The Red Alert! The Fullness of Our Hearts

The Red Alert! The Fullness of Our Hearts

By Juan C. Miro

“From the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.” I believe it’s fair to extend this phrase: the body acts as well. Remember: from the fullness of your heart, you will speak and act. Jesus said it plainly:

As a social Christian psychologist, I constantly analyze behavior and behavioral patterns. In this article, I want to explore why our hearts are filled with fear and how that fear drives our lives, creating a chain reaction that has led society to its current state—what I call “red alert living”: fear, chaos, and insecurity and over indulgence. This concept is central to my book “The Gray Area: Rushing into the Great Tribulation.”

Is Pretended Happiness the Only Kind That Truly Exists?

We must pretend to be happy because a true form of happiness seem unattainable. So we all settle for pretended happiness.

No Happiness Without Intoxication

Happiness—whether for the rich, middle class, or poor of all races and creeds world wide—often involves intoxication, addiction, vanity, and frivolous sexual acts. We are addicted to drugs, greed, junk entertainment, idolatry, and sex. These addictions are clear demonstrations of our daily fear and red alert living. We fear all the danger sorrounding us and fear we will miss out on the pretended happiness of eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. All this lleads to, wars, strife,  broken relationships, abuse, violence, incest, rape, evil competition and murder, world wide..

Places We Seek Happiness

We look for happiness in bars, pubs, stadiums, games, house parties, dorm parties, barbecues—resorts, vacationing spots, any gathering usually accompanied by intoxication. The “nectar of the gods” Alcohol begins the cycle, followed by legal and illegal drugs. These events are only considered fun if alcohol or a preferred drug of choice is involved. Mom and Dad traveling or vacationing with the kids “got to have a drink”. Friends at a party “got have a drink”, an event with friends and acquaintances “got have a drink”.  Without intoxication, the clown isn’t funny, the jokes fall flat, the camaraderie is stale, the conversation is boring, and promiscuity loses its appeal. Without intoxication Violence can’t be glorified, abuse can’t be excused, and the true leader of the pack—fear—cannot be appeased, even temporarily. Fear what? Im usually asked by patients and students?  Fear of our surrounding nightmare or living under the constant threat of nuclear holocust ending our lives, fear of missing out on having all the fun that we can, fear of not accomplishing the material wealth we have been taught to desire.

Escaping Chaos

With chaos and wars erupting around the world, we seek refuge—often at resorts near beaches where “the nectar of the gods” Alcohol flows freely. Fear drives the chain reaction behind addiction, greed, and the illusion of happiness through material excess frivolous living in a rushed state. But it’s not just fear. Boredom, servitude, abuse, and insecurity also play a role.

Insecurity at Work, school, out in public, and Home

Insecure income, overwork, and underpayment trickles down into family neglect, divorce, and  abused children who become addicted and repeat the cycle of sadness we live in. This drives a desperate rush for relief through intoxication and the illusion of happiness.

Everyone—criminals and non-criminals, rich, poor, people of all races economic level and creeds—fears violence death and a sudden and violent end to their existence . A bullet, a bomb, a grenade or a rocket, affects us all the same. Fear again drives us toward intoxication, hypocritical camaraderie, abusive friendships, and unstable relationships. Physical insecurity is widespread; few if any feel truly safe and in peace.

What Can We Do About This Fear?

In therapy and everyday conversations, people often ask me, “What can we do about this fear?” My answer is always the same: start with ourselves. Strive to become spiritually peaceful, humble and mentally happy. Once we find a way to feel spiritually calm, mental happiness can follow. Until then, all we can hope for is pretended happiness through intoxication, greed, vanity,  overindulgence and abuse of our own body and  others. Without peace, true joy and happiness cannot exist. Without spiritual calmness, peace is impossible.’I came that you may have peace and have it abundantly” said Christ.

Facing Reality

To reduce fear, bitterness, and boredom—both socially and individually—we must face reality without denial and find alternatives which are available for us.. We must rid ourselves of the things that bring us fear, bitterness, and boredom but  not with intoxication and frivolous promiscuous  acts.We must rid ourselves of the rushing attitude leading us into the thoughts of “eating drinking and being merry” Rid ourselves of Junk leadership, junk education, junk governance and junk personal habits and perceptions.  In the scriptures we learn how unfortunate a society is when their happiness depends on rushed intoxication and empty overindulgences.  We need to  abandon the rush mentality with the eat drink and be merry attitude that couples with the red alert feeling, causing a disastrous daily reality, where pretended rush happiness is the end result.The truth is that most people in our society having these attitudes and mentality is what has gotten us to the brink of the great tribulation. Leaders and followers in love with excessive greed for material wealth so that they can eat drink and be merry constantly. Many who try to live that reality end up abusing drugs and alcohol and intoxication becomes addiction. The news of celebrity deaths by overdoses and how they are usually found alone in hotel rooms or pools demonstrates their endevour to drink eat and be merry continuously. Think about it what is leading them to addiction and abuse of subtances which end up taking their lives in the saddest format. People taking vacations in a hurried rush do to impatience and their fear of missing out on the pretended happiness time. Vacations in a buble in a golden prison, resorts surrounded by crime where visitors are warned about the surroundings being filled with crime and dangers they should avoid. Yet they convince themselves they had the greatest of time indulging in intoxication promiscuous frivolous sexual act pretending to be happy and bragging of their wealth, and privilege to be able to afford and do such things. “Pretended Happiness”

Let’s begin our recovery by demanding an education, leadership, media, and home rearing that does not support excessive greed, glorifis idolatry. intoxication, or rewards vanity and evil deeds with wealth to pursue Prentended happiness. Junk entertainment, education (both public and private), and home upbringing constantly bombard our minds—our spiritual homes—with messages that fuel red alert living.

Change Starts Within

Often when we think of social change we think of it as a whole, we feel if large numbers change then society could change, but we are frustrated when we think of it as a one because we feel that one cannot truly make a difference. Many believe change for society is possible if the mass or many change their view points and attitudes   But truth is just the opposite as taught by Christ, mass change is the result of individual change, that individual change in you creates the social change reaction we all want and truly desire. Individually, we must take a stand. No one can stop you from changing. Changing what? Your personal perspective which in turn changes your  behavior regarding the  red alert living, involving greed, vanity, and destructive personal habits such excessive greed and exaggerated thoughts about fun actions things like intoxication, sexual and other physical pleasures..

Luke 6:45 — “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

Change requires individual refilling of  our hearts and minds with positive thoughts—because thoughts fill our minds and hearts and according to that we act.

A Path Forward

Philippians 4:8 offers a powerful guide:

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

This is the foundation for change begins with our sixth sense. Thinking on these things—positive, godly, and peace-giving—drives transformation. Anything that is a positive thought, free from violence, greed, or vanity, overindulgence, and itoxication is worth embracing to achieve spiritual peace and eliminate the red alert living. Change is possible, but it begins with the individual thoughts we educate upon and the thoughts we harbor due to that education, and  what feed our individual minds with. You can be the change that encourages social change towards that true peace and happiness we are all looking for..