Heart of the Wise

How do you tell a person’s true nature/character? Look for predominant patterns to understand a person’s core nature, values or character. For example, let’s take a look at a selfish mindset. A selfish person may want to do good occasionally but their heart and mindset which is enshrined in core selfishness will try to impede their occasional benevolent attempts which are likely to be based on momentary feelings or shifting sentiments. The nature or spirit in them will gain ascendancy. Thus, selfishness will be near-constant in their life. The nature of a person’s character is known by the strength of their dominant mindset and persuasion. What disposition is preeminent in their attitude? What genuine struggles or practical dilemma can a person who is working on themselves to develop a better character or consistent outward expression of the good values of their higher self/nature have between sound judgment and the petty emotions and sentiments of the baser self or nature? Is there a ...

I have an intelligence bias.  To get me to pay full attention and to likely get my unreserved alliance or following, you have to be able to make intelligent conversation without irrational sentiments or volatile emotions. No matter how physically appealing you are (as sweet and sharp as that looks), you need some good sense and by that I don’t mean dishonest craftiness (as many Nigerians or Africans think). I don’t even mean formal education necessarily, as good and beneficial as that may be in its own right, and when properly implemented can make for a decently effective, engaged and awakened mind. I mean the ability to think through, understand and articulate basic concepts and ideas with as much precision, clarity and brevity as possible. The vital mental capacity to clearly comprehend and communicate meaningfully, effectively, near-accurately and preferably succinctly to anyone. It takes a beautifully robust, sound, well-nourished, well-tended, disciplined and deep-thinking min...

While people are playing politics of self interests, are we asking ourselves these types of questions: How can we make our education system so much better so that going to school in Nigeria makes you solidly equipped and employable in global markets? How can we make our healthcare system effective so that our even elites will not have to go overseas to seek better solutions to their medical needs? How do we make our security apparatus effective for every citizen and every resident of the country? Are we thinking the right thoughts? Are we having the right conversations? Are we asking the right questions? Or are we playing games with our social fate? Are we playing petty politics of personal interests? Are we silly little men spying on or sabotaging each other out of envy and mediocrity instead of working together for the greater good of our collective interests and existence? Abientot!

I know a man who when his mother passed, I went with my mother then to commiserate with him and we gave him some money as a condolence gift. Fast forward to when my mother passed, the same man has never bothered to extend same gesture at least for the sake of the fact that he was close to my mother and she had been of immense help to him and his family when she was still alive. Not that I expected anything from him per se but circumstances have recently revealed the kind of person he really is, in undeniable and clear ways. I have seen things that he did to undermine and sabotage my parents and their interests. Matter of fact, he has instead tried to shortchange me at any given opportunity that presents itself. A most intriguing thing is that there are possibilities and indications of undercover wickedness with mixed signals of charisma and pockets of selective goodness.   Same venomous attitude has been experienced by many other people who have worked with him. I have my insights ...

Can you really save the world? How can you save the world? What can you say or do to help? Are you helping one person at a time? Are you serving in your little space? Do you seek any position or platform? Are you genuine, sincere and mature heart/soul/mind or are you a fake little piece of work placed by a mastermind/puppeteer with a hidden agenda and ulterior motive? What are you really about as a leader, influencer or person in a position of power? Is it about saving the world/your nation/community, or is it about your personal interest/profit/gain/control/glory? Are you a selfless and unbiased unity leader or a personal interest driven factional and sectarian ruler who divides to conquer? Are you playing politics or practicing principles? Are you a politician or a patriot? Is it a career or a calling? Or both? No wrong or right answers. Just know what you’re about. Just a few questions to ask yourself. Just a few points to ponder on.

Relating With More Successful Younger Persons Now, listen: 1. Give them wise counsel from your experience  2. Help them with what you have—service, advice, morale support, encouragement, guidance, etc 3. Be a servant leader and be exemplary  4. Admit your mistakes and take responsibility  5. Respect them in their own right and space 6. Never try to take undue advantage of them  7. Be willing and eager to learn from them  8. Don’t be too proud to ask younger ones questions in order to learn from them 9. Be grateful for any support they give  10. Be careful not to ask too much for assistance so as to avoid any disrespect and contempt  11. Be wise and be the mature person  12. Respect yourself and you’ll be respected  13. Don’t allow unwarranted disrespect  14. Never allow envy into your heart       I repeat: forbid envy from your soul  15. Never compete for superiority  16. Celebrate their wins; and genuinely, gene...

When or where there is competition, contention or fault-finding rather than cooperation, appreciation and team-building, then and there will there be a markedly limited communal or social development.  Now, this is often a sign of lack of true leadership.  It is not necessarily lack of technical skill, expertise, competence, experience or even management. Leadership is like a lid or stopper which determines the overall rise or fall of communities and countries. No nation or organization can rise above the level of leadership that they have. This is in line with the Leadership Law of the Lid as described by leadership expert John C. Maxwell. The law states that a leader's effectiveness is limited by their leadership ability, which acts as a "lid" on their potential and the potential of their team or organization.  It means one's capacity to lead directly influences how far their followers and the entire endeavor can meaningfully or authentically make good progress. Le...

Even when people are past their prime or are no longer as famous, popular, reigning or trending as they used to be before, we should not abandon those who have been a blessing to us before. A lot of people are not loyal but are just leeches. They jump on those who are hot cakes just to use them to climb to the top. They are social climbers. They don’t really care about people, regardless of how charismatic and charming they may appear. They are very clever and strategic performers. They have no basic or sustained love and loyalty. They simply target and roll with anyone who can take them to their next level of self-actualization. It’s all a selfish game and they don’t empathize with those who have challenges yet they want people to empathize with them when they have challenges. Selfishness is a very strange, satanic and dark character trait—even those who have it hâte to see it in others or to be at the receiving end of it. If you have a bad break, people don’t care and in fact some of...

Fame is a dicey and dangerous thing with potential for both great good and great evíl. For starters, you don’t seem to have a life of your own—you stay in hiding or activate undercover and disguise. But more importantly, whatever you do is either highly praised or highly criticized—because it is highly publicized. Now, if what you do or say is wrong or right but it is criticized, you can get positive feedback to correct or improve on it—again, whether good or bad. However the danger is that when you say or do something that is wrong and you know it’s wrong, there are people who will still like it because they like you—therein lies the greatest danger of fame. You must be able to have your own internal check system, moral compass or ethical code to guide you on the reality and implications of your external actions and decisions. Moreso, you have to have a growth mindset that ensures you are continuously working on yourself and improving so that you can be yourself and that authentic sel...

I do not suppose there is an intelligent atheist:  The crude atheist categorically denies and rejects the existence of God because they can’t PROVE it. That is unfounded denial and sheer prejudice. Admitted ignorance would be more noble. An intelligent mind would rather say this:  I do not KNOW if there is God or not… However I’m WILLING to know and ACCEPT the fact of the existence of God IF I find it to be true. But if I can’t find a good reason to accept the idea of the existence of God, then I would be content to admit that I do NOT know if there is God. That’s the logical and rational way to go about it. This is more sensible than to claim there is no God.  So it is better to admit to current ignorance than to presume a pseudo knowledge which is unfounded or based on denial of possibility of the unknown. Keeping an open mind, not letting preconceptions or biases shut one’s mind off to said possibility. A stark atheist’s position thus seems illogical to me. Abientot!

Men, listen up! What type of dressing of a lady can make you see or want to consider her as potential life partner? Then what kind of dressing makes you cringe and view a lady as using her body to get attention or to stimulate horny feelings, inviting men to fantasize, frolic or flirt? For example, swimming trunks are used to swim. Such gears are worn in swimming pool areas.  Imagine a lady wearing that to church or an office? Or even to a public market place or a social event? So why do some ladies feel a need to post pictures of themselves in swimming trunks on social media? Why not enjoy them privately—for private viewing? Are the various angles for full-body public viewing? Are they looking for validation and/or customers? Are they being intentional and strategic with it? Are all these some sort of coded thirst traps? Really, no matter how much some ladies try to justify their indecent dressing in public, it speaks volumes about them—whether right or wrong. It may be that they ...

Accountability. It is not at all a bad thing—never was, never will be. Once some people hear that word, they seem to immediately think of someone policing them. Some sly fellows will even gaslight you to feel that you’re doing a wrong thing by asking for baseline accountability—that’s awful and terrible of them. What is accountability? It is basically an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions. Simply put, it means willingly accepting responsibility for your actions. It is actually a very good and positive trait. Matter of fact, it also means responsibility. It is the fact or condition of being accountable. What does it mean to be accountable? Now to be accountable means that one is required or expected to justify one’s actions or decisions. It means obligated to explain, justify, and take responsibility for one's actions, and to answer to someone or some people, such as a person with more authority or a group of people who authorize a...

Being a Christian does not mean being the wealthiest or healthiest or most popular. Read your Bible to see if this is the case. You are not Moses or Daniel or Esther. Although we may learn from them. Well, maybe you’re Moses—lucky you! Hope you can go through what he did. That wilderness experience, yeah? Also telling Pharaoh to let God’s people go? Alright now. And maybe you are a public administrator  In the government of a heathen state. Like Daniel, been to the lion’s den yet? Or, you may be yet another Esther. All hail the pageant-winning queen! Sure you can do what she did? “If I perish, I perish” kinda feat? Perhaps you can. Good for you o! But everyone can’t be in all those roles. “In whatever socioeconomic state you are when God called you to salvation, you may just remain in it—whether circumcised or not, freeman or servant, single, married, widowed or divorced, etc.” Salvation is not a mixed package that comes with earthly benefits, necessarily—not exactly. That is a lie...

A lie indicates the hidden presence of fear.  An avoidance of accountability. A tactical coverup both to deceive another and to run away from or get away with the consequences of such or other negative action. Any way you look at it, it is not upright. Or Is it? It is based on a distortion of the truth or facts. It is quite different from a positive and necessary withholding or regulation of vital information. It is different from caution based on truth and facts. Lying is not being wise. Craftiness is not true wisdom. It is rather serpentine wisdom. And it is the wisdom of this world. True children of God don’t operate that way. They even confess their transgressions, if any. Above all, they share the facts of the Gospel. They tell the truth—in love, grace and humility. Grace and peace to all God’s elect. Abientot!

No matter how confident a man is, he doesn’t cross a busy expressway or highway without caution. A time comes when seeming confidence is nothing but foolishness or ignorance. Many are crossing into eternity without thought or reflection about what life is and who the Creator is. The Gospel to them is a fabrication from the West. Where did they get that version of the origin of the God of Creation and Creator of all things from? They obviously haven’t made honest research. They have allowed their sentiments and biases get the better part of them in spite of their literacy. It always pays to do one’s due diligence in objective research and critical thinking before one reaches some sort of conclusion about any subject. Beyond that, there’s a deep work that the Spirit of God does in the heart of man and it produces fruit. Spiritual fruit that will include the recognition of and willing full submission to God’s Rule in their lives. Also with true conviction and contrition for any and every ...

When maniacs are in control or positions of power? Many are maniacs, psychopaths and sociopaths. A psychopath is a person with an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies. A sociopath is a person whose antisocial behavior consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others. A maniac is a person who behaves in a wildly foolish, reckless, or dangerous manner. Same WhatsApp group and mentality subset. War is a game to these categories of people. Human lives are nothing more than collateral damage. But we all know that’s just euphemism. A selfish leader is an oxymoron. They feed their belly and dǎmn the rest to ülcer. They send their kitchen cabinet to subtly check if there’s still foodstuff left in the pantry because they are determined as Hěll to control the ǔgly narrative. Do you agree that war is driven by profits? Do you understand ...

A person whose conscience is not powered by love, compassion and the honor of God finds it easy to infiltrate and manipulate people towards their plans or desires, regardless of how it impacts others.  It’s the dǎmning reality of a dark soul. If they are self-aware, they will know that it’s a form of bondage—and a stronghold that gross darkness as a spiritual world system/influence has on them.   They have no true moral compass within them. All their claims to one form of morality or the other are sweet lies and window-dressing attempts. They have no real loyalty to people or principles. They are rather loyal to their selfish interests. They are thus veritable vessels of evil powers. Their only sustainable solution is real salvation. Which comes with true heart transformation. And a purification of the will to conscious good. With that, even Hell would have met its match. With that, Heaven would rejoice for a soul saved. Abientot!

A selfish person limits themselves. They reduce their chances of making more money. Imagine you call a professional (say, a lawyer) for their services in certain a buisness activity. They simply prepare requisite documentation and get their percentage(s), some of which may even be recurring, as in the case of retainership. But rather than give satisfactory services and honor the agreed upon terms, they try to play a fast one on you by injecting subtle loopholes in the system. Like including or introducing ambiguities and loose phrases or clauses in the contract that can swing interpretations in different plausible directions. For a business you called them to participate in. This is capable of making them lose any further opportunities you may have brought their way. They have shown their real character and color. Their greed and sometimes envy have earned them the right to be disqualified from future endeavors. Recommendations will be pretty much jettisoned not as a punitive measure b...

Nothing probably more negatively satisfying than: - A poor person with poor mindet seeing a hitherto rich person currently struggling with their bills. - An illiterate seeing well-educated people jobless and broke. - A single person seeing married people quarrel or break up. - The owner of a dilapidated car or tricycle seeing a new or expensive car break down on the road. - An unbeliever seeing a believer, Christian leader, pastor or priest fall into an obvious sin or scandal. There seems to be an inward thrill of dark joy.  You can see them suddenly come alive with great excitement in their voice and a spring in their steps. Strange, isn’t it? The negative energy or spirit.  Still think human nature is perfect like God’s? “Be therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Abientot, papa!

A mocker is someone who laughs at or makes fun of someone or something in an unkind way, often by imitating the other person’s words or actions.  Or someone who jeers or treats something or someone with contempt or calls out in derision.  Such a person is basically a flouter, jeerer, scoffer, and a disagreeable or an unpleasant person. They can be cynical or doubters.  In some contexts, the term “mockers" may refer to people who are known to bring bad luck or interrupt something (often good) from happening, like in the phrase: "the rain put the mockers on that idea". Mockers can also be individuals who express scorn, ridicule and show contempt for truth, wisdom, and righteousness, as described in the Bible.  Believers are warned not to keep company with mockers. Apart from the fact that mockers can mislead the just from the path of justice and truth, mockers will be duly punished by God—for all those who fulfill injustice and who pervert the truth and the laws of God...

If you marry your friend, you enjoy marriage. You experience marriage as a good thing—team work, partnership, support system and value. If you marry a stranger, you experience your own mess as a rude awakening to your careless choice. If you marry a fool, especially one who thinks they are alpha or smart, it’s almost as good as not having married or not being married—it’s bad. Anything can swipe them away from the marriage. They’re deeply unreliable.  They are not committed to you. They are only loyal to their selfishness. It’s an easy task for Satan to cart away such. But then if you make the mistake of marrying an enemy in disguise, it’s far worse—it’s battle after secret battle. If you are a child of God, and you have experienced the harsh realities of life, fret not for your Heavenly Father knows exactly all you have been through. What’s more? He knows exactly what to do. Keep in step. Look above and beyond. It was written in the volume of books. Do you know what is written of ...

You can’t follow me successfully if you are a biased person or if you are not honest and a lover of truth. As I try to stay above noise or negative mindsets. You may disapprove, scoff or think it’s pride. But that’s your opinion—indulge yourself. It’s a proven fact. Not just sentiments. Armageddon has be determined. Except you don’t believe there is God. (Perhaps you don’t REALLY believe in God and you are just going through the motions and deceiving yourself or being deceived by some false religion, in which case you’re just a flake without substance). Oh but, The I AM is real—more real than life itself. Armageddon shall be loud.  (Rev) 16:16  To be felt by mankind, personally. But don’t regret, when it comes. You made your choice.  You’re making it now. Abientot!

I typically don’t touch a story if I’m not sure it’s true.  I may share the valid concerns, questions and what I have learned from the known or given facts. But I don’t make hasty or irrational judgment calls or take sides out of petty or personal sentiments.  Many people are robots being remote controlled.  They don’t know what is really happening, or what the real agenda is, what is at stake, or what the real truth is.  Some don’t even care as long as their little selfish interests or unlawful expectations are met. Such folks are easily compromised or manipulated. Even their users or manipulators can’t trust them. They can only be used for shǐtty maneuvers. But they are really not worth that much. They’re on an accursed mission. See, Judgment is coming! Truth shall surely prevail. On God. You’ll see… Abientot!

Fěar is a very powerful něgative emotion. It is one of the ěvil trio of dǎrk dominion. At an extreme level, it can do what ǎnger and grěed can do: seek to extěrminate human life. That’s the reason many crǐminǎls ǔnalive people and even each other when they have a faceoff.  They are afrǎid of being expøsed or revealed. They drěad any kind of incrǐminating evidence. So much so they can trade their son’s life for it. It’s deep fěar behind that smirking mask. They are hiding. They are scǎrêd. They care about being unraveled. Their power is in sěcrecy and anønymity. It’s the same principle behind dǎrkñess. The same concept sponsors ignørance. That’s why they hide and seek to mǎnǐpulate. They say they don’t give a flipping. But they actually do. Like folklore vämpires, they hǎte light. (Hǎte is fěar—transmogrified). Sunlight consumes them in flames. The light of truth will děstrøy them. They are dǎmn too scäred of truth. That’s why they try to silence or elíminate it. Fěar. It’s deep-sun...