Thanks, Thom, for another great topic of the day: "sent by God." I immediately have to ask: "Who was 'sent by God' ?" And who said so? No matter the answer, I don't buy it. After 75 years, I know for certain that I wasn't "sent by God"...so where do others get off that they were? Well, unless we have a well-grounded understanding o…
Thanks, Thom, for another great topic of the day: "sent by God." I immediately have to ask: "Who was 'sent by God' ?" And who said so? No matter the answer, I don't buy it. After 75 years, I know for certain that I wasn't "sent by God"...so where do others get off that they were? Well, unless we have a well-grounded understanding of our human nature, I don't think we can adequately understand the problem we face let alone answer that question. Our basic tenant of psychology is that we have both a "small self" and the potential for a "Big Self"--but many do not realize (with double meaning) the latter is even possible. Some get stuck in the "holier-than-thou"syndrome when the small ego feels so inadequate that it adopts a god--be it money, ideology, any religion, power, etc.-- or "God" (Himself / Herself) and becomes "ego-inflated" as enlightenment circles like to call this aberration. Some such "ego-inflaters' get locked up in mental wards....while others become so successful in their act--and that's what it is...an act--that they bamboozle / gaslight / brainwash / scam / deceive / dominate others who are vulnerable & susceptible. The universe, I've concluded, has a very clever game afoot in which we humans play both sides of a single coin in order to wake us up to a higher consciousness. (BTW: I think we shouldn't demonize the "others" with words like "evil" and "the enemy"..... because "we have met the "enemy" and they are us"...yeh?) Instead, we "non-inflaters" have to deal with the "inflated" dominators in our society, and if we are successful in getting them back within the realm of our humane community, we may not perish. If we fail, perish we will...eh? So what do we do? Stand up to those who claims to be "sent-by-God," would-be (or actual) dominators...and call them out, expose their hypocrisy, laugh at their stupidity, and realize that "God" or "Love" or whatever one wants to call. it...is on the side of the non-dominators: the humanitarians...the caring...the sharing...the peace-loving...yeh? The youth get this already because they are closer to our true source as humans...while us older folks, like my generation the Boomers, have drifted into the insecurity of false gods....like money, power, & Trump. Sad....but true. Go GEN Z !!!
Thanks, Thom, for another great topic of the day: "sent by God." I immediately have to ask: "Who was 'sent by God' ?" And who said so? No matter the answer, I don't buy it. After 75 years, I know for certain that I wasn't "sent by God"...so where do others get off that they were? Well, unless we have a well-grounded understanding of our human nature, I don't think we can adequately understand the problem we face let alone answer that question. Our basic tenant of psychology is that we have both a "small self" and the potential for a "Big Self"--but many do not realize (with double meaning) the latter is even possible. Some get stuck in the "holier-than-thou"syndrome when the small ego feels so inadequate that it adopts a god--be it money, ideology, any religion, power, etc.-- or "God" (Himself / Herself) and becomes "ego-inflated" as enlightenment circles like to call this aberration. Some such "ego-inflaters' get locked up in mental wards....while others become so successful in their act--and that's what it is...an act--that they bamboozle / gaslight / brainwash / scam / deceive / dominate others who are vulnerable & susceptible. The universe, I've concluded, has a very clever game afoot in which we humans play both sides of a single coin in order to wake us up to a higher consciousness. (BTW: I think we shouldn't demonize the "others" with words like "evil" and "the enemy"..... because "we have met the "enemy" and they are us"...yeh?) Instead, we "non-inflaters" have to deal with the "inflated" dominators in our society, and if we are successful in getting them back within the realm of our humane community, we may not perish. If we fail, perish we will...eh? So what do we do? Stand up to those who claims to be "sent-by-God," would-be (or actual) dominators...and call them out, expose their hypocrisy, laugh at their stupidity, and realize that "God" or "Love" or whatever one wants to call. it...is on the side of the non-dominators: the humanitarians...the caring...the sharing...the peace-loving...yeh? The youth get this already because they are closer to our true source as humans...while us older folks, like my generation the Boomers, have drifted into the insecurity of false gods....like money, power, & Trump. Sad....but true. Go GEN Z !!!