Relationship Dynamics

Greetings to all my readers (which aren't many!), I would like to talk today about Relationship Dynamics.  It is of dire importance that both parties of the relationship be on the same page of their life's book.  Two differing standpoints can cause friction, like two tectonic plates rubbing against each other, which in the worst case scenario can result into an earthquake, which everyone knows from knowledge that earthquakes are devastating, and will only leave wreckage in its wake.  If you love your woman, then you will listen to her, hear her vocal thoughts, understand her perspective, and appreciate her differences when it comes to something that both of you have disagreed upon.  This does not mean that you as a man have the obligation to adhere to this difference, because sometimes those differences can sever the ties that bind that particular relationship.  If you take the time to listen, and refrain from talking too much as to overwhelm the dialogue, then you might be able to learn what it is that she aspires for.  A woman's dreams should be the place where a man nestles his heart, because if he loves his woman, then he'll make sure that he will take the seeds of her dreams and plant them in fertile soil, water them, care for them, and watch over them as they grow from a seed to a beautiful rose.  But, if that rose has already bloomed, and you don't take care to nurture that flower, it will wilt and the petals will fall to the cold ground of divorce and despair.  You don't have to be married to someone to go through a divorce.  The term can be applied to any relationship that goes south, that slowly decays and dies.  It is the responsibility of the man to nurture the dreams of his woman, and to shine his light like the Sun on her planet, because the Sun is the reason why this planet is habitable.  She is like the earth, a planet that is far enough from the Sun to not get absorbed and obliterated by its strength and solar intensity, but close enough to harbor life.  A true man will make sure that he acknowledges his wife or his love (or both) as a queen and someone to be respected.  Behind every strong man is a strong woman, so the man must understand that she is his shield, and he is her sword.  If both of you are reading the same chapters of your life's walk together, then you will both become authors of a unifed story, which is a beautiful conception.

I will get more into the woman's perspective on how she should caretake for her man, but that will come in another post.

Thank you for reading my thoughts.  More to come soon...

Sincerely,

Stephen Strange

A New Beginning

Today is a good day to be alive.  With all the blessings from the God that lives within us, we can walk in the light of the world and hold our heads up high.  We are physical manifestations of something ethereal, an essence that resides in our eyes, our minds (the third eye), in our non-verbal communication, in our words, and in our expressions.  What animates us?  What is this force known as consciousness?  Whether you subscribe to a religious doctrine, be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or anything that has a structure of practice and a set architectural format that you abide by, remember that the one aspect of our existence that connects us all is the fact that we are human.  This is a bond that is shared by all men, women, and children.  We can look into each other's eyes, and see a reflection of ourselves, the incarnation of God in the flesh and physical body.  I'm certain that if we as a human family were to strip ourselves of the clutter of religion, and free our minds from those prisons of mental incarceration, the separation that we adopt when we subscribe to a particular set of rules that govern our spiritual direction, we would realize that we have more in common than we previously assertained.  We are family, but because of the distance of continents, or states, or nations, we have separated ourselves from our true essences of brotherhood, which is blood.  Blood is thicker than water, but water is powerful, and blood drenches the soil when we clash on the stage of warfare.  We all have the Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head, which is the acronym explaination of the word ALLAH, the arabic word for "God".  If you break down this acronym, you will see (hopefully) that this word is the diagram for the human body, the temple in which God places his spirit in.  Two books (the Bible and the Qu'ran) help us to understand the lyrics, poetry, precepts, and dictations of great men, who were much wiser than most on this planet.  The one thing that keeps us at two different points of understanding, like a yardstick that is put between two men, keeping them at a distance, is this subscription that one person's religion or spirituality is absolute, and the other person's beliefs are completely invalid, and thus non-existent.  I think that we as humans have devised the greatest separation between human beings in the form of organized religion.  How would you feel if you were to walk a mile in another man's shoes, understanding his practices and his rituals, knowing the internal knowledge of his storehouse of wisdom?  How would it feel if he were to do the same?  We live on the same planet, but we as religious practitioners are light years apart from one another, creating differing polarities that keep us estranged.  If the planet simply understood the notion of where God is, (which is within the human being, and subsequently in all creations) we would drop the shackles of religion and unite in celebration to the notion and harmony of an all-inclusive understanding of our relationship to the universe, God, and ourselves.  When a man meditates, he does not dwell in the minds of other men, he simply turns his eyes inward, and seeks those jewels that lay within.  Walking with God is not a group activity, it is a self-revolution, a self-Jihad, an adventure where each step that is taken is the energy that the Self provides to this spiritual awakening.  God is not far from you, as most will have you think.  God is in the reflection, God is in the eyes of your fellow men, God is in the animals, God is in nature and all creations, God is in the very existence of consciousness, and God is within you, which means that you are God and God is you.  I am not saying that because we are gods (Psalms 82:6 and John 10:34) that we will not die.  We all have a debt to pay, which is death, because death is the payment for sin.  We all live in a physical, perishable body.  What I am saying is that within us, this force that drives us nearer and nearer to a self-awakening, is the potential for all infinite possibilites, to learn and understand the kingdom that is within.  Don't be deceived by the 10% when they tell you to worship a diety that is beyond your own soul and spirit, pointing to the skies, instructing you to place your energy beyond that which is already within, only waiting to be unearthed like a diamond in the deep soil of the soul.  Understanding self, the true reflection of the Creator within, is the greatest journey one can embark upon, and if we as human beings understood the necessity to invest in our minds the type of energy that is productive and healthy for the human family, then we would truly be free.

"Religion is a prison for the seekers of wisdom..."
~Killah Priest, from the Heavy Mental album

Peace to everyone, and I hope that one day the human family can drop the manacles of their differences, and understand the common ground that we stand upon, which is love.

Still Looking

Greetings to all the readers, it has been nearly a year since my last post.

I finally earned my degree from the University of Kentucky, which in hindsight, was a great achievement. Now, I'm on to other endeavors. I should be publishing my first non-fiction book on my struggles in life, specifically with the struggles that I have undergone (and subsequently survived) in the past thirteen years. I feel as if a new chapter is looming on the horizon, with the coming of my first publication and the launch of my first website. The website is tailored for the writer of all genres, and will allow for a forum to be created, as well as a place to write and post your writings. These endeavors, I pray, will not go unnoticed. I have placed a lot of hard work in my first manuscript, and in the coming months of this year, I should have a fiction piece that I will self-publish under a pseudonym. For anyone who is interested in reading about my trials and tribulations, I will post an E-Store link here on my blog spot after the book is published. All I have left is the cover design, then things will really spring into motion.

Now that I have the degree, the pertinent question is, "What do I do with it?" That question is of serious import. One does not wish to sit around and let the diploma collect dust while it rests mounted on my living room wall. Nor do I wish to miss out on excellent opportunities to make some decent money. If my plan blossoms, as I have predicted it will, I should have a number of streams of income in the next few years. I am a writer, but still not hired. Hopefully, this blog might open some doors, and possibly windows, in the writing world as I leak out this blog to potential employers.

And, I am back doing what I love and cherish the most, which is writing. I have high hopes, but I don't stretch out my dreams too far and too fast, because the plummet could be devastating.

Thank you to all those who have kept up with this blog, I appreciate you more than you know.

Sincerely,

Stephen Strange