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		<title>This is not a site for advertising product or goods!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hackers beware]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was brought to my attention that someone hacked into my website and set up some sort of scheme to sell space or to sign on new users to post their advertising needs. Fortunately my Webmaster was able to close the back door they were using.
With that stated if you signed on to this website [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was brought to my attention that someone hacked into my website and set up some sort of scheme to sell space or to sign on new users to post their advertising needs.<span id="more-4195"></span> Fortunately my Webmaster was able to close the back door they were using.</p>
<p>With that stated if you signed on to this website hoping to post your ads for your businesses or ventures this is not a site for that. It is strictly a site where males, or females can visit in order to read straight talk about many issues that males face in daily life.</p>
<p>Although I would like to open the blog to more people that would like to comment on what is stated, we have found that most of the people visiting lately were more interested in selling their product than speaking about specific issues.</p>
<p>Therefore if you came to this site hoping to place ads for your business this is not the site for that purpose. Please find another site to explore that caters to such things. The purpose and intent of this company, Real Men Seminars, is clearly laid out on the site.</p>
<p>This site is not to be used for advertising any sort of product, goods, or promotions. It is instead about men helping men grow and gain understanding of the typical rolls we play in this current society.</p>
<p>Just over the past few months we have experienced several hundred new users with the names of businesses in their email addresses indicating that they were hoping to blog and advertise their businesses. As the admin for the site we have been keeping a log of the all the new users but will not allow any blogs to post if they are trying to promote a business. That is not what we offer.</p>
<p>We will continue to post blogs and news items that quite a few people have found helpful over the years. We will continue pursuing the path that we started by sharing information that we feel would be helpful to males seeking self-improvement, maturity and positive development. By helping males to improve we hope to help everyone that come in contact with them.</p>
<p>THIS SITE IS NOT A MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING ANY GOODS OR PRODUCTS.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Greg Middleton/Founder</p>
<p>Real Men Seminars</p>
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		<title>Power to the People</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a new day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breaking from the pack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change will happen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new day, folks, so we might as well get used to it. No way will we go back to how things were done in the past. Many expect things to operate in the same manner as they had grown accustomed, but unfortunately with the passage of time…change happens.
We’re entering a brand new age. We’re [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a new day, folks, so we might as well get used to it. No way will we go back to how things were done in the past. Many expect things to operate in the same manner as they had grown<span id="more-4192"></span> accustomed, but unfortunately with the passage of time…change happens.</p>
<p>We’re entering a brand new age. We’re capable of doing things today that we could only imagine just a short while ago. When change happens our challenge is to find ways to incorporate it into our lives rather than reject it. Change usually feels strange, but that is its nature. It is different because it never happened before.</p>
<p>Just this year we witnessed the overthrow of a dictatorship in Egypt after over 30 years of controlling its people. This revolution started and came to a very successful ending within 18 days. How was this possible? It was neither a military coup nor a political overthrow, but, instead, a collection of masses of ordinary citizens that came together; demanded change and won. It was the will of the people that decided this outcome.</p>
<p>A similar movement was the “occupy movement” where citizens from all around the world decided to show their dissatisfaction with the statue quo. Although the movement does not seem to attack one single cause or establishment it does seem to rally the people against what they consider to be unfair, unjust, or unequal.</p>
<p>In essence people have power that they seldom utilize.  Just as there is fear and mass hysteria created by powerful and often unseen factions, there is also a huge reservoir of positive power that is untapped like a vein of gold hidden deep within the earth. We know it’s there but we just have not learned how to successfully tap into that resource upon demand.</p>
<p>When you think about it, what are the main factors (or factions) that control our perception of life? In America it is mainly the Establishment, which includes the government, the media, the clergy, our elders, and maybe our bosses. These factions basically tell us what to do, how to operate, how to think, and basically what state of mind to have.</p>
<p>Since most people are attached to the system they basically follow as instructed by the various factions in place. The majority of people are followers like a herd of animals. At the same time there is another state of being that is possible, but seldom do ordinary people select to take the option behind “D<em>oor Number Two.”</em></p>
<p>Obviously it takes more guts to stand on your own power than it does to go along with the status quo. We are so indoctrinated from early in life to follow the system rather than to buck it. Most are not born mavericks with the natural ability to be a leader.</p>
<p>The fact is that we don’t have to be sad just because the economy is down. We don’t have to live in fear just because there are tyrants in the world. We don’t have to be so divisive just because others have a different faith or beliefs than us.</p>
<p>In other words, we don’t have to allow the establishment to tell us what state of being to be in. The main power is in the people and not in the establishment. We basically give them our power when the real power is in the people to decide upon their state of mind.</p>
<p>If we don’t surrender our power over to the minority of those in power, they could not withstand the silent majority. This is the power of the people, which by the way is too seldom used.</p>
<p>For example, if a political leader told you to be sad, do you have to be sad just because they tell you to be so? Absolutely not! If the media sells you derogatory products such as bad news, do you have to paint your entire world with this dark image? Absolutely not!</p>
<p>If your religion demonizes another person’s religion do you have to live in fear of people of different faiths? Absolutely not! Although the power of persuasion exists within the establishment it’s up to us either to accept or reject their offer.</p>
<p>In this country, by law, the power is in the people, but as long as we feel attached by the umbilical cord to the establishment (system) they only control our perception of things.</p>
<p>When the masses believe a certain way that is usually how things operate. When the masses decide to change, as in what happened in Egypt, the power was no longer the option of the dictator. Eventually the people would have won as long as they stayed united.</p>
<p>So what does this all mean? Is it time for anarchy? Should people rebel or otherwise cause a revolution? Is violence necessary? No! None of the above is necessary. All the people need to do is stand together. If they dare stand for righteousness sake, inevitably they will win.</p>
<p>There is no way the establishment can stand against the people when they know they are right and have a good reason to stand firm, for however long it takes to affect change.</p>
<p>All power to the people by choosing to stand on the side of what is right.</p>
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		<title>Ever made a mistake and knew it right away?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing what's right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[man up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you handle it when even you knew that you made an obvious mistake? If you were man enough you would step up to the plate and take full responsibility. That may be easy to do in theory, but it would depend upon the mistake and who may know about it.
If you had an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you handle it when even you knew that you made an obvious mistake? If you were man enough you would step up to the plate and take full responsibility. That may be easy to do in theory<span id="more-4188"></span>, but it would depend upon the mistake and who may know about it.</p>
<p>If you had an affair, even if you knew it was a bad mistake, perhaps you wouldn’t be as forthcoming with your spouse about taking responsibility for your error in judgment. You would hope that incident would somehow get swept under the rug of secrecy.</p>
<p>If you had too much to drink and was the designated driver for the evening perhaps your pride would need to take a back seat to the safety of the people who would be taking a huge risk by riding with you while driving intoxicated.</p>
<p>What if you and your mate had a disagreement about something and it ended up that you were dead wrong and she was right? Would you step up to the plate and admit that you were wrong? That would be the most decent thing to do.</p>
<p>What if you made an investment in something that turned out to be a scam and you lost a substantial amount of money that could have greatly assisted the family, would you step up to the plate and take the responsibility?</p>
<p>Even though your pride seems to be very important to you there are times when integrity, honor, and the wellbeing of others should count for substantially more. This has a lot to do with the kind of person you are from the core of your being.</p>
<p>If you were a deceitful person from your core you would do deceitful things and hope to get away with your wrongful deeds. If honesty means nothing to you then that is why you would cheat on the one you love and hope to get away with it.</p>
<p>If the wellbeing of your family is worth taking wild risks at their expense then you don’t really care as much about them as you do about your personal ambitions.</p>
<p>If you are rotten from the core then that is why you would make rotten decisions and operate in ways that strokes your pride and ego over others. Although it is one thing to be this kind of person, but another to be as so while living in denial. Others could be harmed because of your denial to take responsibility.</p>
<p>We all make mistakes; that is part of being human. We can usually recover from making bad or poor decisions when we step up and take responsibility for our actions. On the other hand if you repeat poor decision often that is not a casual stumble, but more of a personality trait.</p>
<p>If you don’t attempt to correct your common problems eventually that sort of behavior becomes your core self. It becomes who you are just as your personality is who you are.</p>
<p>Most young men make more than their share of bad decisions. Some do so willingly out of spite or being mischievous while others because wisdom has not yet set in to do its job. It is said that God protects babies and fools. Well thanks to a forgiving God, and people as well that many of us are still living and recovering from the wild days of our youth.</p>
<p>If you are still a young man just know that there is still hope for you because each day you wake up you have a new opportunity to set a new slate. The person you were yesterday is not necessarily the one that you have to be on a new day, and certainly not the one you need be tomorrow.</p>
<p>Nearly all men began to mature in their mid-to-late thirties: even more by their forties and fifties. If per chance you are still acting foolishly by your fifties then you really have a problem because by then your ways are fairly set. “Ain’t nothing like an old fool!”</p>
<p>If you happen to fall into that category there is still hope, not for you, but for those of whom you may be in contact. The hope is that you will dismiss yourself from them so they would not need to rely upon you, one proven to be highly unreliable.</p>
<p>It is one thing to take yourself down in the gutter, but why take others down with you? Spare your loved ones and allow them a chance to have a decent life without you being an albatross around their neck.</p>
<p>If you really want to be a “real man” check yourself in and get some psychological help so one day you might be able to reconnect with your loved ones and become someone that they can eventually rely upon. But until that day comes, if it comes, stay as far away from them as possible so you don’t take them down in the tulles with you.</p>
<p>Remember, it is one thing to make a few mistakes, but when those become your usual ways they are no longer mistakes, but instead a personality trait. If you were rotten at the core I would expect you to be a cheater, a liar, a thief, and all around bad person. “Real men” don’t behave in that sort of manner.</p>
<p>If you ever make a mistake and know it right away at least admit it to yourself and take full responsibility for your actions so you can at least learn from your faults. Eventually it would be nice if you were to put the welfare of your loved ones over your selfish desires.</p>
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		<title>But I’m Entitled</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[daily realizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all about me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blaming others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entitlements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take care of bizz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The prevailing thought in America, if not in the entire world, is “I am right and you are wrong.” “I am being inequitably treated and you are not taking care of me.” “They” are the problem and the place of which to hang the blame. “In essence it is all about ‘me’ and ‘they’ are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The prevailing thought in America, if not in the entire world, is “I am right and you are wrong.” “I am being inequitably treated and you are not taking care of me.” “They” are the problem and<span id="more-4185"></span> the place of which to hang the blame. “In essence it is all about ‘<em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">me</span></em>’ and ‘<em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">they</span></em>’ are the problem, with everything!”</p>
<p>Here is the real truth. Most of us are part of the problem yet only a few are offering real solutions. Most of us want things to work in our favor relative to our gains over whatever others may want or so desperately need. Realistically far too few would put the needs of others above their personal needs and desires. These are normal human responses.</p>
<p>Until we feel the need to go outside our selfish ambitions we will not be overly willing to address the needs of others. Until we accept the fact that if we are not being the solution we are essentially someone’s problem. Most people do not think in these terms. This is what is called the sense of entitlement: You deserve it in spite of anything, or reason.</p>
<p>In the field of politics this sense of entitlement has grown far past what is offered to those whom may be suffering, regardless of the reasons why. We have grown into a “me-generation.” We see others with things that we would like to have so we want them for ourselves and feel quite frankly, entitled to have them.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that not all the people will ever have all the things they want or need. Not all are even worthy or earned the right to have things just because they want them. At a point this has to be accepted as a fact of life. In order that one might adjust this feeling of entitlement to a feeling of “can do,” they must be willing to “take the ball and run with it.”</p>
<p>If you want something bad enough don’t wait on a handout. Instead do all you can in order to make that desire happen by the energies you are willing to exert. Rather than waiting and blaming others use your available energies to push your own cart forward.</p>
<p>You become the horse that is pulling your cart rather than waiting on a horse to appear out of nowhere and pull your cart. The chance of this gift-horse coming out of nowhere and working on your behalf is very slim.</p>
<p>If you want to be in control over your fate then take on the personal responsibility. Do the work and reap your own results. Once you do so then you know who is to blame when things are not going well. You also know who to fire or replace if things are not going well. When you are the boss is when true entitlement comes into play. You earn it!</p>
<p>Yes you can blame the President, your political leaders, your mom and dad, your school teachers, your lack of education or opportunity; or you can step up to the plate and take personal responsibility whereby you know who is in charge. It’s your choice!</p>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street (America) Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I understand the dissatisfaction people have with what “Wall Street” represents, but the way the protest movement is formed doesn’t attack anyone that can make an appropriate change. If expressing unhappiness or dissatisfaction is the gain then whoopee! …that and a bottle of rum should do the trick.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand the dissatisfaction people have with what “Wall Street” represents, but the way the protest movement is formed doesn’t attack anyone that can make an appropriate change.<span id="more-4182"></span> If expressing unhappiness or dissatisfaction is the gain then whoopee! …that and a bottle of rum should do the trick.</p>
<p>The fact that the “rich” has more financial privileges, perks or gains is nothing new. There is nothing wrong with people becoming insanely successful, as long as it is within their means. Why should it bother anyone if people are very successful, unless they took unfair advantage of others in order to gain? Even still if you cannot connect the crime with the criminal you are still just barking into thin air.</p>
<p>Should people be upset that our government bailed out Wall Street using our tax money? Absolutely yes! But why are we mad at the people who benefited when we should be even more upset that our government used our money to benefit the rich?</p>
<p>The excuse the government told us was that if Wall Street went down the entire country would sink even deeper into a recession. Even without being a financial expert it appears that there may have been some validity to that claim, but still, how it was handled did not make our government look intelligent or appear to be fair. It appeared that they were protecting the rich at the expense of the poor.</p>
<p>I’m not one to put the blame solely upon the president because certainly he does not have enough power to unilaterally make such a decision. It took the majority of the House and the Senate in order to pass the “Wall Street Bail Out” measure. In actuality everyone that voted on this matter had a hand in its approval. There were members from both parties that approved this bill. All of them need to share the blame. They did not handle this matter properly.</p>
<p>In politics when there is blame to take each party wants to point to the other side rather than admitting they personally made a mistake. Even with that stated they still have the ability to work together in order to come up with a different solution that would undo some of the damage that was caused.</p>
<p>One simple nugget of a solution would be to charge them a healthy interest rate upon the return of the “bail-out” funds and put that money back into the national treasury. Why not make a decent profit from the money we loaned them?</p>
<p>Someone PLEASE tell me that this was not free money that we loaned to them just to support their plush lavish lifestyles! This loan was not to pay for their bonuses and slush funds…WAS IT! The money has to go back into the national treasury so we can replenish what was lost.</p>
<p>What I am not seeing with this “occupy America movement” is the protesters actually reaching the people who are actually at fault. The rich were the ones that caused the situation. Poor or bad unsecured investments (because of their greed) are what caused the system to almost crumble. Instead of repaying the people whose lifelong savings and investments turned sour… our government bailed out the institutions that ran things into the ground.</p>
<p>Yes, we should be mad with “Wall Street,” but the occupying of public facilities and town squares is not hurting the people that caused the problem.</p>
<p>Although it may be a bit noble, or stupid, depending upon how you look at the matter, the perpetrators that we should be going after are sitting in their warm, plush domains looking at the protest from afar.</p>
<p>Sleeping in the park, on the ground, in the rain and cold is not putting a dent in the matter, except for perhaps by persuading public opinion. Even still, where is the gain?</p>
<p>The Wall Street Executives live far away from downtown buildings out into their fancy gated suburbs and watch the protest movement on television from the warmth and safety of their gated communities. There’s something about that picture that doesn’t seem fair.</p>
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		<title>Commentary About Humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[daily realizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbaric murders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not sure if this bothers anyone else, but the way we kill people that we dislike, even for good reasons, seems to be getting more barbaric. This occurrence seems to happening more frequently and spreading as though it were a global trend.
With our ability to broadcast things internationally, almost as they happen, there seem [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m not sure if this bothers anyone else, but the way we kill people that we dislike, even for good reasons, seems to be getting more barbaric. This occurrence seems to happening more<span id="more-4178"></span> frequently and spreading as though it were a global trend.</p>
<p>With our ability to broadcast things internationally, almost as they happen, there seem to have been a string of barbaric murders of highly unpopular people. We label these individuals as “public enemies” and list them by numbers according to how dangerous they may be to the public’s welfare.</p>
<p>America does not have clean hands in this matter. It is because of our covert actions that many of the more popular props were sat on the grand stage. They were the bad boys that we hoisted into their powerful positions that went rogue.</p>
<p>We secretly set up leaders who were supposed to be our allies until they become rich and powerful enough and turn their backs and cut of the hands they hoisted them into power. Once they turned rogue they become our most wanted criminals to be hunted down.</p>
<p>However since these individuals knew too many of our devious secrets we had to be discrete in the way we eradicated them. Anything short of killing them by any means necessary would let out too many of our dirty secrets if they were to be brought to highly exposed media trial. We would not look too good if the truth were exposed.</p>
<p>Are there any clean hands that operate on the grand stage of world’s most powerful nations? Even though many people have heard of such covert operations, no one steps up to the megaphone and complain about what they suspect. In a sense we sanction such things by allowing them to happen and not doing anything to stop what we suspect.</p>
<p>Just in the last few years several of these rogue operatives were killed in a heinous manner. Knowing them to be ruthless people, the manner in which they were killed seemed to have thrilled the international audience that watched it unfold in the media.</p>
<p>It was as though we were watching a movie where the villain was killed in a really horrific manner and everyone cheered in delight, hooray! In real life these human beings were killed in a horrific manner. Does anyone care? NAH!</p>
<p>Forget the fact that they were humans being killed in a manner that we usually sanction for ruthless wild animals, but no one cared that humans were being slaughtered. It was as though they lost the right to be treated as fellow human beings.</p>
<p>Without trying to defend such despicable characters we should take note of where we are heading as a worldwide community. What does that say about us when we publicly slaughter human beings that we don’t like to the delight of the worldwide community?</p>
<p>Have we crossed over a line where art, such as in the movies, is beginning to shape our moral values? Is it okay to kill villains in any manner possible without taking them through a system of justice by trial? If that indeed is the case then where do we draw the line and who gets to be the new judge and jury?</p>
<p>Rather than allowing ruthless criminals the use of a costly criminal justice systems or funding the cost of incarcerating them for life, would it not be more practical just to just kill them on site to the delight of the worldwide community?</p>
<p>How about the criminals who have three strikes against them? We pay for their incarceration. Couldn’t we just kill them and forgo the cost of supporting them for life?</p>
<p>Has morality come down to pragmatism? Do our moral values depend upon things being consequentially practical? Yes, it would be more practical to kill “lifers” rather than paying to keep them alive for an unspecified time period. Yes, it is easier to kill the rogue dictators rather than have them expose our secret alliances with them.</p>
<p>If pragmatism were the defining rule we wouldn’t need a criminal justice systems that allows people the right to a trial with the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.</p>
<p>Can people just form a collective alliance, which allows them to do as they did to the Libyan dictator? Can mighty governmental officials make such decisions behind closed doors at their discretion? How about victims getting even for what was egregiously done to them or a loved one? Where do we draw the line and who gets to make such decisions?</p>
<p>There’s something about these recent murders that is deeply troublesome, but I cannot seem to find the words to put it in its rightful prospective.</p>
<p>On one hand I’m happy that really bad people were erased from the planet before they could harm others, but the manner in which they were erased crossed a fragile line that could lead down a very slippery slop, one that would be much harder to harness, once unleashed.</p>
<p>Has humanity matured enough yet as a worldwide community that we might have intelligent conversations about this “slippery slope” we are endeavoring? Have we evolved enough as sentient beings that we could speak about things such as this on an international basis while functioning in the many cultural, linguistic, religious, or spiritual differences that define us? One would certainly hope, but it is very doubtful at this time.</p>
<p>If we are not there yet, then we had better find a way to get there soon, before we slide too far down the slope that brings out more of our animalistic nature rather than our inner spiritual core. We must define who we are as a species and how to operate as a collective body. After all, this world is getting far to small for us not to have a clear-cut human definition that we choose to live by.</p>
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		<title>Real Men Don&#8217;t Cry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the long and the short of this title should be adjusted accordingly: “That’s a lie!” Grown men do cry. Even “real grown men” cry, but most would just rather you not see that happen, or not do it out in public among relative strangers.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, the long and the short of this title should be adjusted accordingly: “That’s a lie!” Grown men do cry. Even “real grown men” cry, but most would just rather you not see that happen, or not do it out in public<span id="more-347"></span> among relative strangers.</p>
<p>Because of our upbringing most men fight real hard to hold back tears even when it may be appropriate to let them flow. The loss of a loved one, close friend, or even an associate can bring us to tears. Even attending the funeral of those that are not necessarily that close to us can make us cry when we feel the sorrow of others in their mourning.</p>
<p>In the dark of a movie theatre you will find many grown men shedding tears shielded by the darkness of the room. Why, heck, the older I get the more vulnerable I seem to be and freer to shed a tear or two.</p>
<p>At this stage of life I no longer feel ashamed about shedding tears. It makes me feel more human. Holding back legitimate tears makes me feel less human.  &#8216;Fessing up to tears welling up is another subject. Our foolish male pride still tells us that real men don’t cry. For some reason it continues to look strange to see a grown man cry in public. That’s not the case for females or children.</p>
<p>On several occasions the newly elected Speaker of the House, John Boehner, has cried in public. He cried at his acceptance speech for winning the election and cried again in an interview with Leslie Stahl of CBS 60-Minutes news show while talking about him crying on election night. Apparently this new Speaker will also be known as the “Weeper” of the House. I know men do cry, but at one point it appears to go a bit overboard. From the public comments so far not everyone seems to be holding it against him.</p>
<p>Crying has ended several political aspirations, as was the case of Ed Muskie attempting to defend his wife back in 1972. This incident was attributed as the cause of his losing the election.  Over the past decade men have been detected while crying in public, including all the past presidents since Reagan up to and including our current President, Barack Obama, crying over the loss of his grandmother. Apparently “real men” can cry in public, but it is usually for a very good and specific reason where the public can sympathize with them.</p>
<p>Human beings cry as a response to an emotional state. There is an actual connection between the tear duct (lachrymal gland) and those areas of the human brain involved with processing emotions: that is a normal function of the human body. Both males and females come equipped with this function.</p>
<p>Perhaps females reveal more emotions than males on average. It is socially acceptable for women and children to cry in public, but less acceptable for men to show their emotions outwardly. For most men it’s a matter of “mind over emotions,” similarly to the concept of “mind over matter.” The urge is there, but the mind tells them not to let it show.</p>
<p>Where does the pressure come from that compel most males not to cry in public? Unfortunately pride seems to be the main culprit. Pride is a high sense of one’s personal status, ego, or importance. It may be an inordinate opinion of one’s merit or dignity. It is mostly our personal opinion of the self, not necessarily something that is based upon facts or supported by physicality. It exists mostly in the mind of the beholder.</p>
<p>If males think crying makes them appear to be less of a man they would rather not do things that make them appear to be a “weakling.” In this case they are more concerned about how others view them rather than something they might do to them physically. This is caused by our over-inflated pride.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that men do cry. It is part of our human function. The fact that it is less acceptable for men to cry in public is a perception that we must deal with as well. People will do really foolish things in order to keep certain secrets they do not want publicly exposed, even including suicide.</p>
<p>As far as the new Speaker of the House is concerned, if he cries because he didn’t get the particular vote that he expected I would worry about him, but when his emotions get the better of him while expressing emotional things, that is something we might have to get used to seeing in public. After all, he is human like the rest of us.</p>
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		<title>Sins of The Father</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you speak about things such as generational curses it is hard for someone who hasn’t been touched by it to conceive what it could possibly mean. How can the sins of a father transfer to an innocent child who was not responsible for the acts and deeds that happened, maybe before they came into [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you speak about things such as generational curses it is hard for someone who hasn’t been touched by it to conceive what it could possibly mean. How can the sins of a father transfer to an innocent child who was not responsible for the acts <span id="more-343"></span>and deeds that happened, maybe before they came into the world? Such borders the mystic, strange, or the Gnostic.</p>
<p>Just recently the son of Bernard Madoff hanged himself by a dog lease in his apartment as his two-year old child slept in another room in the home. One could only imagine what would cause an intelligent person to commit such an act with the child in the home. Unfortunately incidents such as this are not rare.</p>
<p>Apparently three generations will be adversely touched by the sins of this father so far. Who knows how far this stain will remain on the family’s ledger? The egregious acts of this father have already stained many… possibly for generations to come.</p>
<p>How does one account for such a travesty? You feel bad for the innocent ones who had no hand in the act and yet their lives are so adversely affected by the happening.</p>
<p>Besides, and perhaps before the family members of the perpetrator, you have the individuals who were the actual victims of the crime along with their family, friends and associates. Their lives were directly impacted by the acts. Not only are the sins of the father an infliction, who knows how many others may be impacted in some fashion?</p>
<p>Is there any rationale for such? Is there any justification for those involved?</p>
<p>One thing we all can learn as bystanders is the danger of wrongful behaviors. With each action there is always a reaction, and with each cause an effect. How far and how deep the effect may dig is not within the hands of the perpetuator. That would be up to the LAW. The only option we have is the choice not to make the cause. Once it is made the consequences follow as the universe compels them.</p>
<p>It is said that we should be impeccable with all energies that emit from our beings. This includes our acts, deeds, thoughts, and spoken words. It also includes our wishes, desires, hopes, dreams and the like. In essence we are like a processing plant creating things which intern produces more of its likeness.</p>
<p>That would imply that as we are living and going about life we are actually co-creating it. We are causing things to happen that causes other things to happen so we are co-creators of life while in it.</p>
<p>Obviously many do so without thinking about what they are doing so therefore they may be careless with certain actions. Even without the intent to cause harm an action may still cause a harmful reaction so the act of carelessness would have been the fault. On the other hand when you are impeccable with your acts and deeds and still make errors such goes beyond the scope of our control. However it would seem to put you on the positive side of the cause and effect equation.</p>
<p>Keeping these generalities in mind one could only do their best in any given situation and accept the consequences beyond that point. It is dangerous enough when one is unaware of harmful energies that they emit, but to do so with malicious intent crosses another line of the universe where consequences are more severe. It would be prudent not to cross such lines even suspecting the possibility of facing such consequences. Everything that comes from you will be accounted for eventually.</p>
<p>Regarding the sins of a father, we may feel bad for the apparently innocent victims but with the same law that appears to be unjust on this side of the equation, it’s reciprocal works the opposite on the other side with utter perfection.</p>
<p>Nothing goes unpaid; every ounce is accounted for, and to each will come what is due. Fear not! Your finite mind was not built to hold what is infinite; it does not have the capacity to do so. This also implies that the finish line does not happen with death of our bodies, but in another realm where the end substantiates the beginning and all is eventually made whole. Every soul will get there. Be impeccable in all you do.</p>
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		<title>I think I get it now</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was always confusing to me in trying to understand the apparent inconsistencies in human behavior. Even though we are physically similar, our mental, spiritual, and emotional aspects make us so dramatically different.
Think about the vast differences between a mass murderer and a nun. Other than being two living and breathing human beings, just how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was always confusing to me in trying to understand the apparent inconsistencies in human behavior. Even though we are physically similar, our mental, spiritual, and emotional aspects make us so dramatically different.<span id="more-339"></span></p>
<p>Think about the vast differences between a mass murderer and a nun. Other than being two living and breathing human beings, just how similar are these two individuals?</p>
<p>How about a bank robber and a bank teller? What about a drug dealer and a drug addict? How about a soldier of war and a street thug killer? How are these humans similar and what part makes them totally different?</p>
<p>From an outward perspective we recognize each other’s human element. Unlike zebras or tigers that recognize each other’s markings, we see only a surface that differentiates us from other mammals. We recognize our human aspect, but other than that we know very little.</p>
<p>Because we are so wonderfully made yet so imperfectly assimilated our physical appearance tells us very little about the real person inside the human facade. A thief could look like a saint and a military hero could look like a mass murderer.</p>
<p>Judging a person merely by their image tells us only so much about them, but reading and delving into a person’s character can tell you more about the real person inside that shell. Realizing this to be a fact all we would need to do is learn how to read someone’s character.</p>
<p>Unfortunately many people know how to cover up what they don’t want you to know. Take, for example, intimate relationships that end up in marriage: just how much do couples really know about each other before they tie the knot?</p>
<p>The reason behind so many failing marriages is because certain vital information was concealed from the other party. Once this information was revealed the couple found out just how incompatible they were in the first place. Because of this, learning to read character could save so much time and heartache for countless people.</p>
<p>Obviously there are people that go to school to learn how to read behind the façade, but even they are not perfect. One simple way to read into people is to follow your hunches. You get a sense of people almost from the beginning, but most are willing to ignore this sixth sense in order to acquire what’s behind door number two.</p>
<p>Some are so eager to find a mate, a close friend, or to get close to others that they ignore what their sixth sense tells them. This is similar to the secret of a good magician. They intentionally convince you that you are seeing something that in reality, you are not!</p>
<p>In order to read another&#8217;s character you have to decide in advance to look beyond the facade, or what your eyes reveal to you. By doing this, your mind opens interior eyes that are not just attached to the sight, but much deeper to the heart-sensor as well.</p>
<p>You sense character through the heart rather than the eyes. It is feeling something that is unseen, which is the essence of the spiritual and emotional charkas. It is a knowing beyond conscious awareness.</p>
<p>The problem most have is our willingness to accept what is seen rather than probe more deeply into the unseen, which is the real person inside the shell. Their character is their soul. The soul cannot lie because it is the total essence of the person beyond their physical characteristics and attributes.</p>
<p>It is said that the eyes open a window to the soul of a person. If you are contemplating adding someone into your inner circle, such as in an intimate relationship, look into their eyes without speech or preconception and see what is revealed from their soul.</p>
<p>Stop looking at what you want to see and feel what you sense instead. We all have this ability, but many choose not to use it. In understanding the apparent inconsistencies of human behavior try using your sixth sense rather than what the eyes reveal. When you sense something don’t ignore it in order to acquire the storefront dressings.</p>
<p>I think I get this now…you have to want IT first. Not what you hope for, but what’s really there.</p>
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		<title>Helping our young super stars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one breath we are telling our young stars to act and make every decision squeaky clean with all the temptations to do otherwise right in their breadbasket. Stars are usually born with incredible talents that are trusted in the hands of coaches, agents, and teachers. With the amount of glory and riches being offered [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In one breath we are telling our young stars to act and make every decision squeaky clean with all the temptations to do otherwise right in their breadbasket. Stars are usually born with incredible talents that are trusted in the hands of coaches, agents, <span id="more-332"></span>and teachers. With the amount of glory and riches being offered these days it’s a wonder that we do not corrupt more of our children.</p>
<p>When college and universities recruit sports stars, what tools are at their disposal to persuade the recruits to attend one school over another? Perhaps the rules are clear to the NCAA or the professional teams, but to the parents and guardians who know they have a big paycheck coming soon, how are they advised or governed?</p>
<p>Is it wrong for a parent to make the best possible deal for their child, especially those who come from a poor environment? We understand that there are and must be rules, but who governs the rules. Might there be pockets that are greased at arms distance away from the public eye? Call me a skeptic, but I have no faith in human nature trying to govern over human nature.</p>
<p>Think about this. When you have an extremely talented and gifted child where do you go to seek the best possible advice about how the real game is played? Do we have agencies that are set up by former stars in their prospective fields that can be easily found when a parent or guardian needs assistance?</p>
<p>Do our former stars such as Magic, Michael, Barkley, Tiger, Lance, or the great Gretsky lend their advice to the youth that are just entering their prospective fields? Do we actually leave then along with our youth out in the very deep sea where there are so many sharks?</p>
<p>Say what you want and believe what you want, but I don’t believe there are level playing fields in this arena. Furthermore, I believe that it is more about who you know and what you may get away with. It is even realistic to assume that there may be fairness when dealing with our young super stars?</p>
<p>If anyone has a better insight hit me back. I’m just curious. Check out this link and let me know what you think.</p>
<p><a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-auburnnewton-recruitingscandal">http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-auburnnewton-recruitingscandal</a></p>
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