Hand in Hand with the Beloved

The world you see is all a projection of your mind. Everything you actually see is seen inside your head on the back of your retina in an upside-down image. Your mind turns the perceptions over and makes a story out of it. The story is a lot what you inherited.

You may be attached to this world of survival, right and wrong, devils and angels, the righteous and the sinners. You are right and the evil ones are wrong. Without realizing it, most of us most of the time would rather be right than eat.

The time is ripe to let go those old stories and declare yourself free.

Death is not necessarily an evil. Death is a doorway, perhaps to a sweeter land. And sin -- sin is “missing the mark.”

Since the God we love and worship is both omnipotent (almighty) and compassionate (all-loving), then certainly it must be God's will that people sometimes suffer, including me and you. It must be part of the great mystery of life. At least something good comes from our suffering -- you and other great souls are touched and filled with compassion and dedicate your lives to the benefit of everyone else.

How about the martial arts -- judo and karate, even Tai Chi. Will they completely disappear in heaven? And chess too -- no books on how to play chess better? All gone when war goes away? Don't you think, like peace, war is also part of God's design?

God's holy mountain is Zion, the realm of active belief, faith. The prophet painted a picture of paradise -- when the wolf eats grass and the lion lies down with the lamb. The wolf eats the grass of the field when he's feeling sick and needs to throw up. Otherwise, in wolf heaven, he'd prefer something else to dine on, I assure you. The prophet should have said, "... then the cattle will eat the grass of the field..." That's more like it, the way heaven ought to be, don't you agree?

Make your life into myth; write your own legend. Include peace for all, if that's the world you choose to live in. No more "very soons." No more "hopefully’s." Don't wait any longer. Be bold. Go for it. Step into it. Declare it so and live it yourself. Gandhi said, "Live the possibility you want for others." Jesus says, "You will all do even more than I am doing. Here, stand up on my shoulders ..."

The war of good versus evil, with evil ultimately vanquished by the victorious Godhead -- was useful for some years, but is not always useful to you. Consider other games in the unfolding of your life. Write your own myth with your own life.

A time comes when you declare yourself no longer a "seeker." Declare yourself "the finder!" Of course, you can always take refuge at the feet of the shepherd. But look and listen – you are being called now to swing out through the stars, hand in hand with your beloved.