It amazes me all the Jesus people on my Facebook page. I'm not anti religion. Whatever works for you and keeps you sane, I say do it. I believe in the God of my understanding. I also love that my faith when growing up didn't ram it down my throat. I can say my faith taught me to think, to question and more importantly to love. What I wonder is how many people who follow any religious doctrine has gone beyond the Sunday morning pep talk of their pastor or ritual liturgy of their priest to know what was really said. I'm asking how many speak Aramaic, how many know Latin or Hebrew and has read the original codex to know what was written that was said by these great prophets and teachers. Who is really "studying to show themselves assured." Is it me or do I think it is easier to say, write and talk about Jesus but living love unconditionally, walking peace and turning the other check and forgiving your brothers, sisters murder or rapist is not a reality in many Christians way of life. I mean it is easy to say it until the ultimate situation arrives at your door. When September 11, 2001 happened we have a Christian nation seeking revenge. A nation of people quivering in fear and eating a diet of it feed by media and politicians non stop. Where was their faith, their God and peace. This one moment on world stage we could have out shown all nations we fail to our primordial urges of fight and flight. Reasoning gave way to a non stop diet of fear mongering on all sides. Bigotry reared its head and hasn't left yet. Our nation wrapped itself in a flag not the love of Jesus and went to war. I'm not writing to discuss the right or wrong of the war. I'm writing to talk to Christian's who are afraid. You can smell the fear ten miles away. It saddens me when I read those post actually. I know most of it is born out of fear and helplessness. To believe in a higher consciousness is to let go of fear and embrace whatever shows up. Life is happening. It is about the experiences and responding to each one in the moment. Not reaction. A body on a string being jerked at every tug, pull and falling helpless when slacked. So what does this have to do with equality? I don't know just yet. I do know the divisiveness of politics, race and class has everyone in corners staking out territory. Fear keeps us from sitting down at the table having a real dialogue with each other. It's like my work sometimes. People desire to hang out and just chit chat about nothing. I don't chit chat about things any more. I love to dialogue and have real honest conversation. I chatter with my cats and my imaginary characters I write about. Sometimes this dialogue is more revealing than a human body. Is it my age showing or wisdom of living life and reaching a place where substance does matter. In my job many times I'm the only color in the room besides white. White is a color by the way and it is in the crayon box. I feel comfortable where ever I am. What saddens me is the fear that keeps my friends and family living in their safe biospheres. For the record I don't care who gets elected or reelected. President Obama nor Romney, liberals, republicans can not fix you, your life, your work situation but you. The problem is not outside of yourself but from within. Your walk is not one of peace and so us, you, we sow discord in every situation. Instead of seeing opportunity people panic when they lose a job, car, house, husband, wife, children and yet your doctrine says this is life. Accept it. I find most people can't except what God says. The next time you get afraid go walk. Take a step, exhale and then inhale on the next. Walk a peaceful walk for ten to twenty minutes then look at your situation again. Respond. This rock nettle grows in the desert in hard to get to places. On top of rocks, cliffs that are barren to the eyes yet it finds crevices and soil to sustain its life. It spreads its roots wide close to the surface to get whatever rain that falls. What is it important is how it spreads its seeds. The leaves are sticky and attaches to passing by be it. Hikers, animals, lizards whatever brushes up against it ever so slight carries away some of it to the next place. We find it in washes and just all over the desert. Let that be your of spreading love and peace. Ever so gently with the whisper of the wind. Your peaceful walk will be the neon sign and voice of a million of a greater consciousness at work in your life.
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