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Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
Today: Cring discusses how religion, politics, corporations and entertainment tell us the same lies.
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Sensitize … July 1st, 2020
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Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
Today: Cring reveals the three things agreed upon by religion, science, politics, corporations and entertainment–the mindset of America today.
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The T Word … June 18th, 2019
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THE
WORD
The T word that should never be uttered in the common ease of human conversation is:
TRUTH
Human beings are incapable of knowing the truth.
Even though I’m sure the tiny portions that do dribble into our souls have the capability of making us free, we must admit that they are mingled with much superstition, false teaching, selfishness and inaccuracy.
Actually, the best we human beings can hope for is to be truthful.
In other words, “This is what I’ve experienced, this is what I’ve seen, and this is what I’ve picked up to be workable from the lives of others.”
And even those insights often lack the hindsight to give us foresight.
Every one of us is repulsed by a human who walks in the room and insists he or she knows the truth and we don’t. Every religion that proclaims its rendition of “divine understanding…” well, all of them are like children sitting around reading fairy tales, pretending they comprehend chemistry.
We can all work on being truthful.
But if you’re quoting someone else, it’s hearsay, even if you insist they are prophets, or “the Son of God.”
If you’re judging others, it is condemnation, even if you have tablets of stone which are able to crush their spirit.
And if you are sure you’re right, it is arrogance, although you may walk with a great history of being precise.
Truth is what causes the foolishness of superiority that launches the wars that kill the children.
I shall work on being truthful–but I will not take the writings of men and women I never knew and share their hearsay, condemnation or supremacy to make you feel small.
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The A Word … February 5th, 2019
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WORD
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My assumption is that it began with “the f word.”
Feeling that we were very proper, members of our society began refusing to even say the word f-u-c-k, but instead referred to it as “that f word.” The immediate foolishness of this approach is that every time you say “the f word,” everyone listening sounds out the word “fuck” in their minds.
When we added “the n word” to it, thinking we were sparing an entire race of people anger and humiliation, we just gave bigots a way to promote the word.
Likewise with “the c word.”
So I am doing a series on every letter of the alphabet—how each one has a naughty word that most people think should not be spoken aloud, due to its severity or profanity.
Using my recollection of the alphabet from my kindergarten class, I think that takes us to the letter A.
THE A WORD IS ASSHOLE
The “a word” falling into this category is asshole.
The word is a game changer.
For instance, you can say to someone, “I am disgusted with you.” They may be slightly offended by your observation but not devastated.
You could even say, “I can’t stand your attitude.” It’s stinging, but not a mortal wound.
But when you add onto those thoughts a closing remark of, “you are an asshole,” the whole temperature and intensity of the event changes. The reason for your original objection gets buried under an avalanche of offense. Why?
You will discover over these twenty-six weeks, as we investigate each of these words, that they convey a hidden meaning.
Calling someone an asshole says that you believe their actions, lifestyle and motivations are located at the place in the ass where shit comes out.
Therefore, you’re saying the following three things:
- “You are less than me.” (That in itself could be fighting words)
- “You don’t have rights.” (Now the person you offended is ready for a fight)
- “You are worthless.” (Let the punching begin.)
Words that have proven themselves to be so poisonous that they have to be referred to by a single letter always find their birthing in human bigotry. Over the years, they have been portrayed comically and even presented off-handedly. But at their root is the notion of superiority.
This is how Hitler was able to convince the German people that the Jews were rats. In other words, “they are less than us, they don’t have rights and therefore, they’re worthless.”
So rather than presenting this word as immoral, or a term that “good people just don’t use,” we need to realize that “asshole” is still being used—because bigotry has not been adequately exposed.
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Jesonian … December 2nd, 2017
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Whenever you’ve done it to the least of these, my brethren, you’ve done it to me.
This seems to be one of those idealistic, philosophical utterances of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount. Most people nod their heads in agreement, while secretly pre-repenting over not doing it.
But it is not a statement.
It’s a puzzle–a riddle.
It’s an intertwining ball of confusion leading us to a universal realization.
First of all, let us understand that Jesus, who walked with equality among Jew, Greek, Roman and Samaritan, did not believe that anyone was “the least.” So him phrasing the word “least” was ironic rather than iconic.
Since he didn’t believe anybody was the least, we are given a bit of misdirection. Jesus was suggesting that we, as humans, are obsessed with subjectively examining those around us, with the goal of finding our level of superiority.
Because we don’t want to hunger and thirst for righteousness, we live off the fat of our own arrogance. In other words, “I am better than you because I say that I’m better than you–and everyone in our clan believes we are better.”
Nowadays we pass this prejudice off as culture, or loving our family, or appreciating our home town. It’s the Red States saying they are more righteous than the Blue States, and the Blue States claiming the Red States are imbeciles.
There are no least.
So Jesus traps us in the maze: “Since you think these people are least, then you need to realize they are me, and the only place you will find me is in them. I will not be available to you in your favored few. You will only be able to discover me in those you deem least.”
So if you think black people look like monkeys, if you want to find Jesus you’d better show up with some bananas–because he will situate himself right in the middle of the black race and evaluate you on how you treat them.
If you think women are weaker vessels and stupid, Jesus will grow a vagina. Yes, Christ will only be accessible to you through the female.
If you think gay people are destroying America, then be prepared to find Jesus as a flaming queen with a thick lisp.
And then, based upon how you handle this information–how genteel and kind you are–your true spirituality will be rewarded.
For Jesus told us that if we love those who love us, we are no better than the heathen. Anybody can do that.
But if we insist there is an inferior race, an abominable people or just folks that are “no damn good,” then we will need to go to the prisons, the hospital wards and the whore houses to really find the Master.
It is a nasty trap.
Perhaps it would just be easier to cease believing that anyone is least–smarter to drop the arrogance that keeps us in ignorance, where God has no tolerance.
The least of these my brethren is not actually a group of people. It is a gathering place for all of our bigotry–where Jesus is waiting for us so that we can find him and be blessed.
As soon as the church starts teaching a progressive message–that no matter how unique our fellow-humans may turn out to be, none of them are least–we will be at the mercy of cozying up to those we deem intolerable.
There are no third world countries.
There are no human abominations.
There are no inferior races.
There are no least.
If you believe there are “least” in the world, be prepared to journey to them to find your Master.
He will be sitting there–right in the middle of the people you hate, waiting for you to repent and find Him.
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G-Poppers … March 31st, 2017
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G-Pop realizes that it could be considered irrational, ill-founded or even un-American to speak against the common phrase, “Be careful.”
The statement has become a staple of our society.
It is synonymous with “I’ll pray for you” or “you’re in my thoughts.”
It’s a tribal exchange of an acceptable spirit of worry between human beings, as we admit that life is dangerous and often out to harm us.
The difficulty with the sentiment is that if everyone on Earth is careful, then we stop having a free flow of interaction, which deteriorates to suspicion. Suspicion is a monster with a huge appetite. It feeds on prejudice–and once prejudice is in place, we find ourselves at war with each other without exactly remembering how it all began.
G-Pop wants his children to be safe. He just believes that the best way to achieve that is to be kind instead of being careful. Careful is misinterpreted. It’s misunderstood. It’s often received as bigotry.
And once people believe that you do not trust them, like them or consider them your equal, you actually increase the possibility of being harangued.
Certainly kindness is threatened by a world of knives and intimidation. This is true. But a kind thought, a kind countenance and a kind word removes any concept of superiority. Most people hurt one another because they feel they are forced to be inferior.
“Be careful” may be something a mother says to her son or daughter as they launch off to college–but college is not a station for being careful. It’s a place to learn, experience, try new things and uncover the talent that may end up providing wage and purpose.
“Be careful” is going to push us to the brink of global alienation.
So as frightening as it may seem, or as unsure as it appears, being kind is the best way to create the neutrality that will lead to either friendship or a quick discovery of who our foes truly may be.
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Dear Man/Dear Woman: A Noteworthy Conversation … November 19th, 2016
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Woman: “Separate but equal.” It was a Supreme Court decision justifying segregation in this country, as long as it didn’t limit the rights of any one party or race.
Man: I’m familiar with that.
Woman: It didn’t work. Why?
Man: Well, first, it was prejudiced–bordering on racism with the intent of limiting the quality of one group of people over another.
Woman: How could that be, since it was intended to be equal? Let me answer my own question. The minute we segregate into cultures, genders or races, we do so to generate a superiority in our environment, while touting that it’s just a way for people to honor their traditions.
Man: What brought this to your mind?
Woman: Genders in this country are also under the misrepresentation of “separate but equal.” All of our comedy and even drama states how different men and women are from each other, and how they naturally clump. But we insist that both sides are equal.
Man: That’s interesting. So what you’re sharing is, the “separate but equal” propaganda is inserted into the roles of men and women, allowing for a male dominated society to continue to control, while pretending they are granting equal status to the other side.
Woman: Exactly. But what’s most important is how it is promoted and believed to be true. Because even though we know that human beings are heart, soul, mind and strength, we are first attracted to each other physically, which leads to some sort of romantic or sexual encounter.
Man: So you’re saying that we start out with the most base part of our nature–our sexual drive–to foster the foundation of equality. That sounds like it’s not going to work.
Woman: Worse than that. It makes us believe that since we’ve had a sexual encounter, we should have breakfast conversation and attempt to turn it into a relationship by including the mind without ever really engaging the brain.
Man: Thus the awkwardness that occurs when people try to start a relationship, which usually fails.
Woman: Because we can’t get it to an equality of emotion, sharing our feelings without fear, laughing at them sometimes, but always allowing them to be expressed. Here’s the truth–a man and woman who can’t find emotional equality will never find spiritual unity.
Man: What is emotional equality? Aren’t women more emotional than men?
Woman: Women are more verbally emotional, maybe, but men are equally as emotional–just not able to find the outlets to release these conflicted sensations.
Man: We fall back on a separate but equal decision for men and women because we really want to keep it physical, and we’re nervous about the mental. This prevents us from finding an emotional equality which just might lead to spiritual unity.
Woman: That’s it. I know it sounds like a bunch of mumbo-jumbo–until you put it into a real life situation. For instance, a guy and girl meet at a bar. They get a little tipsy. She goes home with him, they have sex the first night they meet. They wake up the next morning. It is very topsy-turvy–they don’t know what the other person is thinking. Yet they found the experience pleasant enough that they try to engage in conversation over donuts and coffee. It feels forced. But they decide to meet again later in the week, which leads to another sexual encounter and more uncomfortable interaction. At this point, there are emotions–nervous, tense, resentful, curious, maybe even selfish. If they were able to reveal their feelings, laugh at one another, and realize that this unorthodox beginning was still salvageable as long as they were in unity about their emotions, they could progress their possibility. But the usual pattern is to hide emotions and try to “think” their way through it, which eventually leads to misunderstanding and what we call a break-up.
Man: So men and women will never be equals until they find emotional equality and admit their vulnerabilities, which opens the door to spiritual unity.
Woman: It’s a unity which God refers to as the two literally “becoming one flesh.” This is not just a reference to the entwining of sexual intercourse, but also the willingness to become equivalent mentally and emotionally, and therefore find unity spiritually.
Man: But as long as we’re separate but equal, we will hook up and try to think our way into an entangled relationship, frightened to share our emotions and never really convinced of any unity.
Woman: Absolutely. So just as separate but equal did not work in the South, it is also not going to work in the gender wars–to create harmony and oneness. This is why those who begin with emotions and sharing as friends often garner a similar mindset which leads to sexual intercourse, lending itself to the opportunity for unity.
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