The God complex...

       The ideas regarding an infinite presence in your world is a ball of yarn so snarled, most of you seem to either be a somewhat addicted, obsessive believer in one particular religion's version of God...or a somewhat revulsed, repulsed non-believer in serious reaction against any & all mention of any version of any religion's ideas about any God whatsoever.

       Neither of which allow you to access your own connection to the power of creation.

       This is handy if your goal is to be a small, powerless being buffeted about by one quandary, conundrum, & catastrophe after another.

       It is also handy towards filling the coffers & stroking the egos of any who have deemed themselves the sole spokesperson for God.

       It is not, however, at all effective if the goal is knowing who you truly are, liking who that is, living a life worthy of an aspect of the divine, & turning the energy of your world back towards balance, health, wholeness.

       To do that, you must develop your own conversation with the peace that is inner god...the inner meaning within each & every one of you, regardless of religious affiliations, or perhaps in spite of.

       You do not have to call this conversation "prayer."

       Though you can, if you want to.

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Inspiration...

  

     Inspiration.

       Where do you get yours?

       It can come from anywhere, the whisper of trees, the murmur of a loved one, words on a page.

      

       The best inspiration comes as uncomplicated Truth from within, & you can verify its Truth with a capital T if it reflects only good, with nary a sniff of potential harm for anyone or anything in sight (insight).

       i.e. inspiration that claims God's call to arms, to covetousness, to dishonesty, to subjugation, to any form of death is not Truth, nor is it inspiring.

       And this goes double for inspiration found in books, sacred or otherwise.

       If by God you mean Source, the Creative Force, the All That Is of which you & everything else is a part, Divine Love, than inspiration from that source can only be wholey good (holy), completely loving towards all.

       There are no exceptions to this rule.

       It is the only commandment that effectively covers all else.

       So, killing in the name of Love is not love.

       Nor is killing in order to rule.

       Ponder this the next time you repeat words in a liturgy without thinking upon their literal meanings, without wondering who wrote the words down.

       And who has asked you to know them.

       And why.

       You are not the flock.

       You are each the shepherd of a joyful Life.

       Your own.

       And only your own.

       Or you could be, if you rose from the stupored ranks of those living dead, deadened, and took up your bed & walked.

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