Time Twist and the Illusion of Control - By Moses

What if 24 hours were really 25 hours?
How would the human mind perceive this?
Does that mean that we would have more time to work with? No.
By changing our perception towards time, only changes perspective. Time is constant.
With more thought in a shorter period of time changes our perspective towards the day and the day seemingly becomes longer. This means 24 hours seems like 25 hours.
When 25 hours feels like 24 hours, our strength becomes an ability to function at an optimum level. By curving our perspective in this manner makes time ‘fly’.
Being trapped by time is an illusion, as 24 hours is 24 hours.
Having no choice, with respect to our dreams (subconscious ruminations), is something we all have to come to terms with. Our dreams are what prepare our conscious state for the following day, and can occur in both the conscious and subconscious states. These ruminations in our conscious state have us fighting against time, and if manifested, lead to racing thoughts. Racing thoughts make for ‘long’ days.
The illusion of control does not exist in our dreams.
Our subconscious is alive during our sleep. Knowing this, that in twenty minutes of R.E.M we’re capable of living a full day, and/or night, makes a person appreciate their life. Waking up to start the day should not be taken for granted. To ‘day dream’ (carry conscious state ruminations) is counter productive as we tend to fight against time during these instances.
As the conscious state and subconscious states are related, it stands to reason that the subconscious mind is constantly used. For example, should a man be thinking a word – that word can come out accidentally in speech – a ‘subconscious slip’.
As our conscious and subconscious states are related, yet separate entities, to live life unilaterally (between the two) strengthens our affinity, our soul.
When we remember our dreams it is a blessing, and to Native Americans is considered visionary.
The illusion of control is confusing to those that understand that anything can happen at any time. Control is only a measure that occurs after the fact. In reflection, a person understands what has occurred, what could have been done, and the cause and effect relationship (ramifications). These ramifications as to what happened in our past, are dealt with in our subconscious, and shapes our conscious through our dreams. In our conscious state most people think that they are in control, that they can make something happen, or make something not happen. This illusion of control is what makes us human.
The concept of ‘the straw that broke the camels back’ comes to mind in understanding that we are not in control. As animals, our souls can only take so much punishment before it acts out. A subconscious full of anger promotes night terror, and in turn burdens our conscious state and causes us to act out. This burden takes form in physical crime, dishonesty, and if manifested severe enough, mental health breakdown of our conscious state.
By understanding that ‘No man is an island’, one recognizes to work with whatever it is that they encounter.
When your son accidentally spills something on your new couch, it’s not the end of the world. Shit happens, and to be blind of imperfections, one buys into the idea that they and their loved ones can be perfect. Some look for ulterior motives in a pessimistic state in trying to reach perfection. This defense mechanism is an illusion of control. By mistrusting in this manner a person doesn’t trust themselves. This mistrust lives amongst all of us. Those that deal with their issues is considered a natural maturation process and allows a person to overcome their fear that they’ll be caught when they make a mistake.
No one feels good about themselves when they make a mistake, but you still have to move forward. This illusion of control is a worldwide epidemic. ‘Everyone knows everything, and no-ones ever wrong. Until later’ – lyric written by Neil Peart.
How high, how fast, how strong. At some point there is an innate breakdown that we all experience. System overload, too much pressure. To combat we slow down. Those that ignore the symptoms of stress are susceptible to mental health issues (formerly known as nervous breakdown). We need therapy in our lives to deal with our stress. Reading, sports, movies and television, video games, music, writing, amongst other genres are therapeutic in unleashing pent up anger, and this releases our stress valve to reasonable levels. Pushing ourselves too hard is a problem of the times of the present day. We all want to be successful. How badly we want success is another question. In 1986, Baseball pitcher Donnie Moore was one out away from taking his team to the World Series. He was accredited with the loss. Moore never recovered psychologically from this event. He killed himself a few years later. In our day there is a huge emphasis on meditation and diet. With these areas increasing amongst the public, it enables those to balance their energy, and become less susceptible to mental health disorders.
Here’s an analogy. I can be strong. Strong enough to win. Strong enough to dominate. Strong enough to win the battle. Strong enough to win the war. By the way, who is the enemy?
It has to be alright to make a mistake, or lose the game. If not, a person won’t accept themselves through adversity. In tough times, many people don’t deal with adversity well, and it manifests, increasing our stress-load exponentially. To live our lives with this much pressure can be unbearable. What would you do if your son hit himself in the head over and over again?

Disable This !!!l - By Farhan A. and Moses

Newsletter #1

1. In todays' age, we see roughly 20% of the North American Population having Mental Health Issues, severe enough to be considered Mental Health Problems. This means that roughly 20% of our population is eligible for Federal, State, Provincial Funding.
   This may be disheartening, however, many Bureaucracies are discriminating against the Physically 'Disabled' in the name of Wheel-Trans, MP Offices, and other Government Services that are specifically in place to accommodate the Physically 'Disabled'.
   
   As Service Rates are being lowered, the physically 'disabled' (and Mental Health Survivors for that matter), are left with no lobbying options and caught in a loophole in place (essentially a loophole trap). Being dismayed at bullying tactics, a Client will most likely complain; Were you upset at the driver? The question is premeditating. This is a complete withdrawal of services/ likewise service entitlements. When someone is told to be yourself by some Bureaucracies, in actual fact the premeditated response is of the Bureaucracy playing G-d to you. 'There's a Focus Group, that can prove, at the root, we're all nothing but cold calculation' (Gord Downie)is a summize, of what many Canadians dealing with Bureaucracy encounter. In actual fact, a person labeled 'Physically' Disabled may actually be the brightest Medical Mind. Should we be harnessing our skills, or do we want to promote a greater 'Disability' Population. It is of this writers' opinion that should 'Disability' Claims exceed 33% in North America, SHIT WILL FLY!!!
   
   Disable This !!! has been established to speak out towards these injustices, and to insure that a person in a Wheelchair isn't treated like a second class citizen when they are Canadian Citizens. We would just like to strive, not to be a Disability Pensioner, but rather viable, and in demand towards the workforce (Gainfully Employed).
   

Qualified African Americans for the U.S Presidency - By Moses

Actors/Entertainers Athletes

1. Lawrence Fishbourne 1. Bill Russell
2. Bill Cosby 2. Bob Gibson
3. Denzel Washington 3. Edwin Moses
4. Morgan Freeman 4. Henry Aaron
5. Oprah Winfrey 5. Dave Winfield
6. Forest Whitaker 6. Michael Jordan
7. James Earl Jones 7. Marvin Hagler/Tony Dungy
8. Eddie Murphy 8. ‘Magic’ Ervin Johnson
9. Will Smith 9. Julius Erving (Dr. J)
10. Robert Guilleume 10. Sugar Ray Leonard
11. Garrett Morris 11. Isaiah Thomas
12. Robert Townsend 12.Frank Robinson/Art Schell
13. Arsenio Hall 13. Warren Moon
14. Angela Bissett 14. Gene Upshaw
15. Sydney Poitier 15. Oscar Robertson
16. Samual L. Jackson 16. Jerry Rice
17. Aretha Franklin 17. Elgin Baylor
18. Whoopi Goldberg 18. Don Baylor
19. Spike Lee 19. Calvin Peete/Ernie Banks
20. Gregory Hines 20. Avery Johnson/Ron Washington
21. Quincy Jones 21. Lee Elder/Sam Mitchell
22. John Singleton 22. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
23. Robert Cray 23. Moses Malone/Eddie Jordan
24. Delfalo Marseilles 24. Gary Pettis/Lovey Smith
25. Peabo Bryson 25. Lloyd Moseby

This is not to detract from the accomplishments of current President Barack Obama, but rather to re-iterate that it was only a matter of time before an African American was named to the highest Polital order within the U.S.A.

Dachau - By Moses

Dachau

In 1937 Nazi Germany began a series of Concentration Camps after conquering Poland. There was a little known City of Dachau that Hitler organized into the third largest Concentration Camp. Over 300,000 Jews were exterminated, at first by starvation and execution, finally by the gas chamber.
My Grandfather’s Nephew, Henry Kay, was sent to Dachau in 1939. His job at Dachau was simple; Dig a hole big enough for mass burials. He remained there for three years and was finally freed by the Allied Forces just after Normandy in 1942. Although there were supposed financial reparations made by Germany after the Holocaust, a person was not obligated into taking the money. My concern is this; What happens when someone is convinced that the only way to live their life is to forget a period of their life that another person doesn’t want to know about? Likewise, another person doesn’t want to know about the Holocaust, so it’s not alright for someone else to think about the Holocaust.
Henry Kay used to give his food ration to the wealthy Jewish children that couldn’t stop crying because they had never had to struggle for a meal. He did so willingly because of the punishment that was given to Jewish children as a result of being caught crying. These Jewish children were taken to the infirmary and put forth before Nazi Doctors (headed by Joseph Mengele). It was customary for these children to have their eyeballs taken out of their eye-socket and be injected with blue dye to try and get these Jewish children to see things properly. Even to this day people with blue eyes are sigmoid into thinking they’re evil, or, others look at people with blue eyes as evil, because of these sick practices. In case you haven’t noticed, there is a current Coca-Cola commercial that depicts a brain, a tongue (?), and a blue eyed eye-ball with stick-legs all casually conversing.
In psychological warfare a person is systematically broken down until they mistrust themselves. This is what Hitler and Mengele were trying to accomplish. It is also why Star-Trek started to depict the Borg as the enemy, and also why in later episodes there was a level of peace between Captain Picard and a lost and found Borg, who eventually was kept away from his race. The subplot was in trying to corrupt this race by corrupting this Borg, nixed as it was considered too sadistic.