A Breath of Inspiration

Every moment of Time that we live each day holds something unique that can resonate with the energy of self, this energy we know as Inspiration.

It's that simple "AHA" moment we all have now and then that seems so mystical at times, yet is so extraordinarily common if one only opens themselves to accept these random instances. Something as simple as the fluttering of leaves on a cool autumn day can be enough to spark the minds desire for something more, or perhaps just the simple smile of a random passer by.

We can be inspired to do great things if we only wish to ACCOMPLISH great things. When you choose to do great things with your life, your life will do great things with You. We live in a constant state of Chaotic Harmony with this Universe of ours, and at its most basic level it simply wishes to be recognized. So easy is it these days to forget that we're just a Tiiiiiiiiiny part of a Huuuuuuge whole, with people more commonly looking within themselves then to the Universe without....if they even look anywhere at all >_<

If you accept that the Universe is a conscious being just like you and me, and that it truly wishes to see you succeed in more ways then you can imagine...you'll be happy to find things working smoother for you in a matter of moments. I must say though that it takes a keen sense of perception to notice the subtle changes in the Universe that consistently come to your Aid. You must understand this Reality that surrounds us is a Timeless Entity, and thusly it reacts differently to situations then We. A seemingly bad string of luck might very well work out in your favor, as the actions it forces you to take might have saved you more trouble and pain then the ones you were originally intent on making.

Usually it manifests in Timely answers and openings that allow you to act without much doubt or delay, and are more often "random" instances then obvious slow growing ones. It's this randomness that our Universe seems to favor, as it takes a Bold soul to grasp on blindly to the rope of faith. What one comes to understand in time is that we are all inately blind....and from there one comes to realize that blindness is just another form of sight.

It's an art really. Being able to ride the waves of time with absolute faith of the inevitable outcome, without ever giving in to the consistent bombardment of drawbacks that come your way. One must be flexible with the happenings of life and be able to adapt to every situation, as each new event in life presents a pathway to ever more outcomes. And thus we are drawn back to the topic of Inspiration.

It is inspiration that can be credited for the success of the Human Race. Without this seemingly Divine spark, we would still be wrestling our food to the ground and living off the land. Without inspiration there would be no art, no books, no technology, no businesses, no society, no language...nothing but what Mother Nature intended. In a sense you could say that Inspiration is a Glitch in the system that we take to like fish to water. Perhaps it's wrong to call such an integral part of our existence a Glitch, but in relation to nature I feel it an accurate assessment.

So for the time being, remember to keep your eyes and energy open to new things. Look at the world through a new set of eyes, eyes that sense the conscious intent of the world without. See not only shapes and colors, but possibilities and outcomes. See things like they've never been seen before, and perhaps the world will just see You like never before

God Humans

We open the page to find a book. What appears to be a flat plane of existance reveals to us multitudes of hidden dimension. Yet is this knowledge truly hidden, or simply overlooked? Either way the truth persists now and then, that We are more than meets the eye. So how should one approach infinite possibility?
By being infinitely open to infinite ideas. By embracing that most sacred function of the human mind, that of the the active imagination. We as a race have unarguably proven time and time again, that which we can imagine....we can create. With that comes yet another question...Are we creating something new, or unveiling something we simply could not see before? This unexplainable ability to manifest forth that which resides within our mind, why is it that we've been conditioned to believe it to be a non-primary function of our human existance?
Because it's dangerous to the Structure. It threatens control and promotes absolute freedom. It is this innate ability to express non existance through tangible means that makes our collective conciousness a danger.
In enters the idea of Gods. That's plural, yet singular. Is it not hard to believe that we are of the same thread, creating our weave upon the fabric of this reality? This has become a fairly common belief in this 'New Age', that All is One. We are all individual pieces of the whole, performing our functions to a tee. As such, each and every conciousness has the ability to ascend to its 'original' place in existance through focused willpower.
Obviously, as stated before, a danger to the Structure. So how exactly does one 'ascend'? The answer to that question might perhaps be more individual than the individual contemplating its outcome. We each have our own destiny to create, so it;s up to us to set our sights on something more. To say that the sky is the limit would be a gross understatement, to be sure

Ten rules for a blessed Day

1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK . . .
If someone is rude, if someone is impatient, if someone is unkind, I will not respond in a like manner.

2. TODAY I WILL ASK GOD TO BLESS MY 'ENEMY'
If I come across someone who treats me harshly or unfairly, I will quietly ask God to bless that individual. I understand "enemy" could be a family member, neighbor, co-worker or stranger.

3. TODAY I WILL BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY . . .
I will carefully choose and guard my words being certain that I do not spread gossip.

4. TODAY I WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE . . .
I will find ways to help share the burden of another person.

5. TODAY I WILL FORGIVE . . .
I will forgive any hurts or injuries that come my way.

6. TODAY I WILL DO SOMETHING KIND FOR SOMEONE (BUT I WILL DO IT IN SECRET)
I will reach out anonymously and bless the life of another.

7. TODAY I WILL TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I WISH TO BE TREATED . . .
I will practice the golden rule. "Do Unto others as I would have them do unto me"- with EVERYONE I encounter.

8. TODAY I WILL RAISE THE SPIRITS OF SOMEONE WHO IS DISCOURAGED . . .
My smile, my words, my expression of support, can make the difference to someone who is wrestling with life.

9. TODAY I WILL NURTURE MY BODY . . .
I will eat less . . . I will eat only healthy foods. I will thank God for my body.

10. TODAY I WILL GROW SPIRITUALLY . . .
I will spend a little more time in prayer today. I will begin reading something spiritual or inspirational; I will find a quiet place (at some point during this day) and listen to God's voice.

Remember, today is a gift from God so treat it preciously

Why Religion Should be Stopped

Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink." And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." So she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die." And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. For thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.'" So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah. - 1 Kings 17:8-15.

In 2005, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States was responsible for the creation of 245.7 million tons of garbage. However, that is close to 1.6 million tons of garbage less than the year before and that is about 4.5 pounds of trash per person per day. The good news is that one-third of the garbage was recycled in 2005. The EPA goal for this year is 35 percent to be recycled. As you can see the United States creates a huge amount of garbage every day. We are a throw away society and disposable seems to always be better than the reusable but it wasn't always that way. During the depression years and through much of the World War II years in the United States things were different. During those years not very much of anything was thrown away because everything was needed to survive. Everything was used down to the last drop, down to the last tiny bit.

During WW II tires were very hard to find because of use of the material in the war effort. Neighbors would sometimes share tires with each other in order to have one vehicle, they could use. If someone in the family was ill, having a vehicle that had tires became very important. Because of that, my Dad hoarded old tires for years after the war because he still remembered a time when an old tire could have meant the difference between life and death.

In these modern times, I believe we give up too easily. We give up too early. We give up before it's down to the last drop. We give up before we are down to our last dollar. We would do well to remember Elijah and widow of Zarephath. God gave them the food they needed as long as it was needed. We should remember the example of our Lord at the feeding of the five thousand and of the four thousand. Only a few fishes and a little bread until our Lord blessed the food, and it was multiplied into a provision for the thousands with baskets of food left over.

Before we give up. Before we bail out. Let us give God an opportunity to work that miracle in our lives. Let us thank God for all that we have and are. Ask Him to sustain us. When we think we can't make it another day, let us live one more and see what God will do. When we've gone our last mile, let us walk one more. As we do, we will see the hand of God upon our lives sustaining us each day as we trust Him to provide. Never, ever, give up!!

God - The Ultimate "Something From Nothing"

Believers will often use the 'something from nothing' line in debate with atheists, which when applied to atheism is not just a complete fallacy but also a classic attempt at psychological redirection. Neither atheists nor scientists have ever claimed any 'something from nothing', in fact it is the believer that themselves lay stake in this claim from the get-go, with their very god. The atheist, in leiu of any theistic belief, rejects this notion outright with demand for empirical evidence before belief (rejection of faith).

The common answer is, god has always existed. This itself goes against the very nature of causuality (the first cause argument being a huge fallacy anyway, contridicting itself by stating any uncaused first cause at all), and also places the believer in the indefensible position of explaining how space/time/matter cannot have just simply existed when all the while this magical being that is omnipotent CAN just simply exist. If one admits to the latter, then one must also admit that the former is just as logical if not more so, thereby defeating any argument the believer might have in this regard.

Any other answer than the above openly admits not just a something from nothing but also implies a magical, all powerful nature to this something. This is above and beyond any natural formation, to the point that to believe in this said god and to deny established science is plain absurd. To say that an all powerful being was either created out of nothing OR that this being always has existed, both of these, besides being ouside the scope of rationality, are far less credulous than anything of natural means.

Let us remember that all things outside of natural, descriptive law, have failed so far in terms of actuality, that is to say all things supernatural have failed, and therefore have less than hypothesis status in scientific terms, so to affirm the supernatural while denying the natural is a direct contridiction. Simply put, it is not a viable answer. These gods, these somethings from nothings, are themselves nothing, they are merely our perceptual explanations while in lack of any higher knowledge, our attempt to avoid the theistically dreaded statement of uncertainty. We are perfectly able to combat this uncertianity outside any means of defaulting answers, those that cannot overcome this are those that deny established science and hinder true progress.

That which is observable, has established fact, and repeatable results, is that which has validity over any god, for any god has none of the above. That which has explanation has a 'something' of orgin, that which does not is left to come from 'nothing'. The god(s) of the people are the very something from this nothing, they are the nothing itself encompassing the belief. Those of us that have seen past this nothing call ourselves atheists

The Anti-Christ And Mr. Obama

> Since the election I’ve been asked a number of times to comment on the
> likelihood that Mr. Obama could be the anti-Christ. Let me begin by saying
> that having been elected President he’s Mr. Obama now, not just Obama. As
> for him being the anti-Christ I’ve discouraged that thought because I don’t
> believe it’s time for the anti-Christ to be revealed yet. But apart from
> that there’s no Biblical reason I can find that would absolutely
> disqualify him. And based on the things we know about the anti-Christ
> there’s a fit in several important places. The anti-Christ will have to
> burst on the scene quickly and powerfully to accomplish so much in the
> little time he has, so maybe he’ll need a head start. If that’s the case,
> maybe Mr. Obama is on his way to becoming the anti-Christ. Let’s find out.
>
> We know that the anti-Christ will be a descendant of the people who made
> up the Roman Empire in Biblical times (Daniel 9:26), and he’ll arrive on
> the world scene as a peace maker (Daniel 8:25). He won’t be part of the
> world’s powerful elite at the beginning of his career (Daniel 7:8) but
> will rise up among them to eventually surpass them and become the leader
> of the entire world. (Rev. 13:7-8)
>
> He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior.
> When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the
> Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.
> (Daniel 8:25)
>
> This means that he’ll base his success on a lie, misrepresenting himself
> and his intentions, but people will want to believe him so badly that they’ll
> disregard his inconsistencies until it’s too late to stop him. Initially
> he’ll seem successful, but just when they’re saying “Peace and safety”,
> destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains to a pregnant
> woman, and they won’t escape (1 Thes. 5:3).
>
> Deja Vu All Over Again?
>
> Some of us remember when Jimmy Carter was elected President of the US. The
> country was fed up with Washington and even though he had no national
> leadership experience, we elected him because he was an outsider who
> promised change. He said he would never lie to us, but after the election
> it turned out that he had. He had misrepresented his background and didn’t
> have the ability he needed when it came to governing. He said he was
> Christian and even orchestrated a land for peace deal between Israel and
> Egypt, but he proved to be anti-Israel. Soon we had a crisis in finance
> with interest rates at 20%, an energy crisis with our first gas shortages,
> and an administration that didn’t know how to work with Congress to fix
> things. The Iranians captured our embassy and held our citizens hostage.
> Thankfully he lasted only one term.
>
> Mr. Obama could easily turn out to be just another Jimmy Carter, and if so
> America will suffer through the next four years and then he’ll be gone.
> But if he continues to be successful in convincing people all around the
> world that he’s on the right track even though everything seems to be
> falling apart, it could be a different story.
>
> If my calculations are correct, American Christians have just voted in our
> last presidential elections and won’t be here to see if Mr. Obama turns
> out to be the anti-Christ or not. But someone with a lot more experience
> in accurately predicting the future has some interesting insight into the
> next few years. His name is Gerald Celente, CEO of Trends Research
> Institute, and he’s renowned the world over for his accuracy in predicting
> future world and economic events. He accurately predicted the 1987 Stock
> market crash, the Fall of the Soviet Union, the 1997 Asian currency
> collapse, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and one year before the fact
> predicted what he said would become known as the Panic of 2008, saying
> that giants would tumble to their deaths, which is what we’ve just seen in
> the fall of several of our oldest and biggest financial firms, and with
> the big three auto makers teetering on the brink. (You can check his track
> record for yourself at
> www.trendsresearch.com )
>
> Celente is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and tax
> rebellions - all within four years, cautioning that putting food on the
> table will be a more pressing concern than buying Christmas gifts by 2012.
>
> According to his recent Fox News interview, called “Predicting Obama’s
> Impact” (posted on YouTube on Nov. 10, 2008), by 2012 America will have
> become an undeveloped nation. There will be a revolution marked by food
> riots, squatter rebellions, tax revolts and job marches, and holidays will
> be more about obtaining food than gifts.
>
> “We’re going to see the end of the retail Christmas….we’re going to see a
> fundamental shift take place….putting food on the table is going to be
> more important that putting gifts under the Christmas tree,” said Celente,
> adding that the situation would be “worse than the great depression”.
>
> “America’s going to go through a transition the likes of which no one is
> prepared for,” he said, noting that people’s refusal to acknowledge that
> America was even in a recession highlights how big a problem denial is in
> being ready for the true scale of the crisis.
>
> All this comes from a man with an international reputation for being right
> and whose continued success depends on it. If he’s right now like he has
> been so often in the past, then the next four years will be worse than the
> Carter Administration ever was, rather than the launching platform for a
> coming world leader.
>
> (By the way, please take note that this is another independent expert
> pointing to the year 2012 as one of cataclysmic significance in bringing
> about the End of the Age.)
>
> There’s a wild card that I hesitate to throw in here because I don’t even
> want to think about it. But if it’s true it could easily cause the
> problems that Mr. Celente is predicting. For some time now certain people,
> Republican and Democrat alike, have been saying that Mr. Obama isn’t
> legally qualified to be President because he’s not a natural born citizen
> of the US. I won’t go into the details but the point is that he could make
> this all go away by producing a legitimate birth certificate, something he’s
> been unwilling to do. A Supreme Court Justice has apparently given him
> until Dec. 1, 2008 to do so, and if he does then the Electoral College
> vote will be certified and he’ll be the next President. But lawsuits in a
> dozen or so states have been or are being filed to prevent the
> certification until Mr.. Obama proves he’s qualified. If the courts throw
> out the election who knows what could happen.
>
> What Time Is It?
> As many of you know, I’ve said that all of the End Times prophecies
> including the 2nd Coming could be fulfilled as early as 2018. I base this
> on the Lord’s promise that the generation being born at the time of the
> first End Times signs would still be alive when “all these things have
> happened” (Matt. 24:34) Most scholars view the re-birth of Israel in 1948
> as the first of the end times signs. With an average lifespan being 70
> years, according to Psalm 90:10, everything will have to come to pass by
> 2018. If the Rapture only just precedes the 70th Week of Daniel it could
> come 7 years earlier, in 2011, which is 2 ½ years from now, about half way
> through Mr. Obama’s first term, assuming the election stands.
>
> So here’s how to tell if he’ll become the anti-Christ or not. If it seems
> like he can do no wrong, if people feel safe and it’s beginning to look
> like there’ll be peace in our time, then there’s a good chance he’s the
> one. But if Gerald Celentew€™s predictions are coming to pass, and the world’s
> in worse shape than ever, then he’s just another Jimmy Carter, an
> inexperienced outsider who had no business running for president in the
> first place, let alone being elected.
>
> Time will tell, but either way we can look for some difficult days ahead
> for the Church. Because either way we are in the final phase of post
> Christian America and can expect the world around us to become more and
> more anti-Christian. And if the economy continues to self-destruct it will
> be just that much worse.
>
> But whether Mr. Obama turns out to be the anti-Christ or not is really
> irrelevant to the Church. Our job in the short time we have left is to get
> ready to move to our new home. That means breaking our ties with the old
> one. Anything that can’t be put to kingdom use is excess baggage to us
> now. We should be sending whatever treasure we have up ahead. We should
> stop worrying about our career, our retirement fund, our lifestyle, and
> all those other worldly distractions and put all our resources to work for
> the benefit of our next life. After all it’s the real one. And one way or
> the other, this one is already gone.
>
> Whether you believe in a pre-trib rapture or not you know my advice is
> sound. After all I’m not just making this up. Everything I ‘ve been saying
> is straight from the Lord’s own mouth. He’s the one who said to quit
> storing up treasure on Earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves
> break in and steal. He’s the one who said to store up treasure in Heaven
> instead. (Matt. 6:19-20) And He’s the one who said not to worry about our
> lives here but seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and he’ll
> provide all our needs. (Matt. 6:31-34) So whether you think we’re leaving
> here soon or not, it’s time to pay attention to what He’s been telling us.
> No matter how much time you think we have, you can almost hear the
> footsteps of the Messiah.

Our Eternal Salvation

Are you really sure of your eternal salvation? This is a very important question, and one that will have lasting eternal consequences. If you were to die today, do you know for certain that you would go to heaven? This is a question about which we cannot afford to be wrong, because eternity is very permanent. One day each of us will face the true answer to this question, "For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ", Romans 14:10. Every one of us have two appointments that have already been made for us and that we will definitely keep, whether we want to or not. They are, "And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment", Hebrews 9:27. These two appointments, death and the judgment, cannot be cancelled.

We must not make an error concerning our salvation in following what "seems right" to us, or that we "feel in our heart that we are saved". The Bible says in Proverbs 14:12, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death". Our feelings are not a safe guide, but only the Bible is.

What prior assumptions have we already made about our salvation? Many of these assumptions, that people make, contradict what God says in his word to us. All we have to do is to look around at all of the many differing doctrines that are being taught, and then compare them to what God says in the Bible, and we can see a great difference. Our Lord says in Mark 7:7, "And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men". Our worship is vain if it comes from the doctrines of men and not from God. Can we say that all these many differing doctrines have come from God? I think not. I Corinthians 14:33 says that, "God is not the author of confusion." Or are they from men? Where else could they have come from, if they did not come from God? This becomes a very serious question. Our worship becomes vain and useless, if our doctrines come from men when they meet in conventions and conferences to decide what we are to believe and do.

As the apostle Peter told the Jewish council in Acts 5:29, "We ought to obey God rather than men". Do not believe anything that I tell you, because we are not going to be judged by what I say. Do not believe anything any other person tells you, because we are not going to be judged by what some other person says. In fact, we are not going to be judged by what we personally believe. On the Day of Judgment we are going to be judged only by what the Lord says in the Bible. That is going to be the only standard for judgment, for our Lord says in John 12:48, "The word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day". So, if I or any other person cannot point to it in the Word of God, then please do not believe it, because there is too much at stake – your soul!

Our soul is worth more than the whole world and everything in it. Jesus says in Matthew 16:26, "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Our soul is the part of us that is going to continue to live on forever throughout all eternity. We cannot afford to lose it into eternal punishment.