Sojourner Truth

I read Sojourner Truth's Narrative recently, and something has stuck in my head that really moved me.

First of all what an amazing soul. What an amazing woman who was way ahead of her time. God really blesses the world when he puts a soul like that on it.

Anyway, what I want to share is because of the fact that she could not read she would employee adults and children to read to her. What is interesting is at one point she completely stoped employing adults to read to her. You see when she would ask the adult to read the passage a second time the would give their interpretation to her. This hurt her. First of all they probably assumed she was not bright enough to understand. And even more of the reason that I find profound is that ADULTS ARE RIDGE AND CAUGHT UP IN THEIR ON INTERPRETATIONS!

Children on the other hand would read the passage again and again without adding their "2 cents". I think that is what Jesus Christ meant when he said "only those who are like children can enter the Kingdom of God"!

So let us remember that in daily life. Let us not be rigid in our own beliefs be open minded and understand that we do not know it all. Take it like this, everyone we meet knows something we don't, so be a student of everyone! Now I obviously don't mean believe everything you hear, but simply dont' rule it out immediately. Take in new information process it and throw it out if it is useless, but utilize it if it is wroth it...

Ego and the Devil

I heard an interesting thought that I feel has some importance.

In the lore "Satan" or "Lucifer" was one of God's strongest and most precious angels. He was in Heaven and all was harmonious. The beginning of the end for him was at on key point. It was when he found a mirror! Interesting indeed!

I would imagine he saw himself and admired himself and all his beauty and power. Old lore says he was jealous of God and coveted the seat of the most high. His ambition grew and eventually the archangel Michael had to battle him and threw him out of Heaven.

What is interesting to me to take note is what caused "the Devil's" demise. IT WAS EGO! I have said before that I find the biggest stumbling block is egotism. I continue to battle with my huge ego daily...

The danger of "Conclusions"

I have an important warning for the casual and serious "Truth Seeker":

"NEVER COME TO ANY CONCLUSIONS!"

I can't stress this enough. Continue to question everything! I mean absolutely everything. Once you draw a conclusion and accept it you are lost! Conclusion means the stop of inquiry, and once you stop inquiring atrophy starts. I mean both spiritually and physically. Indifference and ignorance are the enemies to the Truth, more the latter than the former, but both are dangerous.

Think about it, if Truth Seekers did not inquire the the world would still be believed to be flat! So please, please be a constructive critic. I emphasize constructive because we do not want to be cynical.

I have learned from my own experiences of failure after failure that is how I know this...

Vernon Howard

I just got Vernon Howard's "The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power" the first 20 pages have been delightfully enlightening. He was the one of the main influence's to Tom Russell of http://www.timeoutfortruth.com/ a great website were the wisdom is vast (www.superwisdom.com).

Anyway here is an example of something Vernon Howard said:

“Confucius was in his thirties when he visited Lao-tse, then a sage in his eighties. We might picture what the wise man said to the young inquirer. For one thing, Lao-tse might have pointed out that human reformers never seek justice for their followers; they wish only to grasp the power of injustice for themselves. He might also have said that a formal education does not mean intelligence, for true intelligence is to live within the spontaneous rhythm of life, without cunning and deceit, and with sanity and naturalness.” — Vernon Howard

I bolded the part that moved me. We get caught up in knowledge sometimes. Living should be a natural and easy thing! Stay loose and enjoy!

The Painting

I was thinking about life and death and it came to me that life the whole history of the universe is like a painting. All the comets, the asteroids, the clouds, solar systems, planets, our lives are brushstrokes. They all have a time on the canvas some more than others, but the strokes goes on as long as the painter needs it to in order to create this masterpiece.

Who is the painter? That is not important. Some call him God, some Allah, some Krishna etc etc. The important thing to remember is keep your part of the painting bright and beautiful...

RELIGION

To me religion, whatever it may be, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. etc. is just the vehicle to get you to the "forest". A jeep if you will, gives you a boast toward the truth. It maybe a very bumpy road with some detours, but eventually you arrive at the "forest".

You see the jeep is man made and has certain limitations. You can only go so far in a jeep no matter how strong or "advanced" it is. Eventually you gotta get out with you machete (the Truth) and hack and trek your way into the forest.

The forest is a scary place. A lot of people would rather stay in the safety of a jeep, but to really find what you are looking for you must make this trek on your God made feet. The deeper you get the scarier it is, but as you make it through each ticket you start to notice something it is a beautiful forest! Waterfalls, wonderful plantlife, and all kinds of exotic animals. Like all forests/jungles there are dangers, but the immense beauty of it worth the trek.

So whatever, church/temple/mosque you go to remember that it is man made and has certain limitations. The feet that are God made have no limitations. Armed with your machete "the Truth" hack your way into the beautiful forest. You never know what you may find!

Who am I?

Who am I?

Am I the sum of all my childhood/teenage memories? Am I the sum of a series of successes and failures? Am I an Indian? Am I a father? Am I a husband? Am I a fool? Am I wise?

Who am I?

Am I a spirit stuck in a physical body? Am I just a physical body with a high developed frontal lobe? Am I just a creature that evolved from a series of primates?

Who am I?

Am I a descendant of Adam and Eve? Am I God's child? Am I reincarnated from a previous life? Am I confused?

Who am I?

Am I the embryo that developed in my mother's womb? Am I the individual genetic material my father and mother brought together to create me? Am I the nutrients that my parents consumed that made that genetic material? So am I the earth?

Who am I?

Whatever I am know I am made in the image of God! ...or am I?

WHO AM I!?!?!?

Inspired by the writing "Who am I?", "Nan Yar?"

http://allspirit.co.uk/whoami.html

Know Theyself

Socrates said it, "Know thyself". I think that sums up all I have been trying to say in these blogs. We all think we know ourselves, but do we really? I believe God has deposited so much treasures in all of us that all we need do is literally sit down quietly and search for it! I have been reading a couple different religious works and they all talk about a "light" or "a treasure" inside us.

I feel we could live a thousand years and only really start to tap the potential in all of us. So seek out the Kingdom of God, The Treasure inside the Clay Jar, the light that lights the world........