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Valor in the Face of Despair

Today, the nation remembers the victims and honors the heroes of 9/11. It is a defining day in our history as we rose up and showed the world we would not back down. I honor those first responders, the passengers that fought back and mourn those who were lost. It is a humbling day.

I wanted to take a moment and reflect on something else about this day. This country experienced something that many other countries have gone through and continue to endure in our modern age.

As a country, we have been very fortunate to avoid conflict on our soil. We rest safe and secure and watch from a distance as other nations resist an internal or external enemy. Today marks when we became vulnerable instead of safe. American heroism and sacrifice won the day for us. Valor prevailed.

We must remain ever vigilant for enemies, both foreign and domestic. Currently, China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea all pose an external threat to our nation today. Unfortunately, there is a more dangerous enemy lurking in our shadows. Hate, immorality, and division threaten to cripple us. Remember, it is the responsibility of the people to rise against these powerful forces that threaten to unravel us. Do not rely on our nation’s leaders as they can easily distract us from truth and potentially, be part of the problem. No matter who you vote for in November, we must rise up against those immoralities that eat away at our foundation. Stop hiding in the shadows, thinking you are safe! Step out and let your voice be heard.

Neither Democrat nor Republican will be able to stop the decay of morality and ethical values. We must be the ones, like the heroic first responders on September 11th, to charge into the crumbling towers to rescue our endangered values. Fight for what is right and good!

For those who were lost that fateful day, we remember you. Always.

Living the Lie

Russian author, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, wrote the following:

“The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.”

Even though this was written in 1879, it holds a truth that resonates even today. This is the trap in which our society has been ensnared. We are persuaded to lie to ourselves about our values and beliefs to the point that we no longer see what is true and what is a lie.

Society is working to replace the moral with the immoral. Why? To avoid and eliminate guilt and accountability. This is why our society pushes so hard to suppress what is morally good, dressing up immorality in a costume to masquerade and convince us that morality is an abstract concept which we are not accountable to answer.

Morality has become a collection of immoral values in a pickle barrel. Pick one, what the heck, take two!

In reality, society is not trying to show us what is moral. Instead, they are trying to cover up and justify their beliefs and behavior. These lies become so rooted and entangled within our minds that nothing seems clear, and we fall victim to this deception. We find ourselves floating in the pickle barrel.

Stop lying to yourself. Don’t assume what society feeds you is moral and good. Unfortunately, most of it is false or a diversion so that you cannot find the truth. An individual must be honest with themselves and stop choosing to accept the world’s lies. Governments and institutions are not the ones to decide our values. We must look to a higher standard.

As I have said before, this is an insurrection! Hold fast to your morals and be unapologetic! Stop living the lie.

A Condition with a Bleak Prognosis?

Many people have written about what has been known as “the human condition.” Humanity is riddled with struggles and plenty of faults. It has become its own worst enemy and continues to tear itself apart with no hope in sight.

To deal with problems, we wage war both physical and verbal, enforcing our will upon others. Many conflicts cover the pages of human history, all to enforce one’s will onto another. People verbally attack (sometimes physically) others, never accepting a difference of opinion. Wars continue to rage today due to nations wanting to enforce their will upon another group or nation.

“If you don’t agree with me, then you are wrong and need to change your opinion or there will be consequences.”

We are definitely in a war here today in this country and honestly, in this world also. There is a strong divide, and both sides have “weaponized” morality and are constantly attacking, degrading, and festering a climate of hatred. Right and wrong has migrated into a hazy grey that leaves morality as an abstract concept.

We find ourselves lost in a forest with a broken moral compass; unsure of which direction to go. Do we look to our nation’s leaders for direction? Can we find morality within the walls of religion and the church? Maybe morality resides somewhere deep within our soul, and it looks different for each of us. It could be that there is no morality or ethics. Do we exist in anarchy and create this concept to maintain order in an otherwise chaotic world?

I know, I know… so many questions and but no answers. Yet, that is where we must start. One must recognize and properly address these questions before answers can be found. Society has locked us into a mindset and tell us how to think and to not question. Our minds are not free to think and explore as we believe them to be. Instead, our minds are trained and conditioned to think a particular way that is a form of control over the mind. Many who realize that we can be controlled this way, exploit it and take control of how we live our lives.

The time has come to rise up against this way of thinking and challenge the disease that creates this seemingly hopeless human condition. It is an insurrection of the mind, if you will. We must address the disease and then work to cure it, for it cannot be cured without fully understanding how it controls us.

The intent of this blog is to diagnose the human condition and find a “cure” in order to live our best life in this confusing, chaotic and controlling world. I am not asking you to agree with me or like what I have to say. All I ask is that you raise the questions to yourself and not accept everything you have been taught at face value. Explore deep within yourself! It is time for an insurrection, rising up against the fabricated principles that are enslaving our conditioned minds.

The insurrection of the mind.

CJH