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          "excerpt":"The first thing I want to make clear is that you should be mindful of the people that you hang around with. Are these people pushing you down? Or are they helping you get to where you want to be? Some examples of bad people to hang around with are...","categories": ["Spiritual","Self-Improvement"],
          "tags": [],
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          "title": "Self-Forgiveness",
          "excerpt":"In this post I will talk a little about self-forgiveness. I will start by saying that all forgiveness is a process and takes longer depending on how bad/how many negative acts were taken. The darker and more negative the act the longer that self-forgiveness will take Forgiveness first comes by...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/self-forgiveness/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2020-12-17-Self-Forgiveness/yellow-flower.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Stop Consuming New Content",
          "excerpt":"Everyone is a consumer of some sort. You consume the news, films, music, YouTube, books, essays etc. These could be paid or free it doesn’t matter. Either way everybody consumes something. Think of what you consume as the food you feed your mind, you consume poor and unhealthy content, you...","categories": ["Self-Improvement"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/stop-consuming-new-content/",
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        },{
          "title": "Self-Compassion",
          "excerpt":"I have experienced a lot of hardship and difficulty during my life. One thing I learned is that self-compassion is the needed antidote during times of hardship and difficulty. Life has ups and downs. For the ups to be experienced you need to go through the downs. During such times...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/self-compassion/",
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        },{
          "title": "Self-Acceptance",
          "excerpt":"Self-acceptance is an amazing feeling that should be experienced by all. Self-acceptance is the practice whereby you look inwards at yourself, seeing all your strengths, weaknesses, flaws, personalities, habits, likes, dislikes and having an appreciation that this is who you are. It’s being able to see yourself as the person...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/self-acceptance/",
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        },{
          "title": "Gratitude",
          "excerpt":"Gratitude is the practice of feeling a deep level of thankfulness and appreciation for things that happen in your life. This could be the call from an old friend you got yesterday. The amazing film you watched the other night. The fact that you met a new friend who has...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/gratitude/",
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        },{
          "title": "Self-Image",
          "excerpt":"Self-Image is something which isn’t understood by most people. Self-Image is the way in which you view yourself. Its who you think you and what you represent. It took me a long time to realize this, but many people (myself included) have a wrong self-image of themselves. They see themselves...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/self-image/",
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        },{
          "title": "How Fear Controls You",
          "excerpt":"Fear is the number one emotion that controls people. I define fear as an instinctive emotion that comes about when a person perceives some kind of danger brining great distress to the person depending on the level of fear felt. A lot of questionable decisions by man can be attributed...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual","Self-Improvement"],
          "tags": [],
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          "title": "Taking Responsibility for Your Actions",
          "excerpt":"Taking responsibility for your actions In this short post I will explain why you should be taking responsibility for your actions, because whether or not you like it, you are the person that dictates your actions, nobody else. When you don’t take responsibility for your actions you push away who...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
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        },{
          "title": "Mental Wellbeing",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will outline and talk about some things which help to maintain your mental wellbeing. Mental wellbeing is a large topic with a lots of studies and research and isn’t a single set thing and so therefore I will only cover a handful of things which has...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
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        },{
          "title": "Contentment",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk about contentment. Contentment is not the same as acceptance, they are different. You can accept your position, but not be content with it. Contentment is moreso about seeing your situation and feeling no need to change or alter it. It can be also about...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/contentment/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2021-01-31-contentment/contentment.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Learning From Mistakes",
          "excerpt":"A big part of growth is learning from mistakes. Mistakes are apart of growth and everyone experiences their own mistakes. Its OK to make mistakes. We are human after all. But what is important is learning from the mistakes and ensuring that the same mistakes don’t happen again. Another word...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/learning-from-mistakes/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2021-01-31-contentment/contentment.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Black and White Thinking",
          "excerpt":"I really have some negative attitudes when it comes to black and white thinking which I’m slowly but surely learning to address. Black and white thinking is essentially seeing things or people as good or bad and not realising that there are so many blends of grey that you can’t...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/black-and-white-thinking/",
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          "title": "Motives",
          "excerpt":"There is a motive in every action taken. A really good habit I have recently gotten into is assessing my motives for why I take actions by being more mindful of my actions. My actions are being assessed by myself always and so I understand myself a bit better, which...","categories": ["Psychology","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/motives/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2021-02-21-Motives/motives.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Being Present",
          "excerpt":"Here I will discuss being present, which just means that you are more focused on the moment right now. A lot of people generally tend to drift their thoughts and ideas either to the past and future and neglect the only real thing they have control over - the present....","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Spiritual","Presense","Now","Wellbeing","Love","Healing","I AM","Jesus","Christianity"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/being-present/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2021-02-26-Being-Present/present.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Self Respect",
          "excerpt":"I define self respect as accepting who you are, seeing your accomplishments, strengths, weaknesses and flaws and accepting that this is who you are with no feeling of a need to change yourself in this regard. Its also about how you view yourself, feel free to check out my article...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/self-respect/",
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        },{
          "title": "Less is More",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk a little bit about materialism and why less is more. We live in a materialistic society whereby great focus is put on material things such as clothing, tech, food, appliances etc. The idea being that these things will bring us something more than we...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Less","Minimalism","Consumerism","Efficiency","Light","Captialism"],
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        },{
          "title": "Know Your Limits",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will talk a little bit about limits. Everyone has their limits. By limits I mean how much a person can tolerate before they have a mental breakdown of some sort. Limits take the form of emotional limits, mental limits, stress limits etc. What I think...","categories": ["Wellbeing"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/know-your-limits/",
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          "title": "Being Ordinary",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will talk a little on being ordinary, or in other words ‘not being special’ The irony of this problem is that most people want to be special in someway, whether that be trying to be a master at their subject, buying clothes that make them...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
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          "url": "http://localhost:4000/being-ordinary/",
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        },{
          "title": "Being Better",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will talk a little bit about being better. Being better is a relative term and one person’s ‘being better’ is different to another person’s ‘being better’. But ideally you should strive to be the best version of yourself. Whatever that version of yourself might be....","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/being-better/",
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        },{
          "title": "Having Healthy Responses to Difficult Situations",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will talk a little bit about having healthy responses to difficult situtations Let me first say that pushing yourself down when there is a difficult situation is not the answer. Giving yourself unnecessary mental suffering for a difficult situation is not the answer. Taking it...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
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          "url": "http://localhost:4000/having-healhy-responses-to-difficult-situations/",
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          "title": "Faults",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will talk a little bit about faults or flaws. Quite simply a fault or flaw is something that isn’t perfect or is hindering you in some way. An example of a fault could be self-sabotage, which in my opinion a lot of people have this...","categories": ["Wellbeing","Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/faults/",
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        },{
          "title": "Showing Respect and Love to God and his Kingdom",
          "excerpt":"The first thing that I think is quite important in showing respect and love to God and his kingdom is to show kindness, understanding, forgiveness, love, compassion, and respect to all of Gods creation regardless of who or what they are. This could be paying respect to a flower by...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Chirstianity","Saint Christopher","Gods Kingdom","God","Love","Respect","Ten Commandments"],
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          "title": "Practice Spirituality in Secret",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will give some reasons and justifications why those on the spiritual path should do so in secret and not announce it to others. The first reason why the path should be done so in secret is because generally people dislike someone standing in the light...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/practice-spirtuality-in-secret/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Positive Thinking",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will look at the importance and value of positive thinking. Positive thinking is the practice whereby you seek and actively go out of your way to see the positive in things, but more importantly is that you don’t dwell on the negative side of things...","categories": ["Wellbeing"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/positive-thinking/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Pray for your enemies",
          "excerpt":"Let me first start by saying that there are always two forces at place in life. The forces that work for good and the forces that work for bad or evil. Now the forces that work for bad or evil are the forces that we should pray for because they...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Prayer","Enemies","Jesus","The Bible","Chirstianity"],
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          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Prayer/prayer.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "People's Expectations of You",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will talk a little about other people’s expectations of you. Not meeting other people’s expectations of me has caused me a lot of pain and suffering and its actually only recently I realized that its not the other person’s expectations I’m not meeting but its...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/peoples-expectations-of-you/",
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        },{
          "title": "Journaling",
          "excerpt":"Journaling is something which I picked up about 2 years ago and has been an amazing resource for me to analyse myself daily. In my view analysing yourself is an important aspect of following the spiritual life because it forces you to recognize more of your bad habits/behaviours that you...","categories": ["Spiritual","Wellbeing"],
          "tags": ["Jouranling","Self-help","Self-Improvement","Spirituality","Analysing","Love"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/journaling/",
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          "title": "Becoming a Child",
          "excerpt":"I recently realized that perhaps one of the biggest hindrances to my growth is my own arrogance, ego, ignorance, pride and evilness (which I intend to make a separate blog post about). The answer to overcoming these issues that hinder me so much is to become like a child again...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Jesus","Christianity","Arrogance","Truthful","Spirituality","Wellbeing","Hindrance","Ego","Ignorance","Evil","Child"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/becoming-a-child/",
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        },{
          "title": "Judgement",
          "excerpt":"I wanted to make this short post today on judging others and yourself. I’ve suffered immensely because of all the judging that I have given to myself, all the times I felt like I’m unworthy or inadequate because of all the judging that I have given to myself. It’s also...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Judging others","Buddha","Buddhism","Evil","Judgement","Suffering","God","Christianity","Jesus","Prayer","Spirituality","Wellbeing","Love","Healing","Meditation"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/judgement/",
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        },{
          "title": "Evil",
          "excerpt":"First and foremost, I will say here that evil is a very seductive power. You need to be an advanced being I believe to not be seduced by evil. But what most people who give way to this evil don’t actually realize is that evil is controlling their actions significantly...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Evil","Philosophy","My Journey","Good","Prayer","Bad","Philosphy","Love","Wellbeing","Spirituality"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/evil/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/evil/evil.webp"
        },{
          "title": "Taking the Saw Dust out of Your own Eyes",
          "excerpt":"I realized that I haven’t been very truthful and honest and sincere towards myself and one of the reasons was because of ignorance, but also arrogance - I feel like the arrogance that I have towards myself and not practicing right intention which is 1 of the eightfold paths were...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Jesus","Christianity","Arrogance","Truthful","Spirituality","Wellbeing"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/taking-the-saw-dust-out-of-your-own-eyes/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/saw/saw.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Virtue Signaling",
          "excerpt":"I thought I would write a short peice on virtue signaling. One of the things that I think have been causing me to not do as well as I could be doing is due to virtue signaling. I tend to think that God is watching and so will do things...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/virtue-signalling/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Impressing Others",
          "excerpt":"I realized that one thing that holds me back a lot in my progress towards God is impressing others, which is a little different to virtue signalling in my eyes. When you feel you need to impress others you just become a slave to other people’s opinions of you and...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/impressing-others/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Rushing Spirituality",
          "excerpt":"I realized that one thing that is holding me back a lot now that I am starting to see some results with my spiritual advances, I feel the need to rush spirituality for more gains because I have been in the dark for so long now and given way to...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/rushing-spirituality/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/rushing/rushing.webp"
        },{
          "title": "Self-Worth",
          "excerpt":"Self-Worth is something I have struggled with my entire life, I guess it’s like somewhat due to my personality flaws and how due to these flaws’ others don’t accept me as much because I kind of like think it’s right to put myself down in some way because of lack...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/self-worth/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/worthy/worthy.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Patronizing Others",
          "excerpt":"I realized that one thing that has caused me suffering, and many others suffering is patronization which is whereby you think that you are better than others and so in very subtle ways have behaviours which condescend them in some way. But it’s also about thinking that you can get...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/patronizing-others/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2020-05-12-Managing-Your-Time-And-Energy/drops-of-water-578897_1920-768x512.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Compassion",
          "excerpt":"I thought I would write this article on compassion. This will be similar to my article I wrote on self-compassion, but it applies to giving others compassion and compassion is a very important thing to give to others because a lot of people have gone through suffering and its important...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/compassion/",
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          "title": "Self-Importance",
          "excerpt":"I realize that I can be incredibly foolish, silly, and ignorant sometimes My own sense of self-importance has let me down considerably and to think that I know better than others and God is foolish to think that way because God is in complete control of absolutely everything. People shouldn’t...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
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          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Sexual Frustration",
          "excerpt":"This one is a touchy subject for me because I have experienced considerable sexual frustration and has manifested itself in very peculiar ways, and much of which I’m not very proud of. I guess the reason that I haven’t spoken to many woman in my life is due to my...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/sexual-frustration/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Suffering and the Four Noble Truths",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk about suffering. Which for me is a subject matter that I have struggled with a lot, in terms of how to deal with suffering and how to resolve suffering. In general, I have had a very unusual relationship with suffering and a somewhat I...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
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          "title": "Taking Things To Extremes",
          "excerpt":"Sometimes I take things to extremes and it has caused me and others a lot of suffering. I guess the reason I do that is because I desire something and don’t yet fully appreciate that all desire and wants will inevitably lead to suffering and it’s as the saying goes...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
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        },{
          "title": "Too Much Of A Good Thing",
          "excerpt":"Recently I realized that I was praying and asking for too much and it was being given to me, but it was a bit off because it was too much of a good thing and there is such thing as praying for too many good things because the prayers that...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/too-much-of-a-good-thing/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Giving to Others",
          "excerpt":"You should first start by recognizing that it’s not all about you and allowing things like pride and arrogance (ego) have an impact on your ability to give. I myself have allowed pride to affect me a lot and its cost me a lot in life as it has others....","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/giving-to-others/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "The Law of Mutual Attraction",
          "excerpt":"The Law of Mutual Attraction is a univerisal law which quite simply means that like attracts like. A basic example is your own thoughts that you put out to the world you receive in return, so if you are having lots of negative thoughts, then the world will respond to...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-law-of-mutual-attraction/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Taking a Break From Spirituality",
          "excerpt":"I will outline why its so important to take a break from spirutality, especially in times when you feel you have had enough. The spirutal journey should be trod carefully and in good time. Most of the time people who are on their spiritual journey feel that they are doing...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/taking-a-break-from-spirituality/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/break/spiritual.webp"
        },{
          "title": "Meditation",
          "excerpt":"(Yes that is a picture of me posing in meditation during a trip to Florida with my family in 2019) Why Meditate? Meditation, prayer and service to man is of vital importance in making real progress towards God and progress in spirituality. I will talk a little about meditation and...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Meditation","Prayer","Gifts of the spirit","Service to fellow man","God","Faifth"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/meditation/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/images/me.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Right Intention",
          "excerpt":"Now I believe that right intention is one of the more important parts of the eightfold path because if you don’t have right intention then all else fails in terms of freeing yourself from suffering. Right intention begins by becoming more mindful of your intentions and so I believe that...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/right-intention/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/eightfold-path.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Sloth and Torpor",
          "excerpt":"Sloth and Torpor is described as an unwholesome state whereby the mind is dulled, and it leads one into a thick and irritable depression. It is one of the 5 hindrances in Buddhism and is I think quite a significant hindrance for following the path. I have suffered tremendously from...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": ["Sloth and Torpor","Accomplishments","Death","Life after death"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/sloth-and-torpor/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/eightfold-path.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Prayer",
          "excerpt":"My Prayer I made my own prayer if anyone is interested in my prayer feel free to use it as a template. Also you shouldn’t feel embarrassed about taking up prayer, because I know that many people think that only Christians can pray or oft times I feel that people’s...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Jesus","God","Christianity"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/prayer/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Prayer/prayer.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "How to Remove Bad Spirits - Possession",
          "excerpt":"I don’t take credit for the techniques outlined here - they come from The Great White Brotherhood. Link to original article is here link to their website is here Number 1: I am going to put here a technique that you can do to get rid of any bad spirit...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/possession/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Crisis in Ukraine",
          "excerpt":"Hello all, it saddens me to see war in Ukraine. I don’t know much about Ukraine and the politics involved in that area, but I know that all war isn’t good. I don’t actually watch the news, but I have heard from the forums and friends/family that I visit that...","categories": ["Current Affairs"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/crisis-in-ukraine/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Ukraine/test.webp"
        },{
          "title": "Fake Spirituality",
          "excerpt":"I wanted to talk a little about ‘fake spirituality’ which is something I have been a victim of for various points in my life. I define fake spirituality is spirituality which is just fake and not true to yourself. As the Buddha once said, “see the truth in my words...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/fake-spirituality/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/fake/grey.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Doing The Most Loving Thing",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will talk a little about love and doing the most loving thing. I will just say now that love is the strongest force in the universe and love is what gives us strength in this world and also should be the force that guides us...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Jesus","God","Christianity","Love","Love thy neighbour","Prayer","Meditationg","Enemies","Evil"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/doing-the-most-loving-thing/",
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        },{
          "title": "Right Speech",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will talk about right speech which is one of the eightfold paths. Right speech encompasses anything you say to others and yourself, even with talking in your mind you should practice right speech. A key thing in right speech is to not tell lies to...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": ["Right Speech","Noble EightFoldPath","Noble Four Truths"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/right-speech/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/eightfold-path.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "The First Noble Truth",
          "excerpt":"The first noble truth is that the existence is inevitably dukka or usually this is translated as suffering but that doesn’t encompass the entire meaning of this word. It means unsatisfactory, I think what the Buddha really meant by this word is that because everything is temporary, we are not...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-first-noble-truth/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/Statue.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "The Second Noble Truth",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will talk a little about my understanding of the second noble truth in Buddhism. The second noble truth is that dukka has a cause and that cause is a thirst, craving, wanting or as I put it desire. Essentially what this means it that dukka...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-second-noble-truth/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/Statue.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Finding your Ideal Partner",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will talk a little about finding your ideal partner. Now I feel that many people unfortunately don’t actually know how to find their ideal partner, which I think is unfortunate because I would like to see a world where everyone meets their ideal partner in...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/finding-your-ideal-partner/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Ideal-partner/partner.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Found at Sea",
          "excerpt":"This short poem is just a follow up from lost at sea made 19/01/22. I guess the fact that I recognized that there was a problem was really significant in bringing me to the light so to speak. I guess the thing that really did it was prayer. Prayer is...","categories": ["life"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/found-at-sea/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/found/found.png"
        },{
          "title": "Lost at Sea",
          "excerpt":"I thought I would share here this poem I wrote in December 2021 to show that in life it hasn’t always been easy sailing so to speak. I felt I owe it to myself to share this short poem because people oft get the wrong idea about me that I...","categories": ["life"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/lost-at-sea-poem/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/at-sea/at-sea.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "The Third Noble Truth",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will talk about the third noble truth that the Buddha described. To recap the first noble truth is that life is inherently dukka and you can read my article about this Here and then the second noble truth is that dukka has a cause and...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-third-noble-truth/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/Statue.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Being Authentic and True to Yourself",
          "excerpt":"(No that is not me in the photo, its just a generic photo which I thought would go well with the theme of this article of staying true to yourself) In this short post I will talk a little about why it’s so important to be authentic and true to...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/being-authentic-and-true-to-yourself/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/true/true.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Controlling Others",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk about controlling others and this is something I see a lot of people get away with and people often have their own foolish justifications for this kind of behaviour where they are so controlling of other people. But generally, when we meet such people,...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/controlling-others/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/anger/anger1.png"
        },{
          "title": "Right Mindfulness",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk a little bit about Right Mindfulness which is something which really does bring you out of suffering and is something which would say I have mastered. Right mindfulness should first come in recognizing that you are not your mind, which so many people in...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": ["Right Mindfulness","God","Eightfoldpath","Suffering"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/right-mindfulness/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/eightfold-path.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "When Someone Does Wrong To You",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will be talking about when someone does wrong to you and how you should respond to that or if you do wrong to yourself and how you should deal with that. This is a touchy subject for me because I have caused myself many wrongs in...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Jesus","Jesus Second Coming","God","Christianity","Extraterrestrials"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/when-someone-does-wrong-by-you/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/wrong/wrong.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Why You Should Read",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will be talking about reading and why its so important for all to read this article to take up reading and have it be a part of your daily routine. Now reading doesn’t necessarily need to just be books that your read – it can also...","categories": ["Lifestyle"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/why-you-should-read/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/reading/reading.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Good vs Evil",
          "excerpt":"Note: That this article was changed on 14/03/22 to be much more accurate. Most people will generally say that one person’s good is different to another person’s good - that good and evil are subjective. However, this isn’t accurate. Good are things that are constructive; things that build things. While...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/good-vs-evil/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2020-12-20-Good-Vs-Evil/gve1.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Selfishness",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will write a little on selfishness, this is something which I have given away to so much in my life and I thought that hiding my own selfishness and disguising it under the guide of selfless acts was the correct thing to do – it was...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/selfishness/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/selfishness/coward.webp"
        },{
          "title": "Right Action",
          "excerpt":"Updated 08/05/22 In this short article I will be talking about Right action. Right action is the 4th element of the eightfold path. Right action first begins by understanding why not having right action lead to suffering. This is key to actually being able to incorporate right action as part...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": ["Right Action","Noble EightFoldPath","Noble Four Truths"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/right-action/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/eightfold-path.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Right Concentration",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will be talking about Right Concentration. Which is one element of the eightfold path and one which I think if mastered will be very beneficial to all. The first part in understanding right concentration or any element of the eightfold path is to understand why...","categories": ["Spiritual","Buddhism"],
          "tags": ["Right Concentration","Noble EightFoldPath","Noble Four Truths"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/right-concentration/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/eightfold-path.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "What Others Think of You",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk a little about what other people think of you. This is something which I have struggled with a lot in my life and something I am sure that other people have struggled with a lot of their life. What other people think of you...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["true to yourself"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/what-others-think-of-you/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/think/think.png"
        },{
          "title": "Forgiveness",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will be talking about forgiveness and forgiving someone that does wrong by you. First and foremost, forgiveness is a process and forgiveness brings a lot of atonement to your soul and helps to raise you. Firstly, let me just say that you shouldn’t keep forgiving someone...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/forgiveness/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/2020-12-17-Self-Forgiveness/yellow-flower.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Stop Using Social Media",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will be talking about why you should limit the time that you spend on social media platforms. Now in general most people need to admit to themselves that social media doesn’t really bring much benefit to them in their lives. Social media companies have designed...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/stop-using-social-media/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/social/social.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Stop Watching the News",
          "excerpt":"The news is something which I think only brainwashes the general public and is propaganda. Try finding an old news article and you will be hard find to find an article from three months ago on their own website and this really is how the news thrives by constantly filling...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/stop-watching-the-news/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/news/news.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Stop Watching Porn",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk a little about Porn. Now Porn is a topic which many people in our society don’t like to discuss, but hide, like its something that should be hidden to the general public, when generally a lot of people watch it and consume it on...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/stop-watching-porn/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/porn/porn.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "When You See Wrong do Two Goods Elsewhere",
          "excerpt":"I wanted to write about why it’s so important for people to do two goods in the world or elsewhere for that matter when they see bad or wrongdoing. The world would be a much brighter place and we the public would be much happier the people in charge did...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["God"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/when-you-see-wrong-do-two-goods-elsewhere/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/charity/charity.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "Devotion to God",
          "excerpt":"I used this image as a representation of God, but I am sorry if I offend anyone here, but God is not a man - he is a force and his power is granted through sincere meditation, prayer and service to him. In this short article I will write why...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/devotion-to-god/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/god/god.jpeg"
        },{
          "title": "The First Aggregate",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will talk a little bit about the first aggregate of the five aggregates in Buddhism. If you don’t know the Buddha taught that there is no self and that what you view as yourself just isn’t so and is in reality an illusion. I will...","categories": ["Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-first-aggregate/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Understanding",
          "excerpt":"In this short post I will talk about why it’s so important for each and every one of us to become more understanding to one another. Firstly, is something which has to be given to others with good will for them. Any intent of ill will and understanding will simply...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/understanding/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "The Dangers of AI and Machine Learning",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I wanted to talk a little bit about the risks of AI and machine learning. This is a bit of an oddball article which I thought it was important enough to share to the world and also spirituality doesn’t just have to be about meditation/prayer etc,...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-dangers-of-ai-and-machine-learning/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Becoming More Christ Like",
          "excerpt":"Last Updated 19/04/22 First and foremost, with becoming more Christ it’s important to practice Meditation/Prayer and some means of service to God which you enjoy. Only with this are you able to understand yourself a little bit better and work on your flaws. Through these things you are able to...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": ["Christianity","Christ"],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/becoming-more-christ-like/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/christ/christ.webp"
        },{
          "title": "The Ten Commandments",
          "excerpt":"I wanted to write this short piece on the ten commandments, which if adhered to and really understood are enough to carry you into the arms of God. If you don’t know the ten commandments are “you shall have no other Gods before me”, “you shall not make for yourself...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-ten-commandments/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/ten/ten.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Linking With the God Spirit",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk a little bit about linking with the I AM as Jesus described it or the God spirit within us all. Now this God spirit can be linked with by anyone – but generally most people in the world have what is known as the...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/linking-with-the-god-spirit/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "The Middle Path",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk a little bit about the middle path. To understand what the middle path is you first need to understand what the right-hand path and left-hand path are. The left-hand path is essentially that you promote individualism and do things for yourself generally at the...","categories": ["Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/the-middle-path/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/the-middle-way.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Healing Past Wounds",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk a little bit about how you can heal from your past wounds and traumas that an incarnation on earth bears you with. The first thing you need to appreciate when seeking to heal past wounds and traumas is that you should become more like...","categories": ["Spirituality"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/healing-past-wounds/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Right Effort",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will talk about my basic understanding of right effort which is 1 of the 3 mental disciplines in the eightfold path in Buddhism. Right effort as I understand it is having the correct level of effort (exertion) at the appropriate times so as not to cause...","categories": ["Buddhism"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/right-effort/",
          "teaser": "http://localhost:4000/assets/blogs/Buddhism/eightfold-path.jpg"
        },{
          "title": "Serving Others",
          "excerpt":"In this article I will be discussing why its so important for each and every individual to find some means of serving others whether that be through a job, volunteering in some way or donating to others. The first thing that needs to be understood is that we all are...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/serving-others/",
          "teaser": null
        },{
          "title": "Change Your Inner World First",
          "excerpt":"In this short article I will talk about how you should seek to pray for your inner world and seek to change your inner world before you attempt to pray for others outside your inner world. We all live in our own worlds. No person’s world is the same as...","categories": ["Spiritual"],
          "tags": [],
          "url": "http://localhost:4000/change-your-inner-world-first/",
          "teaser": null
        }]
  