Light.

So what is the Light that is coming from God?

Honesty, truthfulness, charity, mercy.

Affection, forgiveness, acceptance, love.

Keep on caring.

Don't give up.

Challenge the darkness.

Counteract evil.

Maintain your integrity.

Overcome fear.

But most of all:

Open your heart!

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The Appointed Time.

Sometimes I think that the people who are left in the Churches have given up.

When you make a suggestion or present a new idea they seem apathetic and make excuses not to do it.

To them perhaps it seems like a long time of decline and failure.

But "there is still a vision for the appointed time."  Habakkuk 2:3 (NRSV)

And that time is now!

The dawning of the New Age - the Age of Aquarius has begun.

A new way of interpreting scripture which is based on legitimate modern scholarship is developing now.

And with it is coming a new revelation from God.

This revelation revolutionizes our image of God and His relationship with humanity.

It revises our understanding of Jesus.

And it centers us in Love.

"I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh."  Ezekiel 11:19 (NRSV)

Spirituality will no longer be a matter of mental propositions or principles.

Spirituality will be about the development of the human heart.

Open your heart!

Open your heart to God and to humanity.

Open your heart to those around you. 

Not just to your family and your friends.

But to everyone!

We are all sons and daughters of God.

Brothers and sisters in the Family of Humanity.

And God is our loving Father.

{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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Counter.

God is our Father.

We are all brothers and sisters.

The world produces enough food for everyone.

Foreign Aid is good.

The United Nations is ideal.

Rich Corporations should pay tax.

War must cease.

Dialogue must commence.

Tolerance will prevail.

Truth will out.

Good will emerge.

Love wins.

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The Passion Flower.

Adorning the vine

The Passion Flower

Displays

The intoxicating love 

That is 

Our hearts desire.

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The Wrong Side of History.

With the fall of Soviet Communism Western Capitalism declared The End of History.

The subsequent ideological binge has led to the largest ever disparity between rich and poor.

The dismantling of the Social Safety Net.

The denigration of the United Nations.

The destruction of the Unions.

The despoiling of Education.

And the waging of Perpetual War (for profit).

Our media is controlled.

Corporate responses are lies.

Governments betray us.

Economic Rationalism has failed us.

The world is not a better place. 

But it may surprise the Right-Wing ideologues who designed this disaster that they are on the wrong side of History.

The coming Age is the Age of Aquarius and all the things that they have destroyed will return stronger than ever.   

The Plutocrats and their political puppets will not win the day.

The future will see greater equality, increased aid to the poor, sustainable development, dialogue, tolerance, humanitarianism, charity, universal brotherhood, and freedom.

People are sick of Corporate lies and political cowardice.

Cynicism and corruption have had their day.

We must return to the world of ideals.

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The Light.

When we turn

Towards the Light.

And love the Lord 

With all our might.

He blesses us.

And what we see

Is that our soul

Resides with Thee.

Not in our minds 

But in our hearts!

Our soul wakes up

And new life starts!

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Temptation 2.

If we look more closely at what devil-worshippers have done to the generations we will see that they push the negatives of each generation's astrological signs.

They Hippies were indulged in pleasure which is a negative aspect of Libra.  They were also encouraged to be selfish ("Do your own thing!"*) which is a negative aspect of Leo.

Generation X were tempted to be holier than thou and judgemental which are negative aspects of Virgo.  They were also tempted to use violence, hate, and evil which are negative aspects of Scorpio.

The religious and political right including Ronald Reagan were tempted to use judgement and demonization as weapons to win.  These are negative aspects of Capricorn.

And the older generation were tempted to be hypocritical and judgemental which are negative aspects of Virgo.

So the answer is not to blame anyone for what devil-worshippers have inspired in them but to look to the positive aspects of each generations astrological signs.

The positive aspects of the Baby-Boomers are: peace, diplomacy, and love (Libra); and creativity and enlightenment (Leo).

The positive aspects of Generation X are: discrimination, meticulousness, virtue (Virgo); and loyalty, passion, transformation (Scorpio).

The positive aspects of Capricorn are; responsibility, seriousness, discipline, obedience, strength, and practicality.

One last thing:

Aquarius is manifested negatively by Satan-worshippers as: drug abuse, promiscuity, insanity.

The positive aspects of Aquarius are; tolerance, genius, freedom, equality, humanitarianism, and vision.

(*This comes from Aleister Crowley's Satanic catch-cry "Do what you will.")

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