JosephKnecht

Did you ever think you would get this?

I know you do. Rumi is essential.

How does it affect your daily life? Do your friends and family know about this? Describe your typical first-person experience of walking down a shopping mall. How do you experience others' energies?

Stop your rumination and get a hold of Rumi.

Here is some original analysis. How do you get more people to become more fiscally conservative? Crush the economy by increasing taxes(tariffs) on all goods/services so that things become more expensive. When things are more expensive, people buy less, and the economy declines. When things decline, fear settles in, and people become more conservative. And you thought Trump was dumb.

I think someone loves the Truth a bit too much I won't say who, but I think you know. @rudirotbart Thanks for sharing.

I suggest you read the following book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_an_Economy_Grows_and_Why_It_Crashes It is exactly what you are looking for. Hope you enjoy!

I will leave this one here...

I am not the one proselytizing on how to live a great life. Before you give great advice, you should know what great is. Stop distracting me.

Ok. I will share a story from my own direct experience. This year, in January, I was traveling through India. Toward the end of my trip, I decided to volunteer for 2 days in Kalighat, which is part of the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was a Christian, and I wanted to understand more about her life. What better way to understand someone than walking in their shoes for a day? Right? Kalighat is a place unlike any on Earth. It takes in people who don't have anyone, people who even hospitals don't want to treat, people who suffer from incurable diseases, leprosy. What I saw there was terrible. There were people there with feet and hands rotting from the inside, people with all kinds of skin cancer, amputees. I mean, things you can't even imagine. I helped them go to the bathroom, I fed them, and helped them get dressed. Another volunteer told me that the previous day he witnessed someone's arm get amputated by a saw. I wish I could describe what I saw there, but I can't. You can only experience it. I mean, I am a strong guy, but most of the time when I saw these people, I thought that if I were in their position, I would rather cross to the other side and die. Their situation was so unbearable that it was a miracle that they could go on with this kind of suffering. It was so terrible that I couldn't go to Kalighat on the second day. I just couldn't. And then, I tried to imagine the life of Mother Teresa. She spent more than 50 years caring for these old and dying people. This little old lady consciously dedicated her life to helping those who can't help themselves. This little old lady did this for more than 50 years, and I could barely do it for a single day. Then I went to see the place where she lived. I saw her room and it was not bigger than a jail cell. It had one old bed, a wooden table, and a wooden chair. I mean, it was more modest than modest. She died in this room in 1997. This little old woman is a Christian. She is a saint. Near the small room where she used to live, now lies her grave. On that grave, there is a single quote. It says: "Love one another as I have loved you". (St. John 15:12) @Vynce Hope that gave you some insights into a Christian mind.

They all sound like distractions to me.

Can you name some great things in life?

There goes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. I guess we will have to wait for the third one now. @Leo Gura Do we have to put them on the cross every time they cross the line?

I think its a bit disparaging to the rats.

This song has everything. What was the ending vocal? The ending was the best part.