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tenzintenzin Posted 6 years, 2 months ago.   Favorite
Hey there Anthony. Part One of Two
Thursday, 14th November 3pm
Very dull and autumnal outside
I think as people, more here, in the Western Hemisphere. We got very hooked up on the word ‘love’. In fact there is an industry that makes millions from it, there’s even a special day and saint for it Valentine. So they pump us full of books TV film’s soft toys, foods, and so the mythology gets momentum. An expectation of how love will arrive, what it will look and feel like, how it is supposed to evolve, how we are supposed to behave under it’s ‘thrall’. And there’s a myriad of derivations to love. Parental love, maternal/paternal, child, homosexual, loving people who clearly abuse us, loving people because we fear isolation, loving someone just to fit into a social norm. And this ‘love’ is supposed to be all encompassing, like the love God showed you humanity when we killed his only son, a gift he had sent us for our betterment. Instead of punishment, he gave us eternal life. Romantic love is what we chase here in the west. We are pressured into relationships in case we miss out, or we find someone who complements us and we bravely offer up our hearts.
Travel to the Asian subcontinent it’s a different story. Your parents and relatives pick your spouse. Compatible acceptable to other family members, and that’s the person you spend your life with. You are both on the same page. No one is pressured. Arranged marriages number in the 54% across the world. There are occasions when the marriage is forced, but that is the extreme minority. Millions have successful arranged partnerships every year. If you are looking for a like minded partner, if you are any of the tree Abrahamic religions, then go get a matchmaker. Muslims especially, very okay about marrying prisoners, as long as the person is making work personally. A changed mind set is a very liberating thing. And I understand you have the strictures of your environment, but your mind, is, and will always be free. And believe me, if they could find a way of shutting that down they would.

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DJforJames Posted 6 years, 2 months ago.   Favorite
Anthony,

Thank you for the reminder; forgiveness is my purpose in life. Who ever directed my attention to the power and intent that forgiveness can have in my life was truly speaking for my creator to me.

I’ve taken the view now that forgiveness is the purpose of all life. To illustrate my findings about this observation I can tell you that in my life I observe people do way more forgiving than they have given themselves credit. Imagine how many times a day someone is cutoff say...in traffic...the number has to be in the billions on a daily, now look how few of those instances turn into retaliation...so few! So few when compared.

I’ve studied forgiveness and it’s role when consciously applied to day to day life and I’ve come to know forgiveness. And who ever reminds me of this with intent is speaking on behalf of our creator.

Furthermore, I am grateful for all my opportunities, past,present, future, to forgive.

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Anthony P. Heard Jr. Posted 6 years, 2 months ago.   Favorite
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tenzintenzin Posted 6 years, 2 months ago.   Favorite
Hey Prometheus.
Re :Roseanne Barr, well they got her in the end didn’t they? When she very first started out they quickly realised the original show was going to be a huge success so they tried to take creative control away from her and employ a team of writers like they do on other shows. she refused, they pressured her, attempted to fire her, and it was only because John Goodman stood up for her that they backed down. But then, she gets wired and loose of lip on twitter and they jumped her and took everything away. I hope she writes something better and smacks back, there is something very malevolent in the entertainment industry.
The problem with the Judo/christian mindset is there is no lea way for trouble. We are christian we are good, if you ain’t christian you are a threat to me. Same with Islam, Judaism. The amount of people trying to convert me over the years The mormons, Scientologist and the Abrahamic . I’m not a great Buddhist but I can decide to be at the moment while my mind is mine. I try to be a good human being, but, some people really got it coming, I can’t meditate, never could, I do chant, use the beads, pilgrimages, pray.
I think men are supposed NOT to have impulse control, it’s anatomical, that makes them good hunters because they are impulsive and will move at a seconds breath and kill a deer or something. They will make a decision fast, that will take their family to safety instead of, like a woman go into the minutiae of everything. .
I’m pretty knackered at the moment. I’m writing this from a hospital bed, had some surgery and feeling weak. I ma6 write more later, don’t know.
Stay well and keep them on their toes!
T

tenzintenzin Posted 6 years, 2 months ago.   Favorite
Sunday 10th Nov 12 midday UK time.
Gorgeous sunny day, I am writing this from a hospital bed. Got taken in last week Saturday, emergency surgery, won’t bore you with the details. Felt wretched. Family member brought me in a laptop as I don’t have one and saw your letter and felt immediately better.
Should warn you about the use of the word bollocks. In the UK if you have a strong slang accent like mine it’s sounds good, immediately inflames people, it means something is really crappy. BUT, if you something is ‘the dogs bollocks’, like if you just bought a car and you were telling someone how much you like it, then you would say, “My cars the dogs bollocks”. So it has two uses. it’s Irish, of which I am half.
I love Kanye new religious album and his open air religious gatherings. Hopefully Jesus will put him out of that mind con family he is in. He is a genius. Genius always come to earth like that, misunderstood, and people laughed, but he has something important to impart, but he isn’t there yet. The family are terrified every time he opens his mouth in case their wallets shrink . I particularly detest the matriarch of the family Kris, she has a cupboard full of designer purses, some of which cost over $120,000 EACH Hermes. they estimate just the bags alone are close to ten million dollars. To me that’s immoral. Each of those bags could buy a homeless person a home. why would you collect so many? But poor people in America are in awe of the family, and instead of being outraged they line up to buy their crap and believe their lies. Look how long it took to get Bruce Jenner out of there, and he lost his balls during his escape!
Regarding racism, I’m white so have no person experience of it except some aggravation when i was in India. When I travelled where they hadn’t seen white people. There is a brilliant documentary on Netflix called. The 13th. goes through the whole timeline of how black men in the 18th century were just used, abused, tortured. None of them fought back, except the slaves in Jamaica who ran the plantation owners out! Then in 1800 onward black men were regarded as figures of fun, entertainment and low down. Then somewhere the narrative got changed and black men were violent, dangerous and volatile.To be feared, so needed locking away. When the plantations lost their workers they went to the jails and men convicted of petty crimes like vagrancy and given huge sentences were made to form slave labour. So they got them in the ned maddening.
I hated dating, I had an arranged marriage of sort. I was like this bum magnet, so I asked my friend to look for me I wanted a serious person, wasn’t that bothered what he looked like. He turned out okay, we’ve been married over twenty years.. Chemistry is a real thing.
I may write more later, but I’m knackered, another word for you, really tired.
T

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Calvinbigdogortiz Posted 6 years, 2 months ago.   Favorite
Json word has it you been a bitch yes we are family but your a rat and always have been do you remember when my dad richie used to protect yet here you are running your pussy mouth on this letter to my big brother you are disregarded to my family... Eagle is a rat just like you if you ever read this i hope you have the balls to step up to me so we can run a one on one sissy its calvin btw you know who i am bitch

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bethrogers5779@gmail.com Posted 6 years, 3 months ago.   Favorite
I am so sorry Leon, but I had a crazy weekend and didn't take the time to write.
Still trying to get brakes on my car, and unexpected event.
It's always something.
A yway I will write in the next few days when things calm down.

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