirit. The energy given to these attitudes are the spiritual forces we interact with in society. Premises permeate the consciousness of people. We all carry biases, and like "beliefs" they color the way we see, say and assess society. Watch out! When our leaders and politicians present premises planted as seeds in society, they will grow. We must deal with a range of issues including abortion, racism and xenophobia equitably with sensitivity to one another's sensibilities. Keep in mind that seed-time and harvest are in different seasons. Expect to see the fruit from the seeds of our ignorance, inaction and ideologies in the immediate future on a global scale. War, supply chain issues, food and fuel shortages are here. Social unrest along with economic and ecological decay is affecting us all. These processes are still in progress. The principles are plain to perceive. The judgments are increasingly built on partiality and the premises are founded upon divisive narratives. The developing mentality of independent, insulated and isolated policies in an increasingly interdependent world must change for any peace process to work. Without a mutual commitment to the premise that there IS common ground, and we must cooperate for the mutual benefit of ALL; this divisive spirit that many are harboring will continue to flourish. A premise is the "spiritual substance" of an idea. Even if the premise is not true the energy within the idea that it spawns takes on a life of its own. WE TRY TO EXAMINE EVERYTHING FROM A PRACTICAL AND FACTUALLY BASED SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW. WE DON'T BELIEVE IN SPIRITUALITY BECAUSE IT CAN BE VISIBLY SEEN. WE LOOK AT THINGS SPIRITUALLY BECAUSE THROUGH THAT LENS EVERYTHING ELSE IS SEEN MORE CLEARLY. RATHER THEN ENVISIONING OURSELVES AS GIVERS OF TRUTH, WE PREFER TO BE SEEN AS POINTERS TOWARDS TRUTH. NOTHING HERE IS WRITTEN IN STONE. WE TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THE SOURCE, ONLY THE SYNTHESIS. OUR GOAL IS TO POINT OTHERS TOWARDS THEIR VERY OWN EPIPHANY. THE PERSPECTIVES WE DERIVE FROM DISCOVERED PRINCIPLES WILL ALWAYS BE APPLICABLE, BUT THE CONCLUSIONS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS ALL ENCOMPASSING OR COMPLETE. WE OFFER AN APPROACH BASED ON WHAT WE WOULD DO OURSELVES WITH THESE PERSPECTIVES AND SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES. WE KNOW THAT "THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY OF OUR WORDS" COMES WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THOSE WHO GIVE IT, MUST ALSO LIVE IT.   

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