Some insects like termites which we think are our enemies and destroy our properties, they are great builders and designers. If we're at peace with them, you will just instruct a host of them to build a house for you,they would invite their friends and seek the services of other animals to build a nice structure for you. Some animals can manufacture paints and paint your house. The bees that you think are your enemies are natural doctors, the honey they produce is a medicine, the sting of a bee is natural vaccine (though you think is poison). They are polinators too. The bees can extract medicine from plants and inject them into you. Our problem is that we don't understand animals and animals don't understand us because we terminate the unity. Man, out of selfishness thinks that animal is for food and so hunt and kill them. That is our problem.

There are animals who can convey you and your loads to wherever you want to go without charging you a kobo. They will happily do this because they are naturaly endowed with the ability to do it. But we've chased these ones away and term them wild animals. Humans killed out of existence some of this animals who were to be our helpers. Now we are complaining of high cost of Transportation and fuel subsidy whatever. Do you know that there are animals who could turn turbines to generate electricity if they are trained to do so? There are those who can grind your pepper,melon,maize etc. But we choose to go for machines that use petrol/diesel/oil/gas etc. As a result, these polute the air and damage our environment, damage our lungs and respiratory system. The amount of poisonous gas released into the air by operation of these engines and vehicles is posting a serious threat to human existence and the atmosphere.

Do you know that birds are messengers that can deliver your message to whoever you want to send them? If we're in peace with them, you would write your message in a paper and tie it to a bird's leg, tell the bird the address and the name of the receiver and it will deliver the message for you and bring back the reply. Some 'mystics' know how to do this but will not reveal this knowledge to you until you are initiated into their secret coven. Some birds can fly to any continent of the world without any passport. They will happily run an errand for you without any charge. Whitemen have been able to train dogs to act as security. Some dogs can lead a blind person to his destination and back home when they are trained on that. There are dogs who can catch a thief alive without doing him any harm until they are instructed to do so.

Many of those animals that we term as "wild animals" could help us in various ways if we're at peace with them. There are those who could climb and harvest your palm fruits for you. There are those who could plough and weed your farm for you. Some can fetch you firewoods,sweep your compound, water your garden, fertilize your farm etc. Some birds can weave clothes, if you look into the wisdom with which they make their nest you will understand this. Birds like parot can sing and entertain you, they can keep record of visitors when you are away and report them to you when you come back. The animals can do all the things we manufacture machines to do. All we need to do is to train them and teach them. There will be no need for robots and machines when we make peace with the animals who are also our brothers.

Animals can help us in domestic chores. Some years ago when i lived in a particular community in bayelsa state, the inhabitants of the village told a story of how Gorilas helped them in the past. These gorilas dwelled on tree tops near the community. When women left their boiled palm fruits outside in the night, Gorilas will go and pound the palm fruits for them and in the morning the owners will go and squeeze out the oil. I was further told of how gorilas harvested and peeled cassava at night while the owners will go and take them in the morning. The story had it that there was a problem in the community between them and the gorilas such that they had to chased the gorilas and forced them into the forest. Now supposing that humans live in peace with such creatures, they would be trained to handle tools and do numerous works.

There are so many things that we miss because of enemity between the human and animal kingdom. We humans were to live in peace with all animals, we were to train them so that they can assist us and we assist them. Animals aren't our natural food, plants are our food. I will talk about food later, but now let me explain what our relationship with animals will be when we make peace with them.

MAN AND THE ANIMALS
If we had known our relationship with nature and the source of life, we wouldn't be cruel to animals, we wouldn't be hunting,caging, killing and eating them. The enemity between humans and animal started when man started maltreating them. Man started it first and the animals followed suit. All animals were our natural allies and friends in the begining. The enemity started like when your child hurt your neigbour's child, the parent of the afflicted rise to revenge and conflict begins. This conflict, if not properly managed, will create problem between the two families and their decendants for many generations to the point that the newer generation will not even know the origin of their conflict.

The likes of Mother Teresa and Mary Slessor were examples of true religion. These were the ones who could leave the comfort of their homeland,risk their life and dared all negative situations in order to render selfless service to humanity, the poor and the despised and the untouchables. They weren't like those greedy Europeans who came to plunder Africa and other races in the name of religion. When people say they are christians, i just marvel at how they are ignorant about the real meaning of christ and the implication of being a christian. The example that christ set was that of unselfish love, humbly giving himself freely to anyone who came to him. That is the same path that anyone who calls himself christian, pastor,bishop,Reverend,Shepherd should follow.

RELIGION
The aim of religion was to unify man with his creator. There's nothing wrong with religion apart from the fact that man doesn't practice pure religion free of hypocrisy and cruelty. Religion is not about reading books and performing rites and rituals. It is not wearing uniform and making noise in the guise of praising God. It is not about disturbing the community in the name of prayer and crusades. Religion doesn't constitue lavish dressings and make ups and adornment of the physical body. Religion is not about wearing the latest hairstyle,handwatches, necklaces,earings,finger rings, bangles and beads. Religion is not about looking for a "man of god" to pray for you. Let me give you examples of those who practised religion...

You can have more than enough food for the day, some get spoilt and you throw them away. You can build a big house somewhere and it is empty, you are not living there and you don't give it to anyone. You have so many clothes and shoes that you don't wear and you don't know what to use them for but you are still buying more. You have millions of naira in your bank or store them somewhere in your house.Now my question: do you know that there are many people who have no clothes to wear, no food to eat, no home to live and no money to buy anything they need? Do you know that wasting or hoarding anything is a spiritual crime against yourself? if you can't give them out for free, just create an opportunity for the poor to render service to you in exchange for these things.

DON'T WASTE ANYTHING One doesn't have to waste food, resources or anything just because he is rich.

People say that money is the solution to their problem. I am saying NO, money is not the solution, instead, money is the root of the problem. Humans don't love to work,they love money. Humans don't love to pay those who work for them or whom they owe, they love to hoard their money. Any position that big money is attached to is where majority will contend for,but any position that calls for humble work/service is what majority turn away from. The later benefits the society but the former is vanity.

Money is another source of problem. What exactly do we use money for? Is it not merely a medium of exchange? Money cannot be eaten, it can't do anything apart from using it to pay for what you get. During the naira swap/redesigned drama early this year, people had currencies with them but they were useless. What brings result is the effort we put into doing whatever we are doing. If we all knew this fact, we would focus on hardwork instead of thinking of how much is the pay, we would put our best effort into whatever thing we are doing instead of worrying about how much will be paid. We should be thinking of how our work will benefit the society instead of the amount of profit we will make from it. Our point of chosing a job shouldn't be how lucrative it is, rather it should be what good it will bring to the society.

Maynman:

Exactly.
Do you know “miracles” are also recorded in many mythology books?

those mythology books may have some real life events in them

Shortcut2life:


Can I be a close friend to you .. You speak with wisdom it ain’t entirely perfect but there are still truth in it..

you surely can be.

What we term as luck is a person reaping what he sowed in the past. A person who works hard without getting his reward will surely get a favour from someone in the future. A person who keeps on cheating others or extorts people's property to become rich will meet with "bad luck" in the future. That is why you shouldn't worry about deceitful employers who refuse to pay their workers or cunny debtors who never want to pay their debts. Neither should you worry about thieves breaking into your house. Whatever comes your way, accept it with courage and move on.

LUCK- GOODLUCK AND BADLUCK
Luck is not by chance but by choice. Luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.

Ishilove:

Sadaka is sharing food to people, and afterwards praying that the good that has given people joy should hasten the answers to your prayer request. Something to that effect

in that case it is a positive act

People often worry about how they will survive if they lost their job. Know this one thing, you are not your job. All a man should do is to store your treasure in your spiritual bank through charitable acts. By so doing, you can be sure that you will ALWAYS have what you need whenever you really need them. When you have treasures in your spiritual bank, you will have water to drink even in a desert.

THE PRESENT,PAST AND FUTURE
There's nothing new under the sun. Everything you see today has existed before. Everything that has passed will come again. History is a repetetion. History is a teacher. Every wise person knows that many calamities will befall the nations of the world,things will get tougher, problems will increase until all canal knowledge fail,all the wisdom of the world will fail until the end of this age and the reformation of a new age. This has happened many times before and will happen again and again. The wise ones don't worry about the future,they live in the present moment instead. They take every moment as it is. For instance, if you worry about what will happen when all the money and food in your house finish, you are living in the future instead of the present. You are like a person who is walking in a rain and is afraid of what will happen when it stop raining.

CONTENTMENT
If everyone had known the secret of contentment,things wouldn't be so hard. You wouldn't go around taking things you can't pay for and accumulate debts for yourself. You wouldn't start coveting what belongs to another person and wish they were your own. There wouldn't be envy and jealousy. A contented person knows that what he has is ok for him and doesn't use fraudulent means or deception to get what he can't honestly afford. A contented person is rich in his own world,he doesn't give or take bribe.

Ishilove:

Is it the same things as sadaka?

i'm not familiar with the term,can you explain,please, what you mean? Google have more than one meaning for "sadaka".

Ishilove:

So what is life about?

life is love. We came to GIVE love and RECEIVE love. We came to TEACH love and LEARN love. We came to WORK for love and get the WAGES of love. The best way to learn is through experience. That is why we are here. Each of us came to have this experience in a very unique way. It could be through positive acts like kindness,self sacrifice,generosity,humility,compassion,charity etc; or negative acts such as stealing, extortion, fraud, deception,murder,stinginess, violence, abuses,alchoholism, laziness,gambling,etc. All that a person should know is that EVERYTHING you do to others comes back to abundantly,that is why it is better to always engage in positive acts to avoid reaping the negatives.

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HIGH COST OF LIVING
when people blame goverment for making things hard, is it really true that government is responsible for the hardships? No, it is each and everyone of us that toughens the economy. It springs from our desire to make profits, to have more, to buy things that we don't really need. Humans basic needs were said to be three (food,shelter and clothing). Every other thing is of no benefit but pain. But today human's cravings are unlimited. All the things you crave for aren't neccesary. You think you need them just because they are available. In times past, all the things we fight for today weren't available,but people still had a normal life. Why, then, do we think that our lives today depend on abundant possesions?

REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR
Most of us have forgotten our mission. For instance, people who had special mission and made agreement with their creator that they will neither marry nor give birth in order to succeed in that mission, upon arrival on earth and being molded in the ways of the world, simply forget their mission. When such people grow up and start looking for husband/wife/children, their problems get worse. When every romantic relationship with the opposite sex brings problem,when every marriage promise fail,when children fail to come; don't go around fooling yourself with prophets and diviners, ask your creator instead. Most problem (including insanity) are the results of forgeting your agreement with your creator.

AGREEMENT IS AGREEMENT
The first and foremost agreement is the one you made with your creator in the spirit world before you came to your fleshly body. The mission you came for was an agreement with your creator but when you landed on earth, things changed. The world is so materialistic and parents are selfish. They think that a child is their personal property and that they have the right to decide how their child will live and what he will become. Others think that life is all about making money,getting married and giving birth to those who will take care of you when you grow old,give you an elaborate burial when you die and continue to maintain your name and properties. Is that what life is all about?

THERE'S NO FREE MEAL
Burials,weddings,birthdays and all sorts of feasts here and there. When you go to such places to eat and drink,you take it as free. There, really is no free meal. You must pay for it in one way or the other. Do you know one secret that make money "rituals" work? Occultic men will organize feasts and kill cow,goat,ram...etc. They might call it birthday,get together or any unsuspecting name. All who go there to eat and drink for "free" are selling their fortune to the one who organizes the feast, he is getting richer. You should avoid "free food" as much as you can. Those who give you "free" things are taking something from you. That is why it is said: "to the one who has, more will be given and the one who doesn't have,even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him". BE CAREFUL.

TITHES AND OFFERINGS
What the churches call tithe is one way a person can be rich. Those Bishops and G/Os who are wise enough take the tithe money to the destitutes,orphanages,prisons,hospitals. The reason faithful tithers are blessed is that the spiritual bank account of each beneficiary of that tithe is used to credit the tithers account. As for those selfish G/Os who use the tithe money all alone,they don't know what they are doing.

Another thing about your spiritual bank account is that each time you render free service,kindness, or any act of giving to another person without getting any reward from the receiver, the forces in charge will deduct the reward from the receivers spiritual bank account and add to your own. That is the secret of wealth. It is said that "there's more blessing in giving than there is in receiving". Those who know this secret are always generous.

YOUR SPIRITUAL BANK ACCOUNT
what i call spiritual bank account is a record of all your acts. Every single thing you do or say is recorded for you somewhere and you will be rewarded accordingly. All the lies,cheatings,curses,abuses,fights,murder and every vile thing is recorded for you. You get your reward according to what you do and say, not according to what you believe. So your beliefs and your religion don't count at all. Whatever thing you think, say or do lives with you and you alone. Whenever you do something to hurt another person,you are hurting yourself. Those who know this truth don't retaliate their "enemies".

GIVERS NEVER LACK
Just as in the case of poverty. People who are generous can NEVER lack. Generosity here doesn't end with money. Anything you can give- your time, your service, your energy, a listening ear- whatever you can give is a gift. If you take time to help people out when they are in need,whenever and wherever you can, riches will be yours!