Posts by Dennis Young57

Yes, that is the Truth.
We arrive very quickly at the question of so-called hunger...

How much is enough? What is profitable? What is optimal? What is appropriate? These questions are a direct reflection of our faith, just like everything else.

For a believer, need is merely an illusion of this world. As for the constant craving for more... one could say quite a lot about infidelity through that lens.
With just a tiny grain of faith, you realize I have everything I need, and specifically, exactly what I require. Take money, for example: whether I had ten dollars or I have thousands now—I can be equally happy, joyful, and at Peace. Conversely, I can also exist in misery and pain by comparing myself to others or even to my former self.
This is how faith acts as our central guiding thread.👍

Alexander Kern58 said:It’s funny how "freedom" and "rights" always seem to come at someone else's expense.

It just goes to show that Jesus is the only way.

Especially when you realize it's logically impossible for everyone's rights and freedoms to be met at once. Only the incarnate God of Nazareth is the actual intersection point where everything meets—or falls apart.

Honestly, this whole thing doesn't really hold up if you actually bother to read the Bible...

But here's the best part about the Holy Scripture... the humanity. None of those other books they call "sacred" ever actually teach you how to be a human being.

At the end of the day, we all just want to be human—saved, free, you know? Even better if we can manage that by breakfast. Odds are slim, but since we only get one shot, I guess we take it. Hope! Jesus!

Freedom is absolute in nature. It is the tree of life at the center.
Rights are relative in nature. They are the tree of knowledge—distinguishing good from evil—or the tree of righteousness.

God stated we are free to tend, consume, and shape the garden. But when our foundation rests on rights, we resist. We judge. We decay. We vanish.
We can choose to listen in faith and embrace life, or we can believe that joy and Peace are found through righteousness alone.
The path requires both.
That is the Truth.
Truth is eternal life. 🙂

Keith Allen3 said:It's not just that I'm bored with praying; honestly, I'm starting to get really scared of it.
Before I started praying, things were manageable. Once I began praying deeply every single day, everything collapsed into unbearable pain and hopelessness. Now, good luck trying to pray again after all that.

In my experience, a truly human relationship—defined by respect, love, acceptance, and gratitude—is what prayer actually is.
The current state requires change. We always have the power to change our choices. Life should never be boring.
Prayer shouldn't be a chore. Especially when the response to prayer is always surprising, new, and different.
Fear is simply an indicator of one's spiritual state. That can be changed easily, provided there is the will to do so. Sometimes circumstances force a change because the burden becomes too heavy to carry, but most often, it remains a choice.
Choosing between two undesirable options is often the critical moment.
At that point, whether we want to or not, we select an option that does not align with our true self (our spiritual state). That is when we accept.
Acceptance is absolute in nature. Through acceptance, we celebrate our 🙂
Pain and hopelessness vanish in an instant.
We are profoundly unique and unrepeatable. Opportunities for acceptance exist at every step. One must be brave!

Fear is a state born from the illusion of a lack of love.
This illusion is quickly recognized once I decide to practice acceptance.
Accepting myself.
Accepting those who are different from me.
Accepting our 🙂

Pain disappears quickly.
I have a personal example. After a long break, I worked so hard that I injured my muscles and body. The next day, I couldn't walk or even cough without agony. The pain in my spine was intense. I had to crawl to the bathroom on all fours...
Regardless, I held joy in my heart. Prayer is what allows one to endure everything. The physical pain remains, but the joy of living—even while bedridden—is stronger than that pain. Difficult life situations merely show us what matters, what our foundation is...
We have the choice every single moment to choose our foundation. In every unique life situation, we do it again and again... It is a game. It is beautiful to be a child.

We can resist and be grouchy (and resistance only strengthens the grouchiness), or we can accept.
Accept with gratitude. And become childlike, naive, and joyful 🎉

These are profound changes that never go unanswered.

Keith Allen3 said:But what if you spend months praying with everything you've got, only to have life hit you so hard you're standing on the edge of suicide?

I used to pray out of necessity or desire, but that isn't how it works. I expect some sort of profound answer, yet there is nothing. How is that possible?
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I can say that ever since I followed one specific piece of advice—that "everything I need, I already have"—the response has been unexpectedly immediate. It arrives within minutes of the prayer.

Prayer exists within eternity. That is why I quoted the priest. Time and location are irrelevant. Duration does not matter. What matters is the state of the spirit. My consciousness is the key.
Consciousness is my foundation. It is who I am.
The Lord's Prayer facilitates this. In prayer, I align my internal state with faith.
The response is always present.
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If my faith is tied to time and space—which are merely fleeting things—then the answer to my prayer will be just as transient. Everything follows the logic of faith.

However, there is one thing that does not follow a simple action-reaction pattern.
That is this: God's absolute love believes unconditionally in every single one of us, in our shared connection.🎉

Since we live in a relative and shifting world, there is no reason to curse anything. Any kind of thought can cross my mind. Anything can happen. But the essential thing is knowing who I am.
What is my foundation?
Through prayer, everything can be transformed into joy and wonder.
Prayer, or rather the relationship itself, is the means by which we glorify ourselves.🙂

My thoughts regarding prayer and its duration:

A Quote from a Coptic priest:
"Everything you worry about here on Earth is temporary, except for prayer.
Every single minute spent in prayer originates from eternity and returns back to it."
🙂

I have developed a specific guideline for my prayer life that I try to follow religiously: whenever you pray, you should maintain a genuine sense of total dependency.
Prayer—or rather, that kind of faith—is an absolute expression of 🙂
glory.

Most people default to resistance (I’ve certainly been there myself): it’s the path of least resistance.
Choosing to accept is a rare thing.
And making that choice is an act of faith.

By law: my belief dictates my reality.
The judgment I pass is the judgment I receive.

When I resist—the friction only gets more intense.
When I accept—the resistance vanishes 🙂

This happens because the absolute has prevailed; the law is absolute.
Laws operate with total finality.

God never stops believing in us.🙂

An orgasm has never come close to the sheer beauty of divine ecstasy.😉

Alexander Kern58 said:I don't belong anywhere.

Look, sin isn't quite what Satan tries to spin it as these days. If sin was just getting into a scrap with someone to grab some cash, or indulging a little, or being "kindhearted" while we protect animals and nature... damn it! (Yeah, it's a sin. But not because God is some villain and we’re just wild creatures made to be free with our big brains... Read more...)

Sin is a mistake—one, two, five, twenty mistakes—and then it's straight to the hell of Sheol.

I've been reborn, which means you actually read what Jesus said, realize people are still selling Him out for thirty pieces of silver today, and decide to actually follow Him.

If a woman goes after another man while her husband is still alive, she's an adulteress. Adulterers, just like all the unfaithful, end up in the lake of fire according to Revelation.

That's just sound logic from the Holy Spirit.
We can call a husband a monster and pile up mountains of evidence for a court case, then try to twist Jesus' words about how "whoever receives a child in my name receives me, the One who sent me"... and convince ourselves we're righteous...
I've actually done a case study on those losers living in luxury with their "new life in Christ," claiming Satan was ruling their marriage before.
(And I'm not talking about the mystery of the religious institution of "marriage"—basically, any legal marriage is marriage as far as I can tell.)
Then, suddenly, they show who their real daddy is, and it definitely isn't the one in heaven:

They take selfies while feeding the hungry or smuggling so-called alms to Nigeria.

A second marriage is adultery.

Unless you're truly righteous and haven't even looked at anyone else (or if you're a total jerk but stayed faithful), and a woman just goes for a walk and indulges her body a little too much... Then they say you can move on, but honestly, the ones allowed to move forward are just waiting for some Catholics to hit them with a process in a few years for like 300 bucks...

So once again, their God isn't Jesus...

The only way Jesus, the Good Shepherd, leads you from a first marriage into a second is if there is actual purity, devotion, and a death that tore you apart.

The path is narrow. It's not popular because why bother? Why not just have a little fun and burn for eternity? "My body, my choice," right? Or just crank up the music and say, "Give me everything" (as Satan would say).

P.S.
People leave relationships in tears, and marriage is a total eclipse—you can't just forget you were married and that the other person is still out there living their life. You CANNOT just jump into a new one, because that's just another lie that works today but destroys your soul and body in hell tomorrow.

What is hell?
?
Eternal condemnation.

There's a reason why the walls and clothes in your house outlive you—so you might actually stop and wonder, and finally open the Gospel.

Hell is a state of unbelief.

Even a tiny bit of faith moves mountains.
In the freedom given by God, there is salvation for me and for us—those of us struggling to remain separate from this materialistic world. Salvation lies in knowing we are all children of God existing within this temporal, material realm.

Furthermore, a holy marriage is the glory of Love, or more accurately: the glory of freedom = the glory of God.
Marriage is a path that leads us toward faith and toward repentance.

I entered into marriage in freedom and in love with my beloved.
Since we are all unique individuals, the circumstances within a marriage provide an excellent opportunity to accept those different from myself, thereby enjoying the creation of family unity.
Therefore, by embracing marriage through acceptance, respect, and gratitude for our uniqueness, we build a family that glorifies God, Freedom, Life, and Love. 🎉

Thank you, God, for marriage!
It is beautiful to live in the love of God's children. 🙂

I understand that some choose sacrifice or demand personal justice, but that leads to estrangement and breakdown. It is difficult to carry such a cross and such suffering.
Ultimately, we either accept our neighbor's will in love and turn toward them, becoming even more enamored with life, or we mistakenly believe that changing partners will solve everything.
But since we are all unique and distinct (even identical twins), the pattern repeats... We cannot sustain the illusion of necessity for long.

I am not in a marriage to fulfill my own needs for companionship. In marriage, I am complete without seeking fulfillment in another. By accepting the differences of my neighbor, I choose to create within the marriage; I choose to love. 🙂

Alexander Kern58 said:It’s my faith in Jesus Christ that pulls me through, not just some vague, misplaced idea of "faith" in general.

I live by His word. Plain and simple. And anyone who actually follows it, they're heading straight to Him.

But if you aren't living it? You're just another lawbreaker, someone Christ won't even recognize.

Look, it isn't easy, but I'd much rather take the narrow path and be safe than go any other way.

So, has anyone else here been baptized (like my brother was)?

Just to be clear, I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea:
Did Jesus not say himself that one's own faith is what brings salvation?
Example.
Mark 5:34.
He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace, and be delivered from your affliction."

Faith in someone else doesn't save anyone. Only your own faith saves you. 🙂
He saves us from our own evil. From the darkness within our own hearts.

It doesn't save you from some external evil.

We are constantly searching for evil in others when we pass judgment. It is a persistent flaw. We look for shadows in our neighbors while ignoring the darkness within ourselves.
I cannot see my own bet.

Salvation is within reach through one's own faith. It is found in acceptance—specifically in the act of loving your enemies. If I resist, I simply fade away into unbelief.
We are uniquely positioned to celebrate God, Love, Life, and Freedom through the singular expression of our own faith. 🎉

Alexander Kern58 said:Being born again means actually seeing the Kingdom of God because, through Christ's grace, you're suddenly looking at things "from above."

And boom—suddenly there’s no such thing as an annulment just for paying a fee, and every new marriage becomes adultery. Like, the absolute worst kind of sin. He is alive, He is the Way, and frankly, you should be pretty grateful for His mercy keeping you from being tossed straight into hell.

A joke? A fairy tale?

Not really. He basically tells you you'd rather gouge your eye out and walk through life one-eyed (eternally) than deal with whatever is causing you to stumble, rather than face hell. Still not getting it? Here's someone who gets your whole "vision" problem perfectly fine, sending a special message via the Word (Jesus) just for you, saying, "Hold on until the end, I'm praying for you."

Where are those two in His name? He is? The Word made flesh?

What now? Maybe a Jumbo Pepperoni from Pizza Hut will fix everything.

Sure, committing a mortal sin to temporarily fix your eyesight works great. Then His grace comes because you actually want it, and suddenly that $20 Jumbo Pizza you can't afford and your vision problems vanish—because you were carried away by the hand of the One you ignored while reading the Word on a Saturday, effectively shutting yourself off from a world that wants to drag you into a debt-ridden hell of eternal separation from Him.

You're healed.

I know that both my eyes are part of the same body. They are part of me.
And every limb of mine is part of me.
If I injure an eye or a hand, the other hand does not condemn the injured one. It does not complain. Instead, it works even harder in place of the injured limb.
Every hand knows it is part of the same body.

Do you believe that your neighbor is another part of the same body?
Do you believe we are all part of one body?
Do you believe that my enemy—your enemy, our enemy—is part of the same Body as all of us?

That is true faith: when we do not complain, do not judge, do not cut others off, and do not gouge them out. When we help another as if we were helping ourselves. As if we were helping ourselves.
That is creating in love, without the logic of this passing world.

No resistance. Just accepting the other and the different.
By loving through acceptance, I glorify God through my own faith.🎉

Alexander Kern58 said:Look, obviously we have zero clue when Jesus and his Holy Spirit decide to take the wheel.

The hardest part is just trying to shake off those dark thoughts and the paranoia—that total sense of hopelessness you get living in this broken world.

But because Jesus Christ is alive, our minds can actually handle the weight of it all, simply because He’s there.

I don't have to pull any stunts, achieve something massive, buy anything specific, or even be perfect just to be accepted.

I'm not out here attacking anyone, but when you're reborn, the Holy Spirit basically performs an intervention on your old self—it puts to rest that version of you that's stumbling through life hooked on substances, chasing cheap thrills, and treating sin and useless habits like they're nothing. We wouldn't want that rot in us.

Since nobody knows when death is gonna knock or when the Lord of lords, Jesus, is calling, the last thing you want is to spend eternity facing judgment after floating through nothingness. Honestly, waking up gasping for air because you had a nightmare from eating too much? That's pure horror.

I just really wish you would find salvation.

Jesus washes our feet; he serves us. Is he a servant or a manager?
Jesus grants us free will. He gives us life. He is a Giver, not a manager.
Jesus gives himself. Jesus does not demand. He is a Giver, not a seeker.
Furthermore, I believe that if someone feels they are being managed or sought after instead of me, it is merely a reflection of their own faith—or rather, their lack thereof.

The Holy Spirit does not condemn. He provides the judge for my own internal court based on my own faith.
The Holy Spirit burns the chaff with eternal flame and gathers the wheat into the barn.
The Holy Spirit glorifies. Everything follows one's own faith.

Jesus is alive.
He is not "coming."
Jesus is!
Death is transient; death belongs to this world. We do not.

There is no departing into eternity.
Eternity is now (there is no before or after eternity).
Eternity is timeless.
Eternity is existence.
Eternity is life.
Eternity is love.

Salvation lies in one's own faith. 😉
If you save yourself, you have saved us.
Because whatever you do for yourself, you do for us.
Do unto others as you do unto yourself.
We are absolutely all one body, even if the relative world makes it seem otherwise. It is not separate. The illusion of separation and the illusion that we have nothing to do with one another is merely an illusion created by perceived need.
But that illusion is easily recognized by looking at the log in one's own eye. 😉

Alexander Kern58 said:Look, we aren't exactly going to beat Him through some internet forum; Jesus already won that fight. We're just here so when our faith hits rock bottom, we can find some strength in the discussion, right?

For most people, Jesus is the God of mercy, not necessarily love for everyone (blasphemy against the Holy Spirit—the truth is, there's no forgiveness for that). His word judges. Period.
So, when I used that harsh term, I was talking about the ones who reject Him, the ones who consciously choose damnation, do evil, and absolutely hate the truth.

The Bible is the living Word of God; it doesn't belong to some quasi-church organization. But let's be real: you can't actually interpret it if you're drowning in booze or living in adultery. And yeah, by adultery, I mean anything outside of marriage, even just making out.

That's just the truth.

If you’re reading the Bible while wallowing in sin, all you're gonna see is your own demon and nothing else.
But if you've just stumbled and you truly don't want to sin, then you'll find the living Jesus in every single sentence.

Black Ship, we do not sow?

Are you actually living in the Word?
Because the Word tells us that others did the sowing, and we're just the ones reaping the harvest.

I am sending you to reap what you didn't even work for. Others put in the effort, and you're just stepping into their hard work?

I am just an ordinary sinner living in this relative world. Yet, I am absolutely perfect within the truth—woven from love. 🙂
Like all of us, I am a child of God. 😉>
Jesus spoke beautifully regarding what you are saying, but the narrative continues. People tend to stop the story wherever it suits them; I know I certainly do.
I will not shout, though sometimes Jesus does:

John 12:44-48
And Jesus cried out:
"Whoever believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me;
and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
I, the Light, have come into the world so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge them.
I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has someone to judge them:
the very word I have spoken—that will be the judge of them on the last day.

I, like you and everyone else, possess my own judge.
It is all based on faith.
If I believe, there is no judgment (there is no discernment of good and evil). I have chosen to accept those different from me in faith, believing we are all one Body.
If I do not believe that we are one, or if I believe the enemy needs love just as much as I do, then I am judging. In truth, I judge myself through my own choices.
To judge is to step outside of faith. It leaves me with sand at my foundation, causing me to scatter, fade, and perish.

The world only requires illusions.
There is absolutely no need for them!
Everything I require has already been given to me. 🙂

Love never judges (the tree of life).
Love gives, love accepts, it does not resist, it does not justify itself, it does not punish, and it does not judge...
Love serves.
Love gives thanks.

By resisting and judging, I fail to hold onto the Word. By resisting and judging, I believe someone else is less worthy. From a purely Divine perspective rooted in love: in those moments, I am dying.
Suffering is not accidental. It is a reflection of my choice, of my faith.
Our own faith is what saves us!
It is not Jesus who saves, for He always declares: Your own faith has saved you!
Jesus accepts the cross because I accept it myself. He always maintains faith, unlike me, as I struggle within this relative world. I am not of this relative world, yet I fall frequently because that is how we are taught...
Accepting an enemy in love is a turning point worth celebrating!

This world is magnificent. 🙂
Let us celebrate love! 🎉

Alexander Kern58 said:Hey there!

Everyone’s headed for eternity—live in Jesus, or die in this fake world.

I’m not here to play theologian or act like some preacher; if it’s His will, He’ll find someone else to do the witnessing.

I’m just looking for people who are truly free in Jesus. Maybe they don't even realize it yet, as long as they aren't fighting Him or stuck in some cult of personality or rigid dogma.

If God is their spirit and their truth...

And I mean actual truth, not just some intellectual theory or emotional hype (which is just a lie).

There was this one guy here before, I think his handle was Krishnamurti.
His signature said a time is coming when we'll see who follows the Spirit and who just follows the money.

So, anyone who isn't out here paying for books, expensive seminars, or data plans just to "elevate" themselves is potentially
welcome. (Seriously, if you think breathing exercises and yoga poses are "spirituality," please just skip this one):

Let's stick together and win in Jesus against this world of losers (that's what I call the miserable souls of this world—if I'm wrong, feel free to set me straight).

We differ slightly, but that is simply how it is. We are unique.

Life and death are much like light and darkness.
One cannot claim light is everything if darkness does not exist.
One cannot celebrate life without an awareness of dying.

I believe this life and this specific space-time is a mesmerizing thing that glorifies God. It is glorified through one's own faith.

The difference in my perspective is religious in nature compared to yours, though I accept your view as well.
My stance is this:
Believers live eternal life.

Not "they will," "if they do," "perhaps," or "eventually." Those are merely temporal logical loops.
The question of being or not being is happening now!
Either you believe or you do not.
Yes, yes, no, no...
That is the entirety of our choice. 😉

By choosing truth outside of earthly logic tied to time and space—the very foundation of faith—we are eternal, glorifying the absolute.
We are all one in love. 🙂

I haven't posted any photos on this forum yet, and I don't particularly care to learn how...
Perhaps some of my ink cartridges are older than others, or maybe it’s just how things have played out in my specific setup: the original ink is top-tier quality, and no third-party alternative can truly compete with it—a fact supported by independent testing sites. As for the budget options, only Staples has consistently delivered reliable results for me with every order. There is no color bleeding, which suggests the viscosity remains relatively consistent across the batch. Then again, this might be unique to my specific Epson Stylus Photo with its six-ink system. Regardless of the reason behind it, this is simply how it works in my case. If anyone else has had different experiences using these inks with similar models, please share your impressions.

There is a massive disparity between various third-party ink brands, even though most of them originate from China.
In my experience, the ink for the Epson Stylus Photo from Staples provides quite satisfactory print quality, which stands in stark contrast to what I have seen from ORINK or the Printer Replenishment Service.

Based on my experience, these kinds of inks are solid—the quality is nearly identical to the originals, just as you mentioned here regarding the comparison between the EPSON DX 4450 and the CISS system.

It was clear long ago EPSON offered something fundamentally different from the competition

I recently picked up a used HP OfficeJet Pro K8600.
I am satisfied with the purchase thus far.
My next steps involve sourcing refillable tanks and high-quality ink.
However, I am still weighing my options regarding an A3 Scanner/copier and a backup printer.
While visiting a local surveying firm, I noticed a very capable machine: Brother MFC-J6710DW
In my estimation, this model outperforms both the Epson WF-7525 and the WF-7515.
A standalone A3 Scanner is prohibitively expensive. This unit offers rapid A3 copying—including duplex capabilities—two paper trays, and an integrated A3 Scanner all in one package.

How does one generate a printout showing the total page count, similar to this:

I am considering purchasing a used K8600, for instance.
What specific precautions should be taken when buying pre-owned equipment?

What is the actual difference in print quality? Specifically, how much water resistance can I expect before the ink starts smearing from humidity?
In other words, what is the distinction between using an HP Thermal inkjet method versus something like an Epson WP-4025DW?
Is the HP Inkjet 2800 just as robust and built to last?
And how smart of a choice would the HP 3525 ?? laser duplex model be for an office setting?