IT IS WELL

I wish to share this quote with you guys, especially to those passing through hard time;

"I ask God for strenght, that i might achieve
I was made weak, that i might humbly obey...
I asked for health, that i might do greater things. 
I was given infirmity, that i might do better things...
I asked for riches, that i might be happy. 
I was given poverty, that i might be wise... 
I asked for power that i might have the praise of men. 
I was given weakness, that i might feel the need of God...
I asked for all things that i might enjoy life. 
I was given life that i might enjoy all things...
I got nogthing i asked for, but everything i had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered. I, among all men, am most blessed!"    :-ANONYMOUS.

     Life only give to you what you need and rightly deserve and not what you want. sometimes, your wants might concur with your needs. If you are passing through a hard time now, you might think life is unfair. But the truth is, you need this present moment, this experiencing your passing through to develop yourself inwardly, to become a stronger human spirit. this is the time the spirit is quicken. Here, am referring to situations or circumstances in which you absolutely have no control over. Do not worry, it is well. Now feel the experiencing, become a better person from this experiencing. Fill your heart with love for all. This is the time when your heartfelt prayer is most effective. So confort yourself in prayer and worship your Creator. Put on good thoughts and this cup shall surely pass you by. I repeat, fill your heart with love for all at all time. That way, you can redeem yourself from your numerous guilts. Be strong, and be courageous, you will not be exposed to situations that you would not be able to bear. Compose yourself, you are stronger than you could ever imagine. Take care of yourself.

ACQUIRING EARTHLY POSSESSIONS; good or bad?

Earthly possession refers to the material properties acquired, during your existence here on this Gross material world. Many believe that living in penury equates to living in humility, that a true believer should not acquire much or any possession for himself or herself here on earth. Listen! Living in penury does not make you holier nor does it draws you closer to your Creator. Should you find yourself in a tradition which sees the acquisition of earthly possession as a sin? Then you have to break yourself free from such erroneous believe.

         God in His love and infinite mercy for His creatures in creation, has provided for every creature, what it needs for its existence in creation. So, as it is in the primordial creation, so it is in this subsequent creation that we find ourselves right now. So on your earthly existence, everything that you will ever needed, has been provided for you by your Creator. You are a part of this physical world,  so you will live your life on earth the way the inhabitant of this world lives. You will eat, play, associates with your fellow sojourners on earth in form of families, friends, neighbours, relatives, animals. In addition to you having the right to inhabit this earth, whatever you needed to survive is already provided. Mind you, i said everything you needed, not everything you wanted! It was not in His plan for man to lack whatever he needed in order to aid him throughout is wandering. If only you can have a glimpse of how your spiritual home actually looks like, then you will realise that poverty is strange to spirit beings. The scripture painted a perfect picture of your spiritual home, that the street of the city is made of gold, as if it was a transparent glass, a crystal. John had a glimpse of the Kingdom of God, its glorious and its magnificent beauty that it is endowed with and he was overwhelmed. If the human spirits originates from paradise, where it does not lack anything? Then why is majority of man confortable with poverty on earth?  Lack of knowledge and indolence of the spirit!

             If God could feed and take care of the needs of plants, embracing them with dew in the morning and in due season, He provides them rain. and then top it up with a beautiful sunshine. Can you ever imagine how many animals there are is in the water world in the ocean? Both big and small animals? Guess who cares for them!  Then how much more you, who is a spiritual being, who originates from the crown of creation, who has been given dominion to take charge of creation. You are a more responsible and a higher being. You are much more valuable in this creation than the animals and plants. Poverty was not among God's plans for man. Poverty is as a result of man's fault, not God.

               Jesus Christ did not live in abject poverty as so many believers argued him to be. Just because He was laid in a feeding trough, does not mean Joseph and Mary was poor. It was time for Mary to deliver a baby and because there was no room for them in the inn, she gave birth when they went to Joseph's homeland, in Judaea, bethlehem. being a carpenter in those days, you are either a first class or a second class citizen. There is no where in the scripture where Christ was lacking. I had experienced and witness a lady giving birth in a public bus, it doesn't mean that she was that poor that she could not afford to gave birth in the hospital, but the time of delivery just came and she had no choice but to be delivered in that public bus with a bouncing baby girl. So just because at birth, Christ was wrapped in a swaddling clothes and laid in a feeding trough because there was no space  for them, does not mean they were living in penury. Study the scripture for yourself and you will discover that men who truly devoted their earthly life to doing the Will of God, does not live in poverty. So i beg you not to be an ignoramus in this issue.

            Majority of humanity are living under the poverty level and man is the cause alone. Intellectual dominance is accompanied with its evils in different categories. Selfishness, greed and being obsessed with earthly possessions is the main cause of poverty. We live in a world where everyone thinks about himself or herself alone. "Me or nobody else", we wants everything to be at our grasp at the expense of others who are also worthy of such things. Man himself is the architect of his suffering on earth, not God. God himself does not interfere with the affairs of man. But he has put in place His Will, Man being part of creation must abide by His Will. The Will of God is the HOLY SPIRIT. You cannot go against the Will of God without redeeming yourself from your guilt. Our lord Jesus Christ explained this in the scripture but many found it difficult to comprehend even till date(Matthew 12:31-32). Well that is not the topic, i donot want to digress from today's topic.

             Lets take an individual as an example. An individual can be the cause of his poor standard of living during his existence on earth. Probably the person in this life or the past, s/he was hostile, wicked, oppressed the poor, while he was rich. So according to the law of reciprocal action, the person in question must reap what s/he has sown.He must be redeemed of this guilt that s/he has burden him or herself with. He will have to experience  poverty, so that he can learn and free him or herself from such guilt.  When the person has reached a stage in his experiencing and inwardly s/he truly repents and uses his or her volition for what is good, and noble , only then can s/he redeem himself of the guilt. i will write about repentance later. So, please be careful how you treat others, especially the needy, orphan and the desolated. Do not oppress or despise any, because the measure with which you measured will be measured back at you in multiple folds. Think twice before you take any action, if others will get hurt, do not do it.

                Religions has not help matter in this aspect at all. Some religions believe that it is a taboo to be rich. That being poor make it easier to gain access to heaven. That is a wrong conception. And so many grew with such mentality. Am not instigating that religions should preach only prosperity sermon either. The truth is, Jesus Christ was not poor as believers stipulated him to be. God, the giver of all, gave you all you will ever needed to sustain you. So acquiring possessions is not wrong or bad, but rather, it will help you to advance spiritually. Remember, the body and the soul must be in good condition, in order for the spirit to be in a state of elation in creation and perform it responsibility in it. When your physical body is undergoing some kind of  physical pressure, it will not be in harmonious with your soul. And the spirit needs the physical body to operate in this physical world. The body needs maintainance, the neccessary things it needs is air, food, water, shelter, care,and love. If man was able to regulate the amount of air that can be consumed by breathing? we would have been paying air bills by now,Lol!!! Most of these things of necessity that man needs on earth, due to civilisation and modernisation, are not free. You need money to get them. Do not let anyone discourage that money is not important. Actually, it is important. As long as you exist in this Gross material world, you will need money, to survive.

                 There is a saying, "Money makes the world go round". there is an element of truth in that statement. The basic things you need on earth are bought, they donot just fall from the sky for you to use. The role of money cannot be over emphasised, but the pursuit of money should not be your top priority in your existence here on earth. You should treat money as a means to an end rather than an end in itself. Do not be obsess with money. Money itself is not evil, but the love of money is. Just like every other kind of evil, if you can control your intellect, then you will be able to deal with the love of money or wealth. Your intellect is a tool that you should make use of on this earth and not the other way round. 

                 Your physical activities and spiritual activities on this Gross material world must be counterweighted. In as much as you need to improve on your physical standard of living? Do not forget that you are a spiritual being,  your main goal on earth is to develop yourself spiritually and return home. The Vanity now is that everything physical thing that you acquire for yourself will not be taken with you when your physical body is laid to rest. You will discover that even the air you breath, you do not need it anymore. You take nothing with you. Everything remains here, while you move on with your astral body to face what you have prepared for yourself.  Possessions are not the ultimate goal, but only an earthly means with which you sustain yourself here on earth. Do not live a wastful life, there are those who need just a liitle of that thing you waste.

              Becareful in your dealings with others when it comes to the issue of money or any material possessions, the intellect can be very cunning and mischievious. The love of money can bring out the beast in an individual controlled by his or her intellect.

               "That he should cling" to earthly possession only means that man should not allow himself to go as far as to make their accumulation the main objective of his life on earth and thus "cling" mainly to this one idea! such an attitude is naturally bound to distract him from higher aims, and for which he will have no time left. Donot wear yourself out out in order to gain wealth. Let go off the love of wealth. While you are content with the present possessions, opportunities will always come at its own time. Make money but donot make it your topmost priority on your present existence. Donot lay for yourself treasure here on earth where thieves will break in and steal or where it will gather dust, but you need to set your sight on higher goals, the treasures that never rust, the spiritual home of the human spirits.

                Therefore, all you true believers, do not despise worldly possessions, which could also have only been created through the Will of God,  whom you seek to honour! But do not let the confort which such earthly possesssionscan afford lull you to sleep, but make sound use of them!

PURITY

What do you understand by the word "Purity"? Majority will still attribute purity to this physical world. The truth is, man has lost the true meaning of the word "Purity". Some believe that when the physical body is washed, then s/he is pure. Another set believes that physical virginity is purity. There are so many believes surrounding the word "Purity". Some even still believe that fasting makes them pure. All these believes are still somehow earthly, it proves completely the inferior way of thinking of those who subordinated themseves to the intellect, which has itself set the limits to everything earthly. Because it cannot reach any further, with its faculties that are born earthly.

             Before i talk about purity, let me throw a little light on virginity. Being a virgin means being untouched, undefiled or not yet involved in sexual activities. It is good for every underage to be protected from sexual activities, because there is a kind of a protective covering keeping them safe from external influences. there body needs to develop to certain stage of maturity before this protective covering will be removed. untouched children are protected from influences from the ethereal world. Dark influential negative energies cannot reach them because of this covering. Now, this protective covering will remain with them till when the physical body is matured enough and the spirit becomes fully aware of its surroundings. Then the spirit that is not allowed to slumber by the intellect, will always find its path in life. So parents, please keep your children from early exposure to any sexual activities, because if this covering is being removed too early, it brings alot of influences along with it. It could be evil influences from the ethereal world! Teach the children about their physical body, be their best friend, let them be free to talk to you about anything. Tell them stories, let them learn from your mistakes or other people's mistakes. So parents, do not allow your children to be open to dark influences from the ethereal world, before the spirit takes control of your child's matured physical body. Your children are souls that has been put under your care by nature. Watch over them until the are old enough to make decision and become responsible.

            I want you to know that being a virgin does not implies that you are pure. You can be a virgin, but if your thoughts, deeds and words speak evil of you, then you are not pure or better still, your not a chaste. A non virgin can be a chaste, while a virgin might not be a chaste. 

        I want to use this opportunity to talk more about purity and chastity. "Purity is Divine", only the beings in the Divine realm can attain purity. The fact that man originated from the spiritual realm, implies that man cannot attain a state of purity here on earth with his physical body. The conception of purity cannot be grasp by man on earth. Now, the spiritual representation of the Divine purity is chastity. Just like Purity, man has also lost the true meaning of chastity too. Man can only attain a state of chastity and not purity. Only Dinvine beings can attain purity, not spirits. So most times in this blog when i ask you to always  keep your thoughts pure, i am actually teaching you how to practice chastity. Chastity is different from man's idea of it, its far more comprehensive than just abstaining oneself from sexual activities. Since  we as human beings can only practice chastity, then i guess i should just use the word "Chastity" in place of "Purity" in this article. And donot worry, i know why i titled the article "PURITY".

            To practice chastity, it should suffice as a fundamental law for every maturing human spirit. In the Divine realm, purity is closely united with love!  In the spiritual realm, chastity and love are close united too! So for you to attain chastity on this gross material world i.e this physical world, you should not try to seperate it from love! 

          You cannot clean your physical body, and expect that you are practicing chastity, if you are inwardly dirty, then its of no use cleaning your physical body alone. You cannot wash the outter part of a cup, while the inner part is dirty, such cup is not worthy of use in serving a drinking water. the first you have to do is to clean the inside of that cup first, then every other thing follows. Just like i always say, keep your the thought of your hearth pure, always renew your mind with what is noble and clean. Meditate on the scriptures or whatsoever book is it that you believe is noble. please, am not talking about occult books. Keep yourself from filthy environments like a sexually incited places, so that you do not become contaminated ethereally, free yourself from all negative thought forms. Keep your inner garment clean and your physical garment will become clean automatically.
     
      Chastity lies in the Will Of God, so it does not demands that man should go against nature; that would be an offense against the laws vibrating in creation and could only result in harmful effects.

         Charity can help clean your inner garments, clear you off your numerous guilt that you have burden yourself with. Your thoughts will become pure when you become a chaste. Always endeavor to love, respect and serve others around you. Rejoice with with someone who is happy. Learn to pray for your loved ones, friends, neighbours, leaders, and even to those you think hates you. You do not have to know someone before you are good to that person, s/he does not have to be same tribe or race with you, so stop tribalism and racism. Let people know you for what is good and noble. Your love for people must be equal and unconditional. If you really want to know what true love on earth is, study a mother-child love. 

             For man today, selfisness, hatred, backbiting, lusts and many more lead the way. Man cannot do anything, anymore without thinking about himself first. If there is no material gain, he would not serve.

               Do you know that every religion preaches love? Every religion preaches chastity? then why are there so much evil in our society? The truth is, even the religious bodies are not spared from intellectual dominance. There is much evil because man has totally submitted to the rule of the intellect. He has allow the intellect to  take control of his every activities. The intellect cannot truly love. Love is strange to it, likewise chastity.

                Remember, you are a stranger in the Gross material world. You are here to uplift this subsequent creation. You are here to become a fully grown, developed human spirit being. Think of your stay here on earth as a school, you are in school to learn, to become educated, to improve on yourself and if you do not do well in a particular examination, an opportunity will be given to you to resit for such an examinaton again. Hence, an opportunity for everyone to graduate. The truth is that you have been on this earth before, your existence on earth right now is not the first, but it can be your last if you study well and pass your examination i.e living in accordance with the Will of your Creator. Love and chastity are in accordance with the WILL OF GOD.

                Always strive to attain chastity.  You might be asking, "How do i become a chaste"? If you want to be a chaste, then endeavor to practice the following; "He who in his actions always remembers not to harm his fellow-man who reposes trust in him, not to do anything that may later oppress him, will always act in such a way as to remain spiritually unburdened, and may therefore be called truly chaste!". Our Lord Jesus Christ was simply saying the same with the statement; "Love thy neighbour as thyself". These words look simple, but they carry enormous power in them. These simple words, rightly understood, can fully protect and guide man through the entire creation and lead the human spirit back to the luminous garden. The spiritual realm. The home of the human spirits. These words are  the key to rightful activities here on earth, for you to be a genuine chaste, you must practice this words. But you must beware of falling back into the old human faults, and of once more construing and partly distorting the meaning of these powerful words of our Lord Jesus Christ, so as to make them suit your own purpose and soothe you in your own doing. Absorb these words as they are truly meant to be absorbed, not as it appear convenient to you and suit your stubborn voliton. Only then  will this words  be like the keenest sword in your hand, with which you can slay all Darkness if you but will it. Let these words become alive within you in the right way so that, filled with gratitude, you can grasp life on earth as a jubilant victor!

LIKE A CELL IN THE HUMAN BODY

From the articles "WHO AM I", and "THE ARRIVAL OF MAN ON EARTH", i wrote about the origin of man , as a spirit-germ who has journey downward through creation. This is not the first time you have existed on this earth. you have been here several times. You might have been on earth in your past earth life as a dark skin person or light skin person. You could have been  rich or poor, disabled or able bodied. That does not matter now. What matters now is your present existence on earth. But, while your here, try as much as possible to develop yourself spiritually. But you cannot develop yourself spiritually, without your physical body being in good health. The spirit, the soul and the physical body must be in good health in order for them to relate harmoniously. Your body is a gift, you must take care of.

        Man on earth is more of a visitor here on earth, he is to stay for the main time and then return back into the unseen world, the beyond. The beyond is quite different from what you have been hearing from your religious teachings. Man cannot just lay down his physical body and expect to see God and rest in his bossom which is a popular saying. even in your most developed form spiritually, you cannot see God in His unsubstantiate form. The boundary of the human spirit is the Spiritual realm, he cannot enter into the Divine realm.

         In this article, i want to compare man as a cell in the human body.  His responsibilties as an individual in creation and as a human being on earth. Every human spirit here on earth has a physical body enthrusted to it. Except for those souls who has been earthbounded. All humans are from the same origin, irrespective of what position you attain here on earth. I want to use the analogy of a human body to explain the importance of every human being on earth. Before i make any comparison, i need to highlight some biological terms. Do not worry, i will make it a little simple for you to grasp, incase your not a science person. But incase you already know much, just skip the next paragraphs and move to the 9th paragraph.

           Cells are smallest unit of life, they serves as building blocks and functional units of life. the study of cells is known as cell biology. An organism with only one cell is called unicellular organism and the one with more than one cell is a multicellular organism. Man is a multicellular organism, likewise all animals and plant that you can see without the use of microscope. The human body contains trillions of cells, each with a special purpose of existing. cells are in different sizes, but each of them has a specific function they partake in. Example of cells are the muscle cells, fat cells, nerve cells e.t.c

             Now, when cells emsembles themselves together in order to carry out a specific function and purpose, the colony that is formed is called Tissue. Each cell must take part in the development of a tissue. The study of tissue is known as Histology. Examples are the connective tissue, muscle tissues e.t.c The cell in one tissue can be slightly different structurally from cells in another kind of tissue for example, the cell in a muscular tissues has  the ability to stretch and contract depending on the conditions surrounding it, while the cells in other tissues might not have such feature. The functions of tissues in the body are so numerous that i can only list but a few. Tissues help the body in absorbing water and nutrients, they help in the elimination of waste product from the body, they also take part in the transportation of fluids and other substances in the body.

            Tissues in turn ensembles together to form an organ. each organ in the body, with different size and shapes in the body perform a specific functions. this collective tissues must work together harmoniously, if an organ is to be in good health. The brain is the most  complex of all the organs in the body. 

            The working together of all the organs in the organs in the body, with their different purposes, forms the organ system or simply called body system. Example of a body system is the nervous system which comprises of the muscles, nerves, brain e.t.c The muscular system enables body movement.

              Lastly, these systems, working together to form a complete whole organism. many parts make up a whole organism. As you observe the body closely, you will notice that it is made up of parts within parts. A replica of creation as a whole. The little occurence that you can observe in this physical world is just a replica of bigger occurence in creation. Another example, can you identify the similarities between our solar system and the revolutions of electrons round the nucleus of an atom?

          Now, i want to make the comparison of the responsibilities of man in creation and that of a cell in the body system. The first thing you need to know is that every human being is an individual. we are to experience ourselves individually, but we are a part of a whole. There is a bond that connects all humans as one. So the individual being can be imagined as a cell in the body. An individual cell can exist on its own such the amoeba, paramecium e.t.c most cells in the human body system needs to associate with other cells close to it in order for it to function well and survive. The human society is built in such a way that you need your fellow humans in order to survive. Every cell is as important as every other cell in the body system irrespective of its specific function.  The same way you are of utmost important in creation, especially, this subsequent creation.

            Now, lets imagine a cell in a tissue as you in your family, relatives, friends, neighbours,  village, province, your street, your immediate vicinity. You cannot overemphasize the important role your family had played in your existence on earth right from the day you were born till now. You have to be grateful for your earthly family into which you were born. Honor your parent because of the love they have bestowed upon you. You do not have to be biologically descended from them before he or she becomes your parent. It is good to participate in activities that will uplift  that your immediate environment. Your contributions matters alot in their little ways. A tissue comprises of colony of cells and must survive by the contribution of each cell in that colony. I want you to know that you influence your surroundings and the people around you one way or the other with your thoughts, words and deeds. Mostly your thoughts, we will talk about your thoughts probably in the nearest future.

                The organs can be liken to the larger society, the town, city, a country. Do not discriminate, no matter what part of the country you are from. Do not allow any form of disunity arise  between two or more people. always strive to bring peace between you and others. Remember, everybody is your neighbour as long as he/she is a co- sojourner on earth.

                Lets take the organism as a whole as the creation. you being a creature in this part of creation has a responsibilities to uphold this subsequent creation by the living creative power that you as a spirit have been endowed with. hmmmm responsibilities!! That is a topic on it own. But i will give you a little hints here. In creation, their is only one power streaming through it. There is not such thing good powers and evil powers. There is only one power and that one power only originates from God. Man has been given the ability to direct this Divine power in the direction he  wishes. according to the volition of man, i.e the will of Man, he can direct this power for the good of mankind, and to further the development of this subsequent creation or use it to destroy what he is suppose to build. You can decide to use your thoughts, words and deeds to make this earth a better place or destroy it. But which ever decision you take, remember the Law of Reciprocal action.

               Do not mind your physical appearance, you are just like your fellow humans spiritually. you are not different from your neighbours spiritually.  Man should forget about his skin colours and focus on how to uplift himself. Treat others as you will have them treat you. Avoid creating disunity wiithin yourself. Each one works for everyone and everyone works for each one. Just like each cell has a role to play in the seemed mighty organism, so are your importance in creation. Especially, this subsequent creation. use your imaginations to fight darkness and use your deeds too. let your words uplift people around you instead of bringing them down. Let love lives inside you, love for your fellow humans, love for nature, love for your God.

              Now, if what you desire is to use the power for evil, then you will be creating an imbalance in creation. If a cell, tissue, organ or a system refuse to function properly, then it will cause the whole organism a grievous pain. what  will happen is that the body of the organism needs the infected part to heal itself, if not, then it has to be eliminated. The same with those whose propensity is to do evil.

PRAYING EFFECTIVELY

Prayer! If i may ask, what do you understand by the word "Prayer"? Different people reads different meaning to the word. Majority see prayer as a means to make their request known to God. Some see prayer as a means of sipritual warfare. While some only pray when they are passing through hard periods in their life. I have heard people praying for their enemies to die, which is a very wrong conception on their own part. you do not pray for your enemies to die, that is if really you have one, rather, bless them. such prayers can not even reach the ceiling of the room.

             Man must learn the real meaning of prayer, else he will continue to pray amiss. When you find out that meaning, you will find out what really counts is not what you are, but what you may become. Then you will begin to pray an effective prayer. Despite a general misunderstanding as to the real meaning of prayer, no intelligent person will deny its value in any progressive plan of life.

              In the article "LET THE THOUGHT OF THOU HEART BE PURE", i talked about the necessity of keeping your thoughts pure. That  is the only way in which you can live a happy life on earth and thereafter you are severed from your physical body. Your thoughts are as important as your deeds and words. Prayer is more of a person sending out thought-forms. The main purpose of prayer will become effective through reciprocal action.

              Let me use this opportunity to talk about the effect of prayer on your  physical body.  Prayer enlivens the inner man, i.e The spirit, by stimulating constructive excitation of the human emotions. Prayer brings about balance between the intuitive perception and the intellect, thereby, having a stabilizing effect upon the human organism. Prayer subdues the turbulence of the intellectual conflicts within and effects a state of harmony in the entire consciousness. This peaceful and harmonious state of mind will result in a healthier condition of the body. The influence of prayer could result in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina and a deeper understanding of realities underlying human relationships. A genuine prayer always bring calmness, strength, recovery, plans suddenly arising in the mind, the solution to difficult problems etc. Something good will always come of it, be it only increased composure and some way out of that difficulty. Prayer does not necessarily involves uttering of words, it is more like a kind of meditation, sending out positive and constructive thoughts which become effective through reciprocal action. The heart, as the pump of life in the physical body, beats more quickly in response to the greatness of good. The heart is virtually "lifted" with prayer.

              I do not want to talk about principal roles the laws of creation that make prayers effective such as the law of attraction of homogeneous species and law of reciprocal action plays and the ethereal happenings of the thoughts sent out during prayers. But should you want to know more? please  seek the Grail message. I do not want to confuse you here.

              For you to pray, there must be an inner urge to pray, if not, then do not even bother to pray, because your wolds or thoughts will dissolve into nothing. For you to pray, you must feel the urge to pray. If prayer is not felt deeply within you through and through, it has no value and therfore will have no effect. The best foundation for a prayer which may be expected to have effect lies in those moments of spontaneous thankfulness rising out of great happiness or of deepest pain resulting from heartfelt grief. In such moments a person is filled with one particular intuitive perception which dominates all else. Thus, enabling the main wish of the prayer. And when you want to pray, always try to be alone,  and in a quiet place. Pray in quietness and purity, so that the power of the intuitive perception will be increased through purity that luminous lightness which will enable the prayer to be carred upward to the heights of all that is light and pure. By pure, i mean purification of your thoughts,  because when you always strive to think what is noble, and good, it will always reflects in your choice of words. However, your posture during prayer does not matter at all.

              As soon as the urge to pray becomes alive within you, you can achieve purity in prayer. It does not matter which religous denomination you belong, you can attain purity and your prayer receiving the required attention that it needs. The peace of seclusion and the deeper concentration helps to strengthen the power of a prayer. Also you need to  free yourself of all negative emotions such as doubt, anxiety, fear etc. Prayers are not answered by its many words, but by the sincerity with which it is being prayed. So repetition of words ought to be avoided, if possible, pray with your thoughts only, and not with words.

              When you pray, take note of your wandering thought. The truth is that, when you want to pray, you have to let go everything and concentrate. And do not manifold your pray, you do not approach God in prayer with so many request, thoughts. The way in which you must approach your creator is with a petition about that which oppresses you, most disturbing  and most important at that particular moment in which you pray. Do not pray for something that does not really bother you, since such prayer cannot come alive deep within your intuition. It become an empty form and quite naturally weakens some other and perhaps really necessary request. Therefore, pray for what is really necessary only. All empty phrases should be avoided. Do not disturb others with your prayer, rather, do not let them know you are praying. Unless you are praying to impress others. Such prayers are bound to fall to pieces and must foster hypocrisy!

                 Just like i said before, your prayers can be answered, irrespective of your religion. Be prayerful, because there are lots and lots of benefits that comes with it. A helping hand will always be extended downward towards you when you pray genuinely and effectively.

HOW WRONG DOING(SIN) ORIGINATED

I want to commence with an explanation of what i call "THE GOLDEN GIFT". You use it everyday, but you do nothing with it. Does that sound impossible to you? Well, take for example, a child with a pencil, each day the child takes up his pencil and scibbles. He cannot write, he cannot compute, he cannot draw. So while he uses the pencil everyday, he actually does nothing with it. What then is the Golden gift, whose powers you use so casually? As you may know that all physical animals on earth needs a kind of nervous system in order for its entire physical body to be controlled. You will recall from past articles that man's physical body is purely animistic? Therefore, his body is controlled also by the nervous system. Now, The Golden gift is the main organ of the nervous system i.e The Brain. Let me give you a hint on why am call it the Golden gift. Your brain is a Golden gift, in your brain lies the power to make use of all your untapped resources. Your brain is more "Golden" and more of a gift than that. Your brain not only supplies the power to use your potentialities, it also holds all the resources you possess.

        The Golden gift can bring you longer life, better health, greater wealth,  increased happiness, more vitality. In short, your brain gives you the power to control all the essential aspects of a full life and full living. It is also a means by which the spirit can communicate with the physical body.

           I want to carry everybody reading this article along, even if you are not science oriented. lets divide the human brain into two parts namely: The frontal brain and the hindbrain. The frontal brain is much bigger than the hindbrain, it is associated with with executive functions such as reasoning, planning, vision,  motor control, abstract thought,  language, voluntary breathing and sleeping are also controlled by the brain. The frontal brain is the intellectual part of the brain, which man needs on order to be able to interact in this physical world and there is nothing spiritual about the frontal brain, therefore, it is bounded by time and space. The hindbrain  much smaller than the frontal brain  and it is located just behind the frontal brain. It is the hindbrain that is spiritually connected, it is the medium with which the spirit can commune with the physical body. It is the bridge with which the spirit can pass intuitive perception to the frontal bain for interpretation. Well, i will explaine that one later but not in this article.

            Now, the question is, how did sin or wrong doing originated from? It might surprise you to know that in the early days of man on earth, the frontal brain was once the same size as the hindbrain. Sin was the consequence of the origin fall of man. The sin or wrong doing lay in the over-cultivation of the intellect, associated with which was the voluntary chaining of man to time and space. There were additional effects resulting from purely intellectual activities such as love of gain, imposing on others, oppression etc which again brought about many others, infact, all evils in their train. Through being continually exerted, the frontal brain which produces the intellect became disproportionately enlarged. It was therefore quite natural due to the course of evolution that this change in structure expressed itself in the procreation of the physical body and that at birth, children entered this world with an increasedly developed and stronger frontal brain.

           When man made the intellect power to dominate all else, he not only chains himself to time and space, but also to everything that is earthly and gross material. He then became incapable of grasping anything that is ethereal or spiritual. Due to his inability to grasp anything, all that he grasp before his fall has become fables, fairy tales, legends and stories and in addition entangles himself in all sorts of evil, which is inevitable, where the intellect dominates.

           The Hereditary sin is the coming into this physical world with this voluntary over-cultivated frontal brain, containing the danger of a mere intellectual domination with its inevitable evil manifestations. Man on earth today inherit this excessive artificial cultivation of the frontal brain which exposes man from birth to the danger of too easily entangling himself in evil. At any rate of narrow-mindedness which results from enchainment to course matter makes it more difficult to recognise God. That wad why the religious leaders days could not recognise our Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God. Even if Christ is to come today, the religious leaderd of today will still rise up against him because in today's world of matter, the intellect has gained massive dominance and it opposes every spiritual.

               Man must always make endeavor to control his physical body, including his intellect. And the way to take control of the body is for the spirit to take over but the truth is most people are spiritually indolent, canal, controlled by the lust for flesh. Do not be conformed to this physical world. Man inherited only the danger, not the sun itself, therefore, he is in no wise compelled to allow his intellect to rule unconditionally and thus, submitting himself to it. On the contrary, he can wield the greatest power of the intellect like a sharp sword to clear his path in his daily bustle of life, as directed by his intuitive perception, which also called "THE INNER VOICE".

          Sinning against your body, means abusing the physical body,  thereby, going against nature, because your body physical body is part of nature. By abusing the physical body? i mean debasing the human body even to the lower than the level of animals. Do not abuse your body exerting to much strain in it like excessive sex, excessive alcohol, over-feeding. Smoking is not only harmful to your body, the it has on the environment and others around who inhale it too. And when are against nature,  that means you refuse to observe the laws governing nature, and creation at large.

           Sin is actually when man refuse to observe the laws governing creation, the Will of God, the Holy spirit. It is utterly impossible the sin against the Holy spirit, without paying for your sin. what you sow, you must reap, no two ways about it. Just because a set of people believes that something is a sin, does not make that thing a sin. I will discuss more on sin in the future. I would have loved to continue but i want you to absorb today's article.

YOUR EARTHLY VESSEL

       

Man wears the physical garment which he needs for the maturing of his spirit in the world of Gross matter with an irresponsible indifference and lack of understanding. As long as he has no pains, he neglects the gift he has received and does not even dream of giving to the body what it needs, above all what would benefit it. He never attend to the body until he has damaged it and consequently feels pain, or until it somehow hampers him in carrying on his daily work or in following some trifling pursuit or hobby.

          Excessive eating and drinking,  to you it might seems pleasant, but actually, you are bringing harm to the body by your excessive eating and drinking. However, it is just the care of the healthy body which is an urgent necessity.

         Man shall give to the healthy body what it needs. He shall observe it with all the care required for the proper activity of this most necessary implement in the word of Gross Matter. For indeed it is the most precious possession which every human being has received for his time here on earth.

          Just look around, how frivolously and carelessly, peeople neglect their bodies and how they abuse their bodies with all kinds of over-exertions. So i beg my fellow youths, do not treat your body like a piece of trash. You become so addicted to sex, narcotic drugs, alcohol consumtions, smoking, idleness, reckless driving and other harmful activities to the physical body and frittering away the best time of development in your existence on earth. The very time when man must begin to soar upwards in order to become a full-fledge human being in this creation, In order to attain the spiritual maturity needed to enable him to fill th position which man as such much fill and fulfill in creation in accordance with the laws of his creator, his Lord!

           Through the physical body, the spirit makes contact with his entire surroundings in order to work fully conscious therein, and thus with full responsibility to his Creator!

           Wherever you turn to investigate you must recognise that man has no knowledge as yet of the laws of creation! He has no idea of the responsibity he must unfailingly bear for the physical body entrusted to him! Nor does he realise the value of the physical body enthrusted to him! Nor does he realise the value of the physical body for his position in creation, but keeps his eyes fixed only upon this earth.

            Under no occassion  should you intentional inflict pain on your physical  body, let alone attempting any suicidal activities. Under no circumstances should you intentionally undergo sacrificial  suffering or sacrificial death. The erroneous view has become deeply anchored in the acts, for there the thought is frequently glorified that one person through his voluntary sacrificial or love-death can bring "redemption" to another. The law of God, however, in its inflexible justice does not permit one person to intervene for the guilt of another. Such a deed brings nothing but guilt upon the person who sacrifices himself and who thereby forcefully shortens his life on earth. Such people always believe that their sacrificial act is done for the good of somebody or group of people, that it pleases God to sacrifice himself  for others, which is wrong. How do you please God, when you are against the laws of God Himself? Do not blaspheme the Lord your God. By such acts, it is personal conceit, not pure love which brings fort such deeds. In the beyond, such soul must suffer the consequences of their deeds. While the other person is not helped in any way by such an action. Again nothing but human conceit dares to expect from Divine justice, which cannot be influenced, that it would be capable of accepting such a sacrifice.

           Therefore, Man, learn to understand your physical body properly so that you can treat it accordingly. He cannot do too much in caring for it, in keeping it clean and pure, because it is indispensable for this particular life on earth. Only then will you become able to use it aright, to master it so that it becomes what it becomes what it is meant to be for you here on earth.

           The first consequence of real control over your physical body shows itself in the grace and beauty of your movements, which enables the power of the spirit in the harmony with its implement to become visible. For power is derived from the spirit only, strength from the body. A body that is maintained and permeated by spitual power has elastic movements and strides along with a light, springy step? regardless of whether its weight is heavy or light. A person with a heavy step always gives proof of nothing but a lack of the proper mastery of his body through his spirit. It is spiriual control which distinguishes man from the animal, because thr animal soul is from the animistc realm. If you will observe animals very well, you will notice its movements, it always shows a very definite kind of beauty adapted to its body. Because in animals, the animistic always is always in control. But man does not always allow the spirit to takeover, that is why majority of human beings hobble or stump along, either thoughtlessly or deep in thought or they hasten along nervously, distraughted and absent-minded.

                 Through all neglect of his earthly body, man shows the immaturity of his spirit! A matured spirit will always respect his body as is necessary implement for the achievement of his earthly maturity and he will not abuse it senselessly. Beauty and grace are the expression of a pure human spirit in all its activity, which also includes the movements of the physical body.

                The earthly body of each human being in every respect is closely connected or linked with that soil, the part of the earth in which he was born. This is in acordance with the law of creation governing all matter. It is connected to the stars of this particular region and with all the radiations that belong thereto. Only that part of the earth gives the body exactly what it needs t blossom forth properly and remain vigorous. That is why, if you find yourself in a foreign land, you will always yearn for your homeland. The earth also provides everything the human bodies needs in its different zones, always at the proper time and in manner in which the gross material bodies that have been into each particular zone needs it. Food, herbs, water, fruits, there, they are advantageous and upbuilding for the human body at that time when the earth produces them. everything in its own season. Creation gives man everything he needs for his earthly body and also gives it in the proper sequence and at the right time.

               It is not arbitrary or accidental that earthmen are of different form and race, the primordial laws of creation place humans in the exact region which alone serves for their maturing on earth,  and also equip them according. Your location on earth is actually an advantage to you. Mingle with your environment, animals, people, nature because you are part of them, they are part of you.

               Permits me to digress alittle from the topic. I love animals, let me share with you my observance of the ants. sincerely speaking, i do learn alot from this adorable sweet little creatures. have you ever wondered how one ant will discover a food bigger than itself, and before you know, there are many ants gathering that food, planning and organising themselves on how to move that for either by carrying together or taking it piece by piece? An ant can pick any scent, for example, it picks the scent of a food it cannot carry, so it needs others to givea hand. So what the first ant does, is to go close to another ant, sometimes, it seems as if they are having a peck, the second ant picks that same scent from the first ant and proceed to trace the part taken by the first ant with that same scent? it gets to where the food is. The first does the same to many other ants untill they are large enough to carry that food. Ants always know there rights,. If you really need the true meaning of democracy? meet the ants, they will teach you. ants run an organised society, where the queen is as equal as the workers. each member of the ant society has a responsibility. all is living for the upliftment of the society, no self ambition. Man really needs to learn from his surroundinngs. see later guy.

THE ARRIVAL OF MAN ON THE EARTH

             

In this article, i will be explaining the arrival of the inner most part of man, the spirit- germ into the world of Gross matter, in which the earth is a part of. Incase your coming across this blog for the first time, then i will plead with you to read first the previous articles i wrote titled "INTRODUCTION TO CREATION", "WHO AM I" and "THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN AND ANIMAL", because that is the only way you can have a little understanding of what am about to share with you.

             We already talked about the origin of man, that man originated from the part of the spiritual Realm called the unconscious spiritual substantiality as a spirit-germ. The expulsion of the spirit-germ was necessary for the development into a conscious developed human spirit. That was the starting point of your development towards consciousness. The developed ones of subsequent creation to which we human beings also belong. Now, am going to  you a brief description on the course taken by the spirit-germ after its expulsion from the spiritual realm.

              The spirit-germs, on expulsion or ejection from the spiritual realm sinks down and thus enters into an animistic ring surroundings, where it was covered with a cloak which corresponding to the nature of that surrounding. The thus, veiled spirit-germs, which still slumber in complete unconscious, definitely will find it way into the ethereal matter. This in turn, the germ was veiled again with a second cloak of  a different nature and corresponding with the particular surrounding in which they are. It is in this ethereal part of creation that the veiled spirit-germ was tendered for and it becomes stronger and stronger, due to the fact that it is roused through the effects which, in spite of the delicacy of this plane, are of a coarser nature than in the spiritual realm, and through the stronger sound of the activity, the spirit-germ can at a definite stage of ripeness awaken to become gradually conscious of its surrounding, but not self-conscious yet. It must shock you now  to know that animals are conscious  of there surroundings but not self-conscious like human being even here on earth. Also, it is in this Etheral matter that the spirit sparks i.e the spirit-germ, take on the human form due to its gaining of consciousness. This is the "SOUL"  of man i.e the spirit covered with the animistic and the ethereal cloak.

            Hence in the Gross material world, physically visible matter, there was gradually formed in the further evolution the vessel in which the veiled spirit i.e the soul of man, could be incarnated. Through the continuously strive forming,  there grew up in time the most highly developed animal which by thinking already made use of various aids for its sustenance and defence. Remember, that the gross material body i.e the physical body of man is nothing more than an instrument that he needs to more than the indepensable instrument that he needs to enable him to work in all directions in the gross material earth and to make himself  to be understood by his fellow sojourners.

             Now, the question is, how did the first man came into existence? Having issued as spirit spark, sinking down through the Ethereal world and at the same time uplifting everything, there stood  at its boundary, at the moment when the gross material earthly vessel rising upwards in its development had reached the highest point. The soul also ready and prepared to unite with gross matter, in order to further and uplift it.

              Thus while the vessel in the world of Gross matter had grown to maturity, the soul in the ethereal world had developed so far that it possessed sufficient strength to retain its independence upon entering the gross matterial vessel. This incarnation of the human soul in the physical body which normally occur in the middle of pregnancy. we are going to talk more about pregnancy. Thus the great epoch in the development of creation had come on the one side in the Gross material stood the most highly developed animal, which was to provide the gross material body as a vessel for the coming man, On the other side in the Ethereal World stood the developed human soul who was waiting to unite with the gross material vessel and thereby give a further impetus for spiritualisation to every thing gross material. Now, when the act of procreation took place between the noblest pair of the highly developed animals, there was incarnated at the hour of incarnation not an animal soul as hitherto, but instead the waiting human sou bearing within it the immortal spirit spark. The Ethereal human souls with predominantly developed positive abilities incarnated in male animal bodies, corresponding to the homogeneity. Those with predominantly negative, more delicate abilities in female bodies.

                 Now, after his birth the first earthman really stood alone, without parents, because of their high development he could not recognise the animals as parents, and was unable to have any communion with them.The severance of the woman from the first human being was an ethereal-spiritual one. It did not take place in a gross-material-earthly way, as in fact the descriptions in the bible and ancient religions, writing mainly refer just to spiritual and Ethereal events. All this was a long-lasting period of development, comprising millions of years.

                  Through her more valuable spiritual qualities, women should and could in reality be more perfect than man, but unfortunately it was just she who above all failed. The offering of the apple, emanating from the woman, was the woman becoming conscious of the effect of her charms upon man and their intentional exploitation. But the taking and eating by the man was his response to it with the awakening urge to draw the attention of woman only to himself by beginning to make himself desirable through accumulating treasures and appropriating various things of values.

WHY HUMAN SPIRITS CANNOT BE SUBMISSIVE

         

The spirit is never submissive. The nature of the human spirit is really incompactible with submission. It is utterly impossible for the human spirit to submit totally. The statement of our Lord Jesus Christ: "THY WILL BE DONE!",  people who believe in God utter these words submissively! These words are used almost exclusively where sorrow that was inescapable has entered. When Man realises that he could do nothing more about it, then if he is a believer, he will say in passive submission: " Thy Will be done!". It is not humility, however, that prompts him to speak thus, but the words are meant to calm him in face of something he has been powerless to deal with. That is the origin of the submission which man express in such case. If, however, he were offered the slightest opportunity to alter things in my way, he would not care about the WILL of God, but his submissive attitude would again quickly be changed to the form: "My will be done". such is man!

             Human submission is never genuine. just take yourself as a case study. You must have prayed or ask God for a thing one time or the other saying "God, if only you can do this or that for me, i will make sure i do this or that in order to show gratitude to you". But the very moment you grasp that thing you submissively asked for, you completely forget about your pledges,  you start giving excuses of how you could not redeem your pledge.

            In most of Africa and Asia and some other part of the world, wives are expected to be submissive to their husband, in most cases they do not have a say in the marriage. They have to go with whatever decisions their husband has made without any questioning. At one point or the other, there is bound to be rebellion on the part of the woman. The truth is manhood is not greater than the womanhood in creation, though, different in their activities in creation. The male human spirit is more active and aggresive while the female human spirit is less aggressive, a bit delicate. So in this Gross material world, the male are stronger, heavier and are more familiar with this physical world due to the nature of their activities. While the female man are delicate, less heavy and a little strange to this physical world, and more spiritually connected. I will talk about this elaborately later.

             So husbands, remember that your wife completes you, in what you lack spiritually, she is to help you and the family find your path back to the luminous light. Do not in anyway enslave her. Being a little strange in this physical world, they are easily deceived, so you need to protect her in that part too. In return she will guide you intuitively, because i will say women are more spiritually connected. A man and his wife are bounded spiritually as one. Love her like you love yourself. Instead of expecting her to submit to every of your authority/decision,  make decisions together. Your wife is your nearest neighbour, closest friend, like your new mom. we talk more on marriage later.

                Children can be submissive,  yes, because until the maturity of the physical body, the spirit in children cannot take control of the body and its surroundings, but immediately maturity sets in, do not expect your child to be submissive again, because the spirit is not submissive when it is fully awaken in a matured phisical body. So , parents, it is easier to teach your child while he/she has not reach maturity.

                  Submission! This word should not exist at all for believers in God! Simply should be replaced with "Joyful volition"! God does not want dull submission from man, but joyful activities. Submissive people bear the lie within, for submission is absolutely incompactible with "spirit"! Therefore, also with the human spirit! All that is spirit is utterly unable to bring the quality of true submissiveness to life within itself! Wherever it is attempted, it must remain artificial, thus self-delusion or even conscious hypocrisy! But it can be genuinely felt because the human spirit, being spiritual, is incapable of it.

                  Submissiveness is a quality that lies solely in the animistic! Only in the animal does it find gunuine expression. The animal is submissive to its master! but the spirit does not know this  designation! Therefore it always remains unnatural for the human being. submission was drilled into slaves with difficulty and harshness, because they were put on par with animal, in sale and purchase, as personal property. Yet the submission could never become really genuine in these slaves. It was either dullness, fidelity or love that lay hidden under the submission and gave it expression but never true submission. Slavery is unnatural among human spirit.

                     The submission of the animistic finds it enhancement in the spiritual in conscious and willed loyalty! What denote submission in the animistic, therefore, loyalty in the spiritual. sibmission does not befit man, because he is of the spiritual!

                     So am using this opportunity to advice you reading this article right now, no matter the position you occupy in the society, do not see yourself being more important than others. Rather, be friendly, kind, serve and most importantly love others.  We are all children of creation. i wish every one could be "CHILDLIKE" and this earth will be a better place for all of us.

EXPERIENCING THE PRESENT MOMENT

          
From the past articles, we learnt that Man originated from the unconscious spiritual substantiality, wandering through creation and now found himself on this Gross material world. the long journey was necessary for the development of the spirit-germ. Now being born into this physical world, for interaction, Man needs a physical body i.e that is you are not your physical body. Your physical body is just like a tool that the spirit man needs in order to interact with the physical world, your physical body is a gift to You, You must take care of it. Live a healthy life! Exercise makes the physical body strong and healthier. Do not abuse your physical body. Well, we shall talk more about the physical body later.

              If you STUDY MANKIND, you will find that they fall into different groups. There is one group which lives in the past. That is to say, they begin to understand an event only when it is past! As a result they can neither truly rejoice about something that is happening, nor intuitively perceive its full gravity. Only afterwards do they begin to talk about it, to enthuse about it, or feel regret. And while constantly speaking of the past, they continually overlook present events.

Again,there is another group which lives in the future! They set all there wishes and hopes on the future and thereby forget that the present has so much to offer them. Both  groups to which the majority of men belong, have not, so to speak, really lived on earth at all; they fritter away their precious time.

Please permit me to give you a little hint about "TIME", there are certain conceptions that are totally inconprehensible and inconceivable to Man. For example, man can never understand what "Eternity" is all about, he cannot even imagine it, let alone form a picture about it. "Infinity" "Divinity", there are many more conceptions that Man can never grasp with his intellect no matter how hard he tries. TIME is also one of the conceptions that cannot be grasp by Man. It might shock you  to know that TIME does not change. TIME is eternal, TIME records everything, but itself does not change. What changes is how and where you experience TIME and your experiences are only perculiar to you alone. Your intellect cannot understand what am talking about now, only intuitively can you understand what am talking about. Sometimes, you experience Time fast, sometimes slowly but that does not change the fact that TIME changes not.

Alot of people still do not experience Time at all, they are either lost in the past or they are far gone into the future. Take a little time out to ponder about this TIME issue and you realize that what your reading right now about time is true. Think about an hour ago and this present moment that you are right now, is there any difference? NO! The difference is how and where you experience an hour ago and how and where you are experiencing the present moment that you are right now. Your yesterday was not different from this present moment, just that it is a past experience now. You alone can determine how and where you want to experience your little time on earth. Everything you see, feel, touch, changes in  TIME, And TIME records them all. There is nothing that happened in the past that TIME does not record. even the birth of our planet earth is recorded by TIME. The future  that a lot of people are so engrossed in, will surely come to past, and when it comes, it will surely be like this present moment that you are right now. What matters is how you choose to experience it and benefits from it. The truth is you can neither experience the future nor the past because they do not exist. Only the NOW", The present moment can you really experience. This is how to enjoy life, by always being in the present, experience it, feel the NOW.

It might shock you to know your mind, the intellect hates the NOW. It looses it powers to  it and always out of balance with the NOW. When you are in the NOW,  the spirit takes control of everything. You become stronger spiritually. You will begin to see the beauty in everything you come across. Always strive to be in the NOW, though, it might not be that easy at first but persistency is key here. In the future, i will teach you how to be in the NOW. One of the way to live in the PRESENT is MEDITATION.

There will be those who on hearing the call to live in the PRESENT MOMENT will imagine something entirely wrong. Please living in the PRESENT MOMENT does not mean to live a life in somewhat frivolous life! With this call, i do indeed encourage the full enjoyment of every seconds, minutes, hours, every moment inwardly, then outwardly! Every single hour of the present must became a real experience for a human being, sorrow as well as joy! In all his reflection, his thinking and his intuition he must open to the PRESENT MOMENT and thus, AWAKE! Only in this way can he profit from his life on this earth as it  was meant that he should! Neither in his thougts about the past nor in his dreams of the future can he find real experiencing so strong as to impress his spirit with a stamp which he can take over with him into the beyond as something gained.

 If Man does not live in the PRESENT, he cannot mature spiritually, for maturing depends on experiencing only! If during his life on earth, he has not always experienced the NOW within himself, then he will return empty-handed. He must therefore once more wander through the time he lost, because he was not awake and did not gain anything for himself experiencing!

When Man dies a physical death i.e laying aside his physical body and when he severed from the lifeless body, what does he take with him into the beyond? The earthly knowledge he acquired? NO! his earthly possession? NO! his fame and earthly influences? NO! Though, his works await him, he takes only his experiences with him.

It is right to think of the past in order to learn the lessons it teaches and also to dream of the future to receive encouragement therefrom, but in the PRESENT, one must do nothing but live fully  and consciously.