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Nature provides,--but millions of tons of food are wasted.
Because our food production and distribution are not compliant with the laws of "Nature and Nature's God."
Not with the intrinsic needs that are 'ours',--but with the world of 'mine and yours';--the world of 'buying and selling'.
Costs are the problem!!!
History supports 'the people' figured out how to get along with each other--put their weapons down. Leaders of men,--of nations--often did not. Where 'people' preferred peace, leaders craved physical power. Then, leaders dismissed God from social affairs. Now predator-prey behavior returns even within 'the people'. Could there not be a connection?
in response to ednbgst1#475290: Very profound, Unity, but what are your thoughts to the topic at hand...
in response to ednbgst1#475290:
Very profound, Unity, but what are your thoughts to the topic at hand...
I believe emergence of this evil, or any of our mounting social ills is relative to failure to understand the "Laws of Nature and Nature's God".
The place knowledge of these laws arrive from, and are realized is within personal consciousness.
To reach agreement the teachings of Jesus affected the expression of personal worth like no other may be the need.
Because this is what released an intrinsic harmonious human consciousness in likeness to that which governs the physical body and environment.
Moved us toward compliance with laws of nature; where each cell matters,--and through harmonious inter-relationship; contribute toward welfare of the whole.
Where life is dependent on the allowance for energy to flow from the inside-out.
And if not God,--then what could be the source of this harmonious energy, that has thrived in the heart of humanity,--and its environment throughout all the eras?
The way to end violence? Restore respect for,--and nourishment of personal character. Make it an educational priority,--because that was the precedent to progress.
"How do we reconcile the fact that the God whom we conceive of as innately good also seems to countenance evil?"
Your question assumes God thinks like we do, and moves accordingly.
The foundation of human reality is based on the appearance of objects and their motions. Things that appear to 'begin and end', are 'separate', to be dependent on 'outside' conditions and elements for survival, are victims of intermittent 'predatory' motions that overpower and cause harm. These images have determined the range of human intellect; the nature of of our social establishment. All thought becomes encapsulated within this physical barrier.
What is progress, but evidence this objective mind was not, and still is not our right mind? Physical truths have always existed, just separate from our awareness. In likeness to the psychotic individual who has lost contact with human reality; so may humankind have lost contact with the REAL WORLD.
After Jesus, the current of western civilization began to flow with ethereal images; as equality, truth, freedom, peace, personal worth, love and justice. It was not a conscious evolution, but this 'human spirit' that brought us to life.
All indications are that this intrinsic subjective mind; that our 'humanity'--is our right mind. It was when we nourished this, that the person stopped trying to have power over another.
'Good and evil' seems entirely a human predicament caused by our insanity.
Where scientists have moved our environmental image toward truth; theologians perpetuate anthropomorphism, and philosophers continue to use objective data to defend an entirely subjective entity.
So, we continue to be deceived by physical appearance; to allow evil.
It seems the 'extreme' Christian should be a reflection of the life,--the conduct of Jesus.
Which was entirely authentic! Unlike that inspired by any religious or secular establishment.
His message can't be communicated in the usual manner of physical instruction. Surrounds an ethereal knowledge;--ideas as love, peace, equal personal worth;--individual character,--the capacity to love,--to find truth,--to come to everlasting life.
There is a correlation with spread of His teaching,--and emergence of the indescribable 'human spirit', which emerged victorious in all revolutions and wars that determined our course toward comfort, compatibility and truth.
There is one common similarity in our celebrities that 'made a difference'. Each followed her/his own mind. Of which Jesus was the EXTREME example,--a complete opposition to the oppressive mentality of His era.
Overall,--INDIVIDUALISM--personal freedom--may have been the message. Because increased instances have been the method of progress;--and after our government made this a social allowance,--a compatible diversity of talents effected an awesome ascension.
The problem is we tend to encapsulate thought within a physical perspective. So,--the extreme Christian becomes the religious fundamentalist. Where secular movements cleared inaccurate environmental images,--and our founders allowed God to become a FREE AGENT,---religions did not.
It is my belief William Penn got it right,--"To mend the world is true religion."
I think the presence of lice and fleas should be a concern.
Homelessness is an effect of perpetuating a materialistic reality based on competition. This world of 'winners and losers' is neither necessary or compatible. To pursue 'equality', which we all morally can do has never really been the goal.
This circumstance illustrates the difference between human reason and laws,--and the divine entities called truth and justice.
The media coverage suggests the majority understand and demand the latter.
in response to SpiritusMundi: Unity has bought into our 'State Religion' about 'American Exceptionalism'. That's just another aspect of 'fundamentalism'.
in response to SpiritusMundi:
Unity has bought into our 'State Religion' about 'American Exceptionalism'.
That's just another aspect of 'fundamentalism'.
The reason we don't understand,--can't define Christian ideals is our habit of encapsulating thought within a physical perspective.
It should be obvious these ideals can't be confined within the borders of a religious establishment. The 'believers in justice' changed catholic mentality--abandoned the idea it is right to suffer for happiness after death,--and continued to make reforms. Then they broke through the religious boundary,---kind of evolved, but still retained a physical form in the guise of the American. We can see this energy--the human spirit--could not be confined within an elementary set of national laws,---but continuously made changes compatible with a common sense of justice. So, I see the American as being relevant to more than a geographic location,--or a statehood under concrete laws,---but a manifestation of inherent 'character';--we can see this character was not programmed by any human authority,--because the ideals remain enigmatic,--are not localized,--but exist worldwide as an entity called 'our humanity';--which I believe will evolve,--will prove to be the one true nation.
I see the American as a person who understands words as love, peace, truth, equality, freedom, personal worth, everlasting life and justice.
The ideals America is based on have no physical source,--are not reflections from objects;--can't be communicated in the usual manner of physical instruction,--compose a personal,--but common knowledge beyond that acquired through the physical senses.
Everything in the human mind has a source. That these ideals have not only thrived in the heart of humanity throughout all the eras,--but determined our course,--I think should have received further consideration before we dismissed God from social affairs.
Did not all the truths that entered our reality always exist,--but were invisible?
And did they not arrive from an invisible place,--from deep in the thought of someone?
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." TS Eliot
What is progress, but realization of truths that always existed.
To share thought is our means of growth. Spread of the teachings of Jesus throughout western civilization may well have been the invisible reason a nation founded on a belief in Justice for all came into existence.
I suspect the Christian is visible only to the 'mind's eye',--which is in fact our true vision. There is a common ground between the Christian,--and the American. It being ideals as equality, truth, freedom, compassion and justice. These ideals escape academic definition,--consequently to me it seems this makes both the Christian Church an invisible entity;--and America an invisible place. That is to a world where reliance is only on information acquired through the limited physical senses.
Perhaps to start we must first define 'Christian'!
All documents can be forged. Still some seem to believe to hear words from human authority,--or read something on paper is the only way to determine truth.
I pass many people each day, who I know are living and working in America. I do not need to see a neon sign flashing official verification from their cap to figure it out. When I pass a government subsidized high rise for those living in poverty,--be it from financial or physical deprivation,--I am sure they are living in America. I also know it would be extremely difficult for many of them to get an official form to prove they exist here in America. I also know which political view today they would most likely favor.
Is not insight the true knowledge? Is it not the way to see through deceptive tactics? Is it not the vision needed to see this place called America is an IDEAL place that has yet to manifest? To know that oppression,--and then eugenics are wrong,--that respect for personal worth is right?
I agree public transportation should be revived. Problem is they wanted to sell cars. Consequently we get less exercise,--less social contact,--waste gas,--get stuck in traffic jams,--more injury from accidents,--outrageous insurance premiums and car maintenance ---and of course increased pollution.
And no bus service on Sunday,---keep the folks away from a doctrine of personal worth,--and dependent on corporate guidance.
All in the guise of progress.
I no longer remember if it was in Common Sense,--or The Age of Reason that was the source of this idea that became embedded in my mind.
Religion and God are not synonymous. He expressed belief in personal proximity to God,---not to religion.
The popularity of Thomas Paine's writings suggest they reflected a common Colonial attitude. He felt a person's primary responsibility should not be to either religious or secular government,--but to his Creator;--and next to the Creation.
Personally,--I don't think that idea can be improved upon.
Noel Sim states:"The sole aim of the Gospels is the salvation of souls, not the social amelioration of mankind."
Jesus taught us to pray:----"Thy kingdom come--Thy Will be done--ON EARTH as it is in heaven."
As more and more people believed Jesus to be the manifestation of God's Will,---and found PERSONAL ability to become free from environmental control,--to follow PERSONAL intuitive thoughts,--to feel a PERSONAL sense of responsibility for the welfare of others,--to contribute PERSONAL talents toward the welfare of the whole---could well have been an 'invisible' process of human ascension.
To me,--history supports the idea to free each PERSON,--to end the master-slave social reality is the need.
Instead,--the best we've done is extend the Christian belief in 'charity',--to a sort of 'master-pet' social network.
In actuality 'Individualism' was the American Signature. As Jesus was an 'individual',--as were each of our founders,---so did more and more 'individuals' emerge,---become free from the myths, illusions, and most of all from the oppressive mentality of their eras,---seemingly guiding us to an eventual "amelioration of mankind".
Then,--the image of Jesus was removed from education,---from all public affairs!
Obamacare is a misnomer. Made up --- defined---by the far right. Ignored by those who follow their own mind;--accepted by many trained to have blind faith in an ultimate supernatural authority.
Fox News uses this misnomer--over and over and over again,--until the public believes it is a real entity;--and is a bad thing.
The 'Gospel Truth' resides in our hearts,--can't be communicated in the usual manner of physical instruction;---and is far better manifested by our Constitution---than the religious right.
To consider common needs RIGHTS;--and to base a Constitution on this belief worked;--most likely because it is THE WAY;---of "NATURE and NATURE's God."
I disagree. Why place a restriction on those who express a seemingly unlimited and never changing ability to continuously move human facts toward truth,--and human laws toward justice?
These people who 'make a difference' remain a precious few,---and should remain free to do so,--not be restricted by the element of time.
"For a mosaic to work, all those individual pieces must fit within a predetermined plan or design. A mosaic must be greater than the sum of its parts."
It could be we overlook God as source of the American Mosaic,--of human achievement.
American structure seems a simulation of the natural physical arrangement. Where each cell matters,--is individualized,--and all contribute harmoniously toward welfare of the whole.
Could God not be the author of the physical mosaic,--and the American cohesion of conscious pieces?
The OUR way you prefer is the conscious energy that moves us out of an illusory reality by revealing environmental (including behavioral) truths,--and directing the knowledge toward common welfare. Obviously this is OUR way,--because it has been the navigator of the human course.
Where we differ is that I feel this portion of our conscious anatomy is evidence of our true nature;--and the source is God.
Of course all predatory actions--murder, disease, flood, earthquake, fire, winds are intermittent natural motions. Where we differ is that the fact these are incompatible to the heart of humanity---are not OUR way---we moved toward finding truths to protect people and prolong life--suggests they were not part of our original existence.
We acquire a reality from our environment,--most especially parents. Ancients held a predatory mentality,--and this was projected to an ultimate authority,--or God. We have corrected many faulty physical images,--but now the costume given to God doesn't fit.
This is why I believe life remains an enigma.
Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord."
Progress is evidence that the physical images of our environment have been inaccurate. And the reality so formed incompatible to the heart of humanity. From where an energy tediously transforms human facts to truth, and human laws to justice.
Just as that woman described above lost contact with human reality,--it seems humankind may have lost contact with reality,---but has not lost the ability to recover.
There is a book that offers food for thought along these lines entitled "The Long Overdue Letter."
Holy Spiritus,
Many--many years ago I encountered an elderly woman who was completely disoriented. Psych theory teaches that you should not agree, but bring these people into reality. When I asked, "Where are you?"--she quickly spun around and informed me that "you don't have to know where you are, to be there!"
Is that not the human predicament?
I want to mention the basis for my thoughts is that 'all has deviated from norm'. The physical world is no longer in its original state. There is no longer the perfect gas, oak tree or human. Therefore we have an imperfect body delivering an image of an imperfect environment---and so formed an inaccurate 'reality'. The change I suspect are the intermittent motions that overpower the normal state, as animal predation,--or winds, floods, earthquakes--and cause devastation. Unfortunately our primitive ancestors incorporated this view into a social system,--giving respect to those with more physical power;--why men ruled.
This system has been incompatible to the heart of humanity;---from where an energy emerged of greater strength--overcoming physical obstacles and moving us to comfort and 'fairness'.
So, I think the occupy wall street movement is evidence that America is still Christian--in its true sense.
SELF is consciousness,--is where our individuality-- our vision exists. The problem is--not only did our physiology form an inaccurate mind,--or reality,--it also forms a false self. I don't believe in dualism,--but our equality exists in that each warped mind is held by an intact perfect self. Where psychology deals with the formation of the physical mind,--personal meditation well may have been the source of character strength. Because in colonial days that was a priority. It also is of interest that as the teachings of Jesus--which were in parables--(reached a place deep in personal thought)--spread,--people separated from the primary religious establishment--and 'individualism' emerged in Christian churches. To me, it seems like the effect of the teachings of Jesus (moreso than any of the other major religions worked because He entered our reality--gave us a physical image of our intrinsic worth) was to guide us through individual freedom from a false self--to compatibility with natural arrangement.
Wow--I have not thought about these things for a while--and seem to be babbling. Let me just quickly give you my thoughts on some of the other things.
I think we confuse physical pleasure with happiness. Obvious in that all our money moved into business, entertainment and sports. Our happiness at the end of the day is dependent on the manner one person treats another,--and whether or not we have been appreciated--able to express our talent,--feel we've done a 'good job'. Happiness surrounds --equality--truth--freedom--peace--love--life--talent--fairness;--when one person tries to have power over another--none of these can be realized.
'Heaven on earth is the American Dream';--it has not been realized. Where the constitution opens the door,---no establishment within gave up the 'master-slave' mentality;--then our downfall was 'corporate personhood';--because they are not natural people,--and thus have no intrinsic drive for trurh and justice.
SELF and its need for equality, truth, freedom, love---unlike our physical mind does not change,--exists no matter what shape the body is in,--and has been an enduring part,--in fact has guided our journey throughout all the eras.
Our body--without any personal effort--automatically--takes a picture of an environment--and delivers it to the 'invisible person'. The physical environment and mind is one mechanism. Primitive human reality was formed by the physical senses,--and based on the appearance of objects and their motions.
Progress is evidence of an intrinsic need for truth,--and capacity to realize it. Not eyesight, but personal insight has revealed environmental truths. It takes time for truth to be realized, because we rely on our physical senses, where this vision exists entirely within personal consciousness. Truths were initially rejected by the establishments,--and the contributor ridiculed. So where by the time of quantum mechanics, string theory our vision should have been improved;--to us it still seemed impossible because we fail to escape the automatic process of encapsulating all within a physical perspective.
Eyes do not see. They deliver images to the invisible 'person'---who then can see. What they see will be dependent on their level of conscious maturity; on the personal ability to strain the perceptions for truth.
To reach a greater conscious depth perception should be the goal because this is where our common ground exists. To function at the mechanical level creates billions of different realities due to individual variation in points of time, place and physiology. As each person has an intrinsic desire for truth,--or to be right--these false minds conflicted. Before America this was corrected by governments forcing people to conform to their mind. Which minimized individual conflict,--but caused even greater scale wars. The American difference was a government in likeness to nature,--to all living things--where energy is allowed to flow from the inside-out,--and we came to life. When conformity was to freedom of personal vision,--a diverse compatibility emerged. Which seems a simulation of the intrinsic physical structure,--where each cell matters, all contribute diverse individual talents toward welfare of the whole.
The science of quantum mechanics studied what didn't seem to exist,--but proved true.
Human reality was founded on the appearance of objects and their motions. Where scientists reveal environmental truths, and guide us toward freedom from an inaccurate reality; the religious hierarchy has made no such effort.
Physical structure allows us to easily observe,--and be observed. But what we can't see is our SELF. We can only feel our own existence;--our individuality. It was not those who adapted to the mind of their era,--but those who followed personal convictions that made a difference.
The American colonists held a common conviction that primary responsibility should not be to governments or religions, but to their 'Maker';--and next to the Creation (or other people). In essence the 1st Amendment allowed God to become a free agent,--and promoted personal proximity to God. To date there has been no better formula for success.
The reason we have no agreement on the nature of God is that we encapsulate our thought within a physical barrier,--and dress God in physical clothes. I believe Islam even believes heaven is a place of physical pleasure.
Where religions moved God into man's world,--I believe our founders opened the door to God's world,---which simply put is a place called justice,--'heaven on earth'.
in response to LivingInKitsap: Isn't this horse pretty well beaten? Let's move on and close this blog!
in response to LivingInKitsap:
Isn't this horse pretty well beaten? Let's move on and close this blog!
Everyone has been advised over the past five decades to never discuss politics or religion---if you want to have friends. This I believe is a great part of the reason for current circumstances. What matters more to our well-being than our social environment and personal character strengths??
We have allowed corporate power to silence us;--take over our government, and our children;---ignored the fact that personal character--individuality--is what made the American difference.
Freedom to share thought was our means of growth.
One of my favorite quotes by Jonathan Swift: "I no more believe the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms;--than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet could form a most ingenious treatise of philosophy."
I personally do not believe the fact that the area of communication has been our greatest avenue of progress is any coincidence,--but evidence that God is at the helm.
in response to andrewm57: Teachings of Jesus, yes, actions of the church, not very often.
in response to andrewm57:
Teachings of Jesus, yes, actions of the church, not very often.
Yes. That we relate 'Christian' to church membership perhaps should be corrected. The actions of Jesus are expressions of our 'humanity',--which is the one true nation,--exists here, there and everywhere.
in response to dlacrosse: No, they are not. But they are basic human principles.
in response to dlacrosse:
No, they are not.
But they are basic human principles.
Agree these are inherent needs. They are not the property of any religion.
But to consider them human principles deserves further consideration. These ideals can't be communicated to another person in the usual manner of physical instruction;--were not, and still are not part of social reality;---and can't even be defined by academia.
There does seem a correlation between spread of the message of Jesus,---and revolutions toward social simulation of this mindset.
in response to Bummertown: No, historically they are not. Let's not kid ourselves about that.
in response to Bummertown:
No, historically they are not.
Let's not kid ourselves about that.
The ascent of humanity toward social realization of these ideals was not some world-wide phenomenon,--but flowed out from the heart of the people in western civilization.
Equality, truth, freedom, peace, love, personal worth, everlasting life, justice.
Are these not basic Christian principles?
Corporations exist to make money. Unions were brought into existence to prevent them from doing so in an inhumane manner. They were instrumental in moving us toward comfort and security. I have had personal experience with caregivers sent by agencies to help with my Mother. It was obvious to me no consideration was given to the ability of the caregiver relative to the degree of needs. This is unfair to the caregiver, the patient and family. Some caregivers had no experience; others minimal. The problem is we have allowed corporations to create this shallow reality,-- where we are trained to obey their rules to make money,--then go out shopping and give it back over 100%.History shows we are capable of far more! But that was when the content of character mattered more than things. When there was a sense of responsibility for the welfare of other people in the air.For the state to assist in providing home caregivers was a progressive step toward fulfillment of an inherent ability to express compassion. A corporation is not a natural person,--so has no such intrinsic ability. Therefore,--in my opinion,--both the union---and I-1163 are vital.
"To mend the world is true religion." William Penn
I really wish that Adam and Eve would have listened! There is no doubt in my mind that the most vulnerable spot in human nature is the ease in which people can be deceived.
The corporate person is synthetic. Has proven its mind is counterfeit. Void of any understanding of "inalienable rights".
If you believe in 'America';--if you believe in 'children'---follow your conscience.
Vote NO on I-1183.
The need is to support Occupy Wall Street and create a world of justice. Then there would be no need for charity. We've moved in that direction, but the best we've done was move from a master-slave to master-pet affair.
in response to Grampa7030: Occupy Bremerton is holding a walk on October 28. I plan to check it out. Until the 99 percent actually have a voice in government, we will have Government bought and paid for by the wealthy. The wealthy should have a voice, but when the vast majority of people favor retaining social security, reducing military activity globally, and any number of other issues, our democratic Government has an obligation to consider that majority. If it doesn't, demonstration is the way to go. People, please consider getting your news from liberal and conservative sources. Listening to one only makes you vulnerable to being manipulated by propaganda that both sides generate.
in response to Grampa7030:
Occupy Bremerton is holding a walk on October 28. I plan to check it out. Until the 99 percent actually have a voice in government, we will have Government bought and paid for by the wealthy. The wealthy should have a voice, but when the vast majority of people favor retaining social security, reducing military activity globally, and any number of other issues, our democratic Government has an obligation to consider that majority. If it doesn't, demonstration is the way to go.
People, please consider getting your news from liberal and conservative sources. Listening to one only makes you vulnerable to being manipulated by propaganda that both sides generate.
We don't see with our eyes,--but with our mind. The American difference was freedom to follow your own conscience. Occupy Wall Street is evidence of this natural personal endowment.
It seems to me this change would make it easier for kids to get alcohol;---then increase their punishment for doing so.
in response to capsea: it is ridiculus to compare Tea Party to Occupy WallStreet. The Tea party is just that, a political party. They are financed by multi national corporations and their primary intent is to continue to keep the corporate protections and favors they have been receiving. The Occupy Wall Street protests are a true grassroots movement made up of many different interests, but one common goal, that the government represent the PEOPLE not Corporations.
in response to capsea:
it is ridiculus to compare Tea Party to Occupy WallStreet.
The Tea party is just that, a political party. They are financed by multi national corporations and their primary intent is to continue to keep the corporate protections and favors they have been receiving.
The Occupy Wall Street protests are a true grassroots movement made up of many different interests, but one common goal, that the government represent the PEOPLE not Corporations.
Another distinction may be that the Tea Party symbolizes an oppressive mentality; where Occupy Wall Street--symbolizes FAIRNESS.
in response to Cean: Not being a nurse, I am just guessing about what might be nursing care. I think it is helping with transitions (bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to commode, etc.)and things like wound care, bathing, toileting, changing diapers or colostomy bags - I don't know. I know that some family members, with a little guidance, can do those things, too. Maybe it is also managing medications? I've heard some sad stories of family members trying to take care of a loved one, but failing. I have also heard sad stories of paid caregivers who did not "care." If we can not take good care of our elders and our children, we are not a very civilized society. Maybe we need a change in our hearts rather than a change in the laws.
in response to Cean:
Not being a nurse, I am just guessing about what might be nursing care. I think it is helping with transitions (bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to commode, etc.)and things like wound care, bathing, toileting, changing diapers or colostomy bags - I don't know. I know that some family members, with a little guidance, can do those things, too. Maybe it is also managing medications?
I've heard some sad stories of family members trying to take care of a loved one, but failing. I have also heard sad stories of paid caregivers who did not "care."
If we can not take good care of our elders and our children, we are not a very civilized society. Maybe we need a change in our hearts rather than a change in the laws.
To comfort someone is an art,--goes beyond the physical theory and training.
"Maybe we need a change in our hearts rather than a change in the laws."---Our course suggests the human heart is a steadfast natural endowment. Can only be expressed in words as: truth, freedom, peace, equality, compassion, justice. These needs are everlasting,--have thrived throughout all the eras. The American difference was to move human laws toward compatibility with this intrinsic mindset. It is human reality that changes---because of our capacity to satisfy these needs.
in response to SharonOHara: Without 'economic profit' no business would survive and provide jobs.Without 'economic profit' I could never have supported my kids. Are you saying 'economic profit' is a bad thing?
in response to SharonOHara:
Without 'economic profit' no business would survive and provide jobs.Without 'economic profit' I could never have supported my kids.
Are you saying 'economic profit' is a bad thing?
What I was trying to say is that we seem to have lost sight that there is more to reality. Those who came to America,--and those who made a difference,--held a common thread. They did not adapt to their local reality,--but followed personal convictions. Today, we are given the idea they came to make money,--but they held a deeper vision.We have become so linear that the true meaning of 'personal worth' or 'professional' seems lost. It goes way beyond anything material.I believe American prosperity is relative to educational focus on personal character maturation; and a governing arrangement that allowed continuous reduction in the oppressive barriers to expression of personal talents. Then,--in likeness to nature: where each cell matters,--and through a 'giving and receiving' of talents,--the whole prospers.I believe Individualism is the American Signature;--individual authenticity is what is being lost;--that we need a new party--the INDIVIDUALISTS!!!Life is an art. Truths and talents arrived as though from another dimension. The network of veins through which we are connected is in the air. We came together in a place somewhere deep within personal thought. Reason the middle class is fading may be due to loss of individualism;--of the 'professional'. Somewhere along the way professions turned into 'jobs';--people obeyed rules 'to make money';--and even worse then spend their entire day off searching for the best price for the exact same item;--ignoring the intrinsic laws of the heart,--and their own intrinsic worth.
As to the issue at hand,---since agencies have failed to consider the needs of an individual patient,--relative to the skill and experience of the caregiver,--the law seems not only necessary,--but vital.
Let's face it we have reached a point where the desire for 'economic profit' governs our actions. Where in actuality it was when we were guided to be the best we could be, and serve one another that we prospered. Medical, pharmaceutical and insurance corporations; unions;---colleges--all started as a means to satisfy common human needs;--were directed toward common welfare.
Today it seems like human reality surrounds one thing--making money!
Many home care agencies have not been concerned about the welfare of the patient,--or the caregiver. Without unions,--it still would be the case.
I really believe we have been so blinded by an educational focus on facts that we fail to see the nature of progress. What is progress but our ability to move human facts toward truth;--and human laws toward justice? The emergence of this ability to transcend flowed out from the heart of the people in western civilization;--from an entity called our 'humanity'!It was when primary focus was on 'how to become a better person'; and the means was to receive guidance from God through prayer;--when our government gave us the freedom to follow personal conscience;--that our awesome ascent began.Before America, reliance was on human authority;--on religious and secular government. The American difference was in essence a freedom for personal proximity to a loving God. A sense of personal responsibility to God, and for the welfare of other people prevailed. We soon came to 'life'; personal talents, truths and direction toward common welfare emerged.It is my opinion dismissal of God from social affairs is what has grounded America. Our Declaration of Independence clearly suggests credence in God given inalienable rights. Instead of exercising these rights, 'We the People' sit by the wayside waiting for direction to 'come down from above';--many even applaud the primitive mentality of Governor Rick Perry.This return to dependency on human authority is really scary to me. Our ancestors have proven that the energy of progress flows like in all living things,--from the inside-out. Our common ground exists in our conscience;--in our 'humanity'. This has proved to be our greatest possession,--and just can't be improved upon,--can't be defined, or communicated in the usual manner of physical instruction,--most likely because it is not part of the man-made reality from which our ancestors opened a door to freedom.To restore direction toward social security is the need,--a government 'of the people' is the means;--but the Tea Party instead moves to destroy that government and establish corporate security.
This opinion is awesome.
"By the time the left begins to understand our loss of freedom, it will be too late."
WOW!! The one obvious difference between the progressive left--and the extreme right--is a 'FREE MIND'. There is absolutely no free thought--or even hint of individual authenticity--present in the far Right. It is like they've been programmed,--perhaps by corporate money.
'We the People' are free to govern through our representatives. What the far Right seems up to is taking away that power by eliminating all government services that contribute toward common welfare. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT! Why would we destroy our freedom to govern in our best interest?
Our current economic crisis exists because the corporate persons assumed the governing rights given to 'WE the People'. They have enslaved us,--and unless we end their masquerade now,--and take back our government,--there may be no escape from the economic prison that surrounds us.
Where are the REAL Republicans?--the REAL Democrats?--The REAL people?
To reflect on medical practices throughout the eras can only suggest for a patient to survive shows the true strength of the human body!!
I really don't see a lot of difference today,--just more sophisticated!!
We went through a progressive period when there was a difference. But that was when energy flowed out from the heart;--!
A physician is no longer free to search for truth;--but encapsulated in a system focused on time, money and current theory;--on the body, not the person.
To 'help someone heal' is an art. It is a personal talent.
One that is becoming dormant because money has left the heart. Despite the inherent desire and need to share talents,--to serve each other,---the system is all about money!!
in response to SharonOHara: Doesn't "Treat others as you want to be treated" do the job anymore? Most of us were raised by the 'Golden Rule' but I think a lax society may have broken down the respect needed for respecting the rights and 'empathy' for others. Our churches taught the Golden Rule for treating others. "The Golden Rule is arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights, in which each individual has a right to just treatment, and a reciprocal responsibility to ensure justice for others.[4] A key element of the Golden Rule is that a person attempting to live by this rule treats all people with consideration, not just members of his or her in-group. The Golden Rule has its roots in a wide range of world cultures, and is a standard different cultures use to resolve conflicts.[2][5]"
Doesn't "Treat others as you want to be treated" do the job anymore?
Most of us were raised by the 'Golden Rule' but I think a lax society may have broken down the respect needed for respecting the rights and 'empathy' for others.
Our churches taught the Golden Rule for treating others.
"The Golden Rule is arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights, in which each individual has a right to just treatment, and a reciprocal responsibility to ensure justice for others.[4] A key element of the Golden Rule is that a person attempting to live by this rule treats all people with consideration, not just members of his or her in-group. The Golden Rule has its roots in a wide range of world cultures, and is a standard different cultures use to resolve conflicts.[2][5]"
Agree! The Golden Rule can't be improved upon!! Because it seems a "Law of Nature and Nature's God." At the end of the day our happiness is dependent on the manner one person treats another,--and whether we feel we've done a good job. The Golden Rule is what our founders gave each person the freedom to follow. We came together in a place that exists only deep within personal thought. No matter what shape the body is in;--what variable mind formed by circumstance as to point in time, geographic location or physiology; we hold common expectations of social exchange.
The problem seems understanding of behavioral truths is a personal experience,--a part of character maturation,--of individuality. Is a knowledge that can't be communicated in the usual manner of physical instruction. Exercise of the Golden Rule surrounds words as equality, truth, freedom, peace, love, personal worth--and a sense of 'fairness'.
These pure conscious entities are very real;--but perhaps can't be defined because even though insight has been the vision of progress; we remain encapsulated in a reality formed by our primitive ancestors; formed by eyesight.
Thus,--even though guidance to understanding and exercise of the Golden Rule,--to personal character maturation through meditation--was a precedent to formal theoretic education,--progress and prosperity---Academia has abandoned it;--along with the idea of its --and--our divine origin.
And the ancient concrete golden rule returns:--Those with the gold rule!!!
--"governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Corporate takeover of the practice of medicine is the obstacle to overcome.
The means is through an entity called our 'humanity'. The medical knowledge and technology available today flowed from that source,--and only to once more engage that energy will it fulfill its intended purpose.
Health care needs to be removed from the world of 'buying and selling',--and given to the people;--most especially to the physicians;--and the intrinsic capacity to care about the welfare of another person.
The corporate person is synthetic;--has not been endowed by its Creator with this inherent conscience we call our 'humanity'.
We have moved money from the heart,--to commerce, entertainment and sports.
Our Constitution is an open door to a world of justice. The Way is by allowing each person to follow their own conscience--and have this heart represented in Congress--because this is where our common ground exists. It is the way human facts have moved toward truth,--and human laws toward justice. Instead the past 50 years we have increasingly returned again to respect human authority--followed a direction that flows not like in all natural 'living things',--from the 'inside-out';--but like in pre-American social reality where direction 'came down from above'. Only when we recognize our conscience--equality, compassion, truth, freedom, peace, personal worth--is the true intelligence can we get back on the road to justice,--to reach this eventuality would be 'heaven on earth',--a place where there would be no need for charity.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Just A Taste
But in case he isn't I am. I increased the double short yesterday with about 83 seconds left in the trading session. The trade added 30% to the existing position.
I am convinced that the market has started to turn down into a bear. One thing is clear the action thus far in the market has been a rolling over. The variable of course is whether this really is the start of a bear or just a run of the mill dip.
I've spelled out my logic before; inverted curves lead to recessions most of the time, the decline in the dollar is a sign of something being wrong, the mortgage/liquidity/credit crunch is a big bad event with serious repercussions, the market being below its 200 DMA is something that I view as a signal that demand for stocks is weak and if this has been a cyclical bull it has been very long by historical standards.
If this thinking turns out to be correct then the decline will take several months and it will make sense to look progressively less like the index.
Over the last few months I have made a few tweaks in this direction, and blogged about them as I went, which have created the desired effect of pulling away from the benchmark.
If this thinking turns out to be wrong and the market rockets higher I would expect to lag but still participate. Given where I am now I don't view this as a real problem. Every time I disclose this sort of action I always say that lagging a huge move up is not a problem but missing one is which is why I move in such small steps.
27 comments:
- Bill B said...
A post like this usually leads to one or two folks telling us about how they're in cash or selling short. I always ask this question after the fact, but let me ask in real time. Now that you've raised cash or gone short, let's say the market bolts up 3, 4, 500 points next week. Where is your new entry point? In other words, you've successfully mapped your exit, what's your plan for entry?
- Roger Nusbaum said...
if you are asking me?
my cash position is generically 15%. the % of the SDS position is generically 3.5%, this works out to net long 79%, generically speaking.
the short answer is to think about making a chnage when SPX goes back above its 200 DMA.
how I would make a change depends on what the market gives. I could reduce SDS but I also have several names that I could buy as well.
since I don't know what the market will do I don't have an exact answer but based on how I am positioned I don't need an exact answer today.
I believe i would merely lag and not miss a monster rally. - 6:47 AM
- Bill B said...
No, not in particular, I was asking in general, but do appreciate the response. I think I have a pretty good handle on your approach.
But I do have one question.
the short answer is to think about making a chnage when SPX goes back above its 200 DMA.
If the market "breaks out" next week and there's a substantial move up. Do you take that into consideration or is this binary. if market price > sma200, buy, buy, buy else sell, sell, sell? - 6:54 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
maybe more like
tweak....tweak....tweak - 6:56 AM
- Anonymous said...
A few months ago you mentioned having a position in Irish stocks either for yourself or clients.The Irish market is down 35%(In Euro terms) for it's high. Do you still have a position?
It looks overdone to me. Maybe the bear market is almost over there before it really gets started here. - 7:23 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
still own one irish bank. it is down quite a bit obviously. while doing something about it a few months ago would in hindsight have been a good idea, it was at most 3% and is now a smaller fraction.
- ron said...
Roger, I have a large cash position built up over the past year with the intention of increasing my fixed income allocation fron 10% to 40% in my IRA over the next couple years. First question, is this a good time to buy short and intermediate term bonds? Here is my current thinking.
diversify between 4 ETF's,25% in each. TIP, AGG, IEI, LQD. I am also considering BWX for foreign exposure, maybe 10% and reduce LQD to 15% - 7:31 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
bond yields are very low so obviously prices are high.
if rates normalize then prices should fall. this could impact ETFs-even medium duration products.
where possible i'd rather have short term paper than a product WRT to domestic.
foreign i see as less of a problem because i think the dollar will be lower in the future but the same possibility exists.
remember there is no par value for a fund to come back to. - 7:39 AM
- Michael said...
I wonder if you might comment on using SDS as your hedging vehicle.
When the double short instruments came out I thought they were a great idea. But after thinking about the math behind them I was less impressed. They have a built in negative tracking error, i.e. they will systematically underperform over time.
Goal is to give 200% of daily index move. So if e.g. SPX up 10.00% and then back down to where it started (requires down 9.09%) a 2x tracking ETF should go up 20.00% and down 18.18%. That would result in SPX index breakeven but SDS down just over 1.8%. Hopefully I got the math right on that.
The point is seems like a good short term trading tool, but buy and hold will enable volatility to to cause position to systematically underperform the index. So maybe not ideal for use as a long term hedge. Or am I missing something?
Michael - 7:40 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
i think you have isolated that it is not perfect. to my way of thinking not perfect doesn't have to mean not effective.
while "effective" is subjective to be sure i find that it has helped me smooth out the ride-tracking errors and the like notwithstanding.
just becuase the flaws are not a problem from where i sit does not mean anyone else should use this concept. - 7:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
more double short?
does that mean the gutless heckler will call you a fool the first day the market is up, like he did two days AFTER you sold rio? - 8:14 AM
- Bill B said...
I'm still holding my RIO credit spread which is now showing a maximum loss. He needs to heckle me now, and then Roger when it goes back up :)
It's like the missus watching CNBC when they show something that went up 20, 30, 50% in a day. Missus asks "why didn't you buy some of that?". She asks this with a straight face! - 8:32 AM
- John said...
Found in Mark Hulbert's column at Market Watch:
Corporate insiders' recent behavior suggests that recent weakness is a mere correction within an ongoing bull market and not the beginning of a major bear market.
John - 8:49 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
i struggle with insider buying as being predictive but i'd be thrilled if he's right
- ron said...
Roger, I didn't understand this "where possible i'd rather have short term paper than a product WRT to domestic." What is WRT? I also would consider some individual bonds. Corporates AAA maturity? As for short term, CD's maybe for now or SHY? Even the money market. What should I look for when a better time to go intermediate 3-7 and 7-10 year ETF's?
- sami said...
i would suggest that the market is getting oversold here. If anything i am going to be covering some shorts today and Friday.
After next week's rally, when everybody starts saying the correction is over i will go back to net short in my trading account.
If you do not want to "time" the market, the easiest way to play the ensuing economic cycle is to go long XLP and short XLY.
It is too late to jump on the "short financials and real-estate" bandwagon but the retail and discretionary sectors are just starting their down cycle. - 9:24 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
WRT = with regard to
- steve.scoot said...
Roger, thanks for the thoughts, and just a few ?'s
1. What do you think of the new commodity ETN's
DJP and JJG from iPath? One is total commodity market and the second is grains. MOO and COW
are also interesting. More people eating means more
food needed, etc., and the greatest profits are at the
unprocessed end, I believe. So...good defensive bets?
2. Why not split between SDS and TWM since small caps usually fall faster than large ones in a bear?
3. Why no bond exposure? As far as dividends,
SHY, LSBRX, TLT are all paying 4-6% and beating
the Dow and S&P by big margins ytd?
4. How about the canned goods? Are you buying
Coke, Pepsi, PG, Kraft, etc. now?
Thanks again and happy Thanksgiving.
Since my Ducks are now lame Ducks I will
root for ASU I guess.
Scoot - 9:48 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
i wrote about the new commodity ETNs for TSCM. you can do a ticker search.
hedge with small cap? maybe i should. i have an avg market cap in the low $40's (billion) so small cap is not a great fit plus managing the extra beta and the changes in the extra beta become relatively complex.
my comments about bonds pertained to right here as an entry point per the question.
i just bought 2 year UK paper for some account but that is not product. i pick up more yield and i think a favorable currency trend.
i have been overweight staples underweight discretionary for months as these are textbook moves if the economy turns down. some defensive moves can be done in advance and some during. - 10:08 AM
- Anonymous said...
Well, I see that GH still faithfully obsesses over the blog every day. First thing in the morning too.
Bill. Funny stuff about the Missus & GH.
As for my entry point, no one can predict the bottom in a bear market. I would set a percentage that I like such as down 12-15% depending on the general consensus on the doom attitude prevailing over the market and buy back in half my cash position at that point. If the market goes up or down from there I would buy back in the other half and hold.
I remember something Jim Cramer said about his ex-wife the so-called "trading goddess". Jim wanted to buy back in during a bear market and she said not yet. She explained that when a bear market is front page news in the financial section it has not hit bottom. But when it's front page news in the news paper then the market has hit bottom. She was right that time. I will buy back in two weeks after that news article hits the papers. This kind of news usually gets a load of suckers to sell out of their mutual funds out of fear at exactly the wrong time. That will be the bottom of the market IMHO.
As for bonds, why take the risk with bond prices so high and the dollar so weak that the Fed will be hard pressed to lower already low interest rates? And for returns that are barely 1 1/2% better than good safe MM funds like VUSXX? Bond funds can go down. MM funds in tips will not. Why take on the risk for such small possible return?
Jacks - 10:31 AM
- Bill B said...
Good point. I noticed something yesterday that hit me. I went to lunch with a group of friends and for the first time in probably 4 years, someone started talking about their 401K (why is it a topic when the 401K is doing bad and not when it's doing well?). People are starting to take notice. This was the topic of conversation of almost every lunch during the great bear. - 11:08 AM
- Anonymous said...
Is it possible that paulson wants the dollar dramatically lower...and this is already historic lows?
As a tomk wanna be tactical asset allocator it really does work. It makes sense to me to have x% set aside to only invest in defensive positions, but I agree with the view that longterm holds of the ultrashorts have a worrisome drag factor. At this time my group of defensive positions include all proshare ultrashorts oefs with etf standins, a longterm bond fund that is a proxy for the etf/tip, MM, and a shortterm bond fund without trading restrictions. I use software to make mechanical weekly trades which are not that often. I would like to increase the defensive choices but a requirement is that it have an etf equivalent and at least three years of historical data. Suggestions welcome. I'll list past 1plus years signals. Annualized returns are 40% with 66% wins. jasper
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- Anonymous said...
Roger commented:
" am convinced that the market has started to turn down into a bear. One thing is clear the action thus far in the market has been a rolling over. The variable of course is whether this really is the start of a bear or just a run of the mill dip.
I've spelled out my logic before; inverted curves lead to recessions most of the time, the decline in the dollar is a sign of something being wrong, the mortgage/liquidity/credit crunch is a big bad event with serious repercussions, the market being below its 200 DMA is something that I view as a signal that demand for stocks is weak and if this has been a cyclical bull it has been very long by historical standards."
Others agree.
http://tinyurl.com/2x5c8a - 4:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
But Hulbert seems to be personally bullish:
Insiders send bullish signals with stock sales
Commentary: Cutback wouldn't occur if they thought bear market loomed
Is that 2nd ave who posted the prior Hulbertlink? - 6:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
No it was me, JackS.
Who is "2nd Ave"? - 8:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
No, Hulbert is personally bearish! Just a few hours after Market Watch ran Mark's first article, along came this:
All on the same day. You've got to move fast, to keep up with Mark! - 12:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
hey jack s...just a wild speculation because 2nd ave at another web site often gives quotes of the host and refers to mark hulbert.


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If Smith felt undermined about the offseason events, it didn't manifest itself during impressive, early-season wins over Green Bay and Detroit. If Kaepernick is an issue, how did Smith throw for 303 yards and have the best statistical game of his career against Buffalo, a game in which Kaepernick made a season-high six appearances?
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