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StillDtruth:
Sorry! Similarity and resmblance does not mean sameness.

So humans are not the same as animals and no animal is equal to man and it is fallacious and Lie for anyone to say that!

you know even rats have a nursery ?
A school
Ants build hills ,castles? They have workers , they have an Army

Lol no one like humans....
In fact do you know only "humans " pay for their food
And only humans are capable of destroying their own species to extintion just out of spite ?

Do tell me how again how we humans are superior to these 'Animals'


Hope you know these animals have civilizations too?

And you think the average animal does not see the human as uncivilzed?

fredwill1357:
Sorry brother, I should have indicated I spoke out of my own current understanding.
I do not currently have answers to your questions, maybe because I do not know or do not remember. No problem brother, enjoy the rest of your day.

You too and Thnak you for been awesome

fredwill1357:
yes, prayer and meditation are two different things. However, the prayers I advocated for are silent and brief, nobody will police you on whether you participate or believe in it.
When I said pray to God, you can also pray to yourself because you are a part of God. Those minutes can also be spent on silent positive affirmations or on silence. Nobody will police you.

Lol I am not part of any gods brother , I am a mix of my ancestors genetic pool
May I ask you how the moon was formed

And how God created fire?

StillDtruth:
Who cares about what animals feel?

because we are equally animals , so if we have souls or spirits then animals should too, oh and ghosts too a chiken we killed last Christmas having a ghost would be fascinating. It's just logical brother.

StillDtruth:
How did you think you flew in a plane? Did you not exercise belief/faith and reasonable thinkings before you climbed into that noisy iron bird with fear and increased blood pressure?

Same thing in climbing into a canoe to cross River Niger especially when you can not swim

belief is not believe , belief is faith, I believe when I get into that iron bird I shouldn't drop , if I drop, it is life , que sera sera , again no belief is based on fact.

The Act of Not Trying

“Those who stand on tiptoes do not stand firmly.
Those who rush ahead don’t get very far in life .
Those who try to outshine others dim their own light.” — — Lao Tzu


How can we improve when we stop trying to improve? Many people waste their efforts trying to better their lives with questionable results. They gain knowledge and chase external things while exhausting their bodies, and burdening their minds (They call the Rat race).
The Taoists observed that humans tend to act in ways that are counterproductive. And in their attempts to alter the natural way, they only make things worse. All these strivings, rules, ethics, values, surely are invented to benefit humanity. But according to the ancient Taoist sages, we should get rid of them all. Why? Because all these manmade ideas only remove us further from the natural flow of life.

Trying to alter what nature has intended, is like swimming against the stream: it's exhausting and gets us nowhere. This story is about not trying to change the world, to gain the world. Behind the ever-changing universe lies a mysterious and undefinable force that the Taoists call "Tao", for the lack of a better word. The "Tao" is all-encompassing, and it's all about Balance.

Still, we can know and feel the Tao, even though we cannot comprehend it. This symbolizes the tragic attempts by humans to conceptualize things that are beyond their understanding. They use names, categories, they select and discern, but fail to grasp what the universe is truly like. So, they create a deception; an artifice that makes life understandable for humans. But by trying to comprehend, they lose the Tao.

"Five colors blind the eye. Five notes deafen the ear. Five flavors make the palate go stale," wrote Lao Tzu in his work the Tao Te Ching. So, by arranging colors, notes, and flavors, we might enhance our understanding, but we also limit it, as there's so much more outside of these fixed concepts. The same goes for the human tendency to make rock-solid rules for everything, to get a sense of control.

Again, we limit ourselves by doing so because the world is ever-changing, and what works today, may not work tomorrow. Also, from a sense of solidarity and justice, people create immense bodies of ethics, moral codes, and rituals, that form an artificial way of life. Even though the intentions are good: they try to make things work while building their own prisons.

Now, let's talk about the word 'trying'. I think most of us are familiar with the idea that we should simply 'act' and not 'try'. This idea is closely related to the 'flow-state'. In a flow-state one becomes the act, like a dancer who becomes the dance, or the poet who becomes the poem. This is wu wei, a concept that can be literally translated as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing'. In the context of the flow state, wu wei translates best as 'effortless action', because we act in a smooth and painless manner.

In the context of this story, however, translating wu wei as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing' fits best. Literally 'doing nothing' is often seen as unproductive, and as a useless way of being, in which there's no progression. But according to the Taoists, nothing is further from the truth. When we keep in mind that the universe is in flux and in a state of change and evolution, we'll realize that there's always progression in the natural flow of life.

So instead of using force, and exhausting ourselves (which is the favorite method of today's culture), we could travel through life much more easily by using intelligence. Because isn't it so as we have all noticed , that so many times, problems seem to solve themselves? And that by 'taking action' we often make things worse? When we waste our time trying to improve things we distance ourselves from the natural course. We repeatedly act in ways that are (according to the Taoists) unnatural and waste our bodies and minds doing so.

So, why do we this? Well, it has a lot to do with how we attribute value to certain things. For example, when we're averse to poverty, but desire money and fame, and when we're averse to being lonely but desire to be part of something. So we try to eradicate the former, and increase the latter, while the latter cannot exist without the former. Also, we think that it's necessary to conform and alter nature based on certain belief systems. We try to better the world, while the results of our interventions are kind of questionable.

Now, how can we bring these ancient theories into the modern world? According to Taoist thinking, in what ways do we, modern humans, 'try', while our efforts only leave us with peanuts in the end? Let's explore some examples of how we 'try', using the ancient Taoist scriptures the Tao Te Ching and the Zhuangzi. The first one is Trying to improve the world Alan Watts, who was a fervent scholar of Taoism and a FreeThinker , once pointed out that the goodie-goodies of society are the biggest troublemakers. Their 'must-save-the-world' attitude often disrupts the natural course, simply because they seek to enforce man-made ideas of what's good and evil. An example is 'communism' which originally sprouted from a desire to change humanity for the better, based on equality and honest distribution of goods.

However, apart from the discussion if this approach is natural or not: the ways in which the communists spread their ideology were absolutely brutal. In the Zhuangzi, we find a story about a man named Yen Hui, who asked Confucius for permission to travel to the country of Wei, after he heard that it's ruled by an incompetent ruler.

Yen Hui wanted to use everything he learned about governance, to improve the country of Wei. Confucius, however, discouraged him to do so. Not only because Wei's highly disagreeable leader probably wouldn't listen, but also because people, in general, don't like outsiders coming in, telling what's better for them from a place of moral supremacy. As Confucius stated and I quote:

"If you do not understand men's minds, but instead appear before a tyrant and force him to listen to sermons on benevolence and righteousness, measures and standards - this is simply using other men's bad points to parade your own excellence."

We could ask ourselves: in what way is using other people's faults to create a nice role on the moral high ground. This only creates more division, more tension, and will unlikely change things for the better in a sustainable manner. As Lao Tzu puts it in the Tao Te Ching, and I quote:

Do you want to rule the world and control it? I don't think it can ever be done. The world is a sacred vessel and it can not be controlled. You will only make it worse if you try. It may slip through your fingers and disappear. End quote.

Now, the second one is... Trying to be happy No matter if it's the pursuit of money, status, fame, power, or knowledge; these ongoing efforts to be happy are the reason why we aren't. We think that we're happy when we've got a million dollars in the bank or when we finally published that story or when our YouTube channels have a 100k subscribers, but this is hardly the case. Sure, we enjoy some momentary pleasure, but that's not happiness according to the Taoists. Moreover, by this pursuit, we exhaust our bodies and minds, while, tragically, never achieving what we're looking for. I quote:

This is what the world honors: wealth, eminence, long life, a good name.
This is what the world finds happiness in: a life of ease, rich food, fine clothes, beautiful sights, sweet sounds.
This is what it looks down on: poverty, meanness, early death, a bad name.
This is what it finds bitter: a life that knows no rest, a mouth that gets no rich food, no fine clothes for the body, no beautiful sights for the eye, no sweet sounds for the ear.
People who can't get these things fret a great deal and are afraid - this is a stupid way to treat the body. People who are rich wear themselves out rushing around on business, piling up more wealth than they could ever use - this is a superficial way to treat the body.

So, when chasing happiness is a blind alley, what should we do instead? Well, the Taoists give us some suggestions. But before we go into them, let's look at the third one: Trying to be something else The Zhuangzi tells us a story about animals and the wind that envy each other for their inborn characteristics. The centipede envies the snake for the fact that it can move without legs, but the snake envies the wind for its ability to travel great distances without having a body at all. However, the wind argues that it takes just a finger or foot to hinder it. All in all, nature has created everything with its own attributes. Nothing is better than the other; only judgment makes it so.

Thus, we feel the need to change who we are, just to fit an ideal. White-skinned people try to be tanned, while East-Asians try to look more European, brunettes try to be blondes, and blondes try to be brunettes. Also, we try to change ourselves because we want to conform to a manmade standard; to fit in, simply because we're seen as defects when we don't. So, a sixth' finger is cut off, just to comply with the five-finger standard.

Why can't we just be who we are, the way nature intended us to be? That would be so much easier. Everyone and everything has its place in the whole. And by trying to alter this, we bring the world in disbalance.

I quote: When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created. When people see things as good, evil is created. Being and non-being produce each other. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short define each other. High and low oppose each other. Fore and aft follow each other. End quote.

So, how can we put these ideas into practice? The Taoists suggest several things. First of all, the Zhuangzi points to the benefits of taking the middle-path. This means that we shouldn't stretch ourselves beyond our means, but stay centered, so we conserve our health and stay close to our own nature.

"Follow the middle; go by what is constant, and you can stay in one piece, keep yourself alive, look after your parents, and live out your years." smiley.

The Tao is constant. And one who seeks the Tao unlearns something new every day, according to Lao Tzu. So instead of limiting ourselves to a belief system, we let go, keep an open mind, and give the universe room to show itself as it is. Trying to change nature is a futile pursuit, as is trying to blur our vision of nature by man-made constructs. Instead of adding to knowledge, we let go of knowledge, until we reach a point of inner stillness. Only then, we're opening ourselves up to the Tao.
In this state of emptiness , we feel content. And contentment is true happiness. The Taoists call this process the fasting of the heart. By unlearning something every day, the Taoist arrives at non-action. It's the art of not trying(Meditation) while nothing will be left undone . You will be left Emptied ,yet fulfilled

fredwill1357:
I didn't say there would be no morals and civilization without faith. Formal education inculcates a level of knowledge and common sense, does that mean this things cannot exist or be acquired without formal education?

Morals and civilization can exist without faith, but faith can serve as a ground for a society to reason and agree on things together. Hearing each other out and looking at things from different or new perspectives, thereby leading to more harmony, cooperation, civilization and widespread morals.
Faith also serves as a ground for more enlightened people to pass teachings and directions to laypeople, leading to quicker knowledge and maturity.

No , but I hope you see how ironic these bolded words are , faith does not give room for thinking outside the box, let alone give room for people with different opinions or perspective to anything aside what is already within the box , hence heresy or blasphemous thinking arises , leading to factions that leading to Religious or holy wars .

fredwill1357:
Your first question, I do not know the complete nature of animals, humans or the world. I do not claim to be an authority on this matters, spiritual or physical. I am spiritually gifted, however I am a seeker like many other people, ignorant of a lot of things and searching for answers.
I do not trust the universe, nature, e.t.c. I am wary of them all, however that shouldn't prevent us from exploring and seeking answers.

Yes, meditation is very important, it is one of the purpose of the Sunday worship service, to teach people meditation and enhance their minds.

I do not like labels, it a lot of times creates hostilities and divisions. I prefer worshiping God in spirit and truth like Jesus advised. I am open to Godliness, wisdom and true knowledge in whatever religion, culture or anywhere it can be found.

Nah , prayers and meditation are two different things, let's say I have a problem , do you feel prayers would answer "my problem " or silent meditation, I believe the later would find me a solution , definitely not violent or quiet prayers .
Even now I'm on my meditative pose texting you

fredwill1357:
For e.g: if you knew you would die in 10 days time and are largely certain of this. You would likely do some things differently, you might withdraw all your savings and spend it on yourself, give it away to charity or share it to family and loved ones.

Why aren't you and I living today like it is our last day? Because we believe it is not, even though we aren't certain or guaranteed of this.

This is faith/belief, is it unreasonable? NO

No it I not reasonable at all to give all my savings to charity ? Why because according to your analogy I would die in 10 days making everything I do including spending all my savings on myself very unreasonable , why because it is not our of reason but out of fear or desperation or the fact of knowing the date of my death , nothing done within this time frame would be reasonable ,
And again this is not based on faith or belief I would die in 10 days probably a medical fact not based on faith lol .

fredwill1357:
Your first question, I do not know the complete nature of animals, humans or the world. I do not claim to be an authority on this matters, spiritual or physical. I am spiritually gifted, however I am a seeker like many other people, ignorant of a lot of things and searching for answers.
I do not trust the universe, nature, e.t.c. I am wary of them all, however that shouldn't prevent us from exploring and seeking answers.

Yes, meditation is very important, it is one of the purpose of the Sunday worship service, to teach people meditation and enhance their minds.

I do not like labels, it a lot of times creates hostilities and divisions. I prefer worshiping God in spirit and truth like Jesus advised. I am open to Godliness, wisdom and true knowledge in whatever religion, culture or anywhere it can be found.

Hmm a Christian. It's a tag yes but you must stand somewhere I'm sorry , explains why this conversation is a bit on a different than I expect from a freethinker , um so why was I tagged though
Because lol I cannot even argue with a Theist
Why? Well because it always ends nowhere ,
How's your morning going so far though , going smoothly I hope? Genuinely mean that. Good morning

accused:
Ok and how re doing too?

had a great day , sipping tea now and belive even tomorrow's tea should taste better, maybe not , and that's life que sera sera , thank you for been awesome

fredwill1357:
It is like saying what about apathy to physical exercise. Ignoring our spiritual aspect is like ignoring our essence, there is more to life than our fleshly suit. However, aside the spiritual aspect. The faith can also be seen and adopted as a human and societal building organization. Building morals and civilization.

so according to your analogy, without faith there could be no morals? Hmmm do explain why I don't go around killing or raping whoever I meet since again according to your apology faith builds morals and civilization?

fredwill1357:
Something being logical and something being factual are two different things. Logical can simply be called reasonable, and yes faith can be reasonable, depending on the requisites and beliefs.

hmm faith been reasonable ? Do explain how belief/faith can be reasonable though?

Lucifyre:
Logical and faith do not belong together. It's almost an oxymoron 😄

it is

fredwill1357:
It is like saying what about apathy to physical exercise. Ignoring our spiritual aspect is like ignoring our essence, there is more to life than our fleshly suit. However, aside the spiritual aspect. The faith can also be seen and adopted as a human and societal building organization. Building morals and civilization.

do animals share this spiritual aspect like us though?


Btw meditation is paramount to me
Hence my spirituality.

What religion are you affiliated with basically?

accused:
You just said it all.i always tell my friends that there is no need to query,fight or over stress on self,I will always try my best in any situation then I leave it to nature to bring a balance in a situation I find my self.thank u just made my day with this great work

Thank you and this is all that matters , how is your day going so far ?

How about Aparty from all religions?

missjekyll:
Absolutely peachy, Thank you kindly. And you?

smooth and thank you for having a peachy day, that's all that matters really

PhenomenalAustin:
Wouldn't be surprised 😂. Not saying he did or did not but I don't like this man 😂😂😂

hi hello ? hope you are having a good , day , just checking up on you ?

missjekyll:
1.Kindly provide evidence to support labelling me as "far left"? If you cannot, then you must correct the record. I am absolutely left of centre as a social democrat and have been from time immemorial but definitely not far left. I can explain what far left is but I cannot understand it for you.

2. I seem to have made a few unlikers with my stance on tax. I know a country where very few people pay taxes. That country is called Nigeria,a veritable heaven on earth(I m being sarcastic). Tax is the price you pay to live here in security and comfort. Everybody pays something but the richest pay the most. This is the same concept used all over the world.

3. This may sound strange to you but not every rich person complains about taxes. Tony Benn didn't, warren buffet,keir starmer doesn't, J.O.B doesn't. I m nowhere as rich but I don't ,as well. I only want everyone to be taxed,there should be no sacred cows. You live here,you pay your taxes.

hi hello , how are you ? Hope your morning is going well so far?

The Act of Not Trying

“Those who stand on tiptoes do not stand firmly.
Those who rush ahead don’t get very far in life .
Those who try to outshine others dim their own light.” — — Lao Tzu


How can we improve when we stop trying to improve? Many people waste their efforts trying to better their lives with questionable results. They gain knowledge and chase external things while exhausting their bodies, and burdening their minds (They call the Rat race).
The Taoists observed that humans tend to act in ways that are counterproductive. And in their attempts to alter the natural way, they only make things worse. All these strivings, rules, ethics, values, surely are invented to benefit humanity. But according to the ancient Taoist sages, we should get rid of them all. Why? Because all these manmade ideas only remove us further from the natural flow of life.

Trying to alter what nature has intended, is like swimming against the stream: it's exhausting and gets us nowhere. This story is about not trying to change the world, to gain the world. Behind the ever-changing universe lies a mysterious and undefinable force that the Taoists call "Tao", for the lack of a better word. The "Tao" is all-encompassing, and it's all about Balance.

Still, we can know and feel the Tao, even though we cannot comprehend it. This symbolizes the tragic attempts by humans to conceptualize things that are beyond their understanding. They use names, categories, they select and discern, but fail to grasp what the universe is truly like. So, they create a deception; an artifice that makes life understandable for humans. But by trying to comprehend, they lose the Tao.

"Five colors blind the eye. Five notes deafen the ear. Five flavors make the palate go stale," wrote Lao Tzu in his work the Tao Te Ching. So, by arranging colors, notes, and flavors, we might enhance our understanding, but we also limit it, as there's so much more outside of these fixed concepts. The same goes for the human tendency to make rock-solid rules for everything, to get a sense of control.

Again, we limit ourselves by doing so because the world is ever-changing, and what works today, may not work tomorrow. Also, from a sense of solidarity and justice, people create immense bodies of ethics, moral codes, and rituals, that form an artificial way of life. Even though the intentions are good: they try to make things work while building their own prisons.

Now, let's talk about the word 'trying'. I think most of us are familiar with the idea that we should simply 'act' and not 'try'. This idea is closely related to the 'flow-state'. In a flow-state one becomes the act, like a dancer who becomes the dance, or the poet who becomes the poem. This is wu wei, a concept that can be literally translated as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing'. In the context of the flow state, wu wei translates best as 'effortless action', because we act in a smooth and painless manner.

In the context of this story, however, translating wu wei as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing' fits best. Literally 'doing nothing' is often seen as unproductive, and as a useless way of being, in which there's no progression. But according to the Taoists, nothing is further from the truth. When we keep in mind that the universe is in flux and in a state of change and evolution, we'll realize that there's always progression in the natural flow of life.

So instead of using force, and exhausting ourselves (which is the favorite method of today's culture), we could travel through life much more easily by using intelligence. Because isn't it so as we have all noticed , that so many times, problems seem to solve themselves? And that by 'taking action' we often make things worse? When we waste our time trying to improve things we distance ourselves from the natural course. We repeatedly act in ways that are (according to the Taoists) unnatural and waste our bodies and minds doing so.

So, why do we this? Well, it has a lot to do with how we attribute value to certain things. For example, when we're averse to poverty, but desire money and fame, and when we're averse to being lonely but desire to be part of something. So we try to eradicate the former, and increase the latter, while the latter cannot exist without the former. Also, we think that it's necessary to conform and alter nature based on certain belief systems. We try to better the world, while the results of our interventions are kind of questionable.

Now, how can we bring these ancient theories into the modern world? According to Taoist thinking, in what ways do we, modern humans, 'try', while our efforts only leave us with peanuts in the end? Let's explore some examples of how we 'try', using the ancient Taoist scriptures the Tao Te Ching and the Zhuangzi. The first one is Trying to improve the world Alan Watts, who was a fervent scholar of Taoism and a FreeThinker , once pointed out that the goodie-goodies of society are the biggest troublemakers. Their 'must-save-the-world' attitude often disrupts the natural course, simply because they seek to enforce man-made ideas of what's good and evil. An example is 'communism' which originally sprouted from a desire to change humanity for the better, based on equality and honest distribution of goods.

However, apart from the discussion if this approach is natural or not: the ways in which the communists spread their ideology were absolutely brutal. In the Zhuangzi, we find a story about a man named Yen Hui, who asked Confucius for permission to travel to the country of Wei, after he heard that it's ruled by an incompetent ruler.

Yen Hui wanted to use everything he learned about governance, to improve the country of Wei. Confucius, however, discouraged him to do so. Not only because Wei's highly disagreeable leader probably wouldn't listen, but also because people, in general, don't like outsiders coming in, telling what's better for them from a place of moral supremacy. As Confucius stated and I quote:

"If you do not understand men's minds, but instead appear before a tyrant and force him to listen to sermons on benevolence and righteousness, measures and standards - this is simply using other men's bad points to parade your own excellence."

We could ask ourselves: in what way is using other people's faults to create a nice role on the moral high ground. This only creates more division, more tension, and will unlikely change things for the better in a sustainable manner. As Lao Tzu puts it in the Tao Te Ching, and I quote:

Do you want to rule the world and control it? I don't think it can ever be done. The world is a sacred vessel and it can not be controlled. You will only make it worse if you try. It may slip through your fingers and disappear. End quote.

Now, the second one is... Trying to be happy No matter if it's the pursuit of money, status, fame, power, or knowledge; these ongoing efforts to be happy are the reason why we aren't. We think that we're happy when we've got a million dollars in the bank or when we finally published that story or when our YouTube channels have a 100k subscribers, but this is hardly the case. Sure, we enjoy some momentary pleasure, but that's not happiness according to the Taoists. Moreover, by this pursuit, we exhaust our bodies and minds, while, tragically, never achieving what we're looking for. I quote:

This is what the world honors: wealth, eminence, long life, a good name.
This is what the world finds happiness in: a life of ease, rich food, fine clothes, beautiful sights, sweet sounds.
This is what it looks down on: poverty, meanness, early death, a bad name.
This is what it finds bitter: a life that knows no rest, a mouth that gets no rich food, no fine clothes for the body, no beautiful sights for the eye, no sweet sounds for the ear.
People who can't get these things fret a great deal and are afraid - this is a stupid way to treat the body. People who are rich wear themselves out rushing around on business, piling up more wealth than they could ever use - this is a superficial way to treat the body.

So, when chasing happiness is a blind alley, what should we do instead? Well, the Taoists give us some suggestions. But before we go into them, let's look at the third one: Trying to be something else The Zhuangzi tells us a story about animals and the wind that envy each other for their inborn characteristics. The centipede envies the snake for the fact that it can move without legs, but the snake envies the wind for its ability to travel great distances without having a body at all. However, the wind argues that it takes just a finger or foot to hinder it. All in all, nature has created everything with its own attributes. Nothing is better than the other; only judgment makes it so.

Thus, we feel the need to change who we are, just to fit an ideal. White-skinned people try to be tanned, while East-Asians try to look more European, brunettes try to be blondes, and blondes try to be brunettes. Also, we try to change ourselves because we want to conform to a manmade standard; to fit in, simply because we're seen as defects when we don't. So, a sixth' finger is cut off, just to comply with the five-finger standard.

Why can't we just be who we are, the way nature intended us to be? That would be so much easier. Everyone and everything has its place in the whole. And by trying to alter this, we bring the world in disbalance.

I quote: When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created. When people see things as good, evil is created. Being and non-being produce each other. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short define each other. High and low oppose each other. Fore and aft follow each other. End quote.

So, how can we put these ideas into practice? The Taoists suggest several things. First of all, the Zhuangzi points to the benefits of taking the middle-path. This means that we shouldn't stretch ourselves beyond our means, but stay centered, so we conserve our health and stay close to our own nature.

"Follow the middle; go by what is constant, and you can stay in one piece, keep yourself alive, look after your parents, and live out your years." smiley.

The Tao is constant. And one who seeks the Tao unlearns something new every day, according to Lao Tzu. So instead of limiting ourselves to a belief system, we let go, keep an open mind, and give the universe room to show itself as it is. Trying to change nature is a futile pursuit, as is trying to blur our vision of nature by man-made constructs. Instead of adding to knowledge, we let go of knowledge, until we reach a point of inner stillness. Only then, we're opening ourselves up to the Tao.
In this state of emptiness , we feel content. And contentment is true happiness. The Taoists call this process the fasting of the heart. By unlearning something every day, the Taoist arrives at non-action. It's the art of not trying(Meditation) while nothing will be left undone . You will be left Emptied ,yet fulfilled

Good evening beautiful Homo sapiens

The Act of Not Trying

“Those who stand on tiptoes do not stand firmly.
Those who rush ahead don’t get very far in life .
Those who try to outshine others dim their own light.” — — Lao Tzu


How can we improve when we stop trying to improve? Many people waste their efforts trying to better their lives with questionable results. They gain knowledge and chase external things while exhausting their bodies, and burdening their minds (They call the Rat race).
The Taoists observed that humans tend to act in ways that are counterproductive. And in their attempts to alter the natural way, they only make things worse. All these strivings, rules, ethics, values, surely are invented to benefit humanity. But according to the ancient Taoist sages, we should get rid of them all. Why? Because all these manmade ideas only remove us further from the natural flow of life.

Trying to alter what nature has intended, is like swimming against the stream: it's exhausting and gets us nowhere. This story is about not trying to change the world, to gain the world. Behind the ever-changing universe lies a mysterious and undefinable force that the Taoists call "Tao", for the lack of a better word. The "Tao" is all-encompassing, and it's all about Balance.

Still, we can know and feel the Tao, even though we cannot comprehend it. This symbolizes the tragic attempts by humans to conceptualize things that are beyond their understanding. They use names, categories, they select and discern, but fail to grasp what the universe is truly like. So, they create a deception; an artifice that makes life understandable for humans. But by trying to comprehend, they lose the Tao.

"Five colors blind the eye. Five notes deafen the ear. Five flavors make the palate go stale," wrote Lao Tzu in his work the Tao Te Ching. So, by arranging colors, notes, and flavors, we might enhance our understanding, but we also limit it, as there's so much more outside of these fixed concepts. The same goes for the human tendency to make rock-solid rules for everything, to get a sense of control.

Again, we limit ourselves by doing so because the world is ever-changing, and what works today, may not work tomorrow. Also, from a sense of solidarity and justice, people create immense bodies of ethics, moral codes, and rituals, that form an artificial way of life. Even though the intentions are good: they try to make things work while building their own prisons.

Now, let's talk about the word 'trying'. I think most of us are familiar with the idea that we should simply 'act' and not 'try'. This idea is closely related to the 'flow-state'. In a flow-state one becomes the act, like a dancer who becomes the dance, or the poet who becomes the poem. This is wu wei, a concept that can be literally translated as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing'. In the context of the flow state, wu wei translates best as 'effortless action', because we act in a smooth and painless manner.

In the context of this story, however, translating wu wei as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing' fits best. Literally 'doing nothing' is often seen as unproductive, and as a useless way of being, in which there's no progression. But according to the Taoists, nothing is further from the truth. When we keep in mind that the universe is in flux and in a state of change and evolution, we'll realize that there's always progression in the natural flow of life.

So instead of using force, and exhausting ourselves (which is the favorite method of today's culture), we could travel through life much more easily by using intelligence. Because isn't it so as we have all noticed , that so many times, problems seem to solve themselves? And that by 'taking action' we often make things worse? When we waste our time trying to improve things we distance ourselves from the natural course. We repeatedly act in ways that are (according to the Taoists) unnatural and waste our bodies and minds doing so.

So, why do we this? Well, it has a lot to do with how we attribute value to certain things. For example, when we're averse to poverty, but desire money and fame, and when we're averse to being lonely but desire to be part of something. So we try to eradicate the former, and increase the latter, while the latter cannot exist without the former. Also, we think that it's necessary to conform and alter nature based on certain belief systems. We try to better the world, while the results of our interventions are kind of questionable.

Now, how can we bring these ancient theories into the modern world? According to Taoist thinking, in what ways do we, modern humans, 'try', while our efforts only leave us with peanuts in the end? Let's explore some examples of how we 'try', using the ancient Taoist scriptures the Tao Te Ching and the Zhuangzi. The first one is Trying to improve the world Alan Watts, who was a fervent scholar of Taoism and a FreeThinker , once pointed out that the goodie-goodies of society are the biggest troublemakers. Their 'must-save-the-world' attitude often disrupts the natural course, simply because they seek to enforce man-made ideas of what's good and evil. An example is 'communism' which originally sprouted from a desire to change humanity for the better, based on equality and honest distribution of goods.

However, apart from the discussion if this approach is natural or not: the ways in which the communists spread their ideology were absolutely brutal. In the Zhuangzi, we find a story about a man named Yen Hui, who asked Confucius for permission to travel to the country of Wei, after he heard that it's ruled by an incompetent ruler.

Yen Hui wanted to use everything he learned about governance, to improve the country of Wei. Confucius, however, discouraged him to do so. Not only because Wei's highly disagreeable leader probably wouldn't listen, but also because people, in general, don't like outsiders coming in, telling what's better for them from a place of moral supremacy. As Confucius stated and I quote:

"If you do not understand men's minds, but instead appear before a tyrant and force him to listen to sermons on benevolence and righteousness, measures and standards - this is simply using other men's bad points to parade your own excellence."

We could ask ourselves: in what way is using other people's faults to create a nice role on the moral high ground. This only creates more division, more tension, and will unlikely change things for the better in a sustainable manner. As Lao Tzu puts it in the Tao Te Ching, and I quote:

Do you want to rule the world and control it? I don't think it can ever be done. The world is a sacred vessel and it can not be controlled. You will only make it worse if you try. It may slip through your fingers and disappear. End quote.

Now, the second one is... Trying to be happy No matter if it's the pursuit of money, status, fame, power, or knowledge; these ongoing efforts to be happy are the reason why we aren't. We think that we're happy when we've got a million dollars in the bank or when we finally published that story or when our YouTube channels have a 100k subscribers, but this is hardly the case. Sure, we enjoy some momentary pleasure, but that's not happiness according to the Taoists. Moreover, by this pursuit, we exhaust our bodies and minds, while, tragically, never achieving what we're looking for. I quote:

This is what the world honors: wealth, eminence, long life, a good name.
This is what the world finds happiness in: a life of ease, rich food, fine clothes, beautiful sights, sweet sounds.
This is what it looks down on: poverty, meanness, early death, a bad name.
This is what it finds bitter: a life that knows no rest, a mouth that gets no rich food, no fine clothes for the body, no beautiful sights for the eye, no sweet sounds for the ear.
People who can't get these things fret a great deal and are afraid - this is a stupid way to treat the body. People who are rich wear themselves out rushing around on business, piling up more wealth than they could ever use - this is a superficial way to treat the body.

So, when chasing happiness is a blind alley, what should we do instead? Well, the Taoists give us some suggestions. But before we go into them, let's look at the third one: Trying to be something else The Zhuangzi tells us a story about animals and the wind that envy each other for their inborn characteristics. The centipede envies the snake for the fact that it can move without legs, but the snake envies the wind for its ability to travel great distances without having a body at all. However, the wind argues that it takes just a finger or foot to hinder it. All in all, nature has created everything with its own attributes. Nothing is better than the other; only judgment makes it so.

Thus, we feel the need to change who we are, just to fit an ideal. White-skinned people try to be tanned, while East-Asians try to look more European, brunettes try to be blondes, and blondes try to be brunettes. Also, we try to change ourselves because we want to conform to a manmade standard; to fit in, simply because we're seen as defects when we don't. So, a sixth' finger is cut off, just to comply with the five-finger standard.

Why can't we just be who we are, the way nature intended us to be? That would be so much easier. Everyone and everything has its place in the whole. And by trying to alter this, we bring the world in disbalance.

I quote: When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created. When people see things as good, evil is created. Being and non-being produce each other. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short define each other. High and low oppose each other. Fore and aft follow each other. End quote.

So, how can we put these ideas into practice? The Taoists suggest several things. First of all, the Zhuangzi points to the benefits of taking the middle-path. This means that we shouldn't stretch ourselves beyond our means, but stay centered, so we conserve our health and stay close to our own nature.

"Follow the middle; go by what is constant, and you can stay in one piece, keep yourself alive, look after your parents, and live out your years." smiley.

The Tao is constant. And one who seeks the Tao unlearns something new every day, according to Lao Tzu. So instead of limiting ourselves to a belief system, we let go, keep an open mind, and give the universe room to show itself as it is. Trying to change nature is a futile pursuit, as is trying to blur our vision of nature by man-made constructs. Instead of adding to knowledge, we let go of knowledge, until we reach a point of inner stillness. Only then, we're opening ourselves up to the Tao.
In this state of emptiness , we feel content. And contentment is true happiness. The Taoists call this process the fasting of the heart. By unlearning something every day, the Taoist arrives at non-action. It's the art of not trying(Meditation) while nothing will be left undone . You will be left Emptied ,yet fulfilled

Good evening beautiful Homo sapiens

The Act of Not Trying

“Those who stand on tiptoes do not stand firmly.
Those who rush ahead don’t get very far in life .
Those who try to outshine others dim their own light.” — — Lao Tzu


How can we improve when we stop trying to improve? Many people waste their efforts trying to better their lives with questionable results. They gain knowledge and chase external things while exhausting their bodies, and burdening their minds (They call the Rat race).
The Taoists observed that humans tend to act in ways that are counterproductive. And in their attempts to alter the natural way, they only make things worse. All these strivings, rules, ethics, values, surely are invented to benefit humanity. But according to the ancient Taoist sages, we should get rid of them all. Why? Because all these manmade ideas only remove us further from the natural flow of life.

Trying to alter what nature has intended, is like swimming against the stream: it's exhausting and gets us nowhere. This story is about not trying to change the world, to gain the world. Behind the ever-changing universe lies a mysterious and undefinable force that the Taoists call "Tao", for the lack of a better word. The "Tao" is all-encompassing, and it's all about Balance.

Still, we can know and feel the Tao, even though we cannot comprehend it. This symbolizes the tragic attempts by humans to conceptualize things that are beyond their understanding. They use names, categories, they select and discern, but fail to grasp what the universe is truly like. So, they create a deception; an artifice that makes life understandable for humans. But by trying to comprehend, they lose the Tao.

"Five colors blind the eye. Five notes deafen the ear. Five flavors make the palate go stale," wrote Lao Tzu in his work the Tao Te Ching. So, by arranging colors, notes, and flavors, we might enhance our understanding, but we also limit it, as there's so much more outside of these fixed concepts. The same goes for the human tendency to make rock-solid rules for everything, to get a sense of control.

Again, we limit ourselves by doing so because the world is ever-changing, and what works today, may not work tomorrow. Also, from a sense of solidarity and justice, people create immense bodies of ethics, moral codes, and rituals, that form an artificial way of life. Even though the intentions are good: they try to make things work while building their own prisons.

Now, let's talk about the word 'trying'. I think most of us are familiar with the idea that we should simply 'act' and not 'try'. This idea is closely related to the 'flow-state'. In a flow-state one becomes the act, like a dancer who becomes the dance, or the poet who becomes the poem. This is wu wei, a concept that can be literally translated as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing'. In the context of the flow state, wu wei translates best as 'effortless action', because we act in a smooth and painless manner.

In the context of this story, however, translating wu wei as 'non-doing' or 'doing nothing' fits best. Literally 'doing nothing' is often seen as unproductive, and as a useless way of being, in which there's no progression. But according to the Taoists, nothing is further from the truth. When we keep in mind that the universe is in flux and in a state of change and evolution, we'll realize that there's always progression in the natural flow of life.

So instead of using force, and exhausting ourselves (which is the favorite method of today's culture), we could travel through life much more easily by using intelligence. Because isn't it so as we have all noticed , that so many times, problems seem to solve themselves? And that by 'taking action' we often make things worse? When we waste our time trying to improve things we distance ourselves from the natural course. We repeatedly act in ways that are (according to the Taoists) unnatural and waste our bodies and minds doing so.

So, why do we this? Well, it has a lot to do with how we attribute value to certain things. For example, when we're averse to poverty, but desire money and fame, and when we're averse to being lonely but desire to be part of something. So we try to eradicate the former, and increase the latter, while the latter cannot exist without the former. Also, we think that it's necessary to conform and alter nature based on certain belief systems. We try to better the world, while the results of our interventions are kind of questionable.

Now, how can we bring these ancient theories into the modern world? According to Taoist thinking, in what ways do we, modern humans, 'try', while our efforts only leave us with peanuts in the end? Let's explore some examples of how we 'try', using the ancient Taoist scriptures the Tao Te Ching and the Zhuangzi. The first one is Trying to improve the world Alan Watts, who was a fervent scholar of Taoism and a FreeThinker , once pointed out that the goodie-goodies of society are the biggest troublemakers. Their 'must-save-the-world' attitude often disrupts the natural course, simply because they seek to enforce man-made ideas of what's good and evil. An example is 'communism' which originally sprouted from a desire to change humanity for the better, based on equality and honest distribution of goods.

However, apart from the discussion if this approach is natural or not: the ways in which the communists spread their ideology were absolutely brutal. In the Zhuangzi, we find a story about a man named Yen Hui, who asked Confucius for permission to travel to the country of Wei, after he heard that it's ruled by an incompetent ruler.

Yen Hui wanted to use everything he learned about governance, to improve the country of Wei. Confucius, however, discouraged him to do so. Not only because Wei's highly disagreeable leader probably wouldn't listen, but also because people, in general, don't like outsiders coming in, telling what's better for them from a place of moral supremacy. As Confucius stated and I quote:

"If you do not understand men's minds, but instead appear before a tyrant and force him to listen to sermons on benevolence and righteousness, measures and standards - this is simply using other men's bad points to parade your own excellence."

We could ask ourselves: in what way is using other people's faults to create a nice role on the moral high ground. This only creates more division, more tension, and will unlikely change things for the better in a sustainable manner. As Lao Tzu puts it in the Tao Te Ching, and I quote:

Do you want to rule the world and control it? I don't think it can ever be done. The world is a sacred vessel and it can not be controlled. You will only make it worse if you try. It may slip through your fingers and disappear. End quote.

Now, the second one is... Trying to be happy No matter if it's the pursuit of money, status, fame, power, or knowledge; these ongoing efforts to be happy are the reason why we aren't. We think that we're happy when we've got a million dollars in the bank or when we finally published that story or when our YouTube channels have a 100k subscribers, but this is hardly the case. Sure, we enjoy some momentary pleasure, but that's not happiness according to the Taoists. Moreover, by this pursuit, we exhaust our bodies and minds, while, tragically, never achieving what we're looking for. I quote:

This is what the world honors: wealth, eminence, long life, a good name.
This is what the world finds happiness in: a life of ease, rich food, fine clothes, beautiful sights, sweet sounds.
This is what it looks down on: poverty, meanness, early death, a bad name.
This is what it finds bitter: a life that knows no rest, a mouth that gets no rich food, no fine clothes for the body, no beautiful sights for the eye, no sweet sounds for the ear.
People who can't get these things fret a great deal and are afraid - this is a stupid way to treat the body. People who are rich wear themselves out rushing around on business, piling up more wealth than they could ever use - this is a superficial way to treat the body.

So, when chasing happiness is a blind alley, what should we do instead? Well, the Taoists give us some suggestions. But before we go into them, let's look at the third one: Trying to be something else The Zhuangzi tells us a story about animals and the wind that envy each other for their inborn characteristics. The centipede envies the snake for the fact that it can move without legs, but the snake envies the wind for its ability to travel great distances without having a body at all. However, the wind argues that it takes just a finger or foot to hinder it. All in all, nature has created everything with its own attributes. Nothing is better than the other; only judgment makes it so.

Thus, we feel the need to change who we are, just to fit an ideal. White-skinned people try to be tanned, while East-Asians try to look more European, brunettes try to be blondes, and blondes try to be brunettes. Also, we try to change ourselves because we want to conform to a manmade standard; to fit in, simply because we're seen as defects when we don't. So, a sixth' finger is cut off, just to comply with the five-finger standard.

Why can't we just be who we are, the way nature intended us to be? That would be so much easier. Everyone and everything has its place in the whole. And by trying to alter this, we bring the world in disbalance.

I quote: When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created. When people see things as good, evil is created. Being and non-being produce each other. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short define each other. High and low oppose each other. Fore and aft follow each other. End quote.

So, how can we put these ideas into practice? The Taoists suggest several things. First of all, the Zhuangzi points to the benefits of taking the middle-path. This means that we shouldn't stretch ourselves beyond our means, but stay centered, so we conserve our health and stay close to our own nature.

"Follow the middle; go by what is constant, and you can stay in one piece, keep yourself alive, look after your parents, and live out your years." .

The Tao is constant. And one who seeks the Tao unlearns something new every day, according to Lao Tzu. So instead of limiting ourselves to a belief system, we let go, keep an open mind, and give the universe room to show itself as it is. Trying to change nature is a futile pursuit, as is trying to blur our vision of nature by man-made constructs. Instead of adding to knowledge, we let go of knowledge, until we reach a point of inner stillness. Only then, we're opening ourselves up to the Tao.
In this state of emptiness , we feel content. And contentment is true happiness. The Taoists call this process the fasting of the heart. By unlearning something every day, the Taoist arrives at non-action. It's the art of not trying(Meditation) while nothing will be left undone . You will be left Emptied ,yet fulfilled

zeuss:
Lies from the pit of hell ........Fulani is the alien in Nigeria geographical space. The Fulani migration originates from Futa Jalon....Hausa on the other hand spread over a large area greater than the Nigerian space just like the Yoruba also spill into Benin.

OP is an astronomical liar struggling to turn history on its head, Either that or he is a well rounded illiterate.

OP jus use Google and spare yourself this shamelessness.

Good luck to you buddy . Oh and where are your facts Meathead?

PaZwoD:
I'm not entirely criticising this research but there are lots of anomaly there e.g Oghede, Ifufe and Okan; these are not correct Spelling of the supposed subjects: Oghede- Ogede, Ifufe - Afefe, Okan- Ookan.
Meanwhile, going deeper, these spellings have marks either up or down to enhance and naturalise the pronunciation and meaning.

Note: there is no "h" in Yoruba alphabet.

yeah I noticed the adultrated form too ,genuinely appreciate you , we really know little of our history, but still we are all one of the same , how is your day going!? So far

How could we not have seen this , why was History written out of the curriculum?

Do have a lovely day beautiful Nigerians

Oh how history has been re-written ,

The Yoruba , Igbos and fulanis share the Niger-Congo languages
The Hausas who were the original invaders have the Afro-Asiatic language (Originally from Northern Sudan)


This explains a lot really

The Hausas play the victim card all the time

Explains why we never had a Hausa President

Explains Why the Fulanis decide to fight the Hausa only up North .
This explains why Uthman Dan Fodio started the Jihad against the Hausas
The Hausas are literally every where in the Nigerian State , but the fulanis though Nomadic still retain up North , This explains a whole lot really ,
How did we get this wrong ?



And the Yorubas and Igbos are literally the same, still even share words , Act the same and are a Proud people
The word igbo (Bush people) was given to the igbos because they would hide from the bush and take the Yorubas and disappear back into the forest .
How did we get this so wrong for so long

XY01:
Our history has been long forsaken. We have been brainwashed and made to understand that we are inferior in all things.


If we can't call on the White Man God, we can't be saved.

The white man is Lord , shame only him can Save the black race.
Good morning blood brother , how was your night ?hope going great ?
Thank you , genuinely mean that

RepoMan007:
Ignore money to prove your superiority for just one year. That's when you know No Man Is An Island.

why should I prove anything to you though Stranger ?

TheSourcerer: The first Product sir , 'telepathy' ..... using your mind to control your devices , this is false or a big advertising con, Stephen Hawking who happened to be an Atheist until his death made use of this so called 'Telepathy ' to communicate , he was one of our intelligent minds of the 21st century (R.I.P) there is no such thing as telepathy (aside in the bible of course ) , Hawkins explained the brain waves every human emits including animals , are like radio waves , for instance the remote controller to the decoder, this is how this so called telepathy works ,in fact now its called a censor and the worst part is Nano technology would make this highly advanced censor injectable into the bloodstream .. the whites are not smart , cons yes but not smarter or more intelligent that the black man (Save religious and traditional superstition) , the white bought gun powder from China , only to come to peaceful Africa and use these never seen fire sticks to subjugate the happy naive African , who has never used money to buy his food before , stole their land , and 500 years now they are still stealing from us and gave us their religion , it I sad yet funny the Oppressor and the Oppressed share the same God


The Cesarean section has been used by our ancestors for millinials , in Uganda and even the yoruba clans where midwives would pour numbing balm on pregnant women and slit open her belly to successfully bring out a baby with a 99 percent success rate , the whites say this A German ... and called this surgery, now the black man has to pay for surgery and not even know , we discovered CS.
[13/07, 12:13 am] TheSourcerer: The mind not the brain is the strongest part of the body, though invincible, so again it is impossible for telepathy to be feasible, just like time travel can never be invented sir ? Why because humans created time , it is abstract , Time in itself does not exist , the awareness of time does , which again was another unnecessary distraction from the pale skinned people
[13/07, 12:28 am] TheSourcerer: Finally nobody would like to play fortnight or chess using so called telepathy, there is a joy that comes with holding a pad and moving your chess piece with your hand , it is ridiculous to get injected with Nano tech just to play chess any regular person with an about an IQ of 120 can play , injecting nanotechnology into your body for just a one hour game is ridiculous and not to talk on the effects it would have on the brain mind and even body , and how vicious the body attacks foreign objects, definitely not advised for the black man to use, as even in the video they are all white men but the so called user , playing fortnite was black man,

The con of the whites are endless (maybe because of the animalistic primal ancestors like the Rhesus Monkey and the Neathathals) , the iPhone one was brought to the market and was good, the iPhone 2 , 3 , 4 ,5, 6, 7,7+8, 8+, 9, 9 pro , pro max etc, and these phones are all the same , reigning in Africa , but banned in the US , especially the US president must not use an IPhone but a Samsung , for their own reason known to them , but we know it's clearly because of the censor , I really hope this 'Technology 'does not get to Nigeria ( Their target Market) because not only would the African man take it en-mass , probably get sick and die after playing chess,
The babalawos Alphas and Pastors who already have billions of dollars would purchase these things too and make magic and miracles our people would believe , and the whole cycle continues again , Ill wait a few more months for another Technology to be cooked up, it is certain to happem and will happen again , as mother Theresa under the guise of Christianity, injected 3 million babies with HIV and , one other Missionary who injected his patients and children with syphilis, and this was way before the invention of Nanotech
[13/07, 1:18 am] TheSourcerer: Good luck to Elom Musk on his mission to eradicate the black race like his ancestors had always dome , but the thing is we are still here , we are still strong and we are not going anywhere . Because evolution explains all whites came from Africa, in those days , Africans with blue eyes , lighter skin (Afin) , even erus , and people dangerous to the society were sent on Exile , going up north because of the intense lack of the sun ( a main sequence star, because it is still fusing hydrogen to helium to create a sort of equilibrium for the next two hundred million yes or so , at this time Gravity collapses our star the sun increasing it's Mass, in what is now called the red giant phase scorching part of the Earth as we see happen everyday to different stars and far distant nebula)

Back to how these Africans became white and why they wish to eradicate every single black
These Outcast , going up north due to lack of enough sun got lighter skin, lack of sun means immense cold, evolution gave them longer hair to protect them from the cold , they met with the Neathathals who were vicious animalistic hominoids (as 80-90 percent of Whites have the Neathathal gene) these animals were not homosapiens like the real humans( The Africans) , these beasts were hunters and scavengers , ominivours that ate and killed anything not Neathathals, they were very terrifying, this explains our primal fear of the dark as the Neathathals hunted at night, in kind words they interbred with these new light skinned Africans wives , giving them their gene of destruction and so called domination , and their major target Africa , the land that rejected them , even them they whites don't know why they hate and want to eradicate Africa, it is already in their gene to do so , Religion was another tool aside the gun , the Indians gods look like the Indians (Krishna , Vinshu) the Norse had God's that looked like them (Thor , Loki, Freya , )
The buhdist same, but the African supreme God looks nothing like our ancestors or me and the bible they gave us , we could not understand because the African man's natural religion was naturalism ,the African man belived Nature gave him all he wanted , water, food , land a mate , herbs for healing .....Then the selfish Ajayi Crowder decided to translate the Jewish book into yoruba langauge so he will be hailed as a 'Holy hero' making even the least literate Yoruba know the Jewish God, the Guns and the human stealing by the whites forced the African man into fetishism, beliving the rain would save him if he controled it, the gods would make their skins inpenetrable to the whites mans bullet ( the bombardment of Abeokuta by the British in 1886) where the Egbas after sacrificing 7 virgins to yemoja, came to the white men with their guns screaming 'Shoot me white man your bullets would turn to water' sadly the egbas lost @2120 warriors that day amd the british only had 14 wounded soldiers (This is well docuemted to a letter to the king ) benin lagos, ife, kano and Kaduna were all bombarded within the space of 5 years , the juju did nothing , till date the ida mask still remains in the British mesusm, only to be lent to us during Festac and returned as agreed even before our great grand fathers were born , the whole shrines were burnt down , all the golds stolen , 13 massive ships , full of Gold and bronze were taken nonstop , they eradicated the Nok civilization , the most historically advanced bronze scoptures in the world even before the whites started digging the ground for tin, We gave them the bronze Age, Chemistry is literilly called the blacks mans science , the whole of Northern Africa were black , that is why every sphinx of egypt has its nose broken by a cannon because no way would a black build a pyramid with sunch intricate technology, which yes we did have technology,, white skyscraper looking buildings bigger than the US and Mordern UK combined , they said it was built by aliens , when it is obviois they were blacks , in every tomb opened in Egypt Afro combs were fround , only a black man would need afro combs for our curly hair , the walls of benin though bombarded by the british was four times longer than the walls of china, The portugese who first entered the majestic kindom of Benin had never seen a place as neat as Benin , their dogs wore gold , benin had steet lights 15feet up in the air made from wool and oil , it was witten that at night the markets and city were as busy as the day, there was no thievery, hunger , of need to souce for money like dirty london a d the city of cataluna in spain , this was well documemted in quote by the pourtogese , who were somewhat a peaceful people as rheir were ruled and were black moors , the enlightenment era of Spain was when the black moors from africa ruled them for some 500 years . Even though the blacks are been cased down to subsaharn gradually till now as the whole north now is White/Arab, the sourthern part of Africa also filled up with the whites , They called west Africa the white mans grave becuse of the mosqitoes they couldnt survive malaria like we could and decided to do what they do best to bombard , invade and christainze , the same religion that caused centuries of war on their continent (Ottoman-Byzantine wars , The Crusades , ) the crusades were not funny at all , neither was the spaniah inqisition . And since giving us their beautiful religion always worked in Africa a d with a translated Bible that translates peace and love , they infiltrated , injected us with foreign diseases .uncureable and unknown to the African Man , since they could not invade enmass as they did every single African country , expect Ethiopia , who defeted the Italians , due to their unusual terrain . THEY TRIED TWICE AND LOST TWICE, an event similar to when they tried invading japan , two tusnamis broke their ship in diffrent years , the japanses gladly call the kamikaze event, hence why Japn was never Christainzed , till tomorrow japan cannot have an Army .whatever Africa has done to these people , they always seem to want to eradicate us , but it's not possible , if they could have we wouldn't be here .
[13/07, 1:26 am] TheSourcerer: About the drug Marijuana , it was banned during the IBB regime ? Why because the US threatened to Ban Nigeria from the world trade..... why in quote according to president Nixon of the United States, ' if you give niggas rum in a bar they would be happy and talk about folly , but if you give the niggas Marijuana , they will discuss politics' The Nixon war on Marijuana was so crazy that the media printed 'when Niggas smoke Marijuana, they will steal , be intimate with with women, they would kill , and it causes insanity for the black man ......propaganda were printed everyday to demonize it , even though modern medicine says they is nothing wrong with it , when they found out the ply did not work again they started making the hard drugs , heroine, Crack cocaine , tramadol , colorado amongst other drugs , massively sending it to Africa, still rampaging the youths today ..... but they legalized it why because, now it has health benefits for them as it is a regular plant that grows in India, Brazil , Mexico and Africa ,and there's are also places ravaged by the whites
[13/07, 1:42 am] TheSourcerer: In India befor the British Raj, Hindu cut through all races and castes ,which was culturally categorized i will explain, just like a yoruba man would know he is from royalty due to his surname , or the osus know where they belong immediately there were born , the Hindus belived the head of their god are the kings , chiefs ,high ranking official like the lords and the, religious leaders of course , these are called the Brahmin the head they typically are born rulers , the Arm includes warriors , fighters,Army even hunters . I fail to recall the Hindu word for them , them the thighs includes the Teachers and Merchants. The feet the lowest castes are called the untouchables , they clean the latrine , are bricklayers, well they were the least of the society , it was natural , and they did not complain. Then the British came in the 1603's or 1604 , and created the British Raj system , making the Brahmin whiter , the feet's darker , destroying Hinduism not to cut through a caste system as it was generally and culturally accepted by all , now Hinduism cuts only through race , where a lighter skin indian would play major roles in their own movies and the darker Indians the thugs , or the villian .
[13/07, 1:46 am] TheSourcerer: The whites are honestly the worst things to happen on the planet Earth 5.3 million years ago, they take and take and take and take and destroy and take and whitewash everything ,even after chasing the black man to Sub-Saharan Africa, we developed still, developed our own science our own buildings , statues , and they still came with cannons a d ship to blow up the black and steal 13 boats a days for 400 years of our gold and silver
[13/07, 4:41 am] TheSourcerer: The richest man ever to live was mama Musa of Mali, it was said when we went for pilgrimage, all the 5 counties he passed including Egypt had inflation for 6months , because he gave away gold , his slaves wore gold , dogs and even cheetahs were adorned with Gold , he was a very Black man , he is estimated to worth 400 Billion dollars ( which the whites would greatly reduced in estimation ) an asset amount today that would put 6 Elon musk and 5Billgates money to shame , and yes they were invaded and bombarded , till this day Mali cannot boast of a GDP of 600 million . Tody no body knew Mali was once a super power that included Northern Nigeria. The Borno-kqnem empire .Even till this day. Africa is so rich that our oblesk stick was stolen and today used im the white house and seen in almost every skyscraper I'm the US and UK ,,










The fossil fuel we have here (petrol ) proves dinosaurs roamed the plains of Africa Nigeria
As all car's fuel are decayed fossils (Dinasaurs ) underground, so why are all dinosaurs In movies white and found on other peoples lands and open the bristish museum for all to see, , the fact we have this fossil oil and still have to use their refineries to refine our feul before they sell it back to us, I'm sure somebody must have bullied someone into not getting a refinery because it would take nothing from the Weathy Nigerian men to get working Refinaries , to aid our sufficiency in creating and refining our own oil making oil easy to access for everyday and massively reduce the prize but it keeps going up , we have more than 200 plus privates jets an average jet costs 156 -400 billion dollars but to but a modern functioning refinery is 14 -19 Billion dollars , , well Nigeria is a man friday to the British /West, .... The country's name says it all , Cote d'Ivoirewas formerly called ivory cost (Where ivory was taken enmass , meaning killing our elephants the largest animal in Cote d'Ivoire now they are just 225 elephants in this blessed country where poverty or war was never heard of) The Gold coast, where gold enmass was taken 300 large ships a day for 400 years, now all the gold are I'm the UK and US now Ghana only has reserve gold of 8.7 metric tons , 401 metric tons were taken from the proud Gold coast who had their chairs and hair beads made of Gold . BRITAIN AND THE US HAS A COMBINED GOLD of 401 and 8100 metric tons respectivly 8501 ,metric tons of Gold which is very much underestimated. Canada 306 metric tons not to talk of France 230 metric and Ireland with 604 metric tons respectivly ,and these are their reserves , from countries that don't have Natural Gold but salt,,,,,,
Nigeria they claimed is coined from the Niger Congo river , ridiculous 😂 did they export our niger river to the west , we were named Nigeria because of the slaves they took from here , Nigger Area (Niggers), Gold coast (Gold) ivory cost (Ivory) all of them changed their names including Rhodesia but not Nigeria
Nigeria, is the most populated African country of
today. We know that the genocidal murders and
slavers would have meant to utilize the Latin root
(nigers) niggers, to designate Nigeria, the home of
the largest population of African slaves, rather than
just the Berber word N’jer which refers to any
flowing body of water. We were named Nigerians .
the southern coasts of Nigeria was called the slave coast by the Western world for 200 years. another area called the Grain Coast where they traded grains, and another area called the Ivory Coast where they stole ivories off the elephants they butchered ,leaving them on the brink of extintion , now we Africans are supposed to 'protect' the so called endangered specie fining and banning us if we killed these animals there and of course there was also an area called Slave Coast where they took
slave. That area is the present day Southern Nigeria.
From the Slave Coast, they shipped those that left
for Brazil, Argentina, Haiti, Jamaica and the rest of
the Carribeans, United States and Canada.


The white men fish our oceans with massive ships , endangered all species , told Africans to reduce fishing not to extent the fishes , The African man that uses just a boat and net ..... We are not Nigerians , We are Africans ,the true Human race .LOVE AND LIGHT



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MercyStan:
I'm about to share something I've never revealed before.

I'm currently in my late twenties and ever since I was a kid I have been able to see a part of human being that others can't.

When I look at a person, I don't just see the physical body but I also see an extra layer of what looks like thin coloured smoke. I can't feel the smoke but I can see it. When I come close to the person it appears like a hologram of sorts.

The colour of the smoke depends on the individual. But for most people it's a light orange smoke. I've seen very few people with black smoke and even fewer people with white smoke.

However there are people that don't have this smoke. All I see is a body and nothing else. I have now come to theorize that these group of people aren't humans, or have no soul; human or otherwise.

I can also detect this colored smoke on photos and videos taken on newer cameras and phones like Android and iPhones. I don't see this colored smoke when I look at pictures I took with my blackberry, symbian and older Nokia phones

I can't detect this colored smoke in people in old movies but I can see in on people in recent movies and on current television.

Also when I come in physical contact with the people that don't have this colored smoke I feel an instant sharp coldness that lasts a second; like when you touch iceblock and immediatelyremove your hand. I always avoid these people.

Feel free to ask me any questions, and you can also show me a picture of a person and I can tell you what color of smoke I see on them and if I don't see any smoke on them I'll tell you.

It's Aura, it's energy brother , and energy never lies.