billy batson

Discussing unification of world religion in her book titled," The World's Religions",

Huston Smith says,"there are people who want to have their own followers. They would prefer to head their own flock, however small, than be second in command in the largest congregation.

This suggests that if we were to find ourselves with a single religion tomorrow, it is likely there

would be two the next day."

It sorta makes religion a part of show business. Is phony the word I am looking for?

today in the news I read a short article by an Australian man. He indicated that

religion is disappearing down there. Got any facts to back your assertions?

today in the news I read a short article by an Australian man. He indicated that

religion is disappearing down there. Got any facts to back your assertions?

It seems almost humorous when I hear people say they don't understand

their dreams, implying that they do understand their outer sense of existence,

not realizing that consciousness itself is a profundity beyond the explanatory

capacity of Contemporary science! As one journeys deeper into the psyche - the o

ocean which contains the under pinning of reality - one is stuck by the possibility

that there is more to awareness than what is experienced at the

conscious level. {from "What your dreams can teach you"]

In his book "out of darkness into the light" he says:" Ithought that I must have a very

confused and twisted mind indeed, because I found the path neither simple nor easy.

My ego seems to put up a great fuss whenever I attempt to change a belief system.

But I am not unique in this. Virtually everyone who has chosen a spiritual path in life has found the required UNLEARNING both difficult and painful. I am certain it is this unlearning, more than the learning that gives the most trouble".

"let us start our process of reawakening with just a few simple concepts:

1 thoughts increase by being given away.

2 the more who believe in them the stronger they become.

3 everything is an idea

4 how, then, can giving and losing be associated?

this is the invitation to the Holy Spirit. I have said already that I can

reach up and bring the Holy Spirit down to you, but I can only bring Him

to you at your own invitation. the Holy Spirit is in your right mind, as He was in mine."

Nothing you think or do or make or wish is necessary to establish your worth. This point is not debatable except in delusions. Your ego is never at stake because God did not create it. Your

Spirit is never at stake because He did. Any confusion on this point is delusional, and no form

of devotion is possible as long as this delusion lasts.

judging is error. Is having expectations of other people also in error?

I have heard a few debates about Karma. What is your understanding?

universe is but a reflection of your attachments. That is just the way it works.

If there is nothing you want, there is nothing that clings........Flow through it, be with it, let it go.

as you quiet and listen to hear how it all is, then you will relate to all of it in

a harmonious way, in a way in which there is not exploitation. Harmonious in the way you relate

to the floor you are sitting on, to the person next to you, to the night air,

to the world you have to live in." What does all that mean?

it said" If you live in America, the chances are good that your next store neighbors believe

the following: the inventor of the laws of physics and Programmer of the DNA code decided to enter

the uterus of a Jewish virgin, got himself born,then deliberately had himself tortured and executed because he couldn't think of a better way to forgive the theft of an apple, committed at the

instigation of a snake. As Creator of the majestically expanding universe, he no only understands

relativistic gravity and quantum mechanics but actually designed them. Yet what he really cares

about is "sin", abortion, how often you go to church, and whether gay people should marry.

Statistically, the chances are that your neighbors believe all that - and they can vote.

signed Richard Dawkins, Oxford UK. Is he bad mouthing us Americans? or what?

Do you know the secret? Have you healed the sick and raised the dead?

Did fear have any part in His healing?

When world population grew fivefold between 1700 to 1961, global crop

land also grew 5 fold. In the next 30 years population rose by 80% but

land use only increased 8%.. Will management and distribution of

food be the larger problem. Nearly 1 billion already malnourished

and water supply is short. Financial times 10/17 asserts that birth control should be part of the solution.

The question asked by reviewer Tim Harford in a Financial Times

look at "SUPERFREAKONOMICS". He even concludes that sumo wrestlers cheat. The book about a U of Chicago professor looks very

entertaining.

Predicted over 500 times in the bible, the second coming was

very big in the early church. Do you have an image of how He

may return, when, and will his people recognize him as Messiah

this time. Will he be treated better?

*** according to William M Alnor, in "Soothsayers of the Second Advent" p50

must we be in poverty to enjoy God, Is misery part of the package?