Football again

Getting ready for a new season in the Northern Hemisphere

A time of fantasy where fans hope their teams have bought wisely

That their team will win something this season

Most will not

Most will be disappointed

So why bother?

Why be a fan?

Spend all that money

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Is it a tribal thing

Because your family do this

Your friends

Whatever the reason it can provide some tension and drama in one's life

It has the illusion of a fair chance

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An upset maybe

Unpredictable outcome

Not really as the Italian fixers showed they were quite capable of fixing things

Even the rules are suspect given that simple logical things that could remove suspicion are not allowed

That referees and linesmen are paid nothing in relation to the money gambled on any major game

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Humans will be lured

And at the end of the day some team wins some team looses

The next morning it was just a game

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Just a line in the record book

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But then what else gives modern man something reasonable to identify with?.

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Politicians, you are joking

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Businessmen, sorry

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Religion sadly no

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So at the end of the day maybe football isn't such a bad allegiance after all

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And as we all know hope springs eternal

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So here we go again

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Oh and it also allows men to avoid thinking about the serious things going on around us

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To become involved in tougher games

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So maybe that's why football and the rest.

Predator, prey and human

Lions, foxes, eagles and spiders kill so do other predators because that is what they do

Nature makes no judgement

Doves, pigeons, deer, and rabbits get killed because that is their fate

Nature makes no judgement

Humans kill and get killed

Often by other humans

Nature observes, karma comes into action

Because humans have no excuse to kill each other

Humans can find other ways to resolve conflict

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Do you kill?

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Most will be shocked by this question

Reflect do you ever think that way?

Do you wish someone dead?

Have you ever

Or do you choose to stay uninvolved when others are killed?

Are you a silent spectator

Give a few minutes of your time to be involved

Where your voice added to thousands of others can make a difference.

It is time to understand that by killing each other we are creating bad karma for ourselves

Karma that we and future generations have to pay off

Yes your children and theirs too

In fact what is going on now is humanity paying karma for deeds already committed

Make an effort it's your future too

Yes we are

Here in this life to go along with everybody else

Make no waves

Keep my head down

Do what everybody else does


Feel bad about the stuff going on around me

Just keep it on the inside

Can't do anything about it anyway.

"They" should do something about it shouldn't they?

Wake up!

There is no "they"

Only us
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And yes we can make a difference

Each and every one of us

That last drop of water that last straw did make a difference

It is not your job to know if it was yours

It is your job to do what you can

Be a shame to get to the end and realise that you wasted yet another life

Let frustration go

It is not necessary to wonder why you are where and what you are

It is necessary to wonder what you can do to make this life worth while.

No we are not here to

Buy our lives away

Consume as much of everything as we can

Get more of everything than anybody else

We are here to be the best we can everyday in whatever comes our way

And this judged against the simple moral values of right and wrong

Then when we leave this life all that we take with us is our vertical or spiritual growth

If you have a different idea fine live by it

If you have not then try living by these simple but oh so hard to live by rules

It means being the best you can with all you meet

Not taking advantage of others

Being honest in thought and deed

Not being selfish, moving away from me me me to us we

Why are we writing this?

Because it is time to figure out why you are here

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Life is not a random one off accident

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Nor is it a casual consumer pig fest

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It is a difficult demanding journey in the direction of consciousness evolution

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All of us can play, no barriers to entry, all humans are welcome

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No longer do you have to see yourself a failure because you are not important, successful or heroic

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Nature is interested in whether or not you have the wit to work out why you are here

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What your life is really all about

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To act upon this understanding

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To contribute through selflessness

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The more of us "get it" the greater humanity's chance of survival

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Your choice, actually your chance

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Will you?

Patience

Patience and then more patience

Is what we often need in our day to day lives

At work

At home

With the traffic

On the phone

With colleagues

With machines

On line

Never mind today just look at patience

If we want patience then we need to understand that we are unlikely to find it unless we are prepared to make an effort

The first effort necessary is to let go

Let go of making everything important

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Making what you want important

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Is it really?

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Are you really important?

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Learn to accept reality

Reality is what is in any given moment

So today just focus on acceptance of what is

Sure it would be nice if he picked up the phone, said something nice and yet your reality is how it is

And if it is as it is then why waste energy getting up tight?

Patience is accepting reality

Learning not to worry about everything

Letting go once you have done what is possible

Moving on

Patience is our ability to accept, to tolerate, to live with

Patience.

Man

"After all is the victim of his surroundings while he lives in the atmosphere of society"

True

And often that society has characteristics that are not very admirable

Your government does things that are morally dubious

Ethically obscure

So notice them and make sure you do not buy into them

Be clear of your own morality and ethics

One of the challenges in life is to be clear about what is right and what is wrong

Yes it does make a difference because it is the basis for how you experience the world around you

It hardens or softens your perceptions

Your life is lived through your perceptions and these in turn are formed by your values

So do not buy into your society's wrong behaviour

Live in it's better qualities, add your positive thoughts to your society

We do shape the society we live in through our thought forms

Add yours.

Floods

One day your life is filled with certainties

The next it is upside down

Your life totally changed

Every facet altered

This is what we have been seeing on TV

Rather them than me is what most of us are thinking

Be warned all of us will encounter life changing events in this life

Times of predictability are gone, over

Take each day as special

Time and events are not as they were

We are in for a bumpy ride

Be warned and enjoy each day to the max

If nothing else the stress level has just gone up another notch

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Feel compassion for those who are suffering floods now

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It can be our turn next

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If not a flood then some other life changing experience

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None of us will walk through life untouched

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Certainty was ever just an interlude an illusion.

Be clear with yourself

Accepting bullying is no solution

It eats away at you

It changes your life

It brings you down

Far too many people accept bullying

When you give away your self respect

Everything else suffers

At some point you have to start taking it back

One small step at a time

Take back your self respect

Learn to find space for yourself

To say no

To learn how to resist pressure

To do those things you want to do for yourself

To take time for yourself

To walk away from abuse

So start today by looking at your situation and seeing it for what it truly is

Bullying is common

Are you being bullied?

Take back your power

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Sometimes we tell ourselves we have no choice

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We always have choices

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Be clear with yourself

Travelling

Is something we all do from time to time

Whatever our direction of travel we will all meet pickpockets

Do you carry money in your pockets?

Valuables?

A wallet

Too much?

Too easy to lift?

Pickpockets are often very good

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They work together in teams

One bump is all it takes, the hand off is quick

Only later do you find you have lost your wallet or money

Take time to buy a money belt

Zipped pockets

Anything that makes it difficult

In crowded places learn to observe who is where

Pay more attention

Be aware

Losing personal possessions is never nice..

Powerlessness

Is not an easy thing to live with

Powerlessness is something that many have to endure

Married to a bully

Living with a selfish person

Dominated by someone

Amazing thing is how many see no way out

Unable or unwilling to understand that we always have choices

The idea of stepping away often seems impossible

The implied or real threat of violence from the other party

The idea of being alone is often too frightening for some

Whatever it is you have been or are telling yourself there is still no reason to spend your life in misery

You have this life to live so live it

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Decide to make a choice for freedom

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Set up your choice so that you can move away without danger

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If you are unable to learn how to solve this situation in this life then you will have to learn it in the next

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Sobering thought so learn to stand up or walk away in this one!