I scrolled down to make a comment and read the Goethe quote. Earlier this day I was commenting on Forbidden Knowledge and wrote the word, "dystopia" as if in a haze. I looked at it, not knowing what it meant and so found the definition. And so, bingo, up pops the Goethe quote. Perfect.
The five man-killers, as seen from another slant: As seen from the 4 Agreements viewpoint -
Lack of Purpose - Not doing one's best
Lack of Respect - Not accepting oneself; assuming one doesn't deserve respect.
Anger- Fear based ( separates, distances vs love based - union, bringing closer )
Lust - Fear based ( of loneliness; of non-acceptance; looking for acceptance "out there" )
Shame - Not accepting oneself; regretting unacceptable behavior
As a whole, they seem to represent someone who is stuck, mired in fear, basically. One could say that the person is living, drum roll, a dystopic life. Well, that's to be expected on Planet Dystopia.
Mark, never forget that you are not the problem. Regarding that incident with that so-called church, there are things going on there that they do not want exposed and also things going on that you want no part of. As for your Son, often when people “come around” or “get it”, it is too late. Unfortunately, as tough as it is, the only thing you can do is practice patience for that time if it happens and acceptance when it does. I pray for you to be blessed with comfort during these trying times. Keep up the great work!
seems like he is a bit of a cult to you, not all women are of the nurturing type, most are and that is a good thing, i my self am not one of those, not all women are the same and not all men are the same, some are weak some are strong, i have all my life been very strong with my emotions and physically and never needed someone to protect me except Abba, this is how El Shaddah made me, as with cross carry it takes longer to get to your pistol and with the pistol at your side just never let anyone get close to you on your pistol side, situational awareness and have a type 2 holster, your choice, your lady should be your wing man, backup. i was raised to be in the woods
Variety is the spice of life. You can only be so situationally aware in a crowd of people if your pistol is at your side unless you have eyes on the back of your head and side. My wife isn’t with me that often out in public so being a wingman would be out of the question and when she is, she walks so slow that we usually split up in the store for her to do her shopping and me to do mine. As for everybody being the same, that’s for sure! I like what he says and he makes a lot of sense so if that makes him a cult Victoria, that would be your way of viewing it. I don’t see him that way. He has a lot of experience in certain areas that I don’t have. Let’s arm wrestle! LOL!
As long as a debate doesn't turn into a name calling disrespectful argument, I have no issues. I can have respect for someone who has earned a reputation by hard work and effort and not consider him/her to be a cult leader. By the way, just curious...do you have any children and are you married?
no and no, no desire, a little about me, dad was a gun builder and woodsman, as was i , loved being around him, been around firearms all my life, 9 years in the Army 35 Charley, IPSC and IDPA for 12 years have over 69 blue ribbons, trophy's and plaks, A class IPSC, Expert IDPA, could of gone higher, to much money and were was it getting me, my whole life is about all this, was also a professional scuba diver, not all my stats
Congratulations. It reads like you are an expert in what you followed. I, on the other hand was proud to be a father of four home birthed sons, taught in homeschool by myself and the woman I've been married to for 49 years. From my point of view, you've missed a lot by having no desire. When it comes to certain things, I am SURE you could teach me. Others? Not so much. When it come to martial arts, I have two 2nd degree black belts in 2 different styles. I am an avid target shooter and firearms collector. I may not hold blue ribbons but I wouldn't want to be an adversary of myself. I can keep 10 rounds of .45 in an 8" circle under rapid fire from 50 yards quite easily with my Glock 30. I disagree with your view on where to wear my firearm due to my use of reason, logic and common sense. You're trained and most likely in most situations would do absolutely fine if you were as situationally aware as you could be. I've never had any military training, and wouldn't of. My view of the military is most likely at odds of yours since I'm an avid believer in militia vs standing military. My post about the 13 words would make that very clear.
BTW.. Victoria, you can edit your comment above this one and change know into no . I agree with the statement as you are correct. I hope you don't think that I think I know it all because I know that what I think I know I don't know. I may believe it, but knowing it is another debate in itself.
that is what you wanted a family, my friends with families were me family and a played a lot with there kids, had my ovaries remover, ovarian sists so i could not have any kids, i have absolutely no regrets, i don't have any martial arts belts but have done many dojo's and learned a lot from the guys when a was in the 13 Texas infantry for 6 years, i am a dirty street fighter and i have lots of desires just not to have a marriage family, my LORD is the family i possess, seems like you are trying to make me feel guilty because i don't have a marriage family, that is great that you are married for 49 years... GODSPEED
No, I am not trying to make you feel guilty. Not in the least bit. I just feel that you missed out. That’s my OPINION. Not anything beyond that. I have a son who says due to his cougar sex doll messing with his mind that he doesn’t want any children. I remember what it was like to be the father when they were born and feel he is missing out. Again my opinion. Maybe he isn’t. Obviously either you really didn’t miss out or did but just won’t admit it. If you couldn’t have any children because of a physical ailment that’s one thing. If you didn’t “just because”, that’s another. Reads like the physical ailment is what got in the way. I suspect from your response that if you COULD have done otherwise you would have had children. I’m really sorry and ask forgiveness if you took my message to cause any sort of guilt.
I scrolled down to make a comment and read the Goethe quote. Earlier this day I was commenting on Forbidden Knowledge and wrote the word, "dystopia" as if in a haze. I looked at it, not knowing what it meant and so found the definition. And so, bingo, up pops the Goethe quote. Perfect.
The five man-killers, as seen from another slant: As seen from the 4 Agreements viewpoint -
Lack of Purpose - Not doing one's best
Lack of Respect - Not accepting oneself; assuming one doesn't deserve respect.
Anger- Fear based ( separates, distances vs love based - union, bringing closer )
Lust - Fear based ( of loneliness; of non-acceptance; looking for acceptance "out there" )
Shame - Not accepting oneself; regretting unacceptable behavior
As a whole, they seem to represent someone who is stuck, mired in fear, basically. One could say that the person is living, drum roll, a dystopic life. Well, that's to be expected on Planet Dystopia.
I thought it was Bizzarro World. Either way…good comparison Robert!
Bizarro works......LOL
Great Post and,Looking forward to the book. Will be getting it soon. Thanks
Mark, never forget that you are not the problem. Regarding that incident with that so-called church, there are things going on there that they do not want exposed and also things going on that you want no part of. As for your Son, often when people “come around” or “get it”, it is too late. Unfortunately, as tough as it is, the only thing you can do is practice patience for that time if it happens and acceptance when it does. I pray for you to be blessed with comfort during these trying times. Keep up the great work!
Thank you. You are quite correct.
seems like he is a bit of a cult to you, not all women are of the nurturing type, most are and that is a good thing, i my self am not one of those, not all women are the same and not all men are the same, some are weak some are strong, i have all my life been very strong with my emotions and physically and never needed someone to protect me except Abba, this is how El Shaddah made me, as with cross carry it takes longer to get to your pistol and with the pistol at your side just never let anyone get close to you on your pistol side, situational awareness and have a type 2 holster, your choice, your lady should be your wing man, backup. i was raised to be in the woods
Variety is the spice of life. You can only be so situationally aware in a crowd of people if your pistol is at your side unless you have eyes on the back of your head and side. My wife isn’t with me that often out in public so being a wingman would be out of the question and when she is, she walks so slow that we usually split up in the store for her to do her shopping and me to do mine. As for everybody being the same, that’s for sure! I like what he says and he makes a lot of sense so if that makes him a cult Victoria, that would be your way of viewing it. I don’t see him that way. He has a lot of experience in certain areas that I don’t have. Let’s arm wrestle! LOL!
did not say you could not learn from him, never argue with someone who thinks there right
As long as a debate doesn't turn into a name calling disrespectful argument, I have no issues. I can have respect for someone who has earned a reputation by hard work and effort and not consider him/her to be a cult leader. By the way, just curious...do you have any children and are you married?
no and no, no desire, a little about me, dad was a gun builder and woodsman, as was i , loved being around him, been around firearms all my life, 9 years in the Army 35 Charley, IPSC and IDPA for 12 years have over 69 blue ribbons, trophy's and plaks, A class IPSC, Expert IDPA, could of gone higher, to much money and were was it getting me, my whole life is about all this, was also a professional scuba diver, not all my stats
if someone says they know it all and know one can teach them more is a fool, there is always something more to learn
Congratulations. It reads like you are an expert in what you followed. I, on the other hand was proud to be a father of four home birthed sons, taught in homeschool by myself and the woman I've been married to for 49 years. From my point of view, you've missed a lot by having no desire. When it comes to certain things, I am SURE you could teach me. Others? Not so much. When it come to martial arts, I have two 2nd degree black belts in 2 different styles. I am an avid target shooter and firearms collector. I may not hold blue ribbons but I wouldn't want to be an adversary of myself. I can keep 10 rounds of .45 in an 8" circle under rapid fire from 50 yards quite easily with my Glock 30. I disagree with your view on where to wear my firearm due to my use of reason, logic and common sense. You're trained and most likely in most situations would do absolutely fine if you were as situationally aware as you could be. I've never had any military training, and wouldn't of. My view of the military is most likely at odds of yours since I'm an avid believer in militia vs standing military. My post about the 13 words would make that very clear.
BTW.. Victoria, you can edit your comment above this one and change know into no . I agree with the statement as you are correct. I hope you don't think that I think I know it all because I know that what I think I know I don't know. I may believe it, but knowing it is another debate in itself.
that is what you wanted a family, my friends with families were me family and a played a lot with there kids, had my ovaries remover, ovarian sists so i could not have any kids, i have absolutely no regrets, i don't have any martial arts belts but have done many dojo's and learned a lot from the guys when a was in the 13 Texas infantry for 6 years, i am a dirty street fighter and i have lots of desires just not to have a marriage family, my LORD is the family i possess, seems like you are trying to make me feel guilty because i don't have a marriage family, that is great that you are married for 49 years... GODSPEED
No, I am not trying to make you feel guilty. Not in the least bit. I just feel that you missed out. That’s my OPINION. Not anything beyond that. I have a son who says due to his cougar sex doll messing with his mind that he doesn’t want any children. I remember what it was like to be the father when they were born and feel he is missing out. Again my opinion. Maybe he isn’t. Obviously either you really didn’t miss out or did but just won’t admit it. If you couldn’t have any children because of a physical ailment that’s one thing. If you didn’t “just because”, that’s another. Reads like the physical ailment is what got in the way. I suspect from your response that if you COULD have done otherwise you would have had children. I’m really sorry and ask forgiveness if you took my message to cause any sort of guilt.