THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT

Again may I remind you this is only "MY" belief and I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I know that most of the folks I know believe fervently that there is an entity we call Satan or the Devil or a host of other names. And most of my friends and even family disagree with my philosophy concerning this subject and I must admit it probably would be easier for me to say I believe in the Devil but I choose to live and keep my spiritual beliefs true to myself.As I understand things from church and the Bible Satan was once an ArchAngel who worshipped God but the time came when this archangel decided he could do a better job with God's creation of all of us here on earth so he led a rebellion against God and was thrown out of Heaven of to this day spends his time trying his absolute best to lead all of us humans down a path of destruction. He does this by enticing us to "sin" against God by offering things to us that please our egos and our bodily desires.And he is ever so crafty by making things look so good to us "fallible" and "sinful" personalities. Now I have a question.If God is an All Knowing and All Seeing being He would have surely known that his archangel that He Himself created would one day fall into sin and rebel and would make this world a living hell for His loved creations of human beings. This being so tehn why would He go ahead and giv e this entity a birth in the first place?Now I know cause Ive heard this from many religionist that God did indeed know beforehand how things would be but that He giv es us a choice in everything so He went ahead and allowed things to transpire as they are today. Well. I just ain't buying that! It makes no sense at all to me why aLoving Father figure as God would create anything that would make our lives Harder.If this God loves us more than say our own earthly fathers Im sure He would not have createsd a devil in the first place. But way back our forefathers tried to figure out things like how we got here and what it all means. Being unable to find an explanation for the infinite with a finite mind they then just came up with all sorts of Gods and all sorts of evil influences along the way to explain people's reasons for the way they acted.Back then if a person had an epileptic seizure folks were unaware that it was a disease and automatically attributed it to the person being possessed by demons. That was probably the only thing that made sense to them at the time.Anything early humans could not explain was thought to be either God or Gods doings or also doings by evil deities sucha s the devil.And today many of these early misguided beliefs still are taught as truth to many of us.I know my belief may cause you to label me as crazy or as an atheist or whatever else you may decide. And you know what? That's really ok with me. Cause you see my personal belief system doesn't have to meet anyone's standards other than mine.And again this is "MY TRUTH" not yours. Yours may be the same they may totally different or somewhere in between. I put my beliefs out here just for the sake of making someone think a little bit.If you are content living in a world where there are demons and devils tugging at your hem thats fine by me. For me I had rather believe that any evil that resides in this world comes from a misuse of Spirit's Law which is exact yesterday, today and tomorrow.And if by chance I do an evil deed I only hope I am big enough to take responsibility for it and try to correct it and not let it happen again. I guess I have to take responsibility since in my world at least there is no "Devil" to blame it on. So there are my beliefs hope I haven't offended anyone who believes differently. I sincerely hope and pray all of you have a safe happy and fun filled 4th of July. God bless!

LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED

Maybe you're on a rocket shooting for the moon and the stars
Sometime it ends up right in your pocket or tapping on your reservoir
Maybe you're on a mission trying to get a leg across
But nobody wants to listen cause everybodys getting lost
Maybe you'd like a rainbow forever up in the sky
Or some kind of mythical figure on which you could rely
Maybe you'd like a reason for keeping it all alive
You better be ready to change like the seasons
Instead of keeping it all inside
All you need is love
When it comes to push and shove
All you need is love

Ric O'casik


"You can love other people only to the degree that you've come to love and accept yourself."
Shakti Gawain

I am an open channel for good to flow in and through me, freely, generously, cheerfully.
Science of Mind Textbook

EXPLAINING GOD

I am so thankful for you folks who read my blog and take the time to leave comments. It is through this process that I learn from you as well as delving deep into my own subconsciousness to find things I wish to write about. my entry a few days ago called Where was God when the tornado hit brought into this blog L.M. and his or her thoughts on the subject.Trying to explain my beliefs about the God I live with can be a little hard to explain especially when someone has an entirely different philosophy about things.As hard as I might try to "explain" my God I know things of this area at times cannot be expressed in mere words.But just this evening I ran across the following quote from one of my favorite writers(Ralph Waldo Emerson) and I thoughtI would share it with you.---Emerson said: St. Augustine described the nature of God as a circle whose center was everywhere and its circumference no where. I would have to agree with that statement myself. Again I am only offering one mans opinion on this blog and sure hope I never offend anyone and their belief system. Goodnight my friends and I hope you will have awonderful day tomorrow.

SEEING GOD

OH my, so many beliefs about God and such a short time to try and figure it all out. The funny thing is that I know we as human beings will never be able to fully understand God or anything else that is infinite in nature simply because we all have a brain that is finite. But I must say it sure is an interesting ride in reading and studying all the different belief systems people have of God or the Creator or whatever else one may call life. Personally I think that if one wants to truly see God all they need do is take a look in the mirror.And if they cant see Him then I'd say they have some serious thinking to do. How come it is so easy for lots of us to accept God as a Being off afar somewhere yet so hard to accept that all of us are already God.I sure wish I had the answer to that one. I am God You are God everything is God---just saying that seems a little sacraligious but still it rings true to me. Sure hope all of you are having a wonderful evening. May God bless!

WHERE WAS GOD WHEN THE TORNADO HIT?

First of all let me say I sincerely do not want to step on any toes or to make light of anyones religious beliefs with the following entry. I am the first to say that each individual has the right and the freedom to believe anything they want to when it comes to the subjuect of God or religion or spirituality. Myself I have spent most of my adult life trying to make sense of it all as I tread down the path i alone have chosen to take.And I admit that my path has often changed or veered as new information came my way. And Im not about to claim that my beliefs are the true beliefs for everybody. Again each person is capable of choosing their own personal path and that is the way it should always be.As a young child Iwas raised up in a religious family and was made to go to church every time those doors were open.My parents were well meaning folks who thought they were teaching me the "right" way to live so I never have blamed them for any beliefs I have had to overcome to find my true enlightenment.But as I look back at some of the beliefs I was taught as a child it sends shivers down my spine. For you see I was taught at an early age to be afraid of God becasue if I didnt live up to His standards(which were the church's standards)I would eventually die and my soul would be doomed to a hell where the fire burned my soul eternally.And you know what--that belief sure did scare the hell(excuse the pun) out of me. I had no reason to doubt those beliefs even thought to me it seemed a little overboard to punish someone forever.So as the years went by I started to feel discontent with what the church was teaching. And even tho I had to attend the church sessons I was only counting the days til I was old enough that I could make my own decisions as to my spirituality. So as soon as I got out of school and on my own I immediately quit the church cause the teachings by this time seemed really outdated and much too closed minded for my taste. However at the same time there was those deeply ingrained beliefs I had accepted as an innocent child and they kept nagging at me. I suppose I was still afraid that Iwas doomed to an eternal life of hell fire becasue I had abandoned the church. My next step was to unlearn some of the teachings taht had been fed to me as a child. And believe me it has taken a very long time to rid myself of some of these beliefs and I dont kid myself and I know that maybe somewhere deep in my subconsciousness there my still be a thing or two I have hidden from myself. God I hope not but I may never be quite satisified that I have gotten all of them out. Now thats not to say that he church didnt teach me some good qualities because they did. I kept the beliefs that were of a positive nature and most importantly I have tried to live my life by the Golden Rule which the church taught. Today after many years of studying, research, questioning,soul searching, and reading any material of a spiritual nature I have arrived at a good place in my own m ind. Again I remind you this is only MY beliefa nd Im not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking.But one thing I have found is that I cannot and will not accept any teaching about God or Spirit that teaches to be fearful of God.I see all of us as individual entities of this God or Spirit, and I cannot see any figure that resides in the ethereal world watching us and waiting to judge us one day to see if we got to Heaven or go to Hell.As a matter of fact I really dont see how anyone can accept a loving God or Creator that would allow such things to happen to His creation over the years.I know the beliefs that some say God lets us make our own choices and thts why bad things happen at times. Maybe so but how could a loving and kind Father figure who knows all and sees all allow say nature to ruin the lives of good people for no reason?I just saw where a tornado hit in Indiana and killed several peo[ple. Now where was God when this happened?If He was sitting off somewhere knowing this was about to happen why didnt He stop it. One may say He could but he allows bad things to happen to teach us lessons.I dont know about you but that sure doesnt sound like a loving kind father to me. Look at the innocent children who are borninot this world say deformed or braindamaged. Does God allow this to happen a nd if so Why? It just doesnt make any sense to me thats all Im saying and forgive me but if that is the God you worship then count me out as a believer.I wish I did have the answers but at least now I know I can make my own decisions based on different paths and different spiritual works and I dont have to "belong" to any church. And its also a great freedom to me in my world at least i dont have to be worrying about a Devil going around causing me grief.But that shall be another post about the old Satan. Until I see you again my wish is that you and yours have a most wonderful week ahead. Be safe and enjoy every moment cause you nev er know when this experience is up! "HUGS" to you all.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEATH, ONLY TRANSITIONS

I want to share with you the following quote from Charles Mackay. He states: "There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some new forms of life arise."
Nature tells us all things have their season and seem to die. But beneath the false layer of so called death resides the newness of life which will one day at its proper time will surface from this "death".
Isnt it a great feeling that we all or should I say our inner Spirit will never experience death? It shall however experience triumph over death as new life in some form or shape that I am not sure of.Either way it is a very comforting thought to carry with you as you go about his life. My hope is that all of you will have a very rewarding and safe week ahead filled with much love peace and joy!

FRIENDS

Just how beautiful are friends? I dont know about you but if it wasn't for friends I can count on I'd rather just not be here. We all tend to take our friends for granted at times and that is really a sad statement. But that seems to be the way we are as human beings.And also there are different kinds of friends for sure. Lots of the ones we call friends are really more like acquaintances. We do care about them and love them but not only do we not visit with them very much we dont even take a moment to send an email or letter or a mere phone call to say hi.We can make many excuses for this and I admit I am just as guilty as everyone else wehn it comes to this.I have come to find out that one can reallycount their true friends when they find themselves in some kind of crisis. When you are going through a rough stretch and it seems as if all is lost and then out of the blue an old dear friend calls or comes by and offers to help if only just to listen to you and say "Can I help in any way", and then at that moment you get a real glimpse of what a trusted and true friend you have there.If it wasnt for my friends whom I dearly love life would be so much more mundane and not worth living. And while I am on this subject I would like to take a moment and say thank you to those friends of mine who just a few short weeks ago could tell I was in a state of depression and not doing very well at all. And these folks read between the lines and saw I needed as pick-me-up and they all either called or emailed and let me know in their own special way that they loved me and cared about my state of happiness.So belately I say thank you Alice,Tracy,Betty B,and Sarah. You know who you are and I just hope you know how much I love each of you. In closing I would like to remind everyone just what a difference you can make in someones life with just a phone call a card or email to say hi and say I love you. Peace I leave with all of you. May God bless!