Keepers

I occasionally have a quandary picking a title for these posts.  Got an idea what I'm talking about, but to sum it up is just a puzzlement.

First thing that came to mind with the above title were the Keepers in the original Star Trek pilot 'The Cage'.  They were the creatures who had a zoo of different beings because they had evolved yet craved the sensations they had supposedly outgrown.  The captives were kept in place by illusion, one of the 'advanced' characteristics of the Keepers.

There are many kinds of keepers.  There are guards, jailors, police, janitors, repairmen, historians, parents and so many more on many levels/ways. Some nurture while others simply maintain, whatever the case might be.

Counseling has its own rules, especially the type and intensity of same.

I had the privilege and opportunity/responsibility of counseling in relation to my work as a student minister and as a clinical psychology major.  I met many people with varied problems.  Of course, names are confidential and any circumstances which would identify certain people.   But there are cases that should give illustration to my purpose.

Drinking is one of the common denominators.  It is a problem which stems from many variations of core problems.  It become the core.

I've counseled several pastors and parishioners concerning alcohol abuse.

Sometimes it led to further help.  Sometimes not.

Laws force consequences for the results of accidents and other tragic occurrences.  Sometimes that bottoming out works along with an ear.  And again sometimes not.  The person really has to face the problem and want to change.

That is the counseling challenge.  So many want you to take them by the hand and solve their problems for them..  Taint that way McGee.  A good counselor will work through and point out things.  But the solution is in the hands of the client.

Of course, there are profound 'mental problems' which need further and constant care or keeping.  Profound retardation, compulsions and just about anything that gets in the way of a healthy life demand such care. 

We get into retardation as being different than criminal activity.  That lies in the legal realm as well.  But mental illness as well can be so crippling it demands lifelong supervision.

It can also be evil.  That's a whole other ballgame and surely lies in the area of ministry.

I straddled both clinical psych and ministry.  What a tightrope.

Suffice it to say that should be addressed another time.  But one point about keeping, be it confidentiality or honorable pursuits, it's a two edged sword.

When people are in certain positions, such as ministry or police work, knowing their secret sins/problems is part of the work.  However, they can be protective of reputation, in spite of that.

It has led to some hiding behind a collar or a badge, keeping appearances, while they work out problems or don't.

One can be seen as an embarrassment to them.  This indicates to me they are not dealing as well as they should.

They have nothing to fear but themselves.  Sometimes that memory jog is because they project onto the counselor as they might another.

The records are locked away.  The problems are confidential.  There is no skeleton clattering or ghost haunting except a prison of their own device.

They have been saved from suicide, serial cheating, drinking, what have you.

Yet they don't feel safe unless they smear someone else.  This indicates more profundity of problem yet to be resolved.  Or they are psychopathic and need one of those literal keepers.

As for me and my work, it is kept locked safely away.  It is kept in heart and mind.

The best thing for all to keep is love and resolve in heart and mind.

Don't be kept afraid.

Alz

It is pernicious and frightening.  Loss literally of mind.  There are many places to study/research.

https://alz.org/

https://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/guide/alzheimers-disease-stages

There are sources about treatment and cures.  Please explore for yourselves.  From wholistic to traditional, find what works for you.
NB: Among symptoms check to see if there is vitamin B12 deficiency.  It can mimic Alz.

I've seen it firsthand in family friends and associates.  I've offered care and support for those with the disease and their families etal.  If you likewise offer care, love, support, seek the same for yourselves.  It's hard even somewhat soul destroying thinking you are alone.  You are NOT.

We have all witnessed more famous folks suffer.  It strikes, not caring about position nor status.

It sometimes onsets quickly but mostly is gradual.  A lost memory here and there.  Some confusion occasionally.  Then more often.  If it goes full term, people pretty much become vegetables,  On the way they forget about themselves and who is around them.

There is denial sometimes.  People brush aside what they see in themselves or others.

I've seen people fool others simply because they are around each other frequently.  The more you see th more you know.

I've seen the fear grow in patients.  They are slowly losing their minds.  It is frightful. 

Please learn what you can and do fo others and yourselves.

Face the music.

Hope and pray.  But do what you can to help find a cure.

Blunt Or Sharp

Can't help but remember the old 3 Stooges short where the Boys are given the choice of execution.  Burning at the stake or chop off their heads?

Curly immediately says the stake.  When Moe asks why, Curly says 'a hot stake is better than a cold chop'.  It is a nyukable moment but in reality neither is acceptable.

Civilization faces a similar fate.  The forces of jihad are ravaging portions of the world, even more than in the last 1400 years.  Paranoia?  Not if they're really after you.  Look around.

Now you might look at the surface.  Say it's just the rise of fanatics (sic).  You see the increasing carnage, destruction, mayhem of body and mind. But wouldn't you wonder why much of it is overlooked, excused, sometimes sanctioned?  Maybe I should have called this cahoots.

The left and jihad (sic) have often joined forces.  Hitler and mufti.  The current trend to let in socalled refugees and stand down to the increasing violence.  Why?  What gain do those from Western civilization gain?  Clue:  It's not Western civilization.  It is its hoped for destruction.

That was the goal in WW2 as it is now.  Destabilization.  Subversion.

The jihadists are both a diversion and cause/effect.

They are either a blunt instrument or a spearhead to bring about control.

Collectivists never change.  That crisis thing eh?

One side cons the other.  Both think they achieve victory and will do away with the other. 

The only thing standing in the way is a Republic.  And the desire to be free round the world.

We mustn't tut tut and just report atrocities.  We must shine the light and stop them.

Blunt or sharp?

150 Billion

It's the figure I've seen re the profits from child sex trafficking.  Evil is lucrative to evil.

Is it hard to believe?  There are people who revel in such things.  Sickening.  No wonder some of the NYPD puked and sought counseling after viewing certain items on a certain pc.  Those among us who have dealt with similar can verify that.  It is not for the merely curious.  Seeking evil as such guarantees payback.  Also even the mention/discussion of such can invite negativity to say the least.  Darkness seeks who it can.

You don't have to believe the spiritual, but I do.  I've experienced enough to be convinced that it exists.  Child sex abuse is the dark core of hell which feeds on fear and hatred, lust, greed.

It seems like a cosmic whack-a-mole how such enterprise is exposed and taken down, then springs up elsewhere.  Many have been defeated and children rescued. There are many more.

I believe that the President is pursuing this evil, saving kids.  It is a linchpin of not only his administration, but a commitment to ceaselessly bring Light where there was darkness.  There are many with him on many levels.  It is to me all part of Restoring this Republic.

The enemy is powerful and entrenched.  That above figure is not outlandish, considering what people accept as wealth.  The adversary uses all the cunning and wiles, including bribery, intimidation, murder, extortion and more to ensnare many and stop others.  Very few in government are untouched, very many are whole heartedly in on this evil or go along because of the above methods.  Blackmail following frame ups is common.

My novels touch on a lot of this.  Soon the world can see.  I wrote on my own.  But now truth is stranger than fiction.

Godspeed to each of us, who, in our own way, are working to free kids and punish/stop the evil ones.

It is all part of Restoring the Republic.

Decency, honor, health, goodness are part of it, most of it.

Compared to 150 billion, it is priceless.