Love.

"God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them."  1 John 4:16 (NRSV)

"The inmost nature of God is love."  (Bhagavad-Gita)

So if you love God and love your neighbor you are constantly in love and in communion with God.

Love flows through your whole being.

And you are Home!

[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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Service.

If you are doing things because you think you're supposed to the chances are that you are acting out of fear.

The result of this is usually a sense of resentment that you are being asked to do something you don't really want to do.

And this reluctance can make you unhappy and bad-tempered.

This is the opposite of what is intended.

But if your motivation is love and a genuine desire to help then you will experience joy!

This is the great happiness that comes from loving God and loving your neighbor.

And there is no experience greater than this.

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3 Generations.

Satanism in rock music affects each generation according to the generational planets in their horoscopes.

And so the Baby-Boomers were encouraged to indulge in bodily pleasures - "sex and drugs and rock and roll."; "The Flesh Failures."*

Generation X were encouraged to hate and use violence and evil to win - "Sometimes you kick"; "The Devil Inside."

The Millennials are being assailed by rock stars and tempted to turn to wickedness and evil magic.

So be aware.

We have been betrayed.

Rock music is Satanism. 

(*The alternative title for "Let the Sun Shine In" the last song of Hair.)

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Beast.

The origin of the Beast is in the prophetic dreams of Daniel in the Bible.

It also appears in the Book of Revelation

It represents powers that use violence and brutality to conquer and maintain dominance.

In Daniel there are four Beasts which represent the Empires of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.

The Beast in Revelation is the Empire of Rome and the man whose number is 666 is Nero Caesar.

But the Beast represents anyone who relies on violence and force to establish power.

We are seeing increasing references to Beasts in sports and entertainment.

This is no accident.

Satanism in our popular culture deliberately portrays Beasts as desirable, powerful, and successful.

Most people do not realize the sinister origins of these words and images.

So if you are supporting Beasts you are endorsing the use of violence and brutality to achieve your ends.

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Sex.

When we are young we can have problems related to sex that stem from viewing the beloved as a sex object.

This is not recognizing that the object of our desire is in fact a human being.

But with desire comes love.

And with love comes respect.

So if we always respect the loved one's wishes, and right, and vows.....then we will have no further problems with sex.

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Life!

When I was young I thought that God was far away in Heaven.

My scientific education presented me with a world devoid of God.

But now I know that God is everywhere.

He is the sap in the trees, the pollen in the flowers, the oxygen in the air, the life of the waters, the warmth of the Sun, the fertility of the earth, the healing of the body, and much more,,,,,

He resides in all the animals that surround us.

And He is in all the peoples of the Earth.

But the inmost nature of God is love.

And the Divine Spark, out soul, is in our hearts.

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Counterpoint.

And so to counter the influence of Satanism in our popular culture we can orient ourselves to the good by practising:

Mercy, forgiveness, compassion, charity, honesty, altruism, generosity, benevolence, tolerance, truthfulness, care, and unconditional love.....

We can endorse: Light, Life, and Love!

And open our hearts to others.

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