End Days {Obama, Oprah} Part II

Here it is if you missed part I. Mind you its no simple read.

Intro:
Many points and topics are touched upon.
Even worse, a millennia of established erroneous thought patterns, are bulldozed through - quite quickly.

The post really is philosophical in heart and is way to brief to do the ‘paper’ true justice. Its one of those where if your open, you will feel the gist of whats going on, otherwise…you will be lost.

Here we go:
Eckhart Tolle.
I approve of his audio books 99.9%

This thought is not new thought: RamDas & Krishnamurti have already blazed this path.
Eckhart is another fellow traveller.

Oprah & Eckhart & Obama
Its not news that Oprah likes Eckhart. But what is news is she is now doing a 10 week course with him online with people who signed up. {Im signed up}

What concerns me is this.
Oprah supports Obama.
I have listened to Eckharts audio books quite a few times and will say that politics isnt what will save humanity. Even more to quote Eckhart, “war is a mindset”.

Obama and war
It appears out of the same mouth we get “Bring the troops home” and “Lets invade Pakistan if needed”.

This goes well with an anti-christ figure as pointed out in Part I of this series.
3 1/2 years of peace, followed up with a break in a promised peace treaty and the remaining 3 1/2 years of hell. You know, at the end of the presidency, change your mind and call martial law.

Now time will tell, but here is the point.
Oprah supports a man that clearly has no qualms with war.
Evangelicals and Jews dont either. Despite that they share the same O.T. that says, “He who sheds blood, his to must be shed.” Period. Many will add commentary, and exceptions.

War and Blood
The only exception is the person who finally wakes up to whats going on.
Even more so for the evangelical who see that Jesus said, “He who lives by the sword will die by it.”
But no, much like what Obama is quoted as saying, they & he want their “kingdom of heaven on earth.”

Some serious misunderstanding of what Jesus is about.

East supports the west?
Or this title could be: consciousness supports ego?
If what I read can be verified it is upsetting that some ‘yogis’ support obama.
Do these people read/listen to what he says? Better yet do they follow what they teach?

Sounds like the pied piper is playing a tune and no one has put theory to practice.

“You know neo, there is a difference in knowing what to do and doing it” - paraphrase Morpheus from the Matrix.

Yogis missed the path
So seems this is the case with many claiming enlightenment.
“He is there, There he is…the messiah” - they will say.
Well, we are taught {in all religions, including Christianity} “he is in us.”.

Its easy to know the path, not as easy to apply it. You would have to make a conscious choice, which many seem not to want to take.

Oprah & Eckhart
So who does Eckhart support? Just because Oprah seems to think that we need a rush of enlightenment, {despite her support for politics in general which seems to contradict such a statement}, and is working with Eckhart on this series…does this mean Eckhart is like the yogis and supports him to?

Now I could see the argument for this, but again - seeing the stances of Obama, it would seem that the logical answer is no. If he does then it may be time for Eckhart to plug in his own audio books and have a re-listen.

Complex matter
Now this is a complex matter because you have to go to the root of the issue.
Is evil, well evil? We know that “all things work for good”…all things have a purpose and a time.
Now this is a trick, because we easily get caught up in the actual word themselves. I can hear some of you screaming, “yes evil is evil”.

But what is evil to you may be what someone needs to get them a kickstart out of the rut they are in. An awakener so to speak.

I have another post on here along these lines, and I do apologize because what I am saying here does no justice to the topic whatsoever - especially if your a die hard evangelical. This really is a matter quite complex and takes a bit of introspection into the happenings of your own life and in your beliefs to get an answer.

All said in done:
I remember what Neo in the matrix said something like, “the ONE is just another means of control from the system.” When I think of this in terms of revelations, so is the 2 prophets. In fact the whole thing is orchestrated from the throne of heaven itself. {Take a look at the book of Job if you dont believe me}

At the end we will have to say, like Job, “who are we to understand and fathom the ways of God.”
Yet like Jesus put it, we are “part of his body”…or in Judaism…sparks of holiness from Adam who is being reunited. {Same in Christian theology but in that case its ‘Christ as the head’ who we are reunited to.}

And even then, after the above statements, these are still symbols to something greater than what can or actually is being expressed here. It is beyond words, because a container cannot hold the infinite…but that too is yet another talk unto itself.

Conclusion
I stick with my ’story’ - Obama is a puppet of the people in charge of the W.T.O, W.H.O, the guys making the international laws, etc.

He also is elected for style based upon mass consciousness, of course, and again you get the kind of change that people are at…superficial.

Peter Pan syndrom
And I also do not believe in the need for government, but do realize that laws are necessary and put in place when a society is yet unconscious. It is here to protect us from ourselves.

We are like babes needing to be weaned from milk, but we are like peter pan and dont want to grow up. We think being an adult is boring…not realizing all the examples before us were but babes in the guise of adult clothing…acting serious.

The few, the enlightened have crossed our paths.
Buddah, then Christ, (many before and after of course), they all talked to their milieu and reached out beyond. They caused a true stir, but unfortunately those closest did not get the message. Take Peter, to his dieing day and last ‘letter’ did not get what it was about. {Paul got it, but people dont get Paul or Jesus for that matter}

Better to seek and find, better to have tried than not, and then lost.
Maybe the same with Oprah. But who am I to judge.
At least she wants the higher good it would seem…and with Obama - well, Im not into politics, so I wont say anymore on that end.

I did leave off earlier with the thought that indeed, we do not need a ruler, even in the O.T. it was pointed out that God wanted to be king, but Israel wanted an earthly king like the nations. {lots of symbols here for you to dig through}. Read my last post thinking about this, and you may get somewhere with it…at least a start.

Consider one thing:
War. Though the presidents call for war, it takes someone to pick up the gun.
So who is guilty? Was Bush guilty as so many Americans have protested? Did he force them or their children to pick up the gun? See, again we push our responsibilities of our actions onto the collective figure…the government.

Death of Christ
Just like at the death of Christ when they cried, “let his blood be on us and our children”.
Well f*** you grandma, but I dont need your curse.
{Again with modern day study of genetics it makes more sense how a ‘curse’ is carried down, and makes a lot of sense of some other things Jesus hinted toward in regards to the pharisees.}

But the point is, putting blame here and there. {I have to admit, they did cry for it to be on themselves though}. But none-the-less, is it not time that people realize that they can make a choice.
They can put down the gun. Is Bush there, and any other president, to help this lesson be learned?

See what I mean when I say is “evil evil”?
As soon as people put down the gun, then things shift. There is no more killing.
Things change. Now Im not sure this paints nicely what it is Im trying to say, but you are an imaginative people…see what you can come up with…the point is here.

Final Conclusion
Again, this is quickly written, it was more of a rant, questioning, etc.
All things, as Solomon pointed out, are “futile” to say the least. This is one heck of a game we are playing…someone ready to join me in the game of ‘peace’?

peace

dAlen

End of Days {Obama & Oprah}

Caveat:
note 1: I am not ‘anti’ anyone. This thread is not meant to ‘bash’ either Obama or Oprah.
The goal, or intent is to help awaken that which is already in you to a larger truth than that which you are currently able to see.

note 2: This post will use “Christianize’ terms and ideologies. Please do not let this turn you off if this language does not work for you - Im trying to reach as large an audience as possible. What works fine, if it doesnt see if you can see beyond the symbols to where they are pointing.

Intro:
Think for yourself. Thats it.
There are many who follow, and among the sheep there are those that move on to be the shepherds.
One is not ‘better’ than the other, and each enjoy unto themselves that which is their role and lot in life to play. This is not predestination in the typical understanding of the term…its about choice and understanding why you made the choice.

Politics and the lies that no one sees beyond:
Maybe I was just a naive and easily impressionable young lad.
But from my understanding of history, the American dream allowed even a ‘common folk’ to arise and have the potential to be president of the U.S.

For some time it is more obvious that this is not the case.
Indeed it is a select few, and even more so, they seem to not only attend the same universities, and require a lot of money to run for the presidency, but they are also related.

Obama Change:
So we get Obamas statement that many resonated with.
We needed new blood in the White house, not the same people up there running.
It only turned out that he is 8th cousin to Dick Cheney (and Bush), but I heard in one of his speeches from his own mouth the confession that he is indeed related to Cheney, and that “everyone has a black sheep in the family”.

Race:
You know with the above comment he made, Im sure if it was made by Cheney it would have been seen as racist. {Obama being half black…which by the way disqualifies him for the position of being the first black president. Get a life guys, aint gonna happen…at least not yet.}

Reality check…its all in the family, black or white
But moving on, it really doesnt really matter what discord is being shown on the media, its all a joke.
Disagreement or not, this does not {or should not} detract from one noticing the fact that its still a family race for the white house. Now out of all the millons of people, why is this.

Not necessarily a bad thing
As Arnold Schwarzenegger pointed out once, not everyone wants to lead, the majority want to follow…he happened to not mind being the one to lead. Guess someone has to do the job, so why not the terminator himself?

So that goes to say the same with the presidency.
Suppose most of the guys related to the British crown are there because someone has to do the dirty work, and it might as well be them. Now this may seem sarcastic but…

Leading the sheep
Leading the sheep is no easy task. Well, at least it would seem it would take some effort to steer them from place to place. It may well be also that the reason things take so long to administer, which seem so obvious, is due to the peoples lack of willingness to adopt new ideas and beliefs.

So good for you, leaders who are willing to go the extra mile.
Im the prophet of yester year that people are ready to stone. Difference between me and the shepherd is I give you the news straight up, while they give it to you through intravince fluid through many years…centuries.

the robotic masses…
People are really like bad programming…or outdated programming.
They need an upgrade to Human 2.0, etc., and I suppose its coming from those ‘above’ with their agendas to help make it easier to rule the sheep and bring in the unruly.

But this does seem a bit, how could one say it, to much.
No matter how the sheep may be, do they not require a free choice? Are we ‘gods’ to implement on them our will through our own technological means? I suppose the whole concept of the mark of the beast in revelation is pointing to something like this.

No buying, no selling…no freedom of choice
I suppose this is what got me a long time ago whenever I read about the mark.
It was the very fact that whoever received it was lost. How could this be. They no longer had a choice. They were almost marked {well it seemed literally marked} as the unforgivable.

It isnt that they did the unforgivable sin, I found out, it is that they no longer have the will to choose from one way to another. How could this happen? With technology moving the way it is, not hard to forsee some implant, etc. that would control a persons neural activity, etc. {not science fiction, most people dont keep up with the advancing technology, and just watch the latest celebrity news…so anything to them would seem like science fiction…}

But even more so, are people not already like that. For all intents an purposes they surrender freely their will constantly to someone else.

It all starts within
This is because it all starts within.
No one takes responsibility for their own actions or thoughts, or ideas, anything.
The concept scares many, as they feel they have this big obligation or pressure to perform or be perfect. They have gotten lost in the words and the meanings due to centuries of mis-teaching from the church and a burden of guilt has been laid upon them that they refuse to remove by the simple act of ‘being’.

So we have a government that reflects, as I have said before, mass consciousness.
They want Change, but dont want to make change within themselves…so any change that shows on the outside in their government, will be as superficial, and eventually will lead to their own downfall, I suppose you could say. Again, at this point it is speculation, as if you are already surrendering your will, then who cares if you remain a puppet for life? {no one said its bad being a puppet, quite comfortable indeed.}

Rise of the anti-christ
Dont get all wrangled up here. Im using terms and ideas that carry a lot of preconceived notions and ideas to it.
But for all intents and purposes, lets speculate.

- Obama came from nowhere {lets ignore that he is related to Cheney, at least thats what the masses are doing}
- He is charismatic, {so they say}, and has quite the following
- muslim & christian ties…could he unite the middle east.
Im just waiting for some rabbi to announce hes from the line of David. They are waiting for their messiah, which isnt the same as the Christians…well, maybe it is. Lines are blurring now days.
{Oh, the middle east could have been united long ago, but peoples heads have been in the sand about many a issues going on there. Not enough space to talk about that here though.}

Some things to mark him down for the position.
Now does this make him a bad character?
Remember Im talking to Christian and non-Christian audience, so hang in there.
You have to look at things passed what fables you were told as a kid.
What do things really mean? Where are they pointing? Did you read any of what I said already? This is more practical of an understanding, in some ways, then the traditional parables many were told. If you got it, then what is your opinion on this? Dont have one, not sure…fine, leave it open and contemplate about it…dont stress it, but let it be…the answer will come.

Supporters
I will say that he seems to have a wide range of supporters from eastern guru types, to Christians, to Oprah…suppose she is a religion too? Honestly, I dont watch her, or know much about her - though I did sign up for her class she will be having with Eckhart. {Ah you got me, Im in the Oprah club too}

Seriously though, if you can kind of approach this whole topic from a different level than the traditional stance, you will find that the leader in the end time will have a motley crew in his/her following. And Obama seems to be a likely candidate. The things to remain to be seen is if he does make a peace treaty just to go back on it and start a war.

I will say that I have read that he is not shy about bombing a country, or going in. {Pakistan I believe was the reference point} This does not fit with a peaceful Change person that people cried out for, though initially he might give them this change. Now I know that some orthodox rabbis would welcome Obamas warlike stance, as they believe in the military might, and as Obama was quoted, “to bring a kingdom on earth”.

Kingdom on earth
Now here is the tricky part. I love the teachings of Eckhart Tolle.
But having been raised in an evangelical Christian milieu, I have to ask if that is indeed what Jesus was pushing. {Not that evangelical christians believe what Jesus taught, their actions prove differently as with the person they supported for president last time…but again, you get what the mass consciousness want, and its all the same no matter how its packaged. Unless they are slowly leading us into a new error - era}

So, I do know that Jesus was not very well received on his basis of rejecting the notion of a kingdom on earth. The like of which the zionist and evangelicals, and it appears even Obama want to strive for. {suppose its a muslim thing as well, if it wasnt they wouldnt be so adamant on being a militant bunch…well those that are. The Sufis are more spiritual on the other hand.}

Where does this all lead:
Well, this post started off strong, I felt, and it got in a tangled web as I went through. Not because I dont know what it is I want to say, but more importantly, like you, Im waiting to see how all this plays out.

You see, I have no simple answers. I could say, “Bam, he is the anti-christ” - and I may well be right.
BUT…what does that really mean. And Im saying past all the misunderstandings that we have had over the years in the church, and lets be honest, revelations is a tangled web of its own.

Could it be like the Bible states that he will fool them all. {the likes of Oprah, eastern type gurus/philosophers, etc} Well, if their hope lies in a man than Im afraid this may be the case.

the man god
We put our faith in everything but ourselves.
“Love your neighbor as yourself”, but we dont even know what it means to love ourselves, despite the fact that Paul clearly laid out definitions, including “do not hold wrong done”. Hey that last statement isnt to take away your right for vengeance, but to show you that its not needed, and to protect your health from the toxins produced in your body by such negative emotions.

So here is the point. The anti-christ is what we make him.
Are we putting our hope in Obama to solve our issues? Realize that he too is only a puppet.
If you read Revelations you will be reminded that he gets his power form a deeper source.

World, this World that…
Ever notice that the president, of any country, isnt the top.
You have the W.T.O, W.H.O. {World Trade Organization, World healt organization, international laws that supersede national laws.}

Most of you may have seen the names, but never realize they hold more power than the individual countries. Let me take it further, the W.T.O. just slapped the European Union on the wrist {this is a group of countries we are talking about} for not allowing Monsantos genetically engineered crap in.
Oh, they are here, but they want the populace to eat it. {By the way, Im not against Monsanto playing God, as I said before, but its the control aspect I find a bit ‘worrying’.)

Technology is neither good nor bad, it is what it is in the hands of those who wield it.

So in short, someone is holding Obamas leash. He is not the end all be all…he is but one of the many finger puppets of whoever is running this. Christians will say Satan, but again we need to get past the old thinking and parables to see what this really means.

In the end
In the end, no one can save you…you are saved. This may freak the Christians out, but if you try to understand what it means that “Jesus died once and for all” then you will come to know this to be true as well.

As long as we hold on to our victim identities, the ability to be controlled will be there.
And while it may appear that even the ‘elect’ are deceived, it could be that they are viewing the whole thing from another plane altogether and are not affected by it the same way you are.

Quantum Physics
This is kind of funny, but its like two people can co-exist, but one persons heaven will be anothers hell. It really boils down to what your making it out to be. Not saying that some gurus wont jump aboard some plane and hope that its leading to Utopia, but anything leading anywhere is not going to Utopia…because if it isnt already in you, the only destination you will have is the same hell you just left from. The only way out is to wake up and realize, as the Bible says, “God is near, within you.”

Conclusion
I dont really expect this to be clear. And indeed I thought I had a good strong start, but then I suppose the ego would have to much glory if it came out in to legible…fact is we all understand what is said through a grid system. So one way of saying something wont impact someone the same way it would someone else. {Much of these categories or topics within topics could be well expounded upon in future writings…but then again like Solomon said, “the earth is filled with unlimited chit chat…you have the truth within” This is a big paraphrase in and of itself.

None-the-less the content is there for all who are open.

Peace

dAlen

Link to part II if your interested.

Serbia and Kosovo - what this is really about {you tell me Serbs}

To my Serb readers, this question is to you…but first read what I have to say.

Who care? Please hear me out, and respond to each bullet point or your response will not be posted. I dont have time and energy for any countries nationalistic sorrow crap.

1) Kosovo is mostly Albanians…why do you care (those not living in Kosovo) if it is part of Serbia? Is it a tropical place, with great shopping and rest & relaxation? Does it have the fountain of youth located there? I mean, I live close to you guys and have no desire to see either country…why the he** do you care? Honestly?

2) For the one section that is mostly serbs…give that area to serbia…those in the south…same could happen or just move. Serbia government loves you serbs in kosovo so much, they will foot the bill. Well, maybe their love for you is just poetic.

Seriously though…
Albanians live there, give it to Albania.

Someone said that it would be like California raising the mexican flag.
I will go further, I think California and a couple other states need to be their own countries…they ahve outgrown the U.S. (keep ties for import and export of goods), but they are more progressive in thought than the other states.

If its not working, then fix it. Again, if you live in Serbia, why not cry over Croatia and other nations that used to belong to you.

3) More over, who really cares. Your a citizen of the world, the universe. Quit the line drawing and bickering. Ever think that if someone did not want to be a part of your group, it may be better to let them go. Again, mostly Albanians live there…let them free to fly.

This by far is my less eloquently put post…it is a rant, and one that seems like shouldnt have to be written. Pure common sense says that the majority of Kosovo didnt want to be related to Serbia anymore…so why push things? Makes the ego feel good doesnt it.

peace

dAlen

The joys of being young & deceived {Obama not Black & not charismatic}

Intro:
Well Obama is getting the youth vote and the vote of all those who see and hear one word - CHANGE!

Is there really change?
On a surface level one may think so - this candidate came from nowhere, so it would seem…maybe he is the real deal…but do people really come from no-where?

Obama & Bush - cousins
What about the discovery his (Obama’s) wife made that he is 8th cousin to Cheney & Bush?
Dont be to shocked, after all hes not the ‘black’ poster boy that they are trying to make him out to be. Infact, he is more white than many of us in light of the above info. And we know that he is half white and half black.

Half black - half white
Hate to tell you, but half black aint black…so there is no “first black president”.
Do you really think that a true African would be president of America? Maybe one day, but not any time soon. Most African Americans are so mixed the only blackness they have is their collective pain body.

No prejudice here
Dont get me wrong, Im not prejudiced, its easy to cry out something whenever you feel attacked…nor am I attacking anyone…just pointing out some obvious facts. Well, maybe less than obvious as most people look at one word “Change” and if it were coming from Satan himself…they would believe it.

So, moving on.

I see quite often that this Obama is labeled as “charismatic”.
Not sure, but the first time I heard him open his mouth and thus after his mannerisms, I would say that indeed he is not charismatic. Reminds me of Bush actually. (But they are related, not just biologically but ideologically.

See, did people forget that Obama is a warmonger like the current president.
Hey, Im not against warmongers, if its your stick…good for you…Im personally not into it though. (Oh, and he ‘is’ muslim…people forget they hate muslims…not saying its good to hate muslims, but people tend to forget their passions.)

Where is the real change?
Point is, people wanted change…they wanted troops home from Iraq. So they voted democrats in the house & senate…and now they are voting for someone who will bring “change” - he will continue in Iraq and expand to Pakistan maybe or elsewhere….wait…where did the change go? Oh you silly people. (O.k. lost all of you there, no one likes to be called silly. Dont worry, we are humans and are all bound to be silly at some point in our lives. Me writing this article for a blinded America is silly. After all the youth ‘know it all” and have it “figured out”…they cant be deceived.

Move on, no enlightenment here:
To bad, maybe one day we will get enlightened and pass that onto the future generations and they will grow up to use their minds intelligently and not just be ‘clever’. As Eckhart Tolle pointed out clever knowledge is not intelligent, its dangerous. (You want to get more of what this means, listen to the audio book, “A New Earth”.)

Wow, just did it again, knocked the whole young generation. No I didnt…just pointing out what is common with all youth…when i was young, my parents were young, their parents, etc.
There comes a point of great zeal with…lack of experience.

Lack of experience = lack of perspective
Lack of experience is not stupid, but it has not gathered all the appropriate information to make an intelligent decision…like most of the politicians we have. Must be a bunch of kids that never grew up.

So being a youth is excellent, but keep this with a grain of humility and learn from the elders.
But I will be honest, as I pointed out, our elders dont know anything knew and spur out all the old crap that they believed when they were in their early 20’s. So nothing new…

Free your minds
Obama is not some radical change agent, he has people in his group that have been around the circles before…and again, he has been in the circle from what I have already pointed out.

People take your sovereignty back and become independent and see how this world can be change. Dont look for the goverment for change, look to yourself for change.
There was a famous quote by a famous man who was once president. “dont ask what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”.

It had loud cheers, and today is quoted, but really misquoted.
Its more of a political slavery. “We rule you and you do what we want.”
And on the other hand one would say, “but your here to serve us.”

Only you can make the change
The fact is that one representative will never be able to make change. The president will always reflect that of the people who vote for him/her. And that is exactly what we will get with Obama. Shallow Change.

We will have change, but on a very superficial level that its pathetic.
Do you not see that the world is moved on past this republican/democrat agenda?
My God even in the elections you have politicians admitting that the republicans & democrats are one and the same just a bit different how they approach the situation on surface level.

World Order, not the American order…though it is coming from America
The fact is that we are ruled from above, so to speak…the world has united and its now about “world trade organization”, “International laws”, “World health Organization”, etc.
Americans tend to be blinder to this than the rest of the world, as its so large…Its easy to see things from just your perspective if you never look past what the tabloids are saying about the latest celebrity.

Time to get your heads our of the sand and see that America is serving the same agenda as the E.U. (who recently got slapped on the wrist by the World Trade organization over rejecting Monsantos Genetical Modified crap.), etc. Its here baby, and you dont know whats up.

Zeal, but it wears off…need practicality for stability
Yes, its fun, its full of zeal to feel you are making a difference, your voice is being heard…your supporting the underdog who never had a chance…and just so happened to be related to the current president of the U.S. (But hey, who the he** are counting those odds. America is the land of equal opportunity for all, the rich & the poor, the white and the black…well, so it seems.)

No, I dont expect to arise anyone to enlightenment or awakening with this post.
You guys have to have a pole or crutch to lean on as your not ready to stand and walk for yourselves. Ironically, you may never be…and thus be like what was said in the N.T. “when your old, you will be led in places you do not know and do not want to go.”

The sheep
Baaa….baaa…goes the sheep. And nothing wrong with being sheep.
Ever talked to one? They seem quite find following the shepherd…whoever it may be, and whoever takes over, doesnt matter…there life is comfortable, they dont have to think.

So be it, and there is a place for all…if thats your place, then continue your route and your choice for Obama.

yes, change is here…Superficial change is here to reflect that of a superficial nation.
Sorry folks, thats the way it is. Doesnt matter if I said it or not. If it stinks it probably is sh** no matter how you color it. Some may think this post is a load of crap, but all it takes is observation of reality around you to see where the smell is really coming from.

Peace

dAlen

p.s.
Again, its your perspective, and it is hard to change when you go by what you have been taught your whole life.

Muslims are muslims because they grew up in that miliue…evangelical Christians are what they are because of their milieu.
If little Timmy grew up in an arabian country he would be die hard muslim instead of the raving evangelical, or vice versa. Point is peoples zealousness is not based on truth but on their experience and milieu.

Religion has truth, but is not the truth, and in fact is very weighed down by the very people that pass down the various allegories that are misinterpreted for the egos own agenda.

All this for another post…but something to ‘think’ about. Nothing really to think, deep inside if you have the experience you will feel it. But if not, this will not make sense to you.

Quotable Quotes {HUNGARIAN/ENGLISH}

“Ha az szarral harcolsz, ha megbírod is, ha megbír is, szaros lészesz.” Bornemisza Péter

If you fight with shit, even if you win over it, the shit will stick to you!

{Im sure Jesus would think the same…might use a different term}

 

Be still & know that “I Am” God!

Opening:
“Society…was regarded {by the desert fathers} as a shipwreck from which each single individual man had to swim for his life.” - Thomas Merton - The Wisdom of the Desert.

Intro:
Amen! There the end, nothing more to say. Go save yourself.
Got Jesus to back me up on this one. (Paul actually, but close enough.)
1) “Work out your salvation with fear & trembling”
2) “You do not need man to teach you but have the spirit inside

“Then why are you writing?!” you may ask/demand.
Well, because I want to.

There is a difference in writing and leaving bread crumbs on the path you travel, {for fellow travels to see that you have also traveled a similar path to theirs}, and throwing rocks of truth at each person who happens to be passing by your way. The letter is well summed up in my post:Twice the Son of Hell

Where to go from here:
So now that I stated the obvious, that which you will either know or have already been “seasoned by the spirit” to be opened to… - dont you just hate the mystical charismatic sounding words? I suppose they work, if you dont get lost in your preconception of what those words mean.

Let me now state the other obvious.

Busy, busy, busy.
If there is one thing that would seem sure in this world and guaranteed…that would be the ‘fact’ that we are to be busy little bees. This is actually furthest from truth and actually goes to make the Christian like the secular person. Or the Jew like the secular, or the sufi like the secular…or secular like the secular. (not picking on ’secular’ here. Words are pointers, let me now call it “ego”.)

Here is a story from Henri Nouwen that puts this a bit more eloquently and perhaps in a perspective that my audience will relate to better. {Beware, he says the same thing as Eckhart Tolle… Literally. Take the “christianize” out of it and the meat is the same meat thrown down from heaven above for us to devour…in rest of course.

“The basic question is whether we minsters of Jesus Christ have not already been so deeply molded by the seductive powers of our dark world that we have become blind to our own and other people’s fatal state and have lost the power and motivation to swim for our lives.”

“Just look for a moment at our daily routine. In general we are very busy people. WE have many meetings to attend, many visits to make, many services to lead. Our calendar are filled with appointments, our days and weeks…”, etc.

“…we move through life in such a distracted way that we do not even take the time and rest to wonder if any of the things we think, say, or do are worth thinking, saying, or doing. We simply go along with the many “musts” and “oughts” that have been handed on to us, and we live with them as if they were authentic translations of the Gospel of our Lord. People must be motivated to come to chruch, youth must be entertained, money must be raised…”, etc.

“…we ought to be on good terms with the church and civil authorities; we ought to be liked or at least respected by a fair majority of our parishioners’…Thus we are busy people just like all other busy people, rewarded with the rewards which are rewarded to busy people!”

Break:
If you are understanding the above to be a ‘good thing’ or a ‘desired thing’ then you are misunderstanding what Nouwen is saying. He is implying how similar our lives are to those that have not been “transformed by the spirit of God”. Why is this? We are stuck in the false self. We drink babes milk, if even that, for most of us are in self deception that we are “Christians”/”Jewish”, what-not.

“You will know them by their fruit” - bible somewhere, go look it up.

Does your fruit stink? I think it does. Why? Well have you ever noticed that all we do is go about saying how evil everything around us is? We dont want to spend the time realizing the agony and hypocrisy we live in. In short…we live in fear.

“Fear not” - Jesus, Paul, and bunch of psychologist who want to help you.
Your body reacts to the fear even if its just in the mind…we are killing ourselves.

More Nouwen:
“Why do we children of the light so easily become conspirators with the darkness?
The answer is quite simple. Our identity, our sense of self, is at stake.” {I swear Nouwen and Eckhart Tolle read the same book. Well, at least understood what that book was actually saying!}

“The secular or false self is the self which is fabricated, as Thomas Merton says, by social compulsions.
‘Compulsive’ is indeed the best adjective for the false self. It points to the need for ongoing and increasing affirmation. Who am I? I am the one who is liked, praised, admired, disliked, hated or despised.”

” Whether I am a pianist, a businessman or a minster, what matters is how I am perceived by my world. If being busy is a good thing, then I must be busy.” etc

“The compulsion manifests itself in the lurking fear of failing and the steady urge to prevent this by gathering more of the same - more work, more money, more friends.”

Solution:
Well he does offer a solution…the same one Jesus gave and I have blogged about and Eckhart Talks about. Got your interest? Then try to read, with understanding, what Jesus said. He definitely isnt this God of the modern day zealot.

I would like to do more justice and perhaps print more from the book. For now let me reference you to it. Henri Nouwen, “The way of the heart”

Yes he is kosher to evangelical Christians (though you will be challenged to become a true Christian)
As well as Catholics…but you guys know him. Perhaps you should read more from him and Merton. You may learn more about your faith then what you get in your temples. Just a thought…do as you wish.

Conclusion:
Some people will come by, read this and pick it up and feel good. It will then disappear as fast as it came. Others will throw it aside and say it is the ramblings of a mad man who Loosing My Relgion.

It would seem the main point is that Im speaking the truth, and from there its up to you what you do with it. “I wash my hands” - or “Im swimming away from the wreck and you can swim or drown, but I aint gonna be dragged down by you.” {link was to Ayin Ha-Ra article}

Be still…hard to do folks. Especially if you believe that what your doing has a purpose that is beyond the ultimate purpose. {That is what your doing now…that is your true purpose…everything else is illusion and the ego tricking you into a ‘false reality’. Oh, God. I did it. Can of worms opened! HA. Well it will have to wait for another blog, or you can go listen to Eckhart Tolles “A new Earth”.

Reminder:
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” - yet another Biblical goody that we dont get.
Oh we get it for sure, but we fail to implement it.

You read a good book, hear a good sermon, but you let it fall away. Almost 99% of the time your thinking something. Watch your thoughts and see them buzz by. You cant shut it off I bet. Even when you think your not thinking, I bet if you would ‘watch’ you would see some ‘mental commentary’ playing.

So why not “make his word a lamp unto your feet?” In other words, make a conscious choice what will fill your mind. The tele…cut it off totally. (Its possible, I live year with out one) Dont just take daily devotional time. This is old people. Its time to take that daily quiet time and as you have conversations keep an awareness of that which you learned. And put it to practice. Watch your actions and reactions.

To follow up the last sentence I will point you to Eckhart Tolle again. Im doing this, as this post is to short and yet pointing to many concepts that are better fleshed out in his material. If thats to much pick up Nouwen, but I think the former will be like reading the “new king james” version vs. “traditional king james” Nothing wrong with the latter, if you know the lingo. Im afraid many of you dont even have that down…or you have the ‘role’ down to a tee that you cant see the ‘forest for all the trees’. - Those lovely sayings that dont make sense. So go have your cake and eat it too.

This was a fun post, if your not familiar with my style Im sure you can take it the wrong way. But Im very light hearted, and again…this is your journey…I cant hold your hand. - nor do you want me to, I might pull you under.

Peace

dAlen