Homosexuality.

When confronted with homosexuality Christians have the choice of responding with fear or compassion.

Fear will dictate Judgement and punishment.

Compassion will grant Mercy and Forgiveness.

It's a simple choice.

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Christian Churches.

The Christian Churches are religious authorities on Earth.

But they are also the representatives of Jesus of Nazareth.

And so when someone comes to the House of God the Church has the choice of responding as the Pharisees responded or as Jesus of Nazareth responded.

That is with Judgement and punishment or with Mercy and Forgiveness.

"'"Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord."'"  Matthew 23:39 (NRSV)

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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The Heart Awakens!

When a child reaches puberty he experiences strong feelings of love for the first time.

The heart awakens!

This is an important time.

The soul is at the crossroads.

Will he take the way of pleasure?

Will his love be requited?

Will he experience the bitterness of rejection?

Or will his love flower and grow?

This is the way of the Rose with its beauty and its thorns.

And it is vital to his future life!

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The Self.

The self or the soul is the light that gives life to the body.

But the body is not the self.

The self is the light that gives life to the mind.

But the mind is not the self.

We chase after the pleasures of the body.

But this does not bring happiness.

We indulge in the pleasures of the mind.

But this leads nowhere.

The self or the soul resides in the heart.

It is the divine spark.

And it is the part of us that loves.

Only this brings happiness.

Love God and love your neighbor.

This leads to infinite joy.

Those who live in the world and chase after selfish rewards live on a fraction of this joy.

But when we love God and love those around us we experience great happiness.

This is the ultimate purpose of life.

There is no other.

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Copying Hell.

Hot, fire, beast, monster, animal, devil.....

All these things which are being associated with sexuality derive from Satanism in our culture.

And people copy them.

They wear their caps backwards.

They make the sign of the horns.

And they poke their tongues out. 

Do they realize they are copying hell?

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The Shadow.

The shadow is that part of the unconscious in which we bury all the negative aspects of our personalities - that which we refuse to recognize.

And we project these negative traits onto others.

Anything which triggers an uncontrollable emotional reaction may well be an aspect of our own shadow.

Things like: prejudice, hate, jealousy, selfishness, envy, oppression, violence etc..

Most of these things are forms of fear.

But they are disguised as our demons.

One of these demons is blaming the victim.

It is common in our society to blame the victims of oppression and violence for their own misfortunes.

We must recognize these demons for what they are without justifying them or avoiding them out of fear.

We must have the courage to face them and deal with them.

    

We may have to adjust our behavior accordingly.

And modify our mentality.

The best tools we have in dealing with them are attitudes like: gratitude, admiration, generosity, sympathy, and forgiveness.

We must forgive ourselves for what we have done in the past and endeavor to do better in the future.

Only then will we overcome the demons of our shadow.

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The Darkening of the Light.

In 1984 we threw the I-Ching and it came up as The Darkening of the Light.

Little did we know at the time but this was the beginning of the period of deep darkness in our world.

Shortly afterwards Lawrence Olivier quoted Dylan Thomas: "Rage, rage, against the dying of the light!"

From that time until now we have been in darkness.

Pitch-back in the ruthless, brutality of Generation X and the Black Beast.

Living backwards with no ethics and no ideals.

Slaves to money and materialism.

With no voice and no power.

But the Light is beginning to break through.

New governments have been elected on platforms of idealism and integrity.

Young people are beginning to become politically active.

Unionism is on the rise.

Power is returning to the people.

After the night comes the dawn.

And a new start for humanity.

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