Political Energy: Value of Humanity, Haven for Ideas, Excellence of Character

Jack of Zhuhai, China 

A small ray of sunshine poured in today. It had been many days since we had our last day of what other people would call a pleasant Summer. When William Shakespeare wrote "Shall I compare these to a Summer's day?" I doubt he was referring to the rainstorms at the end of July.

The energy filled the room, and the scent of black coffee filled the kitchen. Perhaps the two best forms of energy combined. At that moment, the ideas for getting political were racing, but they were not racing in the most productive way.

Do you ever feel as if there is so much to say, but when the words come out, they are not as you imagined? Do you ever feel as if the political world seems so easy to predict and understand, and anyone could do the job of a politician if you could only lie without feelings or remorse?

That kind of energy is destructive and has brought havoc upon our world for the longest of times. We trust those who claim to be experts on leadership, as opposed to those who are experts on ideas. We trust those who are excellent speakers, as opposed to those who are excellent in character and honesty.

The same only situations have turned into a giant mess, and there seems to be only sign for a cure. To begin, we must first call for the creation of a new political climate. One that is not forged in sensationalism and eye-catching wordplay, but one that is founded in ideas that benefit those in all walks of life. Quality of life is not something that should be reserved for a single social group. Every single human deserves the highest quality of life possible.

The energy of humanity should come together and at least find agreement upon that one point. As the ideas that support the benefit of humanity come together, we will form a new way of thought. You will find a new platform and forum in which you can share your voice, and those who have a message of peace and hope will be taken seriously.

Let us not accept this energy of destruction that has been given to us by the darkness, the liars, the cheats, and the intolerable. Let us envision a world where the voices of those in need are the clearest, and the voices of those with plenty are the most generous. Not by any governmental law. Not by any ordinance. Not by any mandate. People sharing only because they want to help. People offering because they want to improve the situations for the world around them. Proffering of not only wealth, but also kindness and good deeds.

Let this become the energy that we must seek out. All the old spiritual books tell us that the energy to make massive social change lives within you. Whether you refer to your body as a temple or your being as a pathway to paradise on Earth.

The sunlight and the grains of coffee make comfort in the morning, but we must never forget all of those on the planet Earth who do not have such wonders. All humans who have not been entranced by the smokescreens of political deception should come together at once and watch the dawn rise upon a new era in which there is love for humanity and solutions replace broken systems.

The Humanity Party: Religion is a Fantasy - Or is It ?

There is a fascinating new political movement going on in the America, but accessible anywhere in the world thanks to social media. Their name is the Humanity Party, and they have some very bold and interesting plans on ending poverty.

I'll post a link to their website, so people can see the details of their platforms and also all of their videos, but for now let's look at two specific tweets that came from the Humanity Party.
http://www.humanityparty.com/index.html

Again, if we could just get rid of the fantasy of religion and the idea that there exists an entity outside of ourselves that will help us and save us, we would then become more focused on saving ourselves and solving the problems that WE created ... that the "dragon" created.
-June 29th

Most people believe in God because they don't believe in their own goodness and of others. God is the concept of "good," the moral compass of our humanity. But until people learn to love themselves, first, above all, and then their neighbor as they do themselves, God will exist.
-June 29th.

I will also post a link to their Twitter account, so you can follow all of their updates, tweets, posts, and so on.
https://twitter.com/humanityparty1

Now, let's get to perhaps the more pressing issue of the day. I am coming from the spiritual side, and when I first read their tweets regarding religion as a fantasy or people believe in God because they don't believe in their own goodness....I did not quite fully understand them. It took me a few times to read over the tweets to grasp what they are trying to say.

Response 1:
Religion is not a fantasy term. There are an enormous amount of religions in the world, and religions such as Hinduism and Jainism (once you get deep into their theology) often deal with observations of the cosmos and existence itself. This is referred to as religious cosmology. For starters, religion contains many things from many aspects of human life, and how would a religion like Pantheism (which states that either the universe is God or that nature is the equivalent of the Divine) hold up to any sort of fantasy term. It is dealing with real life and existing properties.

Response 2:
Let's look at how we approach God and religion.
I would propose that the vast majority of humans use the term religion to mean that spirituality can affect culture.

God - 

A concept, idea, property, or anything that is greater than our material world.

i.e. the divine

Spirituality-

Someone's personal  connection to the God or the Divine. 

Religion-

When spirituality begins to affect culture. 

One persons viewpoint, individual practice, and feeling about the divine is not religious (Sorry Jordan Peterson, Maps of Meaning is a off point). Once it begins to affect a social group, and change the course of the that social group, it is becomes religious. One person who prays to God in their own way is not a religion, but when people start praying five times a day toward Mecca as described in the Quran, that is religious.

One person not eating fish on a Friday because they have a reason is not  religious, but when a social group proclaims that fish should only be eaten on Fridays and one should attend a service on Sundays, it becomes religious. Religion is when Spirituality affects culture.

There is no fantasy associated with that. It is not impossible that certain fantasy-elements could be incorporated to a religion, but that is not the heart of the issue. Moreover, it is not guaranteed that there is any connection between religion and fantasy. To reiterate, many religions devote a large portion of their work only to try and understand the cosmos, and through observation...I repeat observation...they have discovered that the our material world is contingent upon the existence of something greater.

Response 3: 

The most important of all responses. "But until people learn to love themselves, first, above all, and then their neighbor as they do themselves, God will exist."

This statement is supported by the assumption that humans have any control over God or the Divine. The fact of the matter is that as human beings we do not get to decide whether or not God exists. Many critics of religion can articulate well-worded prose and debate performances on this subject, but first one has to accept the premise that a human can control the outcome of whether or not God exists. Humans can control the outcome of very few things, and more importantly, just because one person says one thing it does not alter the universe of existence.

Humans have no control over whether or not there is a God.

All discussions of religion and politics aside, I invite you once again to visit the Humanity Party's website and check out their videos.

Wild Ideas in Politics and Religion.

Abnormal Thought - Natural Intention

This is the first post on something new here, the Wild Ideaz Blog. The original hope for this was that it was going to evolve into a podcast. My plan was to create a podcast called the Wild Ideaz Podcast that would cover the same sort of material, but let's say that the blog is a starting point.

The namesake for this blog comes from someone who told me that I must be rather young to entertain such Wild Ideaz....they were highlighting my open mind when it comes to politics. The person continued by saying that Wild Ideas are things that they just market to uneducated young people.

Love is at the center of it all.

There might be a certain degree of truth in that, but there is also a large degree of falsehood. I enjoy discussing far out ideas that cover the political and religious spectrum. In addition, historical conspiracies and futuristic scientific development might also make an appearance here on this blog.

To add, I must say that I am not perfect when it comes to these things, and a lot of things that I am going to put forth are opinionated. Sometimes I even get it wrong, but I want to try my best to promote an honest take on some of the more entertaining subjects that are around on the internet.

Let's begin.

The upcoming topics will be the Tax Wall Street Party, the Green Party, the Humanity Party, Dennis Kucinich and the Left Wingers, the Sanders Institute, the Lyndon Larouche Movement, Hinduism, Jainism, Peace Activism, Veganism, Conspiracy Theories, Jordan Peterson, and some others.

I also hope to launch some short stories on this blog. I might load them here or work it into a second blog as long as I can find a way to make it cohesive with a plan for a novel that I have in the works.