Light.

It is our task to collect the fragments of Light 

    

       from the shards of pottery that contained them.

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Prophets.

"The color of the water is that of its container."

       

        - 14th Century Sufi - Al-Junayd.

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Fear.

It has been said that there are only two things in the world:

Love and fear.

Whatever is not love is fear.

So I would say that the problem is not spiritual death caused by sin but fear that imprisons our hearts.

When we are born we love freely and openly.

As we grow up we learn fear.

And so we lose contact with our souls.

Spiritual development is the unlearning of our fear.

"Love is Letting Go of Fear" (Wayne Dwyer).

God is Love.

And so contact with God allays our fears.

Until we are able to love freely and openly once again.

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Fear.

The key to most of the conflicts in the world is fear.

The great conflicts between Saturn and Uranus are driven by fear.

And this is the basis of the Culture Wars that mar our societies.

Saturn is afraid of punishment.

So when Uranus breaks the rules Saturn's fear is triggered and they try to force them to stop.

This may take the form of threats or treachery or even violence.

And when Saturn tries to control Uranus its great fear of losing freedom is triggered and they revolt.

And so violence may result.

But the key to resolving these conflicts is to look at the deep fears that exist on both sides.

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Death is Not.

Death is no thing.

Death is not a state, nor is it a kingdom, nor is it a person or an angel.

At most death is moment.

A moment of transformation.

From this life to the life beyond.

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Prayer.

Heavenly Father,

Deliver us from evil.

To a place where there is goodness and love.

Amen.

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An Evil Place.

The world is an evil place.

Violence and fear curse us all.

But hidden in our culture is a greater evil.

Rock stars, celebrities, and sporting heroes have sold their souls for fame and fortune and practise covert Satanism which is transmitted through the mass-media.

They manipulate the unconscious using subliminal images and messages to corrupt us all.

This causes untold suffering.

Drugs and divorce alone have caused great suffering for three generations.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

This is the Crime of the Century which sought to induce death and damnation. 

And it curses us all.

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Looking for Love.

All sex is looking for love.

And that includes gay sex.

We may feel as if our aim is pleasure.

But it goes deeper than that.

Sex encourages intimacy with another human being.

And it is this contact that we crave.

Sex can also inspire feelings of love.

And as such it can satisfy our deepest need:

The need for love.

So don't think that sexual gratification is an end in itself.

It is not.

Sex leads us into loving relationship with another.

And this is where we will find happiness.

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God's Image.

Ever since the 1980s when corporate interests took over sports their philosophy has been hard, tough, and violent.

It is the win at all costs, get the next guy before he gets you, dog-eat-dog philosophy of the rat-race.

Those who love this philosophy in fact love Satan.

And they despise the spiritual qualities of God.

Mercy, forgiveness, compassion, generosity, courage, integrity, and love.

So don't project your tough philosophy onto God.

God is Love.

And Compassion and Mercy are His Angels.

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Sports Addiction.

It seems as if the whole world is addicted to sports.

But this is not as innocent as it may seem.

Evil influences within the sporting arena seek to addict you to their code in order to get money and attention out of you.

Sports men and women sell their souls to Satan for fame and fortune.

And they use their influence to corrupt you. 

They make you lazy and selfish like them.

It is anti-religious, obsessive, and negative.

Soon you will find yourself thinking about your favorite sports and neglecting your responsibilities.

So try to limit the time you spend watching, listening to, and thinking about sports.

And pray to God to deliver you.  

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Reality.

Apocalypse.  "In Greek it means, literally to strip off - what athletes did before competing in the gymnasium.....And figuratively it means to reveal the true nature of something.  We seem, bizarrely to have forgotten that revelation is the English equivalent of apocalypse!  These texts are stripping off what we think is reality to reveal God's reality."*

"What we think is reality."  

Money talks, power rules, violence wins, hate works, greed is good, dog eat dog.....

These are the realities of our world.

But they are not God's reality.

God's reality is different:

Mercy, forgiveness, compassion, generosity, consideration, patience, faithfulness, truthfulness, reliability.....

These things characterize God's reality.

But most of all God embodies a steadfast love that is unconditional and enduring.

God's love is forever.

A student once asked an Indian Yogi: "Is there a reality?"

The Yogi said: "Yes, there is an ultimate Reality."

And by this he meant God's beautiful nature that is born of Love.

Light.  Life,  Love.

These three things come from God.

But the Heart of it all is Love.

(*From a sermon "The End is not Near" by Rev. Ross Pearce.)

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Good News.

The Good News is that God does not judge us or punish us.

God loves us like a Father, and He will not punish His children.

So why has the Church traditionally taught that God punishes sin and that God will judge us after death and on the Last Day?

The reason is simple - the Church is part of the ruling elite and it is their policy to keep the masses under control.

And to do this they use the carrot and stick of heaven and hell.

But where did these ideas come from originally?

These ideas stem from humankind's fear.

We find it difficult to imagine a God who does not reward good and punish evil.

And so we find these threats attached to the revelations from God.

But the reality is that God does not punish us or judge us.

God loves us.

This is Good News.

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XXX.

Generation X think that the devil has everything they want.

They want luxury cars, luxury houses, they want power jobs and big bucks, they want fame and fortune and a rock star reception, they want hard-core sex and they want it now!

And they think that the devil can give it to them.

Because in the Bible the devil says: "(for) it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please."  Luke 4:6 (NRSV)

That's why everything is backwards:

Evil is good and Good is evil.

And Pope John Paul II and the Religious Right blessed them.

They sold the Holy Spirit to the devil.

For victory and for political power.

[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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Hippies.

The Hippie Generation were shamed by the Religious Right under Ronald Reagan.

But what did they do?

Reagan called them: "Unconscious agents of the devil" presumably because their rock stars secretly practised Satanism.

But it was never made clear what the Hippies had actually done.

Generation X embraced this policy with glee.

Targeting John Lennon and the icons of the 1960s.

But it was not made clear why.

It would seem that the problem was that they were Commies, not that they were evil.

And Generation X attacked them in a frenzied generational war.

But the Hippies are innocent.

Their rock stars may have engaged in Satanic magic but the Hippies themselves did little wrong.

Drugs and sexual excess can be attributed to their rock heroes.  

And criticism on this basis is hypocritical to say the least.

So the Hippie are innocent.

Our generation will be absolved.

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Misinformation.

Just because the rock stars of the 1960s and 1970s appeared to be left-wing does not mean that all left-wing thinking is Satanic.

The rock stars of the 1960s and 1970s may have been involved in Satanism.

But that does not mean that all Hippies and Baby-Boomers are Satanists.

Nor does it mean that gays and lesbians are Satanists.

Hippies and gays are the victims of Satanism.

Drugs, divorce, and degradation derive from sex and drugs and rock and roll.

This has ruined three generations of youth.

And it has caused untold suffering.

We can no longer blame the victims for what has happened.

Hate and violence cannot be condoned.

And lies and misinformation should be exposed.

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Conflation.

Right-wing reactionary elements in our society are conflating ideas to further their aims.

They are conflating the ideas of Socialism and Liberalism with Satanism.

And they are conflating the idea of homosexuality with pedophilia.

This has been done deliberately to justify hate and violence against left-wing politicians and gays and lesbians.

They have created a scapegoat.

But these things are not true.

Satanism is mostly right-wing Neo-Nazism.

And as such it is closer to reactionary Conservatives than Liberals.

My prayer is that they will be healed of their madness and restored to sanity and truth.

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God.

The Nature of God is Love.

And His Face is Mercy.

His Heart is Forgiveness.

And His Presence is Blessing.

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Wuthering Heights.

In Emily Bronte's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights Cathy and Heathcliff rebel.

This means that they reject God and good and turn to the devil and evil.

They seem to think that this is preferable and will enhance the passion of their relationship.

And this is despite the fact that it has dire consequences.

So why did Kate Bush choose this as the theme for her debut single?

There can be only one answer.

She had rebelled herself.

And this is the blueprint for many rock stars.

They turn to the devil and evil.

And they deceive their fans.

Many follow the teachings of Aleister Crowley.

Crowley was an early 20th Century black magician and Satanist who taught them how to make pacts with the devil.

His catch-cry "Do what you will" was the source of the 1960s slogan "Do your own thing".

But the Baby-Boomers refuse to believe that their rock heroes are evil.

They are all in denial.

But it doesn't stop there.

Rock dogs and divas do this today.

They push pleasure and evil.

And they deceive their fans.

A mask of popular culture disguises their true nature.

But the evil they do remains.

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Weeds.

In the Mahabharata Krishna says:

"No good man is entirely good, and no bad man is entirely evil."

Good people often bury evil in their unconscious out of fear.

And bad people may think themselves better than good people.

But this is always a matter of degree.

In Matthew's Gospel in the Parable of the Weeds and the Wheat the Master tells his slaves not to gather the weeds because "in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them."  Matthew 13:29 (NRSV)

This is because we may not be accurate in our assessment of who is good and who is evil.

We may punish the wrong people.

Jesus says not to judge others.

And God judges no one.

So humility and honesty are needed.

We should not expect ourselves to be perfect, however.

We are human.

But we should aspire to being good without fear of judgement.

For God is Good.

[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 Sword.

Those who use violence and force in the cause of religion are mistaken.

God does not use violence or force.

God uses Love and Light to overcome evil.

We must lay down the sword and cry out to God for help!

And we must never use violence to force our religion onto others.

This is the classic mistake of the world's religions.

We must transcend violence!

We must abandon war!

The end does not justify the means.

The end is the means.

We must use non-violent means to achieve our goals.

And we must never try to defeat others.

We must only try to defeat evil in others.

Violence begets violence.

But love begets love.

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Armor of God.

"Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness.  As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace.  With all of these take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."  Ephesians 6:14-17 (NRSV)

The Armor of God is a collection of non-violent instruments of protection with which we can defend our souls.

But this does not mean we must take up the sword to defend the Lamb.

To take up the sword is to use violence to defend non-violence.

This is the classic mistake of the world's religions.

We must use non-violence means to protect our souls.

We must lay down the sword and cry out to God for help!

God will answer.

And deliver us from evil. 

[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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