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    June 5, 2013

    Hon. Danny Guevencan

    Mayor

    Municipality of Dimiao

    Bohol, Philippines

    Dear Mayor Dan:

    Thank you for your hospitality during my first visit. I see that you aregood man - a humble person.

    Humility and craftiness are "enemies" but are both means to powerand wealth.

    In this planet of free will, we see men and women rose and rise togreat power and wealth either through that thing called craftiness (stealth,cunning) or through humility or a combination of these two, meaning:sometimes the person exercise craftiness, and, at other times, humility.

    When I mentioned the word "enemies", I would like to mean fromopposing camps, namely: Humility is exercised by good people whilecunning by those in the Dark Force.

    I think that's correct; but to see that "craftiness" is always wrong is

    not accurate because there is positive meaning of "crafty," namely: wise.But of course, there are two kinds of "wise" or "wisdom", namely:

    1. Worldly wisdom which excludes or overlooks a substantial portionof love for the neighbors (people, animals, plants, creation) and God and isexcessive in love for self and the self's.

    2. Godly wisdom which is nothing else but the inclusion of all partiesconcerned into a "win-win" scenarios. The key is balance: Love for Godabove all, for neighbor and yourself.

    This is the kind of love that is balanced and complete (perfect).

    The world's love equation = 600 fold love for Self (excessive)60 fold love for Neighbor (treacherous)

    and only 6fold fold love for God

    __________________

    Bad harmful 666 - immature love, biased, onerous, not all-encompassing.

    The divine Love which is well-balanced =

    600 fold love for God

    60 fold love for Neighbor (selfless & sincere)

    and only 6fold fold humble love for self

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    Good, divine 666 - mature love, all-encompassing.

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    As I hinted a while ago, "craftiness" has two meanings: a positive anda negative one.

    It is positive one when it is guided by love in the heart. This is how the

    Lord puts a fail-proof formula to avoid becoming wrong or imperfect ; Hesaid : Be cunning (correctly wise) as a serpent, but remain blameless (love-filled) like the love."

    We were taught or made to believe that Lucifer or Satan is not worthyto be followed, but here we see that Christ wanted us to follow him or atleast learn at least one thing from him, namely: to be wise!

    I state that again (which can cause many Christians to tremble): weare to copy or learn or imitate from Lucifer in becoming wise. Jesus said "Bewise as a serpent." Serpent is a main nickname of Lucifer or Satan.

    To be wise or wisdom is the development of the mind. There is

    nothing wrong in it per se. We are to cultivate our mind, to be filled withknowledge, not ignorance; with wisdom, not foolishness.

    But as Jesus showed us, man cannot spiritually stand in one "foot;"he, like we do physically, must also stand with two spiritual feet: The mindand heart are our two spiritual feet the first two spiritual pillars to be ableto stand.

    Just as we need two physical feet to walk or move forward, we tooneed our two spiritual feet (the mind and the heart) in order to advance -move forward - progress - in our non-physical as well as physical aspectsand pursuits in life.

    So, to hone the mind but neglect the heart, e.g., reject love or leavelove stunted or immature, e.g. focused only in self, and not expanded,means : to be a one-foot spiritual man. One who relies or uses or has onlyone spiritual foot. Selfish.

    Marcos was like that. He stood and relied on his mental genius,neglecting godly, neighborly love. King Nebuchadnezzar was also like that.

    Most great personalities and leaders in the past and present were andare great in mind... but sadly, they fell and failed because lasting strengthand effectiveness cannot be sustained, although it can be initially attained,

    by one foot - the foot of the mind. The heart is needed! Wisdom of the mindis not enough; love is needed! But love that is not selfish!

    What did the truly wise prophet Daniel advise king Nebuchadnezzar?He told the King : "Dear O King, in order to prevent your impending fallannounced to you via your dream, this is the anti-dote that I encourage youto do: Show Compassion To The Poor. The heart, o king, in other words.Did the King appreciate Daniel's advice?

    Sure he did.

    But did he seriously follow it? No!

    Instead, he continued in his path of pride which is always paired by alack of compassion for the poor. And one evening, as he sat on the roofgarden of his palace, he said to himself in great pride: "Is this not by myown effort? This splendor - this majesty?"

    And then the fall!

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    The problem with humans or ofbeing physical here on earth is weoften cannot see or do not see the Creator Power That Exists. All of us callthat God - our Father, but oftentimes when we sit on power and wealth, wefail or refuse to acknowledge Him as the Cause and Source of thesecomforts, and worse, we use these to abuse others! Thats the end if we

    refuse to acknowledge Him and thank Him.So it is the pitfall of worldly power and worldly wealth: we forget our

    Creator. We failed to "love Him above all, with all our heart, with all ourmind, with all our being."

    Marcos came to the point of thinking he had put everything in placeand that he was now invincible - invulnerable. What an illusion! He didn'tgive a little thought that his kidney might be his Achilles heel -- his"kamatyanan" - his weak spot. Or any part of his body for that matter. Godat any moment can cause any of our body parts to malfunction if He wantedto discipline us. To Marcos, it was his kidney.

    To Nebuchadnezzar, it was his mind - his brain - his very weak spot.Although he had developed it to become a great leader of a great empire,he allowed the germ of pride and arrogance to "kotkot" (eat up) the goodpart of his brain (mind).

    What happened to him?

    He became insane - deranged - for seven years! Purpose?

    Purpose: To humble him. He mingled with the animals in the forests.He crawled like animals. He ate leaves and grasses with the animals. Hisnails grew long like animals. In order to humble his proud mind.

    When that 7-year course ofB.S. in Humility was successfullycompleted, he was restored to his kingship and I think he prospered moreand learned the most important Lesson in this life before we go to the otherside. And that lesson is: To acknowledge God and come to willingly admire,like and love Him with all of our heart, mind and might.

    After that experience, King Nebuchadnezzar was all praise, allrespect, all love for God. To read his letters in the Book of Daniel is veryuplifting. All leaders - husbands, fathers, managers, politicians etc. - woulddo well to be familiar with the happy-ending biography of kingNebuchadnezzar. Obviously, even if Marcos read and spent much efforts to

    imitate other great leaders before him, yet Marcos failed to take specialnote of King Nebuchadnezzar's special life lesson.

    I also feel that the same fault (pride) was subtly hidden in Job's mindwhen God allowed him to be severely tested - intensely purged of probablyhis last weakness, the most hard-to-detect-and-remove spiritual germ:pride.

    If you read Job's book, especially his own discourse and self-justifications, there slowly as you read his statement, you will notice that hisprofessed love for the poor or personal humility was mixed with a dirty doseof pride. Self-righteousness. His own version. Inferior righteousness one

    which is not enough.I believe this was the last dross that God aimed to remove from the

    heart and mind of Job in order to perfect him! In many aspects, Job got100% score; but it seems to us that he only got 99% when it comes to thesubject of "Humility - Pride."

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    I hope this friendly Letter of mine, Mayor Dan, is bringing a sense ofassurance and happiness as it does to me who merely write for you whatour heavenly Father has been telling us repeatedly and in the books orScriptures. With this, you can be more assured and sure how to have asuccessful leadership in your team, in your family and other groups.

    We need to have two feet in spirit to start with. These two feet are:The heart and the mind. And they must be made of sturdy, strong materialsif you want them to become strongly pillars.

    So, how to make our mind strong? With what materials or substanceare we to compose it? Answer: Wisdom.

    How to make our pillar heart strong? Answer: Love.

    Same questions asked and answered differently but still correctly:How to make wisdom safe from the pitfall (read: encroachment) of pride?Answer: It is must be paired with love.

    This is a repeating lesson since time immemorial. Lucifer was at thetop, e.g., second in command to God. He fell. Why? Because of the wisdom+ pride. Solution : wisdom + love. Humility is a product of love. So it can bealso said: Wisdom + Humility. Love makes you humble because you care forthem. A father condescends to his little kids out of love. A husbandcondescends (humbles) himself before his wife... also because of love.

    So when you said Mayor Dan "I am not from those Guevencans whoare well-off, I interpreted it as to mean to say that you came for a humblebeginning. Am I right? If so, then, we are in for a great partnership - apartnership for development never achieved in your town by any past

    mayor.***

    Mar Uy of Alturas is a humble man. His humility is found and seen inhis extra-ordinary willingness to learn, to know, to listen and to appreciatethe value of ideas, no matter from whom it comes , e.g. from his bodegeros,from his drivers, or from his managers. He has the special ability toevaluate and value an idea apart from the person who gives it.

    But of course he also realizes that if the giver of an idea is expert orexperienced in that field, the idea must be good. That is his hint.

    So, it means that since an infant is experienced or experiencing theexperience of childhood, Mar gives more ears and heart to him more thanto others when the subject in the meeting or under consideration is aboutinfanthood!

    Stated in a different case: Mar Uy listens more to his bodegero thanhis managers when the topic is about the warehouse.

    This is one way Mary Uy shows him humility: he is extra-ordinarilyattentive when it comes to ideas to discussion. He is very alert.

    I credit that partly to his daily tennis and life-long eating of malungay.He told me, Coy, when we had small sales, our viand would be malungay.

    When we had better sales, we would buy some fish to add to ourmalungay!

    You search the entire internet (connected to all home and officecomputers all over the world), especially via Google and YouTube, and youwill be shocked: Malungay is the best vegetable in both quality and quantity

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    as well as completeness! It is No. 1 in the world. It has been overlooked formany years; but now it is discovered that malungay (moringa in English) isthe most nutrient-filled vegetable in the world!

    In my 4 years of living in Mar Uys home and working for him asCorporate Plannerand Corporate Strategist, (1989-93), I saw the role thatmalungay and humility played, did and do for Alturas! It seems to me thatmalungay and humility are partners in helping the owners of Alturas reachthe height they have reached now.

    Malungay has to do with alert mind, not just healthy body. Humility isin tandem with love. I can say that the owners of Alturas have greater lovethan many of us have, in the sense that they do not know how to utterhurting word to people especially their employees. They are not perfect butwhat surprises me is their lack of hurting spirit even during the time whenthey chide or rebuke their employees. I seldom heard Mam Daday rebukedher female subordinates, e.g., the sales girls and the cashiers, but I can

    describe her rebuking words as thornless, harmless, even sweet! O comeon, where do we find such kind of attitude? Mam Daday, and also her threeolder brothers, are very much advanced than most of us when it comes tothe skill of taking good care of the heart of being very careful not to hurtthe heart of anyone.

    No I didnt say about being perfect. We are not perfect. No man isperfect. But it is nice to hear that we are described to have a pure heart a caring heart a kind heart. That already sounds like perfect love. Pureintentions. Sincerity.

    Its very good to start with the heart in its deepest and purest of

    intentions. Then we can never go wrong. And what is the purest of all pureintentions? Answer: all-encompassing love, all-including love. None isexcluded. None is neglected. None is ignored. Everyone is cared for: God,neighbors, self. The poor and the rich. The beautiful and the ugly. The highand the low.

    The man we call Jesus is our best model in this. He was a good friendof both the poor and the rich. He was only at odds with the wicked abusersof power and wealth. But to the good rich and great good leaders of histime, he was their very close friend.

    Do you know, Mayor, that among Jesus close friends were high-

    ranking Romans: Cyrenius, the governor of Asia Minor and large part of theMiddle East and the younger brother of emperor Augustus Caesar? Cyreniusbecame friend to Jesus when the latter was only an infant and the formerwas a teenager. That friendship bloomed until Cyrenius rose to power andJesus became our Savior.

    Their brotherly love affair is very touching.

    Do you know that Cornelius, the centurion of Caesarea, who wasknown to be the first gentile on record to get baptized, was a brother ofCyrenius and emperor Augustus?

    So you see, Jesus was a close friend of the 3 brothers in the royal

    family of Rome.

    When Jesus was doing His ministry, Romes high officials also becameHis disciples. They included Agricola, then the head of the Supreme Court ofRome at that time. (You can read Jesus own auto-biography, 7,500 pageslong, 25 volumes at www.franky1.com. Jesus was a perfect Leader who

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    knows how to handle power with love-humility. If all of us learn from Him,then we can immediately attain the prophesied Paradise on Earth thekingdom of God here on earth.

    My first gift to you, as my new friend, Mayor Dan is the Lords 25-volume books which is the best book on the subjects of How to be wise asa serpent without failing to be at the same time loving (humble, innocent,blameless) like a dove.

    Our goal as leaders is simple started : To be both a serpent in themind and dove in the hear at the same time Loving (humble, innocent,blameless) like a dove.

    Our goal as Leaders is simply stated: To be both a serpent in the mindand dove in the heart at the same time.

    It goes without saying that we do not aim the reverse: Dove in mindand serpent or hawk in heart!? Because to be dove in mind means to be

    bobo (dumb, nave, gullible, prey-able, easy to become a victim, easy toexploit, easy to deceive, easy to outsmart) precisely like the Filipinos ingeneral, and our Maria Claras particular: gentle-innocent but nave, easy toseduce or deceive.

    Lesson: Innocence or love has to remain in the heart, but in order forus not to be betrayed or be put in the pocket as they term it, we needalso to have wisdom in our mind to pair our love in our heart.

    Serpent in mind, Dove in heart.

    Thats the perfect Christian Character and Person that the MasterJesus was molding in each of his disciples.

    Incomplete : Serpent in mind, but notdove in the heart. Example:modern Americans.

    Incomplete : Dove in the heart, but notwise as a serpent. Example:modern Filipinos.

    Note : This is the general picture of the Filipinos for centuries, esp. ourMaria Claras. The nicknames turtle and the monkey which denotes lackof I.Q or the gullible kind of innocence, easy to deceive came to scenebecause of the Filipinos weakness in the mind against the treachery and

    exploitative mind of the foreigners.On the other hand, the Americans or foreigners (in general) wiser

    mind that oftentimes neglected love for neighbor, earns for the Americansin particular the exact description of the hawk, akin to serpent. Oldpictures of the serpents was a winged hawk or eagle and sometimes withtail.

    In the Lords 7,500-page auto-biography, He narrated this parable:The parable of The Turtle and The Hawk which interestingly best suit tothe roles the Filipinos and the American play. To wit:

    One day, there was a turtle in the field, swimming in a muddy pool.

    The sun got hotter and hotter so that the pool was turning into mud and thisturtle was trapped in the middle. Seeing his predicament, an eagle in the skyswooped down to pick him up.

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    Happy, he thanked his savior. The savior (i.e., the eagle) gave a grin andcontinued to bring the turtle up to the clouds.

    Wow! the turtle exclaimed. Ive never seen such a perspective in all mylife inside my heave shell! Thank you, friend eagle. Thank you!

    The eagle (hawk) gave a second grin and continued to soar higher andhigher and aimed for the rocks below and then and then dropped the turtle!!!The turtle was not yet through in his excitement when a great shock overwhelmedhimTHE HAWK DROPPED HIM DOWN!

    He was not through then with his shock and fear when his shell turned intonumerous splinters spread to all directions and his flesh became a hearty meal tohis hungry predator.

    Lesson of the parable: Beware of outward love or friendship driven ormotivated by hidden ulterior selfish motive!

    The Americans, whose emblem and national animal is the hawk,exactly falls in this category as we, Filipinos and the black people of thethird world countries, also fall into the role of the turtle.

    So, both camps did not after all follow the Person we claim to be ourTeacher and Master who said: Be both a hawk (serpent) and a dove. TheAmericans are hawk but not dove; the Filipinos are dove but not hawk!

    If you neglect wisdom and only possess the innocence of a dove,then, chances are you will fare like what happened to the turtle. Thatsexactly what happened and still happens to Filipinos and the black andcolored people. The hawk keeps on exploiting us. The hawk using his mind

    but neglecting his heart. He continues to take the Luciferian path of a wiseand treacherous mind, ignoring that the Lord also told us: Remain loving asa dove as you pursue wisdom in your mind.

    We certainly cannot fare well if we dont stand on our two spiritualfeet: love heart and wisdom mind.

    The roles that the American and the Filipinos play for centuries areundeniable proofs that we had not perfectly followed Christs teaching wehad not achieved the goal of character He set clearly for all of us: Be wise inthe mind like the serpent (Lucifer) but stay blameless (Loving) in your heartlike the dove (or Lamb).

    That puts an end, Mayor Dan, to this long letter, howbeit, I hope itsonly a temporary end. I wish some other time to be able to share to you theseven complete pillars of success. I have also shared well enough the firsttwo: love and wisdom. These seven pillars are the focus of our consultancyservices. We share and teach individuals as well as groups these sevenpillars of character present in God and also should be developed in manto be strong, righteous and eternal.

    The other five are: Will, Order, Earnest, Patience, Meekness (orHumility).

    They too have their own equivalent:

    Trait Name Colors

    (in the rainbow)

    Sounds

    (notes in music)

    Organ-centersinside our Body

    1. Love Red Do 1st chakra at the base

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    of our spine

    2. Wisdom Yellow Ri 2nd chakra pit of thestomach

    3. Will Orange Me 3rd

    chakra in thekidney region

    4. Order Green Fa 4th chakra near theheart

    5. Earnest Blue So 5th chakra throat

    6. Patience Indigo La 6th chakra forehead(Pituitary gland)

    7. Meekness(Humility)

    Violet Ti 7th chakra crown or topof our head

    These all have beautiful meanings. They are all very meaningful. Butwe will spend separate times, if you wish, to discuss them more deeply. It issufficient to have introduced to you in this way our consulting company andits mission.

    7-SC Pillars Consultancy Services

    Where:

    The S stands for Spirits or Spiritual attributes, attitudes,qualities and traits present in God and latent (to be awakened or cultivatedlike seeds) in man: Love, Wisdom, Will, Order, Earnest, Patience, Meekness.The Seven S

    The C stands for Chakras. The 7 Chakras are actual organs or powercenters along our spinal column from the base up to the crown of our head.If we know how to activate them or make them operational these 7 powers,then, we become powerful against poverty, against ignorance, against hate,rage and apathy, against pride, against laziness, against impatience,

    against oppression and abuses, against all kinds of sins and enemies, theinvisible enemies referred to by Paul when he wrote:

    Eph

    6:12

    [niv]For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against theauthorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces ofevil in the heavenly realms.[kjv]For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, againstpowers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickednessin high places.

    If we had mastered the 7SC already, then we can be assured that we

    can be great without the risk of falling. Lucifer fell. Marcos fell. All the restfell!

    Why?

    Answer: They forgot or failed or neglected to activate all the 7SCs!

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    That ends our first discussion regarding our consulting company orour mission to help make every one awake of their 7 powers inside each ofthem - us.

    Thank you for giving us the time. And more power to youradministration. Right start, right finish!

    Truly Yours,

    Cocoy

    Email:[email protected]

    Mobile: 0910 9158369

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