Going through these videos on the sales side of the "arms business" , puts back a lot of things in perspective : I really don't know why I used to devalue t-r-a-d-i-n-g profits. It no longer makes sense at all. Anyway, back to my study of idolatry and how it applies to trading.
Catholic by birth, but I researched a lot on the matter since about 14 or so and try to comprehend the best of many religions and spiritual movements. Staying within the single dogma is too self-limiting in my view.
I was asking so as to know which concepts you are familiar with. Are you familiar with the benefits of confessions ? and of confessions with a properly qualified priest ? Properly here being important, as we know how "false" religious people like parading religion for self-interests.
One has to believe in religion and man made religion as a way to control and tax people, and if you don't pay, in old days people would come to your farm and take, what was it 400 years of Holy wars, not too holy on receiving sides, but very much like governments. You believe in our ways or we will bomb you even though we don't live there, and it is horrible act of terrorism you should do something to us and yet bombs kill thousands of kids and civilians for the sake of believing like us. Yes, religions been around 5000 years and we still killing each other, and I am going to confess myself to another man? No chance that ever going to do again. I am devote to my maker but all else are sinners like me and you. So when someone says "proper", what one sees as proper, what are they selling? I often think religions are forced learning as a kid, easy to brainwash a kid through accepting or pain, to learn religion, "Thou shall blah blah blah" and yet try that with a tall big man, someone would get crushed. Want to feel good, help build homes for those who are down and out, help in soup kitchens, donate to future of mankind. It certainly can't hurt your trading.
Try to be open to as good understanding of as many concepts as I can, doesn't matter if I agree with them.
Hi Handle123, When I think I had grand plans for you,... I might now change my mind - kidding of course ( ). Well I fully agree with you: whenever there is opportunity, scam artists will use anything ( including religion) for their own benefits, including enrichment - because why else did "false" religious people go to bomb to the stone age some remote people if not to enrich themselves and their accomplices? Now, if these scam artists, went to wear the "religious robe", in the same vein as the wolf wears a sheep clothing, it is because real and true religious people offer something of value, and they know it. I will be honest with you: myself I shied away from religion and religious people at a certain period in my life as I saw too many of the scammers and fakes... till I understood why these people were there. This allowed me to distinguish the "real" from the "fake". What is a "false" Catholic, what is a "true" Catholic? I talk here of catholics as this religion popped up few posts ago. This was a HUGE question for me as well. Now, I have come to peace with Catholics, and realised my mistake in confusing "false"Catholics with what Catholicism is all about, I was able to understand better why some religious activities came about - including the value and benefits of confession , the extrême form being EXORCISM. No, I am not telling you specifically to get exorcised, I am just saying that there are stuff out there that work, and sometimes it is best to be humble and just give it a fair try and reap the benefits. For those - as I understand some got inspired from the exploration of exorcism - I can only applaud you to do it, as many sessions are needed. Very well done. It is about sorting out any psychological/mental/spiritual problem that has negative consequences. Let me put a link here about this aspect: http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...y-videos-part-ii.266315/page-167#post-4042518 and I would say myself that exorcism is at the front end of psychology, etc... as for one to be authorized, the "demander of exorcism" needs to tried and exhausted all the traditional ways of getting help. And, I can tell you, that these cases do exist! Now, you say that whoever you will confess to is no more saint than yourself : my question is : where does your superiority complex comes from? how do you know that your sins are less than a properly - and I emphasize it here - qualified exorcist? Feel free to ask questions about this important aspect.
I never thought I'd have to revisit the subject of exorcism for traders. when trading, do you feel like "possessed"? or as if "someone else is suddenly trading instead of you"? well well well Or do you prefer the euphemist and less dramatic statements that "sometimes when trading, it is your subconscious who starts to trade?". I leave this to your appreciation http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...y-videos-part-ii.266315/page-144#post-3991140