Political satire has been with us from the beginning in cartoon and parody form since the Revolution. George Washington, the Father of Our Country, was also labeled the "stepfather of our country" as well, a harmless bit of opposition humor. It expressed the view of a segment of the population that did not agree with Washington's policies. The same is true today but in a more apparent form, and one more widely available. We see Jay Leno, Steve Colbert, and other funny men poking fun at Bush and his gang of thugs, and we take comfort in the illusion that free speech is alive and well. This is not free speech; it is entertainment pretending to be free speech.
It is, but what good is it in practical terms? Were the police in Portland, Oregon, trading one-liners with the anti-war demonstrators a couple of years back. Were the high school security guards who attacked the sixteen year-old girl in the school cafeteria, and broke her arm, just kidding around? No, friends, we are only kidding ourselves if we believe that joking about the evil political cancer that has stricken our nation will cure the malady: it going to take a lot of positive, definitive, and relentless action to recover the democratic principles that we have always held so dear, even though we may have sometimes been remiss in living up them to the fullest. As Thomas Jefferson said it, "When the government is afraid of the people, that is democracy; when the people are afraid of the government, that is tyranny."
It appears that we have both in America today. The tyranny of power corrupted beyond redemption contends with the deeply-ingrained love of liberty that is the hallmark of our society. There is no question as to who will win in the long run, history is replete with tales of empires that rose and fell, and the American Empire will fall in due course. But we the people have to wake up and start taking action.
What can we do?
First of all we can come to the understanding that the people have all the power. The lying, conniving, duplicitous, and cowardly, people who infest the highest offices in the land are scavengers. like rats who feed on unguarded, unsecured goods. They work behind the scenes, in secrecy; are we to suppose that that are proud of what they are doing? Let me ask some pointed questions and let us see how our leaders stack up.
Do you teach your children to lie? They do.
Do you teach your children to cheat? They do.
Do you teach your children to say hurtful things about others? They do.
Do you teach your children to cover up their misdeeds? They do.
Oh, I could go on. but you get the idea. Children learn from what they see, not just at home, not just at school, or in church - but everywhere! What good are all your moral teachings when they see deviant pond scum like Bush, Cheney, Perle, Rice, and the rest of the menagerie of megalomania, lie like troupers, often contradicting themselves on videos. YouTube has many examples of Bush, Cheney, and now McCain, denying that they had ever made such-and-such statement, followed by a video showing them clearly making that very same statement. Do you need a house to fall on you?
The Democratic National Convention is due to start tomorrow, the Republican to have theirs later on. Are you actually expecting an honest election? Nothing has changed since 2004; the same hackable voting machines are still out there, the local boards of the respective parties will still try to disqualify voters who oppose their party using every dirty trick in the book. And the candidates? They look different but with either one in the White House it will be business-as-usual; the money men will still call the shots, and we will still support Israel, something we should have stopped doing forty years ago.
John McCain is a certifiable nut case; just look at his videos on YouTube; he changes positions more often than I change socks. Remember the "Keating Five": he hopes you have forgotten about that little scandal. His fellow POWs in Viet Nam tell us that he was given special favors by the enemy in exchange for making propaganda films, for them and for informing on his fellow prisoners. Now he wants to be president? Bush was enough of a disaster, we can live very well without the likes of Mr. McCain.
What can we do as citizens to return our nation to constitutional principles, sound moral values, and the sovereign citizenship that the Constitution of the Unites States guarantees for us all. It is the supreme law of the land and we need leaders, and we need leaders who will uphold the Constitution, not trash it, who will put the interests of the American people first, and who will lead this nation to a new world of peace and prosperity, not the Hitlerian New World Order that the nepcom crazies have been trying to introduce. They have taken action, we therefore must also tke action.
Demonstrations do not work! All they accomplish is to give the bully boys another excuse to hurt people. They even plant agitators among the demonstrators to incite violence, and give the police an excuse to brutalize people who are just exercising their Constitutional right of free assembly. What good has ever come of protesting? Sure, we have seen videos of people being clubbed, tear gassed, knocked down, handcuffed, and arrested - but that changes nothing. And what good are protests at political gatherings when the protesters are herded into cages a hundred yards away from any cameras, candidates, or anyone else except the police that guard them. No, friends; they play rough, we must play even rougher; they work in secret, so must we; they are dedicated to their cause, we must be even more dedicated to ours. So what can we do?
Stop demonstrating! Start taking effective positive action. Got a computer, a printer, and the Internet? Good! Search out articles about the abuses of government, about the voting records of local representatives; then print these out as fliers and tack them up everywhere, place them under the windshield wipers of cars in parking lots. Email and telephone your congressmen and senators on all issues pertaining to our civil liberties: insist that they Vote American, that is, in the best interests of our nation and its people. These include jobs, affordable health care, the abolition of the Federal Reserve; separation of church and state: stop passing laws based on religious dogma; abortion, same sex marriage, Blue Laws, birth control, and anything else that gives the government a right to meddle in the private lives of people or curb their right to free expression.
Liberty is the name of this game. We enjoy freedoms that has been passed down to us by truly brave, principled men who put their very lives on the line. We are stewards of that liberty, entrusted with the holy mission of passing it on to future generations, whole and complete, not to squander it on the fantasies of cowards who see terrorists behind every bush, around every corner,and are so paranoid that their infamous Watch Lists contain children as young as five years old.
The Second American Revolution has begun; join it and together we can bring sanity back to our cherished land, before the shooting starts!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Let's Get Real!
In my last post I reiterated some of examples of the Medieval thinking and ignorance that persist in modern times, by supposedly intelligent people. Were it only in these regards (Big Bang, Time Travel, and the Zero Dilemma) that brain space and time were wasted, there wouldn't be very much to worry about, but these are only the least examples of the backward thinking that hobbles peoples' minds. Like sheep they are led along the paths laid out by the twin authoritarianisms, politics and religion, which have so come to resemble one another that it becomes harder to tell them apart. Organized religion seeks to keep the spirit bound to its toxic agenda, while politics does the same thing in more secular ways. Both keep mankind living in the past while they strive to imprison us in the present. The subject this time is elections.
Who elects the president? Surely it isn't the people that he (or she, maybe someday) pledges to serve. The presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 were travesties. Bush was appointed to office by the Supreme Court after Katherine Harris ordered the recount of the controversial Florida vote to stop. So the Oval Office was handed over to this criminal misfit by six people, Harris and five justices (a misnomer if ever there was one). There is no need to go into the crimes that this administration is guilty of, they are too well known by those not too frightened or stupid to face facts. It's time to put a stop to this imperialist nonsense and face one glaring fact: that our election system is woefully inadequate, prone to corruption, highly inefficient, and far more expensive than it need be. The answer?
The Internet, of course! All forms of commerce are regularly transacted on the Net; people buy and sell things, bank records are accessed and transactions performed with complete safety, bills are paid remotely, all on secured sites. Why not elections?
Computers are everywhere: anyone can gain access given enough time. And that brings up another question; why an election day, why not an election week? That way anyone who doesn't own a computer could go to their public library, school, or other facility, and vote. Here's how it would work;
Every American citizen has a Social Security number and the Social Security Administration has all the records on computer. It would be simple enough to build a pointer file consisting of a person's name and Social Security Number. Records in this file would be accessed only by the number and the file would return the person's name, solely for confirmation: the name and number match. Once the match has been established the person's full record would be accessed but not displayed. From this hidden record data would be read to ascertain the person's current address, city, state, and zip- and area codes. These data would be used to ensure that the proper input screens are pulled up for each level of candidacy. These screens would show the names of every candidate for every office; national, state, and local, currently being filled. If it's a presidential election year the screen showing the names of the candidates would be displayed first; if it's a mid-term election it wouldn't appear. Only active elections would be operational.
If a Senate seat is involved, the 'state' field in the hidden record would bring up the correct screen showing the candidates for that particular seat. The voter would only need to click on the button next to the name of their choice and to continue. The zip code would identify the Congressional District, bringing up the proper screen displaying the candidates for the House of Representatives. Gubernatorial elections would be handled the same way. Click, Enter, go on to the next screen. The candidates' screens would be arranged in a top-down sequence, and local elections could be covered as well. The 'city' field would access the correct screen for a particular mayoral election and any other city-wide office (dog catcher) and would cover county-wide elections as well. The information in the hidden record would have all the necessary data to correctly identify the candidates in every race.
After every screen has been operated upon, a final screen would appear showing the complete record of votes cast. This could be printed out for further reference. If the voter finds an error on this final screen, he or she can click on the line and bring up the proper screen to be re-entered: this should not happen, but...
Now the process has been completed. The voter sign off. When this happens the pointer file record will be erased, no longer accessible: one person, one vote.
As with anything, problems may arise. If the Social Security number brings up the wrong name, or no record is found, the first screen would show an 800-number that the person could call to report the anomaly and have it corrected. The operators at this number would have access to the hidden record for verification purposes in the event that someone has already accessed that account and placed a fraudulent entry. Upon verification of the caller's identity, the bogus vote would be erased and the pointer file record reactivated.
There is no reason this system could not be implimented: the technology exists. I personally have been programming computers since 1975 - not only do I know it can be done, I'd be happy to write the system myself! While the system would seem labor intensive, this problem could be addressed by assembling a shared file with all the screen templates stored there for access by local officials who would enter the proper locus identifiers and candidates' names.
It is, after all, the 21st Century.
Who elects the president? Surely it isn't the people that he (or she, maybe someday) pledges to serve. The presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 were travesties. Bush was appointed to office by the Supreme Court after Katherine Harris ordered the recount of the controversial Florida vote to stop. So the Oval Office was handed over to this criminal misfit by six people, Harris and five justices (a misnomer if ever there was one). There is no need to go into the crimes that this administration is guilty of, they are too well known by those not too frightened or stupid to face facts. It's time to put a stop to this imperialist nonsense and face one glaring fact: that our election system is woefully inadequate, prone to corruption, highly inefficient, and far more expensive than it need be. The answer?
The Internet, of course! All forms of commerce are regularly transacted on the Net; people buy and sell things, bank records are accessed and transactions performed with complete safety, bills are paid remotely, all on secured sites. Why not elections?
Computers are everywhere: anyone can gain access given enough time. And that brings up another question; why an election day, why not an election week? That way anyone who doesn't own a computer could go to their public library, school, or other facility, and vote. Here's how it would work;
Every American citizen has a Social Security number and the Social Security Administration has all the records on computer. It would be simple enough to build a pointer file consisting of a person's name and Social Security Number. Records in this file would be accessed only by the number and the file would return the person's name, solely for confirmation: the name and number match. Once the match has been established the person's full record would be accessed but not displayed. From this hidden record data would be read to ascertain the person's current address, city, state, and zip- and area codes. These data would be used to ensure that the proper input screens are pulled up for each level of candidacy. These screens would show the names of every candidate for every office; national, state, and local, currently being filled. If it's a presidential election year the screen showing the names of the candidates would be displayed first; if it's a mid-term election it wouldn't appear. Only active elections would be operational.
If a Senate seat is involved, the 'state' field in the hidden record would bring up the correct screen showing the candidates for that particular seat. The voter would only need to click on the button next to the name of their choice and
After every screen has been operated upon, a final screen would appear showing the complete record of votes cast. This could be printed out for further reference. If the voter finds an error on this final screen, he or she can click on the line and bring up the proper screen to be re-entered: this should not happen, but...
Now the process has been completed. The voter sign off. When this happens the pointer file record will be erased, no longer accessible: one person, one vote.
As with anything, problems may arise. If the Social Security number brings up the wrong name, or no record is found, the first screen would show an 800-number that the person could call to report the anomaly and have it corrected. The operators at this number would have access to the hidden record for verification purposes in the event that someone has already accessed that account and placed a fraudulent entry. Upon verification of the caller's identity, the bogus vote would be erased and the pointer file record reactivated.
There is no reason this system could not be implimented: the technology exists. I personally have been programming computers since 1975 - not only do I know it can be done, I'd be happy to write the system myself! While the system would seem labor intensive, this problem could be addressed by assembling a shared file with all the screen templates stored there for access by local officials who would enter the proper locus identifiers and candidates' names.
It is, after all, the 21st Century.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Pseudo-science and Other Errors
Big Bang
I was just viewing a couple of YouTube videos about the Q'ran and - of all things, how it supports the Big Bang Theory. Of course nothing can prove the Big Bang because it is utter, unmitigated nonsense, a modern example of Medieval thinking. There are so many things wrong with this cockamamie idea, it beggars the mind to know where to begin.
Let's begin right here, on the earth which, if the Big Bang were true, would be once again at the center of the universe (our universe, that is: there are many others). This is because the so-called "expanding universe" is expanding at a uniform distance in every direction from us. Copious astronomical data shows that we inhabit a remote region on one of our galaxy's spiral arms, of which there are twelve. Observations have also shown that the universe and everything in it is in constant motion. There is no center to the universe; it keeps evolving, and the known universe is 286 billion light-years wide; how did it reach such proportions in only 15 billion years.
Then there's the problem with the Hubble Number, an index that measures the velocity at which the farthest-flung galaxy is moving away from us. Calculations based on the 15 billion year-old universe and some other details of the theory, provide that the Hubble Number should be somewhere around 85. Observations show that it doesn't even come close, and the margin for error is a whopping ±17! Readings vary from the low thirties to the high 40's and everyone who computes this variable comes up with a different answer. Other calculations, more accurate and time-tested indicate that our 15 billion year-old universe contains stars that are 17- to 24 billion years old.
Finally, it's just poor science to begin with a conclusion and then to set about trying to prove it. This is just Creationism, a discredited bit of Medieval ideology based on the "literal interpretation" of the Bible which, in itself is nonsense. If you fill a glass half full of water you literally have a half glass of water; whether the glass is half full or half empty is an interpretation.
Time Travel
Another bit of delusional wool gathering that occupies otherwise vacant minds is the idea that we can go backward in time. Crackpots are working to design time machines when the fact is that time machines already exist: they're called clocks. Time also exists, but it is a concept, not a naturally occurring phenomenon. Ever seen clocks hanging from trees in the woods primeval? Ever see a squirrel or a raccoon wearing a wristwatch? Ever have a pigeon stop you on a downtown street and ask you for the correct time?
Time is a standard that measures change, and goes forward, never backward. In fact, any statistical conclusion based on time is false. For example; if you set a piece of raw iron down in your back yard and wait a year, it will be completely coated with rust. It isn't the time that causes the rust, but the chemical action of the atmosphere working on the iron. The same holds true for the human body; the false information that self-interested parties (doctors, drug companies, etc.) are spreading is that after a certain age (40?) you start to slow down. You become liable for heart trouble, hardening of the arteries, back pain, arthritis, and a whole slew of other disabilities. But the fact is, time has nothing whatsoever to do with it; the telling factor is the state of your health. Your body doesn't know how old it is. Choose a healthy, nutritious diet, get plenty of exercise, adequate rest, and keep in fit spiritual condition and your body will serve you well, warding off infection, healing minor injuries, and taking you wherever you want to go without a walker or electric scooter.
Finally, as time measures change, to go back to the past would involve unchanging everything that has changed between the present and the target historical date. This would involve two events, the original change and the un-change; like unscrambling an egg. Want to go back in time? Watch old movies.
The Zero Dilemma
I'm sure you've seen this in math books; 1/0 = ∞ ( a number divided by zero is infinity ). No it isn't. The reason is simple: zero is not a number. It is a symbol that represents a concept, just like the symbol of infinity; in one instance, Nothing, and in the other, Too Many. In mathematical studies of limits, functions involving maximaa and minima, the range shown under the Σ symbol is always as x ─> 0 (as x approaches zero: it never gets there).
The correct form is; 1/0 = 1. If zero represents "nothing" then by logical inference dividing by nothing is the same as not dividing by something, and if something is not divided by something else it remains unchanged.
I welcome any arguments.
I was just viewing a couple of YouTube videos about the Q'ran and - of all things, how it supports the Big Bang Theory. Of course nothing can prove the Big Bang because it is utter, unmitigated nonsense, a modern example of Medieval thinking. There are so many things wrong with this cockamamie idea, it beggars the mind to know where to begin.
Let's begin right here, on the earth which, if the Big Bang were true, would be once again at the center of the universe (our universe, that is: there are many others). This is because the so-called "expanding universe" is expanding at a uniform distance in every direction from us. Copious astronomical data shows that we inhabit a remote region on one of our galaxy's spiral arms, of which there are twelve. Observations have also shown that the universe and everything in it is in constant motion. There is no center to the universe; it keeps evolving, and the known universe is 286 billion light-years wide; how did it reach such proportions in only 15 billion years.
Then there's the problem with the Hubble Number, an index that measures the velocity at which the farthest-flung galaxy is moving away from us. Calculations based on the 15 billion year-old universe and some other details of the theory, provide that the Hubble Number should be somewhere around 85. Observations show that it doesn't even come close, and the margin for error is a whopping ±17! Readings vary from the low thirties to the high 40's and everyone who computes this variable comes up with a different answer. Other calculations, more accurate and time-tested indicate that our 15 billion year-old universe contains stars that are 17- to 24 billion years old.
Finally, it's just poor science to begin with a conclusion and then to set about trying to prove it. This is just Creationism, a discredited bit of Medieval ideology based on the "literal interpretation" of the Bible which, in itself is nonsense. If you fill a glass half full of water you literally have a half glass of water; whether the glass is half full or half empty is an interpretation.
Time Travel
Another bit of delusional wool gathering that occupies otherwise vacant minds is the idea that we can go backward in time. Crackpots are working to design time machines when the fact is that time machines already exist: they're called clocks. Time also exists, but it is a concept, not a naturally occurring phenomenon. Ever seen clocks hanging from trees in the woods primeval? Ever see a squirrel or a raccoon wearing a wristwatch? Ever have a pigeon stop you on a downtown street and ask you for the correct time?
Time is a standard that measures change, and goes forward, never backward. In fact, any statistical conclusion based on time is false. For example; if you set a piece of raw iron down in your back yard and wait a year, it will be completely coated with rust. It isn't the time that causes the rust, but the chemical action of the atmosphere working on the iron. The same holds true for the human body; the false information that self-interested parties (doctors, drug companies, etc.) are spreading is that after a certain age (40?) you start to slow down. You become liable for heart trouble, hardening of the arteries, back pain, arthritis, and a whole slew of other disabilities. But the fact is, time has nothing whatsoever to do with it; the telling factor is the state of your health. Your body doesn't know how old it is. Choose a healthy, nutritious diet, get plenty of exercise, adequate rest, and keep in fit spiritual condition and your body will serve you well, warding off infection, healing minor injuries, and taking you wherever you want to go without a walker or electric scooter.
Finally, as time measures change, to go back to the past would involve unchanging everything that has changed between the present and the target historical date. This would involve two events, the original change and the un-change; like unscrambling an egg. Want to go back in time? Watch old movies.
The Zero Dilemma
I'm sure you've seen this in math books; 1/0 = ∞ ( a number divided by zero is infinity ). No it isn't. The reason is simple: zero is not a number. It is a symbol that represents a concept, just like the symbol of infinity; in one instance, Nothing, and in the other, Too Many. In mathematical studies of limits, functions involving maximaa and minima, the range shown under the Σ symbol is always as x ─> 0 (as x approaches zero: it never gets there).
The correct form is; 1/0 = 1. If zero represents "nothing" then by logical inference dividing by nothing is the same as not dividing by something, and if something is not divided by something else it remains unchanged.
I welcome any arguments.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Notes from Purgatory
My view of the world we live in is that it is Purgatory; a little bit of Heaven, a little bit of Hell, and a whole lot of In-between. And it seems to be sliding more into the Hell direction with each passing day. Hope we can turn things around soon; there are enough people waking up to the truth about how we are being conned and manipulated by the monied powers-that-be, using the one-two punch: Politics and Religion. For an amusing and dead-on critique of the latter, go to YouTube and search for Pat Condell - he has about 40 videos and they are all well worth watching.
But I don't want to get into all that today. Instead I would like to show you around my little piece of the world. It's a happy place most of the time, largely because I don't watch television, don't read newspapers, and don't much care about what the Fascist pigs in our governement are up to. They will answer for their crimes soon enough.
I lke my own little world better because in it I can do things to make my own life, and the lives of those who visit, better. Some of these are deeply troubled, and this piece is about one person in particular, a bittersweet story. Her name is Anna, anonymous enough as there are loads of Annas in the world. I have only known her for about three or four months but she has found a place in my heart, a real sweetheart.
One example of this happened the day after my birthday last month.
I was in a small gathering and one of my friends handed me a birthday card. Anna was there and hadn't known about my birthday. Sitting quiety she took out a pen and a small piece of paper and started working on a little picture. When it was done she handed it to me: it was a picture of a rose and a birthday greeting. I treasure that little piece of paper. What's so special? you might ask.
Well, when I first met Anna she had three monkeys on her back: drugs, alcohol, andsomething just as devastating. I have been able to help her get past the drugs and alcohol and she's beenclean and sober ever since. It's the third malady that has proven hardest to overcome: Anorexia Nervosa. You see, Anna weighs 78 pounds and was recently admitted to a local hospital with a blood pressure reading of 70/30, about as close as anybody can get to a memorial service. For twenty years she hd been isolated and depressed that it's a wonder she lived this long, but the will to live finally came to the fore and she's taking a swing at it. I have become a friend that she trusts, and with the little notes of appreciation I've received from her, it's not too hard at all. Sometimes she sinks into the darkness of despair, but when this happens she calls me and lets me guide her back to the realization that she is not alone, never has to be ever again, and that life is worth living. The last time she called from the hospital she was pretty upbeat and there's hope. She needs help with eating, and I have told her that I am pictuuring her happy, healthy, and about thirty-five pounds heavier. I'll do everything I can to help bring that vision into the fullness of realization, but there's a long way to go, and there are no guarantees. It's a day at a time, but when the day comes that Anna can have visitors she will be surpised at the group that shows up.
That's my message. Whether you are alone, depressed, feeling like life had dealt you a crappy hand, or if you are unwittingly becoming isolated with all the distractions that the modern world has to offer while the insane, narrow-minded, and bigotted ideaologues whom we know all to well are trying to take over the world, get up, get out and build relationships with others more of less fortunate thatn you are. (Boy, that was some sentence; wasn't it?) Anyway, we need to join together as the cells in the worldly body of God, the Spirit of the Universe, and allow ourselves to be led out of the new Dark Age that our cowarddly leaders are trying to fashion for us. If you can find an Anna, someone who steps up to the plate with three stikes already, you will indeed be fortunate. ot only will you have the oppotunity to help others, but you will also be helping yourself, and the rest of us who want peace and happiness.
Try it: you'll like it!
But I don't want to get into all that today. Instead I would like to show you around my little piece of the world. It's a happy place most of the time, largely because I don't watch television, don't read newspapers, and don't much care about what the Fascist pigs in our governement are up to. They will answer for their crimes soon enough.
I lke my own little world better because in it I can do things to make my own life, and the lives of those who visit, better. Some of these are deeply troubled, and this piece is about one person in particular, a bittersweet story. Her name is Anna, anonymous enough as there are loads of Annas in the world. I have only known her for about three or four months but she has found a place in my heart, a real sweetheart.
One example of this happened the day after my birthday last month.
I was in a small gathering and one of my friends handed me a birthday card. Anna was there and hadn't known about my birthday. Sitting quiety she took out a pen and a small piece of paper and started working on a little picture. When it was done she handed it to me: it was a picture of a rose and a birthday greeting. I treasure that little piece of paper. What's so special? you might ask.
Well, when I first met Anna she had three monkeys on her back: drugs, alcohol, andsomething just as devastating. I have been able to help her get past the drugs and alcohol and she's beenclean and sober ever since. It's the third malady that has proven hardest to overcome: Anorexia Nervosa. You see, Anna weighs 78 pounds and was recently admitted to a local hospital with a blood pressure reading of 70/30, about as close as anybody can get to a memorial service. For twenty years she hd been isolated and depressed that it's a wonder she lived this long, but the will to live finally came to the fore and she's taking a swing at it. I have become a friend that she trusts, and with the little notes of appreciation I've received from her, it's not too hard at all. Sometimes she sinks into the darkness of despair, but when this happens she calls me and lets me guide her back to the realization that she is not alone, never has to be ever again, and that life is worth living. The last time she called from the hospital she was pretty upbeat and there's hope. She needs help with eating, and I have told her that I am pictuuring her happy, healthy, and about thirty-five pounds heavier. I'll do everything I can to help bring that vision into the fullness of realization, but there's a long way to go, and there are no guarantees. It's a day at a time, but when the day comes that Anna can have visitors she will be surpised at the group that shows up.
That's my message. Whether you are alone, depressed, feeling like life had dealt you a crappy hand, or if you are unwittingly becoming isolated with all the distractions that the modern world has to offer while the insane, narrow-minded, and bigotted ideaologues whom we know all to well are trying to take over the world, get up, get out and build relationships with others more of less fortunate thatn you are. (Boy, that was some sentence; wasn't it?) Anyway, we need to join together as the cells in the worldly body of God, the Spirit of the Universe, and allow ourselves to be led out of the new Dark Age that our cowarddly leaders are trying to fashion for us. If you can find an Anna, someone who steps up to the plate with three stikes already, you will indeed be fortunate. ot only will you have the oppotunity to help others, but you will also be helping yourself, and the rest of us who want peace and happiness.
Try it: you'll like it!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
I AM THE CREATOR!
Blasphemy? Maybe not. Of course the majority of the religious types have been taught that God is the Creator of the universe. That's good information and, as God is the Universal Spirit of the Universe, true in that context. But true as it may be there is a dangerous loose end that needs to be tied down: that God is my Creator. It sounded plausible until I gave it some serious thought.
After I got my mind back from the Crazy Old Man in the Sky, the Christian [God], it became quite clear that I am my own creator. Until that time the Old God gave me everything I had. I was still fearful, restless, and thoroughly confused, a state common to the " faithful ", never certain just what this [God] would send my way, or what [He] would take away. I was assured by the ladies in the way-out-of-style wardrobes ( nuns ) that we " all have our crosses to bear." We just have to make the best of it. Sort of like the mantra from an old tv detective series, " Life's hard, then you die."
This [God] gave me things and took things away, often it was the same thing, especially if it was something I liked. Whenever I questioned these random ocurrences I was told that [God] had a purpose, [He] knows what's best, and stop asking questions. My life, in other words, was none of my business. I only haveto be thankful to this ersatz [God] for giving me crosses to bear and for taking stuff away from me. Not such a bargain after all.
Nonsense, in fact.
My life IS my business and no one else's. I am my own creator; my feelings, thoughts, and actions, determine the quality of my life as nothing else ever has. And it's a good life, in fact there are some times whan I have to remind myself that I am not dreaming. But this may require a bit of explaining, so here goes.
The Spirit of the Universe is eternal; without beginning, without end, so the idea that [God] manufactured everything from nothing is wrong. It's bad physics too. So how can God be the Creator of the Universe if it was never created: brough into being? The answer is: the same way a Beethoven could creat wonderful symphonies, string quartets, piano sonatas, and romances for the violin, without having to invent music. The music was ( and is ) already there! So there's the answer.
God provides the tools and materials I need to live well. The Will of God is a legacy to which I am the heir, not marching orders, not as many believe, what to do. If I use the gifts that the Spirit of the Universe gives me, it matters not at all what I do but how. Am I loving, considerate of others, unthreatening in every word and deed, helpful where a need arises? All my prayers bring success. Of course, you may be wondering how that can be.
Next time you're down on your knees beside the bed, with your hands held a ceratin way, just like in Feudal times, and talking to the ceiling, ask yourself this question; What am I praying for? Are you asking for something that the Big Fella in the sky has somehow neglected to give? Are you praying for something to happen that just has to happen? Something outside yourself?
That's not praying; it's begging for a favor from some non-existent figment of the Medieval imagination, a Zeus clone that is no more real than unicorns or flying horses. That's why the response rate is so low, and when these " prayers " seem to be answered it is always the outworking of something that was going to happen anyway. But if we can reduce the entire object of prayer to a single word to describe what we pray for, that word would be - results. Talking produces no result, only action. Have you ever taken an action that did not produce a result? And were these results not perfectly consistent with the action taken? They always are.
The Spirit of the Universe, Universal God, provides every man and woman everything we need to lead happy, successful lives. True, there is poverty and suffering in the world, horrendous dislocations and abject misery, but if you are reading these words then these conditions don't apply to you. Yet, you can be as miserable as the poorest Ethiopian if you live with a Poverty Mentality. It's not about money or property; rather, it's all about attitude. It's the old bromide: If life hands you a lemon, make lemonade; if you break an egg, make an omelette.
These are simplifications, thumbnails of approaches to life's problems that may take time and effort to realize, but they can come into being - if you work for them. You are the creator of your own fortunes, and these are determined by your attitude and outlook on life, the quality of your choices, and the energy you put into right action. There are no shortcuts, no free lunches, no free rides, but that doesn't mean that life has to be hard. Æsop told us about the tortois and the hare to make the point that slow and steady wins the race: it was true 25 centuries ago, it's true today.
Creation takes place every instant, everywhere in the universe. The Spirit of the Universe handles all that, but as concerns the quality of my life it is the quality of my own words and deeds that determine whether I will be happy, outgoing, and prosperous, or miserable, isolated, and perpetually lacking. The Bible speaks of retribution, usually considered to be a cautionary negative but which in fact can be positive as well: What goes around, comes around. It's all about what I send around. It's all about what you send around, too. Imagine if enough people could learn to live in love, gratitude, patience, and forgiveness; it would only be a matter of time before the love would be returned many times over.
Guaranteed.
After I got my mind back from the Crazy Old Man in the Sky, the Christian [God], it became quite clear that I am my own creator. Until that time the Old God gave me everything I had. I was still fearful, restless, and thoroughly confused, a state common to the " faithful ", never certain just what this [God] would send my way, or what [He] would take away. I was assured by the ladies in the way-out-of-style wardrobes ( nuns ) that we " all have our crosses to bear." We just have to make the best of it. Sort of like the mantra from an old tv detective series, " Life's hard, then you die."
This [God] gave me things and took things away, often it was the same thing, especially if it was something I liked. Whenever I questioned these random ocurrences I was told that [God] had a purpose, [He] knows what's best, and stop asking questions. My life, in other words, was none of my business. I only haveto be thankful to this ersatz [God] for giving me crosses to bear and for taking stuff away from me. Not such a bargain after all.
Nonsense, in fact.
My life IS my business and no one else's. I am my own creator; my feelings, thoughts, and actions, determine the quality of my life as nothing else ever has. And it's a good life, in fact there are some times whan I have to remind myself that I am not dreaming. But this may require a bit of explaining, so here goes.
The Spirit of the Universe is eternal; without beginning, without end, so the idea that [God] manufactured everything from nothing is wrong. It's bad physics too. So how can God be the Creator of the Universe if it was never created: brough into being? The answer is: the same way a Beethoven could creat wonderful symphonies, string quartets, piano sonatas, and romances for the violin, without having to invent music. The music was ( and is ) already there! So there's the answer.
God provides the tools and materials I need to live well. The Will of God is a legacy to which I am the heir, not marching orders, not as many believe, what to do. If I use the gifts that the Spirit of the Universe gives me, it matters not at all what I do but how. Am I loving, considerate of others, unthreatening in every word and deed, helpful where a need arises? All my prayers bring success. Of course, you may be wondering how that can be.
Next time you're down on your knees beside the bed, with your hands held a ceratin way, just like in Feudal times, and talking to the ceiling, ask yourself this question; What am I praying for? Are you asking for something that the Big Fella in the sky has somehow neglected to give? Are you praying for something to happen that just has to happen? Something outside yourself?
That's not praying; it's begging for a favor from some non-existent figment of the Medieval imagination, a Zeus clone that is no more real than unicorns or flying horses. That's why the response rate is so low, and when these " prayers " seem to be answered it is always the outworking of something that was going to happen anyway. But if we can reduce the entire object of prayer to a single word to describe what we pray for, that word would be - results. Talking produces no result, only action. Have you ever taken an action that did not produce a result? And were these results not perfectly consistent with the action taken? They always are.
The Spirit of the Universe, Universal God, provides every man and woman everything we need to lead happy, successful lives. True, there is poverty and suffering in the world, horrendous dislocations and abject misery, but if you are reading these words then these conditions don't apply to you. Yet, you can be as miserable as the poorest Ethiopian if you live with a Poverty Mentality. It's not about money or property; rather, it's all about attitude. It's the old bromide: If life hands you a lemon, make lemonade; if you break an egg, make an omelette.
These are simplifications, thumbnails of approaches to life's problems that may take time and effort to realize, but they can come into being - if you work for them. You are the creator of your own fortunes, and these are determined by your attitude and outlook on life, the quality of your choices, and the energy you put into right action. There are no shortcuts, no free lunches, no free rides, but that doesn't mean that life has to be hard. Æsop told us about the tortois and the hare to make the point that slow and steady wins the race: it was true 25 centuries ago, it's true today.
Creation takes place every instant, everywhere in the universe. The Spirit of the Universe handles all that, but as concerns the quality of my life it is the quality of my own words and deeds that determine whether I will be happy, outgoing, and prosperous, or miserable, isolated, and perpetually lacking. The Bible speaks of retribution, usually considered to be a cautionary negative but which in fact can be positive as well: What goes around, comes around. It's all about what I send around. It's all about what you send around, too. Imagine if enough people could learn to live in love, gratitude, patience, and forgiveness; it would only be a matter of time before the love would be returned many times over.
Guaranteed.
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