Paralysis From Analysis

A centipede was quite happy,
Until a frog in fun
Said, “Pray, which leg comes after which?”
This raised her mind to such a pitch,
She lay distracted in the ditch,
Considering how to run.

So avoid analyzing your beliefs but live them and never debate or argue with anyone about them. Speak quietly about your beliefs and let it go. No one is ever moved far spiritually by words alone. We convince others when we walk the way we talk and let our actions speak in a way words never can. “There is a place for analysis, but it is apt to be quite fatal in prayer and meditation. Do not dissect the love of God, but feel it. Do not dissect divine intelligence, but realize it. Do not wonder how God can possibly solve this problem, but just watch Him do it in His own way-and He will if you give Him a chance." Emmet Fox. The principles of attraction not promotion, demonstration over intention, action over analysis are at the core of our new basis for living, the Spiritual Basis, thus avoiding the centipede's fate.

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THE SKY IS FALLING! (Again)

THE SKY IS FALLING! (Again)

I began following politics in 1968 and came of age politically during the election of 1972. Since then one truth has become abundantly clear: regardless of who wins the other side is always incredulous their candidate or issue lost, claiming all manner of reasons why, adding for effect the dire consequences to come from the electorates poor decision. Today, Living on the Spiritual Basis places secular issues and concerns in their proper perspective; politicians come and go, those in power today will not be forever and regardless of how we may feel about them, history demonstrates there really is nothing new under the sun. To wit:

The Captain Is On The Bridge

“The world is not going to the dogs. The human race is not doomed. Civilization is not going to crash. The captain is on the bridge. Humanity is going through a difficult time, but humanity has gone through difficulties many times before in its long history, and has always come through, strengthened and purified.

Do not worry yourself about the universe collapsing. It is not going to collapse, and anyway that question is none of your business. The captain is on the bridge. If the survival of humanity depended upon you or me, it would be a poor lookout for the Great Enterprise, would it not?

The captain is on the bridge. God is still in business. All that you have to do is to realize the Presence of God where trouble seems to be, to do your nearest duty to the very best of your ability; and to keep an even mind until the storm is over.” 

Emmet Fox wrote the above during the great economic depression of the 1930's as war clouds were gathering over Europe and Asia, the precursor to WW11 and the American heartland was gripped in the greatest ecological disaster in this country’s history as dust storms destroyed crops and displaced millions from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

The over riding truth is simply this: God has always been and will always be; our job to keep an even mind and proper perspective, expending our time and resources as we choose, remembering however there will always be someone reminding us the sky is falling, again.

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Chuckleheads And D.T.Y.T.S.(Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously)

Chuckleheads And D.T.Y.T.S.(Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously)

A while back an individual posted online that I needed medical help, based solely on my picture viewed on their mobile device. Pretty insightful.So I immediately headed to the ER for help. The staff was waiting for me; since the government now reads all posts and follows everyone with drones, I was rushed into a state of the art diagnostic suite where I was subjected to a battery of tests of which I just received the results, in a tweet and on Instagram.

The prognosis: first, I am terminal. They determined I am going to die, they just don’t know when or of what, but it is a certainty. Bummer. However there was good news, my levels of D.T.Y.T.S. are all exceedingly high for a man my age. (You know, D.T.Y.T.S.: Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously).

So, a prescription was forwarded, by e-mail that I just filled at Walmart. The directions read: Laugh at yourself everyday for you are the funniest person you know. Every time you walk into a room and forget why you are there, laugh. When the coffee cup, eyeglass, car keys gremlin moves them from the last place you are certain you left them, laugh. When you find yourself opening the glass doors in the frozen food aisle to “see” what is on the shelves, laugh. When you find yourself waiting for the light to change at a stop sign, laugh. And most importantly laugh when some know nothing self-important chucklehead chooses to point out your shortcomings and character defects uninvited. And then say a silent prayer for them.

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