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I'm a reflective person but usually do it all in my head. This is an attempt by me to

make part of the reflection solid

Entry for 23 January 2009I'm responding to a quick comment that has stimulated somethought in me. The comment was that they were satisfied with

Jesus but was Jesus satisfied with them? It is a valid question andlike any good question I really don't know the answer. I can surmise

though like so many others do. For me I start with Jesus core

from what I've been taught. Jesus is the Son of God and therefore

God. Now I know not all faiths believe that and I'm not writing to

attempt to get anyone to follow my beliefs here. I write to think

things through for me and attempt to try to work out how thosebeliefss can interact with others belief in God in whatever form

that takes. I say this because my next thought regarding the above

is that God is Love and I add the word unconditional to that word.

Now I know anyone that has read some of those Old Testament

passages about God smiting or punishing the world would find it

hard to believe that God is unconditional love. It took me a long

time to believe because of all those passages. Too much focus on

those certainly can hold one back from knowing the God Jesus

revealed as Good News. I know evolution is one of those touchywords in Christianity. There are those who see creation in Genesis

as having actually happened in seven of our human days and others

who see creation and the seven days as seven periods of God's timesince what is time to God? Time is a concept man has created to

try to communicate ideas and often these ideas shift with thedifferent understandings of various cultures. We have Mayan

calendars, Jewish Calendars, The Chinese Calendar and the Latinone most of us Westerners use today.

Ok back on track. God is Unconditional Love. As an artist I make

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things and so my reflections about God often come back to trying

to understand and know God through a kind of understanding my

own feelings about myself and the things I do. There are in fact

kind of two me's The creative one that makes things and interacts

with the things I make. That side of me feels connected with thethings I make and invent and explore. There is a natural state of

being that goes one when I'm engaged in that role. For me I

suspect that when I'm here I'm actually in a state of cooperation

with God Creator. That which I make is an extension of me and

there is no judgement just being. It is this second me that can step

in and take me out of the now and into judgement though. I'm

learning this second me though isn't my true self. This second me

is starts to nag at the creation I've been making and say not good

enough or if I'd done this it might have been better. This brings indecision making about my creations (art works) as Good or Badbrings back Genesis and the result of eating from the tree with

the fruit of Good and Evil. It isn't our true self. So I see God asUnconditional Love before the fall and that our perceptions since

skew our understanding of that. To me Jesus purpose was to bringback that understanding of God since so much of His message is

about Love and being awake to the present. So in the light of thatwould Jesus be satisfied with me? By His nature I say yes as He

would see with the Fathers eyes the creation and want me to getback to seeing myself as I was created without all the judgement.

or more correctly without the fear for it is our fears that cause us

to react and move from our ability to choose the Loving path. Well

that is my take.

I'm rushing a bit today so no art work to lead this and the usual

comment I make lately. Please don't waste your time asking to be a

friend. I don't really get the time to interact much here anymore.

My priorities take me many places. Also Yahoo restricts the

number of friends to 300. I have close to that with around 300

requests sitting in my inbox already. Just select connect if you

want to know whenever I update a blog post.

FrankFriday 23 January 2009 - 10:08AM (WST)

Entry for 26 December 2008

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Well I will try again to catch up here. Ive made a few

attempts to post new blogs and something always seems totake me away. Im somewhat missing the reflection time in

front of the computer where I put a few thoughts together

about what is going on in my life. I suppose part of it may

be the burden that others might expect more of me than I

am able to give as I do notice the thought fleeting past

sometimes and that is how ego works. On the other hand it

isnt that often that I would notice it and I do stay better

aware of my inner self talk than I used to be.

I do hope that the economic state of the world hasnt put

any of you into fear. No matter what has happened to you

because of it keep your mind open to the blessings. I

currently earn some of the lowest pay Ive ever earned in

my life yet Im at my happiest and most content. Daily I

find things to be thankful for and just the act of seeing

things as blessings gives me hope and appreciation. I walk

into shops and notice peoples faces and where I oncemight have thought like an artist concentrated on features

and oddities that I would see. That still goes on but Im

noticing something deeper now. It is almost aura. People

are seemingly more real to me Its almost like a beauty

shine in peoples looks. This especially seems true around

peoples eyes. It is really quite magical for me. Last Friday

I had a little bout with ego. In the Christmas rush I took

my focus off what I was doing and got bothered by another

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driver attempting to get into the place I had been parked

causing me to feel pressured as to how to get around them

and leave. They kept inching closer as I tried to back out

and eventually because my concentration was more on

them and less on out the back window as to the location of

cars behind me. Well as you may have guessed I ended up

bumping a car behind me. Not hard but enough to scratch

paint. This slowed me down as I then had to leave a not

with contact details and take a photo of damage in case

later there was debate on how much was caused. Later as I

was driving back home I spent some time being aware of

my energy shifts. Found my blood rushing through my

body and it took a bit of forgiveness prayer to get me fromgoing ballistic at the driver that had been pushing me. She

was a young driver and did apologise when she saw what

happened. It is so easy to get into various forms of fear

with all the people rushing around. I see it in a lot of faces.

More like the present isnt being lived because minds are

focused on all the things that supposedly need doing to

make the day perfect. I think the lesson for me in all that

was to get back into the moment and enjoy what Imbrought. In the last couple of days Ive noticed more

sparkle in peoples eyes. That leaves me with joy. A few

years ago I used to dread Christmas. It was a product of a

fearful mind. I spent way too much time thinking about

what might happen or on expectations of how others might

really feel about me. A lot of ego talking on how un-

loveable I thought I was. In spite of good things happening

to me were ignored and I got or created not so goodChristmases inside my experience. Learning to appreciate

and be thankful for the little things has really turned things

around for me. Life is getting more and more abundant in

terms of having more and more friends to appreciate and

share with. More challenges to face and solutions to find

yet also Im finding them daily with less worry about will

I? Ego isnt kicked out of my life yet but I do see growth.

Less to hang on to which is freeing.

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I helped one of my 360 friends set up an over 40s social

site that is a bit like Yahoo 360 only it has chat as well and

some of the features of face book It is at:

http://activeseniormates.ning.com/ It started out as an

alternative for the pay to connect type dating sites but is

turning out a bit more social. Since I get so many people

attempting to make friends with me here and not really

able to say yes because of friend limits Yahoo 360 has I

broke down and actually started to spend a bit of time at

this different site. The thing I like about it is that it has the

possibility of my having real time chat with others by

setting an occasional time when I will be in the chat room

to communicate. Something Ive wanted to do here at 360.I havent done it yet but am praying about it. I will see if

others get attracted there and really want to connect. I

suspect a lot of invites that come through are people

without profiles who leave messages for me to go

elsewhere which sounds to much like some of the spam

and phishing things that are also prevalent out there.

Perhaps this is another ego thing for me although it makes

sense to attempt to keep relationships on the net withpeople who also seem to have lives and various

experiences that one can read. Why mainly because blank

profiles or a sentence or two just doesnt give you much to

connect with. Ive said before if you want a good blog you

have to risk being out there some how so that people can

have something to connect with you on. The more you

give the more that comes back. Give something of value

for me it is my life lessons and what Ive learned.

Well on this day after Christmas 2008 may you all be

blessed and find Gods love in your life more fully. It is

always there but it takes openness to find it through just a

little bit of faith that it might be true. To those of you who

already know this I thank you for reflecting that message

back to me as you share it in your lives.

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Post Script: please dont inundate

activeseniormates.ning.com unless you intend to stay and

use the place yourself in a sensible loving way. Youll get

bored I suspect or ignored if you are there for drama. Ning

has under its auspices a lot of other social networks

devoted to a large number of interests so if your under 40

and or want something more specific check out the other

offerings they have there. http://www.ning.com/Friday 26 December 2008 - 05:28AM (WST)

21 10 2008

My theme picture this time is a vampire. For some it may seem a bit dark for

the kinds of things I usually share. Ive chosen it as a suitable symbol

considering some of what is going on in the world. A simpler term might be a

blood sucker; someone who takes life from another in order to sustain a

temporary filling of an emptiness that is felt inside. Some may start to see

easily people in the tops of some of the financial institutions for their

predatory lending. If we were to look a bit longer Im sure other examples of

others also showing signs of this disease. In some of the old vampire movies

that is how it is described. It is an infection that gets spread through someone

who has the infection giving it to someone else.

Last week I was at a presentation where the question was asked is it possible

to sin against God and not against our fellow man? For myself I dont think so.

If God is in everything then that includes other humans too. Now Ive said

before that the original meaning of sin was missing the target. What happens if

a hunter misses the target while hunting for life sustaining food? The hunterdoesnt get sustenance but also those that depend on the skills of the hunter to

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provide are also affected. If the hunter stresses over missing the target to much

stress starts to take over and that stress can interfere with further hunts and

further shots. The hunter does have another option though; to trust in their own

ability. In trusting they can relax and this allows focus on the goal.

On some planes we are all vampires whenever we listen to egos voice tellingus we are not enough. We spread the sickness when we put others down and

make them feel they arent accepted for what ever reason. I suspect this is the

reason Jesus said look at the log in our own eye before considering the sliver

in someone elses. Theres a trend in some modern vampire tales where a

vampire finds a blood substitute and manages to then work for good. So to do

we have a substitute for our inner emptiness that causes us to constantly want

and to fill in the hollowness of our lives. It doesnt come from one up-man-

ship and doing better than others. It doesnt come from needing bigger

salaries, it doesnt come from hoarding or eating all the food we can get a hold

of. It doesnt come from fearing our neighbor as someone who is hunting us

and attempting to stake us through the heart another interesting symbol for abroken heart which happens because we misperceive love). Yes the blood

substitute answer to our vampire ways is Love, Real Love and that can only be

found in God. Jesus said the way to the Father is through me. He is an

example and it strikes me that for all our modern science and break every

through in psychology and books like the secret that it all seems to come back

to the basics man has known for a long time now. Love God with your whole

being and in fulfilling that one begins to recognize how loved we are. When

we accept that love we naturally share it allowing God to love those around us

through us. In that we no longer need to play the control dramas we learned as

children and can stop being childish in our interactions. There is only one

thing that may hold us back on accomplishing this. That is belief, faith that it

is possible. Now Im not perfect in this. My faith fluctuates depending on the

temptation. For me my healing seems to take me to dealing with one issue at a

time and finally coming to a point of letting go and letting God in each. A

Course in Miracles does say that it doesnt have to be like that. For some with

a strong enough gift of faith it can happen all at once. There are some like St.

Dominic Savio (http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=43) that

seem to get it from very early and are willing to stand between two other

children throwing rocks at each other in anger to make a point of love. He

could have been killed yet he went to the heart of each boy and showed a

better way. The more I understand love the more I see that as our hope. So it istrue the world may seem volatile at the moment and at crisis point we have a

choice. We can believe ego/Satan or we can believe there is a God who has a

plan that helps those who are open enough to seek. When asked how to Pray

Jesus shared the Our Father (the subject of a past blog). Reflect on those

words in that prayer daily and be open to what they might mean as they grow

on those who say them from the heart. We make our world according to our

beliefs. We have far more choice in the result than we understand. Any change

for the better starts with each individuals choice to focus on the Fear or on the

Possibility that Love is Real.

I promised a friend of mine Id share a link to her web page devoted toallergies. If you suffer in that direction or know someone who does then you

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may find some help through this path:

http://www.beallergywise.com/topic/basics/

I apologize that it has taken me such a long time to post. My 3d world seems

to get busier every day. No doubt it is part of my learning. It doesnt mean that

I have given up doing what I do here. Only that I have to discern what takesprecedence and follow where I am taken. To new readers I share dont waste

your effort on attempting to make friends or contact me through instant

messenger. If I new how to balance my busy life better Id spend a lot more

time interacting but for my own need to balance all I do I just dont take the

time to interact like I used to. It became too much and other responsibilities

were being left undone.

Entry for 21 September 2008

The pic today is of my son who turns 22 this week. He's currently

living in the U.S. and studying. Like most fathers I was probablyharder on him then I should have been. we tend to push at times as

fathers wanting our son's to show certain qualities before they areready. Still as a grown son I must say I am proud of him. He's far

from perfect but then I'm not either. I do see that he like me is a

seeker. He's shown some depth I never really noticed in his thinking

these last few years and is now reading thought provoking books. It

will be interesting to see how he develops.

In church this evening the gospel reading was the one about the land

owner that goes into the town and hires workers at different times ofthe day and pays them all the same amount even though some of them

had worked 12 hours and others only one hour. Every year I'd hear it

I'd accept there was a reason for the story but never really got a lotout of it. This always struck me as rather unfair of the employer

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although I did get that he did have every right to be generous with his

money. I even got that God is sharing that he is generous and that in

some ways heaven is heaven so if one gets there it doesn't matter if

one connects with God just before death or has been close all one's

life. What's different tonight as I type is that part of the reason for thisGospel is to help us be aware of envy and how ego uses that. Jesus is

often speaking to church leaders about their attitudes and that eventhough they think they are doing God's will and are working hard

their focus really isn't on God's will. Sure they are working hard and

sincere at what they are doing just as the early hired workmen. At the

end of the day though instead of focusing on the blessing of have had

a good day and worked hard or being appreciative of the owners

generosity that their fellow men would also have enough that daythey listen to their ego's perception of the situation. The me is

somehow missing out. Comparing and looking for a kind of worldlyjustice that says those that do more should get more even if others

may suffer because of it. The thing is we are all part of a human

family and real justice it seems to me is more like the kind the owner

was pointing out. After all real love is just that love. There really

aren't degrees of love or more love for some and less for others.

That's only the product of a fearful mind that sees less or more andthe possibility of loss. I think I'm finally getting it. I used to think like

those workers that were hired early and it certainly isn't a good placeto be. I've been blessed with a shift in perception having lost much of

what I feared losing yet now coming from a place where I feel God is

being generous with me and that I've really started late I come from

thankfulness for little things I notice now. Much I took for grantedbefore. It is perhaps a surprise to some that loss of things could be

seen as blessing yet from my perspective I do feel I've been givenmuch more and am still learning.

Next time you begin to feel hard done by it might just be worth

considering where your doubt is coming from. It may save you grief

if the envy can be turned to appreciation.

May love fill your heat so full that you are bursting to share it withall.

Entry for 05 September 2008

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Today my theme is Dis Ease. I seem to be aware at the moment of so many

people dealing with one form of illness or another and how dealing with health

seems to take a lot of peoples time and energy. For some it may even become a

battleground taking every bit of energy one has to stay on top of things.

Part of my week in prayer is spent lifting people up for healing. Some are

friends and family and some are complete strangers. Key in my prayer is just

attempting to visualize wholeness as each was created by God. Following is ananswer to an email I received from a friend Ive been holding in light for

awhile. I share it here because it seems to affirm that life-giving approach that

I often speak of.

The only thing I pick up in your words here is the word try

and the energy difference between trying and allowing. Trying

suggests control. Allowing does not invest so deeply into a perceived

outcome. By focusing on body parts changing and generating inner

energy on specific tasks its a bit like an artist doing a work using

their technical skills alone to produce a work. The finished piece

may be technically perfect but end up missing that elusive pizzazz of amasterpiece. An artist using their skills but is more focused on the

encounter and the openness to the unexpected and lives their painting

puts an added dimension into their work. Focus on the daily living

and your relationship with "The Holy Spirit"(life energy on personal

plane). By focusing on life and living and experiencing and being

thankful for all one is experiencing leaves no room for fear because

God is near and filling one up with Love. By focusing on outcomes one

only compares results allowing ego in when at one moment or another

something doesn't measure up to the standard set. I'm reminded of the

story of Peter seeing Jesus walking on the water being called and for

a time walks on water too until he takes his eyes off Jesus and seesthe chaos around him. It is a matter of focus. My quote

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So as you think about this know I am lifting up all my readers asking in the

name of Jesus Christ (The new testament has Jesus saying ask in my name and

it shall be given) that a deeper more intimate relationship may develop with

The Creator and through that relationship each will experience life more fully

in health.