The most imporant factor behind teen violence is a child's background. If children grow up in a household where they are left to fend for themselves, they oftentimes begin using drugs, failing out of school, and becoming violent. Therefore, music doesn't have any influence on child growing up; it is lack of parental guidance that leads to violence. Nevertheless, if a child is raised in a family where right morals and values are taugh, listening to some type of "vulgar" music won't necessarily corrupt them. Children need to have a person to talk to about their problems and misgivings in life, whether it's their parents, teachers, or even their friends. Someone without these outlets tends to let their rage build up inside them until it bursts without warning. For example, Columbine killers were practically ignored by their parents. They built pipe bombs in their rooms and basements, were convicted of robberies and other crimes, and bought weapons with ease, often shooting them around their homes. If their parents would have paid more attention to them and punished them for these actions, those thirteen people may still be alive today. However, their ignorance was overlooked initially and once again music was to blame.

To hold music itself accountable for crimes committed in today's society is almost as appalling as crime itself. The criminal and their background are far more important than what kind of music they enjoyed. Maybe they were abused by their parents, ridiculed by their classmates, or scorned by their superiors. It seems that everything rational is thrown out window in favor of taking easy road for a motive. Remember, music doesn't pull trigger, suspect does.

They are many famous and influential people out there that are trying to do something to bring some awareness to themselves and to other people in process, and that is much appreciated. We need more people like that. My concern at moment is new generation being brought up now, and what examples we are giving them to set strive for in their lives. Well, we are giving them cheaper drugs (in some cases cheaper than a pack of cigarettes in some countries), we are giving them video games that help them waste their time and their brain. We are giving them magazines with pictures of beautiful models that have probably been manipulated with new technologies to make them appear perfect.

You often see this in teen magazines, and other reputable magazines. On one hand they are sending a subliminal message, through words in their articles, to treat yourself well, love your body, be good to yourself and then in same magazine they show beautiful models for a perfume advertisement or other product, with a conflicting set of subliminal messages attached. Does scent of a perfume change if worn by someone who has an extra 5 or 20 lbs? Or must you be a model for it to smell right? Well, if I were in shoes of that young woman, I would already be confused from this mixed message. I’d be depressed and feel a need to stay focused on losing weight and doing something about myself to keep up with these models. Can anyone tell me what is really going on here?

I am going to be honest with you. You may agree or disagree, you decide. I can see that you have already formulated an idea about me in your head, but this is not my concern right now. My concern is to stop playing with lives of this new generation and to start doing our share in putting values back on-track. Who else will be putting values back to their rightful place, our religious representatives, or other leaders? I think not, religions are too busy fighting each other. The concern of our leaders in government is their own chauvinistic attitudes and inflated Ego’s. We are in trouble people! We need to put pressure on religious leaders and government, and stop buying products that you or your family find offensive to you. Stop trying to fit image that they are dictating, or expecting of you. Just be yourself, otherwise you are going to stay miserable for whatever changes you made to your body or yourself. The changes you make have to be what is right for you, and not done just to cater to what going fashion is. It does not mean if a celebrity wears something, that you need to wear it. It might not fit your style or suit you. After all, you are who you are, and you cannot change that in an instant regardless what you do. Be happy with person you are and treasure what you represent and value you bring to your surroundings.

We live in a world dictated by power, whether we like it or not. This world is motivated by money, power, greed and more money. All this does is cause manipulation, aggression, chaos and for us to live in an illusionary society. We call ourselves a wise species, advanced human beings, but all of this is inflicted in lives of some young human Souls that will be suffering consequences of our wrongdoing.

The message in some magazines is noble but their advertisements only create CONTRADICTION and eliminate their good messages. And for what really, and to what extent they will go? Is it about ratings of magazine? Why do we contradict ourselves as individuals or collectively? Who will be paying price? Is it our next generation? Can anyone enlighten me?

Well, we are going to look together at word ‘contradiction’ and what it really means to us as individuals and as a society on whole. The question comes back to me, “What are you doing with, your life?” Nothing, just being glued to your TV set and getting wasted? Please take charge of your life and create a better destiny for yourself before it is too late.

What is ‘contradiction’ in my own mind’s dictionary?

Contradiction is art of saying one thing and doing another that negates your message in a direct or an indirect way. This is most simplistic definition. I will give you a very simple example here – you buy your Lotto ticket every day but you keep saying I will NEVER win Lottery. If you are buying in order to win but telling yourself that you won’t, you are contradicting what you are doing, or what your initial intent was. Just look at your day-to-day actions and see how many contradictions you experience in just one day! Listen to way you talk! Watch way government, politicians, or religious leaders talk! See for yourself how many times they contradict themselves. We live in a world full of contradictions and we are hitting a dead end!

Look, I am not trying to prove something to you or convert you to spirituality or any other form of ritual. In my opinion, even spirituality is off track these days for what it is supposed to be. What I am trying to show you is that there is a new wave of consciousness that has already existed in our universe which we have been disregarding for such a long time, and it is about time to wake up! This sense of consciousness is based on universal truth, understanding of universal flow of energy and of our Soul progression. It is not mine alone, it is already there! The only thing that will stop that consciousness, or our flow of energy, or our own growth, is firstly our own contradictions to ourselves, and secondly for all our own actions and reactions in life.

I will leave you with this thought for moment but we will continue discussion further, at a later date. We have a lifetime to explore our own truth and our own reality as human Souls in this plane, at this moment, at this time and in this space.

I hope that this will open a small light in your Soul and that you will start to discover your own consciousness. I will explore with you, and try to define laws of our universe from a consciousness level that is based on a better understanding of blue print we call our life, and to live with unconditional love and compassion. It is something we are not really accustomed to in our life as we now live it. Isn’t it?

Joseph Ghabi The Free Spirit Centre http://www.freespiritcentre.info

Joseph Ghabi’s early career began rather ‘technically’ with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Computer Science. Always intrigued by spiritual phenomena, Joseph’s spiritual life began rather early in life.