Tongues of fire and collective consciousness

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Christian Coming of Age Kids

This application is open to all, everyone.

There is no exclusivity.

There is free will.

There are no connection problems or difficulties.


Sounds almost too good to be true, wouldn’t you say?

There is a “catch”.

You have to work for it.

This may not be copacetic for some. Thus the rumor mill begins the circle of rumors and innuendo. And the tongues start a “waggin” with stories of false and misguiding information.


You are what you eat.

And some folks eat others.

Just ‘cuz.

They are bored.

They are mean.

They prefer pot stirring.

They have become calloused in their hearts.

There are hundreds, maybe thousand of reasons their tongue become tongues of fire. Mean and cruel words spewed of another in an attempt to bring them and their lives down.


Through the articulations of misunderstandings, criticisms, under the breath mumblings of another in order to “one up” them. With intentions and motivations of negativity pushing another to feel as if they are less than.


Vocally pushing another into throwing away their own life thinking they are not good enough. Chanting the “wrong” chant. Humming the wrong hymn. Wronging in the wrongest of ways. X3.


Repetition incessantly repeating that which they are lacking instead of helping them to build a place of goodness deep within. That can be a problem with hive think, or group think. If we do not choose to seek out the truth, we run the risk of wasting our existence on wavering and too much compromise.


Wasting existence in pursuit of trivial things and second rate realties. (pf) Because it may be simpler, require less effort, and get us to where we want to go faster than we may deserve.


Only God knows.


There is a cost to remain faithful to what counts. (pf). Living a life with meaning takes time. Living a life with meaning for others takes your time. It is well worth the cost.


When it come right down to it, it is fun to be wise and courageous in making good choices in life. Temptations are the barriers we must overcome when we tell ourselves we would rather take the easy way out.


We become lost.

In our own heads sometimes.

We continue to get lost in getting things thrown out. Think this doesn’t matter. Think this person doesn’t matter. That person doesn’t matter.


A person matters. A person is precious. A person is precious to our Father. Thank goodness for his regard for us.


Thank goodness.

Because there is plenty and enough badness out there to go around. Jump, hop or leap on the bandwagon of badness and you may collectively begin to think things that fail to regard your fellow man with respect and grace.


And instead, join the club, the clubbing of ridicule and discrimination.


Ridicule and discrimination are learned early in life. Sometimes on the playground of our youth, the lunchroom of our school days and when it become the norm, it becomes a collective conscious way of thinking that is so detrimental to the greater good. Opposition and Violence destined to become the norm.


Violence and opposition. Opposition and violence become a way of life. A collective hive think of consciousness that believe they are better, more elite than others.


It becomes more and more difficult to stand your ground. Stand alone and buck the trend, the trends. So busy baiting, clicking and waiting. Throwing away our own lives on the quickest, best way. Not taking the time to meet and help people achieve great things because we need to surpass them, like yesterday.


Forgetting that the greatest good is: Life.


No one persons life is less valuable than another person’s life. But boy oh boy can we try to stack the deck against another in ways and means so insidious.


Pursuit of trivial things do not fill life with meaning. (pf) Tongues of fire. A world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(wk)


The dump of words, the spew of falsehoods while ignoring the truth. Just like a mean and cruel word must be carefully watched, for effect, so must the fire of the words be carefully watched. A man must take heed to their ways. As quickly as a word fire can burn, so too can unchaste, angry and passionate words—screamed, yelled, cried, or mumbled.(wk)


As fire devours all that comes in its way, such are the words of an evil tongue. Stir up the flame of lust, anger, envy and revenge, and as a fire is of a spreading nature, so are lies, scandal, and evil reports vented by the tongue in pursuit of the wreckage of another.(wk)


The trashing of another. The trashing of things has currently become so, well, easy. Too easy. We can do it now with a tap of our finger, and “poof”, they are gone, deleted from existence. No need to worry about them anymore.


Put ourself in first place because we deserve it more. We think. We hive think. Because the company one keeps says a lot about what they think and who they think they are. Not so with what they may become.


Rejection is a tool. Unfortunately used and abused to keep another in order. An order of another person’s making too. The meaning behind actions, the fire tongue may cause another to throw their own life away because the order never came “their way”. The way they preferred or liked.


Fear is another tool. Unfortunately used to keep another in order. An order of another person’s making too. The meaning behind the action, the fire tongue may cause another to throw their own life away because the order never came “their way”. the way they preferred or liked.


Deleted. Ignored. Ghosted. Gone. In an instant.


It is important to remember life can be fragile. Life is precious. No person’s life or reputation should ever be trashed to the point wherein they believe they are less than.


Violence and opposition should never be tolerated to the extent they become the norm. Collectively consciously or in any other way.


Speak up.

Stand up.

Start your own club!

A good club!

The best application of a life is the inclusivity of good, good deeds, good words, good works. If this is not the case in your orbit, your neck of the woods, your neighborhood, you have the right to strive for better. Seek to stand alone and seek the truth than to feel the need to join in the club, the negativity of clubbing and go along with the crowd.








June 25, 2023 11:25

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