Why So Serious?

I pass purple-flowering jacarandas; “Remember Death” whispers from shiny gray grave markers and tender memorials. When I read the inscriptions, I’m always curious about how many years the person lived. Today I’ll see the grave of two children. My friend, Joe Michell, sometimes goes to the cemetery to view his grave site. “Well, before I know it, I’ll be lying dead, here.”

Is spirituality the bridge between religious dogma and atheism? Does quantum physics reconcile these polar opposites?

In the beginning there was God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Power of Love is something that everyone in the world would love to have and share with those who are close to them.

Dear friend, the following messages have been written in the first person as though the Lord Jesus, Himself, spoke these words directly. The author does not claim to have received these words verbatim from the Lord of Love, but rather has received their essence from Him into his spirit by prayerful listening and reverential meditation.

You are an eternal being, and you have chosen the role you are playing, right now. So who do you really want to be?

The Lord Jesus has prepared a kingdom for us from the foundation of the world. Our Father, God, wants us to have it. The procedure for receiving it is not difficult or obscure. This article tells how.

I have observed that secular church leaders have a compulsive habit of drawing disciples unto themselves. They promote a philosophy of church that empowers the preacher, not the congregation, teaching that ultimately keeps the pastor/priest leadership in control. The underlying result is that non-respondents are rejected while devotees come under a spell, subjecting themselves to men rather than to God.

This article is about Jesus’ prophecy of his return amid great turmoil and upheavals on earth and in the heavens. Paramahansa Yogananda’s concept of Jesus’ return taking place in the Christ light of one’s awakened spiritual vision is explained. Prophecies received in our time describing earth changes accompanied by spiritual transformation are mentioned, and certain aspects of what Jesus told Mary Ann Johnston about his return, when he returns for all mankind, are quoted from her book Messages from Jesus.

This is my way of relating all this to a type of religious understanding. To me, it is certain and obvious that GOD or whatever you may want to call it, is beyond our comprehension and understanding.

I’d like to take a few moments to discuss the subject of fear and how it affects our lives. If you are like most people, myself included, you probably let fear play a part in every decision you make, to a certain degree, whether you are aware of this or not.

The author offering an estimated calculation of the population of the Israelites who had been freed from their captivity speaks of both the magnitude and continual attentive care of God toward them. Using the story of Moses and the People of God in the Wilderness, the author relates the numerous continuing miracles they experienced to the salvation of those coming to the faith of Jesus Christ in this generation.

I received not one but two delightful surprises recently while walking in what I call the valley – a lovely oasis of nature in the midst of the city. It was a meditative walk lasting almost two hours including a special treat of soaking my feet in a tributary leading into the Don River.