Urantia

God didn't just give me my problems, he also gave me a way out of them- by sending me the Urantia Book to answer my questions and to we things in the perspective of evolution and personal growth rather than as judgement. Nothing is in fact fixed, we are all growing and in our understanding and in our search for happiness.

Giving is more gracious and in fact more constructive to personal growth then receiving, though this too should be gracious, if only for promoting the others growth thereby.

We need patience and gentleness when dealing with others then they can grow and show their real side which, being real, is always good. The generosity is a sign of our own growth.

Always Remember the Always

In all of this obsession I and probably millions of others have with the traumatic events of the Middle East, we should always remember- that they are relative events in an endless universe. They matter, but in perspective- there is so much more to life and existance.

Also, we can pray that this 'Always' becomes the values of that region, our most turbulant one, whoever you blame for this and that the Earth is more like the Paradise it was based on. We can pray and meditate to bring this into being. We should not get sucked into the maelstrom of emotions that are excited by all of this, but stay in tune with what is good and right and beautiful. Truth ios beautiful, truth is something that brings happiness. Anything else is some species of untruth, if not worse.

Eternity is like a flower that never dies. We need to stay aware that reality is based around such a flower. We need to stay true to love, whatever the distraction. Thus we stay true to our source and Father.

A Meaning in the Tragedy

I am not happy for what happened in China and Burma. In fact, I say prayers for the victims and their families. Yet, did it happen for no reason? Do the human rights of monks matter more than those governments claim- can whole countries sin, if the innocent prophets (people with conscience), in their midst are persecuted? Maybe laws in the universe exist to curb tyranny and encourage compassion, laws maybe made by 'God', that it is up to us to learn about and respect.

If God is reality, it is what is. God is worth learning about, as God is, not as we would like God to be- for God's job is the difficult balancer of hope and justice, mercy and limitation. Only God knows what is best, to bring about the best possible future. It is up to us to choose the righteous and peaceful way to it. I don't like it more than anyone else, but my understanding is that the hope of a just eternity requires many tragedies, in order to limit human sinfulness- but these tragedies are not at all chosen by God- they are the risks and unwelcome side-effects of selfish action.

What do they achieve? They slow down despotic governments who might otherwise stoop to genocide or full-scale persecution of minorities. They enhance human compassion and the urge to co-operate and care for one another. If humanity was fully-evolved, they wouldn't need such experiences, or indeed any such tragedy. Our hunger for them, as a race, even in the arts, indicates a need to feel the value of life afresh.

In fact here is the secret- if they are experienced vicariously in the arts, they may no longer be called into our lives any longer- as experience is everything for evolving creatures, such as ourselves. Humanity needs to love one another, as all men are ultimately related. If there is any meaning in such things. I believe it is something like this.

But I repeat, this is all not God's will, but the result of our erring. God wants us all to attain Paradise and Eternal Life- it is just for us to have the faith to accept this ultimate gift awaiting us, lying like the wild flower in the field, waiting to be sniffed.

The Holy Way

The Tao, The Ki, The Way, The Force, God's Plan; all of these are of the same essence. We need to be in tune with the great stream of our being, something we ourselves generate as a manifestation of our life. As spiritual beings manifesting ourselves in the material dimensions, we create this stream, yet often forget what it is. We need to constantly align ourselves with the reality of our being-ness, to flow smoothly along, learning, loving, being gently carried to our destination in the highest heavens of God.

We need to remember our truest values and thus swim with our stream. Our pain and frustration comes from trying to swim against the current, with mangled conceptions of how things should be, when, in fact, a recognition and unfolding of the way they truly are is the most liberating force of all.

What could be greater than a free-will universe in which we willingly love God by loving one another? In which increasingly wonderful and beautiful forms evolve on planets, finding more and more of their creator as they thrive in sunlight and spiritual foods to come? As we find increasingly better things, we move onwards towards them. This shows our learning of higher morality and of the higher artistic possibilities of the universe.

God and the universe being an artist, we being children of same are likewise artists at heart. We create art simply by purely living our lives, expressing our deepest wishes whenever we live sincerely. Sincerity, sincerity and more sincerity- this is the way to enlightenment.

Where is Blogging Going?

I've been blogging for about two years now and still have yet to really find my voice. My lack of hard-hitting articles and world-changing productions is evidence of this. If I really hit the spot, I will have thousands of hits a day to show for it, at least. One problem is my ovbsession of checking for such hits- yet a watched kettle never boils. I need some discipline here! Maybe check my hits once a week and the rest of the time legitimately earn them by trying to make kick-ass stuff that people want to see.

Actually, to be honest, even this is not my objective. I want to find my true, inner voice in all of this. The nearest I have yet to find is through online Tarot- a kind of 'Golden Compass' to find the truth behind appearances.

Even more so, more than popularity or even art, I wish to serve God, my creator. I try to stay in tune with 'The Force', his will for me. Through meditation, tarot, creative imagination, I can reconfigure myself and realign myself to do this. This means more to me than popularity for sure.

So where to go from here? The same old things remain- there is an essential difference between Maya-based superficiality and deeper efforts to understand the meanings behind appearances and to live more fully according to them. I need to get over my prejudice against conscious understanding of what is going on, my somnambulist addiction to dreamy living. People can see clearly what they are doing and still make progress. There are always more mysteries behind what we see, to uncover yet.


I wish to network with similar people, who want to know God better and to be more like Him, more like the Creators, like advanced space-beings or angels. Who want to evolve.

I want to help people to know God by making them more loving, by making them interested in fine art and creation, by helping them see the beauty of evolution towards ever-higher and more worshiping forms. God is the real reality behind everything, the pure personality and intelligence. When we remember that of course reality is what we deep-down hope it to be, we can realign ourselves and find it afresh. Kids know this, adults forget it and tempt one another into forgetfulness of it. Which is why kids and nature are a good way to recall the truth.

I want to make people more loving and thereby find God through me. Maybe they can feel a little sorry for me and thereby be more loving. God is truth and truth is love- all are conceptualisations for a hyper-dimensional, hyper-directional reality that cannot simply be simplified into conceptual forms.

I want to be more relevant, hard-hitting in the sense of touching all the relevant buttons and getting people to respond from their deepest hearts. To help people to be human.

I was thinking- 'All we have is now'- we just have the society, the issues, the environment we currently have. What we may have in the future may be a pleasant dream (or a paranoid nightmare for some), but it is not as real as the now. So relevance, even in fantasy, is derived from illustrating the present in a novel and informed way, to expose hypocrisy afresh and draw people to truth. The peaceful pursuit of truth needs to be accompanied by the conflict of exposing people and institutions that claim to represent truth, but in fact merely advance their own interests. The danger of allowing them to continue unchecked is that they can deceive others into the belief in partial truths, making them helpless to improve their position in a real way.

The Golden Compass speaks of this in it's portrayal of a false and self-seeking church. The Secret is accused of hiding testimony on the Stream, from the multi-being messages of Abraham, so as to resolve copy-write issues conveniently, thus creating a further Secret still! My next post will touch on this and speak of the stream, of the way, the Tao, the Ki of this universe, which is of course the living spirit of God's true plan for us all.

Appealing to the Universe

It has been decided- I will visualise myself leading a life in the environment I most desire and then the universe- or God following such a heartfelt prayer if you will- will then look after me, filling in the details. You see, my desire, my dream, is of my spiritual nature, my deeply embedded knowledge of who I truly want to be. It is in a sense analogue, feeling. Meanwhile, the three-dimensional world of 'reality', the society we inhabit, is in a sense digitised. You either have or don't have a particular job. There is a clear line between fantasy and reality, one that perhaps our daydreaming thoughts don't respect, but an existent one nonetheless.

We can try and affect this digital, binary process, but really, not being 'reality programmers', it is not our task. The God, godlings, higher beings, authority figures be they kings or administrators- all those with the actual power are tasked with this. This is why the Bible teaches that God allows those who administrate to do so- ultimately, they are a shadow of His power. So, idealistic though it may sound, our appeals to God and our faith, our communication with the universe, is the best way- and then those with power can resolve every little detail, with the ability they have to do so.

This means that the job we dream of may be our own job transfigured, or another. The same goes for any aspect of our lives- the main thing is to have the sense of vision that it can be true. What we truly want is destined to us- it is in a world of values and feelings, not just the literal world of 'yes and no'. Yet the place where reality overtakes fantasy is in this literal world. Those with the power can make such things work out for us- be they beings seen or unseen.

Remember Jesus

Today, we need to think and meditate on what Jesus did for us, what the God of our universe did in being incarnated into our world in human form, to share our hopes and joys, to share our lives. What bravery, for an infinite being to submit to the pains and limitations of mortality, and on such a primitive and confused world as ours! What kindness, to bestow such loving guidance as to live amongst us and to show how ultimate values can be realised, even in such a sphere!

The way is clear- that we need to keep our minds on the things of heaven, the things of love, the things of immortality and the path to eternal life. As men, we may be seen as being unmanly in such an undertaking, especially now that certain countries are trying to 'reinvent' themselves as military rather than civilian entities. We may be laughed at, scorned, spat on- but the joys of the Kingdom are so much greater than the pains of this world that it is all worth it. Through our examples, the joy of salvation may spread throughout this world to everyone- and in fact some of the most powerful forces active here are in tune with this mission- only the weak and rebellious ones even try to oppose it and then in their ignorance.

So let us remember the calm, loving, peceful yet firm in primncipal and loyal to truth qualities of Jesus- an illustration of the very qualities of the God of all existance, of the 'real' boss, who made us to be free to choose His ways if we but wake up to them.

Thank you God of our Universe, our Micheal, for coming to Earth as this baby Jesus, to show the ways of eternal life and open the door for all those who wish to walk through. Let more and more beings from this and other worlds find the true way, by whatever route appeals best to their nature. Please protect us from evils, sins and temptations in this coming year and indeed for ther whole of our existence. We, for our part, seek diligently to be loyal to your ways and rules and commandments- most especially the most important one- to love one another as you love us.

Thank you God

Amen.

Holding to the Sacred

I have a very bad habit of experiencing a great, blissful experience, one which shines with eternal love, relayed through the universe- only to let my resident fears and insecurities rupture the bubble of reality and let in 'the world' of limitations, of sufferings. Put short, especially when sensitised by great experiences, I am liable to feel something, some small irregularity so troubling it is as if it is poised to shatter the calm- which, then, over-reacting with a sudden burst of what looks like bad-temper, but is in reality a flowering of insecurity, an attempt to preserve security anew.

This is what I wish to conquer- my temper, my insecurity, my backwards- rushing perceptions that pull me back just when I am making the most progress. I want to extend my trust and keep the good feeling flowing, somehow let those destructive, unstable energies and my cynicism find a new channel, so as not to impinge in the purity of heavenly perceptions. I do really mean heavenly perceptions- I regularly experience satori-like bliss, a gift from a loving God, but then hours later my own feeling is ruptured when some small thing goes wrong.

I don't see this as just my problem- I see it as humanity's problem, yet as a human, it is as much mine as anyones, the 'cross I have to bear'. Good, trustful communication and a stronger faith could well help. To some extent, techniques like deep breathing, counting to ten could help, but what I am looking for is something beyond repression, rather to let it out in a healthy and positive way. Sometimes this can mean sharing what I am thinking with someone, however crazy it sounds, but then I need to be careful not to let it be done in a damaging way- either of their feelings or of my reputation for being sane! (Something that this blog, in the wrong hands, could well do- but the love of freedom of speech and the relative anonymity of the internet make this expression possible, in line with the 'avoid repression' policy above).

It is almost as if God gives me these great glimpses of eternity, or eternal love, that great ocean of kindness, of mercy and beauty, only to test my faith by allowing reality to nip me like a biting mosquito, to see if my faith is strong enough to maintain heavenly perceptions despite these provocations- many of which are no doubt merely imagined by a restless mind. Of course, another possibility s that my mind has been long-conditioned to define 'reality' as a negative to be faced, one which is escaped from in 'fantasy' realms. Knowing more, from the study of Reality (with a capital R) and religion, I now know that it is reality that is good and our psychology that is full of pitfalls and mental potholes.

The ancient problem remains- how to be truly religious and in the world at once? The ancient answer comes back- by conquering our own self and thereby the world, no longer feeling bothered or 'messed around' by it. A heavenly calm, a divine passion, accompanying heavenly perception. The only anger is righteous anger, to write wrongs, not an exaggerated sense of our own misfortunes or pressures. Psychology makes true religion possible, the feminine balanced with the masculine in a universe that is, essentially, feminine, inhabited by masculine minds.

The Great Earthquake Nears

As anyone who follows this story will know, the fall of nova has left many stranded in japan, victims of circumstance that no-one seems to want to help. Now they are being offered cheaper flights home (which some simply can't afford) and in the longer term (3 months) their salaries finally. I can see that some may not really see it as an option to go back, even if they can just about afford a ticket and will stay- finding what work they can, maybe even going homeless. Japan has some sympathy for them, but is avoiding the responsibility they have for having invited all these guests to come and experience their culture and provide so much entertainment and sympathetic help (whatever cold-minded nonsense you hear, language school teachers often double-up as therapist/councilors and none that I met is as selfish as the average 'full time worker'- self-important buffoons that they are, denying god's reality with their every breath (okay, there are exceptions, but todays professional pharasies are not as pure-hearted as they claim).

I do smell a certain racial attitude towards these foreign guests in not doing enough to ensure their pay is refunded (pay that was stolen by a company with deep connections to the government here, much like Enron had in America), nor to ensure that basic HUMAN RIGHTS like food and shelter and security are granted. The Japanese workers can stay with their families- foreigners can't- sometimes even in their own countries, where families are much less close (living with mine would mean a lot of verbal abuse alongside all the kindness and I'm not sure I could take it in the middle-to-long term). I know I partly came to Japan to be more independant and save for the future- trusting the government approval of Nova and their legitimacy as a large company. Back then it was easy to leave for something else- now the market is not only depressed, but also flooded with thousands of other inexperienced 'teachers' in the same boat.

So, we see the media blaming the teachers for Nova collapsing, suggesting they should have been firm and loyal, even with no pay or no food. You see no offers from the government or even private citizens to help people they invited to help them with their poor English and narrow perspective on the world. Can God accept this treatment of the young and generous (with their time, if that is all they have)- can God sit back and allow his children to be treated this way- a way that is so shocking it has made the front pages of the international news?

If Katrina was America's punishment for the invasion of Iraq, the brutal conquest of a Sovereign land and the rape of her resources, all to satisfy greedy consumerist habits, one wonders what may be on the cards for Japan if they insist on proceeding with this bigoted nonsense and hard-hearted refusal to see what they are doing? Whatever Shinto might seem to teach them, humans all have equal rights (though perhaps individual aptitudes- rights to a happy life being a different subject). Could it be that Earthquake that has been on the cards for so long?

I should stress here that God doesn't punish- yet our actions, thoughts and deeds of our heart can bring forth consequences out of the great law of karma. God indeed counsels us to be kind and loving, slow to anger and hate, so that we are on track for the way he created us to be. But if we ignore such signs, wonders and teachings, who knows what might happen- only our faith and kindness can appeal to God's grace. Of course, I hope all this doesn't happen and Japan comes to it's senses and helps these poor buggars, and also that a lot of them go home, where it will be a lot safer- then they can come out again with other jobs. But all this makes Japan look bad for a reason- no-one tolerates intolerance- it can no longer be a 'dirty little secret' that can be hidden safely. America and the UN have yet to say anything- hopefully it will all be resolved before this is neccessary (remember, this is about people being marooned, not the economics of bankruptcy itself, which happens all the time, but rarely to foreigners on this scale).

In my country, people would certainly help and the government would already have many schemes to make sure everyone is safe and to an extent looked after. Maybe that's why when we had a flood, only a few people actually died. 'Natural disasters' bring their own message. Let's be good and fear the wrath of our own misdeeds- being loving, instead.

God, let there be compassion, peace ,justice and safety. May your kingdom come ton Earth, may we be saved from the harsh things of this world by your grace.

Amen

God is a Fair Employer

Well, I'm back here and it seem that a lot of my blogger stuff has gradually moved over to my Perfect Futures pages and also my video-blogging. The latter is getting some attention, though I still need a lot of work on presentation. There are various series- Tech Talk, Cosmic Transitions (a kind of video-version of Starfire Teaches, or that's what I hope for), and the usual assorted clips and slideshows. I am also starting to pay more attention to issues- partly how they effect me (including emotionally- news seems to do that to me a lot, maybe I'm a bit of a news junkie) and how they potentially could do.

An amazing thing happened. I prayed to God for some financial reward for serving Him and compensation for my stress over the summer- a time when I tried to just do the right thing by my family, but was frequently misunderstood. I want to work for God and what kind of employer doesn't get around to paying? I was then promised a cheque in the mail, that would give me something to do with university in November, to the sum of about 1,000,000 yen, though there would be a 9 in there somewhere to make this possible. mysterious, huh?

A few days later, my mum emailed to say that she had been offered some more funds she was due from her parent's inheritance, $9,000 to be exact and she decided that she wanted it to be for me to study something in university to help with my future. I thanked her and asked if she wanted to split it or something- she said no, she wanted me to have it. It came and, converted to yen, it is about a million. but it arrived in October... hmmm. I took it to citibank, where it turns out they take 22 days or so to process the cheque, bringing me into that month.

So, for anyone paying attention, God does pay his prophets, his love is supra-material, but also in the material sphere. More to the point for me, it seems, with all this Nova crisis I had better improve my marketability and indeed employability for better-paying jobs- and an MA would seem to be the best way to do this (trying to drum up private students has yet to prove really profitable, but I suppose, like the occasional photographic job, it is fun and a good sideline). Come November, I will try to sign up for an online course.

Thanks, God, for this and of course everything else- dream girlfriend, apartment, job and beautiful co-worker too. I suppose many will say this is juts good luck or random chance, which is often what I say when I don't want to get too deep. But we all know how ridiculous it is to try putting any form of Worldly government before that of the Universe itself. God is in charge, sees all in our hearts and is very much not mocked. Clever words may impress one's fellow man- but not God- who respects the Love that is the essence of all things and ultimately rewards those who keep his most basic commandment- to LOVE.

The Fall of Gaza

Seeing the horror unfolding in Iraq, Gaza, and Lebanon, which does seem to be sourced from Iran, I can only say that this so-called Islam-derived pseudo-religion of the terrorists is a force of nothing more than misguided evil. Sure, they have had hard times, but all this ransacking and cruelty is nothing more than chaos for it's own sake, the end of civilised norms; I weep for the innocent caught up in the midst of it. I can only hope that peace, order and justice can return... the 'justice' offered by such terrorist groups is really only dismal revenge, offering no hope of a better world.

Unfortunately, with the war in Iraq and it's subsequent break-down, more fools have been attracted to such apocalyptic cults and have been brain-washed into giving their lives to them. I wonder how it is that people can stoop so low- maybe primitive, reptilian parts of the brain take over and our usual human conscience gets short-circuited? Of course, there are probably politics going on here I don't understand, but that doesn't mean I need to excuse it, any more than I excuse heroine-addiction, which is also seen as 'a way out'.

We need to minimise the spread of this virus and also inoculate the population against it, with real education, of how to love other people more and how to practice sincere communication, of how to face life bravely rather than retreating into suicidal cowardice. As, ultimately, all this violence is fear and cowardice, avoiding what being a human is about. We have to also change the social environment so people are treated fairly and have something to live for. Equal rights and right education are the keys to a better future for all.

The violence has to be blamed squarely on those perpetrating it, yet at the same time, the mismanagement of the region by George Bush (and, less so, several of his predecessors), was criminally incompetent. He poured oil on the fire, by ignoring all the professional advice as to what would be unleashed, should the Iraqi army be dissolved and the forces of anarchy set free. How will we put the genie back in the bottle? We just have to show that terrorism doesn't pay and then no-one will support it. We have to set up systems guaranteeing equal rights so there is hardy any 'recruitment ground' for such groups. Presently, people seek to gain profit from the uncertainty- no doubt some of them being quite unsupected people, fueling pointless conflicts for their own selfish ends. Force may restrain terror, barriers may minimise it, but in the final analysis these won't be enough to end it. There is only one plan that can accomplish that.

That is God's own plan- to teach the peoples of the Middle-East to love one another, as if they are all one family. To have a peaceful social system that embraces all, whatever their creed, whatever their historical roots- To end this pseudo-religion that 'preaches' hatred and replace it with real religion, divine religion, that preaches endless love. One Nazarene introduced this fresh idea over 2,000 years ago to this region, indeed to the world. Let us pray humanity, especially Middle-Eastern humanity, listens to this vital Gospel message, before it is too late.

Enter the Heart

Recently a change came over me. I prayed to God directly and said. "You say so often that you are waiting for an invitation to come into people's hearts- well here I am, come into mine". With that, I felt that a new spirit did come into my heart. I felt stronger and I also felt part of a chain stretching back through history to even pre-Egyptian times. The world around us is very real ands at this moment I felt it is quite manageable.

I looked around the teacher's room (where I was at the time) and sensed guardian angels watching over the various teachers, though undetected by them. Watching, feeling, caring, keeping them out of dangers that they don't even know exist. I was being shown something- something of the angelic kingdom. I also noticed that one, especially sensitive and warm teacher is being prepared for great things to come.

This one prayer didn't exhaust it's potential at this sitting. The next few days new thoughts occurred to me that had never done before. I pictured the world as after all, quite a small place, but one hotly contested by spiritual powers. I really understood somewhat the hollow victory that belongs to those who are less than righteous, however rich they may be. I say the riches that good people obtain, the riches that are called heavenly, that may also include Earthly aspects. Most of all, I realised that the idea that there are countless people in the world is a very wrong one. No- the amount of people is very much a finite, countable amount. Each one is an individual, each one is, to the extent their attitude makes it possible, being watched over by guardian angels and beyond. Each one is led on paths of truth and distracted by temptations.

Granted, this sounds like just the stuff that religions are made of, but suddenly and unsurprisingly, it was very clear to me. There are not as many fuzzy, random events going on as I had thought- the significance going back to people's choices.It is quite a revelation, but if I am to speak to people, to speak to many people, over a long period of time, then I had better be aware of where they are at, of what will be most relevant to them.

For the war in the heavens, though already won by the forces of goodness, is a very real one.It affects so much that happens here. It all comes back to our personal choices. God forces no-one to believe in or follow him. He wants them to chose for themselves. The feeling in my heart, I can attest, is so much better than before. Such is the teaching of Starfire.

Prophesies are Free

As I ponder my future choices and that which life and God have given me, I am moved to a profound sense of gratitude. I am also finding my way to a greater understanding of all that I have been given and an appropriate response to this. That is- to put others before me in the most essential way, yet also not to forget myself.

I have some things that have been given to me- visions- which are clearly not for sale. They are to be given with an open hand. If anyone wants me to speak about them, I can on the other hand accept fees for such speeches. But the ideas and dreams themselves are there for all- free as the air we breath.

What I have been given and am being given more of, whenever I am deemed worthy and open to it (yes, I am being observed by higher beings, as are we all), is something very special. I cherish it and wish to share it in a appropriate way- a way without any self-aggrandisement. You see- that lack of humility is a path to inner corruption. Likewise, such inner corruption makes me an inappropriate vessel for such teachings. No-one wants the pure things to be corrupted. They can simply move on.

So, I wish to say, that I am willing and happy to share such prophesies as are entrusted to me freely, with no thought to profit. I only wish rewards for work I do for those who can afford to pay, or who wish to make a donation out of the goodness of their heart, from the inspiration of their conscience. Thus my mind can remain pure and the process continue unabated. I am happy to follow the intentions of the revelators in these matters. They will direct me to the best way of sharing them and the best way of ensuring their respectful protection. Who knows what this may be? It may be blogs or even working with a company. The point is, their advice is not only best for the revelations, but also best for me.

God sees whatever we do, be it in private or public and knows best how to help us grow. There is no deceiving God with pious words or mere shallow good intentions. We must love God with all of our hearts- and in doing this we are loving the supreme reality- loving love itself. Such simple, elemental truths are often buried in our concern for what other people may think of us. This may matter to a degree, but no-where near as much. We must be the best that we can be. We shouldn't aim for anything less.

A Message From God to Humanity

Now it's time for God to speak. God has opinions and views too, just like you or me, only his are always right!

"I won't let one little creature suffer in vain, none shall perish from my broad Earth without my consent. I watch over all, over all I watch just as the shepherd his sheep, just as the night watchman his tasked properties. There is no minute in which I blink, missing what occurs- all I see and all I know. My concern is for all who shelter under my broad skies. All I love, not just the few, although some may indeed know me in their hearts better than others do.

I wish for you all to develop the sensitivity I gave you- the sensitivity with which you were born. This is my message, the message of the eons, the message that my faithful creatures and messengers have ever conveyed, including the one currently speaking as he types.

I wish you to develop all that is highest in you- every highest urge- for in this, in this sentience, in this compassion, you reveal how I have set you up as greater than any animal. You can appreciate great beauty, the more you notice, the more you shall notice. You can feel great warmth and love for one another- and this type of feeling will make you feel good like none other. your satisfaction is already clear to you- in loving and in serving others can you be who you really are and in doing so you inevitably serve me.

Love me as I love you- I love as a father, yet you may well love as a child. a child with much to learn, yet in your image like me, your father. In your capacity for this greatest of all miracles- the ability to love- you are indeed like me. Think of quality, not quantity and the truth will be yours. The more you love me, the less you will fear me- that's the way it works. Yet as your love fades, so your fear may well rise- as anything is better to me than apathy. Yet it is your love I wish for, not your fear, though in the religions of the world I see so much of the latter, it saddens me that you cannot always find my better way to be good. Give from wanting to, not from fear of what will happen if you don't. Give freely, as I have given to you.

In an hour you cannot expect, I may well test you- and you may well have the sense that I am doing just that. My test is no more cruel or unnecessary than that of your schoolmasters, yet if your faith is steady you will 'pass' every test and will never be punished for failing one. Better still, those that pass shall enjoy the wonders of the next grade, wonders incomparably better than what preceded them- so such tests are in fact in your interest!

I have always, will always and am right now speaking through my appointed messengers. If you wish to know who is really a chosen messenger and who just wants to be one, test by the kindness and deep, searching truth of the message. Those that are of me do this for me, not for themselves and their messages are ever-brimming with authentic hope, though also laden with warnings of what could go wrong if an unfaithful path is followed. My prophets do not simply say what will happen- they lead by saying what may well happen, depending upon the choices made. Many a tragedy has thus been averted- hence my chosen system of lifting up the pure to lead humanity from me, not necessarily those already holding the reins of political or other powers. Mine are the pure, the humble, the meek, the kind, the patient, the loving, the lovable. You will know those who are of me. Just ask your heart. You will know".

Message ends. Was that really God? I believe so... but ultimately only you can know for yourself.

On The Book of Life

The Bible speaks at times about a Book of Life, into which the names of the faithful go. Of course, my broad interpretation of 'faithful' is far more than the members of any particular religious sect- it is the children of humanity that have love in their hearts and the courage to share this with others. It is those who are at one with the lifestream of God's 'blood'- the love that encloses the universe as a womb of experience, that nourishes all within it- and the divine will to protect this womb. Like the great oceans and milk-oceans of stars, this blood is the love of God, it flows everywhere, it reaches and nourishes all, like a wine to refresh the spirit. There shall ever be new bottles for new wine, new bodies for new partakings of God's gifts to us all.

The Book of Life, that book from which the terrible sinners are erased, never to be reborn again, never to taste the heavens, never to return to God.
To be blotted out for all time! To not exist again- to be lost, rejected, proven unworthy of God's trust! What a fate- no Earthly punishment can compare. Hence those who are clearly written in the Book of Life are quite evidently strong enough to endure even to the worst that mankind can hand out in their attempts to punish those who they deem to be wrongdoers- and along with them the occasional Holy Man mistaken for a criminal, simply because he might break their laws of common ways to relate, simply because his love may know no bounds, may know no rules, may expand beyond the false limits placed by social convention in which only some deserve love.

Yet who will ultimately be chosen by the powers that ultimately be, the powers of heaven, those that persecute and try to bury the truth of God's eternal and unconditional love, of God's forgiveness- or those who are lost, of those who through no fault of their own have been forgotten by the sons of men,- the blind, the sick, the sinners and the lost- let the great shepherd of God gather them all in, all into the great field of Love, in which all may freely graze on the spiritual fruits of eternity.

Love, Life, all are one. So have love in your life, lest you get stuck in some small puddle, whilst the great river of life bubbles happily on around you. Be not stuck! Flow, baby, flow- love is forever and forever is for NOW!

Starfire

The Language of Heaven

Another thing I wish to investigate are the words, the sayings, the rules of Heaven. For we know all to much of those of Rome, of 'The World'... yet, how do angels, ever-loving angels see things? When in heaven, do as angels do... this shall be the motto of this research, this revelation. It is easy just to say we should follow god's will, but what, generally, is it? What does it mean to love our brothers as ourselves? What does it mean to help God as angels do... to care for all others, without a thought for ourselves, to know the battle is already won?

Fo me, I love words and I wish to know more of the words of heaven, the ways of heaven. Just as Swedenborg found out, so to some extent I hope shall I. Seek, and yee shall find. I just love heaven, the heavenly emotions so much that I want to know more of them. Of course, I love the Earth, but i want to help make it more heavenly, more spiritual... more perfect. Day by day, moment by moment, God reveals himself to us. This subject is aiming at revealing some of the messages contained in this revelation.


The Beginning.

The Heaven of the Small

Having established that my inner voice can flow freely here, I will go on to say what I wish to do next... more macro photography. I see in this small world a kind of heaven. Really, a heaven- perhaps the paradise wrapped up inside everything and simultaneously surrounding it, as spoken of in my favourite, The Urantia Book.

Just as mortals say that, 'All roads lead to Rome' and 'When in Rome do as Rome does'- the very sayings of Caesar's world; so angels say, 'All worlds lead to heaven' and 'When in Heaven do as Angels do'. (I think it is a crying shame that so few people will ever read this, but there you go... at least bits may make their way to other, more accessible sites... Certainly, God can hear me here and those who really care enough to look).

So have no fear; God's kingdom shall triumph... but even while that triumph is the stuff of legends and mythology, to be realised fully far in the future, you can see the reality of heaven, right here and now. No, you don't need to climb Mt Everest and enjoy the view from the peaks there... not to say that isn't exhilarating and beautiful. You don't need to dive deep in shoals of tropical fish, or even go to the greatest gardens ever made, mere echoes of Eden though they may be. No, you can see this anywhere, in the smallest of parks... parks being gem-stones of Heaven that God, in His infinite power, made sure would be available throughout the world. You can, with the right eyes, see it in the worst of places, hidden in the gloom and of course also in the best ones, too.

Look into a flower, deep within it, especially just after the rain stops and it still glistens with the dew-like raindrops that remain. Look into this, perhaps with some strange, suddenly gigantic insect making it's way around it... and you will see heaven. Heaven in a flower. And it is great, and it is vast. You cannot imagine the scope of it, the scale you behold. The colours, they are beautiful, wonderful, fantastic to the point of hardly being believable. See them, taste them, drink deep of them, for that colour is the life-blood of this universe, in a sense the ever-flowing blood of Christ in the creation... the beingness of it all.

If you stop blocking it, you will find it utterly unbelievable... and then you will be transported to another world, a more real world, the one we lived in in Eden. So quiet and peaceful. There is music, oh yes. The whistling of the wind, the gentle swaying of branches. Birds and fluttering insects... so delicate, so infused with higher meanings. Oh, it is all so real and all so near. Touch it and ascend... I guarantee that in this peace you will find memories that shine far brighter than so many others. You will see things that make you believe that there is a God, there is intelligence out there... such a rich intelligence, our heart pounds to be nearer to it... to the divine artist that could orchestrate such wonders... such wonders so near to us, so accessible to each and any one of us... bringing heaven right here and now!

So, in more mundane terms, I want to find time to return to the world of macro photography, in which mythic worlds rose up before me in the miniature, one moment after another, each a breath of eternity, each suffused with love, with all it's divine warmth and colour.

The Beginning (an alternative to closing with 'The End'!)

Commentary on 'The Messiah'

The Messiah

People may be unclear as to exactly what I meant in this article, or why I published it at this time. It is true that what I was saying was basically a synopsis of what is found in the Bible, though perhaps along with some 'alternative ideas'. But why say this here, and why now?

It wasn't simply to preach a gospel, this or any other gospel. It was to remind us all of the basic. important things in life and in religion- do good unto your neighbour- believe in a God of Love and in no other, false ones.

To discern the true from the false- this is the ultimate aim of any perception, of any process of thought. Such discernment is as vital in religious thinking as in forming any view of current events- even, I would say, it is vital in achieving any kind of happiness in day-to-day living.

Right values are not culturally defined, though they may be expressed in different ways by different cultures, by people with different predispositions, in different times, even. Yet, what is true and right is universal- it is not something subject to the whims of change.

Peoples of the world are now, as ever before, reaching out for a guiding light, often in human form, someone or something to provide guidance and direction. Not everyone feels qualified to simply think for themselves, especially when it comes to the deeper questions of existence. With this in mind, it can basically be said that the peoples of the world are looking for, even expecting a Messianic Figure. So I wish to do everything in my power to dissuade them from clinging to false ones.

The marks, the attributes of an authentic religious messiah are outlined, not systematically, not lineally, but nevertheless contained in my piece. Essentially a true Messiah is one who can deliver the spiritual rebirth and victory of the spirit that the prophesies promise. Material, military, merely economic victories may or may not accompany this- indeed following such an authentic messiah may even produce some forms of hardship, of righteous hardship in terms of being more inclined towards doing good to others, to an extent that may seem positively unhealthy to others. More to the point- such material victories can be offered just as well to encourage the following of that worst of all things- of a false messiah, offering signs and wonders to the unwary, to the weary, exploiting their plight.

It is with this in mind that we remain vigilant to the higher truth and refuse to be drawn into any following or worship of an Antichrist figure, such as may well continue to appear. It is Christian, or of the Messiah to offer salvation through peace... never through war! Those who offer the opposite are not just pandering to the delusions and power-lusts of a flawed humanity- they are feeding them.

So let us seek good food, food for the spirit, a victory for the spirit rather than for ourselves. In this way we can follow the ways of the righteous. In this way we can lay forth the path to golden, eternal, peace.

Starfire

The Messiah

Part I- Who Was the Messiah?

The Messiah, the anointed one, is someone whom the ancient Jews, amongst others, had been awaiting for a very long time.

There was an expectation that his coming would herald victory over their worldly and national troubles, yet despite this materialistic dream, such a victory could only come through a great and spiritual event- then, as now, as it ever shall be in the endless worlds of The Creation.

When Jesus did come, he offered not the usual murky spell of religion, but a crystal clear and unending steam of religious truth, which is synonymous with pure love.

His aim was not simply to establish a new religion on the foundation of the old, but to reassert the truths that Judaism had long ago been based upon. He was making the ancient mysteries public for the first time. To do so required an utterly original teaching that could unify the deeply personal experience of God with social realities.

Jesus traveled widely, far more widely than The New Testament, as it has come down to us, might seem to suggest. He dwelt long in the lands of the East, in places such as Egypt and Tibet, where he learnt from the children of creation the mysteries of that creation, just as do we. The famous three wise men were not the only Masters to have a role in the upbringing of this uniquely gifted child…

Even now we can see that those truest to Christ's ideal can be Easterner as much as Western, from Gandhi to Mother Theresa, from Martin Luther King to the Dalai Lama. This, the greatest religious event of human history, belongs to no one religion, much less any particular group of people.


Part II- What Did the Messiah Teach?

Jesus, as a divine incarnation of The Eternal ALL, was utterly in tune with what this Eternal All Is, and was uniquely qualified to reveal this knowledge. Mortal words are insufficient to portray this, yet just as mortals love the spoken word, so also did Jesus teach. Despite this, he knew, more than any, the supreme power of action.

Jesus’ activities were not limited to the miracles, though these have ever proved impressive to mortal minds, that hunger for evidence of eternal things. His indelible fingerprint was that of love, forgiveness, compassion, which he showed even in the smallest of ways. Those who had sinned were forgiven and sent forth to sin no more. People who met him were touched by this.

For the sin of selfishness brings death, a denial of life, whilst Love is life itself and the one road to that great Self within us all. Such is his teaching.

By unveiling the mysteries of rebirth, in which we must lose our lives to gain them; in even giving of his own self in such a way of ultimate sacrifice; Jesus showed us the supreme path- of living for others without a thought for our own self.

In so doing the original being must perish, to be born anew in unimaginable glory, just as the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. We caterpillars are all butterflies, if we but enter this chrysalis of love and contemplation. As delicate, sensitive and sentient beings, our food for this is not just green leaves, but also that of the spirit, which can be seen with the opened eyes of the spirit.

So also shall it be with the Messiah in our time, the World-Teaching Lord Maitreya of the Buddhists. From the great silence, in the anticipation of our darkest and most challenging epoch, will come the Teacher of Love to guide us through it, to survive the transition to the other side. Change can be painful or euphoric, but growth ever requires change.

He shall show us the way from turmoil to peace, from a merely worldly to a spiritual understanding, descending for us from heaven in the greatest, most inner, glory. He shall bring with Him the peace of the Heavens.

He will come when we are ready to understand what he has for us, when our highly evolved powers reach such proportions as to be a danger to ourselves without proper guidance and supervision. Science needs to be balanced with religious love and an awe for what we encounter.

In his coming reign shall be the reign of the spirit, which is an extension of the reign of love, the reign of reason and of all those human abilities which have lain dormant over the millennia, yet are slowly emerging and transforming ourselves and even our planet with. As ever, our greatest danger is our own selfishness- and our finest hope, a world in which we live for one another, as do good children who love their parents, in harmony with a very cosmic civilisation!

Thus will humankind and the planet we know as The Earth, be re-admitted to the celestial order, the family of planets under God.


THE END
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THE BEGINNING.

Revisiting The Bible Code

Maybe you are aware of it, but many believe that by putting all of the words of the Hebrew Bible end to end (otherwise known as the Torah), and then searching for patterns in these words, mysterious things will come to light. This is generally done with the aid of a computer program, which is able to mathematically search for these patterns once the subject is entered. This apparently works for historical figures but most of all is being used by people to anticipate events in the coming 'end times'. Quite a lot of these are seen as related to our current year (2006) and the current president of the USA (George W. Bush, in case you still don't know!)

Personally, I am not quite sure of what to make of it all- patterns tend to naturally form and we can see in them what we wish. A cloud can be a horse or an airplane or even a dragon... it all depends on what we wish to see. Yet this does not mean that such patterns are necessarily without meaning, and the suggestion of The Bible Code is that these are divinely bestowed patterns with divinely given meanings. I think all this is indeed possible, but stop short of affirming that we are actually capable of seeing them, much less seeing clearly any that may refer to our possible futures.

For some examples of what people are finding there, or at least what they think they are finding there, see The Bible Codes. At the most, they present apocalyptic possibilities, not certainties and reveal the hypocricy in the hearts of the corrupt... just as the prophets in the Bible always managed to. Whether they are real at all or not is another matter. People will always want to know the future. They need to remember, though, that it is something they help to bring about. I certainly hope that the events seen in The Bible Code never need to happen at all.


For more on this, please take a peek at my earlier article, Armageddon and The Bible Codes.