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I Am No Longer Posting On My
Blogs (But I Am Still Editing)
Due to being stressed out—and until further notice—I am no longer posting on my blogs. (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS.)
Therefore, my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Posting On My Blogs," which can be found on my "Small All White in the Forest," "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blogs, may be the last post for an indefinite period of time. (By the way, I may no longer be posting on my blogs, but I am still editing my blog posts.)
And although I may no longer be posting on my blogs, I am writing 'updates' about my current "Online Activism" on my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog. (Please see the hyperlink below for the post.)
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"
P.S.: Plus, my above-mentioned blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" is where I do most of my 'new' writing, because this blog post is where I document all of my current "Online Activism" in the 'updates' that I write, which are listed in date (chronological) order by year, month and day.
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
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My Writing About Getting Ready To Die [October 10th, 2015 Update]: I am only planning on doing a limited amount of new writing, since I think that I am getting ready to die, because I am tired most of the time! Thus, I think that after being HIV-positive for so long that I am not going to be here much longer... (I was diagnosed in November of 2000.) So, I am planning to only work on my personal care (that is, my day-to-day living) and my civic duty (that is, participating in upcoming elections by voting, including 'special elections'). Plus, I am taking the time to reread, edit and revise my blogs ('writing is revising'), so that I can correct all the mistakes that I have made in my existing writing!
–Paul Whiting (written October 10th, 2015, revised November 3rd, 2015, revised November 5th, 2015, revised November 10th, 2015, revised November 21st, 2015, revised November 24th, 2015, revised December 10th, 2015, revised December 29th, 2015, revised August 3rd, 2021, revised August 27th, 2022, revised February 15th, 2023 and revised April 1st, 2024)
[I feel like I need to clarify why there are so many 'revised dates' on this 'my writing,' just like there are often times so many 'revised dates' on other 'my writings' similar to this one! You see, I really try to keep my writing consistent as possible across all of my blogs. Therefore, as I am writing, I try to use the same phraseology wherever possible with regard to similar types of my writing so that, when I am editing my writing, I can change all of the similar writing at the same time and in the same way! Thus, a lot of the revisions indicated above, after my name (–Paul Whiting), and shown right after the original 'written date,' are often times due to these aforementioned consistent-writing revisions.]
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My Writing About No Longer Being An 'Online Activist' In The Same Way That I Was Before [November 2nd, 2016 Update]: Due to being stressed out—and until further notice—I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in the same way that I was before, which includes no longer signing petitions from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations, as well as no longer making donations to political, social, environmental and charitable causes the same way that I was in the past. (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS.) And so, I am consciously choosing to not engage in any 'activism,' however, I am still planning to exercise my 'civic duty' by voting in upcoming elections. –Paul Whiting (written November 2nd, 2016, revised March 7th, 2017, revised September 28th, 2021, revised January 11th, 2022, revised January 17th, 2022, revised June 16th, 2022, revised November 15th, 2022 and revised April 17th, 2023)
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My Writing About No Longer Posting On My Blogs [November 7th, 2016 Update]: Due to being stressed out—and until further notice—I am no longer posting on my blogs. (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS.) Therefore, my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Posting On My Blogs," which can be found on my "Small All White in the Forest," "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blogs, may be the last post for an indefinite period of time. (By the way, I may no longer be posting on my blogs, but I am still editing my blog posts.) And although I may no longer be posting on my blogs, I am writing 'updates' about my current "Online Activism" on my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog. Plus, my above-mentioned blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" is where I do most of my 'new' writing, because this blog post is where I document all of my current "Online Activism" in the 'updates' that I write, which are listed in date (chronological) order by year, month and day. –Paul Whiting (written November 7th, 2016, revised August 27th, 2022, revised February 15th, 2023, revised March 17th, 2023, revised March 18th, 2023, revised March 26th, 2023, revised April 17th, 2023, revised June 11th, 2023 and revised June 12th, 2023)
P.S.: As I mentioned above, my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the post):
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
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My Writing About Still Being Alive [August 3rd, 2021 Update]: I am still alive! And I am feeling a lot better than I was feeling—a couple of months short of exactly six years ago—when I wrote my 'October 10th, 2015 Update' (that also appears as 'My Writing About Getting Ready To Die' on some of my blogs), which can be found above. Plus, I have a smartphone again, after years of only having a basic phone. So, I am editing all of my blogs, but I am still preparing for death—especially now with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, I received my very first COVID-19 vaccine on June 25th, 2021, and I am now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, so there is still hope.
–Paul Whiting (written August 3rd, 2021, revised September 28th, 2021, revised June 15th, 2022, revised August 27th, 2022, revised August 28th, 2022, revised February 15th, 2023, revised June 8th, 2023 and revised April 1st, 2024)
[I feel like I need to clarify why there are so many 'revised dates' on this 'my writing,' just like there are often times so many 'revised dates' on other 'my writings' similar to this one! You see, I really try to keep my writing consistent as possible across all of my blogs. Therefore, as I am writing, I try to use the same phraseology wherever possible with regard to similar types of my writing so that, when I am editing my writing, I can change all of the similar writing at the same time and in the same way! Thus, a lot of the revisions indicated above, after my name (–Paul Whiting), and shown right after the original 'written date,' are often times due to these aforementioned consistent-writing revisions.]
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My Writing About My Blogs Being Sabotaged By Someone Who Is Very 'Tech Savvy,' Regarding The Creation Of My New Blog Which Is Titled, "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" [September 17th, 2021 Update]:
I think that my blogs are being sabotaged by someone who is very 'tech savvy,' and they may be someone that I know, because I have noticed strange things happening while I have been editing my writing! Please see my previous comment below, from "My Notes," about a former decision to stop editing my posts:
"By the way, I have decided to stop editing my posts because I have had problems with duplicate posts being created, while I am editing posts and I have accidentally deleted original posts by mistake, while trying to delete the duplicate posts. Then, I had an entire blog post disappear while I was trying to edit it. And now that I am worried that I will have blog posts disappear entirely if I try to edit them, after I have posted them, I have decided to post whatever I write and leave it at that—flaws and all!"
Thus, I have decided to condense all of my best writing into a new blog, which is titled, "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer." And so, I will be able to have "a place to place all of my best writing in one place!"
That way, I don't have to deal with the stress of having my writing posts being sabotaged (I assume) by whomever can manipulate my blogs in an effort to control my writing (I assume), since I am a writer who maybe says too much about how life really is!
Therefore, I am planning to republish my old posts on this new blog, as soon as I can figure out the most feasible way of posting them—in as chronological of an order as I can manage—while at the same time I am placing posts with similar topics in "groups," as I have done with some of the posts on my old blogs. (Please see the hyperlink below for the new blog.)
–Paul Whiting (written September 17th, 2021, revised September 21st, 2021, revised September 22nd, 2021, revised October 15th, 2021, revised November 1st, 2021 revised July 28th, 2022, revised July 29th, 2022, revised August 21st, 2022, revised February 17th, 2023 and revised February 18th, 2023)
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
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My Writing About Receiving My First COVID-19 Booster Shot [April 4th, 2022 Update, Written On April 5th, 2022]: This update is a follow-up to my 'August 3rd, 2021 Update,' where I explained, in part, that I was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on June 25th, 2021. You see, on April 4th, 2022, I received my first booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine! –Paul Whiting (written April 5th, 2022, revised August 27th, 2022, revised August 28th, 2022 and revised February 18th, 2023)
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My Writing About An Idea That I Had To Change The Punctuation At The End Of All Sentences In Writing From One Period Into Two Colons [January 26th, 2023 Update]: In order to make the end of sentences much more clear (and much more obvious) I think that the end of every sentence in all writing should really be two colons right next to each other, as illustrated at the end of this sentence::
Thus, the end of any writing sentence would actually be two colons, in sequence, one right after the other:: And, therefore, abbreviations within any sentence, utilizing periods to denote said abbreviations, would never be confused with the end of a sentence!
However, this change in the rules of punctuation within English grammar is simply my own idea as a "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," so to speak:: You see, I do a lot of reading about current events in order to stay a more informed voter, as well as a more informed citizen, and it can sometimes be really quite confusing while reading news articles where a particular sentence ends, and another sentence begins, if there are any periods within a sentence — or even at the end of a sentence — which are being utilized for abbreviations::
Now, I realize that I am probably not going to change the rules of English grammar with this idea of mine, but it could happen:: And this change in punctuation, at the end of all written sentences, would be the only change necessary to the punctuation of all sentences; because, as far as I can tell, there would be no other adjustments needed in the writing of any sentences, since all of the other punctuation would stay exactly the same!
Hence, if a sentence had any kind of abbreviation, such as a city and state — like Portland, Oregon — it would simply be written within a sentence as Port., Or. in this example; and that also means the abbreviation for Portland, Oregon would be written at the end of a sentence as Port., Or.::
So, as illustrated in the sentence above, an abbreviation within a sentence could never be mistaken for the end of a sentence, since the end of every sentence would always be two colons side-by-side, instead of one period:: Also, as illustrated above, an abbreviation at the end of a sentence would be really quite clear, because there are two colons at the end of each sentence, which really stands out visually as the obvious end of a sentence:: (At least, I think that it really stands out visually::)
And that is why I thought to write this idea down and publish it on my blogs in order to start a new writing trend, which could possibly make reading English a lot less strenuous under certain situations where there are abbreviations within sentences, or at the end of sentences, as I have described above::
Anyway, that's all I have to say about this new punctuation idea that I had:: Period!
–Paul Whiting (written January 26th, 2023, revised February 17th, 2023 and revised April 19th, 2023)
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My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love [March 27th, 2023 Update—Continued Further (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
This 'March 27th, 2023 Update—Continued Further' is originally from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" that is on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, which also appears on some of my blogs as the following: "My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love." And what inspired this writing is an idea that—as a philosopher—I have been thinking about for quite some time regarding the steps that one has to take in order to be hard working and honest.
And the idea I had been thinking about—which I was planning to eventually put into writing as grouped into seven subcategories within a larger category, or seven individual steps on a lifelong journey—went something like the following statement:
1) You have to assume risk 2) in order to solve problems 3) through the utilization of trial and error effort 4) since you have to make mistakes 5) and you have to learn from your mistakes 6) so that you can face your fears 7) which is why you can be hard working and honest!
Then, on March 27th, 2023, the day that I wrote this 'update,' I was contemplating the connection between fear (which is negative energy), understanding (which is neutral energy) and love (which is positive energy). And I had also been thinking over some period of time about the direct connection between the facing of fear, which leads to an understanding of that fear by facing it, which then leads to an inversion of that fear into its exact opposite state of love.
Thus, these two different types of thinking about how to be hard working and honest, as well as how to invert your fear into love through understanding of a particular fear by facing that fear, came together in my mind, which is why I created "My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love."
Here are "The Seven Steps To Happiness":
Step To Happiness No. 1: You need to assume calculated risk in order to face your fears so that you are able to invert (or, "convert to the opposite state of energy") your fear—which is negative energy—so that you can solve the many problems in life that are "down-to-earth," so to speak, because they are gravity-based problems (such as access to healthy food, clean water, fresh air, sufficient clothing, adequate personal care products, quality health care, affordable housing, efficient transportation, etc.) and also psychologically-based problems (such as having plenty of satisfying friendships, romance, quality time with family, relaxation, sleep, etc.).
Step To Happiness No. 2: And you sometimes need to create solutions "out of thin air," so to speak, when you are facing your fears, by assuming risk and solving problems through trial and error effort. Thus, solving "down-to-earth" problems is no small task because sometimes the "out-of-thin-air" solutions may be the only thing that you have available in your proverbial took box. And you have test (or, try out) those "out-of-thin-air" solutions to see if they frickin' work in order to solve those "down-to-earth" problems!
Step To Happiness No. 3: Then, while you are testing (or, trying out) the "out-of-thin-air" solutions to your "down-to-earth" problems, through trial and error effort, you have to make mistakes (sometimes, really big mistakes!), so that you can learn from your "trial-and-error" mistakes (even the really big mistakes!) and that way you are able to do better in future after having learned from your (sometimes, really big!) mistakes.
Step To Happiness No. 4: Now, because you can do better in future, since you are able to learn from your "trial-and-error" mistakes, that is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, which is why you can be happy!
Step To Happiness No. 5: Thus, you can face your fear (which is negative energy) and invert—or, "convert to the opposite state of energy"—your fear into understanding (which is neutral energy), since you can finally understand exactly why you were fearful! And that is what makes it possible to convert your fear into the opposite state of love (which is positive energy) through your understanding of that particular fear by having faced the fear.
Step To Happiness No. 6: To clarify though, facing your fear is no small task, since fear can be abjectly terrifying! So, when I talk about facing fears, I mean the really big fears, like having everything go horribly wrong and having to pick up the pieces of your world that may very well have completely shattered. However, that doesn't mean that all fear facing is nearly that intense, but it sure can be, depending upon the circumstances in which you are facing your fears and the types of fears that you are facing.
Step To Happiness No. 7: Therefore, you need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk in order to face your fears by creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, because you sometimes have to make really big mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, which is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, and that is why you can be happy! So, facing fears is inverting the negative energy of fear into the neutral energy of understanding, which is what makes the positive energy of love possible, since you understand why you were fearful. That is why facing your fears is no small task, because fear can be abjectly terrifying, hence the need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk.
So, in summary "The Seven Steps To Happiness" are accomplished by doing the following:
1) You need to assume calculated risk in order to face your fears by
2) creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, and by
3) making mistakes, then learning from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, since
4) learning from your "trial-and-error" mistakes is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, thereby making it possible for you to
5) invert your fear into understanding first and then into love second; however,
6) facing your fears is no small task because fear can be abjectly terrifying, therefore,
7) you need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk, in order to face your fears by creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, because you sometimes have to make really big mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, which is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, and that is why you can be happy!
–Paul Whiting (written March 27th, 2023, revised March 28th, 2023, revised March 29th, 2023, revised May 24th, 2023, revised May 30th, 2023, revised June 8th, 2023, revised August 28th, 2023 and revised October 13th, 2023)
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My Writing About Receiving My Second COVID-19 Booster Shot [April 3rd, 2023 Update]: This update is a follow-up to my 'August 3rd, 2021 Update,' where I explained, in part, that I was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on June 25th, 2021. It is also a follow-up to my 'April 4th, 2022 Update, Written On April 5th, 2022' where I explained that I received my first booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on April 4th, 2022. You see, on April 3rd, 2023, I received my second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine! –Paul Whiting (April 3rd, 2023)
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My Writing About Creating A 'New Word,' So To Speak, By Combining Two Existing Words—Namely Disconcert And Consternation—Into The New Word 'Disconcertation,' As It Relates To Outlining A New Dynamic For The Presidency And Vice Presidency Of The United States Of America, In Addition To The First Lady, Or The First Gentleman, As Well As The Second Lady, Or The Second Gentleman [June 8th, 2023 Update (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
This 'June 8th, 2023 Update' is originally from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" that is on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, which also appears on some of my blogs as the following: "My Writing About Creating A 'New Word,' So To Speak, By Combining Two Existing Words—Namely Disconcert And Consternation—Into The New Word 'Disconcertation,' As It Relates To Outlining A New Dynamic For The Presidency And Vice Presidency Of The United States Of America, In Addition To The First Lady, Or The First Gentleman, As Well As The Second Lady, Or The Second Gentleman."
You see, I was puzzling out an idea by discussing it out loud, which I often do as a self-designated 'Poet, Artist and Philosopher,' when I am figuring out new ideas that I have. And I had an idea that I was puzzling out—by talking about it out loud, as if I am discussing it in front of someone else—that had to do with the presidency, as well as the vice presidency, of the United States of America both being a married couple who represent the average American couple that are "married with children."
And so, there would be a "Mr. and Mrs. President of the United States," as well as a "Mr. and Mrs. Vice President of the United States," both of whom would symbolize a typical married couple in the United States of America as co-parents of their respective families.
And, therefore, "Mr. President," and "Mr. Vice President," as the symbolic husbands and fathers of 'The American Family,' would be in charge of the masculine aspects of the presidency, as well as the vice presidency, that have to do with manly/fatherly issues.
And, thusly, "Mrs. President," and "Mrs. Vice President," as the symbolic wives and mothers of 'The American Family,' would be in charge of the feminine aspects of the presidency, as well as the vice presidency, that have to do with womanly/motherly issues.
So, "Mr. and Mrs. President of the United States" and "Mr. and Mrs. Vice President of the United States," both of whom are a typical married couple that are co-parents of their own families, would work in conjunction with each other as the symbolic co-parents of 'The American Household.' And that would mean there are, in fact, two married couples who represent 'The American Family,' both of whom are "married with children."
Then, Mr. President and Mr. Vice President of the United States would be like the president and vice president of a corporation! And the First Lady and Second Lady of the United States would be like the wives, and mothers, of the American household! However, the First and Second Ladies would have much more say in how 'America's Household' is run, since they would both help make decisions about the country in conjunction with their husbands who are the President and Vice President, respectively.
Plus, it goes without saying that women could be both Mrs. President and Mrs. Vice President! And their husbands could be the First Gentleman and the Second Gentleman, respectively, who would be the stay-at-home fathers of an atypical American household, like in the motion picture "Mr. Mom."
And all of this leads to the following:
1. Two married couples working together as a team to fulfill their respective duties as the President and Vice President, in addition to the First Lady or First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady or Second Gentleman.
2. The President and Vice President would share more responsibilities so that—for example—if the President is attending a world summit, then the Vice President is still attending to the duties as an 'Interim President,' so to speak, including signing bills into law, which have been passed by Congress, while the President is attending said summit.
3. So, there would always be a "President in Residency," so to speak, at the White House—even while the President is attending to duties which require their presence somewhere else, such as attending a summit or an important state function, or visiting a disaster site, or any situation that requires the President's physical presence away from the White House.
4. And the First Lady, or First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady, or Second Gentleman, would be paid a salary to fulfill their respective duties as the Hostess, or Host, of the White House, as well as to be spousal advisors to the President and Vice President, respectively, as outlined above.
5. Then, the First Lady/First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady/Second Gentleman, would co-share in the duties for the management of the White House, co-share in the championship of social causes, and co-share in the representation of the president, as well as the vice president, at official and ceremonial occasions.
6. Additionally, the President and First Lady/Gentleman, as well as the Vice President and Second Lady/Gentleman, would also share responsibilities with regard to decision-making about 'America's Household,' so to speak.
7. Therefore, just like husbands and wives, who are mothers and fathers, both couples would make decisions together while representing their respective roles as husband/father and wife/mother to 'The American Family.'
Finally, this all of this long-winded talk leads to to reason that I originally wrote this 'update' in the first place!
You see, I was talking about these ideas out loud (although, not to the level of detail that I have outlined above, but simply in a general way) when I said something aloud like, "...and all of this would be to the 'disconcertation' of those who don't believe that the President and First Lady/Gentlemen, as well as the Vice President and Second Lady/Gentleman should be equal in power to each other!" (Clearly, I am paraphrasing what I actually said...)
And that's when I realized that there was no such word as 'disconsternation,' which is like the combination of the words 'disconcert' and 'consternation.' So, that's why I decided to create this new word 'disconsternation,' which describes "feelings of being unsettled or dismayed, typically at something unexpected or disturbing."
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By the way, here is the definition of the word disconcert, as well as the word consternation, from a Google search of these respective words:
Dictionary: Definitions from Oxford Languages
https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en
[1.] dis·con·cert
/ˌdiskənˈsərt/
verb
gerund or present participle: disconcerting
disturb the composure of; unsettle.
"the abrupt change of subject disconcerted her"
[2.] con·ster·na·tion
/ˌkänstərˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: consternation
feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
"I always welcomed clover, much to the consternation of the neighbors"
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And here is the definition of this 'new word,' so to speak, "disconsternation," from this self-designated 'Poet, Artist and Philosopher':
Dictionary: Definition from "Paul Whiting: Poet, Artist and Philosopher"
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com
[3.] dis·con·ster·na·tion
/ˌdiskänstərˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: disconsternation
feelings of being unsettled or dismayed, typically at something unexpected or disturbing.
"I outlined a new dynamic for President and Vice President of the United States of America, in addition to the First Lady, or the First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady, or the Second Gentleman, much to the disconsternation of those who read my blogs"
–Paul Whiting (written June 8th, 2023, revised June 11th, 2023 and revised October 13th, 2023)
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My Writing About Finally Being Back In My Studio Apartment After It Was Repaired For Flood Damage [July 20th, 2023 Update, Written On July 21st, 2023]: As of yesterday, July 20th, 2023, I am finally back in my studio apartment!
You see, I was out of my apartment for a while, since it was being repaired for water damage due to a flood, which ironically happened on Christmas Eve 2022 at about 5:30 AM—and that is why I watched "It's A Wonderful Life" that night! (I actually purchased "It's A Wonderful Life" on YouTube, quite a few years ago, so that I can watch it at Christmastime whenever I wish, which I do every few years.)
Therefore, it has been five months and seventeen days since I temporarily moved to another studio apartment—which is located fairly close to the low income apartment building that I live in—while the flood remediation was being completed. (I moved on February 3rd, 2023, so as of July 3rd, 2023, that's five months; then, if my calculations are correct, July 20th is 17 days in addition to that.) Thus, it's been quite a long time since I have been in my studio apartment.
And the really nice thing is that my apartment now has new floors throughout that look just like real wood, which are made of something called "luxury vinyl." In fact, the new floors look so much like genuine wood floors that if you didn't know they were made of vinyl, you seriously couldn't tell the difference, which is why I wrote the following two advertising slogans:
Slogan No. 1: "Luxury vinyl has the look and feel of genuine wood flooring without the expense and upkeep of real wood."
Slogan No. 2: "Luxury vinyl has the breathtaking beauty of real wood without the breathtaking price and maintenance."
Anyway, it's good to be back home again!
–Paul Whiting (written July 21st, 2023, revised July 22nd, 2023 and revised July 23rd, 2023)
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My Writing About Donating Monthly For My Use Of Wikipedia [August 13th, 2023 Update—Continued, Written On August 14th, 2023]: I made a monthly recurring donation to Wikipedia yesterday, August 13th, 2023, since I went onto their website and they were requesting donations. You see, as a blogger and frequent reader of Wikipedia, I try donate to them whenever they request a donation!
Now, I usually give a one-time donation whenever they request a donation on their website; however, after I entered the amount that I was planning to donate, there was a prompt for making a monthly recurring donation! So, I decided to donate monthly—rather than simply donating once—for the first time in all of the years that I have been donating to Wikipedia. You see, I read Wikipedia ALL THE TIME, so that is why I have always endeavored to donate to them whenever they have requested a donation.
And, after I made the recurring monthly donation, I received an email from Wikimedia Foundation* yesterday, August 13th, 2023, with the subject line, "Paul - Thank you for your gift", which stated, in part, the following:
Dear Paul,
Thank you for committing to give USD $[redacted] to support Wikipedia every month - that is real dedication and I am endlessly grateful. You make a world where knowledge is free for everyone possible. ...
... Recurring donors like you are the engine behind our people-powered movement. You help us plan ahead, set bigger goals and broaden our horizons, because we know we have a foundation of support to count on.
Every single donation helps us to improve people’s access to accurate and reliable information, especially in a rapidly changing world. We are determined to extend this access as far as possible to make sure that no matter where you are born or where you live, the ability to access free knowledge is always within your reach. I hope you will continue to support us in building a future where Wikipedia exists everywhere, with people across the world contributing to the sum of all knowledge.
Thank you again for supporting this remarkable mission; it is a privilege for me to be part of the largest collaborative project in human history. Wikipedia will always belong to you.
With gratitude,
[Name redacted]
[Title redacted], Wikimedia Foundation
*From www.wikimedia.org:
Wikimedia is a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world.
Through various projects, chapters, and the support structure of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia strives to bring about a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
Welcome to Wikimedia.
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Wikiquote
Wikibooks
Wikisource
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My Writing About The Social And Economic Outcomes Of A Tyrannical Wealthy Ruling Class [October 23rd, 2023 Update—Continued Further Some More Than Before (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
You always know the dark clouds of a tyrannical wealthy ruling class have gathered because...when it "reigns," it "poors." –Paul Whiting (written October 23rd, 2023, revised October 24th, 2023 and revised October 30th, 2023)
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My Writing About How I Have Changed The Way That I Label My Blog Posts 'Updates' For Any Additional 'Updates' That I Write, After The First 'Update,' By Using A Simple Numbering System, Which Starts With The First 'Update' [October 24th, 2023 Update No. 7 (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
I have changed the way I label the blog post 'updates' that I write because I oftentimes write more than one 'update' per day!
And in the past, I have labeled the second, third, fourth and fifth 'update' with the following extensions—on the days that I write more than 'update'—to differentiate any additional 'updates' from the first one, as follows:
[1st] Month Day, Year Update
[2nd] Month Day, Year Update—Continued
[3rd] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further
[4th] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further Some More
[5th] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further Some More Than Before
However today, October 24th, 2023, I actually had more than five 'updates' to write, so I decided to change how I differentiate any additional 'updates,' from the first 'update,' by using a simple numbering system, which actually starts with the first 'update' that I write, as follows:
Month Day, Year Update No. 1
Month Day, Year Update No. 2
Month Day, Year Update No. 3
Month Day, Year Update No. 4
Month Day, Year Update No. 5
Month Day, Year Update No. 6
Month Day, Year Update No. 7
Therefore, that is why this 'update' is the seventh one for today! –Paul Whiting (written October 24th, 2023 and revised October 28th, 2023)
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My Writing About My New Year's Resolution For 2024 [January 1st, 2024 Update No. 1]: Happy New Year, everyone! My New Year's Resolution for 2024 is to change the way that I am making donations to political, progressive and charitable organizations in order to still donate to them on a consistent basis, but in a way that is affordable for me!
Please let me explain: I used to make one-time donations to the organizations which are the subject of the blog post 'updates' that I write on some of my blogs each time that I took an action as requested by those organizations; however, "I have changed the way that I make donations to political, progressive and charitable organizations each month ... due to the fact that I have been spending a considerable percentage of my monthly income on all of these donations." (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS. And I am on Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, so my income is quite limited.)
Therefore, "I am really 'tightening my belt,' so to speak, with regard to all of the donations that I am making on my credit card each month! So, my plan is to only donate to political, progressive and charitable organizations if they specifically ask for donations—and not just for the sake of donating to them at least once per month, or even when I have been taking some sort of action, such as signing a petition, or sending a letter, etc.
Thus, I am trying to greatly reduce the number of donations that I make to simply once in a while, or as determined by me on a case-by-case basis! You see, there are a lot of organizations that I literally donate to only once per year—such as for Giving Tuesday—which is all that I ever donate to them. And that is basically what I am striving for, so that I am still donating to political, progressive and charitable organizations, but the bare minimum that I can donate, since that's all I can really afford." Please see my 'August 19th, 2023 Update—Follow-Up No. 4, Written On December 1st, 2023 About November 2023' (that also appears as 'November 30th, 2023 Update No. 2, Written On December 1st, 2023' on some of my blogs) from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog:
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
Now, that also means if I do donate to any particular organization, in any given month, I am striving to donate to that organization only once per month. Therefore, "I am greatly reducing the number of times that I donate for the same organization per month down to once—or as determined by me on a case-by-case basis." Please see my 'August 19th, 2023 Update' from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog:
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
–Paul Whiting (written January 1st, 2024 and revised January 9th, 2024)
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My Writing About Receiving My Third COVID-19 Booster Shot [April 1st, 2024 Update No. 1]: This update is a follow-up to my 'August 3rd, 2021 Update,' where I explained, in part, that I was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on June 25th, 2021. It is also a follow-up to my 'April 4th, 2022 Update, Written On April 5th, 2022' where I explained that I received my first booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on April 4th, 2022. Besides that, it is a follow-up to my 'April 3rd, 2023 Update' where I explained that I received my second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on April 3rd, 2023. You see, on April 1st, 2024, I received my third booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine! –Paul Whiting (April 1st, 2024)
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My Writing About How True Belief In 'The Math Of God' Can Help You To Avoid 'The Wrath Of God' [November 1st Update No. 1, Written From November 1st, 2024 To November 5th, 2024]: As a self-designated 'Poet Artist and Philosopher,' I truly do believe that the one, true religion of God is mathematics! And to help introduce this point, please let me quote some of my writing from my blog post titled, "Please Take Care Of My Future," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog:
I believe that the "One, True Religion Of God" is mathematics, due to the fact that God is the Universe—which is like a really big computer—within which we are all individual "programs," so to speak. And we are each on our own Path To God," so to speak, as we are being taught by God—as individual souls through God's Creation—what God is and what God expects of us. –Paul Whiting (written March 8th, 2020 and revised May 14th, 2023)
Please see the hyperlink below for the post, which is actually a work in progress, where I have published some of my past writing—as well as some of my current writing—while I am working on completing this post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/12/for-new-years-please-take-care-of-my.html
You see, the reason that the one, true religion of God is mathematics is due to the following facts: 1) 'The Math Of God' has always existed since the very beginning of creation, which literally started out as Nothing—in other words, creation started out as a Void—and that Void Of Nothing is symbolized by zero on the number line; 2) 'The Math Of God' is a kind of language, if you will, which describes the basic states of consciousness coming out of Nothing that can be achieved by all of us Gods and/or Goddesses—who are literally the Consciousness Of Nothing—through hard work and honesty; 3) all of the calculations within 'The Math Of God' are totally consistent and can never, ever falter in their absolutely indisputable truth because—for example—the calculation of two plus two always equals four no matter what, which has always been that way, which can never change in any way, shape or form, and which can never be refuted; 4) therefore, "The One, True Religion Of God Is Math," because God is intrinsically Nothing, as Nothing is all that exists, since Nothing is all that could exist—and that 'Nothing Of God' is a never-ending Void!
Therefore, Nothing is literally a Void that never ends in terms of space (or, 'the measure of an area') and that also never ends in terms of time (or, 'the passage of time'), since Nothing is the only thing there. In other words, Nothing literally goes on forever (it never ends because it's all that exists) and that is why "Nothing Is A Whole Lotta Nada!"
So, at the exact center of Nothing is an itsy-bitsy teeny, tiny amount of natural pressure buildup which vibrates, since Nothing under pressure is vibrating! And that natural vibration is smaller than the head of a sewing pin, which is why it is known scientifically that all of the matter and energy in the entire Universe starts out smaller than the head of a sewing pin.
Thus, Nothing is vibrating at its exact center and that vibration is producing thought, or consciousness, or self-awareness, which is asking itself, "What Am I?"
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself again from my blog post titled, "The Question Of Being Nothing And The Answer Of Becoming Everything," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
The Question Of Being
Nothing And The Answer
Of Becoming Everything
(Or, "The Alpha And The Omega")
In the beginning—The Alpha—
there was Literally Nothing.
And there was a vibration,
at the very center of Literally
Nothing, which was created
by the pressure right in the
middle of Nothing. And the
center vibration—that was created
under pressure—was Self-Aware.
And that Self-Aware Vibration,
created under pressure at the
very center of Literally Nothing,
asked itself "What Am I?"
And, as it was created under pressure,
that Self-Aware Center Vibration
asked itself "What Am I?" for
literally an eternity, since
it did not know what it was,
because it was Literally Nothing.
And when that Self-Aware
Nothing had finally reached
the "critical mass," so to speak,
of not knowing what it was—since
it was Literally Nothing—it
decided to try to do something
about not knowing what it was
in order to escape the Living
Hell of not knowing what it was.
And in the end—The Omega—
this Self-Aware Nothing had
successfully transformed itself out
of Literally Nothing—through the
process of evolution—by turning
itself into Everything That Exists.
And Literally Nothing, which was
Self-Aware, could finally answer that
eternal question of "What Am I?"
And the answer was: "I Am God."
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-question-of-being-nothing-and.html
Therefore, that "Void Of Nothing" in the beginning of all the things is totally stagnant (except, of course, where it's vibrating at its center); however, that Stagnant Void can be formed into Vacuum through the "Consciousness Of God As Nothing" thinking His Self/Her Self, into a state of vacuum—or, a state of suction, if you will. And that state of suction is how God is able to separate His/Her Consciousness as electrons (negative energy) from His/Her Conscious as protons (positive energy), as well as from His/Her Conscious as neutrons (neutral energy) within the creation of atomic structure, which is the basis of gravity and that is what forms Universes.
Thus, the separation of God's Electron Energy from God's Proton Energy and God's Neutron Energy makes it possible to form stable atoms! And that separation within Nothing Turned Into Vacuum of electrons, from protons and neutrons, prevents the electrons from coming in contact with the protons and neutrons, thereby preventing the electrons, protons and neutrons from canceling out each other and turning back into Nothing, since Nothing is all that intrinsically exists!
To help explain this state of Nothing further, I have written a considerable amount about 'The Nothing Of God,' so to speak, on many different occasions which are listed under the post label, 'Nothing' on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (as well as on some of my other blogs):
Please see the hyperlink below for the posts:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/Nothing
Continuing on with this discussion about the Existence Of Nothing As God, the above-mentioned consciousness, or self-awareness, or soul that forms at the center of Nothing vibrating is God because that consciousness is Light! Therefore, the consciousness formed at the center of Nothing Is God's Light. That is why God—as Light—can form Himself/Herself into atoms, which is the basis of gravity.
To sum it up, then: "Nothing That's Literally A Void" is the only thing that exists and—due to the tiny bit of pressure buildup in the center of Nothing—a consciousness is formed that is literally The Light Of God! And that Light Of God can form itself into atomic structure, or atoms, thereby turning God's Light into Universes. And that's why Universes exist! And that means every Universe is the Consciousness Of God As Light forming Himself/Herself into atoms and creating gravity out of Oneself As God.
So now, here comes a rather lengthy written explanation of "The Math Of God," which is created from Nothing:
Number Zero: Nothing Is A Void, which is all that exists, so that is what makes Nothing a placeholder—just like on a number line—which is what the number zero is.
The Math Of God's Number Line Zero:
0
Number One: The pressure buildup at the exact center of Nothing is 'One Vibration'—in other words, that pressure buildup is literally Nothing vibrating under its own pressure—which is what the number one is. And that is why "being number one is a lot of pressure!" Plus, that is also why we will change in response to being under pressure, since we are all born as Gods and/or Goddesses under pressure as Nothing which is Self-Aware.
The Math Of God's Number Line One:
-1 0 +1
Number Two: The consciousness that forms when Nothing vibrates at its center is The Light Of God! And God's Light has the capacity to form itself into two, polar opposite states of energy (that is, the negative energy of electrons and the positive energy of protons), which is what the number two is. In fact, those two exact opposite states of energy are a continuation of the number line, as referenced above—starting from zero, which is a placeholder—with the negative one (electron) being the exact opposite of the positive one (proton) on the number line.
The Math Of God's Number Line Two:
-2 -1 0 +1 +2
Number Three: So, because The Light Of God can form Himself/Herself into two exact opposite states of energy, there can also be the possibility of a third neutral form of energy (neutrons) that is the precise combination of the negative energy (electrons) and the positive energy (protons), which is what the number three is. And that third form of neutral energy—which a perfectly balanced combination of the positive and negative energy—is the only system of separation within Nothing Turned Into Vacuum that is stable against the inexorable pull of Nothing. And that is why "Three Is A Magic Number!"
The Math Of God's Number Line Three:
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
Number Four: Now that "We, The Gods And Goddess Of Light" have formed ourselves into electrons, protons and neutrons (in other words, atoms), as contained within Nothing Turned Into Vacuum, we are capable of forming into all of the elements of gravity, including the sun, the moon, the stars—and all of the planets within our solar system—as well as all of the various elements of space within the Universe!
And you will notice that there are a lot of spheres within the Universe, because a sphere is a circle that goes all the way around. And that means on the surface of a planet like Earth, you can travel in basically four different directions: North, South, East and West, which is what the number four is. And that is why the sphere of a planet like our Earth is represented by "The Four Directions."
The Math Of God's Number Line Four:
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4
Number Five: However, this part of the explanation with regard to "The Math Of God" gets to be a really quite complicated, because we are now delving into a discussion regarding the accurate representative of "perspective," on this round planet, in work of art such as a painting, like the accurate depiction of a landscape on the flat surface of an oil painting on canvas.
You see, the artists of the Italian Renaissance figured out that the only way to accurately represent objects in space as the appear in real life on a canvas (which is a two-dimensional surface that is totally flat, since it has height and width, but no depth) is to show that objects in space recede away from the viewer. The reason for this is that the objects are appearing to get smaller in size, as they get further away from the viewer, since those objects are disappearing over the horizon!
So, the Italian Renaissance artists figured out that the way to accurately depict a three-dimensional reality (like a landscape) on a two-dimensional surface (like a canvas), was to simply draw an "x" through the canvas in order to represent the surface of the Earth receding away from the viewer and disappearing over the horizon.
And now, I am about to try to explain in writing how this creation of an accurate perspective on a canvas painting works! So, here goes nothing:
If you think of an artist's canvas as being a very simple geometric shape, such as a square, you can visualize drawing a straight line through the canvas from each of its four corners, which intersects at the middle, thereby creating an "x" on the surface of the square canvas. Then, you could also visual that the bottom triangle of this "x" is like a road that you are standing on as a viewer.
And you are looking at this road disappearing over the horizon, which is why the road keeps getting smaller as it recedes into the distance. And—by the way—there is zero traffic on this road, because it's located in a desert as you, the viewer, are standing in the middle of this road! Then, there are telephone poles running along the right side of the road, which are also getting smaller as they disappear over the horizon.
Therefore, even though the road and the telephone poles aren't really getting smaller—as they disappear over the horizon—they appear to be getting smaller because they are actually receding away from you, as the viewer, who is standing in the middle of this deserted desert road. And the plants in the desert's landscape, such as cactuses, are also appearing to get smaller as the recede away from you and disappear over the horizon. Not only that, if there are any clouds in the sky, they too appear to get smaller as the more distant clouds recede away from you and disappear over the desert horizon.
In fact, the white lines painted on both shoulders of the road, as well as the yellow lines painted in the center of the road, also appear to be getting smaller (or, more narrow) as they recede away from you. So, that is why an artist who is painting a realistic landscape will depict objects that are the same size (such as telephone poles, for example) as larger when they are closer up and smaller when that are further away. And this "perspective" is depicting the way that objects that are further away from you on the surface of a planet are actually disappearing over the horizon, since the planet is a sphere!
And, now, here is where we're getting into the weeds (or the sagebrush, as the case may be) of this explanation!
Remember how I said our canvas painting was square? Well, you could think of this artist's canvas that is square (with an "x" drawn through it to depict the perspective of a desert horizon) as being just like the bottom of a pyramid like in Egypt—which is still located in a desert!
So now we're going to use our imaginations and pretend like this pyramid we're talking about is made entirely of glass! And this glass pyramid we are visualizing has a perfectly square bottom that comes up to a point at the top, just like the Egyptian pyramids; however our visualized pyramid is made of glass, just like the glass of window panes, so that you can see right through it! Plus, this pyramid is hollow on the inside, since it's made of five sheets of glass, which are one square and four triangles, that are glue together.
Next, pretend like you could, somehow, tilt this glass pyramid so that the bottom of the square pyramid is no longer horizontal, but it is now vertical, just like a square window pane! And you, as a viewer, are looking through the bottom of this pyramid toward the top of the pyramid—which is pointing away from you, just like it's the center of the "x" that we drew on our square canvas—and you can see right through the all-glass pyramid to the surrounding landscape...
...Then, pretend like that glass pyramid—which is tilted so that the bottom of the pyramid is vertical and you, the viewer are looking from the center of the pyramid's bottom to the top of the pyramid—is aligned perfectly with our desert landscape! And then pretend that the bottom triangle of the glass pyramid aligns perfectly with the bottom triangle of the "x" in our canvas landscape which is what the road represents in the desert landscape that is receding away from you. Also, pretend that the telephone poles on right side of the desert road align perfectly with the corresponding triangle on the right side of the glass pyramid.
Therefore, our glass pyramid is tilted on its side, so that the bottom is vertical, like the "x" in drawn in the center of our canvas. And the glass pyramid is just like a three-dimensional representation of the "x" that is showing how objects that recede away from you in a landscape appear to get smaller as they disappear over the horizon.
In conclusion, then: the geometric shape of a hollow glass pyramid tilted on its side, so that the bottom of the pyramid is vertical like a glass window pane, and the top of the glass pyramid is pointed away from you, as you are looking through the middle of the pyramid's bottom (which is why the pyramid is made of glass panes, so that you can see through it), is a three-dimensional representation of the perspective of objects receding away from you as a viewer in a landscape and disappearing over the horizon, because planet Earth is a sphere. (I hope that makes sense!)
Therefore, the pyramid is a geometric shape that has five points to it, with four of the points on the bottom square of the pyramid and a fifth point at the top center of the pyramid, which is what a pyramid is: it's a five point geometric shape!
Now, we are seriously going to be traveling to la, la land with this next explanation!
So, the way that the five-point geometric shape of a pyramid, that is titled on its side, is a three-dimensional representation of the perspective of objects in a landscape receding away from you, as a viewer, is also symbolic of the "dimensionality" that is made available to you, as a viewer, by being born through a female's body. For, females are the only sex of the human species that can give birth to other humans, which is what the number five is. (See? I told you that this part of the explanation of "The Math Of God" would be really quite complicated!)
In other words, it's the females who are capable of bearing children, and nurturing children, which is why only the females are able to offer you, the viewer, a chance to be born on the surface of planet Earth and to "gain some perspective on life!" And that is why, symbolically speaking, females are represented by the number five.
The Math Of God's Number Line Five:
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5
Number Six: However, the females can't do it alone! In other words, females can't give birth to you, the viewer, asexually (that is, without sexual reproduction), they need the female's loving husband to be a father to her wonderful children, so that you, as a viewer, can ultimately see the world from both the perspective of being female and the perspective of being male through different lifetimes!
So, that means males have to be capable of both creating life and ending it, because the males are the providers for the females and young children, as well as the protectors of the females and the young children.
(Now, I mean no offense in saying that, nor do I mean to assist those who are prone to destruction in having their unjustified annihilating ways with God's Creation justified! And I sure as hell am not referring to the kind of 'protection' that is offered to the females by certain males "whether the females like it or not," because that kind of attitude toward females on the part of males is what can very-well end up incurring "The Wrath Of God" by judging females as untrustworthy!)
Thus, the males are the hunters and gatherers, as well as the farmers and ranchers, who have the height, the muscularity, the agility, and the flexibility, to hunt big game, as well as to utilize those same qualities in order to work on the farm, or the ranch, so that they can provide for the women and children! That is why the males are the parents who are capable of ending life to provide food for the females and young children, as well as ending life for the protection of the females and young children.
Bear in mind, however, that taking life is a very, very serious thing to do because you are saying to God, "Lord, these particular lives within Your Great Creation deserve to be ended, so that I may feed my family, or so that I may protect my family." At the same time, God has commanded, "Thou Shalt Not Kill!" Yet we, God's People, have killed like it is going out of style...
...Therefore, be very careful why you end the life of another living being, because that life you are ending is your own life in another lifetime, since We Are All One Consciousness Of God's Light that is differentiated into many different aspects of divinity through the power of atomic structure, as contained within a field of gravity known as a Universe! And so, although we are fully capable ending life, the only lives that we can actually end are our own lives in other lifetimes, since We Are One Being Differentiated Into Many Beings...
...Therefore, Know That We Are All Gods, And/Or Goddesses, Who Are The Consciousness Of Nothing—As Well As The Light Of Nothing—Which Is All That Exists!
And that is why the males are like a 'similar opposite,' so to speak, to the females, since the males are a very necessary part of the process of making more humans, as the inseminators of the females within the loving, and consensual, human family; however, that does not give the males the right to cause harm to females, the way that males can cause harm to living beings which the males are hunting, or raising, for food, nor the way that males can cause harm to living beings whose lives the males are ending to protect the females and the young children who are being threatened (such as by natural predators). Because those females are neither food for the males, nor are the females the enemy of the males...
...So, be especially careful of ending the lives of females, who are the only ones within the human species that can give birth to other humans. For, those who would maliciously end the life of females through their action—or through their inaction—are saying to God, "Lord, these females are unworthy in my presence and they shall be destroyed by me in my arrogance and misogyny, because I am threatened by these females' strength and power, for I am a weak male, who victim-blames females due to my powerlessness."
That is why masculine energy (male energy) is literally birthed from feminine energy (female energy), because masculine energy is designed by nature to be the aggressive aspect of creative energy—in a similar, but opposite, way to feminine energy that is designed by nature to be the nurturing aspect of creative energy—which is what makes it possible for males to be the consensual, and loving, providers and protectors of the females and the young children.
And to conclude our discussion about how our glass pyramid made of window panes that is tilted on its side (where the bottom of the pyramid is vertical and the top of the pyramid is pointing away from the viewer) is a symbolic reference to perspective on the surface of a planet, now imagine that our glass window pyramid has met—and fallen in love with—another glass window pyramid of the opposite sex! And these two glass pyramids are so much in love that they melded together in marriage, where their respective pyramid bottoms (which, again, are both vertical so as to symbolize perspective) have now become one window pane at their base.
Now to clarify: I am really stretching this "pyramid-as-a-symbol-of-perspective" metaphor in order to help you see how males and females are necessary for sexual reproduction and how, symbolically speaking, a male and female in a loving, and consensual, relationship are like two glass pyramids that have become "one through marriage." And they are, also symbolically speaking, becoming one six-point pyramid—because their two, four-point pyramid bases merged into one four-point base—which is purely symbolic of opposite perspectives, like North and South, or East and West, being possible because of sexual reproduction. (I hope that makes sense!)
Another way of describing this metaphorical comparison is by explaining how males, as hunters and gatherers, have to be aware of both what is in front of them, and what is behind them.
Now, it's not like females don't have to know that, but the males could be in nature providing for their families through hunting, or agriculture, and so they need to be keenly aware of "what may be coming up behind them," such as a natural predator! And they also have to know as hunters and protectors how to sometimes go in the exact opposite way that they were going (such as away from a storm), in order to successfully provide for their family and protect them. (Clearly, I am speaking symbolically in very general terms.)
In other words, it's the males who are capable of being a loving husband and father who provides for his children, as the assistant to the female, and who protects his wife and children from threats, such as natural predators, or even storms. That is also why the males are able to assist the females in offering you, the viewer, a chance to be born on the surface of planet Earth and to "learn from the wisdom of the fathers!" So, that's symbolically why males are represented by the number six.
The Math Of God's Number Line Six:
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
Now that we've had some rather lengthy discussions about the feminine aspect of creative energy (as symbolized by the number five, which represents females) and about the masculine aspect of creative energy (as symbolized by the number six, which represents males), we can now talk about the next numbers as contained within "The Math Of God."
Number Seven: And speaking of providing for the family, luckily, we are totally ready to talk about "good fortune," so to speak, as it relates to hard work and honesty on the part of all those mothers and fathers out there! You see, luck doesn't just form out of a clear blue sky: Luck is engineered.
And luck is engineered based upon an understanding of how nature works—as a loving mother and a caring father of their wanted children—the understanding of which can then be passed on to their children, who can also pass that understanding on to their children, in generation after generation of responsible, chosen families.
Thus, fathers and mothers need to recognize natural patterns in terms of when to do certain kinds of work in order for both parents to provide for their family (such as when to plant seeds, or when to harvest crops, or when and where to go hunting and gathering, etc.), and for both parents to protect their family (like recognizing the kinds of storm clouds that can turn into tornadoes, or seeing smoke from a wildfire in order to evacuate in time, or knowing how to survive a flood).
So, that is why luck is symbolized by the number seven—and that is why that luck is engineered!
And that is also why the number five (female energy, as the reproductive creators and loving nurturers of the human species) and the number six (male energy, as the generous providers and the consensual protectors of the species) is followed by the number seven, which is symbolic of carefully engineered luck, through hard work and honesty and an understanding of the natural world on the surface of planet Earth.
The Math Of God's Number Line Seven:
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7
Number Eight: Speaking of providing for the family, I bet you can guess why the next number sounds just like the word "ate," which is the past-tense of the word "eat." Yes, folks, it's true: the number eight is symbolic of being able to eat food!
And that is why the number five (female energy, as the reproductive creators and loving nurturers of the human species) and the number six (male energy, as the generous providers and the consensual protectors of the species) is followed by the number seven (which is symbolic of carefully engineered luck, through hard work and honesty and an understanding of the natural world on the surface of planet Earth), so that the males and females can provide for themselves and their children by being able to procure the food that the family ate!
The Math Of God's Number Line Eight:
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8
Number Nine: Okay, here is where we need a really brief history lesson: Do you know about the history of the German Nazis during World War Two? Well, the Nazis did really horrifying things to a lot of people by exterminating millions of them, thereby committing genocide (that is, "the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group"). And those Nazis were finally stopped by the Allies during World War Two! That is why the Nazi machine of genocide was finally brought to halt...
...And the word "halt" derives from the early modern German word for "stop," which relates directly to another German word that means "no!" And that German word is "nein."
Now, it is no coincidence that the number "nine" sounds exactly like the word "nein" in German. Thus, we humans have to learn how to say "no" when it comes to the kinds of things that we are capable of doing on the surface of Earth, while we are trying to survive and to provide for ourselves and our families!
Because the people of Nazi Germany, at that time, seriously thought that it was a really good idea to exterminate millions of people—starting with six million Jews—because those Germans were attempting to complete an ethnic cleansing.
And those Nazis, under the leadership of their Führer, Adolf Hitler, thought they were doing the best possible thing in order to protect themselves from all of the "dirty" Jews—and those other "undesirable" people—who were clearly the ones to blame for how terrible things were in Germany after World War One, during which Germany was fighting in behalf of the Central Powers that included the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Therefore, the number nine sounds just like "nein," which is the German word for "no."
And that ain't no accident, folks!
You see, we humans have to learn how to say "no" while we are living our individual lives as true believers in one of God's many religions, since we can sometimes commit really terrible atrocities against other people, while we are simply trying to survive in gravity on the surface of planet Earth!
Thus, because we're capable of being males and females who are providing for their families, we can sometimes go a little too far in our efforts to compete with other humans, who are also trying to provide for their families, because resources can be scarce. So, we may think that it's "a good idea" to commit genocide against another group of people who may be competing with us for, say, control of 'The Holy Land,' which we feel belongs to us, and does not belong to anyone else, due to our historical prosecution as "God's Chosen People." However, genocide is genocide no matter how well it is rationalized! For, each and every instance of genocide has been perfectly rationalized throughout all of human history by whichever group of people is committing genocide—even while they may claim that genocide is the last thing that they are committing—as tens of thousands die...
...Therefore, it's important to recognize the need to say "no" to our true religious beliefs that we may feel give us a right to exterminate anyone whom we think doesn't deserve to live, based upon the unquestionable truth of our beliefs, so that we may think we have "a license to kill!" (And in America, we may even go so far as to offer their surviving loved ones "thoughts and prayers" as a kind of morbid condolence.)
And this discussion about saying "no" circles back to the true religious beliefs of those who are endeavoring to threaten the safety, health and life of pregnant people!
Because denying healthcare to females who are experiencing complications from pregnancy and childbirth sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because forced impregnation through the disgusting acts of rape, or incest, sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because killing mothers sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because making children become motherless sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because deciding what—if any—heath care a mother can receive where she lives sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Now, just because those above-mentioned values may be "your family's values," that does not mean they are "every family's values!"
And imposing your Christian National religious beliefs on the rest of the United States of America—who don't prescribe to those beliefs—sure as hell ain't "family values!"
So, if you are against having an abortion, don't have one! But don't presume to tell other parents whether, or not, they should have a medically-necessary abortion, as determined by their doctor, in order to save the health and life of the mother!
And that is why the number nine is symbolic of the word "no," with regard to you minding your own goddamn business as it pertains to the health care decisions of pregnant persons. Those decisions are between a pregnant person, their spouse or partner, and their doctor, not between a pregnant person and politicians! Just like it is not the goddamn business of politicians to monitor pregnancies! Just like it is not the goddamn business of politicians to monitor menstrual cycles! Period.
The Math Of God's Number Line Nine:
-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9
Number Ten: We have arrived at the number ten! And you will note that this number is formed from the number zero and the number one. This too is no coincidence! Because we are Nothing intrinsically—the consciousness of which is The Light Of God—we are 'One Zero,' so to speak.
In other words, "We Are One God That Is Zero."
And from this "Oneness Of God," we can turn into Universes—by forming into fields of gravity based upon atomic structure—going on forevermore.
That is why we truly are "The Oneness Of God."
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself yet again from my blog post titled, "'The Oneness Of God' Spiritual Practice," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
"THE ONENESS OF GOD"
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
(Or, 'We Are All A Part Of God')
The Oneness Of God Spiritual Practice is based upon Ten Spiritual Principles:
Principle No. 1: DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOU, BECAUSE YOU AND THE OTHER ARE ONE! FOR, YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! What you do unto others will be done unto you forever, until you transform Your Karmic Energy, based upon the effort that you put into changing. For, "We Are All A Part Of God," which is why God continually reflects back what you are doing to God—as if whatever you are doing to God, you are actually doing to yourself. And this "Gift Of Self-Reflection" is made possible through The Power Of Karma, which is a recording of everything that you have ever believed, thought, done, felt, said, and chosen to experience (and just like the name of a music album, it is called "The Record"), which is continuously playing back in relationship to The Karmic Recording of your current incarnation. THEREFORE, TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WISH TO BE TREATED, BECAUSE YOU AND THE OTHER ARE ONE! AND, THUS, YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR ARE ONE! SO, LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 2: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF, BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! For, your neighbor is a part of your consciousness, which includes your neighbors across the entire universe, because "We Are All A Part Of God." THEREFORE, TREAT EVERYONE WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU DESERVE! FOR, YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR ARE ONE! THUS, YOU AND GOD ARE ONE! SO, LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND MIND, BODY AND SOUL, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 3: LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND MIND, BODY AND SOUL, BECAUSE YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! For, we are—literally—all a part of God's Body, including God's Spiritual Body (or, God's Energy Body) and God's Physical Body (or, God's Matter Body), because "We Are All A Part Of God." THEREFORE, LOVE GOD AS YOU WOULD LOVE YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PART OF GOD THAT GOD CREATED JUST FOR YOU, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 4: LOVE YOURSELF AS GOD LOVES YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PART OF GOD THAT GOD CREATED JUST FOR YOU, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! God's Love is so pure and simple that—literally—anyone can understand it: "God Created You In God's Own Image. So, What's Not To Love?" THEREFORE, SIMPLY LOVE YOURSELF THE WAY THAT GOD SIMPLY LOVES YOU! AND LOVE YOURSELF THE WAY THAT GOD LOVES ALL OF US, AS GOD IS ALL OF US, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 5: KNOW THAT GOD LOVES ALL OF US, AS GOD IS ALL OF US! AND THAT IS WHY GOD LOVES ALL OF US, BECAUSE GOD SIMPLY LOVES ONESELF AS GOD, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! God loves every soul. For, we are—literally—all a part of God's Spiritual (or, Energy) and Physical (or, Matter) Body. And God simply loves Oneself as God which, of course, includes every soul that exists. THEREFORE, SIMPLY LOVE YOURSELF, AND LOVE EVERYBODY ELSE, THE WAY THAT GOD SIMPLY LOVES YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE! THUS, "YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE BOTH KEEPERS!" FOR, GOD CAN NEVER THROW US AWAY, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 6: KNOW THAT "YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE BOTH KEEPERS!" FOR, GOD CAN NEVER THROW US AWAY, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! God can never throw us away, because God is all of us. And that is why God would never throw us away in order to solve problems the way that we solve problems, by throwing away everyone else that we see as being "a problem." THEREFORE, GOD CAN NEVER THROW US AWAY, BECAUSE GOD DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT WAY! FOR, KARMA IS THE LAW OF GOD! AND KARMA IS MATHEMATICAL PERFECTION!
Principle No. 7: KNOW THAT KARMA IS THE LAW OF GOD! FOR, KARMA IS MATHEMATICAL PERFECTION, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! In other words, "What Goes Around, Always Comes Around." And what that means is that God is—literally—a perfect mirror, because God only creates perfection. And that is how God is perfect and why God is perfect. And that means that God can only reflect whatever you believe to be true about life and God. Therefore, whatever you believe, think, do, feel, say, and choose to experience in every incarnation, will always come back around to you again. THEREFORE, KARMA IS MATHEMATICAL PERFECTION, BECAUSE GOD IS REFLECTING EVERYONE, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR "ENEMY," SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 8: KNOW THAT GOD IS REFLECTING EVERYONE, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR "ENEMY!" THEREFORE, "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND THEY ARE US," SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! People should NOT be killing other people. People should NOT be committing acts of violence, and senseless cruelty, toward any other being, including all 'living beings' and all 'non-living beings.' Only a "Conservative Thinker," who thinks "Conservatively Only" (and never thinks "Liberally" or "Critically"), would ever think to use threats, or violence, or even death, in order to solve problems. For, all beings—whom the "Conservative-Only Thinker" feels totally justified in being so very cruel toward—are all God. THEREFORE, LOVE YOUR ENEMY AS YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR ENEMY ARE ONE, JUST AS YOU GOD ARE ONE! FOR, NO ONE BUT YOU IS RESPONSIBLE YOUR KARMA, AND FOR HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 9: KNOW THAT NO ONE BUT YOU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR KARMA, AND FOR HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! For, God made—literally—everything that exists. And "You And God Are One." Therefore, no one but you is to blame for Your Karma—not The Devil, not your enemy, not your family, not your friends, not your culture and certainly not God. THEREFORE, KARMA IS THE PERFECT LAW OF GOD, SINCE GOD IS A MATHEMATICALLY-PERFECT MIRROR IN WHICH EVERYONE IS REFLECTED, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 10: KNOW THAT GOD IS A MATHEMATICALLY-PERFECT MIRROR IN WHICH EVERYONE IS REFLECTED, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! The Reason that God is perfect mirror has to do with the fact that "You And God Are One." Therefore, God is always a part of you—and, specifically, God is your subconscious. And that is how and why Karma works, as well as how and why prayer works. For, "God Is Your Karmic Memory" (or, "The Record") of everything that you believe, think, do, feel, say, and choose to experience, which is continuously playing back in relationship to The Karmic Recording of your current incarnation. And God does all of this through your subconscious, because God is your subconscious. And that is why "You And God Are One." And that is also why "You And The Other Are One." THEREFORE, DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOU, BECAUSE YOU AND THE OTHER ARE ONE! FOR, YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-oneness-of-god-spiritual-practice.html
So, then, how do we avoid "The Wrath Of God?" By following the words of Jesus The Christ who said unto us: "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Done Unto You."
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself once more from my blog post titled, "'The Oneness Of God' Spiritual Practice," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
My Writing About The Saying By Jesus The Christ, "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Done Unto You": The saying by Jesus, "Do unto other as you would have done unto you" is literal. For, whatever you are doing unto others is going to be done unto you by your own soul—in the other lifetimes when you were doing unto others—through "The Power Of Karma." Thus, everything that you are doing unto others, you are doing unto your own soul. –Paul Whiting (written August 2nd, 2016, revised August 16th, 2016, revised July 29th, 2021, revised July 24th, 2022 and revised November 18th, 2024)
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-oneness-of-god-spiritual-practice.html
Therefore, what you are doing to others, you are doing to your own soul in other lifetimes. And what you are doing to others you are also doing to God, since your intentions for God become God's intentions for you through "The Power Of Karma."
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself once last time from my blog post titled, "'The Oneness Of God' Spiritual Practice," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
My Writing About Treating God The Way That You Wish To Be Treated By God: Your intentions for God are God's intentions for you! In other words, the way that you interact with God is the way that God interacts with you. And I think that is what Jesus The Christ was saying when He said the following: "Do unto others as you would have done unto you"; and "When you have done it to the least of these...you have done it unto me"; plus "Judge not, lest ye be judge"; as well as "For have I not said ye are gods?" You see, Jesus was explaining to us that we establish 'Godly Karma,' so to speak, through our intentions for God, and by our interactions with God. Phrased another way: "Treat God The Way That You Wish To Be Treated By God." –Paul Whiting (written May 15th, 2022, revised May 16th, 2022, revised June 23rd, 2022 and July 24th, 2022)
And, thusly, I say unto you: "For has God not said ye are gods?" So, "do unto others as you would have done unto you," because "when you have done it to the least of these...you have done it unto God." Therefore, "judge not, lest ye be judge" by the almighty "Wrath Of God!"
The Math Of God's Number Line Ten:
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
And that is why God's one, true religion is "The Math Of God," which is how 'We, The True Believers In God's Mathematics' can avoid "The Wrath Of God." Amen! –Paul Whiting (written from November 1st, 2024 to November 5th, 2024, revised November 17th, 2024 and revised November 18th, 2024)
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My Writing About No Longer Being An 'Online Activist' In Any Way, Shape Or Form [November 6th, 2024 Update No. 1]: Due to Donald Trump winning the 2024 Presidential Election—and until further notice—I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in any way, shape or form, which includes no longer signing petitions from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations, and no longer sending letters to my Representative and Senators in Congress, as well as no longer making donations to political, social, environmental and charitable causes. Full stop! I am also unsubscribing from any of the emails that I used to receive from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations. In fact, I am even cancelling all of my monthly political donations to the main Democratic fundraising and coordinating organizations, as well as to the USO (United Service Organizations), in addition to cancelling all of my monthly news organization subscriptions, or news organization donations, because I am absolutely terrified of this second Trump administration. And I fully expect that democracy in America as we know will be over! So, I am choosing to not engage in any 'activism' whatsoever—plus, I am not even sure that I will be exercising my 'civic duty' by voting in any upcoming elections because, as a (formerly) donating and a (potentially former) voting Democrat, I totally fear the retribution of President Donald J. Trump. Full stop! –Paul Whiting (written November 6th, 2024 and revised November 7th, 2024)
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My Philosophical Notes:
The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: Due to being stressed out—and until further notice—I am no longer posting on my blogs. (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS.) Therefore, my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Posting On My Blogs," which can be found on my "Small All White in the Forest," "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blogs, may be the last post for an indefinite period of time. (By the way, I may no longer be posting on my blogs, but I am still editing my blog posts.) And although I may no longer be posting on my blogs, I am writing 'updates' about my current "Online Activism" on my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog. Plus, my above-mentioned blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" is where I do most of my 'new' writing, because this blog post is where I document all of my current "Online Activism" in the 'updates' that I write, which are listed in date (chronological) order by year, month and day.
And this prose was also published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, as well as on my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blog, but in a slightly different format (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses," "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — Math Magician."
This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingmath.blogspot.com
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October 10th, 2015 Update [My Writing About Getting Ready To Die]: I am only planning on doing a limited amount of new writing, since I think that I am getting ready to die, because I am tired most of the time! Thus, I think that after being HIV-positive for so long that I am not going to be here much longer... (I was diagnosed in November of 2000.) So, I am planning to only work on my personal care (that is, my day-to-day living) and my civic duty (that is, participating in upcoming elections by voting, including 'special elections'). Plus, I am taking the time to reread, edit and revise my blogs ('writing is revising'), so that I can correct all the mistakes that I have made in my existing writing!
–Paul Whiting (written October 10th, 2015, revised November 3rd, 2015, revised November 5th, 2015, revised November 10th, 2015, revised November 21st, 2015, revised November 24th, 2015, revised December 10th, 2015, revised December 29th, 2015, revised August 3rd, 2021, revised August 27th, 2022, revised February 15th, 2023 and revised April 1st, 2024)
[I feel like I need to clarify why there are so many 'revised dates' on this 'update,' just like there are often times so many 'revised dates' on other 'updates' similar to this one! You see, I really try to keep my writing consistent as possible across all of my blogs. Therefore, as I am writing, I try to use the same phraseology wherever possible with regard to similar types of my writing so that, when I am editing my writing, I can change all of the similar writing at the same time and in the same way! Thus, a lot of the revisions indicated above, after my name (–Paul Whiting), and shown right after the original 'written date,' are often times due to these aforementioned consistent-writing revisions.]
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November 2nd, 2016 Update [My Writing About No Longer Being An 'Online Activist' In The Same Way That I Was Before]: Due to being stressed out—and until further notice—I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in the same way that I was before, which includes no longer signing petitions from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations, as well as no longer making donations to political, social, environmental and charitable causes the same way that I was in the past. (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS. And so, I am consciously choosing to not engage in any 'activism,' however, I am still planning to exercise my 'civic duty' by voting in upcoming elections. –Paul Whiting (written November 2nd, 2016, revised March 7th, 2017, revised September 28th, 2021, revised January 11th, 2022, revised January 17th, 2022, revised June 16th, 2022, revised November 15th, 2022 and revised April 17th, 2023)
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November 7th, 2016 Update [My Writing About No Longer Posting On My Blogs]: Due to being stressed out—and until further notice—I am no longer posting on my blogs. (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS.) Therefore, my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Posting On My Blogs," which can be found on my "Small All White in the Forest," "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blogs, may be the last post for an indefinite period of time. (By the way, I may no longer be posting on my blogs, but I am still editing my blog posts.) And although I may no longer be posting on my blogs, I am writing 'updates' about my current "Online Activism" on my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog. Plus, my above-mentioned blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" is where I do most of my 'new' writing, because this blog post is where I document all of my current "Online Activism" in the 'updates' that I write, which are listed in date (chronological) order by year, month and day. –Paul Whiting (written November 7th, 2016, revised August 27th, 2022, revised February 15th, 2023, revised March 17th, 2023, revised March 18th, 2023, revised March 26th, 2023, revised April 17th, 2023, revised June 11th, 2023 and revised June 12th, 2023)
P.S.: As I mentioned above, my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the post):
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
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August 3rd, 2021 Update [My Writing About Still Being Alive]: I am still alive! And I am feeling a lot better than I was feeling—a couple of months short of exactly six years ago—when I wrote my 'October 10th, 2015 Update' (that also appears as 'My Writing About Getting Ready To Die' on some of my blogs), which can be found above. Plus, I have a smartphone again, after years of only having a basic phone. So, I am editing all of my blogs, but I am still preparing for death—especially now with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, I received my very first COVID-19 vaccine on June 25th, 2021, and I am now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, so there is still hope.
–Paul Whiting (written August 3rd, 2021, revised September 28th, 2021, revised June 15th, 2022, revised August 27th, 2022, revised August 28th, 2022, revised February 15th, 2023, revised June 8th, 2023 and revised April 1st, 2024)
[I feel like I need to clarify why there are so many 'revised dates' on this 'update,' just like there are often times so many 'revised dates' on other 'updates' similar to this one! You see, I really try to keep my writing consistent as possible across all of my blogs. Therefore, as I am writing, I try to use the same phraseology wherever possible with regard to similar types of my writing so that, when I am editing my writing, I can change all of the similar writing at the same time and in the same way! Thus, a lot of the revisions indicated above, after my name (–Paul Whiting), and shown right after the original 'written date,' are often times due to these aforementioned consistent-writing revisions.]
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September 17th, 2021 Update [My Writing About My Blogs Being Sabotaged By Someone Who Is Very 'Tech Savvy,' Regarding The Creation Of My New Blog Which Is Titled, "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer"]:
I think that my blogs are being sabotaged by someone who is very 'tech savvy,' and they may be someone that I know, because I have noticed strange things happening while I have been editing my writing! Please see my previous comment below, from "My Notes," about a former decision to stop editing my posts:
"By the way, I have decided to stop editing my posts because I have had problems with duplicate posts being created, while I am editing posts and I have accidentally deleted original posts by mistake, while trying to delete the duplicate posts. Then, I had an entire blog post disappear while I was trying to edit it. And now that I am worried that I will have blog posts disappear entirely if I try to edit them, after I have posted them, I have decided to post whatever I write and leave it at that—flaws and all!"
Thus, I have decided to condense all of my best writing into a new blog, which is titled, "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer." And so, I will be able to have "a place to place all of my best writing in one place!"
That way, I don't have to deal with the stress of having my writing posts being sabotaged (I assume) by whomever can manipulate my blogs in an effort to control my writing (I assume), since I am a writer who maybe says too much about how life really is!
Therefore, I am planning to republish my old posts on this new blog, as soon as I can figure out the most feasible way of posting them—in as chronological of an order as I can manage—while at the same time I am placing posts with similar topics in "groups," as I have done with some of the posts on my old blogs. (Please see the hyperlink below for the new blog.)
–Paul Whiting (written September 17th, 2021, revised September 21st, 2021, revised September 22nd, 2021, revised October 15th, 2021, revised November 1st, 2021 revised July 28th, 2022, revised July 29th, 2022, revised August 21st, 2022, revised February 17th, 2023 and revised February 18th, 2023)
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
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April 4th, 2022 Update, Written On April 5th, 2022 [My Writing About Receiving My First COVID-19 Booster Shot]: This update is a follow-up to my 'August 3rd, 2021 Update,' where I explained, in part, that I was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on June 25th, 2021. You see, on April 4th, 2022, I received my first booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine! –Paul Whiting (written April 5th, 2022, revised August 27th, 2022, revised August 28th, 2022 and revised February 18th, 2023)
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January 26th, 2023 Update [My Writing About An Idea That I Had To Change The Punctuation At The End Of All Sentences In Writing From One Period Into Two Colons]: In order to make the end of sentences much more clear (and much more obvious) I think that the end of every sentence in all writing should really be two colons right next to each other, as illustrated at the end of this sentence::
Thus, the end of any writing sentence would actually be two colons, in sequence, one right after the other:: And, therefore, abbreviations within any sentence, utilizing periods to denote said abbreviations, would never be confused with the end of a sentence!
However, this change in the rules of punctuation within English grammar is simply my own idea as a "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," so to speak:: You see, I do a lot of reading about current events in order to stay a more informed voter, as well as a more informed citizen, and it can sometimes be really quite confusing while reading news articles where a particular sentence ends, and another sentence begins, if there are any periods within a sentence — or even at the end of a sentence — which are being utilized for abbreviations::
Now, I realize that I am probably not going to change the rules of English grammar with this idea of mine, but it could happen:: And this change in punctuation, at the end of all written sentences, would be the only change necessary to the punctuation of all sentences; because, as far as I can tell, there would be no other adjustments needed in the writing of any sentences, since all of the other punctuation would stay exactly the same!
Hence, if a sentence had any kind of abbreviation, such as a city and state — like Portland, Oregon — it would simply be written within a sentence as Port., Or. in this example; and that also means the abbreviation for Portland, Oregon would be written at the end of a sentence as Port., Or.::
So, as illustrated in the sentence above, an abbreviation within a sentence could never be mistaken for the end of a sentence, since the end of every sentence would always be two colons side-by-side, instead of one period:: Also, as illustrated above, an abbreviation at the end of a sentence would be really quite clear, because there are two colons at the end of each sentence, which really stands out visually as the obvious end of a sentence:: (At least, I think that it really stands out visually::)
And that is why I thought to write this idea down and publish it on my blogs in order to start a new writing trend, which could possibly make reading English a lot less strenuous under certain situations where there are abbreviations within sentences, or at the end of sentences, as I have described above::
Anyway, that's all I have to say about this new punctuation idea that I had:: Period!
–Paul Whiting (written January 26th, 2023, revised February 18th, 2023 and revised April 19th, 2023)
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March 27th, 2023 Update—Continued Further (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog) [My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love]:
This 'March 27th, 2023 Update—Continued Further' is originally from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" that is on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, which also appears on some of my blogs as the following: "My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love." And what inspired this writing is an idea that—as a philosopher—I have been thinking about for quite some time regarding the steps that one has to take in order to be hard working and honest.
And the idea I had been thinking about—which I was planning to eventually put into writing as grouped into seven subcategories within a larger category, or seven individual steps on a lifelong journey—went something like the following statement:
1) You have to assume risk 2) in order to solve problems 3) through the utilization of trial and error effort 4) since you have to make mistakes 5) and you have to learn from your mistakes 6) so that you can face your fears 7) which is why you can be hard working and honest!
Then, on March 27th, 2023, the day that I wrote this 'update,' I was contemplating the connection between fear (which is negative energy), understanding (which is neutral energy) and love (which is positive energy). And I had also been thinking over some period of time about the direct connection between the facing of fear, which leads to an understanding of that fear by facing it, which then leads to an inversion of that fear into its exact opposite state of love.
Thus, these two different types of thinking about how to be hard working and honest, as well as how to invert your fear into love through understanding of a particular fear by facing that fear, came together in my mind, which is why I created "My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love."
Here are "The Seven Steps To Happiness":
Step To Happiness No. 1: You need to assume calculated risk in order to face your fears so that you are able to invert (or, "convert to the opposite state of energy") your fear—which is negative energy—so that you can solve the many problems in life that are "down-to-earth," so to speak, because they are gravity-based problems (such as access to healthy food, clean water, fresh air, sufficient clothing, adequate personal care products, quality health care, affordable housing, efficient transportation, etc.) and also psychologically-based problems (such as having plenty of satisfying friendships, romance, quality time with family, relaxation, sleep, etc.).
Step To Happiness No. 2: And you sometimes need to create solutions "out of thin air," so to speak, when you are facing your fears, by assuming risk and solving problems through trial and error effort. Thus, solving "down-to-earth" problems is no small task because sometimes the "out-of-thin-air" solutions may be the only thing that you have available in your proverbial took box. And you have test (or, try out) those "out-of-thin-air" solutions to see if they frickin' work in order to solve those "down-to-earth" problems!
Step To Happiness No. 3: Then, while you are testing (or, trying out) the "out-of-thin-air" solutions to your "down-to-earth" problems, through trial and error effort, you have to make mistakes (sometimes, really big mistakes!), so that you can learn from your "trial-and-error" mistakes (even the really big mistakes!) and that way you are able to do better in future after having learned from your (sometimes, really big!) mistakes.
Step To Happiness No. 4: Now, because you can do better in future, since you are able to learn from your "trial-and-error" mistakes, that is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, which is why you can be happy!
Step To Happiness No. 5: Thus, you can face your fear (which is negative energy) and invert—or, "convert to the opposite state of energy"—your fear into understanding (which is neutral energy), since you can finally understand exactly why you were fearful! And that is what makes it possible to convert your fear into the opposite state of love (which is positive energy) through your understanding of that particular fear by having faced the fear.
Step To Happiness No. 6: To clarify though, facing your fear is no small task, since fear can be abjectly terrifying! So, when I talk about facing fears, I mean the really big fears, like having everything go horribly wrong and having to pick up the pieces of your world that may very well have completely shattered. However, that doesn't mean that all fear facing is nearly that intense, but it sure can be, depending upon the circumstances in which you are facing your fears and the types of fears that you are facing.
Step To Happiness No. 7: Therefore, you need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk in order to face your fears by creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, because you sometimes have to make really big mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, which is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, and that is why you can be happy! So, facing fears is inverting the negative energy of fear into the neutral energy of understanding, which is what makes the positive energy of love possible, since you understand why you were fearful. That is why facing your fears is no small task, because fear can be abjectly terrifying, hence the need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk.
So, in summary "The Seven Steps To Happiness" are accomplished by doing the following:
1) You need to assume calculated risk in order to face your fears by
2) creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, and by
3) making mistakes, then learning from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, since
4) learning from your "trial-and-error" mistakes is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, thereby making it possible for you to
5) invert your fear into understanding first and then into love second; however,
6) facing your fears is no small task because fear can be abjectly terrifying, therefore,
7) you need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk, in order to face your fears by creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, because you sometimes have to make really big mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, which is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, and that is why you can be happy!
–Paul Whiting (written March 27th, 2023, revised March 28th, 2023, revised March 29th, 2023, revised May 24th, 2023, revised May 30th, 2023, revised June 8th, 2023, revised August 28th, 2023 and revised October 13th, 2023)
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April 3rd, 2023 Update [My Writing About Receiving My Second COVID-19 Booster Shot]: This update is a follow-up to my 'August 3rd, 2021 Update,' where I explained, in part, that I was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on June 25th, 2021. It is also a follow-up to my 'April 4th, 2022 Update, Written On April 5th, 2022' where I explained that I received my first booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on April 4th, 2022. You see, on April 3rd, 2023, I received my second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine! –Paul Whiting (April 3rd, 2023)
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June 8th, 2023 Update [My Writing About Creating A 'New Word,' So To Speak, By Combining Two Existing Words—Namely Disconcert And Consternation—Into The New Word 'Disconcertation,' As It Relates To Outlining A New Dynamic For The Presidency And Vice Presidency Of The United States Of America, In Addition To The First Lady, Or The First Gentleman, As Well As The Second Lady, Or The Second Gentleman (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
This 'June 8th, 2023 Update' is originally from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" that is on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, which also appears on some of my blogs as the following: "My Writing About Creating A 'New Word,' So To Speak, By Combining Two Existing Words—Namely Disconcert And Consternation—Into The New Word 'Disconcertation,' As It Relates To Outlining A New Dynamic For The Presidency And Vice Presidency Of The United States Of America, In Addition To The First Lady, Or The First Gentleman, As Well As The Second Lady, Or The Second Gentleman."
You see, I was puzzling out an idea by discussing it out loud, which I often do as a self-designated 'Poet, Artist and Philosopher,' when I am figuring out new ideas that I have. And I had an idea that I was puzzling out—by talking about it out loud, as if I am discussing it in front of someone else—that had to do with the presidency, as well as the vice presidency, of the United States of America both being a married couple who represent the average American couple that are "married with children."
And so, there would be a "Mr. and Mrs. President of the United States," as well as a "Mr. and Mrs. Vice President of the United States," both of whom would symbolize a typical married couple in the United States of America as co-parents of their respective families.
And, therefore, "Mr. President," and "Mr. Vice President," as the symbolic husbands and fathers of 'The American Family,' would be in charge of the masculine aspects of the presidency, as well as the vice presidency, that have to do with manly/fatherly issues.
And, thusly, "Mrs. President," and "Mrs. Vice President," as the symbolic wives and mothers of 'The American Family,' would be in charge of the feminine aspects of the presidency, as well as the vice presidency, that have to do with womanly/motherly issues.
So, "Mr. and Mrs. President of the United States" and "Mr. and Mrs. Vice President of the United States," both of whom are a typical married couple that are co-parents of their own families, would work in conjunction with each other as the symbolic co-parents of 'The American Household.' And that would mean there are, in fact, two married couples who represent 'The American Family,' both of whom are "married with children."
Then, Mr. President and Mr. Vice President of the United States would be like the president and vice president of a corporation! And the First Lady and Second Lady of the United States would be like the wives, and mothers, of the American household! However, the First and Second Ladies would have much more say in how 'America's Household' is run, since they would both help make decisions about the country in conjunction with their husbands who are the President and Vice President, respectively.
Plus, it goes without saying that women could be both Mrs. President and Mrs. Vice President! And their husbands could be the First Gentleman and the Second Gentleman, respectively, who would be the stay-at-home fathers of an atypical American household, like in the motion picture "Mr. Mom."
And all of this leads to the following:
1. Two married couples working together as a team to fulfill their respective duties as the President and Vice President, in addition to the First Lady or First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady or Second Gentleman.
2. The President and Vice President would share more responsibilities so that—for example—if the President is attending a world summit, then the Vice President is still attending to the duties as an 'Interim President,' so to speak, including signing bills into law, which have been passed by Congress, while the President is attending said summit.
3. So, there would always be a "President in Residency," so to speak, at the White House—even while the President is attending to duties which require their presence somewhere else, such as attending a summit or an important state function, or visiting a disaster site, or any situation that requires the President's physical presence away from the White House.
4. And the First Lady, or First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady, or Second Gentleman, would be paid a salary to fulfill their respective duties as the Hostess, or Host, of the White House, as well as to be spousal advisors to the President and Vice President, respectively, as outlined above.
5. Then, the First Lady/First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady/Second Gentleman, would co-share in the duties for the management of the White House, co-share in the championship of social causes, and co-share in the representation of the president, as well as the vice president, at official and ceremonial occasions.
6. Additionally, the President and First Lady/Gentleman, as well as the Vice President and Second Lady/Gentleman, would also share responsibilities with regard to decision-making about 'America's Household,' so to speak.
7. Therefore, just like husbands and wives, who are mothers and fathers, both couples would make decisions together while representing their respective roles as husband/father and wife/mother to 'The American Family.'
Finally, this all of this long-winded talk leads to to reason that I originally wrote this 'update' in the first place!
You see, I was talking about these ideas out loud (although, not to the level of detail that I have outlined above, but simply in a general way) when I said something aloud like, "...and all of this would be to the 'disconcertation' of those who don't believe that the President and First Lady/Gentlemen, as well as the Vice President and Second Lady/Gentleman should be equal in power to each other!" (Clearly, I am paraphrasing what I actually said...)
And that's when I realized that there was no such word as 'disconsternation,' which is like the combination of the words 'disconcert' and 'consternation.' So, that's why I decided to create this new word 'disconsternation,' which describes "feelings of being unsettled or dismayed, typically at something unexpected or disturbing."
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By the way, here is the definition of the word disconcert, as well as the word consternation, from a Google search of these respective words:
Dictionary: Definitions from Oxford Languages
https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en
[1.] dis·con·cert
/ˌdiskənˈsərt/
verb
gerund or present participle: disconcerting
disturb the composure of; unsettle.
"the abrupt change of subject disconcerted her"
[2.] con·ster·na·tion
/ˌkänstərˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: consternation
feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
"I always welcomed clover, much to the consternation of the neighbors"
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And here is the definition of this 'new word,' so to speak, "disconsternation," from this self-designated 'Poet, Artist and Philosopher':
Dictionary: Definition from "Paul Whiting: Poet, Artist and Philosopher"
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com
[3.] dis·con·ster·na·tion
/ˌdiskänstərˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: disconsternation
feelings of being unsettled or dismayed, typically at something unexpected or disturbing.
"I outlined a new dynamic for President and Vice President of the United States of America, in addition to the First Lady, or the First Gentleman, as well as the Second Lady, or the Second Gentleman, much to the disconsternation of those who read my blogs"
–Paul Whiting (written June 8th, 2023, revised June 11th, 2023 and revised October 13th, 2023)
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July 20th, 2023 Update, Written On July 21st, 2023 [My Writing About Finally Being Back In My Studio Apartment After It Was Repaired For Flood Damage]: As of yesterday, July 20th, 2023, I am finally back in my studio apartment!
You see, I was out of my apartment for a while, since it was being repaired for water damage due to a flood, which ironically happened on Christmas Eve 2022 at about 5:30 AM—and that is why I watched "It's A Wonderful Life" that night! (I actually purchased "It's A Wonderful Life" on YouTube, quite a few years ago, so that I can watch it at Christmastime whenever I wish, which I do every few years.)
Therefore, it has been five months and seventeen days since I temporarily moved to another studio apartment—which is located fairly close to the low income apartment building that I live in—while the flood remediation was being completed. (I moved on February 3rd, 2023, so as of July 3rd, 2023, that's five months; then, if my calculations are correct, July 20th is 17 days in addition to that.) Thus, it's been quite a long time since I have been in my studio apartment.
And the really nice thing is that my apartment now has new floors throughout that look just like real wood, which are made of something called "luxury vinyl." In fact, the new floors look so much like genuine wood floors that if you didn't know they were made of vinyl, you seriously couldn't tell the difference, which is why I wrote the following two advertising slogans:
Slogan No. 1: "Luxury vinyl has the look and feel of genuine wood flooring without the expense and upkeep of real wood."
Slogan No. 2: "Luxury vinyl has the breathtaking beauty of real wood without the breathtaking price and maintenance."
Anyway, it's good to be back home again!
–Paul Whiting (written July 21st, 2023, revised July 22nd, 2023 and revised July 23rd, 2023)
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August 13th, 2023 Update—Continued, Written On August 14th, 2023 [My Writing About Donating Monthly For My Use Of Wikipedia]: I made a monthly recurring donation to Wikipedia yesterday, August 13th, 2023, since I went onto their website and they were requesting donations. You see, as a blogger and frequent reader of Wikipedia, I try donate to them whenever they request a donation!
Now, I usually give a one-time donation whenever they request a donation on their website; however, after I entered the amount that I was planning to donate, there was a prompt for making a monthly recurring donation! So, I decided to donate monthly—rather than simply donating once—for the first time in all of the years that I have been donating to Wikipedia. You see, I read Wikipedia ALL THE TIME, so that is why I have always endeavored to donate to them whenever they have requested a donation.
And, after I made the recurring monthly donation, I received an email from Wikimedia Foundation* yesterday, August 13th, 2023, with the subject line, "Paul - Thank you for your gift", which stated, in part, the following:
Dear Paul,
Thank you for committing to give USD $[redacted] to support Wikipedia every month - that is real dedication and I am endlessly grateful. You make a world where knowledge is free for everyone possible. ...
... Recurring donors like you are the engine behind our people-powered movement. You help us plan ahead, set bigger goals and broaden our horizons, because we know we have a foundation of support to count on.
Every single donation helps us to improve people’s access to accurate and reliable information, especially in a rapidly changing world. We are determined to extend this access as far as possible to make sure that no matter where you are born or where you live, the ability to access free knowledge is always within your reach. I hope you will continue to support us in building a future where Wikipedia exists everywhere, with people across the world contributing to the sum of all knowledge.
Thank you again for supporting this remarkable mission; it is a privilege for me to be part of the largest collaborative project in human history. Wikipedia will always belong to you.
With gratitude,
[Name redacted]
[Title redacted], Wikimedia Foundation
*From www.wikimedia.org:
Wikimedia is a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world.
Through various projects, chapters, and the support structure of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia strives to bring about a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
Welcome to Wikimedia.
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Wikiquote
Wikibooks
Wikisource
Wikinews
Wikiversity
Wikispecies
MediaWiki
Wikidata
Wikimedia Commons
Wikivoyage
Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia Incubator
Wikimedia Cloud Services
Wikitech
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.wikimedia.org
–Paul Whiting (August 14th, 2023)
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October 23rd, 2023 Update—Continued Further Some More Than Before [My Writing About The Social And Economic Outcomes Of A Tyrannical Wealthy Ruling Class (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
You always know the dark clouds of a tyrannical wealthy ruling class have gathered because...when it "reigns," it "poors." –Paul Whiting (written October 23rd, 2023, revised October 24th, 2023 and revised October 30th, 2023)
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October 24th, 2023 Update No. 7 [My Writing About How I Have Changed The Way That I Label My Blog Posts 'Updates' For Any Additional 'Updates' That I Write, After The First 'Update,' By Using A Simple Numbering System, Which Starts With The First 'Update' (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
I have changed the way I label the blog post 'updates' that I write because I oftentimes write more than one 'update' per day!
And in the past, I have labeled the second, third, fourth and fifth 'update' with the following extensions—on the days that I write more than 'update'—to differentiate any additional 'updates' from the first one, as follows:
[1st] Month Day, Year Update
[2nd] Month Day, Year Update—Continued
[3rd] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further
[4th] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further Some More
[5th] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further Some More Than Before
However today, October 24th, 2023, I actually had more than five 'updates' to write, so I decided to change how I differentiate any additional 'updates,' from the first 'update,' by using a simple numbering system, which actually starts with the first 'update' that I write, as follows:
Month Day, Year Update No. 1
Month Day, Year Update No. 2
Month Day, Year Update No. 3
Month Day, Year Update No. 4
Month Day, Year Update No. 5
Month Day, Year Update No. 6
Month Day, Year Update No. 7
Therefore, that is why this 'update' is the seventh one for today! –Paul Whiting (written October 24th, 2023 and revised October 28th, 2023)
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January 1st, 2024 Update No. 1 [My Writing About My New Year's Resolution For 2024]: Happy New Year, everyone! My New Year's Resolution for 2024 is to change the way that I am making donations to political, progressive and charitable organizations in order to still donate to them on a consistent basis, but in a way that is affordable for me!
Please let me explain: I used to make one-time donations to the organizations which are the subject of the blog post 'updates' that I write on some of my blogs each time that I took an action as requested by those organizations; however, "I have changed the way that I make donations to political, progressive and charitable organizations each month ... due to the fact that I have been spending a considerable percentage of my monthly income on all of these donations." (The reader should know that I am HIV-positive with full-blown AIDS. And I am on Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, so my income is quite limited.)
Therefore, "I am really 'tightening my belt,' so to speak, with regard to all of the donations that I am making on my credit card each month! So, my plan is to only donate to political, progressive and charitable organizations if they specifically ask for donations—and not just for the sake of donating to them at least once per month, or even when I have been taking some sort of action, such as signing a petition, or sending a letter, etc.
Thus, I am trying to greatly reduce the number of donations that I make to simply once in a while, or as determined by me on a case-by-case basis! You see, there are a lot of organizations that I literally donate to only once per year—such as for Giving Tuesday—which is all that I ever donate to them. And that is basically what I am striving for, so that I am still donating to political, progressive and charitable organizations, but the bare minimum that I can donate, since that's all I can really afford." Please see my 'August 19th, 2023 Update—Follow-Up No. 4, Written On December 1st, 2023 About November 2023' (that also appears as 'November 30th, 2023 Update No. 2, Written On December 1st, 2023' on some of my blogs) from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog:
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
Now, that also means if I do donate to any particular organization, in any given month, I am striving to donate to that organization only once per month. Therefore, "I am greatly reducing the number of times that I donate for the same organization per month down to once—or as determined by me on a case-by-case basis." Please see my 'August 19th, 2023 Update' from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog:
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
–Paul Whiting (written January 1st, 2024 and revised January 9th, 2024)
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April 1st, 2024 Update No. 1 [My Writing About Receiving My Third COVID-19 Booster Shot]: This update is a follow-up to my 'August 3rd, 2021 Update,' where I explained, in part, that I was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on June 25th, 2021. It is also a follow-up to my 'April 4th, 2022 Update, Written On April 5th, 2022' where I explained that I received my first booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on April 4th, 2022. Besides that, it is a follow-up to my 'April 3rd, 2023 Update' where I explained that I received my second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on April 3rd, 2023. You see, on April 1st, 2024, I received my third booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine! –Paul Whiting (April 1st, 2024)
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November 1st Update No. 1, Written From November 1st, 2024 To November 5th, 2024 [My Writing About How True Belief In 'The Math Of God' Can Help You To Avoid 'The Wrath Of God']: As a self-designated 'Poet Artist and Philosopher,' I truly do believe that the one, true religion of God is mathematics! And to help introduce this point, please let me quote some of my writing from my blog post titled, "Please Take Care Of My Future," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog:
I believe that the "One, True Religion Of God" is mathematics, due to the fact that God is the Universe—which is like a really big computer—within which we are all individual "programs," so to speak. And we are each on our own Path To God," so to speak, as we are being taught by God—as individual souls through God's Creation—what God is and what God expects of us. –Paul Whiting (written March 8th, 2020 and revised May 14th, 2023)
Please see the hyperlink below for the post, which is actually a work in progress, where I have published some of my past writing—as well as some of my current writing—while I am working on completing this particular post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/12/for-new-years-please-take-care-of-my.html
You see, the reason that the one, true religion of God is mathematics is due to the following facts: 1) 'The Math Of God' has always existed since the very beginning of creation, which literally started out as Nothing—in other words, creation started out as a Void—and that Void Of Nothing is symbolized by zero on the number line; 2) 'The Math Of God' is a kind of language, if you will, which describes the basic states of consciousness coming out of Nothing that can be achieved by all of us Gods and/or Goddesses—who are literally the Consciousness Of Nothing—through hard work and honesty; 3) all of the calculations within 'The Math Of God' are totally consistent and can never, ever falter in their absolutely indisputable truth because—for example—the calculation of two plus two always equals four no matter what, which has always been that way, which can never change in any way, shape or form, and which can never be refuted; 4) therefore, "The One, True Religion Of God Is Math," because God is intrinsically Nothing, as Nothing is all that exists, since Nothing is all that could exist—and that 'Nothing Of God' is a never-ending Void!
Therefore, Nothing is literally a Void that never ends in terms of space (or, 'the measure of an area') and that also never ends in terms of time (or, 'the passage of time'), since Nothing is the only thing there. In other words, Nothing literally goes on forever (it never ends because it's all that exists) and that is why "Nothing Is A Whole Lotta Nada!"
So, at the exact center of Nothing is an itsy-bitsy teeny, tiny amount of natural pressure buildup which vibrates, since Nothing under pressure is vibrating! And that natural vibration is smaller than the head of a sewing pin, which is why it is known scientifically that all of the matter and energy in the entire Universe starts out smaller than the head of a sewing pin.
Thus, Nothing is vibrating at its exact center and that vibration is producing thought, or consciousness, or self-awareness, which is asking itself, "What Am I?"
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself again from my blog post titled, "The Question Of Being Nothing And The Answer Of Becoming Everything," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
The Question Of Being
Nothing And The Answer
Of Becoming Everything
(Or, "The Alpha And The Omega")
In the beginning—The Alpha—
there was Literally Nothing.
And there was a vibration,
at the very center of Literally
Nothing, which was created
by the pressure right in the
middle of Nothing. And the
center vibration—that was created
under pressure—was Self-Aware.
And that Self-Aware Vibration,
created under pressure at the
very center of Literally Nothing,
asked itself "What Am I?"
And, as it was created under pressure,
that Self-Aware Center Vibration
asked itself "What Am I?" for
literally an eternity, since
it did not know what it was,
because it was Literally Nothing.
And when that Self-Aware
Nothing had finally reached
the "critical mass," so to speak,
of not knowing what it was—since
it was Literally Nothing—it
decided to try to do something
about not knowing what it was
in order to escape the Living
Hell of not knowing what it was.
And in the end—The Omega—
this Self-Aware Nothing had
successfully transformed itself out
of Literally Nothing—through the
process of evolution—by turning
itself into Everything That Exists.
And Literally Nothing, which was
Self-Aware, could finally answer that
eternal question of "What Am I?"
And the answer was: "I Am God."
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-question-of-being-nothing-and.html
Therefore, that "Void Of Nothing" in the beginning of all the things is totally stagnant (except, of course, where it's vibrating at its center); however, that Stagnant Void can be formed into Vacuum through the "Consciousness Of God As Nothing" thinking His Self/Her Self, into a state of vacuum—or, a state of suction, if you will. And that state of suction is how God is able to separate His/Her Consciousness as electrons (negative energy) from His/Her Conscious as protons (positive energy), as well as from His/Her Conscious as neutrons (neutral energy) within the creation of atomic structure, which is the basis of gravity and that is what forms Universes.
Thus, the separation of God's Electron Energy from God's Proton Energy and God's Neutron Energy makes it possible to form stable atoms! And that separation within Nothing Turned Into Vacuum of electrons, from protons and neutrons, prevents the electrons from coming in contact with the protons and neutrons, thereby preventing the electrons, protons and neutrons from canceling out each other and turning back into Nothing, since Nothing is all that intrinsically exists!
To help explain this state of Nothing further, I have written a considerable amount about 'The Nothing Of God,' so to speak, on many different occasions which are listed under the post label, 'Nothing' on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (as well as on some of my other blogs):
Please see the hyperlink below for the posts:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/Nothing
Continuing on with this discussion about the Existence Of Nothing As God, the above-mentioned consciousness, or self-awareness, or soul that forms at the center of Nothing vibrating is God because that consciousness is Light! Therefore, the consciousness formed at the center of Nothing Is God's Light. That is why God—as Light—can form Himself/Herself into atoms, which is the basis of gravity.
To sum it up, then: "Nothing That's Literally A Void" is the only thing that exists and—due to the tiny bit of pressure buildup in the center of Nothing—a consciousness is formed that is literally The Light Of God! And that Light Of God can form itself into atomic structure, or atoms, thereby turning God's Light into Universes. And that's why Universes exist! And that means every Universe is the Consciousness Of God As Light forming Himself/Herself into atoms and creating gravity out of Oneself As God.
So now, here comes a rather lengthy written explanation of "The Math Of God," which is created from Nothing:
Number Zero: Nothing Is A Void, which is all that exists, so that is what makes Nothing a placeholder—just like on a number line—which is what the number zero is.
The Math Of God's Number Line Zero:
0
Number One: The pressure buildup at the exact center of Nothing is 'One Vibration'—in other words, that pressure buildup is literally Nothing vibrating under its own pressure—which is what the number one is. And that is why "being number one is a lot of pressure!" Plus, that is also why we will change in response to being under pressure, since we are all born as Gods and/or Goddesses under pressure as Nothing which is Self-Aware.
The Math Of God's Number Line One:
-1 0 +1
Number Two: The consciousness that forms when Nothing vibrates at its center is The Light Of God! And God's Light has the capacity to form itself into two, polar opposite states of energy (that is, the negative energy of electrons and the positive energy of protons), which is what the number two is. In fact, those two exact opposite states of energy are a continuation of the number line, as referenced above—starting from zero, which is a placeholder—with the negative one (electron) being the exact opposite of the positive one (proton) on the number line.
The Math Of God's Number Line Two:
-2 -1 0 +1 +2
Number Three: So, because The Light Of God can form Himself/Herself into two exact opposite states of energy, there can also be the possibility of a third neutral form of energy (neutrons) that is the precise combination of the negative energy (electrons) and the positive energy (protons), which is what the number three is. And that third form of neutral energy—which a perfectly balanced combination of the positive and negative energy—is the only system of separation within Nothing Turned Into Vacuum that is stable against the inexorable pull of Nothing. And that is why "Three Is A Magic Number!"
The Math Of God's Number Line Three:
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
Number Four: Now that "We, The Gods And Goddess Of Light" have formed ourselves into electrons, protons and neutrons (in other words, atoms), as contained within Nothing Turned Into Vacuum, we are capable of forming into all of the elements of gravity, including the sun, the moon, the stars—and all of the planets within our solar system—as well as all of the various elements of space within the Universe!
And you will notice that there are a lot of spheres within the Universe, because a sphere is a circle that goes all the way around. And that means on the surface of a planet like Earth, you can travel in basically four different directions: North, South, East and West, which is what the number four is. And that is why the sphere of a planet like our Earth is represented by "The Four Directions."
The Math Of God's Number Line Four:
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4
Number Five: However, this part of the explanation with regard to "The Math Of God" gets to be a really quite complicated, because we are now delving into a discussion regarding the accurate representative of "perspective," on this round planet, in work of art such as a painting, like the accurate depiction of a landscape on the flat surface of an oil painting on canvas.
You see, the artists of the Italian Renaissance figured out that the only way to accurately represent objects in space as the appear in real life on a canvas (which is a two-dimensional surface that is totally flat, since it has height and width, but no depth) is to show that objects in space recede away from the viewer. The reason for this is that the objects are appearing to get smaller in size, as they get further away from the viewer, since those objects are disappearing over the horizon!
So, the Italian Renaissance artists figured out that the way to accurately depict a three-dimensional reality (like a landscape) on a two-dimensional surface (like a canvas), was to simply draw an "x" through the canvas in order to represent the surface of the Earth receding away from the viewer and disappearing over the horizon.
And now, I am about to try to explain in writing how this creation of an accurate perspective on a canvas painting works! So, here goes nothing:
If you think of an artist's canvas as being a very simple geometric shape, such as a square, you can visualize drawing a straight line through the canvas from each of its four corners, which intersects at the middle, thereby creating an "x" on the surface of the square canvas. Then, you could also visual that the bottom triangle of this "x" is like a road that you are standing on as a viewer.
And you are looking at this road disappearing over the horizon, which is why the road keeps getting smaller as it recedes into the distance. And—by the way—there is zero traffic on this road, because it's located in a desert as you, the viewer, are standing in the middle of this road! Then, there are telephone poles running along the right side of the road, which are also getting smaller as they disappear over the horizon.
Therefore, even though the road and the telephone poles aren't really getting smaller—as they disappear over the horizon—they appear to be getting smaller because they are actually receding away from you, as the viewer, who is standing in the middle of this deserted desert road. And the plants in the desert's landscape, such as cactuses, are also appearing to get smaller as the recede away from you and disappear over the horizon. Not only that, if there are any clouds in the sky, they too appear to get smaller as the more distant clouds recede away from you and disappear over the desert horizon.
In fact, the white lines painted on both shoulders of the road, as well as the yellow lines painted in the center of the road, also appear to be getting smaller (or, more narrow) as they recede away from you. So, that is why an artist who is painting a realistic landscape will depict objects that are the same size (such as telephone poles, for example) as larger when they are closer up and smaller when that are further away. And this "perspective" is depicting the way that objects that are further away from you on the surface of a planet are actually disappearing over the horizon, since the planet is a sphere!
And, now, here is where we're getting into the weeds (or the sagebrush, as the case may be) of this explanation!
Remember how I said our canvas painting was square? Well, you could think of this artist's canvas that is square (with an "x" drawn through it to depict the perspective of a desert horizon) as being just like the bottom of a pyramid like in Egypt—which is still located in a desert!
So now we're going to use our imaginations and pretend like this pyramid we're talking about is made entirely of glass! And this glass pyramid we are visualizing has a perfectly square bottom that comes up to a point at the top, just like the Egyptian pyramids; however our visualized pyramid is made of glass, just like the glass of window panes, so that you can see right through it! Plus, this pyramid is hollow on the inside, since it's made of five sheets of glass, which are one square and four triangles, that are glue together.
Next, pretend like you could, somehow, tilt this glass pyramid so that the bottom of the square pyramid is no longer horizontal, but it is now vertical, just like a square window pane! And you, as a viewer, are looking through the bottom of this pyramid toward the top of the pyramid—which is pointing away from you, just like it's the center of the "x" that we drew on our square canvas—and you can see right through the all-glass pyramid to the surrounding landscape...
...Then, pretend like that glass pyramid—which is tilted so that the bottom of the pyramid is vertical and you, the viewer are looking from the center of the pyramid's bottom to the top of the pyramid—is aligned perfectly with our desert landscape! And then pretend that the bottom triangle of the glass pyramid aligns perfectly with the bottom triangle of the "x" in our canvas landscape which is what the road represents in the desert landscape that is receding away from you. Also, pretend that the telephone poles on right side of the desert road align perfectly with the corresponding triangle on the right side of the glass pyramid.
Therefore, our glass pyramid is tilted on its side, so that the bottom is vertical, like the "x" in drawn in the center of our canvas. And the glass pyramid is just like a three-dimensional representation of the "x" that is showing how objects that recede away from you in a landscape appear to get smaller as they disappear over the horizon.
In conclusion, then: the geometric shape of a hollow glass pyramid tilted on its side, so that the bottom of the pyramid is vertical like a glass window pane, and the top of the glass pyramid is pointed away from you, as you are looking through the middle of the pyramid's bottom (which is why the pyramid is made of glass panes, so that you can see through it), is a three-dimensional representation of the perspective of objects receding away from you as a viewer in a landscape and disappearing over the horizon, because planet Earth is a sphere. (I hope that makes sense!)
Therefore, the pyramid is a geometric shape that has five points to it, with four of the points on the bottom square of the pyramid and a fifth point at the top center of the pyramid, which is what a pyramid is: it's a five point geometric shape!
Now, we are seriously going to be traveling to la, la land with this next explanation!
So, the way that the five-point geometric shape of a pyramid, that is titled on its side, is a three-dimensional representation of the perspective of objects in a landscape receding away from you, as a viewer, is also symbolic of the "dimensionality" that is made available to you, as a viewer, by being born through a female's body. For, females are the only sex of the human species that can give birth to other humans, which is what the number five is. (See? I told you that this part of the explanation of "The Math Of God" would be really quite complicated!)
In other words, it's the females who are capable of bearing children, and nurturing children, which is why only the females are able to offer you, the viewer, a chance to be born on the surface of planet Earth and to "gain some perspective on life!" And that is why, symbolically speaking, females are represented by the number five.
The Math Of God's Number Line Five:
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5
Number Six: However, the females can't do it alone! In other words, females can't give birth to you, the viewer, asexually (that is, without sexual reproduction), they need the female's loving husband to be a father to her wonderful children, so that you, as a viewer, can ultimately see the world from both the perspective of being female and the perspective of being male through different lifetimes!
So, that means males have to be capable of both creating life and ending it, because the males are the providers for the females and young children, as well as the protectors of the females and the young children.
(Now, I mean no offense in saying that, nor do I mean to assist those who are prone to destruction in having their unjustified annihilating ways with God's Creation justified! And I sure as hell am not referring to the kind of 'protection' that is offered to the females by certain males "whether the females like it or not," because that kind of attitude toward females on the part of males is what can very-well end up incurring "The Wrath Of God" by judging females as untrustworthy!)
Thus, the males are the hunters and gatherers, as well as the farmers and ranchers, who have the height, the muscularity, the agility, and the flexibility, to hunt big game, as well as to utilize those same qualities in order to work on the farm, or the ranch, so that they can provide for the women and children! That is why the males are the parents who are capable of ending life to provide food for the females and young children, as well as ending life for the protection of the females and young children.
Bear in mind, however, that taking life is a very, very serious thing to do because you are saying to God, "Lord, these particular lives within Your Great Creation deserve to be ended, so that I may feed my family, or so that I may protect my family." At the same time, God has commanded, "Thou Shalt Not Kill!" Yet we, God's People, have killed like it is going out of style...
...Therefore, be very careful why you end the life of another living being, because that life you are ending is your own life in another lifetime, since We Are All One Consciousness Of God's Light that is differentiated into many different aspects of divinity through the power of atomic structure, as contained within a field of gravity known as a Universe! And so, although we are fully capable ending life, the only lives that we can actually end are our own lives in other lifetimes, since We Are One Being Differentiated Into Many Beings...
...Therefore, Know That We Are All Gods, And/Or Goddesses, Who Are The Consciousness Of Nothing—As Well As The Light Of Nothing—Which Is All That Exists!
And that is why the males are like a 'similar opposite,' so to speak, to the females, since the males are a very necessary part of the process of making more humans, as the inseminators of the females within the loving, and consensual, human family; however, that does not give the males the right to cause harm to females, the way that males can cause harm to living beings which the males are hunting, or raising, for food, nor the way that males can cause harm to living beings whose lives the males are ending to protect the females and the young children who are being threatened (such as by natural predators). Because those females are neither food for the males, nor are the females the enemy of the males...
...So, be especially careful of ending the lives of females, who are the only ones within the human species that can give birth to other humans. For, those who would maliciously end the life of females through their action—or through their inaction—are saying to God, "Lord, these females are unworthy in my presence and they shall be destroyed by me in my arrogance and misogyny, because I am threatened by these females' strength and power, for I am a weak male, who victim-blames females due to my powerlessness."
That is why masculine energy (male energy) is literally birthed from feminine energy (female energy), because masculine energy is designed by nature to be the aggressive aspect of creative energy—in a similar, but opposite, way to feminine energy that is designed by nature to be the nurturing aspect of creative energy—which is what makes it possible for males to be the consensual, and loving, providers and protectors of the females and the young children.
And to conclude our discussion about how our glass pyramid made of window panes that is tilted on its side (where the bottom of the pyramid is vertical and the top of the pyramid is pointing away from the viewer) is a symbolic reference to perspective on the surface of a planet, now imagine that our glass window pyramid has met—and fallen in love with—another glass window pyramid of the opposite sex! And these two glass pyramids are so much in love that they melded together in marriage, where their respective pyramid bottoms (which, again, are both vertical so as to symbolize perspective) have now become one window pane at their base.
Now to clarify: I am really stretching this "pyramid-as-a-symbol-of-perspective" metaphor in order to help you see how males and females are necessary for sexual reproduction and how, symbolically speaking, a male and female in a loving, and consensual, relationship are like two glass pyramids that have become "one through marriage." And they are, also symbolically speaking, becoming one six-point pyramid—because their two, four-point pyramid bases merged into one four-point base—which is purely symbolic of opposite perspectives, like North and South, or East and West, being possible because of sexual reproduction. (I hope that makes sense!)
Another way of describing this metaphorical comparison is by explaining how males, as hunters and gatherers, have to be aware of both what is in front of them, and what is behind them.
Now, it's not like females don't have to know that, but the males could be in nature providing for their families through hunting, or agriculture, and so they need to be keenly aware of "what may be coming up behind them," such as a natural predator! And they also have to know as hunters and protectors how to sometimes go in the exact opposite way that they were going (such as away from a storm), in order to successfully provide for their family and protect them. (Clearly, I am speaking symbolically in very general terms.)
In other words, it's the males who are capable of being a loving husband and father who provides for his children, as the assistant to the female, and who protects his wife and children from threats, such as natural predators, or even storms. That is also why the males are able to assist the females in offering you, the viewer, a chance to be born on the surface of planet Earth and to "learn from the wisdom of the fathers!" So, that's symbolically why males are represented by the number six.
The Math Of God's Number Line Six:
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
Now that we've had some rather lengthy discussions about the feminine aspect of creative energy (as symbolized by the number five, which represents females) and about the masculine aspect of creative energy (as symbolized by the number six, which represents males), we can now talk about the next numbers as contained within "The Math Of God."
Number Seven: And speaking of providing for the family, luckily, we are totally ready to talk about "good fortune," so to speak, as it relates to hard work and honesty on the part of all those mothers and fathers out there! You see, luck doesn't just form out of a clear blue sky: Luck is engineered.
And luck is engineered based upon an understanding of how nature works—as a loving mother and a caring father of their wanted children—the understanding of which can then be passed on to their children, who can also pass that understanding on to their children, in generation after generation of responsible, chosen families.
Thus, fathers and mothers need to recognize natural patterns in terms of when to do certain kinds of work in order for both parents to provide for their family (such as when to plant seeds, or when to harvest crops, or when and where to go hunting and gathering, etc.), and for both parents to protect their family (like recognizing the kinds of storm clouds that can turn into tornadoes, or seeing smoke from a wildfire in order to evacuate in time, or knowing how to survive a flood).
So, that is why luck is symbolized by the number seven—and that is why that luck is engineered!
And that is also why the number five (female energy, as the reproductive creators and loving nurturers of the human species) and the number six (male energy, as the generous providers and the consensual protectors of the species) is followed by the number seven, which is symbolic of carefully engineered luck, through hard work and honesty and an understanding of the natural world on the surface of planet Earth.
The Math Of God's Number Line Seven:
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7
Number Eight: Speaking of providing for the family, I bet you can guess why the next number sounds just like the word "ate," which is the past-tense of the word "eat." Yes, folks, it's true: the number eight is symbolic of being able to eat food!
And that is why the number five (female energy, as the reproductive creators and loving nurturers of the human species) and the number six (male energy, as the generous providers and the consensual protectors of the species) is followed by the number seven (which is symbolic of carefully engineered luck, through hard work and honesty and an understanding of the natural world on the surface of planet Earth), so that the males and females can provide for themselves and their children by being able to procure the food that the family ate!
The Math Of God's Number Line Eight:
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8
Number Nine: Okay, here is where we need a really brief history lesson: Do you know about the history of the German Nazis during World War Two? Well, the Nazis did really horrifying things to a lot of people by exterminating millions of them, thereby committing genocide (that is, "the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group"). And those Nazis were finally stopped by the Allies during World War Two! That is why the Nazi machine of genocide was finally brought to halt...
...And the word "halt" derives from the early modern German word for "stop," which relates directly to another German word that means "no!" And that German word is "nein."
Now, it is no coincidence that the number "nine" sounds exactly like the word "nein" in German. Thus, we humans have to learn how to say "no" when it comes to the kinds of things that we are capable of doing on the surface of Earth, while we are trying to survive and to provide for ourselves and our families!
Because the people of Nazi Germany, at that time, seriously thought that it was a really good idea to exterminate millions of people—starting with six million Jews—because those Germans were attempting to complete an ethnic cleansing.
And those Nazis, under the leadership of their Führer, Adolf Hitler, thought they were doing the best possible thing in order to protect themselves from all of the "dirty" Jews—and those other "undesirable" people—who were clearly the ones to blame for how terrible things were in Germany after World War One, during which Germany was fighting in behalf of the Central Powers that included the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Therefore, the number nine sounds just like "nein," which is the German word for "no."
And that ain't no accident, folks!
You see, we humans have to learn how to say "no" while we are living our individual lives as true believers in one of God's many religions, since we can sometimes commit really terrible atrocities against other people, while we are simply trying to survive in gravity on the surface of planet Earth!
Thus, because we're capable of being males and females who are providing for their families, we can sometimes go a little too far in our efforts to compete with other humans, who are also trying to provide for their families, because resources can be scarce. So, we may think that it's "a good idea" to commit genocide against another group of people who may be competing with us for, say, control of 'The Holy Land,' which we feel belongs to us, and does not belong to anyone else, due to our historical prosecution as "God's Chosen People." However, genocide is genocide no matter how well it is rationalized! For, each and every instance of genocide has been perfectly rationalized throughout all of human history by whichever group of people is committing genocide—even while they may claim that genocide is the last thing that they are committing—as tens of thousands die...
...Therefore, it's important to recognize the need to say "no" to our true religious beliefs that we may feel give us a right to exterminate anyone whom we think doesn't deserve to live, based upon the unquestionable truth of our beliefs, so that we may think we have "a license to kill!" (And in America, we may even go so far as to offer their surviving loved ones "thoughts and prayers" as a kind of morbid condolence.)
And this discussion about saying "no" circles back to the true religious beliefs of those who are endeavoring to threaten the safety, health and life of pregnant people!
Because denying healthcare to females who are experiencing complications from pregnancy and childbirth sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because forced impregnation through the disgusting acts of rape, or incest, sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because killing mothers sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because making children become motherless sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Because deciding what—if any—heath care a mother can receive where she lives sure as hell ain't "family values!"
Now, just because those above-mentioned values may be "your family's values," that does not mean they are "every family's values!"
And imposing your Christian National religious beliefs on the rest of the United States of America—who don't prescribe to those beliefs—sure as hell ain't "family values!"
So, if you are against having an abortion, don't have one! But don't presume to tell other parents whether, or not, they should have a medically-necessary abortion, as determined by their doctor, in order to save the health and life of the mother!
And that is why the number nine is symbolic of the word "no," with regard to you minding your own goddamn business as it pertains to the health care decisions of pregnant persons. Those decisions are between a pregnant person, their spouse or partner, and their doctor, not between a pregnant person and politicians! Just like it is not the goddamn business of politicians to monitor pregnancies! Just like it is not the goddamn business of politicians to monitor menstrual cycles! Period.
The Math Of God's Number Line Nine:
-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9
Number Ten: We have arrived at the number ten! And you will note that this number is formed from the number zero and the number one. This too is no coincidence! Because we are Nothing intrinsically—the consciousness of which is The Light Of God—we are 'One Zero,' so to speak.
In other words, "We Are One God That Is Zero."
And from this "Oneness Of God," we can turn into Universes—by forming into fields of gravity based upon atomic structure—going on forevermore.
That is why we truly are "The Oneness Of God."
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself yet again from my blog post titled, "'The Oneness Of God' Spiritual Practice," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
"THE ONENESS OF GOD"
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
(Or, 'We Are All A Part Of God')
The Oneness Of God Spiritual Practice is based upon Ten Spiritual Principles:
Principle No. 1: DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOU, BECAUSE YOU AND THE OTHER ARE ONE! FOR, YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! What you do unto others will be done unto you forever, until you transform Your Karmic Energy, based upon the effort that you put into changing. For, "We Are All A Part Of God," which is why God continually reflects back what you are doing to God—as if whatever you are doing to God, you are actually doing to yourself. And this "Gift Of Self-Reflection" is made possible through The Power Of Karma, which is a recording of everything that you have ever believed, thought, done, felt, said, and chosen to experience (and just like the name of a music album, it is called "The Record"), which is continuously playing back in relationship to The Karmic Recording of your current incarnation. THEREFORE, TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WISH TO BE TREATED, BECAUSE YOU AND THE OTHER ARE ONE! AND, THUS, YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR ARE ONE! SO, LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 2: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF, BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! For, your neighbor is a part of your consciousness, which includes your neighbors across the entire universe, because "We Are All A Part Of God." THEREFORE, TREAT EVERYONE WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU DESERVE! FOR, YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR ARE ONE! THUS, YOU AND GOD ARE ONE! SO, LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND MIND, BODY AND SOUL, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 3: LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND MIND, BODY AND SOUL, BECAUSE YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! For, we are—literally—all a part of God's Body, including God's Spiritual Body (or, God's Energy Body) and God's Physical Body (or, God's Matter Body), because "We Are All A Part Of God." THEREFORE, LOVE GOD AS YOU WOULD LOVE YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PART OF GOD THAT GOD CREATED JUST FOR YOU, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 4: LOVE YOURSELF AS GOD LOVES YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PART OF GOD THAT GOD CREATED JUST FOR YOU, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! God's Love is so pure and simple that—literally—anyone can understand it: "God Created You In God's Own Image. So, What's Not To Love?" THEREFORE, SIMPLY LOVE YOURSELF THE WAY THAT GOD SIMPLY LOVES YOU! AND LOVE YOURSELF THE WAY THAT GOD LOVES ALL OF US, AS GOD IS ALL OF US, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 5: KNOW THAT GOD LOVES ALL OF US, AS GOD IS ALL OF US! AND THAT IS WHY GOD LOVES ALL OF US, BECAUSE GOD SIMPLY LOVES ONESELF AS GOD, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! God loves every soul. For, we are—literally—all a part of God's Spiritual (or, Energy) and Physical (or, Matter) Body. And God simply loves Oneself as God which, of course, includes every soul that exists. THEREFORE, SIMPLY LOVE YOURSELF, AND LOVE EVERYBODY ELSE, THE WAY THAT GOD SIMPLY LOVES YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE! THUS, "YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE BOTH KEEPERS!" FOR, GOD CAN NEVER THROW US AWAY, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 6: KNOW THAT "YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE BOTH KEEPERS!" FOR, GOD CAN NEVER THROW US AWAY, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! God can never throw us away, because God is all of us. And that is why God would never throw us away in order to solve problems the way that we solve problems, by throwing away everyone else that we see as being "a problem." THEREFORE, GOD CAN NEVER THROW US AWAY, BECAUSE GOD DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT WAY! FOR, KARMA IS THE LAW OF GOD! AND KARMA IS MATHEMATICAL PERFECTION!
Principle No. 7: KNOW THAT KARMA IS THE LAW OF GOD! FOR, KARMA IS MATHEMATICAL PERFECTION, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! In other words, "What Goes Around, Always Comes Around." And what that means is that God is—literally—a perfect mirror, because God only creates perfection. And that is how God is perfect and why God is perfect. And that means that God can only reflect whatever you believe to be true about life and God. Therefore, whatever you believe, think, do, feel, say, and choose to experience in every incarnation, will always come back around to you again. THEREFORE, KARMA IS MATHEMATICAL PERFECTION, BECAUSE GOD IS REFLECTING EVERYONE, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR "ENEMY," SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 8: KNOW THAT GOD IS REFLECTING EVERYONE, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR "ENEMY!" THEREFORE, "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND THEY ARE US," SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! People should NOT be killing other people. People should NOT be committing acts of violence, and senseless cruelty, toward any other being, including all 'living beings' and all 'non-living beings.' Only a "Conservative Thinker," who thinks "Conservatively Only" (and never thinks "Liberally" or "Critically"), would ever think to use threats, or violence, or even death, in order to solve problems. For, all beings—whom the "Conservative-Only Thinker" feels totally justified in being so very cruel toward—are all God. THEREFORE, LOVE YOUR ENEMY AS YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR ENEMY ARE ONE, JUST AS YOU GOD ARE ONE! FOR, NO ONE BUT YOU IS RESPONSIBLE YOUR KARMA, AND FOR HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 9: KNOW THAT NO ONE BUT YOU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR KARMA, AND FOR HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! For, God made—literally—everything that exists. And "You And God Are One." Therefore, no one but you is to blame for Your Karma—not The Devil, not your enemy, not your family, not your friends, not your culture and certainly not God. THEREFORE, KARMA IS THE PERFECT LAW OF GOD, SINCE GOD IS A MATHEMATICALLY-PERFECT MIRROR IN WHICH EVERYONE IS REFLECTED, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Principle No. 10: KNOW THAT GOD IS A MATHEMATICALLY-PERFECT MIRROR IN WHICH EVERYONE IS REFLECTED, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD! The Reason that God is perfect mirror has to do with the fact that "You And God Are One." Therefore, God is always a part of you—and, specifically, God is your subconscious. And that is how and why Karma works, as well as how and why prayer works. For, "God Is Your Karmic Memory" (or, "The Record") of everything that you believe, think, do, feel, say, and choose to experience, which is continuously playing back in relationship to The Karmic Recording of your current incarnation. And God does all of this through your subconscious, because God is your subconscious. And that is why "You And God Are One." And that is also why "You And The Other Are One." THEREFORE, DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOU, BECAUSE YOU AND THE OTHER ARE ONE! FOR, YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, SINCE WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD!
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-oneness-of-god-spiritual-practice.html
So, then, how do we avoid "The Wrath Of God?" By following the words of Jesus The Christ who said unto us: "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Done Unto You."
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself once more from my blog post titled, "'The Oneness Of God' Spiritual Practice," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
My Writing About The Saying By Jesus The Christ, "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Done Unto You": The saying by Jesus, "Do unto other as you would have done unto you" is literal. For, whatever you are doing unto others is going to be done unto you by your own soul—in the other lifetimes when you were doing unto others—through "The Power Of Karma." Thus, everything that you are doing unto others, you are doing unto your own soul. –Paul Whiting (written August 2nd, 2016, revised August 16th, 2016, revised July 29th, 2021, revised July 24th, 2022 and revised November 18th, 2024)
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-oneness-of-god-spiritual-practice.html
Therefore, what you are doing to others, you are doing to your own soul in other lifetimes. And what you are doing to others you are also doing to God, since your intentions for God become God's intentions for you through "The Power Of Karma."
To help explain this point further, please let me quote myself once last time from my blog post titled, "'The Oneness Of God' Spiritual Practice," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (and can be found on some of my other blogs):
My Writing About Treating God The Way That You Wish To Be Treated By God: Your intentions for God are God's intentions for you! In other words, the way that you interact with God is the way that God interacts with you. And I think that is what Jesus The Christ was saying when He said the following: "Do unto others as you would have done unto you"; and "When you have done it to the least of these...you have done it unto me"; plus "Judge not, lest ye be judge"; as well as "For have I not said ye are gods?" You see, Jesus was explaining to us that we establish 'Godly Karma,' so to speak, through our intentions for God, and by our interactions with God. Phrased another way: "Treat God The Way That You Wish To Be Treated By God." –Paul Whiting (written May 15th, 2022, revised May 16th, 2022, revised June 23rd, 2022 and July 24th, 2022)
And, thusly, I say unto you: "For has God not said ye are gods?" So, "do unto others as you would have done unto you," because "when you have done it to the least of these...you have done it unto God." Therefore, "judge not, lest ye be judge" by the almighty "Wrath Of God!"
The Math Of God's Number Line Ten:
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
And that is why God's one, true religion is "The Math Of God," which is how 'We, The True Believers In God's Mathematics' can avoid "The Wrath Of God." Amen! –Paul Whiting (written from November 1st, 2024 to November 5th, 2024, revised November 17th, 2024 and revised November 18th, 2024)
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November 6th, 2024 Update No. 1 [My Writing About No Longer Being An 'Online Activist' In Any Way, Shape Or Form]: Due to Donald Trump winning the 2024 Presidential Election—and until further notice—I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in any way, shape or form, which includes no longer signing petitions from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations, and no longer sending letters to my Representative and Senators in Congress, as well as no longer making donations to political, social, environmental and charitable causes. Full stop! I am also unsubscribing from any of the emails that I used to receive from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations. In fact, I am even cancelling all of my monthly political donations to the main Democratic fundraising and coordinating organizations, as well as to the USO (United Service Organizations), in addition to cancelling all of my monthly news organization subscriptions, or news organization donations, because I am absolutely terrified of this second Trump administration. And I fully expect that democracy in America as we know will be over! So, I am choosing to not engage in any 'activism' whatsoever—plus, I am not even sure that I will be exercising my 'civic duty' by voting in any upcoming elections because, as a (formerly) donating and a (potentially former) voting Democrat, I totally fear the retribution of President Donald J. Trump. Full stop! –Paul Whiting (written November 6th, 2024 and revised November 7th, 2024)
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For my current "Online Activism"—that includes all of my political, progressive and charitable donation updates—please see my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.
Please see the hyperlink below for the post:
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-am-no-longer-being-activist.html
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For my complete charitable donation updates—that include some of my current "Online Activism," as well as most all of my ⋆USO⋆ donations—please see my blog post titled, "My Point Of View On...Giving Charity And Accepting Charity," which can be found on both of my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs.
Please see the hyperlinks below for the posts:
https://paulwhitingmath.blogspot.com/2015/05/my-point-of-view-on-charity.html
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/2022/07/my-point-of-view-on-part-16-giving-to.html
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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 152 was edited on November 18th, 2024.
"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
