Gun Ownership Regulation Concept: "Regulation Of Gun Ownership By Law Enforcement"

Gun Ownership Regulation Concept: "Regulation of Gun Ownership by Law Enforcement"

Hello All, I do not own any personal firearms but as a tween I did go practice shooting with my father decades ago. I shot a variety of handguns and a couple of rifle models. Such as the: M1 rifle, 256 Caliber rifle, 256 Caliber pistol, 38 revolver, 357 Magnum, and a Walter PPK. So I have handled a firearm just its been decades ago. When mentioning gun ownership of personal firearms in America its almost asking for trouble. Entering the deep end of the swimming pool of controversy where as a polarized issue hardly no middle ground exists. Those abroad reading my blog will think Americans are ludicrous for having personal firearms. To a point I would agree with you although America was born out of a bloody revolution historically. Besides expanded its borders to the south in the 19th century in a war with Mexico as well. When such a responsibility of gun ownership gets enshrined into one's Federal Constitution as a Republic its there for keeps.

In such a mindset my concept for legislators and/or law enforcement who deal with such issues on a daily basis. Is to weigh into the moderate ground which only a foothold barely exists. I say keep your personal firearms but prove it that your responsible in using and maintaining them. Otherwise just saying so means a hill of beans in this society of bureaucracy and red tape. The "Regulation of Gun Ownership by Law Enforcement" is intended to be modeled after how Americans are certified by license to drive any sort of vehicle class on our thoroughfares. Meaning how driving a vehicle is a privilege in America versus gun ownership is a Constitutional right. Well if a privilege gets all sorts of competency testing and proof of vehicle maintenance. Than how much more should a Right in Gun Ownership should receive competency testing and proof of personal firearm maintenance? If its good enough for your car its good enough for your collection of firearms. Like they say guns don't kill people, well neither do cars kill people, but that shit still happens. When fatal accidents occur on the roads or someone pulls the trigger aiming in your general direction. For those who are my International readers yes it's an absurd phrase we sometimes use in America. That guns don't kill people, common sense speaks loudly otherwise. When being pulled over by police for a vehicular infraction such as: a wrongful turn during a red light, speeding past an intersection with traffic lights or stop signs, a broken or poorly lit tail light, excessive pollution out of a vehicle's exhaust, openly playing one's stereo music player obscenely high, DUI (Driving Under the Influence), and improper or missing license tags. These are various examples law enforcement have to deal with across America if not the world with countries with a robust system of the rule of law. During a routine traffic stop most police will ask the driver or passengers if a firearm is on board. If so, to only point where the weapon is located and not to reach for it themselves. Where the police officer asks the gun owner to display their permit to carry a firearm be it openly or concealed. Now I would like to list a 6 Point Infraction System similar to a point system for poor drivers in America. These are possible infractions for owners of personal firearms that mishandle their weapon out in public. Similar to the aforementioned traffic stop where if a weapon is present as declared by a driver or passenger. They can be screened by a police officer for the following potential infractions listed below. 1) Is the declared firearm be it a handgun or rifle in good visual maintenance? Removing the ammunition if loaded and possibly dismantling and reassembling the firearm by the police officer to inspect it for good maintenance practice. 2) When the firearm be it a handgun or rifle when handed over to the police officer by the gun owner for visual inspection. Is the firearm in its Safety Lock position? If not that's an infraction when its being carried or stored. 3) Does the firearm have the right type of ammunition for its caliber? How much ammunition is being carried overall? (There can be a quota on how much ammo is enough to being carried out in public) Is the ammunition regular use or of an illegal variant such as cop killer armor piercing rounds? 4) Does the firearm have a pre-existing round already cocked into the firing chamber? Be it a handgun or pump action shot gun that can be an infraction. Having a readied firearm is one thing, but having it ready for a pre-emptive strike is another. 5) Does the firearm have a scratched off serial number? If so in today's current laws this is an automatic forfeiture of the weapon in question. Besides a potential felony if the weapon was used in the commission of a crime when its tested at ballistics. 6) Is the firearm be it a handgun or rifle fully loaded or is it unloaded when handed to a police officer for a visual inspection? A) It could be required by law that all firearms carried by citizens must remain unloaded. If in jeopardy of self-defense a magazine clip handgun is easy enough to load. If not a replacement speed loader for a revolver handgun can be carried on a holster. If a gun owner quibbles about loading a weapon manually than perhaps they have no core competency in handling one. B) If an incident of a weapon being discharged at your residence or place of commercial business occurs. Such as a probable cause for law enforcement to arrive on such a locale in an emergency. Once an area is secured when firearms are discharged to check if the weapon was properly secured. Especially if a child gets a hold of a firearm and decides to play with it. Whether a fatality or not was caused that the weapon had a safety lock by a secure case and subsequently if it was properly maintained. American's have the full right to gun ownership and to carry it on their persons with a gun permit issued by the State. However no where does it state that the weapon must be fully loaded. Yes, have the proper ammunition on hand for a quick manual loading and reloading. Be it in self-defense, or in recreational activities such as at a gun range or hunting on a game reserve. Still an unloaded gun out in public is a safer gun until that is danger is encountered then load it. This comes to another requirement that all gun owners should pass a certification process that is part a written exam and a field testing at a sanctioned gun range. Just like passing a drivers license written exam and a drivers test in a test drive is required by law before a vehicle class license is issued. It should be no different that all New gun owners and those seeking to Renew their carrying permits. Will be required to pass a written exam and show core competency of handling a personal firearm. At a sanctioned gun range for certification to receive a permit.  If this is required by law to have the privilege to drive a vehicle in America. Then it should be a necessity for those that have the right to gun ownership. To display competency in handling and maintaining a personal firearm be it a handgun or rifle. That's plain enough. To argue otherwise is to promote another double standard in our laws if not society at large. I'm not against firearms for responsible citizens in America. I am against a trade lobby in America disguising itself as a citizens organization but all the while pushing the agenda of gun manufacturers. This concept will help ensure citizens know how to use their personal firearms for self-dense and for recreational purposes. That isn't a bad thing after all. Since right now its more a system of faith based on reputation than actual proof. Otherwise it's a crap shoot (pun intended) that gun toting citizens are responsible with their firearms or not.

Environmental Industrial Concept: "Maritime Recycling Ships Reclaiming Human Garbage in the World Ocean Gyre's"

Hello All, If global warming wasn't enough of a threat to humanity whether it was caused by humanity or not. Here is a Double Whammy threatening the human consumption of seafood globally as the least of our concern. There's the environmental cascade of such an event of unintended consequences for something we did clearly cause. Not it being so opaque as global warming there's a Global Oceanic Catastrophe. Our planet dare I say our mother Earth has five oceanic tidal vortexes globally called Gyre's. These 5 gyre's have several beneficial environmental causes to help regulate the temperature of the planet, besides being instrumental in regulating global ocean currents.

What's happened I suppose since the late 19th century industrial revolution up until modern times now in the early 21st century. On a massive scale we've treated the ocean like a massive sewer system. Especially during the last 50 years or so each of the world's oceanic gyre's have become a partially floating landfill. Albeit only about 10% of the human garbage is floating on the ocean surface. The bulk of the 90% has sunk into those often deep trench canyons on the sea floor. What's alarming about this now than say a few decades ago is the sheer size of all these: plastics, metals, styrofoams, rubber / latex, etc.. Often its called the Oceanic Hairball in each of these five global gyre's. The greatest of these is the North Pacific Gyre otherwise known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Made mostly famous by that cargo container of rubber ducky's being washed overboard during a pacific storm. Where via satellite oceanic researchers tracked the tidal pattern of the rubber ducky's in the North Pacific Gyre. To learn more about it since it became an opportunistic chance to use this freak occurrence to study the tidal vortex patterns. Well now this same North Pacific Gyre oceanic patch has become the infamous toilet for humanity. This eyesore probably seen from space by satellite now. Like any toilet has become backed up its only a matter of decades before it threatens humanity directly. It's no longer a question of If, but When? Here's a video report from the DW: European Journal for June 4th of this year regarding the North Atlantic Gyre (aka the Gulf Stream) off the coast of the Netherlands. (this video lasts like 4 minutes long, sorry I can't post it directly. Tumblr, only seems to allow Image links as far as I know how to post.) European Journal: Netherlands The Catch of the Day Is Plastic  (Link) Already according to Deutsche Welle (DW) is reporting in that video segment that half of the North Atlantic Grye whales and seals are ingesting plastics. In the North Pacific Gyre the jellyfish, fish, sea birds, and even muscles attaching themselves to degradable plastics have been spotted. I suppose not until we're affected directly will we as the species that caused this fiasco will fix it. Until that time expect to see from everything in these gyre's from the smaller fish up to giant whales start to have a massive die off. Fisherman won't be the only one's complaining when fishing stocks being containmented with Microplastics. Microplastics are those tiny fragments of degradable plastics that flake off our trash over time. Ending up in our sea birds and sea life as a choking hazard. Wait until the first generation of people globally start choking on their lunch or dinner. Here's hoping the fish processing plants as food manufacturers weed out the bulk of these containmented fishery stocks. Although I am painting a gloomy picture that will probably occur in the next 50 years or so at the rate we're dumping trash into the world oceans. There's an organization called "Project Kaisei" based out of San Fransisco, California.  The word "Kaisei" in Japanese means ocean planet. This vanguard of a research organization has sent 2 research expeditions to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" since 2008. On their splash homepage automatically plays a full screen 9 minute or so video showcasing the scale of the problem. Please Watch It. Project Kaisei (Video Link) Now that you're starting to get a glimpse at the scale of this dilemma I'm attempting to describe to you. Here as my own talent goes is my own original concept in beginning the discussion in order how to tackle it from an industrial scale. This Oceanic Hairball where there should be now 5 globally in each oceanic gyre. Is from an Industry side for manufacturers a potential Goldmine of Profit. Yes, I didn't stutter nor I'm I a sell out in not caring for our beloved Mother Earth. For the gargantuan industrial clean up needed of our world oceans there is a silver lining. These resources as our former garbage was once consumer and industrial goods. They can be fully Recycled. Meaning since this trash is floating in International waters there is no one nation to pay for mining rights or recycling rights of these resources on an industrial scale. The most important issue is here not to disrupt the aquatic eco-system that is mostly unaffected by all this trash in the surrounding regions. Since already a large swath of sea creatures that are caught up in this Oceanic Hairball are dead whether they know it or not. Better to consider such a region a oceanic quarantine zone where any sea creatures containmented by human garbage. Unfortunately can not be rescued much like the British Petroleum BP disaster of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil covered sea birds along 100% of the gulf coast areas of Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, and Florida were not systematically rescued. (It was only smaller environmental groups that gave a dam and attempted to save the oil tared wildlife) It wasn't completely humanly possible, thus the same conundrum will effect environmentalists when big industry starts to mine or recycle the trash in these ocean gyre's.

What I'm proposing for big maritime industry to do is one of two things at first. The first experimental class of oceanographic seafaring class of vessel recyclers. Can either be constructed from scratch at a ship building facility as the very first designed generation class of vessel. Or the cheaper of the two are retrofitted existing oil tankers with massive internal hold tanks. Perhaps oil tankers that are nearing the end of their lifespan in service. That are capable of passing through the Panama and Suez canals respectively as a global seafaring vessel. The type of retrofit I'm proposing in design is as follows as pictured above from the center exterior hull on either side of the vessel. Have retractable hull access points circular in shape where industrial vacuum hose suckers deploy. Something similar to what marine archaeologists use when excavating the seafloor for wrecks. Where the content hosed up via those vacuums is sifted on board the research ship for selective archeological treatment. Basically do the same but on steroids where as this retrofitted oil tanker vessel sucks up the oceanic hairball. Via an internal conveyor belt system it starts to place in each oil tank hull storage all this recycled material and/or misc trash and containmented sea life. Once such a phase of siphoning the ocean surface of this 10% of human low hanging trash is scooped up. The next phase of the ships operation kicks into gear. The internal tracks of conveyor belts are rerouted like a locomotive train switching tracks within the ships internal industrial architecture. This is where the rerouted trash is placed a new onto the internal conveyor belts. Going into an industrial processing facility for these reclaimed recyclable goods. There will be three recycled processes ongoing one is the process called "Thermal Depolymerization". Which is a fancy word for gleaning back the petroleum goods such as various oil grades that went into creating all these plastic types originally. According to an article from the website called "Fast Company" in September 1st, 2011. A company called "Greenstar Recycling and Vadxx Energy" will be building a state of the art facility in Arkon, Ohio that is projected in 2012 to reclaim 80,000 barrels of petroleum from thermal depolymerization. (As of Feb. 2013 "Waste Management Inc." purchased "Greenstar Recycling" for $220 Million) Wikipedia: Thermal Depolymerization (Link) Fast Company: Converting Plastic Back To The Oil It Came From  (Link) Go figure a retrofitted Oil Tanker vessel as the first generation maritime recycler. Becoming a petroleum processing reclamation plant from discarded plastics. The other recycling process is similar to the one above but where the plastics are sorted into grades by the seafaring workers. (Yes, its grueling work with hazards of getting sliced easily by sharp edges from the trash) To place the sorted plastics into a recycling plant to reclaim them for future industrial manufacturers. A process called "Re / De - Polymerization" not unlike the one stated above. Do note the bulk of the Discarded Fishing Nets Made of Nylon can be recycled as well. Since all this lost fishing nets causes a tragic dilemma called "Ghost Fishing". Where fish continue to be caught and die from these drifting under sea nets that have been cut off by fishing vessels. The Maritime Recycler vessel as a class of ships besides dividing the plastics for petroleum reclamation. And recycling the other assorted plastics for future Industrial manufacturer usage. Will also have on board a metal furnace to reclaim all the assorted metals. The Oil Tanker will lastly have an incinerator plant where any miscellaneous trash and the containmented sea creatures will be cremated. The power generation plant of this former oil tanker now maritime recycler class of ships. Can generate power to a limited degree from the incinerator plant as well. Although not to contribute to global warming from the emissions of such an incinerator plant smoke stacks on the ship. Every ship will utilize a process of algae scrubbers as a pollution control methodology in its emissions. Here's a link to website called "Phys.org" on an article dated March 14th, 2012 on how algae can be a bio fuel and a source of pollution control. Where of course algae is plentiful in the world oceans although this will be a specially treated species of algae. That will be utilized for such a pollution control process. Phys.org "Algae Species Explored Biofuel Source" (Link) Once all the plastics and metals are recycled including reclaimed petroleum as the output by product. Just like the internal hull conveyor belt track system in sourced these raw resources. The same dynamic will be at play in reverse order where the reclaimed materials will be organized according to type within the very same storage hulls that once contained the raw resources. Once the Maritime Recycler is filled to the gills (pun intended) of industrial grade materials for manufacturers. The home office will look for industrial buyers at a global port of call. Where the vessel will deliver directly to their port of choice to unload these recycled industrial goods. Thus heading back to its native port of call to swap out for a new fresh crew and supplies for the next voyage to reclaim the trash in the ocean gyre's. That's what I foresee as a potential reality taking perhaps the next 50 years to clear up the ocean surface of every of the five ocean gyre's. With this industrial concentrated effort to recycle all these discarded resources like mining a surface landfill for recycled content. However there's still the other 90% of human garbage that has sunk to perhaps the ocean sea floor. That has to be reclaimed somehow perhaps in the late 21st to early 22nd century. Maybe with a new class of submarines to similarly vacuuming up these under the sea floor landfills. Where the stored raw resources are taken to an ocean surface rig platform that has the necessary recycling processing facility. Then the refined resources can be off loaded onto cargo ships delivered to manufacturers at their sea port of choosing. This is my crystal ball into what I can foresee as a potential reality in mining or reclaiming those under the sea discarded trash. Nonetheless expect to see a flotilla of maritime recyclers globally. After the first generation of retrofitted Oil Tankers have proven the concept thoroughly as the 1st generation of Maritime Recyclers. Than the industrial titans of ship builders will go directly for this new class of ship vessel. To being built from scratch for such an industrial operation in each of the globes ocean gyre's.

"Jewels of Truth" Reading From "The Wayfarer of the Soul, Volume 2"

Hello All, A festive "Happy Father's Day" to every man that has known the joys and at times the pain in the ass for being a father with children. For myself its a mixed blessing since I'm not a father in this life. At times I'm more the aloof man child myself with God in sacred partnership. I will most likely never know the joys of being a father so relish it those of whom that are good parents. Especially if you have little ones and you look away they would've grown up so quickly. Don't miss out, I say. Today's reading from my 2nd Volume of the "Jewels of Truth" series is on the topic of the "Great Mystery". As it relates to life and most likely one can glean it to mean parenting to a limited degree. At least our celestial parent being father / mother God nurturing life itself. Go celebrate today this holiday and may you all include your sons and daughters in cherishing them. Even if they resemble you more than you would've liked. :o) God Bless. --------------------------------------------- Great Mystery: To those who seek the meaning of life with all its wonders and secrets. The seeking isn't in the destination nor in the journey. It is truly in the meaning it is prescribed to in one's own heart. If one truly sought the totality that life is, than one is seeking God in his infinite expressions. The intention of the sacred is what will bind you to awakening the Divine within. Thus the "Book of Life" will no longer read as gibberish to one who is devout filled with the "Spirit of God". Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo. Jewels of Truth: The Wayfarer of the Soul, Volume 2 pg. 66

"Jewels of Truth" Statement: "Our Mortality Is A Reflection Of The Earth As We See It"

Hello All, Late into the night and perhaps into my own early morning period but here is the next "Jewels of Truth" spiritual wisdom statement for the week. Its topic is on "Mortality" almost resembling an intimate conversation we may have with God one time or another. On why are we here now on Earth? You may see at least how I struggled with the inquiry with a bit of humor towards the end of the statement. May it speak to you on a spiritual level although it can transcend it into the human sphere of all of us. This statement is #1749 in the series written in late June of this year. Enjoy as always, go with God by whatever love you profess to him or her. ---------------------------------------- Mortality: 1749) Who am I but a reflection of the one true vision we have all come to know as God. We shimmer with grace for awhile then we fade back into the Earth as dust forever. A couple generations of time is all we have before we are forgotten once more as people. Akin to having never been born to begin with in truth. Our tribe we call humanity is so immense we can bring a planet to its knee's. This bodes a biblical event to occur to re-balance outcomes in favor of mother nature against humanities own self-loathing chaos. Only a handful of worthy successors are meant to be recorded in the limited annals of history. The rest of us are fodder to each our zeitgeist of the moment. If our family has heirs perhaps our names are recorded on a genealogical tree, but no more after that. Are we but a branch also of the tree of celestial life as well? Or merely a leaf thinking of itself a mighty branch in absence of any objections in thought. Why must we have difficulty to remember our divine splendor only to return with new found appreciation after a mortals lifetime? I seek immortality not of these senses, but of this consciousness which in faith is already assured. Described as the living soul of all persons or creatures unique in form. Than why do I complain as a living reflection of who's Image and Likeness I resemble in Spirit? I feel trapped by mortality not able to escape the confines of this incarnation at will. I yell for my jailor only to be greeted by an Angel of God. Are we the prisoner or the prison itself? No one seems the wiser lest the souls that have escaped by mortal death. Are we fools proclaiming the Glory of God to only realize we are God in the scope of this united Infinity? Why must we suffer in this form of paradise but to know what a mortals life is all about? Color me tickled pink, but the next time I'm curious in regards to mortality slap me straight instead dear God. I need not know to this intricate depth what it means only to be your seeming distant reflection. I rather seek to be your constant joy in every lifetime as the minor gods that we are in truth. The rest belongs to another fool to question the role of mortals in Creation. Release me from this Shadow of my greatest self as an essence of your love dear God. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

Jewels of Truth Statement: "The Desire To Be Like God"

Hello All, It seems I'm back to posting here once a week versus two to three times a week. So goes the ebb and flow of my on goings in my daily life. Today's "Jewels of Truth" statement is on the topic of Desires generally speaking. How it activates our senses as people and how in a spiritual sense aids in our personal definition of ourselves. For better or worse our desires becomes informed because of our intentions in life. Whether such choices are warranted or not, be they driven by common sense or an aspiration that seems to elude us in this lifetime. Nonetheless, it may very well be the "Spirit of God" seeking expression through our very spiritual and human being. How we fashion this limited human free will is a gift back to ourselves and God simultaneously. This "Jewels of Truth" statement is in the series of #1710 written originally back in the middle of April of this year. Please find it intriguing, if not otherwise helps you question the reality of your desires. Enjoy. ------------------------------------------ Desires: 1710)  We are the culmination of our desires, intentions, and of our own needs. Yet why are we so driven to capture the genie or divine spark burning so brightly during our lifetimes? We pursue our desires like a fool chasing a butterfly with a net. Perhaps the butterfly like our desires is meant to roam freely without captivity. Is it to be victorious over our own lives when we seem to lack sufficient control of the uncontrollable? Do we seek to rule our lives to the point of complete dominion only to be humbled to the contrary. The reason we are truly made in the "Image and Likeness" of God. It is in part because we desire to create like a god. Be it things of beauty, function, truth, and of a living power that can exceed our very own comprehension. We dare to master life, when it is life that has mastered us by our own unwitting volition. Yet our Immortal Divine Spirit finds us wanting when we should be complete in the very presence of God. We wander as people seeking a truth or a promise to set us ultimately free. Although what we seek ardently or ruthlessly we already possess in the "Holy Spirit". Only by surrendering to such a greater spiritual awareness can we find our truest essence as manifested as us right now. Life begets life abundantly be it the realms of the living or of the dead. A generosity that knows no bounds as a pure neutrality that offers Infinite goodness or evil. Depending on our wishes to make real what was only an intention just before in our mind's eye. On this Earth we are both good and evil as people. Trying to scale the pinnacle that is the very essence of God himself some finding success many more that do not. Although failure to do so is even a grace unto itself. For a God of absolute Love makes a gift out of seeking the impossible leaving us not empty handed. Every generation of people that are born like the waves reaching the beach. Must find their own expression within a lifetime, some are bolder than others. How we define ourselves individually and collectively may very well set the tone of our lives and of our world to come. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

Jewels of Truth Statements & Favorite Quotes of the Month

Hello All, Summer is finally here and as of yesterday the summer solstice was experienced as the first day of the season. Here in the States public schools for minors is out of session until summer school semester. For children to catch up on their grades or to leap ahead in their grade point average. Much like I mentioned on the Father's Day entry I'm not a parent in this lifetime.  However I was always the kid going to summer school just to catch up in my grades. I always maintained a B grade average as a student with rare A- making it to the dean's list. Mathematics and the sciences I struggled and to this day I only learned math up to pre-algerbra. History and social studies I always excelled greatly full of intrigue for such topics. Today's trio of "Jewel's of Truth" spiritual wisdom statements are on the topics of: Excellence, Approval, and Faith. In the series of #1042-1044 written in late June in the year 2010. Enjoy them as I do in sharing these inspirations my spirit guides enjoy sharing with me. ------------------------------------- Excellence: 1042) Nothing in this life as a man, woman, or child will ever by perfect. It may appear just right, but perfection is only for the spiritual in nature belonging to God himself. Release the need always to be perfect in living your lives for it is an ego trick of the mind as a fool's errand. We are more than the simple dog chasing its own tail. In pursuing a higher standard I dare not stipulate to settle for less if you are capable of better. The breath of life is filled with promise always giving 100% of its own essence. So meet it half way in Excellence in joining your promise to that of the greatest expression of your own life long lessons. Be still and focus only upon what you can accomplish today. For the tasks of tomorrow do not belong here right now. At least not until you have met the per-requisite in lining up your ducks in a row. Worry not for that alone drains you of the strength and awareness to carry out your tasks in a sensible manner. Be concerned, but delegate that to the back of your mind only to leave your duties up and center before you. Worry will only zap you of a much deserved enthusiasm when it naturally occurs throughout your days. Keep an outlook for the divine this will allow the sublime holy one to recognize your interest in the majestic in life. This will bind you up in kinship to all that is of grace allowing you to share your struggles with God in earnest. Such a partnership may be uneven, but that too is alright for it is the father's good pleasure as our maker to be engaged at all levels of our life with our willing permission. In centering yourselves in excellence you will rise above many others needing to repeat their work due to faulty errors. This will draw positive distinction upon you to those that matter as the influence and authority makers in life. The handiwork of those committed to excellence is often the fore runner of virtue and conviction of purpose in many other outlets in life. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo. Approval: 1043)  When one seeks the acceptance of another person outside of your own dignity. You may very well have set yourself up for failure unless the other person is truly compassionate with you. Which only occurs in the minority of cases. A demanding parent as a disciplinarian is more a dysfunctional tyrant than they may ever admit to or realize within any lifetime. An innocent child's trust and respect is only a parent's or caregivers to lose if the adult continues unproductive behavior if not outright dysfunctional ones. Men and woman as they mature that continue to seek validation of their own internal worthiness outside their persons. Speaks louder to personal insecurity than any other respective truth. As an individual your worthiness stems from the divine within your very being. Or the honorable inherit in all of us until we are taught to fear and hate ourselves or others in life. Our best outlook is dependent on where we prime our focus in life be it God or some other life sustaining philosophical discourse. Our discriminatory thoughts often reflect a bias that is punitive against our self-esteem. The so-called inner critic is the metaphorical devil on our shoulder trashing us every chance we empower it to do so. Instead re-direct your focus to what is divine in that silent place where no person can ever reach. The inner sacred temple of the heart or mind as the very altar of your own essence otherwise known as your "Highest Self". This is hallowed ground where everything about you is authentic and without taint of this chaotic world. All that you hold dear as unconditional love and every treasure that you have bound on Earth is also bound in Heaven. This is the abode of the sincere intuition and where angels lay awaiting your permission for them to aid you at every sensible turn in life. This is the place between moments where time is just a figment and only the presence of God is real. Through honesty and humility you find the prism of your divine essence intact awaiting your realization and acceptance. The limitations of humanity have no bearing here just the gratitude that you have valued your self-worth greater than the worldly white noise. Telling you incessantly how to think and live for a transitory happiness that only leaves you with a gritty remorse. The opportunity is yours to realize your authentic self made in the Image and Likeness of God. Not as the world sees you nor how those who would point out your defects as a person just so to weaken your mind and heart. Here the Great Divine sees your limitations as stepping stones for personal growth. Not to define you, but to release you from the burden that such traits are a work in progress, that is all. Allow your heart to feel nurtured from within your own sacred being that is within your inner temple of the soul. Whatever you need is offered 100% always by God. Just be willing to have an open mind and heart to receive it with gratitude at the proper interval and not before. By loving yourselves spiritually you nurture that inner child that always is craving attention. This is the fountain of youth if not life in order to always fill your spirits to overflowing with self-acceptance and self-approval. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo. Faith: 1044)  All of Creation is in song with the smile of God(dess) that is brought forth from the Alpha to the Omega. For our combined recollection of such a Divine Will provides for us the ability to experience Faith in every turn of our lives. As we remember we light ourselves up as examples of the unconditional love that is available to be experienced by the faithful. We are the most blessed irrespective of our chosen religion or spiritual tradition in life. A faith or any faith in combination with others is but a mere vehicle taking us on the journey to live side by side with the divine presence of God. Our personal tribulations are kindling to be added as fuel to help mold our essence. In order that we may overcome our weakness in order to transform them into our strength in service to each other eternally so.  When in our shortcomings we forget the presence of God in our divine midst. We cheat ourselves of the glory of redemption that is at hand for the combined good of this reality. Our focus becomes skewed, our senses warped, and thus fear has a greater influence on us than our love of life itself. Despair, guilt, and shame become our jailer's unless we choose to take a step back and remember we have the key to our own liberty in our faith with God. With the Holy Spirit as our spiritual adviser can we claim our innocence in order to start over where before we stumbled. This is the way out of a place of prejudice against ourselves in order to make seen at least only to us the substance of our belief if not our love in and with God(dess). All we need do is find within ourselves the courage to enlist whomever inspires us in Heaven. Be it the ascended masters of: Jesus the Christ, Mother Mary, Mohammad, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, and so forth. These are just some of our spiritual siblings by means of the Holy Spirit of God. As we live by faith let us not trump our brother or sister's spiritual conviction as less than. To do so makes a mockery of our own divinity. Only with humility can we find the wisdom together to walk in peace and forgiveness when we offend each other by mistake or on purpose. This will become the sacred path to awaken gratitude for our faith when we live by the exemplar fashion of our forefathers. Trusting their good counsel in order we may experience God in every era humanity has with him on this Earth and beyond. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo. ----------------------------------------------- When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. ---Helen Keller. The doors of the heart open inwards. ---Louise Hay. "2014 Hay House World Summit" (Interview by Robert Holden) To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper. ---Proverbs 19:8 God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. ---1 John 4:16 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. ---Proverbs 3:5-6