don't engage deranged

don’t engage deranged
by a. void
 
don’t engage, when people (cryptic tone and acting strange)
don’t fuel/flame bad energy
don’t engage deranged
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·       when someone goes off-of-their-meds (or is otherwise not thinking straight), do not try to communicate rationally.  it may only make things worse.

·       be patient.  s/he is attempting to get you to engage, so that s/he can (eventually) communicate a message.

·       if s/he doesn’t write it down clearly, and if s/he leaves a lot to your imagination, s/he might attempt to lure you into an emotional discussion.

·       stay rational. 

·       be empathetic, but do not get lured-into a discussion in which you will eventually get frustrated and then be labeled “the angry guy.”

·       once anger happens, you will be the one apologizing for (what is essentially) her insanity.
 
let it go.  she will hopefully/eventually come to her senses and re-read everything that she wrote… or not.
 
while temporary-insanity is understandable in certain instances, repeated/consistent insanity is a bouquet of red flags.
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martino, j. (11.8-1.2022. don’t engage deranged. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b111 (11.8-1.2022): don't engage deranged

don’t engage deranged
by a. void
 
don’t engage, when people (cryptic tone and acting strange)
don’t fuel/flame bad energy
don’t engage deranged
______________________
 
·       when someone goes off of their meds (or is otherwise not thinking straight), do not try to communicate rationally.  it may only make things worse.
·       be patient.  s/he is attempting to get you to engage, so that s/he can (eventually) communicate a message.
·       if s/he doesn’t write it down clearly, and if s/he leaves a lot to your imagination, s/he might attempt to lure you into an emotional discussion.
·       stay rational. 
·       be empathetic, but do not get lured-into a discussion in which you will eventually get frustrated and then be labeled “the angry guy.”
·       once anger happens, you will be the one apologizing for (what is essentially) her insanity.
 
let it go.  she will hopefully/eventually come to her senses and re-read everything that she wrote… or not.
 
while temporary-insanity is understandable in certain instances, repeated/consistent insanity is a bouquet of red flags.
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martino, j. (11.8-1.2022. don’t engage deranged. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.
 
this is where i commented on the bouquet of red flags, on FB.  go back and delete it. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3769239976432848&set=a.697388676951342 

sooooooooo apotheotic

sooooooooo apotheotic
by god dam a. man
 
sooooooooo apotheotic
a god becomes a man
a man becomes a god
a fish-story (again)
 
a god has sex with human-being (it seems a little odd)
a god becomes a man
a man becomes a god
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·       apotheosis means "the act of a human, being made into a god” [i].
 
it appears as if, throughout his-story, men have become gods and gods have become men -- and the line is sometimes blurred and arbitrary and capricious and downright laughable.

translation: it’s bulls--t.

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martino, j. (11.3-2.2022). sooooo apotheotic.  book 111: love is. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us 

[i] ehrman, b. d. how jesus became god. amazon.com. 

sun? "it's global warming!"

sun?  “it’s global warming”
by a. s. keptic
 
sun?  “it’s global warming!”
now the crowd chimes-in
lemonade turns-into bitter lemon (once again) 
 
sun: it’s global warming
apocalypse, begun
son, it’s global warming
it’s global warming, son
______________________
 
·       at the end of yoga class, i let the students know that (although i’d planned to facilitate outside yoga today), i was saving the walking meditation for next monday, when the forecast is 77 degrees on november 7^th! 😊

·       immediately, my debbie-downer (self-imposed "elder") student said “global warming,” and the class (of course) began to chime-in about the horrors of present-day life-scenarios... including how we are all doomed because of the decisions that “they” make.
 
it was another example of how one sour apple can turn a blessing (sunny day) into a nightmare.
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martino, j. (11.3-1.2022 sun? “it’s global warming!” book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

fishermen and his-story

fishermen and his-story
by a. storyteller
 
charismatic fisherman holds court on his vacation
tells a fishy-campfire story (he’s the new sensation!)
parents tell their children to believe the new vocation
leaders use his-stories for their personal inflation
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·       just because someone believes in santa claus… doesn’t make his-story true.

·       a “knowing” occurs when the believer grows-up, only to re-cognize that the very people who loved he/r, cared for he/r, and made the rules… had absolutely no problem lying straight to he/r face.
 
it’s no wonder that s/he doesn’t believe the government.

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martino, j. (11.2-3.2022 fishermen and his-story. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

*those in power get to write (and preach) "his-story".

pundits don't care, either

pundits don’t care, either
by joal
 
pundits don’t care, either
casters make the news
laughing-all-the-way, today, for those channels we choose
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·       while it may appear that certain newscasters want to expose politician-criminals -- while others want to protect politician-criminals -- lawyers drag the drama out.

o   lawyers win, because they make $$$.

o   newscasters and their owners win, because we tune-in (which means that they make $$$).

o   the concerned citizen loses… thinking that justice might (somehow) be served, and that the truth will come out, soon.*  

 
any third-grader can attest to the fact that “soon” is a notion that often leads to limbo.**

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martino, j. (11.2-2.2022). pundits don't care, either. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

*the concerned citizen also gets to pay money, via taxes… so that those who make $$$ …make even more $$$$$$$.
 **the greatest example of this, being the term: “he is coming… and soon.”   

to what i can't control

to what i can’t control
by joal
 
i try not to worry about politicians, trolls
i try not to listen... to what i can’t control
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·       from a wellness perspective, things like the news and elections and inflation are out of my control.

·       if i pay attention to negativity out of necessity, that’s one thing… but if i pay attention to negativity that i have no control over… that’s on me. 
 
that’s why i detach from television, news-that-isn’t-new, and most human behaviors.
 
my time is much better self-served by paying attention to the positives, and determining ways to experience more positivity.
 
the true secret is to dip into negativity just long enough to re-cognize what i don’t want… in order to determine what i do want… and then to focus my awareness and intention on that.
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martino, j. (11.2-1.2022). to what i can’t control. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.  

this world isn't good

this world isn’t good
by a. little thing
 
this world isn’t bad (just because you say it’s so)
this world isn’t sad (it’s the way you make it, though)
this world isn’t good (in and of itself, it’s fine)
this world isn’t anything (outside the frame of mine-d)
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·       just because you didn’t get your cherry-lime tasty-freeze at the family reunion in 1962 doesn’t mean that the dark spirits rule the heavens.

·       there is another explanation for hunger, greed, volcanos, hurricanes and politicians.
 

if we can momentarily step-away from the ego-ic notion that “this world was made for me,” we can view it simply as energy, energy-ing.  people aren’t “bad,” just as rattlesnakes and earthquakes aren’t “bad.”

e-go, or energy-on-the-go, tends to view the world subjectively… while this tiny, blue ball that hu-mens call “earth” spins on a man-made-up axis, somewhere in the backwaters of a very, very milky way.   
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martino, j. (11.1-1.2022). this world isn’t good. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.  
* inspired by a senior-citizen student of mine who can’t open his mouth without spewing his viewpoint on the evils of man and the will of god. this ignites all kinds of conversations about evil, god, and what we-you-mans should be doing here (as if Be-ing Here wasn’t enough).  

it's the little things

it’s the little things
by a. little thing
 
it’s the little things: a little kiss on the back of the neck, a little-bit, a little-bit of love/respect, a little how can you and i reflect, it’s just a little smile…
 
a little kiss upon the inner-thigh, a little-bit, you know that maybe i -- know a little-bit about the where and why…
 
it’s the little things: maybe, baby i can hear your song, and just maybe i can sing along, and if maybe it reveals the truth and just baby, is there anything i can do for you 

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martino, j. (10.30-1.2022). it’s the little things. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2EmThtIGU 

it got too cold too soon

it got cold too soon
by c. older
 
it got too cold this morning
it was too cold (at noon)
it came without a warning
it got too cold too soon
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·        when things seem to happen “without a warning” – we probably weren’t paying attention to the warning signs.
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martino, j. (10.19-1.2022). it got too cold too soon. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.  

b111 (10.18-1.2022): it got too cold too soon

it got cold too soon
by c. older
 
it got too cold this morning
it was too cold (at noon)
it came without a warning
it got too cold too soon
________________________
 
·        when things seem to happen “without a warning” – we probably weren’t paying attention to the warning signs.
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martino, j. (10.18-1.2022). it got too cold too soon. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.   

doubting doubting thomas

doubting doubting thomas
by doubting d. thomas
 
don’t believe in thomas
for (surely) he is wrong
doubting doubting thomas is the reason for this song
________________________
 
·        have you ever wondered (if you are a “christian” …you probably haven’t) why “doubting thomas” is painted in a negative way? 
·        doubting thomas is never seen as an inquiring mind, a scholar, or a scientist, or a logical mr. spock type.
·        being a “doubting thomas” (especially if someone is accusing you of being one) is not a positive, complimentary conjecture.
 
but why?
 
isn’t “doubt” the pathway to truth? 
 
research has the null hypothesis, and you (surely) don’t believe the homeless guy on the street-corner who wants to “give” you the winning lottery ticket for “only” $100… because he really cares about you (as you pass by in your convertible).

 

you doubt him.  rrrright???   

doubt is good!

 
in a nutshell, here’s when “doubt” is bad:
 

doubt is bad… when you doubt a person with an agenda

who is attempting to get you to believe in something.

-the end.

 
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martino, j. (10.12-1.2022). doubting doubting thomas. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.  

b111 (10.5-1.2022): the ultimate misuse of time

the ultimate misuse of time [1]
by joal
 
we are all aware of time-wasters: procrastination activities that provide little-to-nothing in regard to personal wellness.
 
there is another level of time wasting, however.  when we waste time on activities that actually contribute to our own illness.  i’ll provide an example:

    the other night, i watched two 911 documentaries about “what really happened.”  both of them (even though shown from two completely different perspectives) made me feel worse.  feelings of helplessness, anger, fear, distress, mistrust, etc., are problematic, but even worse if there is nothing that one can do about the situation.
 
i’ll call it: “misuse” of time.

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·       for me, the biggest misuses of time are as follows, and should never, ever, be engaged-in:
    o   the reading of angry, anonymous replies to articles (etc.) on social media.
    o   watching videos that contribute to dis-stress and illness while (simultaneously) leaving me with a feeling of helplessness or lack of control of the situation.
    o   gossip… because nobody wins and everyone loses.
    o   to be continued.

as far as the 911 situation is concerned, i have chosen to let it go.  the only thing that i can control is my (future) votes, and beliefs/perceptions about the things that we are told by governments, media... or anyone with an agenda. 

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[1] martino, j. (10.5.22). the ultimate misuse of time. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

the ultimate misuse of time

the ultimate misuse of time [1]
by joal
 
we are all aware of time-wasters: procrastination activities that provide little-to-nothing in regard to personal wellness.
 
there is another level of time wasting, however.  when we waste time on activities that actually contribute to our own illness.  i’ll provide an example:

    the other night, i watched two 911 documentaries about “what really happened.”  both of them (even though shown from two completely different perspectives) made me feel worse.  feelings of helplessness, anger, fear, distress, mistrust, etc., are problematic, but even worse if there is nothing that one can do about the situation.
 
i’ll call it: “misuse” of time.

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·       for me, the biggest misuses of time are as follows, and should never, ever, be engaged-in:
    o   the reading of angry, anonymous replies to articles (etc.) on social media.
    o   watching videos that contribute to dis-stress and illness while (simultaneously) leaving me with a feeling of helplessness or lack of control of the situation.
    o   gossip… because nobody wins and everyone loses.
    o   to be continued.

as far as the 911 situation is concerned, i have chosen to let it go.  the only thing that i can control is my (future) votes, and beliefs/perceptions about the things that we are told by governments, media... or anyone with an agenda. 

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[1] martino, j. (10.522). the ultimate misuse of time. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.