⚖️ The Decision Wheel

How Zion People Learn to Discern the Way

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🪶 Out of all the wheels we worked through, this one may have surprised me the most.

At first, I honestly thought the Decision Wheel would simply become another symbolic diagram.

But the more we talked through it, the more practical it became.

Because eventually I realized:

Zion rises or falls through decisions.

Daily decisions.

Small decisions.

Quiet decisions nobody else even sees.

And honestly?
Most of Babylon is built one bad decision at a time.

Usually rushed.

Usually fear-based.

Usually ego-driven.

Usually disconnected from stewardship, peace, and long-term consequences.

The Nemenhah records repeatedly point toward something very different.

Not domination.

Discernment.

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🌿 One thing that deeply stands out in the records is how often people are warned about imbalance.

Pride.

Greed.

Control.

Fear.

Forgetting future generations.

Ignoring the poor.

Using authority incorrectly.

Seeking power instead of harmony.

Again and again the records seem to teach that righteous living depends on learning:

how to choose correctly.

Not merely once.

Continually.

And honestly…
that may be one of the hardest skills in mortality.

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🌅 SEEK LIGHT FIRST

One of the first lessons of the Decision Wheel is simple:

do not rush.

Babylon rushes.

Zion listens.

That line hit me hard when we were building this wheel.

Modern life trains us to:

• react instantly,
• argue quickly,
• defend ourselves immediately,
• and make emotional decisions under pressure.

But the records repeatedly point toward:

• prayer,
• stillness,
• listening,
• waiting,
• gathering understanding,
• and seeking light before acting.

The Waywalker learns:
not every decision needs to be made immediately.

Sometimes wisdom begins with slowing down.

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☀️ CONSIDER PEOPLE

The next part of the wheel asks:

“Who is affected by this choice?”

That question alone changes almost everything.

Babylon often asks:

• “What benefits me?”
• “What protects my position?”
• “What do I want?”

But Zion asks:

• “Does this bless life?”
• “Does this strengthen relationships?”
• “Does this preserve peace?”
• “How does this affect children and future generations?”

The records repeatedly emphasize stewardship over selfishness.

That includes emotional stewardship too.

Sometimes the most righteous decision is the one that preserves love instead of winning an argument.

That one hurts sometimes. 😂

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🌄 WEIGH CONSEQUENCES

The wheel then moves into discernment.

What spirit is driving this decision?

Fear?

Pride?

Greed?

Revenge?

Control?

Or:

• peace,
• wisdom,
• humility,
• stewardship,
• and truth?

The Nemenhah teachings repeatedly warn that Babylon often disguises itself as wisdom.

That’s important.

Not every “successful” decision is a righteous one.

Not every profitable path leads toward Zion.

And not every loud voice speaks truth.

Sometimes discernment means looking beyond short-term gain and asking:

“What kind of world does this choice create later?”

That is a very different way of thinking.

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❄️ CHOOSE IN PEACE

At the top of the wheel sits peace.

Not passivity.

Not weakness.

Peace.

The kind of peace that comes when a decision aligns with:

• truth,
• stewardship,
• relationship,
• and the Way of the Peacemaker.

That does not mean every decision becomes easy.

Sometimes righteous choices still hurt.

Sometimes sacrifice is required.

But deep down, the soul recognizes the difference between:

• restless confusion,
• and peaceful alignment.

That quiet peace matters more than most people realize.

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🪶 One thing I’ve started noticing is that this wheel applies almost everywhere:

• marriages,
• parenting,
• businesses,
• councils,
• friendships,
• churches,
• stewardship,
• finances,
• conflict,
• and daily living.

Honestly?
Charlene made a great observation when she pointed out this could even become a business wheel.

Because righteous decision-making is not limited to “religious life.”

The Way either affects all of life…
or eventually it affects none of it.

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🌿 I think one reason the Decision Wheel feels so powerful is because it quietly exposes Babylon’s methods.

Babylon manipulates.

Babylon pressures.

Babylon rushes.

Babylon dominates.

But Zion listens.

Zion weighs consequences.

Zion protects relationships.

Zion thinks about future generations.

Zion seeks peace before force.

That difference changes everything.

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🪶 And honestly?
I think many of us are still learning this wheel.

I know I am.

Sometimes I still rush.

Sometimes I still react emotionally.

Sometimes I still want to “win.”

But the more I study these patterns, the more I realize:
the Way of the Peacemaker is usually slower, gentler, quieter, and wiser than Babylon’s way.

And maybe that’s part of becoming Zion too.

Not becoming louder.

Becoming more aligned.

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🪶 In the next blog, we’ll move into one of the deepest and most healing wheels of the entire series:

The Healing Wheel

Not merely physical healing…
but restoring balance to:

• body,
• mind,
• relationships,
• spirit,
• and the soul itself.

That one may touch people more deeply than almost any other.

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🪶 NEW SUNDAY SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT

Starting this week and continuing over the coming Sundays, I’ll be sharing a new series called:

🌎 The Sacred Wheels of the Nemenhah

These posts are an attempt to visually and spiritually explore sacred patterns found throughout the Nemenhah records — patterns connected to:

• stewardship,
• healing,
• family,
• sacrifice,
• virtue,
• consecration,
• sacred balance,
• and the Way of the Peacemaker.

Over time, these teachings began forming what felt less like isolated doctrines and more like interconnected “wheels” of Zion living.

Not rigid systems.

Living systems.

🪶 One of the things that deeply moved me while studying these records was the role of Mohrhohnahyah (Moroni). After witnessing the collapse of his people through war, pride, greed, and division, the records suggest he and others began preserving teachings designed not merely to help people survive…

…but to help future generations learn how to live differently.

More peacefully.

More wisely.

More in harmony with the Peacemaker, creation, and one another.

🌿 These “medicine wheels” are not meant to be New Age symbols or replacements for scripture. They are simply visual teaching tools meant to help us better understand recurring Nemenhah themes:

• sacred directions,
• covenant living,
• stewardship,
• discernment,
• healing,
• and building Zion gradually through transformed hearts.

Honestly, this project has already changed the way I see the records.

Not as disconnected teachings…

…but as one living pattern quietly teaching people how to become a people of enduring peace.

Each Sunday, we’ll walk through one wheel at a time together.

Not academically.

Not dogmatically.

Just… thoughtfully.

Like sitting around a fire talking about how to walk the Way a little better in a troubled world.

🌿 I hope these posts encourage you to:

• study for yourself,
• seek the Savior more deeply,
• think about Zion differently,
• and listen more carefully for the voice of the Peacemaker in your own life.

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