THE SCIENCE OF SPIRIT COMPLEMENTS THE SPIRIT OF SCIENCE

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Most of our learned beliefs are supported by tradition, superstition, science or religion. But in reality, it's not the system we use as much as the accuracy of the source. The murky relationship between the unknown, the mysterious, the mystical and the magical can lead us to questionable and irrational conclusions. Although many people's present mindset is stuck on separating science and spirit, we should look for and anticipate the next greatest technological breakthrough to be the scientific proof of the spirit world. Yes, science will prove that the spirit world does exist! It stands to reason that if these two worlds exist then at some level they interact and are interrelated. Our aim here is to attempt to describe, not define, some of those relationships. We must first accept that there is no such thing as an accident or random event. All things are interrelated and occur coincidentally in life. Pandemics, epidemics and other endemic characteristics are not random events that occur without warning. They are a by-product of societies self-inflicted vulnerabilities. It is the structures and systems of our functioning society that gives rise to the very existence of our man-made calamities. Think about it; without cars and trucks there would be few traffic accidents and without planes there would be no plane crashes, but without modern transportation the distribution of food, goods and services would suffer. This is why it is important to consider the effect of our advancements on the delicate balance within this shared bubble called the atmosphere. It always comes down to sowing and reaping, also known as cause and effect. We share in the cause of whatever affects us. There is a science to spirituality which integrates all of the individual sciences into a unified system that describes our relationship in the universe. Conventional science falls short of defining paranormal phenomena and inexplicable mysteries. Even scientists are forced to use descriptive labels like "Black Holes" when the evidence only reveals a "blank slate."

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There are many common misconceptions regarding spirituality in relation to life. Such as, what spirit is composed of, how it affects us, and who controls it. Ghosts are imaginary and spirits are real. Sometimes it's easier to describe something in terms of what it is not rather than define it as what it is. This is how we will describe spirit in this post. Spirit is composed of spirit substance. We may not be able to describe the substance of spirit in and of itself, but we can discern or see the evidence of its substance in other things. We are all spiritual. The nature of our spirit is expressed in our behavior and in the words we speak. Spirit can be described as "will of behavior." Again, these are only descriptions of the energy of our motivations and actions. However, spirits are not behaviors! Spirits work through our behaviors to express, manifest and/or disguise themselves.

This is why it is important to evaluate situations from a holistic perspective to properly minister to the people affected by the unique circumstances their environment presents. Dealing with any of their issues often entails addressing the physical, psychological and spiritual components of their experience. Spirit like words are invisible intangible forces represented by the actions of their manifestation in the material, physical and tangible world. Spirits manipulate energy. Energy has multiple forms both seen and unseen. Unfortunately, most energy has been narrowly defined in one of two ways as kinetic energy or potential energy. kinetic energy is the energy of an object due to its motion. Potential energy is energy stored in an object due to its position or arrangement. In its broadest definition energy is the ability to do work! Spiritual energy can affect objects but is neither caused by the motion of that object nor is it confined within an object. We can participate in a spirited debate about the etymology of the word spirit. “Spirits” can refer to an eclectic number of terminologies from a human soul or the Holy Trinity, to a distilled alcoholic beverage. There is spirit in every action, activity or attitude we express. A spirit or consciousness exists is in all of creation. The word spirit can be expressed as a noun, a verb or an adjective. Spirit is a force, an attitude, a behavior, and an emotional belief. The belief that there major life differences between animate or inanimate objects obscures our understanding of spirit. All things are a part of creation whether we consider them living or dead. A rock formation or waterfall is as spiritual as a prayer. Spirit has no specific form. Like water, whether solid, liquid or gas, spirit adapts to the consciousness of the culture and environment it expands and spreads into. The "spirit of science" is a factually driven consideration. The "science of spirit" examines the source and exposes the origin behind it. 

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"THE SPIRIT OF ANXIETY" HAS A BROTHER "THE SPIRIT OF ANGER" 

The spirit world is all about cause and effect. Spirits are behind the causes that affect us all. Has a "spirit of apathetic silence" now gripped the consciousness of America? Apathy allows our mouths to remain silent while our eyes witness the atrocities that others face. The recent executions of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor represent the "spirit of this environment." The "spirit of racism" has been given the fuel and the permission to express itself through the acts of savagery shown towards some while tolerating the militant armed protests of others. Such inequalities are the subtle differences indulged by this culture. This home grown spiritual culture has been explicitly exposed in the wake of the "spirit of anxiety and fear" that came along with the covid-19 pandemic. Spirits, like any virus affect, infect and inhabit the vessels they come in contact with. As the spirit of a pandemic spreads world wide so does its unsettling anxious energy. When the whole world experiences the same thing simultaneously or sequentially it makes both commonalities and disparities easier to see. The same spiritual energy shared mutually may be manifested differently. Such uneasiness breeds hostilities among nations, peoples and cultures. These are the conditions that create WARS! For the impoverished, food insecurity is one of their biggest anxieties. For the homeless, housing and property insecurities most likely dominate their consciousness. For the immigrant, alienation and the feeling of not belonging fuels their anxiety, aside from the fear of being deported. For singles, loneliness is perhaps their greatest anxiety for the present and future. The "spirits of anxiety and fear" fuel irrational behavior. It's difficult to anticipate the feelings and reactions people will display as a result of stressful stimulus. People don't protest or riot because they want to be that way. They act out because they are tired of living the way they do. For the black person in the United States institutionalized physical assault has been a perpetual fear and daily anxiety. Besides having to navigate through systemic racism, the minorities of this country often face hunger, inequality, violence, brutality and torture. When a black person's race can be weaponized against him, it should be obvious that such a state of continually heightened stress impacts both mental and physical health. It is difficult to overcome the naivety that many of our white brethren display towards racism. Ideally we would like everyone to be color blind, but until that occurs we would like everyone to at least be color conscious. Like every other spirit, The "spirit of racism" is and works invisibly but is manifested in multiple seemingly unrelated ways. Racism is, what racism does! For poor people there is an even greater lethal combination of anxiety and fear factors exacerbated by race, ethnicity, religion and other factors. Poverty is a disenfranchisement and disadvantage that many people are born into. Our impoverished are composed of a conglomerate of people such as the handicapped, addicts, mentally challenged, medically challenged, occupationally challenged, educationally challenged and just challenged people. These people don't get to make bucket lists, they just hold empty buckets. This is the poor mans coping mechanism. The "spirit of frustration" is a precursor to the "spirit of rage." Rioting is the "spirit of mayhem's" way of expressing suffering and pain. This toxic mix of energy is confounding on all sides and spreads like a virus. The "spirit of outrage" has no rational expression. Rage has a way of blinding us. People do the dumbest, foolish and most stupidest things in a fit of rage. Wrath, one of the seven deadly sins, is always sure to follow.  It's like poking a bear; it builds and builds the more we do it. Words are spiritual weapons! When an investigator looks at the same video we all saw of someone being murdered and says, "there is other evidence that does not support a criminal charge." and the President of the United States tweets a racist quote from the late Alabama governor George Wallace "that when the looting starts the shooting starts;" it adds more fuel to the fire and makes it easier to become enraged! Please stop poking the bear! It is exhausting to exist in a constant state of being threatened. Living a life occupied with a frequent rush of adrenaline and staying prepared for a fight or flight scenario will inevitably lead to conflict. When some knelled down in peaceful protest it was considered un-American. When officers chose to put a knee on a neck consider it deadly. In this situation, as with the corona virus, we failed to heed the warnings. We allowed seething racial tensions to be stoked politically. Without a "united" response from "conscientious good people," as we approach the anniversary of the Tulsa Oklahoma massacre, the pressure on us all boils over. Energy is powerful and must be managed. When the inequities, already prevalent in the poorest segments of society are compounded by social distancing, separatist policies, stay at home orders, financial insecurity, food insecurity, job insecurity and minorities being murdered that is a lot of emotional energy bottled up. Energy in its best use is harnessed, converted, stored and released safely through carefully engineered processes. Without properly channeling energy; the forces intended to power our world can explosively destroy it. It is important to know, define and call out these spirits for what they are. Racism is simply the "spirit of terrorism" in disguise.

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Now that the "spirit of anarchy" has arrived to compliment the "spirit of outrage," a mob mentality "spirit of indignation" coupled with the "spirit of iGnOrAnCe" has temporarily taken possession of the consciousness of many. People are unaware of how easily rage can give rise to riotous behavior. Regardless of the cause there is no excuse for it! We are examining what it looks like behind the curtain, the place where the spirits play. We are delving into dominions and the spiritual territories released from Pandora's Box. It is naive to believe that rioting is the way people chose to respond with their outrage. There is a lawless element that infiltrates many protests with their own agenda. These agitators promote a "spirit of  DiSoRder" and create anarchy to pollute the purpose of these demonstrations. It is important to remember that demonstrations, protests and riots depict three different levels expressing anger. We "demonstrate" the way we want to be respected and treated, and we protest against the way we have been treated. Rioting is a violent disturbance against peace that rampages against all order. Remember, the "spirit of anger" is an emotional feeling that calls for an action. How we react or respond to anger determines how the issue is resolved. To re-act is a "tit for tat" mimicking action calling for "an eye for an eye and tooth for tooth" sentence. To res-pond is to have the ability to educate the ignorant and promote healing through the "spirit of reconciliation." Responsible implies that we are able-to-respond properly. When we are under the influence of the "Spirit of anger" we are more susceptible to fall victim to the "spirits of violence and wrath." Whether we acknowledge it or not, these spirits with their attitudes, behaviors, consciousness, feelings, thinking and personalities (not persons) are working behind the scenes keeping a world that is increasingly more and more connected divided.

When it comes to our separatist policies it's easy to name the spirits that are working behind the scenes in this historically continuing and ongoing divisive effort. They are the "spirits of hate separatism and division. Spirits are kept in their place or overcome by speaking against them. When we allow the "spirit of fear" to muzzle any objections from advisers, aids, watchdogs, bystanders or anyone else; we perpetuate an environment that permits a police officer, who surely did not intend to murder someone that morning when he arose, to purposely kill a black person under the influence of a "spirit of ultimate authority and judgement." This is a systemic problem. The evidence of it is not obvious. It is obscure and has been hidden behind low unemployment statistics, minimum wages and politics. It is why health care is a privilege and not a right in this country.

LET THIS POST AFFIRM AND POSSIBLY BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF REMAINING SILENT OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS AND NOT EXPRESSING OUR INDIVIDUALLY "CONTROLLED" OUTRAGE COLLECTIVELY. WE WATCHED WHILE THIS DIVISIVE TREND AND THESE EVIL SPIRITS APPARENTLY INFLUENCED AND CORRUPTED OUR LEADERS ALONG WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR NATION. This was the license to do what we all have done at one time or another. When we chose consciously or unconsciously, to remain unseeing in situations where “we could know, and should know, but didn't know, because it made us feel better not to know.” Well, now we know, and we know what's behind it. What are we prepared to do about it? It's easy to get "caught up" in the spirit of the moment on either side. Whether we choose silence or violence those choices are not acceptable. We can start by picking a cause to support and stop picking sides. We must embrace a "spirit of change," but for change to take place we must articulate the changes we want to see.

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WE NEED "THE SPIRIT OF FAITH" TO OVERCOME "THE SPIRIT OF FEAR"