Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Sunday, August 28, 2011

The Spiritual Benefits connected with a Cosmic 2 x 4

By Rev's Bil & Cher Holton


Perhaps you have proclaimed, Wow! I've been struck with a Cosmic 2 x 4? This kind of expression is conventional theology dressed up in New Thought clothing. The expression "cosmic two-by-four" suggests there's something or someone beyond us hoping to get our interest in order to teach us an essential lesson. The implication is the fact that God, the universe, something "out there" plans to manage us for our very own good, even if it implies doing harm to us or causing us discomfort. The concept that something desires to acquire our awareness to compel us to accomplish what's "right" so that it can show us something is often a viewpoint that abdicates individual choice along with responsibility. Additionally, if we don't "get it" the very first time, the attack gets steadily worse till we ultimately take notice.

We wish to declare, "Get Over It!" There isn't any Cosmic Two-By-Four. Make sure you examine that phrase again! Once more. Thanks. There isn't any Cosmic Two-By-Four-pine, oak, treated wood, galactic laser, or otherwise. Since there is really only One Power and One Presence in the universe, God the Good, this "wooden" expression moves against the grain of the most ancient and most respected Truth Principles. We don't believe that God, the Good, punishes us using two-by-fours, hardwood paddles, willow branches, baseball bats, or some other "wooden explanations."

The strictly human, definitely not cosmic, two-by-four is within our very own hands! It's our bad choices along with errant activities which punish us and pain us, not God. So long as we continue to keep making poor choices we'll continue to keep getting bad outcomes.

A 2 x 4 moment is an opportunity to experience an "aha" however, we can keep creating 2 x 4 moments if we neglect to learn from our experiences. "Aha's" are the result of a change in perspective, an insight which comes from an intuitive leap in consciousness. Two-by-four moments occur when we suddenly realize that our own stale thought patterns and belief systems are no longer valid. If we keep beating ourselves up with the metaphorical 2 x 4, perhaps it's time to pause and reflect on the thoughts, choices, and actions we've taken which lead to our self-flagellation. This awareness is an inside-out realization.

One of several self-denigrating presumptions we encourage you to compost would be the belief in a cosmic 2 x 4 - that there's something or anyone "out there" hoping to get your attention to teach you a crucial lesson. Not one person has ever been struck by using a cosmic 2 x 4. It doesn't result from that direction.

Here's a substitute expression you can consider: "I've created a 2 x 4 moment!"




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