₦airaland Forum

Our negative thoughts and emotions have been the reason for our backwardness.
If we truly are right in thoughts and conclusions, we won't repeatedly elect bad leaders, thereby won't find ourselves in the mess we are today as a nation.

Our thinking as a people is too negative.

SocialJustice:
I tire jare. God should help us because only one asymptomatic person in the wrong crowded place will bring Lagos to her knees. COVID hunger talk will end as people battle for their lives.

I hope and pray the novel doesn't cause a magnitude of havoc cos no one is spared, even me behind this keyboard. Truth is Covid 19 is real, Hunger is real too, we pray our Leaders get it right in this trying times.
Thanks for the reply.

Talentempire:
If you have ever enjoyed one thing from this country Nigeria
As a citizen please share with us.

Learning from harsh conditions of my environment is a good thing this country have done for me.
If I was born in a comfortable environment, I probably won't desire to become a better person. If you doubt me, go read stories of successful men all over the world, they mostly rose through poor backgrounds and harsh conditions.

hardeycute:
We need to learn from the past in order to avoid making same mistakes.

But that's our problem, we fail repeatedly making the same mistakes. Seems we derive pleasure doing the same thing over and over again.

Revisiting the past multiple times is a mistake on its own.

The PTF Chairman's call is a valid one, but he also failed in his leadership roles during the burial of the late Abba Kyari. Nigerians love excuses and they'll use that to pull him in.

Like I keep saying, bad Leadership and Followership are major problems befalling Nigeria and Nigerians.

Nigerians are the toughest set of humans to govern in the world.

SocialJustice:
God forbid, I reject it for Lagos.

What if it's Covid 19? Being superstitious and fanatical is a major negative for Nigeria, we live in denial even when the truth stare in our eyes.

We love to repeatedly visit the past that we forget there is a future. I guess we move on from here.

Kudos to the Agbero.
It's a matter of time, people will gradually adjust to the new system. Even in our personal lives, altering habits can be very tough.

Nigerians are in deed going through tough times. I believe we all can survive this period if we decide to unite while providing collective solutions to our problems, especially finance.

Now is the time for Nigerians to work on their honesty, sincerity, loyalty and faithfulness in the other person. By imbibing these qualities, someone somewhere can trust you enough with life changing opportunities.

A dishonest person will find opportunities a hard thing to come by. Change your ways and change your life.

If you doubt me, put up the practice of "unconditional love & honesty", you'll then realize what your life become.

ifex370:
When will this yoruba igbo struggle come to an end?


Can't we all just shun evil when we see it?


I thank God the true nature of things I see on nairaland does not actually reflect in real society.. Cos the yorubas I know are cool people.


Naira land really gave me a wrong perspective for years.

Same thing with Igbos, Igbos are cool people.
The Nairaland world defers from reality.

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Mynd44
Seun

Let's help Nigerians upgrade their perspectives through Spiritual Enlightenment, kindly move this to front page.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1.0 Bible verses on thoughts
1.1 Reasons for Africa/Nigeria Backwardness
1.2 Definition of Spirituality and Religiosity
1.3 Did Jesus came to teach Spirituality or Religiosity?
1.5 The Components/Organs of the Spirit
1.6 How does my thoughts affects my realities?
1.7 Conclusion

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1.0 Bible Verses on Thoughts

To start with, in the Book of GENESIS 1:27 "So God created human beings, making them to be like himself, He created them male & female". The Bible verse tells that we are created in God's image. Does this mean God is a physical being with nose, eyes, ears, mouth etc?

Let's check this out, the Book of JOHN 4:24 "God is Spirit and only by the power of His Spirit can people worship Him as He really is". What does that tell you? It tells you that God is not a physical being, rather a Spirit.

The Book of Hebrews 12:9 "In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them, how much more do we submit to Spiritual Father and live! What does this verse mean? It tells that God is the Father of all spirits.


The Book of Psalms 82:6 "You are gods, I said, all of you are children of the Most High". What does this imply? It tells us we are the children of God the Father of spirits. That is, humans are spirits.

Now, in the Book of Isaiah 55:8 "My thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways are not your ways". What does this mean? It means God(our Father) have thoughts just like we his children, humans have thoughts, but our thoughts are different from His. He said "His ways are not our ways" cos His thoughts influences His ways just like our human thoughts affects our actions.

He gave us a model of thoughts we should imbibe as evident in the Book of Philippians 4:8 "Whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things".

Also in the Book of Proverbs 23:7 "As someone thinks within himself, so he is".

The Book of Romans 12:2 "Do not copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then, you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect". What does this verse mean? It means, you must pay the sacrifice of choosing to change your thoughts from negative to positive so you can be transformed by God into a new creature. This verse tells that the world have a standard of customs and behavior (religion).

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1.1 Reasons for Africa/Nigeria Backwardness

The fundamental reason for Africa/Nigeria struggles and backwardness is due to her "lost definition of Spirituality". Africans/Nigerians have mistaken Spirituality for Religiosity, thereby causing a society of confused hypocritical people.
Also, our mistake of thinking Religiosity for Spirituality have caused us to make tiny or no progress in our earthy missions.
A major African/Nigerian populace perceives their problems from the outside instead of within. We are quick to blame our neighbors for faults that was created through misunderstandings of our own.
The negatives living in our hearts creates sadden thoughts that affects our relation with our neighbors, which in turn demands negative reactions from our neighbors.
We then behold an environment of enemies due to our negative thoughts. Am environment of enemies creates less opportunities.
We often pray for Divine assistance even though our hearts is filled with greed, selfishness, envy, hatred etc... all of which have been sabotaging Divine answers to our prayers.

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1.2 Definition of Spirituality and Religiosity
What is Spirituality? According to me
Spirituality is an abstract string that have a direct influence in our physical world realities.That is,the spirit controls the physical.

What is Religiosity? According to me
Religiosity is organized beliefs meant to influence the followers of such religion to behave in a certain way.

Spirituality is a continuous discovery of oneself while Religiosity remain stale and unchanged.

Spirituality will make you progress while Religiosity affects you to remain the same.

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1.3 Did Jesus came to teach Spirituality or Religiosity?
Jesus came to teach Spirituality and it's practical ways of effecting it in our everyday lives. Study Luke 11:37–54 and Matthew 23:1–39. Mark 12:35–40 and Luke 20:45–47.

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1.4 The Components/Organs of the Spirit
The Spirit just like the physical body have its own components/organs. Some of the Spiritual components are (i) The thoughts (ii) the imaginations (iii) the visions (iv) the feelings (v) the emotions. All of these components of the Spirit listed are responsible for your Realities in the Physical world. When you abandon the usage of your thoughts, imaginations, visions, feelings and emotions, you will be influenced by outside elements which causes you to be Spiritually crippled.

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1.5 How does my thoughts affects my realities?
Example 1:
I think of watching my darling Man United play Chelsea this weekend. My thoughts then caused me to imagine Odion Ighalo scoring 3 goals against Chelsea, the excitement I felt thinking & imagining Man United beating Chelsea will influence me priotise watching the football match, which I then carry out in action by walking from my house physically to the viewing center so as to fulfill my thoughts and imaginations (spiritual).

Example 2:
I think of becoming financially independent so I can be able to have enough to invest in charity. Then I begin to think of problems in the society and innovative ways of solving them. My thoughts then called my attention to cash crops and how it is going to ease hunger in the society.
This thought then propelled me to actions by meeting farmers and other relevant parties. Myself and the parties agreed on a deal and behold, my thoughts have become realities.

Example 3:
I think am old enough to have a life partner with some certain qualities of interest, like she must be intelligent. dark in complexion, compassionate and charitable. This thought of the kind of partner I desire guides my sense of choice where I will hardly make mistake of choosing the best woman for my soul.

Example 4:
Before I travel to Abuja, I thought about it;
Before I bought a brand new IVM SUV, I thought about it;
Before I chose to listen to Timi Dakolo song, I thought about it;
Before I send cash to my fiancee, I thought about it;
Before I call my Mum on phone to check on her, I thought about it;
Before I visit the Orphanage, I thought about it;
Before I pay a visit to the prison, I thought about it;
Before I go sharing free meal to Ajegunle residents. I thought about it.

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1.6 Conclusion
Our thoughts have a direct influence on our actions while our actions determines the consequences we bear.
Alter your mind from negative thoughts and imbibe positivity. Positive thoughts alone is enough to unsurp joy and happiness from within.
CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
Shalom!

zedman1:
I like people who think like this, sadly there are only a few people left
who think critically and objectively.

I feel there is quite a number of right thinking Nigerians out there, many are just afraid to come out of their holes.
Thanks for the feedback.

Davash222:
This unnecessary too much attention on these Almajiris is now pissing me off!

Like you mean they aren't humans?
What majority fail to understand is that Almajiris are victims of the culture & system of the North. If a German child is raised and exposed to the Almajiri system, he'll be the same like those children up North.
If you Davash were born in America, you probably would be the best Media Analyst by now. Just thank God for your own life. Life is nothing but a priviledge.

This is what Nigeria & Nigerians should be doing, leading Africa with innovativeness. Unfortunately, we are led by those who care less about we citizens.
Unfortunately, we citizens are too self-centered to realize life purpose.
Talents and Destinies are trapped here in Nigeria due to "bad Leadership and bad Followership".
Unfortunately, many talents shall perish and destinies unfulfilled.

Mccullum:
But Shekarau... Deserve it.

My man, David was a killer, David was a murderer, David was a wife snatcher. What happened after all of David's deeds? He was pronounced by God as the man after His heart. Men of David's age could have misjudged him, am not trying to defend terrorism but am trying to make you understand that you have no right to judge another, leave all judgements to The Most High.

dazzlingd:
Trash....so shekau and terrorists dont deserve to die

If only you understand the meaning of the Transfiguration of the Soul, you'll wish no man death.

Urchman200:
u too are part of the problem, I am igboman but supported Buhari with no political interest basically on progress, I have come to realise that supporting ur own is not ethnicity just like u are doing, if Osinbajo is too good their is someone in my own region that is better.

Alright, thank you.

Temptee101:
Lies!

Some people are better of dead than being alive.

Pray you don't encounter evil people in your life.

Some people deserves to die while you deserve to live, right? The African mind is the reason for her backwardness.

dazzlingd:
Trash....so shekau and terrorists dont deserve to die

There are more than a thousand reasons why you deserve to die, you have no right to judge any man.

Urchman200:
well the foundation of Nigeria is built on ethnicity, so some people have been voting for development ever since the creation of Nigeria, that is y they see them as people who do not know how to play politics in Nigeria.

You knew this problem of ethnicity but you still decide to be part of the problem?

Urchman200:
what do u have against supporting igbo candidate? Igbos have supported candidate from other regions, don't u think it will be ok to support them based on equity and fairness?

You are still being ethnical.

ozoebuka1:
You are right, but I didn't try to hype myself like you did with osibanjo... We are all in the same category. Osibanjo hasn't done anything remarkable even though he has every opportunity to attain that because buhari isn't all that fit, yet osibanjo has failed to impress.

Don't hype him around me please. We talk objectively here not sentimentally.

My man, this is a public forum where am deem fit to post my views on any topic, the same right you enjoy.
But one thing you must stick in your mind is, I owe nobody explanations for my views, I could have chose to ignore your mention but here I am replying you, you need to respect that.

Urchman200:
I agree with u 100%, but will like to asked u this ,if Osinbajo is an igboman will u support him? I know igbos have a lot of Osinbajo in their region let dig deep and support them ok.

What if I told you am a hard bent supporter of GEJ. I look out for qualities in men, not their religion or ethnicity.
I am highly loved in my community due to my views which accomodates all.

The world is taking a new pace, I pray Nigerians realise on time & conform.
For those who thinks everything will go back to its old ways, you need to revisit your realities.

DukeNija:
That’s exactly my point. Your views are inhumane.
Loving a dictator who has killed his people for sport and deprived them of the basic human entitlements can be compared to loving Adolf Hitler for murdering 2million Jews. And we’re complaining of Buhari?

Alright, thanks for your time.

Koolking:
Come on, let us be objective, If the Igbos had any chance it was during the PDP era. Their loyalty and contributions for the success of PDP were unquestionable. They refused to learn after the defeat of PDP in 2015. Politics is not emotions, it's a game of interest and making partnerships that work. The Igbos cling too tight to PDP for my likings and choose to play trivial opposition. Not until they realise their mistakes and play real politics, politics devoid of senseless propaganda and hatred, ethnic and religious division. Politics of at least strong tripartite union, the East (South South), the west and the north. This is a common union in Nigeria that determine presidency. Their contributions to the party in power must be felt. The can't continue to put all their eggs in one basket, lest they continue to play the second fiddle.

Hhmmm... Great views, am still learning.

ozoebuka1:
tell me one particular thing osibanjo has done apart from speaking good English?

Tell me one plain thing you've done for your country aside from wailing & complaining about how others aren't making things happen for your personal gain?

KosiGee:
Osibanjo might be a good man, well educated and experienced but sorry he is not right person to lead Nigeria.
He will abandon you and disappear when the going gets tough. He lacks the voice to speak up against evil. He lacks the courage to look people in the face, address and confront their wickedness.
He hides when you need him to be a man and a leader. He lacks the qualities of a leader.

I pray God never allow such men to oversee our affairs.

You need to pick up books on leadership so as to gain more insights on what leadership is all about.

srclark:
he his a regular visitor to this fertilizer factory in pyongyang (he has visited there more than 30 times) i watched this in a documentary so the vidoe could have been done on any of the visits

Thanks for the info.

DukeNija:
You love Kim Jong Un? Now I understand why Hitler had so many supporters and people worship Satan.

Stick to your views and let me stick to mine.

PicLtd:
I don't think so.

Osinbajo is head of the economic team of the present dispensation that oversaw the downward trend of the naira from 2015 till date after going around promising to fix the naira during election campaigns.

A Dollar was N215 when they took power, today it is N480 in just 4 years. To put it mildly, Osinbajo failed miserably.

Your opinion, you are entitiled to it.