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Lesson #11 is very important:

1. Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.

2. Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path.  Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.

3. Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

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4. Treat the guests in your home with much consideration. Serve them the best food, give them the best bed and treat them with respect and honor.

5. Do not take what is not yours whether from a person, a community, the wilderness or from a culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours.

6. Respect all things that are placed upon this earth – whether it be people or plant.

7. Honor other people’s thoughts, wishes and words. Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them. Allow each person the right to personal expression.

8. Never speak of others in a bad way. The negative energy that you put out into the universe will multiply when it returns to you.

9. All persons make mistakes. And all mistakes can be forgiven.

10. Bad thoughts cause illness of the mind, body and spirit. Practice optimism.

11. Nature is not FOR us, it is a PART of us. Animals, plants and other living creatures are all part of your worldly family.

12. Children are the seeds of our future. Plant love in their hearts and water them with wisdom and life’s lessons. When they are grown, give them space to grow.

13. Avoid hurting the hearts of others.  The poison of your pain will return to you.

14. Be truthful at all times.  Honesty is the test of one’s will within this universe.

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15. Keep yourself balanced. Your Mental self, Spiritual self, Emotional self, and Physical self need to be strong, pure and healthy. Work out the body to strengthen the mind. Grow rich in spirit to cure emotional ails.

16. Make conscious decisions as to who you will be and how you will react. Be responsible for your own actions.

17. Respect the privacy and personal space of others. Do not touch the personal property of others  especially sacred and religious objects. This is forbidden.

18. Be true to yourself first. You cannot nurture and help others if you cannot nurture and help yourself first.

19. Respect others religious beliefs. Do not force your belief on others.

20. Share your good fortune with others. Participate in charity.

We may differ in our faith, religion, and culture, yet we all live together on the same boat. We are only custodians and not owners of The Earth, not its conquerors nor its destroyers. We should respect every one, every animal, every plant. There is a standard agreement on Human Rights, this has to be applied to everyone without limitations. We are all human beings, we all deserve respect, no matter what colour our skin, who we love or even what gender we consider ourselves.

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Well, last night we re-entered the full lockdown again, all those shops which are deemed not essential have closed, once more. The Government was told to close everything in November, including the schools, but, surprise surprise the schools will reopen on 11 Jan 2021 as already provided for.

When is a Tier 4 lockdown not a lockdown? When businesses close but school’s remain open with no thought to pupils wearing face masks or social distancing. The bulk of the new cases occurring today are caused by kids going to school, coming into contact with others with the virus but no symptoms, spreading it like wildfire. As long as there are idiots who think they will get it and survive so f*ck everyone else with underlying problems, and the schools remain open we will never get out of this within the next 3 or 4 years. Vaccine or no vaccine. Why? The virus has mutated so it is now going to affect many more people, it will mutate again so that the vaccine doesn’t work.

Anyway, enough with the doom and gloom, I’m just wanting to wish everyone of you out there in WordPress land a very Happy New Year.

OK, no treatise this time around, no song lyrics for a title. No jokes and no tantrums (I may not be as bad as tRump but I really do have my moments.

If everyone demanded our leaders give up any thoughts of increasing their land mass through war, wouldn’t that be something worth having?

All I want for Christmas is Peace on Earth.

So this is Christmas and what have we done?

Another year over and the New one set to begin.

If we want it then we can organise, promote and petition to make it happen, after all only 4.5% can start a revolution, once it starts it will snowball because there are more against the Government than would ever vote for them.

Happy Hanukah or Merry Christmas to everyone, everywhere, especially those still being killed in wars such as the Palestinians, Syrians and others.

Love is all, love is you. Because the world is round and not flat, square, oblong or diamond shaped, we spin round and round in space. Rolling on our annual free trip around the sun. Life is for living and living isn’t free any more, but it should be.

Did you know that if those tightwad billionaires who make up just 1% of the population paid tax at just 45% there would be no poverty, therefore no war, no hunger and everyone could have free health care. I mean how much do you need for a lifetime? Everyone of them has so much money they take out of the economy that poverty, hunger and war will never end. As long as there is poverty and hunger there will always be war because the wealthy have to limit the numbers of us that there are.

If we were to rise up against them since we outnumber them 99 to one, they wouldn’t stand a chance, they built their wealth on the backs of the mugs, like you and me, who work (or worked) for them. If they shared their profits with the workforce who generated the income in the first place would we care so much about them hoarding the rest?

If this year has taught us anything it is not to trust our political leaders to protect us from a pandemic. They don’t care if millions die, why? Just look at the facts, Thailand has 2.5 times the population of the UK, to date they have had 7 Covid Related deaths. The UK has had over 60,000 and it is still rising, why? Because our government don’t care about the rank and file in this country. If the death toll rises to above 500,000 (yes that is half a million people) will the government care more? No, as long as they are safe and their wealthy chums are safe, they are happy to let the rest of the country perish.

In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland those in charge have been doing whatever is necessary to save as many people there as possible. Without trying to score political points they have been doing just that. When the next election is fought all 3 countries will fight on the topic of Independence, when their parties for Independence win, they will not need a referendum to give voice to the people. They will be able to leave the UK on the mandate the election was fought and England will be left alone, while those newly Independent countries will rejoin the EU in their own right.

History teaches us that todays issues are all global issues and should be tackled together, not individually. Our politicians should be joining with other countries to find the solutions to those issues, rather than burying their head in the sand. If they continue to push forward with plans for fossil fuels rather than renewables then they are responsible for every coronavirus that follows on the heels of Covid-19. No one else to blame but the man at the top, the ones in charge. There is a simple solution to the economic crash of 2021 and that is to tax the wealthy until the economy recovers. Joe Biden will do that in the USA but johnson hasn’t got the guts to follow his lead in the UK.

But it’s sinking, racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

I know that might seem quite maudlin to many but this year has taught me many lessons, not least don’t take things for granted. Yesterday is past, remember it fondly if you can, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet, it may never get here. Today is a gift so appreciate what you have and because it’s a gift we call it the present.

If we can spread joy into one person’s life today then our being here has been worthwhile. If everyone cares enough to do that then how much brighter would our world be? This isn’t a political post today, those who follow me know that I can have a rant about injustice and blame those at fault, this isn’t one of those. Today, I want to write a post which people will read and take something positive away with them. No complaints although I do have a lot to complain about today, however, that will not do me any good (apart from getting it off my chest). Therefore, why complain to all and sundry unless you need an escape valve and this is the only place to vent things?

I have been contemplating my blessings, and my shortcomings over the last few weeks and I have come to the conclusion that my followers are the greatest, those who come to read my new posts no matter what the content is, so thank you for that dear reader, I really do appreciate you, all of you. I think it is about time we all started to feel the spirit of Christmas, especially since this year so far, has been terrible for everyone everywhere. If we all do one act of random kindness every day, how much better will we make people’s lives? People we don’t see, or won’t ever see again. I think that we could all use some better Karma than we currently have, if we care for others then that might mitigate some of the bad Karma we have accumulated this year.

One act of random kindness, showing some kindness to those we usually ignore, gives us a small amount of pleasure as well. What goes around, comes around, and we should care for those we share these journeys around the sun with. If we don’t care about what happens to others then what message is that giving out about us? We are all human beings, sentient beings from other species also share this space rock, and our journey around the sun. Maybe if we had taken better care of the planet, protected the habitat of our neighbours, then maybe we wouldn’t be in the position we are in currently.

Something else to think about, when you do something for someone else (doesn’t have to be much to make someone’s day) then doesn’t that make you feel good about yourself too? Think about what it would take to make you happy, would it be something as simple as finding the person in front of you at Starbuck’s had paid for your coffee and wanted nothing in return? That, my dear reader is the kind of thing I am talking about, one simple, random, act of kindness to another.

Who do we blame when things go wrong? Who is really to blame for this?

We have to accept that things we do can go wrong sometimes, therefore it is not fair to blame anyone but ourselves.

We are the ones who try things out, who will decide whether or not something is worth doing therefore, we should accept responsibility for our actions whether things go right or wrong.

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Is it any wonder that people in the UK have woken up to the dangers of the Tories? Not everyone, yet, but I think we are getting there. If ever there was a time for a change it is now, not just in the UK but everywhere on the planet. The pandemic has damaged economies across the globe, some worse than others (notably the two worst hit by excessive deaths are the most damaged economies). It’s time for a change, for us all to wake up and see we are not citizens of this country or that, we are all Global Citizens. What happens to one happens to us all because of the greed of some.

The climate emergency isn’t going to vanish overnight as long as some in our midst still want to boost their profits, we changed it immensely this year in countries that people thought were never going to change. Lock down did that, improved the quality of the air by less pollution being generated. No my friend, I know that was only temporary and big business wants to get back to the wanton destruction of our natural eco system. That’s why we have to make a stand, either you want an end to the destruction of the planet, or you are willing to sacrifice every human on this planet for the destruction of the few.

Science has told us that the pandemic was transferred from animals whose habitat we destroyed. I feel the time is ripe for a new revolution, outlaw greed and profit, work together for the benefit of all and we can all benefit. Keep the status quo and we all die together, all because some of us want even more wealth accumulated than they already have. What is the point in increasing wealth for the top 1% who already have more than they could spend in 50 lifetimes? The purpose of money was to remove the barter system, when people are dying in the name of profit isn’t it time to move away from money and treat everyone exactly the same?

Making sure we all have a roof over our heads, food in our bellies and health care when it is needed, those should be the priorities for everyone. Basic human rights are not some random things to be given to some and denied to others, each and every one of us deserves to be treated with respect, empathy and given those basic human rights as a starting point, don’t tell yourself that this section or that section, this person or that person doesn’t deserve these rights because unless they apply to everyone equally then they apply to none.

Jeremy Corbyn has been vilified by the establishment since 2015 when he became the leader of the Labour Party, why is that? Because he was (and still is) a threat to the establishment. The Tories want to continue doing what they always have done, austerity measures affect the poorest in society not the wealthiest. The wealthiest will increase their wealth even while people are starving, they don’t care, neither do their Government. So why do poor people keep voting for them time after time? Because they keep hoping against hope that they can lift themselves out of the mire and become wealthy themselves because the Tories said they could. They know the record of these same CONservatives is to lie and lie and renege on promises made during an election campaign. Yet they keep hoping that these liars will one day start telling the truth, never going to happen, dear friend.

If we want change then we have to make it ourselves, no one else will give it to us on a plate. The liars prosper because people keep believing the lies, thinking the leopard will change its spots, but it won’t. Why should they start telling the truth when lying wins them elections? It all started in 1979 when the biggest liar of them all won her first election victory. That showed them the way to win big was the con, and they have been doing it ever since.