The Virtue Responsibility
by Mason Denise Carlisle
Virtue, what does that word actually mean? Well, it is defined as behavior showing high moral standards. A quality of being morally good. Virtue is a trait of excellence, righteous and good for humanity. Some of the traits that are considered virtuous include: Honesty, bravery, kindness, forgiving, wisdom, justly, loving and patience. In this article we will talk about the importances of the virtue, RESPONSIBLE. Sadly, to many of us do not comprehend the gravity and significance of this trait. In fact, because this virtue is far too often ignored or devalued, our world is a tremulous place to live. Frankly, too many people do not take being responsible seriously, particularly people in positions of power and/or authority.
Responsibility is a virtuous trait that starts early in life, beginning with proper personal hygiene. Our bodies are the greatest responsibility we all have. If we learn the importance of good personal hygiene and how significant it is when it comes to our health, a strong sense of responsibility grows with ease. To teach our children to keep their bodies clean, to practice good oral hygiene is to start them on a responsible path in life. We need only pay attention to some of the topics posting on various social media platforms such as, Instagram and Tic Tok, to see how few people have learned the value of proper personal hygiene. Some of us have family members and close friends who have this problem. In fact, Covid spread so rapidly because of poor personal hygiene, as it is with all these type viruses. Poor personal hygiene is the first sign that a person is irresponsible.
This paragraph in this article is going to put a big emphasis on cleanliness. How one keeps their homes, vehicles, or any of their personal surroundings, is always an indication of how one takes care of their body. The importance of cleanliness is significant when it comes to maintaining our health. Again, this is oral, body, physical and mental care. Once we have mastered and understand the importance of personal care, of proper, acceptable personal hygiene and striving to remain healthy physically and mentally, it is easy for cleanliness to expand outward. Cleanliness emphasizes the significance of this virtuous trait.
Responsibility extends into everyday life as the path of education begins. We learn the importance of time management. The educational path teaches us a more advanced form of responsibility we carry with us for the rest of our lives. So, it is important to first master the responsibility of cleanliness in order to take on time management effectively. Improper time management leads down a road that will have unpleasant consequences and repercussion. When it is understood how important it is to manage time, we live a life that is far more rewarding and beneficial, which leads us down a path of success.
Once we master time management, we start to take on the responsibility required to learn new things. We begin to understand how important it is to pay attention in class, practice properly, and turn in all assigned work at the appointed times. At this point the steps we have learned, if we want to be successful in life, now include making sure we have taken care of our hygienic needs, and we are getting to class on time and we are participating in the necessary requirements for learning. Achieving and mastering these responsibilities prepare us to join the workforce when we become adults.
So, to recap what we are focusing on in this article understand, when one is not taught the responsibility of cleanliness early in life, they do not learn how to maintain and/or manage time. They do not take the learning process seriously, which leads to failure and puts them on an unsuccessful path in life. Unfortunately, too many people like this are quick to start families, only to pass on a lack of responsible tendencies to their offspring. Irresponsible women get involved with irresponsible men, and together they produce innocent children that are often abused in some way. In fact, these children are more likely to be murdered, all because of a lack of responsibility.
Irresponsible people join the workforce and of course perform badly, having poor hygiene, bad time management skills, and struggle to learn the duties the job requires. The military can often alter the lack of skills, and set a person on a path of success. But, for those who do not take this path, they never fully grasp the virtue of responsibility. Again, the military can turn this around and set a person on the proper path of success, by teaching and requiring these skills from all those who enlist.
We have societal responsibilities as well, and they include voting and electing people to represent us in Congress. Many of us ask the question what kind of person could want a man like Trump to lead them. Take a moment to look at his supporters and the answer becomes crystal clear. Many of these people are over-weight, they do not look clean, and it is not hard to imagine they do not smell very good. Some of them who attacked the United States Capital on January 6, 2021 thought it was all right to defecate and urinate on the floors of the Nation’s Capital. Those of us who have mastered cleanliness were left to wonder what or how did they wipe themselves. How did they smell all crammed in together like that? Did they have bad breath? No longer is there a need to wonder how bad mass evil smell. Something similar to how bad their leader of choice smells.
When they are interviewed, they give responses that show a lack of intellect. This is a result of never mastering the responsibility of learning new skills. Their lack of comprehension is abundantly clear when they fail to respond to basic simple questions coherently or logically. They become burdens for other citizens to carry in our society. Responsibility is hard to teach and is mostly a virtue we learn from example. Unfortunately, to many irresponsible people go on to start families, failing to set the proper example that teach this virtue to their children.
Again, responsibility is a virtue that is very significant but requires effort, as do all virtuous traits. Irresponsible people are always slothful. They are rebellious and do not like rules. They do not respect anything, or, anyone. This is why in the Gnostic faith members are encouraged to look for a lack of virtuous traits in others before we allow them to enter into our circle of friends and acquaintances. This is especially encouraged when looking for a life partner. If a person shows a lack of responsibility, a union with them will always be stressful and one sided. The Gnostic faith encourages us to be evenly yoked, because relationships are unsuccessful if there are no common forms of interests. For example, an active person will not do well with a lazy person. A clean person will be miserable with a messy person. It matters and will eventually lead to some form of separation.
There are many duties that accompany responsibility and a slothful person does not possess the physical aptitude or mental capacity required to perform these duties. They are burdensome no matter how nice, how pleasant and how charismatic they are at first. Remember, the first side of most new acquaintances is their representative. It takes time to see the true character of an individual. Also, far too often we are drawn to the outer attractiveness of a person. We have learned that some of the most attractive people have poor personal hygiene. The duties that accompany the virtue responsibility are the tools that allow a person to lead a successful life. And, let’s not forget, cleanliness is always next to Godliness. See you in the forum.
The Most High vs Religion
By Mark McGinnis & Mason Denise Carlisle
Most of us grow up believing God and religion go together like bread and butter. But is that true? If that was true why are there so many religious variations? If there is one God, why are there so many different versions of his will and sacred words? It would seem this alone would make people question the notion that God and Religion are closely woven together. With that said, it is important to really know what God is and what God stands for. This article will begin by answering that question.
God, the Most High is, pure LOVE, and LOVE has many attributes. Those attributes include: Responsibility, kindness, morality, honor, curtesy, compassion, respect, consideration, patients, and empathy. God brings us joy, happiness. So, where did this notion that God punishes come from? Hmmm dare we to wonder? Actually, anything that makes us feel sad, aside from loss, the passing of a love one, is not of God. If things are being said in any setting that disturbs you in any way, whatever is being said or expressed is not from or about God. Notice the attributes of the Most High are all positive. So, if somethings cause us to feel negative, whatever is causing that feeling, is not of God. Church, for example, if the minister, preacher, or pastor says anything that is received negatively, that person’s words are not inspired by the Most High.
If we all knew the real nature of God none of us would feel like things are hopeless, like we are unloved, uncared about, worthless and/or unwanted. The creator of all that lives loves and cares about everything that lives, unconditionally. The Most High loves men, women, children, animals and plants. God does not withhold love because of how we look, because we are fat, skinny, short, tall, gay, straight, black or white and all the different variations in between. God loves the law abiding and the criminal. God loves unconditionally without favor. This is scripture.
The scriptures is also clear when it uses the term, Devils , and speaks of the spirit of evil that is satanic. Lucifer is not a lone devil. He is not a devil at all. In fact, he is the second male element that makes up GOD. There are three. He is more than an angel. So…what caused this labeling of a part of God in this blasphemous way? What did Lucifer actually do? He created arrogance, selfishness, and conceit. This is where some of us get this notion, we are better than others? Lucifer. His arrogance was angering and caused him to be kicked out of his home. It did not displace his position as part of the Most High, and arrogance is not evil. He did triggered anger for the first time, and the feeling of anger fell down with him as he descended, spinning, creating what we now know as the very chaotic universe.
It is said that we are created in the image of God, what part of God is creation? Lucifer is beautiful and brings about beautiful things. Earth is beautiful because this is the Logos he landed on. All parts of the Most High are a part of our design. We have a mind, a heart, we are very creative, we can reproduce and give life as well as take it away, we have the ability to communicate, we have a spirit, and as we age we become wise. There are seven elements/images that make up GOD. These elements/images function individually because they are part of God. They have FREEWILL. Together they make up all that God is, and it is what makes The Most High, God.
Science tells us the universe started with a big bang, that is the theory. It is true. Science does not eliminate God it simply explains the existence of God. The bang was the mind of God becoming aware. The mind is male, masculine. This is what is meant in scripture when it is says the male came first. Then there was heart. Heart is female. Creation followed, Lucifer, the second male. Lucifer was followed by Nemesis. Her name says it all. She is life and she can be death as well. Voice, communication was next. Yahweh, Yahushua, or Jesus as some call him, also male. Comforter followed Voice. She is spirit and yes, female. The seventh part of God is Sofia, wisdom, also female.
Look at the characteristics of each element and understand why their gender is so specific. The seed of life is always in the male of any species. The Male ushers in life he does not dominate, control or rule. The Male represent the mind our ability to learn, think and utilize what is learned. Heart, the most vital part of God, Love, compassion, temperance, a leveler of sorts. We have all heard the say behind ever good man is a great woman. A female serves as a buffer for a very powerful mind. She brings compassion into logic. She receives help with this, that is how powerful logic is, MIND.
Creation Lucifer, the part of GOD responsible for EVERYTHING that follows. Everything. Beauty introduces selfishness and self-centeredness. Narcissism, we know he is the most beautiful being in existence. Again, although he is self-absorbed that does not mean he is evil. Mind, Heart and Creation, formed Nemesis, the giver of life for all species. She is the ward of Karma, karma can usher in termination. Karma is always just. This is Nemesis. Together, Mind, Heart, Creation and life, formed Voice. Voice is also male. He is strong and a powerful communicator. He is able to lead with language, to join together verbally. Words can be hard to hear sometimes, as Voice is honest. Voice along with the others brought forth Comforter. She eases the sting of words and shows temperance. She is the Holy Spirit of God. Finally, Wisdom comes forward, also female, soft, certain, combining logic and knowing, and ushering in cognition, understanding of what is learned. The body of the Most High has three males and four females.
Now let’s talk about religion. What is this exactly? This is ALL human. All the different kinds of religion show human’s different interpretation of God, the will, character, and understanding of God. This is something that man uses to draw humans in. Once they are inside, the fear tactics begin, the misinterpretations begin. The practice of tithing that is required in all religions. First of all, in scripture, tithing was something the wealthy were asked to do. However, the Most High does not care about MONEY. God has no use for that which humans use in their tangible value system. No part of God needs or requires mans system of worth to do what God does. Money only matters to humans as it is a financial system they have created, on the Earth. Think about it, if money was of God there would not be such a stark contrast, between those who live well, and are very wealthy, as opposed to those who struggle through life living in extreme poverty. The only relationship religion has with the Most High is religion uses God to lure people in, and control them with fear. It is a dominance situation, a desire for power. Religion suppressing free will, it subjugates and oppresses the human spirit. It literally distorts the character of the Most High and aligns the characteristics of God to that which is opposite of God’s nature, HATE.
Anger, a negative emotion, did ushered in HATE, and as we know hate is the opposite of everything God stands for. Anger, not Lucifer caused this. Again, anger trickled down with Lucifer, and spread throughout the newly created universe. Also, other emotions formed, shock, surprise, fear, and uncertainty. A variety of emotions developed from the fall. A few more include, anxiety, inner discomfort, hopelessness, sadness, and emptiness that being alone and feeling abandoned causes. All of this is what causes depression. Other more intellectually inclined beings are created but they are fragile, vibrating in a much lower density than that of Creation, the most powerful vibrating energy in existence being part of the Most High. Give rational thought to the idea that Lucifer is without love. If that were true the Earth would be a horrible monstrosity.
Hell, is it real? Where is it? Why would a loving God send anybody to such a horrific place? Another untruth spread through religion. Hell is a description created by a human male named Diantè. He wrote a piece known as “Diante’s Infernal”, describing a horrible place he wished upon all those who wrong him. It was then incorporated into scripture and other text, and used to create fear in order to obtain mass compliance. So, religion is man made and established, designed to make use of the most powerful resource in existence, in order to completely control mass groups of people. Fear and punishment for none compliance is a powerful source used to gain unquestionable obedience. The Most High gave us all free will, we also have the ability to determine what we believe and agree with. This has not always been easy because in the past and currently, in many places, religion is allowed to persecute people.
Freewill, it is a natural born right given to all living things under the Most High. That means everything that lives. All seven elements/parts of the Most High have free will. Human religion denies this universal right. All religion has found a way of making some aspect of human life too restrictive. It literally infringes on free will. This is man’s biggest sin. The forceful denial of a God given right, in the name of God. It is indeed blasphemy. Thus another term for religion is cultism. These or groups that have extreme beliefs that lead to the suffering of others. Sin is anything that is done that causes any kind of harm to others, anything.
So, it is more than clear, religion has very little to do with the Most High. Again, the only association the two have is God is used to lure people into the fold. Humans have a need to be a part of a group. To have a shared belief, things that are valued. Religion found a way to fill and exploit that human need. Remember the Word, Yahushua, Jesus, advised us to seek and assured us we would find. It is our responsibility to seek the truth and to cognitively understand what is real. It is our duty to learn the true nature of God so that we are aware of the untruths man has created.
We are in hell already. It does not get any worse than this. It is not the nature of the Most High to torture humanity. We are in hell because of the real god of this world and that is MONEY. Humanity makes life hell with its open worship of money and all the mechanisms that are in place to ensure most humans live in some form of financial destress. They have come up with a way to enslave us to this need for money most of our lives and their systems make sure very few of us live financially comfortable lives.
The Most High does not show favoritism but humanity does. Humans have many reasons for subjugating each other, such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientations, age, and sometimes disability. Human validity is determined primarily on their economic status, money. Please realize, the god of Earth, humanity, is money. All faith is placed in having money, but the ability to receive enough money is sometimes made unobtainable for some. This includes the ability to obtain employment which is something that is often quite difficult. Humanity has made it difficult for most people to make enough money to live comfortably. Too many people cannot acquire the type of employment that pays adequately. Some have an easier time because they are the right ethnicity, gender, or age. A higher level of education can increase the likelihood one can obtain a higher paying career, but college requires money. Others are successful because they come from wealthy families. There is the saying that it takes money to make money. It is often true and it locks so many people out, preventing them from obtaining financial security. These conditions are human made. Humans make life on Earth hell, not some devil, and certainly not the Most High.
If humans worshiped the God who is God alone, there would be no homeless people, no hungry people, no one refused medical care when needed. But, humans have enacted laws that are causing women to die due to hospitals refusing to treat them because of these laws. Humans make life hell because of their need to over-power and control others. Religion offers no relief but only compounds the misery by also require money from those who attend. People seeking a relationship with what they are led to believe is God. It is not the God who is God, but the human god on Earth, MONEY.
Giving is for those who have a surplus, excess, not for those who are struggling to keep food on the table. To ask this of those who are struggling and attach it to faith is ungodly. The Most High again, has no use for something humans have placed value in. The Most High does not need money to do anything. There is no one devil, but there are many devils and demons, and they are human. Satan is a behavior, a nefarious, wicked behavior, a behavior shrouded in the spirit of evil. These are humans my friends. Yes, there is a spirit of evil and we all must learn to choose the path we will take. Excessive behavior gives way to sin and sin is the spirit of evil. We all know what the seven deadly sins are. Why are these things sins? Because they are excessive behaviors that literally lead to the death of many others. Not a few, many. Think about each one and clarity will emerge. Greed, Gluttony, Pride, Lust, Wrath, Envy and Sloth.
It is not hard to understand why we live in hell and who is the cause of making this walk through life, so hard. For all of us, freewill gives us an option to resist the spirt of evil and successfully complete this journey, living righteously and honor the God who is God alone. Humans either progress or regress, succeed or fail. Do we fail and have to repeat the process or do we succeed and move on to a new journey? The choice is ours and making excuses or attempting to blame something or someone else for the choices we make individually, will not save anyone in the end. Open your minds to how religion and the Most High are completely different. Because the true god or humanity is so prevalent on Earth, this journey is absolute hell for those who strive to live righteously. They are sucked into and surrounded by all those who have totally turned themselves over to the unrighteous behavior the human god demands. Let’s talk about it. See you all in the forum.
