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“One God, One Judgment”
According
to Le-way there is only one God but an infinite number of ways to get to know Him. It doesn’t matter what we call or do not call God because His existence has nothing to do with His name. God either is or He isn’t. He is the God of everyone or He is the God of no one. God does not judge a person based on their religious preferences. All that matters to God is that our beliefs are sincere and we are being true to ourselves. You are not being true to God if you’re not being true to yourself.
Most religions agree on a basic premise that we should give our lives to God. Islam calls it Submission to God while Christians believe it can only be achieved through faith in Jesus Christ. Members of Alcoholics Anonymous (as well as most of the 12 step fellowships) find it in turning their will and their lives over to the care of God (as they understand Him (if merely) on an individual basis).
Do not all of these people deserve Gods grace more than those who reject Him all together regardless if their beliefs differ from each other. Even those who refuse to accept Gods existence make just as much sense as those who do when all things are considered. The truth is that none of us know what the truth really is but we should all be able to agree on what it should be.
Everyone should get exactly what they deserve (whether it be good or bad). No one should regret what they are yet to do so long as it is something they will never agree to. Each of us face a predetermined fate based on the sum of our actions and the choices we make. The right to be a fool is as much the right to be a fool as it is the right to be a saint. We should all be able to decide these things for ourselves so that we can be held accountable for the consequences we reap (whether they be good or bad).
I call this Actual Free-will and consider it the most important aspect of Utopia we have. Actual Free-will allows us to be psychic about ourselves but not each other which is the way it should be so far as Perfect On-going Justice is concerned. God has given us a Permanent 2nd Chance to surrender the Knowledge of Good and Evil and go to Heaven because forever should be based on forever and not a human lifetime. According to Le-way, there will be liberty and justice for all.
“The Worlds Religions Versus Le-way”
Over the years I have taken it upon myself to study the worlds religions and learn as much about them as I can. I have come to the conclusion that they are all as valid as any other and tend to agree with those who believe that God has and will continue to send messengers on His behalf to offer new and different insights into His character.
I find it interesting the way that many religions (especially the monotheistic ones) seem to have evolved over time by making small (although often significant) changes to the earlier ones. It seems as though God has sent prophet after prophet into the world only to find He must send another to correct the errors of those who came before the most current one.
Among the earliest of the great mono-theistic religions was Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism is well known to have had a great deal of influence on many of the worlds religions, including Judaism and Christianity. It’s almost ironic that Zoroastrians (of which there remain a few) have long believed that a messiah will be born to a virgin much like what Christianity is based on. Some scholars have even proposed that the Three Wise Men were actually Zoroastrian priests based on the direction from which they came.
I also find it interesting what Zoroastrianism has to say about Heaven and Hell. According to it’s teachings God will judge people based on the number of good deeds they have tallied compared to how many bad deeds they are responsible for. A person who has managed more good deeds than bad ones will go to Heaven while those who fair otherwise will be condemned to Hell. They even believe in a place like Purgatory where those who have committed the same number of good deeds as bad will take residence (if only for a time).
This is clearly a simplistic approach to justice which other religions would ultimately do better to address. Christianity offered us an entirely different means of salvation. Jesus based it on a persons faith in Him which is no more fair, if not even further from the truth than Zoroastrianism. Along came Islam and Submission to God which made a little more sense (as a path to salvation) but still based a persons salvation on what they do or do not believe. The Bah’ai Faith and a number of other religions attempted to unify the worlds religions by suggesting that it didn’t matter what religion a person belongs to but only that they follow the path God has prepared for them.
The problem with all of these religions is that none of them allow a person to have a relationship with God without following certain moral expectations (or, at least, attempting to). According to Le-way, the way to go to Heaven is to surrender the knowledge of good and evil which can be accomplished in as many ways as there are to be sincere. The difference is that Le-way condemns no one to hell but provides liberty and justice for all in a place I call Utopia (also called The Land of Oz). Those who have yet to turn their will and their lives over to the care of God will not experience the fires of hell but rather Perfect On-going Justice, Actual Free-will and a Permanent 2nd Chance (to surrender the Knowledge of Good and Evil and go to Heaven). I call it the right to be a fool or not to be.
“Justice”
We need not fear the wrath of God for it is no worse than what any man deserves or would warrant upon another. God is as reasonable as we are and wishes hell upon no one other than as a temporary state that succumbs to the natural laws of Perfect On-going Justice as prescribed by Le-way. No one deserves to go to hell forever, although some of us may deserve to stay longer than others. Forever should be based on forever and not a human lifetime for the reason I mentioned before: God is as reasonable as we are. It makes no sense to condemn a man to hell for who he’s been if it’s not who he’ll become. What’s fair is fair and will always remain so.
The knowledge of good and evil supplies us with the right to be a fool which God acknowledges as just that; our human right. Actual Free-will is something none of us have experienced or could imagine but, ironically, it’s what we’ve been fighting for since the fall of man. Someday we will all know what it means to control our own destinies without having to fight with ourselves or, more accurately, with the demons inside us.
According to Le-way there will be liberty and justice for all who avoid death in the form of Nirvana or Paradise. Those of us who surrender the knowledge of good and evil will become at one with God and serve Him in a manner similar to how our arms and legs do us. They will have essentially died to themselves, forever giving up the right to be a fool and be who they choose. Some say that only those who go to Heaven will live forever, I tell you it is just the opposite.
The Land of Oz (or Utopia), as I like to call it, will provide all the necessary requirements that are needed to set us free. Everyone will get what they deserve, whether it be good or bad, and no one will suffer anymore or for any longer than they ought to. We will even be free to do away with the knowledge of good and evil and join those already in Heaven or Paradise who have done so previously. This is the promise of Le-way and should mean more to you than what any other religion is capable of offering you.
Let us pray.
We meditate on the transcendental Glory of the Deity Supreme, who is inside the heart of the Earth, inside the life of the sky, and inside the soul of the Heaven. May He stimulate and illuminate our minds.
Lead us from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality. May we be protected together. May we be nourished together. May we work together with great vigor. May our study be enlightening. May no obstacle arise between us.
May the Senators strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world, performing their duties with the welfare of others always in mind, because by devotion to selfless work one attains the supreme goal of life. May they work carefully and wisely, guided by compassion and without thought for themselves.
United your resolve, united your hearts, may your spirits be as one, that you may long dwell in unity and concord.
Peace, peace, peace be unto all.
Lord, we ask You to comfort the family of former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson.
Amen.
Is that any reason to have protesters? What the hell is wrong with these people?
The only thing about India is that I am so frustrated and lonely here. Sure, I miss my family, my friends, my bathtub…but these are incidentals. I can do without these as India herself gives me so much more. But I have no one with whom I really connect—though I am, I think, finally making friends here and certainly I like most of the people I am with very much. Also, no one to snuggle, no one to love. I know my little girl fantasies and dreams are both silly and childish—yet, I had hoped, I suppose, that this was at least a part of why the Universe has chosen to send me here at this time. When I applied for this program, it was uncertain where I would go—and I had some qualms about coming to Jaipur as it is the home of my newly married friend whom I must never see again. I knew some of the hardships that awaited and did not trust myself to make a good decision. Therefore, I left it in the lap of the Gods, for fate to bring me here, if that was what the Universe willed. “I will go where needed,” I said to the All, “just teach me how to listen.”
But, now that I am here, I cannot seem to find or understand why. Why was I chosen to come here, now—and for what? There were too many coincidences and synchronicities for there to be no reason, it was clear that I was being sent, if not why. I have learned that when the Universe interferes with my intended pattern, when these synchronicities crop up, it is time to be extra aware, more present, to still myself and listen. I know I should have faith in the universe and that knowing why and what for usually comes only with time—but I would do my best to do the universe’s will—if only I knew what that was. I have this desire to stop all this senseless flailing and bumbling, the anxiety of it all, and be steadfast in the knowledge that I am again on the right path. ...And I cannot stop from wanting a partner in all this chaos: another focus, a touchstone; someone to help shoulder the burden and with whom to share the joys. I fear this is not to be my path, but rather that the shadow of the moon-sworn warrior falls over me. The “virgin” priestess of the moon-dark night. Sworn to the most terrible face of the Goddess, the mother who devours her children whole. I do not want this destiny, but there have been too many signs and I cannot ignore them.
However, I have learned that sometimes, if the Universe wills, fate may be altered and a different path to the same destination taken. That is why we must never despair, why we must always try to change what pains us and not simply accept destiny. For if you can change it then THAT is your destiny, too. I tried to convince my friend of this, to no avail. I do not want it—but still I serve. To Help, no price is too great—but, what if I should pay this price, do what is asked of me, and fail anyway? I repeat the mantra again and again: what will be will be. If something is meant, no power can stop it—and if it is NOT meant, no power can force it. Have faith that the universe works as it should—for that is all there is. Small comfort, truth is.
It is said that in Varanasi, even sleep is yoga, each breath is meditation and the simple fact of being here is merit of itself. Twice I have been called here, and still I don’t know what this pilgrim searches for. Once, I dreamed I would come here to die, sometime far off—in old age I hope. Perhaps I have misunderstood or misused it, or perhaps I have forgotten how to see and interpret the signs. This was something that always came so easily to me, but for a long time I did not live rightly and I am afraid I have given up my power. Yet, I do not think it is so easy—it was never a power I asked for, nor one joyful to have, and I believe it necessary to what the universe wants of me. But, I feel I have forgotten the discipline and how to read the future in these signals and in my dreams. I want those abilities back—I feel so lost without this rudder. I feel blinded, deaf and dumb, the things I prized so much, all there was that was special about me, gone—yet not irretrievably, I feel. Perhaps that is what the real search is for—I have been looking for a master, and for mastery.
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