We need to be careful when it comes to religion and politics. Once these two things get together, bad things happen... from a historical point of view. Look it up and you will find out what I am talking about. Religion is fine and good so long as it stays away from any and all political agendas. Nothing good can possibly come from this convergence.

Mind control is very real and at the heart of it all is media/television. For good or for bad, mostly for bad, television has infiltrated our minds and our lives. It tells us what we don't want to hear, and then it turns around and tells us what to do about it. For example, if you're sick, you can get the symptoms right from the commercial and then acquire the prescribed remedy. That is mind control.
When a movie comes along that everyone has to watch, hairstyles change, language can change, and a whole new way of seeing the world can be realized... and it's all fiction even if it's based on real-life events. That is mind control and there is billions of dollars wrapped up in it.

I'm not sure anyone can reconcile the fact that we are all alone. We are alone when we're born, we're alone when we live, and we're alone when we transfer to the other plane of existence. Certain people exist that have already experienced that plane of existence. They have insights into the unknown. Whether their accounts are true or not is immaterial. The point is that people wonder and feel. We explore and operate with the conviction that certain answers can and will be found. However, nothing can take our loneliness away even after we have found certain answers that have eluded us over the years.

I do not think it is possible to remain positive at all times. It's just not feasible to even think about it. The human condition can only get "better" if there comes with it the occasional trial or test of will. Without these tests, without these certain and specific trials, learning and growth cannot take place. From learning and growth comes some form of wisdom. This wisdom can then be transferred to the younger generation and so on and so forth. It's okay to lose it from time to time. Life can be a bit overwhelming at times... for all of us.

Some people can be as free as a bird yet still feel trapped by their perceived circumstances. Thinking about things in the wrong way can weight us down and make us feel like we are carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders. For example, as many as 75% of us hate our jobs. We feel trapped by doing the same things everyday and/or are harbored with feelings of being unappreciated. Real or fabricated in the mind, thoughts like these are what brings our spirits down. We may appear to be free on the outside, but in reality we are just being good social actors playing our expected roles.

The most important thing one can give to another is time. We all feel constrained by time. We never seem to have enough of it. Yet we spend hours upon hours on end watching television and movies. We have the time. We all have the time to talk with someone who needs an ear. In many cases, the ear one lends to another can make the difference between life and death. It can be that important.

Failure, time and time again, is what gives a successful person the necessary edge. While there are many definitions of success, there is only one constant in the process and that is failure. There is nothing to fear from failure, but at the same time you don't want to use failure as an excuse to keep failing for the sake of failing. That is a trap nobody wants to fall into. You have to learn something from each case, each instance of failure. This is how success is built.