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I was asked earlier this week if I was under the impression that God wanted us to do something. While specifics alluded me, and I couldn’t help but refer to the whole of All Combined Consciousness as being in nature somewhat impersonal, the answer was ultimately: Yes.

The implication of the question asked of me was, of course, what does God want us to do? And, again, while specifics don’t quite seem productive from the perspective of an omnipresence that may appreciate from its perspective the very existence of itself regardless of the activities of its infinite parts, I do believe there is a general mode of being that would be more pleasing to that which created us than other modes of being might. Which is to say: God wants us to live so as to contribute positively in all our actions to the existence of all others in existence. Too lofty? Naah!

To contribute positively to the existence of anyone, first one must be clear on what it means to act positively for one’s self. Eating is good, it maintains one’s existence and continuance, but there are habits of eating that may not be helpful. Earning money, at least in the economy as we currently have it, is a good thing since it enables us to eat and enjoy our lives; though, again, there can be habits in making money that are pernicious. Sex creates life and can bring two people together in ways that transcend verbal language; though it can also reduce human beings to toys and create lives that get to suffer the consequences of the immaturity that created them. The point is, in everything that can be done, one method of going about it can be an asset to all of existence, whereas another approach can result in being a burden. I believe that that which created us, if asked, would reccomend going about things one way rather than the other.

And I believe this because in one version creation continues of its own volition; those creations which are conscious of themselves are more inclined, according to the circumstance that created them and nourished them, to create in kind. Otherwise, it is not consciousness that is created, it is more difficult for consciousness to be created, and where there is no consciousness, there no divinity dwells as I write of it. In that place, there are composite parts waiting to be reconfigured into something that will be existent in terms of self-knowing, inevitably as is the nature of the universe. But to those parts, no course of action can be recommended, and so they wait for something conscious to make use of them. I suppose what I am recommending is that when it comes to human beings, what is desired of us is that we live an active existence rather than a passive one. We do things to further creation and enjoyment rather than being used by whatever existence we happen to find ourselves in, selfishly using those same circumstance accordingly.

To choose self-love and the responsibilities that genuine self-love entail, rather than selfishness with it myriad follies that cause problems not only for others, but ultimately always for whomever believes foolishly that it will make life enjoyable for their selves.

And thus the answer to the question is: God wants us not only to love ourselves and others to the best of our ability at any given point in time, but also to seek out how better to love ourselves and others.

Peace.

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So, while I was looking up a song I could stick into last weeks post about forgiveness, I ran into the video below about forgiveness by Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Now, as I was watching this video, I felt like she was talking about a slightly different form of forgiveness than I was.

Last week I was describing letting go of carrying hatred and rage toward a person who has wronged you by viewing them in terms of who they are. If one can see where someone else is coming from, how it is they came to wrong you, it tends to be a lot easier to let go of the pain they have saddled you with, because, odds are they were saddled with a sort of pain that was probably pretty unfair to begin with. And I talked a bit about my own efforts in forgiving someone who has a great deal of trouble not acting selfishly. I wrote that while at this point in time I’m learning not to carry animosity forward, the first step being to see how much pain that person is in, I also value myself enough not to stick myself in the path of his actions. And I’m disinclined in this moment to physically interact with that person because that person hasn’t learned to deal with his pain in a healthy manor yet, despite forgiving him his actions for my own sake. And if I were to forgive in terms of putting behind me his actions so as to continue a relationship forward, Dr. Laura’s advice below would then become more or less exactly what I would be looking for in order to feel like that person has matured past the problem unfortunately created within him to begin with.

Once again, enough about me, this is about you . . . Okay, maybe a little bit me too, but I’m going to start with a supposition: Without taking full responsibility for the harm that one has done to another, just as it clouds one’s connection to something bigger if one cannot find a way to let go of the pain caused by someone else, so too it clouds one’s connection to the divine if they lie to themselves about the pain they have caused others, and do not try to correct the problem existent in one’s self that allowed them to hurt someone else.

So, before coming to the punchline at the end of this video, I was already thinking to myself, “Well, I think I’m talking about a slightly different kind of forgiveness here, but this is really good advice for someone looking to correct their own errors of body and soul.” And so it occurred to me as I reflected even briefly upon the harm I have done people in my life, and what I needed to put myself through in order to make sure I committed myself fully to never acting in such a way again, that the advice Laura gives on forgiveness, while not necessarily in alignment with my views on forgiving others, is perfectly in alignment with my views on what a person needs to go through to forgive themself.

I mean, how can a person Love their self if they do not act in such a way so as to grow to become something more, something better than what they have been? In which case, if a person does not admit when they have harmed another, to themself, they cannot learn from that action so as to become someone who would not harm another in that way again. If a person cares about themself at all, they would look honestly at the pain they have caused others, even though it is painful to one’s self to look upon, if sincerely they don’t want to cause pain to people they believe that they care about in any way and on any level. And coming to the conclusion that it is painful to cause such pain, one will work as earnestly as possible, at least, never to act in such a way again. And at best, they will strive with all their being to make right what they have made wrong, if they are allowed to do so by whomever they have harmed to begin with. Otherwise, if a person is not willing to take such responsibility for their own actions, what does that make that person?

If we are created in the likeness of the divine, what view colors our perception of the divine if we do not seek genuine forgiveness of ourselves for our own actions by becoming someone who can never act in such a way again; by showing true remorse for what is apparently animal-like to be?

That being said, as you watch this, may you consider it advise not in what is necessary to forgive another for their wrong doing, but to forgive oneself for one’s own errors of being. Of course that being said, if you do find that you may wish to correct something about yourself so that you never harm another in such a way again, remember to have a little compassion for yourself, afterall, their was a reason you were mistaken in your approach to begin with, even if now it is time to grow up and out of the past that had created you accordingly.

Peace.

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It’s kind of like gratitude. One of those things that somehow makes things a whole lot better in a big hurry.

The problem is that if someone has wronged you, and no wonder you became as annoyed as you did by it, if you carry an animosity toward that person, it takes from your energy to get things done, and the things you are doing it must color if it sits so heavy upon your mind. And I write this in the second person because there seems to be a law backing this that has some basis in physics. Like trying to run with bricks in one’s pockets, it just aint as effective as not caring what wrong was done to us, i.e. pockets without bricks.

Personally, the question in my mind was, “How do you forgive someone who can’t seem to stop hurting you.” And the answer I came up with, was: Compassion. It was the only thing that fit. Thanks to the grace of an angel, and in this instance I do believe I am speaking metaphorically about a very beautiful person who has inspired me every time I have tried to look in her direction, lately I’ve been reading a book about the Dhali Lama’s approach to living happily. As a result, thankfully, thoughts of compassion have recently been readily available at the forefront of my brain. And after spending some time flirting with the notion of trying to forgive someone, internally, who seems incapable of not harming others by his actions, myself included, revisiting the notion of forgiveness I was delighted to find that compassion seemed a likely key to unlocking an otherwise impossible problem.

Still need plenty of distance from that person, because, after all, that person has not yet learned how not to be as selfish as he is, but, by considering even for a moment how that person came to be as selfish as he is, at the least I don’t have to take it personally that in this moment, or at least those moments, he could not stop himself from being so selfish. And this is a first step. Looking from a fuller heart, I can’t help but admit that if I had been filled with so much horror so early in life, I do not know if I could have turned out any kinder than he. And this, for me, is the first step to forgive. A step that enables me to let go of angers that would otherwise haunt me; distract me from my work at hand, drain me of the energy to do that work. In fact, to the contrary, this week it gives me something productive to do, a topic I can write about.

So, enough about me, how does this relate to divinity? I answer with another question: How do you feel when hatred, or even disdain, is at the forefront of your mind? Does that feel divine to you? And if so, is that a God you want to be worshiping?

Peace!

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What can be said, for that matter written, that might motivate any among us to work harder for one’s own best interests, and in doing so, so too for the best interest of all others? This week a prayer as I wind down from a very long night:

Next week may I be inspired to write such a thing that it be pleasing in the sight of God, in the sight of any who may read wanting things to feel better consistently than they already do.

Peace

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