Common Rights and The Law
Rights and Law can be simple to understand once the light goes on. common sense is a good start. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Even the criminal knows in his heart the difference between right and wrong. Rights are common to all people. All people recognize when they are done wrong.
As far back in history as you are willing to probe, there are two universal laws that most people will agree on.
Law #1: Do no harm. (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Don’t be a hypocrite.)
Law #2: Do all you have agreed to do (contract).
Law exits to protect rights. Right to not be intentionally harmed by others (Law #1) and agreements/contracts Law #2. All laws (contracts, charters, statutes, ordinances, policies, etc) must conform to these two principals. Law is equal for all parties. People generally agree to respect rights. Rights to Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness AKA Property. The right to keep and protect one’s rights is obvious. If one initiates violence against you, then it would only be logical that you would use violence in your defense. Wiser people know to refrain from initiating violence because they do not want violence used against them. Even criminal respect those willing to bite or fight back.
Unfortunately, there are self-appointed authorities that convince other The People that the “Authorities” are superior to The People and The Law does not protect the People. The “Authorities” may even act as if The Law does not apply to them. The People may in fact be convinced to Not defend themselves. Sound familiar? If the “Authorities” recognize that The People will assert their rights both physically and in court, than they we can all live in peace and harmony tending to their own business.
All People possess the same basic rights. Rights are equal. Rights never trespass on another’s rights. The point at which two peoples rights or authority bump up against each other is the point of negotiation and agreement. If by reasonable agreement they draw a line in the sand, and all agree to each stay on their own side, they can live in peace indefinitely. Thereby invoking law #2; Do all you have agreed to do.
When real law comes into focus
When your perspective changes, so will your attitude towards certain things or people. In my case when the light started to go on, I got rather mad. Mad at all the agents of lies, but also mad at me for accepting the lie for so long. Some who come to this knowledge, their first thought is; I am not going to take it, I am getting even. There is no even. There is either stopping wrong actions and move on, or continue in bondage. Fortunately at that time I was ready to hear and peacefully move on. So start with yourself, because for the most part by your conditioning and your ignorance, you are the responsible party by your continued acceptance. After all you can’t blame somebody else for taking what you abandoned. Decide today to peacefully change your relationships.
It has become clear by the testimony of many, that there are peaceful solutions with longer lasting and more satisfying results than fighting or getting even. When you realize there is rarely getting back what’s lost, you might just come to the conclusion that the only way to make it is to cut your losses and then build on what you have today.
Don’t Leap To Soon
One of my latest adventures was helping a few people see law in relation to the legal system differently so they could prevail over adversaries who had no real cause against them. To win is more of a mindset of confidence, having wisdom and knowledge and not just legal tricks. People would meet me at a seminar or get my name from a friend or friend of a friend and call me up and ask or even beg for help. Usually I just try to point them in the right direction with a brief outline of my belief system. Occasionally I sympathized with their plight and agreed to help them for some fuzzy promise to make it up to me for my time when they could. After all I had to eat too. And frankly the things I have seen done to good people knots my stomach just a bit. That makes it hard to resist helping if I think I can.
My particular focus is through due process to seek out actual evidence that I or another causes loss of a right. Then due process and court is used to correct wrong actions, restore lost right or gain compensation for what is lost.
Standing on or timely asserting rights, and some really good questions has power. Good questions get good answers or good silence. Good questions come from understanding, so get understanding. I will go into more detail in another article.
Questions With Bite
Here is an example of a simple challenge made by a friend of mine. An agent showed up at my friends property. The agent of course believed that he had some sort of authority. The agent gave my friend a laundry list of things to do to become “Compliant”. My friend responded basically this: “Everything you just said might be true and I am not going to argue with you.” (Picture smiling agent here) “I obey written orders very well. Please give me a written order that includes your signature and your source of authority to compel me to act. Upon verification of your authority, I will get right on it. When can I expect your written order for my examination?“ (Agent smile turns to frown) Now there is a real conversation ender. Code enforcer did not return for a year until his supervisor sent him back again to try a second bite at the apple. At the beginning of the conversation my friend said; “Did you bring that order with you?” The conversation ended shortly after that question and no agent has visited or communicated since.
As I have said before I get contacted from time to time by people who are facing code enforcement or jail or are in dire financial circumstances. These people wanted an entire personal seminar over the phone but were not even spending their own time to study so they could confirm and clarify what I taught. Even worse, half the time I had to teach them to run their computer just so they could read or edit the files they needed. If they didn’t have some basic skills and willingness to pursue their own education nobody can help them and they just might do themselves or others more harm by doing something they don’t understand. Sometimes the best way to deal with a traffic ticket is pay it instead of spending seven days in jail taking a position you don’t understand. One friend spent 7 days in jail and another one spent 21 days in jail from what started as a simple hundred dollars traffic ticket. You can spend your time studying at home or you can spend your time contemplating it at the Gray-bar Hotel. Spend the multiple hours studying instead of ignorantly fighting. Then, when you’re good and ready, try on that crash test dummy suit.
Talking with me for an hour will never substitute for hours of study and contemplation of your own belief system and preparation for challenges to it. For the people who called me if their belief system was too contrary from reality, there was little hope of their success. They frequently wanted me to help them with the latest fad process that they had no understanding of, but wanted me to “make it work”. The answer then and now is NO. I hate to say it but sometimes it is too late to correct your mistakes if you cannot come to a clear understanding of your rights and status. They wanted to suck up my time listening to their story of woe looking for a quick fix, but did not take to heart the need to study and contemplate their beliefs.
If you intend to confront or be confronted by your fellow man who acts with his illusion of authority then you must be well prepared to act in the capacity you desire to stand in. Do a little study on “parol evidence”. Parol evidence is closely associated with presumption. If your potential adversary presumes on “parol evidence” that you are an inferior or an adversary by your actions, your confessions, or your acceptance of certain assertions or presumptions then you may very well be treated as to his presumptions.
You can plan what you intend to do
Sometimes life offers more than you planned for
So prepare for what life might bring for you to do
Sometimes it’s yahoooooo that was great
Sometimes it’s Uh Oh – $%@$##&//
Life Is an Adventure – Live It
Your Friend
Tim