Choose your god wisely

“Be careful of the gods you choose, for you will reinforce each other” Jane(Seth) Roberts

When it comes down to it, we truly do embrace what we choose to be god or gods to us in life. If it’s a famous idol that we embrace then we ether try to look like that person or we try to blatantly be that person. So in knowing this as fact, even for a god or an aspect of a philosophy, it is what we choose as holy that determines who and what we will radiate within our lives. There is a source, and this source is what sources everything in existence. Everything came from it; it is everywhere all of the time and it is within everyone and everything. But this source is a vast source; it reaches the cervices of the universe and the smallest areas within our personal spaces as well. It is a source that gives us choices on how to view it, there is no one way to view this source which sources all that is and all that will ever be.

In that past, human cultures have views this source in terms of gods. These gods were basically big people who lived above us with powers over nature and such. They also had great egos as well. In Greek mythology there were a lot of gods. The purpose of these gods was to explain the natural occurrences that humans saw outside of themselves. Every god that existed back then could be proven because of a natural occurrence or a catastrophic natural past event. (There was a great volcano which occurred in Greece well over 6000 years ago. This volcano was so powerful that its force could have been felt all the way in California. The people who believed in these gods whom were referred to as the Olympians believed that the cause of this great, catastrophic shake was that of the gods warring with each other. They believed that it was the battle between the Titans and the Olympians that caused this great volcano. Their proof was the aftermath of the volcano which actually destroyed a great part of Greece and can still be seen today. They had physical proof for their god’s existence) so in saying this every aspect of every form of god or gods that existence does have something that truly happened which could back up their existence. Also, the great source which sources all is the source of all that occurs so it is the cause of these natural, great even as well (these Greek gods truly were source). If one wants to look at these natural occurrences as something negative then it can be look on as such, if one wants to look at these events as something of the positive, they can do that as well.

This source which I keep on speaking of is a source that gives unconditionally, and in doing this it empowers. It has given us the power do whatever we want in life and also the tools to do so. The mind is the greatest tool of all that this source has given us. It (this source) has also made us literally part of the physical environment that we see around us. We are made of the same stuff as the earth and the earth is made of the same stuff that the stars and stardust is. We are all one in the same with what we see, feel and touch and we have the power to change and maneuver whatever we need to in order to reach what we would consider joy in life and so with this, we have this source, which is all giving, all accepting and all understanding within us just like it exist in everything else. Things do occurring within our lives that may dictate a god or gods in the sky being angry but this is only because of our perception of what is going on, and that perception comes from somewhere within our hearts.

Right, wrong, pretty, ugly, strong and weak all are subjective perceptions that we come to conclusions about. Nothing is absolute, nothing is truly objective and nothing is made a rule of thumb without us making it so. What I consider God is an aspect of the whole that I see fit to consider God. I can’t say that my opinion on what God is happens to be the all out gossip truth of it all myself, I have no right to make such a statement (nobody does). If I were to do so I would be pointing out a bold face, fear based fib. Lately, I’ve been reading a book called “Seth Speaks” and in it is where I got the quote that I’ve used for today’s posting. In the same chapter that this quote is stated in, it also marks that we as people have this source that we call God within us but then we project it to exist outside of us. In doing this we try to connect back with it by comparing ourselves (consciously or unconsciously) to what we’ve deemed this god to be. I thought that the statement and the whole chapter in general hit a truth that not many people realize even exist. We are so unconscious of ourselves that it isn’t even funny.

Love is empowering, love gives and never ask for anything in return. Love always accepts, never hands out ultimatums, never judges in a negative way because love always understands. All love does is shine, it shines joy and it shines light and quiet frankly from simply studying nature, science, different religions and philosophies and looking at life itself I can’t help but say that God is love. Some people choose to believe in a fear based god, one that sits up in the clouds and judges us for our wrong doings. One that doesn’t understand why people do what they do, one that is absolute and that say everybody needs to follow a certain rule book to be “right” in the world. One that has a straight conditional love, one that says, “even though I love you, I will send you to an eternal damnation if you don’t do what I say and in the way that I say it”, one that kills because it is pissed, one that dislikes homosexuals with such a passion that it would damn them to an eternal hell of they don’t “straighten up”, one that just sits somewhere and says that if you don’t cater to its ego it will leave your side. Some people choose to believe in a god that simply will turn its back on us and allow us to suffer knowingly if we don’t act a certain way. This god is jealous, it doesn’t like anyone to grow over a certain aspect within their lives because it fears that they won’t love it, it wants everyone to simply praise it because this is what serves its ego the best and it will reward those who praise it and punish those who don’t. This god can’t connect with everyone because it has a limited opinion on what is right and wrong, if you happen to fall in the wrong then you are basically on your own and on the way to this eternal damnation unless you straighten up before you die. Who does this sound like to you? Doesn’t this sound like a great deal of people out there today? We live in a fear based society because too many of us believe in a fear based god. We truly reinforce this god to the fullest in ever aspect of life.

Imagine a world where the inhabitance within it really did embrace a God that is love. How would those people react? Even if one considers themselves and atheist, they still have something that they truly do consider god. It may be science, money, politics or just another person that they admire. It is simple human nature to claim something for god and radiates that which is claimed god. You don’t actually have to acknowledge a god to have one, as a matter of fact it isn’t even necessary that you do acknowledge a god if you don’t choose too, doesn’t change that fact that something still does exist within this world that you consider god. But if we all were to consider God simply love then this would be a world of love. This would be a world of acceptance, a world that doesn’t say one has to be or act a certain way to be wanted. A world that allowed others to grow in the ways that they need to grow without causing hardships for them, a world that would be free from the grips of fear. This would be a world that didn’t fear lost, this would be a world that didn’t allow the ego to run the show in life, this would be a straight “heaven on earth” world. Imagine a world that had people in it whom allowed each other to maintain every empowering and loving relationship that they gained. One that didn’t have individuals whose own egos felt threatened at any of this. Imagine a world that allowed everyone to embrace whatever religions, philosophies, or ways of life without trying to down them and making them feel like “sinners” for doing so. Imagine if every single person in your life accepted you for all and everything you were without trying to make you choose or try and make you change an aspect of it? If every single person that you encountered knew that even though situations and relationships change, love is a bond that is forever and will never be broken. Imagine a world that saw the oneness in all, a world that wants happiness for its loved ones even more then it wants happiness for itself. This would be so because in this world, people would see sparks of themselves in others, they would see growth within themselves when they saw others grow, this is the kind of world that I am aiming at; this is the kind of world that I want so THIS is the kind of GOD that I believe in. God is love to me and nothing else and this isn’t something that I am just making up, it is something that I see every single day and to me it is being proven more and more within every single breath I take.

There is a reason why Jesus the Christ overthrew Zeus the king of the gods and took over. There is a reason why the religion that Jesus is kind of (not all of the way but kind of) was the founder of is the most popular religion in the world today. This reason is because of the love and compassion that Jesus had within his lifetime. It’s because Jesus was love and Jesus felt the oneness between him and his father God as the same, the Greek gods saw themselves as separate from everybody else, not of one God and one essence like Jesus did. The Greek gods did actually serve a great purpose for their time, they were explanation for all of the natural happenings that occurred within the world but they were also very selfish. They had egos larger then the world as a whole, they wanted people to praise them just because they were more powerful and they would punish people who didn’t give them these praises. Jesus didn’t do this, but the thing is the religion that Jesus sort of founded has lost a lot of what Jesus was all about. It’s like Greek mythology all over again. People believe in this fear based god that will destroy and is jealous. There are so many paths, so many religions and so many philosophies that we can take in life. Every single one of them has a great truth that can be used as a catalyst for growth. Every last one of them can be placed on the road that leads to our happiness in life and not one is better then the other. If one wants to embrace Buddhist then it would be a powerful, and life changing religion to embrace, if one wants to do the same with Islam or Hinduism then they can be as equally life changing in a positive light. But the thing is to allow one to embrace what they choose and loving them for what they choose to embrace. This should be truly so within life, it should be simply about change, growth, and happiness. If we allow fear to stop us from embracing every single, growing, changing, shining, joyous aspect to life then we will never see the gates of heaven. I believe that the first step to becoming a loving society is to embrace a God that is love. Everybody wants love in their lives because everybody needs it. We all need love so we all need what I consider God within our lives. Without it (love) we would all die away, literally.

Imagine a God that just allowed people who embraced a certain rule book the right to breathe air. Imagine a God who didn’t let the sun shine on a certain group of people because they didn’t praise him a certain way. Imagine a God that took away gravity, strength, companionship, opportunity, and joy from a certain group of people because they weren’t apart of a certain belief system. Love gives because this is all love can do. Love allows relationships to grow in their most natural ways, love accept all that it comes in contact with; love doesn’t try to change others because it is afraid for its own ego, and love simply is strength. So I closing, even though there is a whole lot more that I could say on this subject I just want to state that a person filled with fear is a person who embraces a fear based god. A person who lives from love embraces a God that is love plain and simple. God really does dwell within us and all around us and if we embrace love, praise love, and live love then this loving God will radiate within our lives with every answer to any of our issues. Stand firm for what you believe in, grow in the way that you feel growth is best for YOU, and simply embrace love. Watch what will happen within your life and within the life of everyone who is around you. Remember this simple fact, love empowers and fear disables. It doesn’t get any simpler then that. GOD IS LOVE!!!

Namaste

Sweet Treats???

The sticky, sweet sustenance of sugar are ingested to help give our bodies a simple solution to its depleted energy, but how long will that energy last? Within every issue in life, sugary, sticky solutions arrive. It’s like candy to a baby, why not take a bite? Why not embrace the simple, the easy, the icing on the cake? I want to bask in it; I want to indulge in the sweetness no matter how quick that energy may leave me. Why not simply over eat? Lets just devourer all of the sticky treats that lay at hand. It’s like heaven in a plate, a dish of delectable deserts. So if I eat them all then I will gain the feeling of being satisfied. Or maybe those sweet treats my just sit in my gut and cause it to protrude. Is this what I want? A fat gut at the cost of the sweets? Do I want to feel again depleted of energy in a few moments because I’ve chosen the sweet treats as my only sustenance? And so it is with life, wisdom and knowledge are at hand but then the lucidness of just giving in is there as well. Feed the mind with insight, not junk. Stand for what you feel you should, remain in growth and keep it going. Never give in to fear no matter what. Never allow others to dictate what is good for YOU. If one can’t accept you for all that you are they truly aren’t accepting YOU. If it is only an aspect and not the whole then how is that love? If they allow the sweet treats to remain but frown at the nutritional entrées then what are they to you? A growth will occur; it can occur in a bad, ugly growth or in a beautiful, enlightening, strengthening growth. Evolution is happening right now and change will transpire. These sticky treats may be tasty for the moment but why would you want to fill up on junk? Why not be free, embrace the sustenance that will take part in your growth instead. But in saying all of this; there is nothing wrong with indulging in a “sweet treat” here and there. Keep life interesting yes; but still fill yourself with the nutritional, loving, empowering sustenance for your body and soul in a plenteous manner. It’s not the all out only gossip truth that I speak, but these are my simply, very, humble opinions that I share, do what you want with them and BE LOVE!!!

Namaste : )

Give Love freely.

"If you are feeling hurt or just plain angry, don’t give in to it! Instead go and give someone an unexpected compliment, smile at a stranger, do something for someone without expecting something back in return, just go find someone and serve them in a loving manner. This really does works better then drinking, smoking, or drugging your problems away. Its guaranteed to work. You will feel better, stronger and more ready to take on whatever the world throws at you after doing any loving, kind act for another. This really works!"

There are actually endorphins that are release within our physical, bodily structure after we do a kind act that gives even a physical reason why my quote which I used above is truth. We are loving individuals because we come from love and love truly is the answer to every issue bad or good. Someone that we care about may have rejected us in an unseen way, someone may have lied to us or cheated us out of something, we might even feel that things are going so bad in life that taking our very own life in itself may seem like the only solution out of a situation. We begin feeling negativity in any aspect because we align ourselves with a vibration of fear, this is what fear does, it separates us from joy and happiness, and it bars us from simply growing in a free manner. The best way to gain the vibe of love back from this fear vibe is to be love, be loving and that light of love will always outshine the darkness of fear. Simply head out, go and sweep off some elderly person's porch then leave without even letting them know you did it. You can even simply tell someone that they look lovely today without expecting anything in return, or why not just simply look a stranger in the eyes and smile at them. In doing any of these things (or any positive thing you can think of) love will shine bright, heaven on earth and within LIFE will be a step closer and you will simply feel great about yourself and about life. It really isn't hard to find someone in this fear based world to cheer up at all so the task is very easy to accomplish.

So instead of yelling at an individual because they've "pissed" you off or thinking that it would be better to hurt someone because they've hurt you, go out and be of service to someone. Seriously do this without the intentions of gaining anything back in return. If you do I promise you that happiness will spring from within your soul like a jack in the box. You will feel so euphoric that you won't even understand why you bothered to feel angry in the first place. This world is full of love and that love is the light of God. God is really everywhere all of the time but for you and me, the most potent place that God does dwell is within our hearts and souls. Simply do as God does, radiate love and joy and your whole mood will change to one of imprisonment to one of empowerment. An answer to all of your hard issues will come to you in a more potent manner if you are in a loving mood. If you aren't, don't expect insight to find you. Be love, let go of all of your issues, allow God to handle things that you find too much for you (by simply not even worrying at them) and simply serve in a positive light. I promise you that even if an answer doesn't come right away, the serving part will make you feel better, then and only then will you hear the voice of God speaking to you from within your heart and soul, and then, all will be well and everything will turn out perfect.

Namaste

Solution within

"When we are immersed in the depths of a problem, our situation is like the baby chick encased in its shell. As the chick evolves, the shell becomes a polluted and claustrophobic environment where its space, mobility, and plenitude are challenged. God does not step up to the plate and "solve" this problem for the chick. The solution has already been placed in the seed of the chick's existence-the chick pecks its own way out when it has sufficiently evolved to maintain a life outside the shell. And so it is within us. All that we need to do is peck our way out of any challenging predicaments, its (our solution to an issue) is already within us, awaiting activation by our taking self-responsibility" Michael Bernard Beckwith

I've learned a lesson in life which has served me in so many ways. Its a lesson of failure and pain. I've also tried to push the reasons for my failures and pains on others in the past and with that, I've uncosciously embraced more pain. As a matter of fact, every time that I've done this I've basically empowered individuals with the charge of my happiness. Then one day I came to a realization. This came in meditation. Following my meditation session, because my mind was no longer like a body of water which was shaken up so that ever piece of muck and murkiness floated around I was able to see. My meditating calmed the waters of my mind down in a much needed way. Life is so full of hustle and bustle, we are so full of this world and its demands and within all of that mess, our mind waters become shaken up. Nothing but worldly mess floats around within our minds. Our jobs, our family issues, our financial situations, our this and our that, we never see the end of it. Then when we find ourselves in a struggle and we are hurting for a way out, we then see no one else to put our pain on but the people who are within our lives. Then we start the blame game and it never ends. It becomes never our fault. But the thing is, every solution to our problems lie within us. We do know what to do in order to get out of an issue because quiet frankly, we are the ones who put ourselves in these so called issues anyway. The issue and the solution is simply located within and calming the mind with sitting in silence (all televisions and radios must go off for this!!!!) is the quickest way to see this as fact. We must allow all of that muck which the world has place in our mind waters to settle. It needs to settle just as dirt and muck would settle to the bottom of a pond once it has arrived at a calmness within itself. Then and only then will our mind waters be clear enough for us to see a solution.

Do you think a chick which is still encased in it's shell blames the shell for its situation. Do you think it sits there and says, "damn shell, why don't you move out my way!!" or do you think that it simply comes up with a solution to get out of the shell by itself? Chicks know that they have the power to free themselves from the shell when it is time. They realize that it's all within them, this power which can give them all the freedom they need to gain. We need to take a lesson from the chicks. All is located within us, we just need to find calmness within ourselves and the answer will come. It may come in the form of someone talking to us, or in the form of us leaving a relationship or a job situation that doesn't serve us. It make come in the form of us simply putting a stop to fights that we may constantly have with people in our lives and allow them to be right (even if we know they aren't). It make come in so many forms but for it to be felt, we need to first gain this insight from within. We need to feel it in our hearts and in our minds. After this occurs we will come to the realization that we are strong enough and wise enough to get out of a harsh and hurtful situation. It is all within us all, the solution to an issue always dwells with us no matter what or how harsh.

Namaste

The Ankh cross (life)

The Ankh Cross represents life (immortality) and death as one aspect of it all, also male and female, balance. It can also represent zest, joy of life, and energy. It's closely related to the looped cross that can mean fertility and life. The Ancient Egyptians used the ankh to stand for the word ʿnḫ meaning life. It is also called crux ansata, Latin for cross-with-a-handle.

Symbols are a very important aspect of humanity. Ever since humans emerged and gained the intellect that comes with the human spark, symbols have been in use. A symbol that I've come to embrace is that of the Ankh cross.

The Ankh, also known as key of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata, was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "eternal life", a triliteral sign for the consonants ˁ-n-ḫ. Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest.

Some people embrace symbols that represent suffering, some embrace symbols that represent hate. Others embrace symbols that represent the eternalness of life which is at hand. This is what the Ankh cross represents for me. It is a symbol that started as a Egyptian hieroglyphic, then it was embraced later on by certain Christian groups. It is a symbol that represents the power of life, it stands for the utter strength of God. In Egypt, gods are often represented carrying an Ankh, these gods and goddess are depicted as some of the more powerful ones. To embrace ones own God given divinity would be a great benefit in life. With a power like God's within, what could stop you from achieve great heights in life? Well, this power does dwell within all of us but some are ether afraid to embrace it or were taught that they weren't good enough to embrace it in full. It is something that dwells deep in our souls, something that gives us strength to rise out of the darkness that life sometimes puts us through, and it is a very empowering bit of wisdom to maintain. We all are One and apart of Love which is God in its truest form and I for one am not afraid to tell anyone whom I blatantly see this light shining through so. Nothing wrong with being one of the great ones to bare that Ankh, even if you don't have one of our own to bare, bare it within your heart and soul.

For me to say that nothing is needed accept belief in oneself is to cut off all of the egoic folk who want you to find God or happiness through them. It isn't cutting off God because God is just as much apart of us and with us as our own essence is. Empowerment gives and allows growth within itself, it doesn't strike fear in the hearts of its beloved. The Ankh is a powerful symbol to embrace if it is understood in an empowering way. To be love is to be one with God, to be One with God is to dwell within heaven's gates, and to dwell in heaven's gates is nothing but sheer, utter joy. If it isn't an Ankh that you choose to embrace, embrace something else that gives power and strength. To acutally make it really simply, all one actually needs to do is embrace the power of Love but even so, I personally think that Ankh cross is pretty darn cool.

Namaste

I'm not afraid!!!!!

"I'm not afraid (I'm not afraid) To take a stand (to take a stand) Everybody (everybody) Come take my hand (come take my hand)We'll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm. Just lettin you know that, you're not alone. Holla if you feel like you've been down the same road (same road)" Eminem, Not afraid

Why is this road which is full of darkness within my life for? What is this road of harsh realities real purpose for me? Why must I see myself as an aspect of the weak, too afraid to speak on things that sit within my heart ready to causee all that I am to explode? For me, the time has come, the time has arrived for me to stop walking that same road of darkness within any aspect of my life and make what I've been dreaming of happen. Growth has occurred in great measures for me, I've reached heights in my physical, spiritual and mental self more so then I would have ever imagined. I am definitely walking a righteous road , but I can't say that I've been placing every footed step of life on this road of righteousness.

An opportunity did recently rise within my life that might have had more promise then I could have even thought it to. This opportunity if taken just may have brought my most potent dream to reality. As a child growing up I never even imagined that I would gain an opportunity that would bring so much happiness from within me to the surface, I guess I still have a little bit of that childhood fear within me because when the opportunity presented itself I felt as if wasn't able to take advantage of it. I told myself that there was a chance that all may not turn out for the better, I also said that there was a chance that I would get rejected, I could get spoken to in a negative way and in turn could become very, very hurt. But even so, at lease I would have known, I would have known with sheer truth and strength that I did give it a go, Iwould have known that I wasn't afraid and I would have been able to grow from the experience into a better me.

We've all been given opportunities in life that seemed too good to be true. We all have dreams and hopes and these dreams and hopes are the seeds which God had planted in us for a reason. Fear truly is darkness, its like a drought, no moister. Like sheer blackness to a seedling which is in the soil, waiting for the light; ready to sprout. Fear literally "nips it in the bud" for us all. Nothing that we've dreamed of is impossible, nothing is unjust and the day will come where we all will gain an opportunity to make all that we've dreamed of and deserve come to the light of truth. We may need to go through a "dark night" to get to the shine, but even so we will gain at lease an opportunity to gain that shine. Situations as such reminds me of a biblical story that I've read in the pass, this story was about an individual named Job. I'm not going to tell the whole story here but I will share the reason why I've brought this story up. Job had faith, an unshakable faith and with that faith he knew what he wanted out of his life. He went through harsh circumstances and still maintained his faith. His faith in love (God) was what shone the light which did eventually eat away at all of the darkness which had been manifesting within his life. He did have fear at times but that aspect of love which was always with him was stronger then the darkness still. There is nothing that can shake Love because Love is all and Love is everything. It is the answer to all of our issues in life and all of our problems. Love always empowers, this is all it does and fear disables. Fear really is darkness and love is light. For a plant to grow, it needs light. It needs this light because this light is its life force. This is the same for all of the dreams that are sitting dormant within our hearts. Its the same for this dream that has been sitting in my heart ever since I've encountered "her". Now just as it is with me its time for us all of us to rise.

"And I just can't keep living this way. So starting today, I'm breaking out of this cage. I'm standing up, I'ma face my demons. I'm manning up, I'ma hold my ground, I've had enough, now I'm so fed up. Time to put my life back together right now! (now)" Eminem, Not afraid

This now moment is the only moment we ever will have, it is all that ever will be. Opportunities present themselves ONCE in a lifetime. We may get opportunities similar to those that we've passed up (if we do we are really fortunate) but it can't been counted on. So in short, this blog is about becoming empowered. If you have a career that you really want to obtain, you have a person whom you have "deep" feeling for and you want them to be with you and be within your life, if you have a fear that is stopping you from moving forward, you have extra weight that you really want to lose, take the step now!!! Do it now and stop living the same way you've been living. It isn't working!!!! Fear is nothing but a cage and we are all strong enough to break it. So let's all come together and face it down. I'm no longer afraid, are you??

Namaste