PERILS FROM THE PROMISE OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION

THE COST OF ENERGY NEVER CHANGES, ONLY THE PRICE. IT WILL ALWAYS BE EVIDENCED BY SOME ACTION OR MOTION. THERE IS A LIE THAT IS BEING COVERTLY ADVANCED THROUGH SOCIETY THAT SOMEHOW, WE CAN STRIKE IT RICH, GET LUCKY, ACHIEVE STARDOM, FAME AND FORTUNE WITH MINIMAL EFFORT AND OR TALENT. THIS IS THE KOOL-AID THEY'RE SERVING AND WE'RE DRINKING. "the pursuit of immediate pleasure is in fact a flight from freedom." THIS reflects a philosophical perspective which suggests that seeking pleasure often leads to a loss of TRUE LIBERTY. MAXIUM RESULTS FROM MINIMAL EFFORTS THROUGH UTILIZING HACKS, SHORTCUTS AND TRICKS FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATTERN. CHEATING AND SHORCUTS SEEM TO BE THE UNDERLYING THEME OF PROGRESS TODAY. THIS IS THE POISON PILL OF OUR SOCIETY. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE LABOR, STUDY OR WORK JUST TAKE THE CREDIT. WITH APPLICATIONS LIKE A.I., COPILOT and robots of all kinds ASSISTING US, THE VEILED PROMISE OF PROGRESS BECOMES AN ILLUSION! IT ALL SEEMS REAL BUT NONE OF IT LASTS! “An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.” PROVERBS 20:21 kjv

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 WHAT VIEW OF REALITY DO WE EMBRACE?

THE ILLUSION IS "REAL" FAME DEPENDS ON THE PILL WE TAKE

Our current credit driven debt cycle monetary economy is based upon a lend and trust narrative shared among greedy participants whose suspicion of one another is managed by mountains of regulations. Much of our "real worth" is based on the amount of debt the system suggests we can potentially manage. This implies that the integrity of our financial system operates off of securing future intentions based on "promises" given monetary value. Our present financial stability is dependent on our future ability to supply tomorrow's provisions from today's promises. Credit is belief from a foundation of trust

Our healthcare (sick care) system revolves more and more around pharmacy and surgery. A new part. pill or potion promises quick results without much work. However, there are no shortcuts to health. We must work with our body's metabolism to find the individual balances it needs.

Many of our religious beliefs are derived from erroneous confessions. God is not a pill! God's ways are often misrepresented as to how God works. We are individually both accountable and responsible for our thoughts and actions, iniquities and sins that we commit in this life. God provides us with the guidance and access to his power to overcome any temptation if we want to. In addition to this, God further compensates for our failures by providing continual access to his amazing grace in spite of ourselves. God is not responsible for working out all of our problems, we are! God will always be present with us to see us through. God is an ever-present help in a time of need not a temporary crutch we can use when things don't go our way.​ This is one of the reasons Jesus told Satan that it was written again, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
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Many of today's goals and standards of success are founded upon unrealistic dreams without foundations. Today multimedia is projecting multiple fake and narrow visual perspectives derived from staged presentations. Life is about more than show and tell through make-up mirrors and personal posts. This delusional image of "fame" is deceptive. Why do we spend more time and give more attention to hair and makeup than diet and exercise. Happiness based upon stuff and social status rather than health, peace and prosperity. Thrills are only temporary, like betting and gambling; it's a rush that does not last. The lure of instant gratification reaches both the rich and poor through state lotteries. The mindset that comes from the expectations of instant gratification can create backlashes that that manifest as depression, disillusionment and violence. People are becoming more stressed and upset at a time when they can hardly take or tolerate any more! Langston Hughs asked a very important question when he penned "Harlem dreams deferred." "Maybe it just sags like a heavy load, or does it explode"? Prepare for the explosion...

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THE ART OF SELLING THE DREAM

Why wake up if we're already "living the dream?" On the other hand, if this is "living the dream" than please wake us up. Besides that, if we are "living the dream," how do we know whether we are asleep or awake? Only toddlers should be "living the dream" one nap at a time. Dreams are not something we choose to create we just have them. It's a shame that today they are being misrepresented as something we make up on our own. Dreams to be dreams must be spoken of as in the past tense. Anyone who has ever "had" a dream knows that it has no existence without sharing its ownership and no reality without tangible visible actions. This is what was once called "pipe dreams." The term "Pipe Dreams" date back to the 1870s and originally referred to the weird hallucinations and dreams some opium smokers would have. Is there really such a thing as "The Matrix?" If so, are we in it? Maybe the movie actually depicted our spiritual reality. Today's climate exaggerates what it really takes for notable achievements. No matter how it appears there are no overnight success stories or rags to riches routines. For those of us who are not buying what they're selling, our measuring stick of success is different. Rather than being rich or of royalty we are enlightened. Sometimes achieving goals and making progress seems like a dream but in reality, it should feel more like climbing a mountain. There is sweat equity to pay for any meaningful progress in life. Without it, our appreciation of any accomplishment is cheapened by lack of effort. What is being portrayed and presented to us misrepresents reality. Here's the "red pill." Here's the truth.

The "so-called" hacks and shortcuts, those breakthroughs, discoveries and miracles "everyone's" talking about are the building blocks of the lies. We're believing information from sources whose ambitions, endeavors, goals or mission are based on Pleasure, Prestige and/or Profit. Schooling and standards from the advertising and entertainment industries are corrupting education and redefined beliefs. It's easier to believe a lie that requires little effort than the truth that requires real work. Quick and convenient often means fast and loose. Don't think that there is any way around education, experience or both. It is only after the disciplines and lessons of life are embraced and practiced that it becomes easy to see how they work. These applications and principles can be applied universally to multiple issues or problems. Rather than explain as we usually do, we'll be proclaiming more. Proclamations are issued with less scrutiny than regular information. Sometimes without explanation, acceptance and compliance is expected. These edicts and decrees are designed to be embraced at both a conscious and a subconscious level. Just having a "ring of truth" is not enough. That is how the trap is baited. The phrase "ring of truth" means that a statement appears to arguably have a semblance of truth. When a story or tale has a "ring of truth," it seems credible or believable, even if it is not entirely accurate. Our emotions are being manipulated by statements that feel genuine and plausible. The advertising industry is replete with examples of how this is used. For example, "fixing" our pets by neutering and spading them, is a good practice. However, in reality we are not fixing them. We are just remedying a problem. In reality we are breaking them in their ability to reproduce and their desire to do so. This "play on words" seems innocent but it is not.

Much of life is being presented as a spectacle by the advertising and entertainment industry. Life is not a spectacle we make it that way. Some of the greatest values in life are family, integrity, love and compassion. Valuing family relationships and the moral principles that come with them creates integrity within our actions. Love is a universal value that fosters connections and compassion. Values serve as guiding principles that shape our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, ultimately contributing to a fulfilling life. Television and much of multimedia appeals to our senses through psychic energy. To whom much is given much is required. The architects and authors of these spectacles also have the means to promote meaningful changes in society. The proclamations we bring today should be questioned and personally proven. Research is the work of questioning the source, validating the information and proving it to be accurate. Any followers or patrons that are too lazy to read through these posts, ponder and research for themselves should at least check the bait. Our bait is designed for our followers to take a bite of the red pill. The worlds bait is a blue pill that poisons us. Most of us were not born into money or royalty. We will not inherit or be appointed into position or power. Although we may never be royal by man's standards we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, and a peculiar people.

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PROCLAIMING THE PROBLEM 

The biggest problem with "proclaiming the problem," is "proclaiming the problem." Whenever something is stated or written, the spirit of its expression takes on form. Both oral and written traditions have been responsible for passing on information since the beginning of time. Our eyes and our ears are being exploited by the advertisements from marketing and the accusations from our adversary, the Devil. Their goal is to reach the ultimate destination, namely our minds. Their path is through our physical senses just as it was in the garden of Eden. The mind is not in a physical or tangible place but the path to it is. Our faculties, both intellectual and sensory supply the gateway to our minds. Humanity is not having a brain problem. Humanity is having a mind problem. Many of us have yet to differentiate our brain from our mind.
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This is a proclamation. Let's make the distinction. The brain and the mind are interconnected but they are individually unique. The brain, located in the head negotiates all of the bodily functions through the neural and hormonal networks from the pituitary gland to the vagus nerve. Most of our thinking is deliberated by our mind which runs throughout the body but is centrally located in our gut. The feeling in our gut is how thoughts settle in our minds. The mind operates off of beliefs. The brain operates off of its capabilities. The neural pathways we establish, lose or give up on tells the mind of our intentions concerning it. The mind simply processes whether it can or can't by speaking faith into form. This may be why some amputees can still feel their limb even after it is gone. The mind is a powerful force, but it cannot speak belief into B.S.! Please take note of the difference between belief and faith! Remember, we cannot change our brains, but we can change our minds.

​This is a proclamation. The origin of many of our laws, technological breakthroughs, discoveries and inventions came about as a result of us covering up our sins and compensating for our iniquities. Rather than upholding righteousness through maintaining abstinence, scientist invented and promoted abortions, prophylactics and pills to deal with pre-marital sex. Locks were invented to stop thieves, traffic control devices designed to curtail inconsiderate drivers and minimum hourly wages instituted to limit profit motivated by greed. Many of our rules, laws and regulation did not come into existence merely to fulfill the old adage that "laws were meant to be broken." Laws were not made to be broken. Laws are made to correct offences! The phrase "laws are meant to be broken" does expresses an idea that sometimes rules should be challenged and reformed as seen in civil rights movement. However, this "ring of truth" can be used to paint a false narrative! Phrases and titles like "birth control" are deceptive. The process is initiated by taking a pill with synthetic steroid hormones that stop the natural process of periodic ovulation. Is there a need for self-control when we have birth control? We are designed to procreate and compelled to sin. There are multiple safe, effective and deceptive products and sayings being prescribe by our "pushers." Try looking up the definition of the word "pusher" on almost any dictionary website. Watch and see what else advertisers are pushing on us. These types of controversial, deceitful and often falsely labeled products and statements are prevalent. They are fundamentally designed to challenge established and natural order, promote private agendas, and provide a framework for changing things.

​This is a proclamation. Most of the dieting, fitness and health industries that have been spawned over the last century are exploiting our ignorance. Portliness, fat and obesity are not a new phenomenon. The history of obesity has a complex narrative that spans across centuries. Evidence of obesity can be traced back to prehistoric times. Some figurines, such as the Venus of Willendorf (circa 25,000 BCE), portrayed portly women as being more desirable, which then was believed to represent fertility and abundance. These figurines strongly indicate and suggest that in some human societies, excess body fat probably was associated with health, fertility, and the ability to survival during times of scarcity. Our bodies are designed to store fat specifically for hard times. This evolutionary process cannot be undone over a few centuries. We were originally hunter gatherers, then herders and farmers before we ever were mass producers. Back then we did not have the same preservation and storage technologies we have today. There was no refrigeration, vacuum sealed packages and abundance of food sources everywhere from convenient stores to supermarkets. Our bodies are not being subjected to the same levels of extreme abundance and lack. The need for extra fat is not the same. Many of our foods are slowly poisoning us!  The longer the shelf life, the higher the probability of multiple chemical preservatives. "Preservatives" is an inappropriate word and a deceitful description for what they really are! Decay is a natural process in life for all things. The delay of decay for convenience and profit is costing us our health. Buying into the lie that old food is good food has been processed in our minds! Unfortunately, the mass produced ultra processed foods we eat by design make us FAT! Today, rather than disciplining our dietary habits, we are attempting to make being FAT fashionable.

​This is a proclamation. ​Fast food is a slow death! The epitome of instant gratification is in its name. Food should have nothing to do with speed. Eating should not be done in a rush. Digestion takes its own sweet time. There are four stages of digestion. They are called ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination. We only have total control over ingestion. Hurrying to eat, hurrying while eating or hurrying directly after eating is like serving a prison sentence on death row. The timing alone reveals its gradual process. The average time after eating for digestion to take place is about 6 to 8 hours. This is the period of time for movement through the stomach and small intestine, where most nutrient absorption occurs. The entire process, from ingestion to elimination, generally takes 24 to 72 hours. This includes the time food spends in the large intestine, where water is absorbed and waste is formed. Fruits and Vegetables usually digest quicker, sometimes within hours. On the other hand, foods high in protein and fat, like sugary ultra processed junk can take several days to digest. Factors such as age, sex, metabolic rate, and overall health can affect digestion time due to hormonal differences.  Individual factors and the types of food consumed play significant roles in determining the exact time it takes for a meal to be digested. The fast-food industry has weaponized our appetite against us. The need and urgency to eat and drink constantly is deceiving us. Yes, we need to stay hydrated. No, we don't need to constantly have something in our mouth to chew and or sip on. Such practices are signals to our system. Why are we training our bodies to store fat for emergency use in an age of modern refrigeration, storage and preservation technologies. When we were hunter gatherers and even as agrarians our bodies learned to store fat to provide us with nutrients during lapses in eating. Lipogenesis is the metabolic process for creating new fat. It describes the conversion of non-fat sources, primarily excess carbohydrates, into fatty acids, which are then assembled into triglycerides for storage. This process acts as the body’s internal factory, taking surplus dietary materials and converting them into a stable, energy-dense form. This system ensures that extra energy is efficiently stockpiled in fat tissue. We cannot just ignore centuries of our bodies evolutionary processes and behave as if it is meaningless. America is having much more than a "fat" problem, it is being stricken with an obesity epidemic. This is a medical condition which requires professional interventions, not profit driven diet plans. In the past, being chubby, heavy and/or overweight might have been a personal discipline issue. However today, the ultra-processed foods we consume and the drugs that allow us to tolerate it are part of the cause. Being fat, corpulent and obese is a medicinal issue that should be addressed therapeutically.

This is a proclamation. More and more we have become and are continuing to be a people who honor God with our lips, but in works we deny him. This accusation goes across a broad spectrum of our beliefs, habits and practices. We and the zeitgeist of the time behave as if either there is no God or if there is a God, that "the creator" must be or has been pretty shortsighted or stupid in creating us and the rest of the world! One aspect is in how we deny our bodies to naturally adjust and operate. We've removed them from nature and many of the built in benefits that come from it. We sit inside dwellings with artificial light. We artificially control our environments temperature so that it remains close to the same despite the change in seasons. We don't allow our bodies to regulate many of the processes it was designed to do from sweating to shivering in the cold. We don't subject ourselves to any discomfort or extremes and signal our bodily systems from the respiratory to the endocrine to stand down!

​This is a proclamation. The advent of the ability remotely online bet on just about anything is a cancer slowly eating at the core of society. GAMBLING is the epitome of instant gratification. Rooting for the home team has morphed into betting on the home team. GAMBLING can be traced back to ancient civilizations. It was often linked to religious rituals and societal customs. The earliest forms of gambling were relatively unregulated; people have always wagered on things, and games of chance were no exception. However, as such practices grew, so did their impact on society.

​This is a proclamation. Automation without limitation will inherently tend towards evil. Although the original intention of most technical advances is assistance and efficiency, automation left without human oversight cannot navigate unforeseen issues effectively. Automated systems design is incapable of addressing situations that contain variables outside of their functionality. Automation allows humans to be supplemented with and eventually replaced by machines. Automation in agriculture alone is a noble cause that has its own set of challenges with soil, fuel and pollution issues. Automation from traffic lights to tolls help us to better manage tasks. However, with each additional assist some unanticipated effect comes that may or may not present additional issues. The industrial revolution had a tremendous effect on all of society. Everything was affected. Its impact had many unintended results. Pollution, dangerous harsh conditions, child labor and the beginning of our dependence on fossil fuels all began along with the advent of the steam engine.​

​This is a proclamation. The doctors, nurses, healthcare and medical industry have been corrupted by the pharmaceutical industry! "Big Pharma" and "Big Brother" are related. "Big Brother" is watching us from the outside, while "Big Pharma" is manipulating us from the inside! Maybe this is one of the reasons many of us fail to get enough natural light. God created "outside," man built and made "inside." Medicines and the doctors that prescribe them are and should be characterized only as treatments. Our bodies and the God that created us are the agents for healing. We were born to last not built to break.

PRINCIPLES APPLIED PROVIDE SOLUTIONS

In the same manner that we proclaimed the problems we will also proclaim, not explain, these principles. Many of our previous posts are filled with detailed attempts of explanations on how these principles can be applied. At first glance, many of these principles may seem counter-intuitive and enigmatic, nevertheless they work. Let's test them for enduring effects rather than instant gratification.

Instant gratification is the enemy of patience. They say, "patience is a virtue." Virtues are standards of behavior and morality. Is Anything worth having worth waiting for? The lie is that we lack patience. Patience, like muscles automatically come with the territory. Like muscles, the more we exercise patience the more it grows. Everybody has patience. Patience has a work to do, and it is with and on us. Patience promotes perfection! PRAY ON!

More dreams are killed by instant gratification than anything else. Having a dream and patiently waiting for it to come true is the stuff that fairy tales are made of. Patience runs neck and neck with appreciation. There is a different sense of accomplishment embraced when we patiently work through something on our own. God sends us guidance and warnings through dreams in our spiritual journey. The Bible provides examples of how God has communicated through dreams. In Joel 2:28, the pouring out of God's Spirit enables visions and dreams. DREAM ON!

Today, credit cards offer immediate satisfaction through unrestrained purchasing. There is a new easy and simpler form of credit called B.N.P.L. (buy now pay later). This is the buy now broke later scenario. The "ring of truth" comes in the form of a bill with a revolving credit line designed to keep us in perpetual debt. The original purpose of credit was to allow and promote commerce based on trust. Credit defines our integrity through promissory notes. The payments we make validates our dependency on them! Extending credit and lending can be charitable and philanthropical or predatory and full of greed. The incentive to make profit off of other people's lack, misery and misfortunes is the primary driver of credit today. Yes, the LOVE OF MONEY is the root of ALL evil. SPEND ON!

The zeitgeist, psychology and paradigm shift of today does not promote trust in God or confidence in our fellow man. We are being influenced to trust in the uncertainty of riches. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Our heart must be kept with all diligence. Our nature was corrupted in a psychological and spiritual manner that affects the heart also known as our natural born mind! No wonder we need to be born again! Our heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, but most of us are unaware of its broken tendencies. LIVE ON!

We have described some of the seeds that create the weeds we get entangled with. This battle has been waging since the foundation of this world was formed, or the beginning of time as we know it. The first seed ever planted was God's. God "planted" his spoken word to sprout creation. Seeds grow into life that produces more seeds. If we Kill the seed, we can corrupt the crop. We are the crop. Satan's goal is to kill the crop by corrupting the seed. "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed." To fully embrace or understand the significance planting seeds, good or bad, we need to know how amazing they are. Humans start out as zygotes, then embryos, then fetuses and finally babies. Like humans, seeds contain an embryo. The embryo develops into a new plant supported by an endosperm, until the seedling can utilize photosynthesis on its own. The manner of seeds is the closest thing we can compare to being "born again." Jesus used seeds, tares and weeds to illustrate spiritual principles and truths. Sowing and reaping are seed talk. Seeds take time to GROW. It can take up to ten years for an apple seed to grow into a mature fruit bearing tree. Weeds grow very quickly and often at the expense of other plant life. It's time for us to root out the weeds and not allow bad seeds to be planted in our minds.

THE CONTROVERSIAL CLOSING COMMENTS TO CAP THINGS OFF

INSTANT GRATIFICATION CREATES AN IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENT.  NOTHING INSTANT IS AS GOOD AS SOMETHING THAT HAS DEVELOPED, MATURED OR RIPENED NATURALLY OVER TIME. INSTANT OATMEAL IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS FACT. OATS HAVE BEEN A DIETARY STAPLE FOR CENTURIES AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST WHOLE GRAINS. EATING COOKED OATMEAL CONSISTENTLY ON A REGULAR BASIS HELPS TO CONTROL CHOLESTEROL. EATING WHOLE GRAINS LIKE COOKED OATMEAL FROM ROLLED OR STEEL-CUT OATS FIGHTS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. THE ONLY ISSUE IS BEING PATIENT ENOUGH TO TAKE TIME AND COOK THEM. IN FACT, INSTANT OATMEAL RAISEES BLOOD SUGAR MORE QUICKLY THAN SLOW COOKED OATMEAL. PEOPLE EATING INSTANT FOOD TEND TO GET HUNGRY AGAIN SOONER AS WITH OTHER ULTRAPROCESSED ITEMS. OUR APPETITES ARE NOT PATIENT!

BEING BANNED FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN TRANSITIONED MAN FROM THE EASE OF SIMPLY PICKING AND EATING FOOD TO FARMING, GATHERING AND HUNTING. PREPARING MEALS TODAY OFTEN INVOLVES COOKING BEFORE EATING THEM. WE EXCHANGED A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR AN IMPERFECT ONE AND HAVE SINCE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE OUR CORRUPT ENVIRONMENT PERFECT AGAIN! WE ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT STRIVING FOR PERFECTION IS THE GOAL. HOWEVER, REACHING PERFECTION ON OUR OWN IS UNATTAINABLE. THE PERFECT SHIP WE WERE ON HAS SAILED. NO ONE IS PERFECT ANYMORE! ORIGINALLY, WE WERE MADE PERFECTLY BY A PERFECT GOD AND PLACED IN A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT. AS A RESULT OF IMPERFECTION MISTAKES ARE WHAT WE LEARN FROM. IT IS THE MISTAKES, AND THE TRYING OF OUR FAITH THAT WORKETH PATIENCE. WE ARE DESTINED TO MAKE MISTAKES. DEALING WITH TRIAL AND ERROR TEACHES US. EXPECTING INSTANT GRATIFICATION DISILLUSIONS US. THERE IS A SENSE OF SATISFACTION THAT CAN ONLY BE ATTAINED BY WORKING THROUGH THINGS THAT EXERCISE PATIENCE. SATISFACTION IS A MINIMAL LEVEL OF APPRECIATION. GRATIFICATION IS A FULFILLED STATE OF APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFORT AND ENERGY INVOLVED. FALLING INTO TODAY'S FALSE TRAPPINGS OF POPULARITY AND DEFINING OURSELVES BY SOCIAL STATUS IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO TEMPORARY DELIGHT THAT WON'T LAST. ​LET PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK THAT YE MAY BE PERFECT AND ENTIRE WANTING NOTHING.