The Heart.

Most religions are centered in the mind as a set of beliefs or moral principles.

This can become hard and intractable.

It is this that Jesus criticized in the Pharisees.

But true religion is centered in the heart.

And the heart will make concessions according to understanding.

This is  much closer to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

And it explains his setting aside of the Law in certain circumstances.

"What does your heart say?"

It is this that matters.

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The White Stallion.

From Heaven

On High

The White Stallion

Travels the Earth

Challenging evil

And reflecting 

The Light.

He is never defeated,

Never faint-hearted,

Pure and Immaculate,

Ever-Devoted,

He fears no evil

And He heralds 

Salvation.

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No Duality.

There is no Duality.

Darkness is an illusion.

There is light at night.

"Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one."  Mark 12:29 (NRSV)

There is no Duality.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A, and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Night Light.

There is light at night.

The Moon reflects light from the hidden Sun.

And the Stars are distant Suns.

So it is not dark at all.

There is light at night.

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No Black God.

There is no Black God.

The color black is a lack of color.

It is an absence of visible light.

In fact it is an illusion caused by the limitations of our human eyes.

There are forms of radiation outside the range of our perception:

Infra-red, ultra-violet etc......

Some animals can see these.

It is called night vision.

God can see in the dark.

"even the darkness is not dark to you,

the night is as bright as the day,

for darkness is as light to you."  Psalm 139:12 (NRSV)

And so black is an illusion. 

There is no Black God.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Iris.

The most beautiful things created by the hands of man

Cannot compare with a single flower

Fashioned by the hand of God.

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Relativity.

The truth is not relative.

There are facts.

There is a Reality.

And that is that:

God is Love.

And His Mercy and Forgiveness are infinite.

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Sex is Love.

What has gradually happened over the last 40 years is that sex has been  divorced from love and become an end in itself.

But sex without love leads to emptiness and misery.

It is not an end in itself.

Sex is the physical expression of our love.

And to deny that love is the objective is to strip sex of its purpose.

Rock music and popular entertainment have conspired to make the objective of our relationships sex alone.

There is no understanding that we are looking for love.

Even romance has become a slave to sex.

Sex needs to be returned to its rightful place as the consummation of our love.

For love is our ultimate purpose.

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Satanism.

The reason that Generation X drags us down and destroys our ideals is because many of them have turned to the devil and his ways are backwards.

They follow the low road and delight in evil.

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Downfall.

When Generation X rose to prominence in the 1980s they set out to drag the Baby-Boomers down to their level and destroy their ideals.

Generation X was Bad.

And they succumbed to the temptations to use violence, hatred, and evil to win.

Disguised as bringing the Baby-Boomers down to earth they plotted their defeat and downfall.

And this was condones by the older generation who, roused by Ronald Reagan, shamed the Baby-Boomers for their opposition to the Vietnam War and their promiscuous sexual behavior.

They blamed Liberalism and left-wing politics for all the evils of the world.

This was  an unexpected boon for conservative politicians and Capitalists who grabbed this deadly dagger with glee.

Promptly they announced The End of History with the demise of Communism in Russia.

But because something is successful does not make it good.

The methods and objectives of those generations were basically evil.

Jealousy, hatred, violence, and lust for power motivated their actions.

They succumbed to the temptations set before them and whitewashed their actions with Christianity.

But in the end truth is not relative.

The high ideals of the Baby-Boomers are closer to the Will of God than the veneer of moral purity practised by Fundamentalists.

The Fundamentalists misused their knowledge and their power to win.

And they conspired with rich corporations to gain power.

But power corrupts.

And that is what we see.

A tree is known by its fruit.

The world is not a better place for all their propaganda.    

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Praise the Lord.

God is worthy of praise.

Not because He is mighty or powerful.

Not even because He is glorious.

God is worthy of praise because He is wholly benevolent, wholly good, and wholly loving.

He is transcendent - beautiful and sublime.

His Salvation is a gift.

And His peace is everlasting.

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Pope John Paul II.

Not only did Ronald Reagan use Satanism but he also used Pope John Paul II in his campaign against Communism in Russia.

Ronald Reagan was quoted as saying: "Christianity contains unconventional weapons."

And this statement betrays his motivation.

Rather than embracing Christianity as a spiritual path he used it as a political weapon.

And the unconventional weapons he used were: demonization of your political opponent, damnation of your enemies, blaming and shaming, and sanctification of himself and his political allies.

The conservative media henceforth portrayed him as a hero and savior.

They even romanticized his relationship with Nancy.

But the truth will out.

They conspired with evil to achieve their ends.   

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