2/02/2024 Golgotha

       I always wondered why Jesus said, God why have you forsaken me. Today I did a contemplation about it. This is what I got. It was God's way to answer the people of the earth.  So God comes to earth as a man. The man Jesus is born. During the course of that lifetime, God would also occupy that body.  So it was like 2 'people'  living in one body. On the hill were both the man and God persona. Toward the end of the man's life,  the God part leaves the man. Hence, Jesus feels the separation. And utters the remark. This showed the demarcation between man and God. 

       We too can get this connection by allowing divine spirit into our lives. All you have to do is invite it in. We do what we can and when we get stuck we can call on spirit with the needed assist.

       When we act from fear, nothing works right. If we do it with love we get a good result. Why because God is love. When I got angry with someone I felt the immediate  cut off from spirit which culminated in me gasping for breath. So when I'm  in congruence with spirit I didn't know it. However when the anger cut me off I felt it. So I was off the path for 5 minutes  I did not like it one bit.

1/20/2024 This Three Year Old

      Over 30 years ago, this kid tells me a secret about life. I wrote about this previously. He was sitting and playing on a 4 ft high wood deck. I was on the driveway. I said to the kid, do you remember when you were big? He shook his curly head yes. He lifted his his head and it seemed that his eyes changed in some way, darker and wider. The kid kid wasn't there anymore. Soul was now front in center. He said I like the fact that I create my own reality. I put my hand out to tap his hand and he put his through the balusters, when our hands met. I was going to ask him another question but he said I want you to leave now. The kid returned. So it was there for 1 question. 

      Looking back, it feels like yesterday.  My failure to a big degree was not to take action along these lines of thought. I wish I was more proactive. Picking a goal and focusing on it with laser precision. I could have had more fun. Some areas I did. But in others things were going good but I took my foot off the gas. I got distracted by other events. It comes to the point of reacting to life's events, instead of being the source of future events. So I let those events  dictate to me, then the other way around. But sometimes I was able to make the adjustment and rewrite the narrative. I dictated that it was time to take the fork in the road. I did good in these instances. Where I lapsed bigtime was my financial situation. It didn't become much better. A laser focus would have worked for me. But I created this life for me, no doubt about it. I am responsible for it all. This has to be your starting point, like a preset factory setting. If goals aren't being met. A reassessment is in order forthwith. Goals should be gone over every Sunday. Look at your journal and monitor your progress. This is the time to tweak it. Look at the goals money, relationships or health. Ask yourself, how can I improve upon this. What is my next form of action?  Write it down and act upon it. Due diligence is required from you. Look in mirror and say I am the one responsible for everything in my life. That means I have the control, no matter what is happening in my life. By thinking this way, you can steady the ship and keep any situation from going under.  Your ship is in dry dock for repairs, make the most of it. By making better choices and being willing to adapt to future road blocks.  No matter what be kind in word & deed always to yourself and others.

1/1/2024 Happy 2024

        This is the year that will determine which way America will go. Will we choose democracy or an autocracy.  This year will be the most critical year since 1776. This great nation that has been the light to the rest of the world can be extinguished in the blink of a vote. November 5,2024. Jan 6 th will be 3 years since these unpatriotic Americans stormed are capitol. To prevent the legal transfer of certifying the election. That spectacle will forever be inscribed into my memory banks. After seeing the movie Night&Fog and reading about WW2, I thought to myself that couldn't  happen here. I was 13. Long time ago. And now where at a precipice where it can happen.

       Religion was developed by mankind so he had a framework to get close to God. To get near God they felt would lend some comfort. In the beginning God was to be feared. Over 2,000 years ago a new message arrived. God was not to be feared but to be accepted in the arms of love. Of course man turned it into a money making enterprise. Martin luther  came along around 1550 and shook things up for the Catholic Church. He said that you can communicate with God directly without the pope. Lutherism was the result and ^Protestantism. A lot of them moved to America because they were harassed at home. Eventually they got harassed here as well, by King George the third. Enough is enough.  And they worked on getting rid of the king. They wanted a voice in how things are done. They wound up knocking off the world's number 1 super power with late help from France. The chance of that happening was pretty much close to zero. To me God was a big reason for it. The Americans would mold their government on Greek government. Democratic. The Americans were happy and showed their gratitude by putting in God we trust on their currency. 

       For our nation to survive we will have to use common sense. Are we our brother's keeper? Do we use empathy in dealing with others. Do we practice random acts of kindness? What is the answer?  Do you think that God would frown upon the above sentences? Or perhaps display a happy face.  This is why this election is critical for us as a nation. For if it goes autocratic, life here in America will devolve into a distopian reality. Where fear will rule the day and nights of the good all USofA. It would be bad for us as well as other democratic countries in the world. It will not be a pleasant place to live. It will be a struggle to just stay alive. So many times in the past, fear has ruled the day. It is my hope we turn toward the light before it is too late.

       Go in God always. Let God lead you forth. He will not steer you wrong ever. When you let God we all benefit. The more people do this the better. But it starts with you and your choice. What's it going to be?

Dec 28/2023 To Do or Not To Do

       The question is... is there free will? Some people think it's predestination others free will. I believe it to be the latter.

       I believe God is in all things, it's  awareness it's very being. He is the observer. I believe he stands pat waiting to be called upon to render help. If you do not ask, he will not give assistance usually. So when I get in trouble I will ask for help. One instance. It was an hour past dusk. I slid on some ice on a small hill going down to a stop sign. I steered my pickup into a 2 ft snow bank. So I wouldn't enter the intersection. I knew it was going to take time to dig it out and I needed to be somewhere. I only had a metal dust pan and a very small shovel. I started digging. Then I thought wait I'll ask divine spirit for help. I did and a stranger came in 2 minutes offering to help. I gave him the dust pan. With his help I got out in 15 minutes and made my appointment. Thank-you God. Always say thank-you.

       Some people use their free will for greed and power. All it takes is for one person with a strong will to do alot of damage. God sees it. He gives us the tools to use against it. Hitler was one evil character. Some people say if there is a God, why didn't he put a stop to it. Well that's easy.  Because we have free will. You don't like what's going on then do something about it. So many people acted like sheep in the axis power. Fear became their God and they acted accordingly. They collectively incured karma for those actions.  Nations that were governed by laws that were a benefit for their people rose up to confront this evil.  A little late though. If you don't nip it in the bud there will be a bigger cost to bear.  As happened during the years 1936 to 1945. That delay in action by the allies cost millions and millions of people to die before their time.  It's a good thing that the allies took action because if the axis won. It would have been 1984 (Orwell's book)  but a thousand times worse. Hitler a person that used rhetoric to vilify his perceived  enemies. Used them to promote his hateful agenda. And the people said yeah it makes sense to me. I'll vote this guy in. After he got in, he burnt down the Reichstag. That was their main governmental building. Elections were dispensed with. Then the brown shirts patrolled the streets. And fear ratcheted up. From then on people kept their mouths and eyes shut as well as their minds. When shown the death camps, they said we didn't know. Their excuse so feeble.

       So if more people call on divine spirit or God and see what happens, maybe it will make for a more happier person. When they see the benefits of this simple action, they will become secure in what God has in mind. No matter how bad it gets there will always be divine spirit waiting in the wings available to any who call upon it. Invite divine spirit into your decision making process and see for yourself.  It doesn't have to be a big thing. Like me in a snow bank. If I didn't ask I would've had to do it myself. It was far better with that help. So many times, so many times I've gotten God's lending hand. You can too.  I actually should ask more of it. My way of thinking was I got to do it myself.  Now, that is a bad habit to break. This is my number one goal to break this habit. Ask for the help and do your due diligence. Use your free will!

Dec/25/2023. God's messengers

       Jesus was born on this date 2,024 years ago. He came to deliver a message. That message was do unto others as you would have them  do  onto you. It gets to the point nicely. Have faith in your father. And all will be rendered on to you. So if you ask and do your due diligence you shall have it. This ask should come from your heart. In my father's house there are many mansions. This may refer to there being many forms of existence. These places enable soul( which is you )to learn life's lessons. That lesson is to be more loving. Earth is a hard place to learn lessons. Learning lessons here pushes soul forward briskly. People come here for that very reason. When you learn a lesson it usually comes from a hard earned experience. When you are tested again in the future, you will see if you truly learned that experience. When you pass that test. Then it's on to the next one. Tests can be small, medium and big.

      One of my asks was if there is karma ( goes around  comes around) let's see it. Well the next couple days it started. One bad thing after another for like 6 months. I said ok thats enough and then it let up. It took many months to get settled down and deal with my new reality. Painful but one thing for sure I know karma is for real. No more asking about that. People put themselves in a predicament for a reason. It's an opportunity for them to learn a lesson that they need for their soul development. They will attempt to figure that out. Their hard won efforts will give them confidence in how they perceive themselves in a self sufficient manner. That lesson is priceless. This is what you take with you when you return to the other side. Hard lessons here translate to great rewards there. You will also benefit here as well.

       Always look for the lesson, it's  there in everything. If the experience is negative look at it from a positive position. The harder you look you just might see something that you didn't expect. Be kind in word & deed always. No matter what. The more you do this the more relaxed you will become. This is giving love.

       I told this story before. A pastor sees his teenage daughter go out at night with her bad influential friends in a big city. He tries to pass his knowledge to her so as to keep her safe. He'd stay up til she got home around 3 am. He didn't like it one bit. For a couple years it wasn't working his lectures. So he asks why isn't it working? The answer comes in his head try giving love. He said I do by my words. He thought about it alot. Friday night comes, the daughter is in her way out the door it's  8 pm. The father says love you Karen. She responds in kind. At 3 am she's back. He gets out of his easy chair and says love you Karen and good night. One day he noticed she came in 2:30 am. He would always say the same thing to her. After months and months she was coming at midnight. Love you Karen. One day she said to her father I'm tired of my friends and I'm going to get new ones. Wow said the pastor to himself. Love works miracles. We can use this in our own lives to have the bigger piece of the pie. Our car squeaks, so we lube up the chassis. So if we're squeaking at home just use love instead.  It will all sort itself out. 

Merry Christmas 

Dec 11/2023 Am I My Brother's Keeper

       Read about article about a daughter  who was upset about her mother's unclear thinking.  Growing up the mother didn't take the kids to doctors too often. The kids did get their shots though. The daughter did have to take care of some health issue when she became an adult. If it was treated when she was younger she wouldn't have to contend with it today.  Now, the mother won't get her RSV shot eventhough she has asthma.  This upsets the daughter because of covid and lung virus that could kill the mother. The mother who has her covid shots then says when queried if she got the newest booster. She said she is not getting it. The daughter can't get her to reason. The mother is entrenched in conspiratorial platforms. The daughter can't make any headway with her. The advice she is given is you can still mention it to her but there is not much to be done unless she eventually is ruled to be her guardian.

       Very sad to see this happen to a loved one. Very painful.  In my family once, my mother said to my father I'm done with the doctors. My father tried to get her to change her mind. It didn't work. Four days later he says to her ok, ok then it's settled I too will no longer go to doctors as well. My mother thought about this for 61 seconds and said I will make an appointment to see the doctor.  Pop had the brain alright. Love in action. Another contentious problem solved. Good on you pop.

Dec 9/2023 Do What You Can

        I read this story about a young woman who had to go back to waiting tables in her late 30s. She was worried about if she could keep up to the grind. In 6 weeks she was comfortable in the job. She liked being of service to people. Trying to make them happy by giving good service. She liked the feeling she got seeing happy people enjoying their lives. She liked being around that environment. It fed her soul. A couple in their 50s came in  one day. They ordered  salad and bread. They said delay the main meal order. So she did. The main dinner was pasta and sauce.  It was a quick put together. Another server brought the plates over,  since she was busy. Well , that couple became enraged that the food was brought too early in their opinion. They caused a fuss. The manager had to come over and they demanded free future meal voucher. Manager said  not going to happen. So, the customer is not always right.

       So you do the best you can. Don't let the ingratitude affect  your demeanor. There are people out there who have no empathy and cannot see themselves. We have a choice to let their perceived upsettment get under our skin or not. Some people rerun the scenario through their brains trying to see what was wrong with them or their own actions. These people can rent space in your head. Your mental health is like a garden to you. You take care of it. Nurture it. So if a weed (unkind person) blows in and sets root, it is our job to quickly uproot it. Put it in the compost bin a place for waste for future garden nourishment. This experience has made for a healthier garden and a stronger you. By being kind in word and deed we show the world a better way.