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Barrack Hussein Obama: What's In a Name?

By Sally Elena Lewis  

As is everybody who’s interested in who our next President will be, I’ve been looking at and listening to the candidates and looking inward for my own guidance on the subject.  In thinking about the names of the candidates, a wondering came to me about what might possibly be hidden in their very names.  This morning I awoke with this thought, which I must admit, kind of scared me.  In considering the name “Barrack Hussein Obama”, I realized that if he is elected, what do we become?  An Obama Nation.  Now, if you look at this phrase, it does seem to resemble the word abomination, does it not?  My Encarta computer dictionary defines that word as:  (1) something horrible:  an object of intense disapproval or dislike; (2) something shameful:  something that is immoral, disgusting or shameful;  (3) intense dislike:  a feeling of intense dislike or disapproval toward somebody or something.    It seems obvious to me that within this name alone there might be a warning. 

 

Then Barrack.  This is the same exact word as “barrack” which is the housing facility for military.  Let’s look it up, just for the sake of clarity.    (1) put soldiers in barracks; (2) put somebody (a group) in temporary accommodations – footnote (often passive); or in the U.K. (where our language stems from) to shout at somebody in criticism or protest.  Once again, this name seems to shout a warning that all may not be as it seems.  Having heard that there’s a certain movement afoot and barracks are being built in secret, again I wonder:  what’s in this name?  And for what purpose could a secret building project like this be for?  It seems to me (my opinion, which I believe I’m still entitled to air), that anything that’s done in secret may or may not be for our own good.  Many movements hide behind the “it’s for their own good” banner, while what it really means is “it’s for OUR own good.”  Power and money usually being the key to the treasure buried here.  

Then, on to the middle name:  Hussein.  Enough said.  Well, almost enough.  Hussein is a famous Middle Eastern name, is it not?  What it means in Arabic, I do not know, but the mere fact that it is Arabic or Muslim kind of makes me nervous, with all that’s going on and what’s at stake here in the Good Ol’ US of A.  What do you think?

I don’t know… you decide.  But, with three names that convey what could be construed as a warning, can we afford to find out we were led astray once the fox is in the henhouse?  Is it possible that the name itself tells us the intentions of the man who is calling for “change”?  Could it be possible that this change may not be for our own good?  Rhetoric is easy to put out there.  The only proof is in the pudding and God Knows, I wouldn’t really want to upset the applecart of a really good man coming into power, no matter his color.  Creed is another story.  Creed is defined as a set if religious beliefs or principles, or ANY set of beliefs or principles.  As we know from the current headache we have with the radical beliefs of some of the Muslim faith, this can be a very, very dangerous thing. 

 

We are all a summation of the things we’ve been taught and to what degree we embrace and embody them.  If we’re “living in sin” (sin herein being defined as “missing the mark” – an archery term from which the word evolved), then the real meaning of sin is to believe in something that is not the truth, thereby “missing the mark” of the way the universe itself is structured.  Belief alone does not make it so.  Belief is only an idea we have that may or may not be the truth.  Christian (Christ’s teachings) always calls for love as the basis of how we should treat each other:  our One Commandment.  Love ourselves, love each other, treat each other as we would be treated.  Well said.  How we manage to live by this credo (or not) plays out every day of our lives, in all our decisions with everyone and everything we encounter. It’s a heavy deal.  At least at times, it feels very heavy.  It does not allow for certain actions, which are the basis of the other famous Commandments:  The Big Ten.   Christ just simplified it for us simpletons, thinking maybe we could get it then.  Have we?  Not seemingly so, on some levels.  Some are “catching on” on other levels.  I guess the race is on (or should I say continues):  the famous “good vs. evil” debate and challenge of choices for us all.  A teacher of mine once spewed out these words that I loved:  Good is God’s long name.   

 

I’ve contemplated the word “evil”, and the best definition I think of is that the word is it being the word “live” backward.  Then the wondering of what does it mean to “live backward”.  Well, backward tends to evoke images of the past, so one warning here would be “don’t live in the past.”  Which means don’t carry grudges, don’t be unforgiving (since forgiveness is for the benefit of the forgiver, anyhow), don’t allow the past to equal the future, which it can easily do by carrying attitudes (and beliefs) that don’t serve to bring the best results.  The best results are, of course, the WIN/WIN.   Where there is a solution that brings good results to all concerned (or at least the majority).   Of course, this is also not an easy challenge, since in a finite world, it often appears that there can only be one winner, therefore there must also be a loser.  Not necessarily so.

 

 If we were to look at this Earth as a schoolroom (eek!), then anything that teaches us a lesson would be a win.  Another teacher once told me “If we look at our lives and it’s occurrences from the viewpoint of “vivid learning experiences”, we then begin to see the lesson lurking behind the occurrence.   While we all have been students, we tend to believe that stops when we “graduate.”  In the “classroom of life”, “graduation” would therefore indicate “after life”.  Hmmm.  Another teaching seems to crop up here:  there is an “afterlife” and how you proceed within it depends on, you know what:  the degree in which your choices followed “good” or “evil.”  Seems to be a recurring theme. 

 

 Again, back to the word “evil”.  It is said that “evil cannot see itself in the mirror.”  What the heck does this mean?  There are some who put forth that all that occurs mirrors some attitude or belief we’re holding within.   So, if this is truth (which it seems to be according to my tests), then if you don’t see that which occurs and those you meet and relate to as having anything to do with you, what is within you, then you cannot (or will not) “see in the mirror.”   Why anyone would choose being a “victim” over the idea they are a “creator” leaves no room for improvement.  If you can look inside yourself and see how the happenings of your life (no matter how heinous they may be – which is just where people don’t want to look), somehow, some way have a correlation with what you believe, how you act, what you’ve been taught, what’s right/wrong, up/down, inside/outside, what happens, what doesn’t happen, and how you respond to it all, then you’re on the path to becoming a conscious creator (made in God’s image?), not a victim of random circumstance.  

 It takes a lot of looking, there’s no doubt about that, and you won’t like everything you see, but it is one thing many of us are looking for:  the way out.  Out of what, you might ask?  Out of the domination of the ego, or what might be called the “false ego”, which wants basically two things:  (1) to be right, and (2) to be special.  Yet, at the same time, this ego tears you down and unceasingly points out how much you are lacking, in whatever department you’ve been led to believe you are not good enough (or perfect enough) to be special within.  If someone does actually achieve the two states of ego bliss as mentioned above, then they’re accused of conceit or what’s that word?  Oh yeah, I think its narcissism (defined as (1) excessive self-admiration or self-centeredness, or (2) in psychiatry, a personality disorder characterized by the patient’s overestimation of his or own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration.   Well, that’s the ego for you.  No matter what, it’s never satisfied.

 

I could go on here for days, each b.s. ego condition leading to another state of disharmony, but that was not my original intention here.  I just wanted to put forth what might be construed as a warning possibly we the people might need to see. 

Of course, I could be mistaken or wrong.   I’m not ego attached to it.  It’s just a message I received:  so don’t kill the messenger, as humans are rather inclined to do.