Mindanao Militia

Militia fighting plagues the Philippines

People & Power - Mindanao Militia - Part 1

Much like the fate of the American Indian, it is not the Jews this time.

The enlightened have a God so great and powerful that he defies description. Those who worship the dogma god of religion; have a god so small and weak, that they must fight and murder for him. The blind souls that devoutly serve this little helpless god of prejudice and hate, know not the true nature of God. For they have very little love to show inside their dark hearts. Without remorse, they kill and destroy all that stands in their way. Defiant of all civil decency they commit unspeakable horrors in the name of the abomination they worship as god!


GOD IS LOVE............

People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Take no one for granted and embrace all equally with joy!
Julie A. Manhan ...

Blessed Be The Bridge Builders

Bridge builders help others not for personal gain or credit, but simply because it's the right thing to do. They don't build bridges for the sake of some religious dogma, or mere recognition; they build because it's in their heart to do so.

Bridge builders care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe and expect more than others believe is possible!

If you're a bridge builder my congratulations and thanks to you, the world is a much better place because of the difference you make in the lives of others.


The Bridge Builder
An old man going a lone highway,
came at the evening cold and gray,
to a chasm vast and deep and wide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim,
The sullen stream had no fear for him;
but he turned when safe on the other side
and built a bridge to span the tide.

"Old man", said a fellow pilgrim near,
"You are wasting your strength with
building here; your journey will end
with the ending day. You never again
will pass this way. You’ve crossed the
chasm, deep and wide, why build a
bridge at evening tide?"

The builder lifted his old gray head;
"Good friend in the path I have come",
he said, "there followed after me today
a youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been as naught to me,
to that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim.
Good friend I am building this bridge for him!"

-- Will Allen Dromgoole (1860-1934), Writer



People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Take no one for granted and embrace all equally with joy!
Julie A. Manhan ...

Universal Truths

The future surely lies in rediscovering the universal truth.
God is God. By whatever of His many names, and though we try to please Him with our many religions. He has no need of all the vain religious vestments that we try to cover his divine naked beauty with. It is the dogma of man that divides us. There is no need of building bridges to span all our religious chasms, they already exist! We must seek them out, each and every one. Until our whole world is united in peace and love.

"WE ARE ALL searchers of truth of always wanting to know the details of everything that matters to our existence".
(Bai Maleiha B.Candao)
Cotabato City, Central Mindanao, Philippines

Dalai Lama - The Four Noble Truths Part 1/4

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching; Chapter 1 (El nombre)

What is Islam?

Islam a barbaric religion??? Lolz (Part 1 of 3)

Throughout history man has sought the divine from the myth. The Great Mystery has revealed Herself to humanity through a series of universal teachings and many mystic Messengers, whose basic teachings guide and educate us and provide the basis for the advancement of human society. These Messengers and myths have included thousands of the most highly revered names, such as Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad. Mans religions and dogmas are the result of our futile attempt at trying to define the undefinable nature of God. Yet we fail to perceive that the divine purpose in our existence come from the same Source and are in essence successive chapters of man's relationship with God.

Is Bahá’u’lláh, the latest of these Messengers, brought new spiritual and social teachings for our time? His essential message is of unity. He taught the oneness of God, the oneness of the human family, and the oneness of religion.
Bahá'u'lláh said, “The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens,” and that, as foretold in all the sacred scriptures of the past, now is the time for humanity to live in unity.



I will be adding more as time will allow me.






People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Take no one for granted and embrace all equally with joy!
Julie A. Manhan ...

Autism The Mind of a Visual Thinker

Professor Temple Grandin, is a most remarkable lady: Photo-Realistic Images
I am blessed, my little brother is only a mild autistic.

Temple Grandin - Focus on Autism and Asperger's Syndrome


People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Take no one for granted and embrace all equally with joy!
Julie A. Manhan ...

Child Prostitution

If there is to be a change in this world, we must be united in our compassion for all God's creation. God has a divine purpose for every challenge that comes into our lives. He doesn't send us problems or great adversity, but sometimes He allows us to go through them. As spiritual beings we are all students and the world is our schoolhouse. Trials and difficulties must come, if we are to mature, and strengthen our spiritual muscles as we grow stronger, we must have adversaries to overcome and temptations to resist. Trials are intended to enhance our character and to exercise our faith. You people of the light; it is time to take action! Be brave as only love can be.

Child Prostitution - South Africa


Sacrifice: The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma

Southeast Asia is thought to be the hotbed of child prostitution. According to UNISEF, more than one million children in Asia including Thailand, Philippines, and India, have been sold to brothels or street pimps for sexual exploitation. In the meantime, ECPAT (Ending Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking), a nongovernmental organization, argues that the number of children involved in prostitution is much higher. ECPAT estimates indicate that 20% of 20 million of children in India alone are part of the commercial sexual exploitation network.

According to ECPAT, about 100 thousand children are forced into child prostitution in Taiwan. Child prostitutes are in demand in other counties too. Venezuela has around 40 thousand underage prostitutes; there are approximately 25 thousands prostitutes aged 12 to 17 in the Dominican Republic; Peru has about 500 thousand child prostitutes, another 500 thousand child prostitutes are in Brazil; Canada has 200 thousand child prostitutes. From 300 thousand to 600 thousand of 2 million prostitutes in the USA are children and teenagers under 18. Most of them are under the category of street prostitutes.


Child Trafficking and Women in Poverty



Sex Trade documentary

Sex trafficking Awareness


Rape Laws in Islamic Pakistan



People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Take no one for granted and embrace all equally with joy!
Julie A. Manhan ...

We must emulate the change we wish to see in the world

From love comes compassion, this is an extremely noble trait. It is one of the thirteen traits attributed to the Holy One, Blessed be He, as it is written: "Compassionate and gracious."
All that one can do in cultivating this trait, one should exert themself to do. Just as one would want compassion in his time of need, so should one have compassion on others who are in need. ***

According to Rabbi Luzzato, (The Path of the Just), and paraphrased by the author of Everyday Holiness,Alan Morinis, “Laziness, excessive deliberation, rationalization, and the pursuit of material pleasures ALL deplete enthusiasm. Before closing the list, Rabbi Luzzato brings us one more factor to watch out for: anxiety.
Worrying and fretting can also deplete spiritual energy. In fact, anxiety is often what underlies other things we do that sap our enthusiasm. After all, Isn't it our fears and worries that send us searching after shelter from the (real or imagined) storm, and right into the arms of Madison Avenue and its commercial masters?"

We all have one Teacher one Creator, have faith, and don't worry!

Bobby McFerrin -Don't Worry Be Happy!

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ~ Somewhere over the Rainbow

Life Of Brian - ALways Look On The Bright Side Of Life!

My friends, take a good look at yourselves, there is something charismatic about each an everyone of you. Not only are you special and unique, but ye are also the prime motivators, who will guide your people through any advirsity yet to come.



“Every child brings proof that God has not lost faith in man.”

We must be the change we wish to see in the world

Compassion is an extremely noble trait. It is one of the thirteen traits attributed to the Holy One, Blessed be He, as it is written: "Compassionate and gracious."
All that one can do in cultivating this trait, he should exert himself to do. Just as one would want compassion in his time of need, so should one have compassion on others who are in need.

According to Rabbi Luzzato, (The Path of the Just), and paraphrased by the author of Everyday Holiness, Alan Morinis, “Laziness, excessive deliberation,rationalization, and the pursuit of materialpleasures ALL deplete enthusiasm. Before closing the list, Rabbi Luzzato brings us one more factor to watch out for: anxiety.
Worrying and fretting can also deplete spiritual energy. In fact, anxiety is often what underlies other things we do that sap our enthusiasm. After all, Isn't it our fears and worries that send us searching after shelter from the (real or imagined) storm, and right into the arms of Madison Avenue and its commercial masters?"



Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ~ Somewhere over the Rainbow

Life Of Brian - ALways Look On The Bright Side Of Life!





“Every child brings proof that God has not lost faith in man.”

Every Nation a Slave State

SECRETS

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE


AMERICAN PATRIOT FRIENDS NETWORK


Masterwordsmith/ A HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER

They sill try to make us think it is just a recession.


Is anyone really FREE?

Domino Effect

I hope you all will take a little time out to open your heart and thank God for his blessings, as you pray for the poor folks of Madagascar, and the other nations that are in such despair. For them, life has always been so very hard.
The last thing they needed was a global economic meltdown.

Reuters Published: March 16, 2009
By Richard Lough

Explosions were heard near Madagascar's presidential palace on Monday, raising tensions in the crisis between President Marc Ravalomanana and the opposition.

Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina has been demanding Ravalomanana's resignation and calling himself Madagascar's de facto leader in a crisis since the start of this year which has killed at least 135 people and is crippling the economy.

The opposition is due to give its response to the president's offer of a referendum to end the crisis.

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Gandhi
By: Abhishek Kumar Sadhu


Mahatma Gandhi always insisted on Truth and Non-violence as the inseparable part of humanism.


I have nothing to teach this world,

"Truth and Non-violence as old as hills"


With present phase of globalization, the third world need to look into the evil effects of globalization. We cannot allow our fellow citizens to starve, to lose their employment and to become destitute. It is Gandhi’s Charakha, that can save us from this predicament.




G – Generosity
A – Affection
N- Nonviolence
D- Dedication
H- Honesty
I- Integration

He said “Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by ingenuity of man."

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US Budget Deficits, we are looking not at a few tens of billions US dollar but rather something like 800 billion greenbacks for 2008 alone. To provide a perspective of what USD800B is like, the entire Malaysian Budget for the last decade (2000-2009) is only worth RM1,290.3 billion or USD368.7 billion – less than half of what the US 2008 Budget Deficit is. Still cannot visualize it? Imagine winning the Big Sweep (RM3 million) every month without fail for the next 77,778 years. Get it now? Imagine just how big a hole the US Government had dug for themselves and in the same process, for the rest of the world as well.

Because of these baseless funds used to finance their imports, the exporters from all over the world enjoyed more profits. Trade surpluses are evident once a nation exports more to a country than it imports from. When a nation earns more than it spends, the monetary value of its currency grows stronger and inflation creeps up as well. To offset this, more new local money is introduced into the system to balance things up a bit and to ensure that the value of its exports remain low and stable. This mirrors exactly what the US is doing, albeit for different reasons, but with the same consequences.

Come one fine day and the US faces an Economic Tsunami because there is only so much “unwarranted” money that the system can withstand before it breaks down. Well, that day has arrived and henceforth the credit crunch, and when the US economy goes downhill, all global economies follow suit. Domestic economist might say that the Malaysian economy is decoupled from the US economy and henceforth the impact will be minimal. BS! During those years of trade surpluses and high growth, the Ringgit became stronger. Bank Negara Malaysia (like all other central banks in Asia) had to keep it low to sustain the growth rate that was primarily propelled by exports. This is achieved by the introduction of new money into the Malaysian market. Now that the exports are no longer there, this “new money” is still floating around, fiat money not backed by gold, an almost exact scenario replicating the US economy. Will it affect Malaysians the same way it affected the Americans? Definitely so because the Laws of Economics follow the same principles no matter where it is applied and doubly so because BNM would have also invested in these American TS instruments – the major factor because US Dollars are the defacto international trading currency.

The ultimate conclusion is that there is no avenue of escape from the impact of the US credit crunch and its thereafter consequences no matter what anybody tells you. It is akin to a domino effect whereby the first toppled domino will take out the next in line and so forth. Malaysia might be way down the line but the effects will be encountered here nonetheless. It is just a matter of time. Subsequently, what are the consequences?

Next stop, hyperinflation.

- Hakim Joe








“Every child brings proof that God has not lost faith in man.”

Forgiveness 2

I should be asking forgiveness for the nation, and myself, but until they put aside the rape, and plunder of the world. There is no point in asking you to forgive the government of the United States.
My friend Masterwordsmith has made a very powerful post emphasizing our need for forgiveness. I know not who she is, however you also will agree that she is no common housewife. She is a very articulate, and passionate writer! I think you will enjoy my link to her post. I really think God is trying to tell us something, through the wise words of these beautiful ladies.

Masterwordsmith

LET IT GO!!!!
Forgiveness, to me, is a word that conjures images of impossible situations that call for the seemingly impossible task to let go of hurts and disappointment.

The Poor Man’s Burden

The preemptive war of 1898 brought America onto the world stage as an imperial power.
"The first shot was fired halfway around the globe in the Spanish-controlled Philippine Islands. Admiral George Dewey, acting on orders from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, attacked and sank the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. After the defeat of Spain, America now had stepping stones to the trade of the Orient as well as possessions in the Caribbean. To keep the Philippines, Americans had to wage a bloody and costly war against Filipino independence forces. It began in February 1899 when the Philipine Republic declared war against the United States. By its end in July 1902 casualties numbered more than 4,200 U.S. soldiers, 20,000 Filipino soldiers, and 200,000 Filipino civilians dead. This new imperialism was deeply influenced by popular theories of race which held that the different peoples of the world were not only culturally but also biologically distinct. In a misapplication of Darwinian theory, these racialists believed that each nation (and people) were involved in an unending competition in which only the "fittest" would survive. This conveniently permitted successful imperial powers to point to their conquests as proof of their own "fitness" and to rationalize their empires as altruistic efforts to bring the benefits of their "superior" civilization to their "little brown brothers," as President McKinley referred to the Filipinos".


The Poor Man’s Burden

(After Kipling)

Pile on the Poor Man’s Burden—

Drive out the beastly breed;

Go bind his sons in exile

To serve your pride and greed;

To wait in heavy harness,

Upon your rich and grand;

The common working peoples,

The serfs of every land.

Pile on the Poor Man’s Burden—

His patience will abide;

He’ll veil the threat of terror

And check the show of pride.

By pious cant and humbug

You’ll show his pathway plain,

To work for another’s profit

And suffer on in pain.

Pile on the Poor Man’s Burden—

Your savage wars increase,

Give him his full of Famine,

Nor bid his sickness cease.

And when your goal is nearest

Your glory’s dearly bought,

For the Poor Man in his fury,

May bring your pride to naught.

Pile on the Poor Man’s Burden—

Your Monopolistic rings

Shall crush the serf and sweeper

Like iron rule of kings.

Your joys he shall not enter,

Nor pleasant roads shall tread;

He’ll make them with his living,

And mar them with his dead.

Pile on the Poor Man’s Burden—

The day of reckoning’s near—

He will call aloud on Freedom,

And Freedom’s God shall hear.

He will try you in the balance;

He will deal out justice true:

For the Poor Man with his burden

Weighs more with God than you.

Lift off the Poor Man’s Burden—

My Country, grand and great—

The Orient has no treasures

To buy a Christian state,

Our souls brook not oppression;

Our needs—if read aright—

Call not for wide possession.

But Freedom’s sacred light.

Source: George McNeill, “The Poor Man’s Burden,” American Federationist (March 1899).
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India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned late last fall, “It would be a great pity if this growing support for open policies in the developing world is weakened” because of the crash. Singh understands that the risk of a backlash against individual freedom is far more dangerous than the direct damage to poor countries caused by a global recession, falling commodity prices, or shrinking capital flows. We’re already seeing this dangerous trend in Latin America. In Bolivia, President Evo Morales has openly crowed about the failure of Fuld’s Lehman Brothers and other Wall Street giants: The capitalist “models in place are not a good solution for humanity . . . because [they are] based on injustice and inequality.” Socialism, he said, will be the solution—in Bolivia, the state “regulates the national economy, and not the free market.” The leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Paraguay, Venezuela, and even tiny Dominica to varying degrees align with these anticapitalist pretensions, all seemingly vindicated by the Crash of 2008. And it’s not confined to Latin America: Vladimir Putin blamed the U.S. financial system for his own populist mismanagement of Russia’s even more catastrophic crisis. A spreading fire of statism would find plenty of kindling already stacked in the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, Africa, and Asia. And there are many Western “development” experts who would eagerly fan the flames with their woolly, paternalistic thinking.
William Easterly

A Light to the World

"In Cosmos of Light, there are no superiors nor inferiors. There are only masters and disciples. We are all masters in our knowledge and disciples in our ignorance. We are inspired to learn 'cause in our hearts we know we have the duty to teach!!! " (San)
♥ I Am that I Am ♥
Eu Sou o que Eu Sou


Darkness is the absence of light. Things that are negative we call darkness. They are opposite of good Evil is darkness. But you can combat Evil in the world. You can attack it by fighting whatever is wrong in the world; or, you can create such a tremendous light where you are that the darkness just fades away. But the question lies in what strategy is most successful: to burn away and destroy Evil; or, to create a greater light so that the darkness just vanishes?
Look closely at the nature of a flame. It has two very distinct properties: it can burn, and it can illuminate. In combating Evil in the world, do we destroy it, do we burn it, or do we illuminate with God's divine Love, creating a greater light in the world to dissipate the darkness?

God has scattered his seeds of light in every nation, each of you are God's candlesticks. You His children of light, have a mission to prepare the way for the great divine awakening of what will be, and is yet to come.


"We all have individual candles within us.

We oftentimes refer to them as faith in God,
faith in ourselves and faith in our loved ones".

"In my case, it is my faith in my father whose
grace under pressure has taught me how to contain
life's pressure with strength and determination"..

I write to educate first and foremost..
Bai Maleiha B. Candao.







Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Real Men

There are indeed real men of noble character, they are the ones who stand steadfast, in the face of adversity. Without the wisdom, and strong hearts of these gallant men, our society would face utter chaos.

Such a man was this:

"Night is drawing nigh. How long the road is. But, for all the time the journey has already taken, how you have needed every second of it."
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.

"In a dream I walked with God through the deep places of creation; past walls that receded and gates that opened, through hall after hall of silence, darkness and refreshment—the dwelling place of souls acquainted with light and warmth—until, around me, was an infinity into which we all flowed together and lived anew, like the rings made by raindrops falling upon wide expanses of calm dark waters."


Give me a pure heart that I may see Thee.
A humble heart that I may hear Thee,
A heart of love that I may serve Thee,
A heart of faith that I may abide in Thee.

It is not we who seek the Way,
but the Way which seeks us.
That is why you are faithful to it,
even while you stand waiting,
so long as you are prepared,
and act the moment you are
confronted by its demands.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love -- takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Dag Hammarskjöld
Excerpts from 'Markings'
(Published posthumously in 1963 in Swedish as Vägmärken.)
This work he called "A sort of white book concerning my negotiations with myself -- and with God."




Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Unscrupulous?

If I were to say that the two major American political parties were in reality; the ultimate of organized crime syndicates. I doubt many would welcome my opinion, yet for generations; their outlaw activities has brought misery and havoc to our world, while destroying the very foundation of this once great nation.
In their lust for power, millions are now suffering. This abomination must not be allowed to continue.


Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Get Ready To Feed The World

Be Prepared: My old Scout Motto.

Anyone who eats should know by now that the price of food is going up, even the basics like beans, rice, cornmeal and flour are demanding more from the wallet with every visit to the market. Stock up on as much wheat, beans and rice as you can get your hands on, you can't have too much of these basic survival foods. Even if you never use it for its intended purpose, it can be rotated into your everyday meals, letting you eat for last years prices.

A good plan for stockpiling survival food consists primarily of economical basic food items: wheat, sugar and or honey, tomato paste, powdered milk, canned fish or Spam, beef or chicken bullion, and salt. From these few basic ingredients, a wide variety of foods can be prepared. The advantages of this plan is that these food items are relatively inexpensive, readily available, storage is simple and the wheat, sugar and salt will store indefinitely under proper conditions.

I have a feeling we will end up feeding hundreds, if not thousands!
Do you have any good ideas?

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

To The Women I Love.

Man in his folly has done an outstanding job of creating a nightmare in this world. For millennias, out of fear and false pride, man has trodden down women under his feet as if they were an inferior species. It will now take stalwart and courageous women like you, my beloved; to be the light that brings our nations us back to the narrow path, as you help the Great Spirit to heal Her world anew. One could say it was the difficult path women had to fallow in all it's humility that has aloud them to spiritually excel.

BaiMaleiha

As you may have observed I can be a bit unconventional, in my desire to keep a spiritual balance with all of my people. Forgive this old warrior for being uncouth in his thoughts. I know much about Sun Tzu's Art of War, and so very little of great writings of peace and love, like the Sri Guru Granth.

This morning I captured a very charming and astute youg princess, who I feel will greatly help us in our understanding of how close we really are in this, our common fellowship. A fellowship that goes beyond the confines of man's religions, as we seek the true face of our Creator. She may have my head for this, but her post that I picked, may just save me.


MIND TALK
with Bai Maleiha B.Candao


Forgiveness?

Forgive and forget. Easier said than done. Who forgives who? How grave is the sin to be forgiven? These are the dynamics of human dignity--the sinner and the judgment. But it is practical to forgive for it will free the soul from impurities caused by other's insensitivity or in some cases, infidelity.

No person can be blamed if she or he does not easily heal if the wound was caused by an unfaithful lover. The human heart is the biggest part of man's physiological make-up which supports life literally and the essence of life, figuratively speaking.



Find a man who has no heart and that is in essence describing a man who does not feel for others or who does not care at all for the welfare of other people. His world is focused on his comfort zone and he would not go out of his way to fill the empty spaces of his social existence.


This brings us to question one fact, if those who exercise injustice against their fellowmen do not have a heart? They have hearts, as a matter of fact, but they do not use it for feeling life by knowing the condition of other people.


So, must we forgive them? Forgive them for they sin against the soul of humanity. Forgive them for they allow their own vested interest to engulf their morality. Must we always forgive? Is it necessary to forgive?



Yes. It is important for the soul to release the impurities caused by anger and pain. By forgiving the sinner, you free yourself. If the act is considered indefensible, let God be the judge to what is ought to be. Rest your case in His hands.



The forgiven sinner will receive a miracle cure for his sick conscience shall be healed. It also does wonder for the one who forgives for it is relieving to release the pent-up anger inside them. Both will experience a certain degree of improvement spiritually.

It may be easy to forgive but hard to forget. That is another story.



A Princess and An Activist
All of me. Inseparable. Unchangeable. The blood and the mind merged with a purpose and a mission.
My name is Bai Maleiha B. Candao.




All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe