A Way Out of the Forest
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Lost in the Wilderness
Dreams of being lost, of not being able to find your way, are usually indicative of what is going on in your life. These dreams are literal "wake up" calls to tell you that your life is in disarray mentally and spiritually. This forecast pertains to the physical as well because a sound mind and body go hand in hand.
Finding your way out of the wilderness is much easier said than done because it entails getting off the wrong path first. This is something that is virtually impossible if you were indoctrinated in some type of religious belief between the ages of birth and six years.
In the first year of my marriage, I was given a clear metaphorical indication that my union with the mother of my children would not be a pleasant one. We were at Stone Mountain park, headed for a picnic site, and came upon a fork in the trail. We had the option to go left or right. If we took the wrong path we would walk a good 20-30 minutes out of the way. I'd been to the picnic site we were trying to reach a couple of times before so I knew that we should go left. My ex-wife insisted we go right. I followed her lead and we were lost. Therefore, to make it to the picnic site, we first had to get off the wrong path and back onto the correct path.
I do not tell the aforementioned story for the purposes of who was right or wrong, only to point out the metaphor that in life, to navigate your way through this forest you must get off the wrong path. The path that you are on has nothing to do with your religious preference nor does it matter what you call yourself. The correct path pertains to the way we treat ourselves and how we treat others. It deals with realizing that we are all branches of the same tree.
We all pretty much believe that there is only one God right? Well, if we're made in the image of God that means we all originated from that which we are like. Our religious beliefs have unfortunately created separation between the other branches of the tree. There's one God, there's one tree, so how foolish it is for branches of a tree to fight amongst themselves. The right path is that we are one. When you hurt someone else, in any way, shape, of form, you hurt yourself.
Jealousy, envy, being judgmental, war (for any reason), hate, and any of the other social maladies that plague our society only creates bad karma for those who exhibit such behavior.
In between lives the soul realizes its shortcomings and sets in motion a plan of retribution. The suffering that is taking place in your life today is the soul's way of atoning, expanding, and learning. The biblical adage, "reap what you sow" is applicable from one lifetime to the next. If you believe OJ or Casey got away with murder, their souls won't allow it. There will be a time in their soul's journey, where they too will be the "innocent" victims of murder. This teaches, on a broader, spiritual scale, that killing is forbidden.
Finding your way out of the wilderness is much easier said than done because it entails getting off the wrong path first. This is something that is virtually impossible if you were indoctrinated in some type of religious belief between the ages of birth and six years.
In the first year of my marriage, I was given a clear metaphorical indication that my union with the mother of my children would not be a pleasant one. We were at Stone Mountain park, headed for a picnic site, and came upon a fork in the trail. We had the option to go left or right. If we took the wrong path we would walk a good 20-30 minutes out of the way. I'd been to the picnic site we were trying to reach a couple of times before so I knew that we should go left. My ex-wife insisted we go right. I followed her lead and we were lost. Therefore, to make it to the picnic site, we first had to get off the wrong path and back onto the correct path.
I do not tell the aforementioned story for the purposes of who was right or wrong, only to point out the metaphor that in life, to navigate your way through this forest you must get off the wrong path. The path that you are on has nothing to do with your religious preference nor does it matter what you call yourself. The correct path pertains to the way we treat ourselves and how we treat others. It deals with realizing that we are all branches of the same tree.
We all pretty much believe that there is only one God right? Well, if we're made in the image of God that means we all originated from that which we are like. Our religious beliefs have unfortunately created separation between the other branches of the tree. There's one God, there's one tree, so how foolish it is for branches of a tree to fight amongst themselves. The right path is that we are one. When you hurt someone else, in any way, shape, of form, you hurt yourself.
Jealousy, envy, being judgmental, war (for any reason), hate, and any of the other social maladies that plague our society only creates bad karma for those who exhibit such behavior.
In between lives the soul realizes its shortcomings and sets in motion a plan of retribution. The suffering that is taking place in your life today is the soul's way of atoning, expanding, and learning. The biblical adage, "reap what you sow" is applicable from one lifetime to the next. If you believe OJ or Casey got away with murder, their souls won't allow it. There will be a time in their soul's journey, where they too will be the "innocent" victims of murder. This teaches, on a broader, spiritual scale, that killing is forbidden.
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Rate of Recidivism
The rate of recidivism in the United States is higher than ever. Within three years of a prisoner's release, 67% are rearrested and 52% are re-incarcerated. The high rate of recidivism calls into question the effectiveness of America's correctional institutions, which costs taxpayers $60 billion a year. Prisons are not set up to rehabilitate, they are constructed to make money.
Recidivism is only mentioned in this article to bring out the pointlessness of that which we call "Hell." The primary purpose of the soul is to learn; to grow and advance spiritually. What would the soul learn in one lifetime? What would the soul learn if it's relegated to an eternal damnation in man's creation of "Hell." For that matter, what would the soul learn, after one lifetime, in an everlasting heavenly realm.
The soul's initial purpose for incarnating into this life was to "experience," to study, and to learn from a human perspective. The type of perspective and insight the soul seeks cannot be accomplished in one lifetime. The spirits interactive examination involves myriad lifetimes from varying perspectives which includes both genders, different races, and even physical shortcomings. For example, a white man will never know what it's like to be a black man and vice-versa. A woman will not know what it's like to live as a man and vice-versa. This is what you're suggesting the soul will accomplish in one lifetime. This is what you're insinuating the soul must learn in one existence or be subjected to an eternal punishment by God.
For one, "Energy" does not burn, nor can it be "punished," and two: God is Love in its most purest state and all characteristics emanating from a loving being do not entail any form of discomfort.
Allow me to use the story of the "Passover" as a way to demonstrate that many of the horrific stories in the bible were created by Man, not God.
"Passover: In the narrative of the Exodus, the Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape slavery in Egypt by inflicting ten plagues upon the Egyptians before Pharaoh would release his Israelite slaves; the tenth and worst of the plagues was the slaughter of the first-born."
The Loving Divine Presence in the Universe, that we call God, would not kill children, but man would, that's why he wrote the story.
If God "inspired" or literally "wrote" a book, that book would be the most loving, the most compassionate book ever written, bar none. Look at everything in nature, created by God and it is awe-inspiring. Everything man touches turns to chaos, confusion, murder, and mayhem, and the bible is replete with the aforementioned social infirmities.
Recidivism is only mentioned in this article to bring out the pointlessness of that which we call "Hell." The primary purpose of the soul is to learn; to grow and advance spiritually. What would the soul learn in one lifetime? What would the soul learn if it's relegated to an eternal damnation in man's creation of "Hell." For that matter, what would the soul learn, after one lifetime, in an everlasting heavenly realm.
The soul's initial purpose for incarnating into this life was to "experience," to study, and to learn from a human perspective. The type of perspective and insight the soul seeks cannot be accomplished in one lifetime. The spirits interactive examination involves myriad lifetimes from varying perspectives which includes both genders, different races, and even physical shortcomings. For example, a white man will never know what it's like to be a black man and vice-versa. A woman will not know what it's like to live as a man and vice-versa. This is what you're suggesting the soul will accomplish in one lifetime. This is what you're insinuating the soul must learn in one existence or be subjected to an eternal punishment by God.
For one, "Energy" does not burn, nor can it be "punished," and two: God is Love in its most purest state and all characteristics emanating from a loving being do not entail any form of discomfort.
Allow me to use the story of the "Passover" as a way to demonstrate that many of the horrific stories in the bible were created by Man, not God.
"Passover: In the narrative of the Exodus, the Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape slavery in Egypt by inflicting ten plagues upon the Egyptians before Pharaoh would release his Israelite slaves; the tenth and worst of the plagues was the slaughter of the first-born."
The Loving Divine Presence in the Universe, that we call God, would not kill children, but man would, that's why he wrote the story.
If God "inspired" or literally "wrote" a book, that book would be the most loving, the most compassionate book ever written, bar none. Look at everything in nature, created by God and it is awe-inspiring. Everything man touches turns to chaos, confusion, murder, and mayhem, and the bible is replete with the aforementioned social infirmities.
by taskeinc
Barry Shaw, founder of Work Home Union, over 25 years in Information Technology, web/graphics design, network marketing. WHU aka taskeinc has written... more »
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