How To Be Unhappy

Reflect morbidly. Worry about everything. Tell yourself that time is running out and you aren’t getting any younger. Reflect on all those times you zigged when you should have zagged. Visualize all the people who have ever mistreated you and relive the experience. Worry about your health. Go on-line and search medical databases to diagnose every ache or pain you have and what it might be a symptom of. Money. Have some? Will it be enough, will it last, what if some crook in a suit finds a way to steal it? Don’t have much? How will you get more? What if you don’t? Whatever your financial condition, dwell on all the possible negative outcomes. In short, think negatively about yourself, relentlessly. Do not let any thoughts of God or good dissuade you from your mission and you are sure to be successful at being unhappy.

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Kill That Cow!

Kill That Cow!

In the 1970’s I was a member of the Futurist Society. Futurists make predictions based on what is deemed the best verifiable evidence logically extrapolated. Being relatively young and inexperienced I accepted their pronouncements at face value, since the authors of the pieces they published had studied and accurately researched (I believed) the topics at depth. I looked forward to each issue of the magazine for one particular writer's articles which were always well written and interesting. The new issue arrived and I attempted to read some of the other articles first, a small stab at delayed gratification, but soon turned to my favorite and with a smile began reading. However, when finished, I felt a bit unsettled. I couldn’t put my finger on it but it troubled me. A week went by and I decided to go to the library to do some research. Firing up the microfiche (remember microfiche and cabinets filled with microfilm) I located the statistics I was looking for and identified the problem. The author had reversed the statistics that supported his position! I felt relieved and a little proud. I reasoned that  a correction would be forth coming. Two issues came and went before he did address it. The response was one of the most over the top, vitriolic pieces of junk I, to this day, have ever read. Not only did he defend his position and facts, anyone who disagreed with him was an idiot! I was left stunned and breathless. I returned to the library and rechecked the facts to see if I misread them. Nope. The sacred cow of blind trust died for me that day.

Sacred cows are everywhere. Many are inherited, some quietly strolled in and we have not bothered to do the work to turn them out, usually because if we do we are afraid of what we will find when they are gone, since sacred cows, like all bovines, are notoriously poor house keepers. We must not be afraid to ask questions and seek the truth, since: the truth will set us free. So trust, but verify.

I didn’t renew my membership in the Futurists Society. Looking back, one of their predictions for 2000 (then 25+ years in the future) was that if we didn’t act immediately the world was about to be plunged into a new ice age, cites in northern climes like Chicago would be experiencing winter year round, beyond any doubt, no further discussion required, the science settled. All the top climatologists said so. Beware those cows.

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Is God Unfair?

Is God Unfair?

God is never unfair. If we have been busy living life on the secular basis, following our will and desires, believing in God but doing little to demonstrate that belief, is it really any surprise then that our prayers seemingly fall on deaf ears? To be clear: All prayers are answered in the positive but the Universe isn’t a fast food restaurant, where if we have a credit card we can get what WE want now on the promise of future payment. The promise of prayer and good works tomorrow is meaningless towards our demonstration today, for Faith without works is dead. So start today to plant the crop you wish to harvest daily, placing yourself in the hands of all knowledge, power and love. Remember, what our cupboard is truly stocked with is the truth of our relationship with and to God, that by doing HIS work well TODAY, we are promised that all our future needs will be met, perhaps not in the manner we have outlined but in a manner that benefits all.

So, just for today Practice the Presence of God in every area of life. Salute the spark of the Divine in all you meet. Forgive. Spend a few minutes this day in prayer and meditation. Carry the Good News on your face so that any who hunger can be filled. By planting and nurturing this crop, we will never truly hunger, our cupboard always full, our good works the demonstration of the Power within and our prayers in turn will have wings.

 

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