Signs That Tell You Who I Am

Updated Feb 27, 2018

WORK IN PROGRESS:
This post is a work in progress and is subject to changes, revisions, edits and deletions.

The Quran asks, "Why has no sign been sent down to him from his Lord?" (Quran 6:37) Meaning, why are there no signs that tell you who I am? There are signs, we just have to know how to read them.

I can't tell you who I am because even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me. As such, signs are given to you as a witness to tell you who I am. This is all detailed in another post in this blog titled, "Don't Ask Me Who I am".

Here's a list of some of the signs that tell you who I am. This list shows you how to read the signs and how we're all interconnected. Keep in mind, Scripture talks only about our internal qualities, and the world we see is a reflection of our internal qualities. One thing becomes evident - there's An Upper Force that governs everything:

1. My name is Carter (The Creator) Wamaitha (The Messiah, the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End) Ngari (God), and I was born in Kenya (A Key). Details ...
2. I Live In Canada:
• It is written, "He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die ... " (Isaiah 22:18, NIV) We moved to Canada in 1987 when I was 15 years old. Canada is a large country. [1] I died in July 2005 when I was 33 years old (living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada), meaning I went through a change in the perception of my reality - my quality of selfishness died and the quality of bestowal was born, a state known as Bestowing to Bestow. With respect to that event, I'm a child, about 10 years old today (as of Oct 24, 2015). Another event occurred on 28 October 2008: I sensed intense pleasure for the first time, a state known as Receiving to Bestow - using reception in bestowal, as it is written, "The wolf (reception) will live with the lamb (bestowal) ... and a little child will lead them." (Isaiah 11:6, NIV) This state is called a son, as it is written, "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son ..." (Isaiah 7:14, NIV). (The virgin is the quality of reception that's doing something it's never done before.) I'm about 7 years old today (as of Oct 24, 2015) since the beginning of that event. [More about the change in the perception of my reality can be found under the FAQ section of this blog and in the "Perception of Reality" section of this post, below.]
• In September 2009, my brother and I drove across Canada, from eastern Canada (Mississauga, Ontario) to western Canada (Powell River, British Columbia). It is written, "For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man." (Matthew 24:27, NIV).
3. I Live In Powell River, British Columbia, Canada:
• Powell River [2] has the words WELL and RIVER in it, both connected to water. Water is connected with the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves). As it is written, "... rivers of living water will flow from within them." (John 7:38, NIV) Powell River is surrounded by water - rivers, lakes and the Pacific Ocean.
• Powell River's local hockey team is called the Powell River Kings [3], which is a sign that The One, a King, will come from Powell River.
• Powell River's local newspaper is called The Powell River Peak [4], which is a sign that The One, who is the peak of creation, will come from Powell River. Another local Powell River paper is called Powell River Living [5], a sign that spiritual life, will come from Powell River.
• It is written, "His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River (meaning Powell River) to the ends of the earth." (Zechariah 9:10, NIV)
• Powell River is named after a man called Israel Wood Powell [6], which is a sign that The One, who will be called Israel, will come from Powell River.
• There are four donkeys in Wildwood in Powell River, as it is written, "See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey ..."  (Zechariah 9:9, NIV)
• There are also several horses in Powell River, as it is written, "... there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True." (Revelation 19:11, NIV)
4. I Am Israel:
   • It is written, "... still others ... will take the name Israel." (Isaiah 44:5, NIV)
   • Israel comes from two Hebrew words "Yashar" and "El", which means "Straight to God". A person who seeks to bring contentment to The Creator by benefiting others/Nature is called Yashar El, Ysrael, Israel. Israel is a country that represents this internal quality known as Yashar El, Ysrael, Israel.
   • Israel is also connected to two Hebrew Words "Li" and "Rosh", which means "Head". Israel is the head of the body, and the head seeks only to serve the body.
   • In 1948, the State of Israel [7] was declared, officially putting Israel back on the map after many years, which is a sign that the people called Israel (Yashar El (Straight to God)) will begin to wake up, starting with The One. Of this it is written, "... Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labour bears a son ..." (Micah 5:3, NIV) Also, "The One who breaks open the way will go up before them ..." (Micah 2:13, NIV)
   • I live in Powell River, a city named after a man called Israel.
5. I Am The United States:
• I am The United States, meaning I am both the state of reception and the state of bestowal, an internal state known as Receiving to Bestow, when the state of reception is used in bestowal. The United States of America is a country that represents this internal quality known as The United States.
• As of Oct 23, 2015, Barack Obama is the current (44th) president of The United States. He's part Kenyan, his father was Kenyan [8]. As leader of The United States, this is a sign that The One, who is The United States, will come from Kenya. I'm part Kenyan, my father is Kenyan. Barack Obama is a sign of who I am.
• Like Barack Obama, I'm half black (reception) and half white (bestowal), a sign of being in a state of Receiving to Bestow, using reception in bestowal.
• I have American heritage. My name Carter comes from Robert "King" Carter, who was American. [9] Even though "King" was his nickname, this was a sign, a foretelling of the lineage to come.
• My youngest brother is married to an American. They live in Seattle, in King County, USA.
6. I Am The United Kingdom:
• I am The United Kingdom, meaning I am both the kingdom of reception and the kingdom of bestowal, an internal state known as Receiving to Bestow, when the state of reception is used in bestowal. The United Kingdom is a country that represents this internal quality known as The United Kingdom.
• As of Oct 23, 2015, Elizabeth II is the Queen of The United Kingdom. She became leader of The United Kingdom on 6 February 1952, while she was in Kenya [10] (while Kenya was still a British Colony [11]), which is a sign that The One, who is The United Kingdom, will come from Kenya. I was born and raised in Kenya. Elizabeth II is a sign of who I am.
• I have English heritage. My name Carter comes from John Carter (Robert Carter's father), who was originally from England. [12]
• My parents met in England, in The United Kingdom.
7. Pain And Suffering:
• Starting in 2009 until today, I suffer from chronic pain, as it is written, "... a man of suffering, and familiar with pain" (Isaiah 53:3, NIV), and also, "You are long-suffering ..." (Jeremiah 15:15, NIV)
• I also suffer from chronic fatigue, as it is written, "... my strength fails because of my affliction ..." (Psalm 31:10, NIV), and also, "My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe." (Daniel 10:17, NIV)
• Sometimes I groan out loud, as it is written, "In my distress I groan aloud ..." (Psalm 102:5, NIV)
• From time to time, and for various reasons, I weep inconsolably, as it is written, "My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes ..." (Job 16:16, NIV) Also, "All night long I flood my bed with weeping ..." (Psalm 6:6, NIV), and "Jesus wept." (John 11:35, NIV)
• I get cold really easily and struggle to keep warm, as it is written, "When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him." (1 Kings 1:1, NIV)
8. Family:
• I have no physical children, as it is written, "... you who never bore a child ..." (Isaiah 54:1, NIV)
• I am the only daughter of my mother, as it is written, "... the only daughter of her mother ..." (Song of Songs 6:9, NIV)
• I am a stranger to my brothers and family, as it is written, "I am a foreigner to my family, a stranger to my own mother's children." (Psalm 69:8, NIV)
• I've been forsaken by my father and mother, as it is written, "Though my father and mother forsake me ..." (Psalm 27:10, NIV)
9. Perception of Reality:
• More about the change in the perception of my reality can be found under the FAQ section of this blog and in the "I Live In Canada" section of this post, above.]
• After I went through a change in the perception of my reality, I couldn't talk about what I'd been through because I didn't have the words to express myself, as it is written, "... and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth." (Isaiah 53:7, NIV), and also, "But Jesus remained silent." (Matthew 26:63, NIV)
• With respect to my new perception of reality, I'm a child (as of Nov 13, 2015). I study online to learn more about what I'm going through. You can find me online asking questions at www.kab.tv/eng [13], as it is written, when Jesus was twelve years old, "... they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions." (Luke 2:41-46, NIV) The temple is a state of attainment.
10. Others:
• The first car I bought was a Saturn. Saturn is also a planet with rings. [14] A ring is a symbol of entering into a covenant with another. Meaning, entering into a covenant of love with The Creator, as it is written, "Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments."  (Deuteronomy 7:9, NIV) I love God with all my heart and all I want is to be with The Creator, as it is written, "In love a throne will be established ..."  (Isaiah 16:5, NIV) and also, "... a man after my own heart ..." (Acts 13:22, NIV)
• I've slept on street sidewalks, on park benches, on the ground and in my car, as it is written, "Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." (Matthew 8:20, NIV)
• For some strange reason I tend to mumble to myself, as it is written "... your speech will mumble ..." (Isaiah 29:4, NIV)
• I slapped someone once, and years later I got slapped, as it is written, "And they slapped him in the face." (John 19:3, NIV)
• I am poor and needy, as it is written, "But as for me, I am poor and needy ..." (Psalm 40:17, NIV). Also, "... whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:40, NIV)
• I tend to seek out quiet places, as it is written, "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places ..." (Luke 5:16, NIV)
• I write on paper as well as on my blogs, as it is written, "... my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer." (Psalm 45:1, NIV) Also, "Who taught by the pen". (Quran 96:4, Sahih) (New Mar 7, 2016) Of Jesus, it is written, "Isn't this the carpenter?" (Mark 6:3, NIV) CARpenTER = CARTER + pen (anagram), meaning, CARTER taught by the pen. Photo ...
• I have no broken bones, as it is written "... he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken." (Psalm 34: 20, NIV) But ...
• I have bad breath, as it is written, "My breath is offensive ..." (Job 19:17, NIV)
• I have bad body odour, as it is written, "Instead of fragrance there will be a stench ..." (Isaiah 3:24, NIV)
• I've been bald, as it is written, "... instead of well-dressed hair, baldness ..."  (Isaiah 3:24, NIV)
• (New Mar 7, 2016) I've worn sackcloth, as it is written, "... instead of fine clothing, sackcloth ..." (Isaiah 3:24, NIV) Photo ...
• I've been to Egypt, as it is written, ".. out of Egypt I called my son." (Hosea 11:1, NIV)
• I've lived through various events that are very similar to Biblical stories:
• The forbidden fruit and the snake. More ...
• No room at the inn. More ...
• I have the stigmata, as it is written, "And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them." (Quran 4:157, Sahih) More ...
• The internet, social media and other technologies have connected the whole world unlike any other time in history, which is a sign that soon we'll all be connected in mutual bestowal, seeking to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves. It is written, "... every eye will see him ..." (Revelations 1:7, NIV), which is now possible with technology.
• I perform no miracles (which might be expected from someone like me), as it is written, "Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?" (Quran 29:50, Sahih) The only miracle that will happen is the world will change from selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) to bestowal (seeking to benefit others/Nature).
• There are other signs as well, some of which are of things to come.

I'll update this list from time to time to include new signs as they unfold. Some of these signs have not been fully explained, but the purpose of this list is to show you how to read the signs and how we're all interconnected.

Our internal qualities have to change from selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) to bestowal (seeking to benefit others/Nature), and we should do so to bring contentment to The Creator.

Do not be afraid. God is with us.
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References:

1. List of countries and dependencies by area. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
2. Powell River. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
3. Powell River Kings. www.powellriverkings.com. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
4. The Powell River Peak. www.prpeak.com. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
5. Powell River Living. www.prliving.ca. Retrieved Feb 27, 2018.
6. Israel Wood Powell. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
7. Israel. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Dec 30, 2015.
8. Barack Obama. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
9. Robert Carter I. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
10. Elizabeth II. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
11. British Kenya. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Nov 17, 2015.
12. John Carter. www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
13. Kabbalah TV. www.kab.tv/eng. Retrieved Nov 13, 2015.
14. Saturn. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.

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LoOKing for Love

LoOKing for Love = Lo O King for Love = A King who is for love.

 



Benevolent Award - To The State of Japan

It is a great honour and privilege to present The State of Japan with the Carter Ngari Benevolent Award for Benefiting Others Globally - for remorsefully acknowledging Japan's role in World War II, and by so doing, benefiting others in a positive and constructive way, being a positive influence in our social environment and bringing contentment to The Creator.

Congratulations Japan. Keep up the good work.
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References:

1. Dorell, Oren (April 29, 2015). Japanese prime minister stands by apologies for Japan's WWII abuses. USA Today. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

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Benevolent Award - To Peregrin Evangelical Church

It is a great honour and privilege to present Peregrin Evangelical Church (in Ferreñafe, Peru) with the Carter Ngari Benevolent Award for Benefiting Others Locally - for giving Don Luciano Chuman a dignified life by taking care of his basic needs, and by so doing, benefiting others in a positive and constructive way, being a positive influence in our social environment and bringing contentment to The Creator.

Congratulations Peregrin Evangelical Church. Keep up the good work.
__________
References:

1. Homeless man, 83, who hadn't washed or changed in years given amazing makeover. Yahoo Canada News. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

 

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Benevolent Award - To PETA

It is a great honour and privilege to present PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) with the Carter Ngari Benevolent Award for Benefiting Nature Globally - for helping animals by focusing on animal rights, and by so doing, benefiting Nature in a positive and constructive way, being a positive influence in our social environment and bringing contentment to The Creator.

Congratulations PETA. Keep up the good work.
__________
References:

1. www.peta.org. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

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Benevolent Award - To Moshe Oz

It is a great honour and privilege to present Moshe Oz (of Kelowna, BC, Canada) with the Carter Ngari Benevolent Award for Benefiting Nature Locally - for treating Jemma, a five-week-old Border Collie puppy, by donating veterinary time, equipment, supplies and staff, and by so doing, benefiting Nature in a positive and constructive way, being a positive influence in our social environment and bringing contentment to The Creator.

Congratulations Moshe. Keep up the good work.
__________
References:

1. McLeod, Wendy (September 21, 2015). West Kelowna Vet Called a "Hero" for Saving A Puppy's Life. Kelowna Now. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

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Children

The word "children" can mean three things: Physical children, new states within our internal qualities, and other people's/Nature's desires that we adopt as our own:

1. Physical Children:
• Physical children are children who are born of women in this world. Meaning, the physical children we see all around us.
2. Our Internal Qualities:
• When we give birth to a new state within our internal qualities, for example, when we change from selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) to bestowal (seeking to benefit others/Nature), a new state, a baby, is born within us. This new state can't be seen, it can only be sensed, and it has to be nurtured and raised in the right environment in order for it to grow and develop from childhood to adulthood.
• In Scripture, the stories of people who are born of women speak of states within our internal qualities. Meaning, people such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and others (who are born of women) are actually states within our internal qualities.
3. Other People's/Nature's Desires:
• When we adopt other people's/Nature's desires as our own, and seek to benefit them instead of ourselves, they become to us as our own children. Meaning, we treat them as we would our own children, caring for them and taking care of them, making sure they have everything they need.

I get asked all the time whether or not I have children. While I don't have any physical children, I do have children within my internal qualities, as it is written, "... The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son ..." (Isaiah 7:14, NIV). Also, all the people in the world (and all of Nature) are my children.

The word  "children" can mean three things - physical children, new states within our internal qualities, and other people's/Nature's desires that we adopt as our own.

In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves.

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Happiness In English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, French and Russian

The Hypocrisy Of The American Dream

Updated Jul 25, 2015.

The American dream [1] promises opportunities for success for anyone willing to work hard for it. It's rooted in the 1776 Declaration of Independence, which states, "... all men are created equal ..." Equal to do what? Equal to engage in aggressive competition where people seek to be greater than others? This isn't equality, it's hypocrisy.

How can you on the one hand say "all men are created equal", yet on the other hand expect them to engage in aggressive competition where everyone is seeking to be better than others, thereby creating inequality?

Here are my notes:

1. Societies Built On Selfishness:
• Today, we're all immersed in selfishness, seeking to benefit ourselves with no regard for others. The European societies of old were also built on the quality of selfishness. 
• Emigrants left Europe for America fleeing poverty, oppression and the injustices of aristocratic governments that sought to benefit themselves at the expense of everyone else. Money, power and authority was consolidated in the hands of a few.
• New American immigrants set out to create a country where "all men are created equal". However, the people didn't change, meaning their selfish nature didn't change, so the USA was also built on the quality of selfishness, where everyone was (and still is) seeking to benefit themselves at the expense of everyone else. The result? Poverty, oppression, and the injustices of the division of wealth (the huge gap between the rich and poor). Money, power and influence is consolidated in the hands of a few - those with the ability to best acquire it. Have the Americans created the country they originally set out to create? No. The USA is identical to the Europe that early immigrants originally fled.
• Every time mankind has tried to be better than others, to dominate others, to control others, to subjugate others etc., it's failed. Why? Because such systems don't work. The discrepancies created by such systems leads to tension and conflict, which ultimately results in its demise.
• The only solution is connection. We have to change from selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) to bestowal (seeking to benefit others and Nature).
2. Aggressive Competition & The Aristocratic Mentality:
• Aggressive competition creates an aristocratic mentality. People who engage in aggressive competition seek to be better than others, to be greater than others, to be more important than others, to be richer than others etc. This is the same aristocratic mentality that existed in Europe, that early emigrants originally fled. 
• The USA is built on aggressive competition:
• In business, people are expected to engage in aggressive competition in order to be greater than others. This isn't equality. How can you be equal to others when you're trying to be better than them?
• It brings out a type of business aristocracy - the aristocratic rich and everyone else.
• Are "all men created equal"? No, not when everyone is trying to be better than others. Not when there's a huge gap between the rich and the poor.
• In sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, tennis etc.), athletes are expected to engage in aggressive competition in order to be greater than others. This isn't equality. How can you be equal to others when you're trying to be better than them?
• It brings out a type of sports aristocracy - the aristocratic winner and everyone else.
• Are "all men created equal"? No, not when everyone is trying to be better than others. Not when there's one winner and a whole bunch of losers.
• In foreign affairs, Americans engage in aggressive competition with other nations in order to be greater than them. This isn't equality. How can you be equal to others when you're trying to be better than them?
• It brings out a type of country aristocracy - the aristocratic Americans and everyone else.
• Are "all men created equal"? No, not when the USA thinks it's better than everyone else.
• Some people justify aggressive competition as a motivator that brings out the best in us. It doesn't, it only brings out our most egoistic side. Also:
• When people seek to benefit themselves, their potential is limited because they're only thinking about themselves; however, when people seek to benefit others/Nature, their potential is unlimited because they're thinking of others and all of Nature.
• Love is an even greater motivator. A mother, who is motivated by love, will do anything for her children, to ensure they're well taken care of. Even when she's sick, she still performs her motherly duties.
• Cooperation and collaboration is better than aggressive competition. Nature is an integral system that's interconnected and interdependent. Nature is pushing us to connect and we must do so through mutual cooperation and collaboration.
3. Equality:
• "All men are created equal" in that we all have the same basic needs, including food, water, clothing, shelter etc.
• We need to simply our lives and focus only on meeting our basic needs. We need to ensure that the basic needs of everyone on earth are met.
• All men are not created equal in terms of our abilities and talents. Different people have different talents, strengths, abilities, ambition, etc. We're different and we have different roles to play in society. In the USA (and around the world), those with the greatest talents, skills, abilities, ambition, connections, prestigious family heritage etc., are the ones most likely to succeed. This isn't equality, it's people taking advantage of their God-given potential, attributes and station in life to benefit themselves at the expense of others.
• We all have different God-given potential. If John's God-given potential output is 100 and Peter's God-given potential output is 10, it would be extremely unfair to expect John to aggressively compete against Peter because John would win every time. In his frustration, Peter may resort to undesirable practices to compete with John. However, if both John and Peter used their God-given potential to benefit others/Nature, they'd be equal because they'd both be working at their full potential, John at 100 and Peter at 10. Even though John's output (of 100) is greater than Peter's output (of 10), it doesn't mean John is working any harder, it comes to him naturally because it's his God-given potential. Since they're both working at their full potential, they're both equal, even though they're different, and they have different roles to play. With love as a motivator, John would use his full potential to benefit others/Nature and Peter would use his full potential to benefit others/Nature.
• Equality means one thing in selfishness and it means something else in bestowal:
• In selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves), the phrase, "all men are created equal" means all men have the equal opportunity to engage in aggressive competition, to selfishly seek to benefit themselves (even at the expense of others), to use their God-given potential and attributes to benefit themselves (for their own selfish profit and gain), to try and be better than others etc. The result is inequality.
• In bestowal (seeking to benefit others and Nature), the phrase, "all men are created equal" means all men have the equal opportunity to do good to others, to benefit others/Nature in a positive and constructive way, to use their God-given potential and attributes to benefit others/Nature etc. The result is TRUE equality, with everyone using his/her potential to benefit others/Nature.
• We have to change from selfishness to bestowal.

The American dream, where "all men are created equal", is hypocritical because the American society is rooted in selfishness, driven by aggressive competition where people are seeking to exploit others for their own personal profit and gain. The result is inequality - poverty, oppression, winners and losers, and a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

The only way the USA can realize its dream, where "all men are created equal", is if people change from selfishness to bestowal and seek to benefit others/Nature instead of themselves. This will result in TRUE equality.

The USA has a big influence on the entire world. If positive and constructive change comes to the USA, the entire world will be positively affected. It's not just the USA that has to change, the entire world has to change from selfishness to bestowal, from aggressive competition to cooperation and collaboration.

It's time to leave the old, archaic, aristocratic mentality behind, the mentality of engaging in aggressive competition and trying to be better than others. It's time to unite in mutual bestowal, in a mentality of benevolence, cooperation, collaboration, compassion and empathy, where everyone is seeking to benefit others/Nature instead of themselves. If we all did this, we'd all be truly equal.

We're different and we have different roles to play, but we're all one family. In everything we do, we should use our God-given potential to seek to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves.

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References:

1. American Dream. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Jul 13, 2015.
2. Declaration Of Independence. www.archives.gov. Retrieved Jul 13, 2015.

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Why Are We Obsessed With Being Better Than Others?

Updated July 12, 2015.

We're obsessed with being better than others because we're immersed in the quality of selfishness, seeking to benefit ourselves with no regard for others or Nature. The quality of selfishness wants to be greater than, better than and important than others.

Some people justify this behaviour by saying aggressive competitive brings out the best in us. It doesn't. It brings out our most egoistic side, which is negative and destructive.

It's better to cooperate and collaborate than to engage in aggressive competition.

Here are my notes:

1. Money & Wealth:
• Businesses - Today, businesses are driven by aggressive competition. Most companies seek to make as much money as possible - to be the richest, to be the biggest, to have the highest market share, to have the highest profits etc. They pursue their I'm Better Than Others title at the expense of others, exploiting other businesses, employees and customers to achieve their selfish goals.
• Individuals - Today, individuals are driven to make as much money as possible - to have the biggest house, the nicest car, the most expensive possessions etc. They pursue their I'm Better Than Others title in order to feel greater than others. However, these pleasures are fleeting and they're left feeling even more empty than before.
2. Sports:
• Today, sports is driven by aggressive competition. Most sporting organization (and individual athletes) want to be the champion. They're also motivated by money because winners get prizes and endorsements. The problem in sports is that there is only one winner and a whole bunch of losers. Athletes pursue their I'm Better Than Others title at the expense of others, hoping others will lose, so they can win.
3. Countries:
• Today, countries are driven by aggressive competition. Some countries seek to gain the most power, control and wealth. Countries pursue their I'm Better Than Others title at the expense of others countries.

In the story of Snow White [1], a wicked queen constantly asks her mirror, "Who's the fairest one of all?" and expects her mirror to reply, "You're the fairest one of all". This is where we are today - we're the wicked queen, obsessed with being better than others.

The wicked queen represents the quality of selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) and Snow White represents the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others and Nature). We have to change from selfishness to bestowal, from the wicked queen to Snow White.

Instead of being motivated by aggressive competition, we should be motivated by love. E.g., a mother, motivated by love, works tirelessly to provide for her children.

We're all one family and we should treat each other as one family. Competing aggressively with other family members and exploiting them for our own personal profit and gain seems inappropriate and out of place. It's more appropriate to see ourselves as having different roles to play in our worldwide global family.

Instead of seeking to benefit ourselves and being obsessed with being better than others, we should seek to do good to others, to benefit them in a positive and constructive way.

Cooperation and collaboration is better than aggressive competition. In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves.

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References:

1. Snow White: www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

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Living In A World Without Money

We don't need money, we just need each other.

If all the money in the world disappeared, what would happen to us? Would we all cease to exist? Not at all. It's possible to live in a world without money, but we have to change from selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) to bestowal (seeking to benefit others/Nature).

So then how would we live?

• Volunteer: We'd all volunteer our services. Instead of working for money, we'd work to benefit others and Nature. When we contribute to society in a positive and constructive way, society would in turn take care of us. If you look around you, there are people with a wide variety of skills, talents, abilities and traits. If everyone volunteered their services to society, together, we have what it takes to create a great society without money.
• Basic Needs: We need to simply our lives. We need to focus only on meeting our basic needs - food, water, clothing, shelter etc. If our basic needs are met, what else do we need? We don't need anything else to live. Imagine living in a world where food, water, clothing, shelter is all free. It would simplify our lives tremendously. We could have community kitchens/dining rooms, clothing facilities, simple dwellings etc. It's possible.
• Education: We need to learn about bestowal, how to benefit others and Nature. There are so many ways that we can benefit each other and Nature. Education will be a big part of the transformation.
• Motivated By Love: How can we ensure fairness in such a system, to ensure some people don't take advantage of others? We'd be motivated by love. When you love others, you give everything of yourself to them without any calculations and without expecting anything in return. If we all did this, it would work.
• Bestowal is the key. Instead of seeking to benefit ourselves, we should seek to benefit others/Nature. If we all lived to benefit others/Nature, we'd become connected in mutual bestowal. Our focus would be on our connection, and connection makes us happy.

It is possible to live in a world without money. All we need is each other. In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves.

Don't be afraid. God is with us.

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Connection - Changing From Selfishness To Bestowal

This YouTube video [1] shows how today, we're all immersed in selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) and how we have to change from selfishness to bestowal, and seek to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves.

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References:

1. Cogwheels. www.youtube.com. Retrieved Jul 2, 2015.

Countries And The Internal States They Represent

Updated Jul 2, 2015.

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This post is a work in progress and is subject to changes, revisions, edits and deletions.

The United States of America, The United Kingdom, The United Arab Emirates and other countries must support Israel because of the internal qualities that these countries represent.

Different physical countries represent different states within our internal qualities. For example:

• The United States of America, with its 50 united states, represents a specific state of bestowal within our internal qualities.
• The United Kingdom represents a specific state of bestowal within our internal qualities.
• The United Arab Emirates represents a specific state of bestowal within our internal qualities.
• Israel (Ysrael) comes from two Hebrew words Yashar El, which means "straight to God". A person who seeks to benefit others/Nature to bring contentment to The Creator is called Israel.
• The internal state of Israel creates these other internal states - The United States, The United Kingdom and The United Arab Emirates. These internal states can't exist without the internal state of Israel. 
• Israel is the key to salvation, as Jesus himself said, "... salvation is from the Jews." (John 4:22, NIV)
• (Other countries shouldn't feel left out as these are but a few examples.)

There are two things to note:

1. The actual physical countries - Israel, The United States, The United Kingdom, The United Arab Emirates etc.
• Which are considered 'the branch', the result.
2. The internal qualities that these countries represent.
• Which are considered 'the root', the cause.
• The ability to connect one's internal qualities with the actual physical countries is connected to The Mirror Effect - what you see on the outside is a reflection of who you are on the inside, which is connected to perception of reality.

The physical countries represent states of bestowal that we haven't yet attained. At the moment, we're all immersed in selfishness, seeking to benefit ourselves. We have to change from selfishness to bestowal and seek to benefit others/Nature instead of ourselves. When we enter into bestowal, we'll become aligned with the countries that represent the various states of bestowal. (At the moment, we're in selfishness living in countries that represent bestowal. This discrepancy has to be rectified.)

Israel is the key. Some people think that Jesus nullified the role of the Jews and Israel; however, Jesus himself said, "... salvation is from the Jews." (John 4:22, NIV) Meaning, the Jews and Israel had a role to play in the past and they'll have a role to play again in the near future. They are God's chosen people, chosen to serve The Creator, to benefit others/Nature in order to bring contentment to The Creator, to set an example to the whole world and to teach the whole world about bestowal.

Without the internal state called Israel, salvation can't be attained, unity can't be achieved and the connect with The Creator can't be realized.

While I'm talking about our internal qualities, there are implications for the actual physical countries that represent these internal qualities. Meaning, The actual physical countries of the United States, The United Kingdom, The United Arab Emirates and other countries must support the country of Israel because of the internal qualities that all these countries represent. In doing so, the root becomes aligned with the branch. Meaning, our internal qualities become aligned with what we see manifested in reality.

May The God of Israel guide us, may He lead us and may He show us the way.
God is with us and to Him we shall all return.

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Perspective Affects Our Understanding

Our perspective affects our understanding. Here's an example of a dad who sometimes disciplines his son and sometimes gives his son gifts:

1. The Dad Disciplines His Son:
• From the point of view of the dad, it's out of love
• From the point of view of the son, his dad is "bad"
2. The Dad Gives His Son Gifts:
• From the point of view of the dad, it's out of love
• From the point of view of the son, his dad is "good"

• The Dad's Point Of View:
• Never changes
• Everything he does is out of love
• The Son's Point of View:
• Changes
• Sometimes his dad is "bad", sometimes his dad is "good"
• When the son becomes older he'll have a different perspective and he'll come to see that everything his dad did was out of love.

It is written, "I the LORD do not change." (Malachi 3:6, NIV) Meaning, nothing bad has ever happened to us, other or all of Nature. We're surrounded by love, we just have to realize it. We may not realize it now because we have a limited perspective, but when our perception of reality changes, eventually we'll come to see The Truth.

Knowing that we're surrounded by love doesn't mean that we can do whatever we want, not at all. In everything we do, we should seek to benefit other and Nature instead of ourselves.

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The One

Updated Jul 2, 2015

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Here are some notes about Jesus and The One, people from scripture and The One, and the different religions and The One:

1. Jesus And The One
• Jesus said he would be seated at the right hand of the power of God. (Luke 22:69, Interlinear)
• Jesus is one state and "the power of God" is another state. Both states exist within one person, that person being The One.
• Muslims believe that in the end times, Isa (Jesus) will return to help The Mahdi ("guided one"). This is consistent with Luke 22:69 above.
• Isa (Jesus) is one state and The Mahdi is another state. Both states exist within one person, that person being The One.
• Jesus (the state of Jesus) will unite Israel, as Jesus himself said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." (Matthew 15:24, NIV)
• The One (the state of The One) will unite the whole world into One, as it is written, "... they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest ..." (Jeremiah 31:34, NIV) 
2. People From Scripture And The One:
• In the end times, Elijah is expected to return, as it is written, "See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes." (Malachi 4:5, NIV)
• In fact, everyone will return - from Adam and Eve, to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, King David, the prophets, Jesus, the prophet Muhammad and all others mentioned in Scripture. Scripture is the story of our attainment and adhesion with The Creator, and The One will attain all these different states. All these different states are attained by one person, that person being The One.
3. Different Religions And The One:
• Different religions are expecting someone to return in the end times:
• Jews are expecting the mashiach (The Messiah, "anointed one"). [2]
• Christians are expecting the second coming of Jesus. [3]
• Muslims are expecting The Mahdi and Isa (Jesus). [1]
• Other different religions are also expecting someone too.
• That person is The One. The different religions will coalesce, come together in one person, that person being The One.

Jesus is a state within The One, all people mentioned in Scripture will return as different states within The One, and the person the different religions are expecting to return in the end times is in fact one person, that person being The One.

In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.

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References:

1. Mahdi. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Jun 28, 2015.
2. Jewish messianism. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Jun 28, 2015.
3. Second Coming. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Jun 28, 2015.

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God Doesn't Use Good Looks To Convey His Message

Companies often use good looks and sex appeal to sell their products. God doesn't use good looks or sex appeal to convey his message. Here are some notes:

1. How Companies Sell Their Products:
• Companies often use good looking people and sex appeal to sell their products. Many advertising campaigns feature a beautiful woman and/or a handsome man to sell their products, even though the good looking person has nothing to do with the product being sold. For example, you might see a beautiful woman responding orgasmically to a piece of chocolate she's just eaten.
• This does two things:
• It makes people believe that if they buy the product, they'll be just as good looking and sexually desirable as the person in the ad, and
• It makes people believe that the product is 'good looking' and 'sexually desirable', and if they buy the product it will fulfill them in more ways than it actually will. The product is offered as a sexually fulfilling relationship. Who needs anything else, when you have the product, right? All lies. People buy the product, it doesn't fulfill them as they expected and they're left feeling even more empty than before.
2. How God Conveys His Message:
• God doesn't use good looks or sex appeal to convey his message:
• Of God's servant it is written, "... his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness ..." (Isaiah 52:14, NIV)
• It is also written, "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem." (Isaiah 53:2-3, NIV)
• God's message stands on its own, without the focus being on the person delivering the message. It's not about the person delivering the message, it's about the message itself.
3. A Mother's Love For Her Children:
• A mother's love for her children or a father's love for his children has nothing to do with the parent's good looks or the children's good looks. Looks has nothing to do with how much a parent loves their children. Love is love and looks has nothing to do with it.

Companies often use aggressive advertising campaigns to brainwash us to believe that their products are more desirable than they actually are because they use good looking people and sex appeal to sell their products. By contrast, God doesn't use good looks or sex appeal to convey his message because God's message stands alone.

In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.

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Perception Of Reality

Updated Jun 28, 2015

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Perception of reality is how a person perceives reality.

When a person goes through a change in the perception of their reality, it means that the way they perceive reality changes from perceiving reality one way to perceiving reality in another way.

Here are some notes:

1. Phenomenon Of The Quality Of Bestowal:
• A person who goes through a change in the perception of their reality does so from the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others and Nature). A person can't go through a change in the perception of their reality from the quality of selfishness (seeking to benefit themselves). Today, we're all immersed in the quality of selfishness. We have to change from selfishness to bestowal. Once we're in bestowal, we'll experience phenomenon of the quality of bestowal, such as going through a change in the perception of our reality.
2. The Creator Changes Our Perception Of Reality:
• The Creator is the one who changes our perception of reality. A person can't change his/her own perception of reality. Also, it's not something that happens by chance, by coincidence or by some unknown trigger in Nature. It's The Creator who does it, it's almost as though we're asleep and He wakes us up. Cry out to The Creator for help and ask Him to bring you to the quality of bestowal.
3. Revelation:
• When a person goes through a change in the perception of their reality, it's not that a new reality is created, but that a new reality is revealed. That new reality already exists, even now, but it's concealed from us. Going through a change in the perception of one's reality reveals that concealed reality to us.
4. The Truth:
• When a person goes through a change in the perception of their reality, they see The Truth. A person can only come to The Truth through bestowal. The Truth already exists, even now, but it's concealed from us. In our old perception of reality, The Truth is concealed. In our new perception of reality, The Truth is revealed.
5. Two Internal Qualities - Selfishness And Bestowal:
• When a person goes through a change in the perception of their reality, they see The Truth. For the first time they see two internal qualities:
• They see the quality of selfishness (in themselves)
• Initially, they feel really bad about the way they've treated others but this passes once they realize that nothing bad has ever happened to us, others or Nature, we're surrounded by love, we just have to realize it.
• They see the quality of bestowal (in others and all of Nature)
• Initially, they don't know how to react and relate to people in their social environment (family, friends etc.) and they may feel compelled to leave their social environment. Eventually, as they grow, they come to treat people in their social environment (family, friends etc.) as they would everyone else, through love of friends, seeking to benefit others instead of themselves.
6. Two Realities:
• When a person goes through a change in the perception of their reality, it doesn't mean that they leave their old perception of reality behind and enter into a new perception of reality. They're born into a new perception of reality, but they're able to perceive two realities at once:
• Their old perception of reality, where they felt isolated, alone and disconnected from others and Nature, and
• A new additional perception of reality, where they feel connected and integrated with others and Nature.
• Perhaps in time, the old perception of reality will disappear and all that will be left will be the new perception of reality. Perhaps.
7. Changing Perception Of Reality:
• When a person goes through a change in the perception of their reality, their perception of reality may keep changing:
• Sometimes they may feel as though they're the only person in selfishness, everyone else is in bestowal (seeking to benefit them). This makes them want to change from selfishness to bestowal, to be like everyone else.
• Sometimes they may feel as though they're the only person in bestowal, everyone else is in selfishness. This makes them feel as though the whole world depends on them.
• Eventually they come to realize that they've always been in bestowal and that nothing bad has ever happened to them, others or all of Nature, that we're surrounded by love, we just have to realize it.
• Sometimes they may feel The Mirror Effect, that the world outside of them is a reflection of their internal qualities, that they and the world are one and the same.
• Sometimes they may feel as though they're a creator, influencing the events of the world around them.
• Sometimes they may feel as through others/Nature and The Creator are one and the same.
8. New Perceptions:
• When a person goes through a change in the perception of their reality, over time, they continue to experience new, subtle, additional changes in the perception of their reality, new things that they hadn't initially perceived before.
• As they grow within the quality of bestowal, their perception of reality also 'grows'.
9. Shocking Event:
• Going through a change in the perception of one's reality can be a shocking event. At first, a person may not be able to speak about the event (even for years) because they're trying to come to terms with what they're perceiving and what they're going through. It takes time to adjust. (Just as a baby born in this world can't speak when it's first born).

Going through a change in the perception of one's reality is a phenomenon that a person experiences from the quality of bestowal. Ask the creator to bring you to bestowal.

In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others and Nature instead of ourselves.

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