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Self Discovery Is….?

Published on May 22, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 0 Comments

Plato said it (Know Thyself), and every mystic has proclaimed it.

Unfortunately we are afraid of who we think we are. Christians read in Genesis 1 wherein we’re told that we were created in the IMAGE of the Creator. That sounds pretty good to me, but some just can’t conceive what it means.

Oprah interviewed Maya Angelou recently wherein Maya said she was totally transformed when she GOT that “God Loves Me”. The God-Creator of the universe, LOVES Maya. Once you GET that the creative Force of the universe LOVES you (and everyone else as well) life changes. It really changes when you GET that the Creator is not a PERSON but a PRESENCE: a presence in YOU!

God is not there or somewhere, but here, and everywhere.

The reality is that we don’t come into this world fully mature, vibrating at a frequency the same as the Force that created us. We have to grow, die, surrender, explore, and LOVE our way into a higher state of consciousness wherein we discover that we are ONE with ALL. This “self discovery” eventually leads us to the divine discovery that transforms all of life.

It takes more than looking in a mirror.

You must look deeply into the eyes of the people you meet.

Got it? :-)

Love Makes No Demands!

Published on May 21, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 3 Comments

Among other things I Corinthians 13 says (among many other things) LOVE keeps no record of wrongs.

Have you really thought about that: thought about the ramifications of such? When you put the whole chapter together it basically says that LOVE MAKES NO DEMANDS!

Many, of whom I am one, believe that God, the universe, energy, etc., is simply UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! Many of us were told that when we “joined the church”, but later we discovered that God’s Love was CONDITIONAL! God loves you IF you are GOOD, but if you are BAD, non-forgiving, and unrepentant, you’re OUTTA HERE (to a very hot spot for longer than a week).

I also came to the personal opinion that unconditional love demands unconditional freedom.

Now that will really stir up some literalists and fundamentalists, so let me just come to this point and let you consider it or not! If LOVE MAKES NO DEMANDS, if God is love, especially unconditional love, then how could he FORCE us to love him or else God would send us to hell?

How does that work? Tell me, what sense does that make for God to say OBEY ME or I’ll ship your, you know what, to where the sun (nor son)doesn’t shine!

Error On Ignorance!

Published on May 20, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 1 Comment

When it comes to what I think- color me stupid!

I know, many of you have known that for years; however, that’s not where I’m headed today: maybe another today. :-)

When it comes to erring on the side that God is BIGGER or smaller than us, go BIG! When it comes to thinking we KNOW anything about God, think again. We have IDEAS about God, and every denomination, and religion as an institution, has alot of IDEAS about God. Additionally everyone has a lot of PREJUDICES about this thing we commonly call God!

Many people like to talk about South America as they read from a MAP!

They say here’s Venezuela and here’s Bolivia, and then they read to you all of the economic and geographical data related to these two countries. I can give you a lot more insight to Venezuela since I have been there some 12-15 times. What part of Venezuela would you like information on?

And then there’s Bolivia.

Are we talking about La Paz or Santa Cruz? Talk about day and night. One is stark, dark, rocky, and with air hard to breathe. The other is humid, warm, colorful, and lush with vegetation.

When you actually VISIT the divine or walk with the Spirit, you have insights that are so much different than one who has read the book, a Bible, followed the laws, etc. So, until you have BEEN THERE, spend more time listening to those who have had the EXPERIENCE versus those who have SEEN THE MAP!

Awaken Free!

Published on May 19, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 1 Comment

I can’t tell you the number of Christians who love God, go to church 2 days a week, tithe, and serve faithfully……………and are in BONDAGE!

>Did I serve enough?
>Am I doing what a deacon should do?
>Should I give an additional offering?
>Do I need to take a Missions trip this summer?
>Have I prayed and read my Bible faithfully?
>Should I be teaching Sunday School?
>Would I be forgiven if we didn’t go to church tomorrow?

The list is endless!

David Hawkins wrote in his book, Power vs. Force, “I wake up in the morning grateful to be alive: I wake up a free man due to GRACE”! How about you? Is that the condition of your soul 2-3 times a week, once a month, or you can’t remember the last time that happened?

Has that ever been a goal for you: to AWAKEN FREE?

Brain Dead?

Published on May 18, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 0 Comments

I know that everyone has interacted with at least a couple of people who you wondered if their elevator went to the top floor.

Some people just don’t make SENSE compared to how you may see the world. We don’t necessarily look at the big picture of life, but compared to some specific topic wherein it appears that NO LOGIC was employed in the discussion. However, that’s not ALWAYS a BAD thing. If the individual had by-passed LOGIC to exercise INTUITION, that could be a very good thing.

In fact, Fran Grace says, “Intuitive understanding progressively replaces ‘thinkingness’ over time if we’re increasing our consciousness.”

The highest levels of vibration are where we find enlightenment; however, we don’t start at the top, but must work our way up the ladder of consciousness. Just because some people don’t THINK like we do doesn’t mean they are wrong. It just could be that they’re hearing from a higher Source-Vibration than we!

Isn’t there a story somewhere about the Creator using an ASS to speak truth?

Being….. Before Beings?

Published on May 17, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 0 Comments

One has to love the Garden Allegory as well as the metaphorical creation story.

I can’t tell you how many people have told me that God is still RESTING after the six days of creation. Really?

>I thought God was ALL POWERFUL!
>Why would God NEED a REST?
>What’s HE (male “person of interest”) been doing since who-knows-when?

Have you ever heard of the concept by many of our early church fathers such as St. Thomas Aquinas? The phrase is “Deus est Ens”. I knew you’d remember this, but in case you’ve forgotten, it means- God is BEING Itself, which is vastly different than saying God as “a” Being, or worse yet, ALL Beings.

God is not a PERSON, but BEING Itself. Who can grasp such?

So, what’s this Being Itself been doing all these many billions of years, or are we to believe this entity just decided to show up some 2,000 years ago? Was this the RESTING: the period of nothing happening, boredom, and or the twiddling of metaphorical thumbs? Was God just waiting for Orthodox Jews, Roman Catholics, and American evangelicals to show up to get engaged?

I don’t think so.

Could it be that perhaps God-Creator-Consciousness, like all things, is ENERGY (unconditional loving vibration of the highest order) has been at WORK since ETERNITY (think very long time) going about creating and transforming, as all energy does, beyond anything that our MINDS can comprehend?

Works for me. Sounds interesting and exciting especially in light of just doing nothing but hanging out (RESTING) and waiting for us RELIGIOUS BEINGS to show up? Interacting with those dinosaurs and god knows what else has been going on in the universe had to be quite an exciting time(s).

God Doesn’t Forgive?

Published on May 16, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 4 Comments

The first time I READ that statement I knew I was reading an heretical author!

I say READING because I didn’t know anyone at the time I came across this statement (10 years ago?), I didn’t have any friends that would dare SAY such a thing. It took me some time to buy in to the concept, but once I was OPEN, it bore witness to my spirit-man.

The hard thing to reconcile is how could God ask us to forgive and yet he won’t-doesn’t?

That’s simple. We’re NOT God. I know that’ll come as a shock to many, but just because we are ONE with God and carry the divine nature, doesn’t mean we’re on the same level as the Creator. I surely do VIBRATE but nowhere close to the frequency that God vibrates (everything is energy and everything vibrates- even God). You see, God doesn’t FORGIVE because God doesn’t JUDGE!

Of course that’s the second shoe to drop for most people.

God doesn’t judge? Well, what about the Bible verses that syas he does? I put that in the same category of other myths such as the sun standing still in the sky, etc.

For me God is LOVE and maybe a reading of I Cor. 13 could help you prime your “thinking well”. I am probably covering way too many facets of God at the same time. It’s been said that we human can accept a 10% change in our thinking in any one month, but no more. So for those who NEED to keep believing in HELL, DUALITY, GOOD-n-BAD, this just isn’t acceptable.

But if God doesn’t JUDGE, there’s nothing to FORGIVE us for. We on the other hand are masters at judging and therefore we need a LOT of forgiveness. I know I do!

Symbolic Substance?

Published on May 15, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 0 Comments

I know, that seems like an oxymoron now doesn’t it!

When it comes to religion so many people think of symbols, metaphors, and parables as something less than that which is LITERAL. What most people today are not aware of is that the emphasis on LITERALNESS is of recent emphasis. Whatever happened to the mystique, mystery, and esoteric aspects of the spiritual life?

Unfortunately the era of Enlightenment and the advent of the scientific revolution threw a scare into religion.

The idolizing of RATIONALISM by the public took religion out of the mysterious and into the literal where one could rationally deal with a THING! However, we live and move in a symbolic universe. The Greek root SYM-BOLON means a “throwing together”. The symbols are somehow the substance.

It’s nearly impossible to talk of the universe, black holes, and God as an example without the use of symbols and metaphors. Certitude isn’t for the poets and adventurers. Symbols POINT us in the right direction. Jesus was emphatic that we understand that he wasn’t the focus. He wasn’t the one to be worshipped. He simply POINTED to the ONE!

Jesus was himself a SYMBOL. He symbolized the divine spirit within us all- the CHRISTOS!

Predigested Pablum?

Published on May 14, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 0 Comments

For anyone who may have just returned from a lengthy stay on Mars, pablum is a processed cereal for infants. The name comes from the Latin word pabulum, meaning “foodstuff”.

The name is also a metaphor for something bland, mushy, unappetizing, or infantile, and thus (paradoxically) with little worthwhile content. Okay, so what’s up with the PREDIGESTED word? I am so glad you asked and I need to confess one of my irritations before going further.

When a deep theological question is asked, I can smell the predigested religious pablum long before the first sentence is concluded. Here’s a couple of examples that set me off, even before they finish the sentence-

>Jehovah Almighty has shown me that….
>Only the inerrant Bible has the answer which….
>Everything is in God’s timing and……
>The ways of the Holy Father are….
>Only Jesus can save one who…..

I can’t tell you how many times I have seen someone ask an innocent and yet deep question only to be followed with some memorized dribble (aka predigested pablum) that bring no life and usually doesn’t even appear to answer the question being asked.

I sat predigested because the individual keeps spitting the same answers out regardless of the questions.

And yes, those bland and worthless cliches are akin to maybe 1/2% milk.

People are looking for some MEAT that they can chew on. It doesn’t have to be a filet: ground beef would help. Answering a question with a question would be good. I know that doesn’t make you look like you know it all, but then, YOU DON’T so give it up thinking such.

Break bread with those that are hungry and serve GOOD WINE while you are at it and people just might want to ask you a second question. Think maybe? :-)

Muslims Too?

Published on May 13, 2013 in Daily Commentary. 0 Comments

You mean Christians have to share HEAVEN with Muslims?

Sure. We are NOW! You see, heaven isn’t what most have created it in their minds to be It’s fun to watch some theologians trying to explain the “sheep metaphor” in John 10. Jesus simply says that there are “other sheep” not in THIS FOLD (insert whatever name or religion you want at this juncture).

If you have a keen ear you will hear the meaning of his words wherein he says THEY LISTEN TO MY VOICE (John 10:16). This surely brings up the question are YOU listening to the voice of the Universe-God-Father-Matrix, or are you just listening to the doctrines that your religion has created?

That’s a tough question to answer.

Seven chapters later, Jesus reminds us that his heart for the Kingdom means that, “ALL WILL BE ONE” (John 17:21-23). All, as in ALL? Wow, that’s a pretty big concept to grab a hold of and be happy with it. There are so many areas that this Kingdom view covers that really tears down the dogmatic precepts of most religions.

But, that’s a GOOD THING! :-)