INCEST: Introduction

CHILD/ADOLESCENT'S SEXUAL ABUSE
Abuse means being perverted, wrongly used of something. Abuse can be in various ways. there are sexual abuse, psychological abuse, drug abuse, anything at all that is given to be misused. Here, i will be discussing sexual abuse because it is becoming a problem in this modern world of ours. Hardly, do you read or listen to the news daily, without a report reaching you about a child/adolescent being violated sexually. It is happening at an alarming rate nowjadays. The female child is always most affected. Am not saying that male children are not molested too but the female children are most affected psychologically and the emotional stress that accompanies female child molestion. Majority of child/adolescent sexual abusive cases are always left unreported. 

             Our culture does not help matter in this issue at all. A culture that sees the inequality between the male and female child will continue to experience this problem that is eating deep into our society at an alarming rate. During the developmental years, male and female children/adolescent are taught stereotyped sex roles that set the stage for how sexual activity should take place. Males are often taught that being unfeeling, uncommunicative and sexually demanding is part of being masculine. Sexual activities becomes an opportunity to gain peer status and show conquering abilities rather than to related meaningfully to another person. A Female child, culturally socialise to seek approval from others by being passive, adaptive and physically attractive. They are taught to downplay their intelligence and assertiveness for fear of being seen as unfeminine. Thus, girls learn to exploit themselves sexually toward a nonsensual goal. Little cultural recognition is given to the healthy expression of female sexual feeling, instead, sexual directiveness in young women is considered abnormal. It appears that the society has been grooming boys to be sexually exploitive, and girls to be sexually victimized.

           I am using this opportunity to call on parents. Parents  ought to be vigilant especially when it comes to being protective of their female children who seems to be more vulnerable than their male counterpart. Parents need to inculcate into their children sexual relating matters. Sex should be taught and portrayed in a different way. It would be very helpful to the society if we begin teaching sexual relating issues as serious activity that can be approached with personal integrity, a willingness to assume responsibility. If sexual lessons are to be undertaken responsibly, with accurate information and healthy sex role models, negative repercussions could reduced.

           In today's world, molestation is becoming a very big problem. Children are being engaged in a wrong type of relationship which leaves a deep ingrained effect on these young ones. It could even last a lifetime effect. Please do not think that it is none of your business, because as a parent, you might not know if your beloved kid is being violated by a close related adult, an offender. The offender of a female child could be a cousin, an uncle, an father, step father, next door neighbour, family male friend, grand father, neighbours, any adult male etc.
   
           In subsequent articles, i will be concentrating more on the female children because they are more vulnerable and when sexual abused always have longer lasting emotional effect on the female child compared to a male child. The male children/adolescents are also molested on a daily basis but for a female child/adolescent, it is always accompanied with excruciating pain, traumatic stress, infections, emotional breakdown, teen's pregnancy etc.

          Sexual abuse has finally been recognised as a major problem in the society. Public awareness and education about childhood/teendom sexual abuse must be one of the primary goal of a sane society.

           Incest is the most common form of sexual abuse. Incest between an adult and a person under the age of consent is considered a form of child sexual abuse that has been shown to be one of the most extreme foms of childhood abuse. It often results in serious and long term psychological trauma, especially in the case of parental incest.

             I call upon mothers to be vigilant and to pay close attention to their children, most especially the female children, becoming close to them, opening a channel of communication between you and your female child is very  important. Gone are those days when parents shy away from sexually related topics with their children. sex topic ought to be inculcated in the minds of this little ones. teach them how to react when someone plays with them sexually. 

            Many benefits can be derived from addressing the relationship between incest and sexuality. As a society, we can become more informed about the real damage that occurs. Our motivation to combat child sexual abuse can be strengthened. Parents can recognise signs of abuse earlier and more outspoken role in protecting their children. Sexual offenders can be directly challenged without intimidation. An incest that is a sexual abuse can go on for quite a long time undetected. In such instance, you can imagine the pain and traumatic stress this victim children experiences every single day as this incestuous activity keeps on occuring on a regular basis. She might not be your child, she could be the girl next door, Your friend's daughter etc. Join me to save these children/adolescents today. Let heal the world and make it a better place.

         In the next article i will giving you the full details about incest; Defination  and type of incest.

DO PLANTS HAVE SOULS?

Plants are magnificent creatures, apart from human beings and animals. Plants are the other physical living things that exist on this Gross material world. Plants have already been here on earth before the emergence of animals, and the arrival of man. Plants here, am including the green plants, fungi, red and brown algea. Every other form of life on earth are dependent on these creatures directly or indirectly.

             Plants are creatures that are so common that we always underestimate their values in our lives. the truth is that we cannot do without these lovely, beautiful creatures. The order of this physical world make us rely heavily on plants. The physical body of man is part of mature, so it is of no different from that of all other developed animals like apes when it comes its physical needs. So you have no choice but depend on plants whether you like it or not.

               Plants were here on earth even before the emergence of animals and man being the late comer to these earth is been mandated to take control and subdue both the plant and animals. Plants are living things just like man and animals, its amazing to realise that the feed, breathe, grows, reproduces in their own ways and so on. But in all, they are meant for the survival of man and animals. I am using the phrase man and animals in the sense that man is of a different origin from animals. The former is from the Spiritual realm of Creation while the later is from the Animistic ring of Creation. But in reality on this Gross material World, the physical body of man is not different from those of animals in the sense that they both issued from this Gross material World. Everything in this Material world is in cycle, which applies to life on earth too. Everything in this Gross Material world is meant to be born, undergo some form development, grow old and be born again in a grand version. Our dear Earth, being a part of this Gross Material world is susceptible to this cycle of change too. There was a time this Earth was formed, it is in its certain stage of development and it will grow old and die (disintegrate). the same applies to man, animal and plants on Earth. That is why we are mortals. Our physical body is a mere flesh, that will be left behind.

                 Now, the question is, if Man originates from the Spiritual, the animals from the Animistic, where do plants originates from? Hmmmm good question, exactly how someone asked me on whatsapp. 

                 Unlike Man and animals, plants do not have souls, but they are found in almost all the planes, realms in Creation. They serve different purposes in different planes in Creation. I would have loved to write about one of the purpose of plants in the Ethereal world but i do not intend to bore you with much story in this article. I want to limit my writing of this purposes to the physical world alone.

                 Plants are magnificent creatures that their great importance are always underestimated in our lives. Yet, we can hardly do without them. The truth is that plants are there in order for us to survive on Earth. They are there for the purpose of Man and animals directly or indirectly. 

         Permit me to write a little about some of the the importance of plants to Man. They are as follows:

  FOR FOOD:
 Man derives his food from plants. All the food that man consume are directly or indirectly dependable on plants. Plants comtains all the nutrients that the physical bodies of man and animal needs in order to live a healthy and balance life on Earth. Different plant's species have been used by man as food and more are yet to be discovered. 

ATMOSPHERIC PURIFICATION:  
    Plants are very important in this aspect that without the plants, the earth would have become very hot to live. They also help in regulating air componenent by absorbing carbondioxide and using it for its own metabolism and by end product, oxygen  which man and animals need in order to survive. Most of the oxygen gas molecules present in the air, consumed by both man and animals are produced by plants. Trees can absorb odors and pollutant gases through their bark. It is a pity that man who is mandated to dominate and subdue creation is the one interfering with the order of nature by cutting down trees without planting any replacement , by doing so, man causes a great disturbance to mother nature. Please think twice before bringing down that trees.

MEDICINE:  
   Plants can also serve as medicine when the physical body of both man and animals are in a bad  state of health, the plants will still come to the rescue. Drugs are derived directly or indirectly from plants. There are those that are gifted with the ability to choose herbs for any kind of illness. That weed, flowers, tree bark, grasses that you always ignore on a daily bases could be medicinal, you never can tell. 

            The three importance of plants listed above are inevitable for the survival of man and animals on earth. Although, there are numerous importance that are even beyond the knowledge of man. When it comes to beautification, plants are there. Shelter and habitat; they are there. 
   
             Like every other parts of nature, plants are taken care of by animistic beings put in charge of nature and its elements.
            

TRIUNE GOD

In the last article, you were made to understand that there is but one God, but one power, The Father of All! What then is Trinity? God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit! Have you ever pondered about this conception before? How can there be One God and at the same time THREE IN ONE? Humanly, it is impossible right? So find a place and relax, as i take you closer to the truth in the next paragraghs of this article.

           When mankind shut themselves out of paradise by not heeding the guidance of the intuitive perception any longer, which is spiritual and therefore, near to God, but freely choose to cultivate the intellect, subjecting themselves to it and thus becoming slaves of the tool given them to use, they naturally further and further away from God. The cleavage occurred when humanity gave preference to worldly matters, which are unconditionally bounded to space and time.This is alien to the nature of God and therefore makes it impossible to comprehend HIM.

             The gulf became wider with each generation, and men chained themselves more and more exclusively to this earth. They became earthbound intellectually. As man becomes more more materialistic everyday, he firmly bound himself to space and time, it was naturally that their horizon simultaneously became narrowed. Man could no longer understand the spiritual things any more. Even the religious leaders of those days could not recognise the Divine message brought by Jesus to humanity, because they were highly materialistic. And today, it is even worse. So, be careful, who you imitate!

             Man became so materialistic and subjected himself to the rule of the intellect, that he could no longer perceive anything spiritual any more. Even the Prophets sent by God were not heeded to any more.

             The question is, how can man find the connection with the Spiritual again? With his Creator again? It was utterly impossible unless help comes from HIM alone.

            God in His Purity could no longer reveal HIMSELF to the debased intellectual human beings, because they were no longer capable of sensing, seeing or hearing His Messengers again.

             For this reason, God in His Love, through an Act of His Will, severed a Part of HIMSELF and incarnated it in flesh and blood, in a physical body of a male sex- Jesus of Nazareth, Who thus became the incarnate Word, the incarnate Love of God, the Son of God.

                Now, prior to the coming of our Lord Jesus, there had been the FATHER and the Holy Spirit. Creation had to come into existence through the Creative Will of God the FATHER! As such the Creative Will of God the FATHER is the HOLY SPIRIT,  Who is personal in His creating and yet stands or remains completely in the FATHER and the FATHER is within Him as He creates. Everything in Creation is created by the Creative Will of God. The HOLY SPIRIT is also a Son of God, because He is a Part of the FATHER also.

                 Just as the Creative Will of God is personal, so also the Love of God became personal in activity in Jesus. Both being a Parts of the FATHER are one with Him, and the FATHER is within them.

              Let me use this opportunity to explain the term  "Son". I was chatting with my beloved friend, a muslim, then i told him that Jesus is the Son of God! Then he asked a very important question, i quote: "Who is the Divine mother of Jesus, if the Father is God? That is the problem, man always think of the term "Son" in the human way, like a son in a human family.

              For the Divine "Son" mean a "Part" of the FATHER that works specially by ITSELF. Son and FATHER are completely one and can never be seperated! Therefore, never in any case think about the Divine Son according to the human way, for that would be certain to give an absolutely false picture. It would lead you to errors in conception that would completely eliminate the actual facts and would consequently never let you come nearer to the truth!

               Perhaps, one should rather say: It is only God the FATHER, HE works threefold as one! Whatever God the Son works, that He works out of the FATHER, in the FATHER, for the FATHER! He would be nothing without the FATHER; For He is Part of the FATHER and the FATHER Himself is within Him and works in Him. The FATHER does not perchance work out of the Son, thus, not through Him, but in Him! Herein lies the mystery for the human conception because it cannot be described in earthly words.

                In the human family, the son is by himself and the father is by himself, they are and remain two. At the utmost, they can become united in their working, but never one! It is different with the expression God the Son! Just the opposite! God the FATHER and God the Son are one and can only be considered as two in their working, as also the two Sons of God, Jesus and the HOLY SPIRIT are one with the FATHER only in their working two. 

                 Both Sons of God remains closely connected with the FATHER and one with HIM. As Jesus is of the FATHER, so also is the HOLY SPIRIT. Both are Parts of Him. They are like the arms of a human body which can act independently, but still belong to the body, if they are to be complete. Yet they can only carry out independent actions as parts of the whole.

                  Such is God in His omnipotence and wisdom! At His right hand as part of Himself, is God the Son, Love and His left is God the "HOLY  SPIRIT", Justice. They have both emanated from God the FATHER and belong to Him in unity. This is the Trinity of the one God.

                  Before Creation came into existence, God was one! During the process of creating, He severed a part of His WILL to work independently in Creation and thus, became two fold. When later it became necessary to provide a mediator for erring mankind, because the purity of God did not permit a direct connection to self-enchained humanity, out of His love, He severed a part of Himself to act as a temporary bridge in order to make Himself once more understood. Thus, with the birth of Christ, God became a Trinity.

                   If you really want to learn more about God the FATHER, learn from His incarnate Word! The message that He brought this earth and the Prophets too. Do not be only the hearer of this Messages, but you must also apply them in your daily activities.

THE LORD THY GOD IS ONE

   

The conception of trinity as always been a topic debated by so many believers. Alot of so called believers cannot comprehend the concept of Trinity. And most never bother to exert themselve in this conception. Some even believe that it is a sin to enquire more about God! Please, my dear esteemed reader, do not believe religiously, anything thrown at you. Let such concept be scrutinise by you and when the spirit within you decline such a conception, then the conception is wrong. There are certain things that you will be told that defiles logic. There are lots of people out there whose aim is to mislead you and make you take the wrong path. Our Lord Jesus warned us about the end time. 

         When you do not understand a concept, please always endeavor to ask question and do not believe it religiously! The spirit will always discern the truth from false teachings. In most cases, man do not listen to his spirit! If you are spiritually alert, there are lots of dangers that you can avert yourself from. If you earnestly seek the truth, you will surely find it. Become the KNOWING, become enlightened. If your inner man does not accept anything, do not believe it religiously!

         In the scripture, it is said that there is one God! Yes that is true. the question is, how does the concept of trinity came about, if there is only ONE GOD? How does ONE GOD becomes God the Father, God the Son and The Holy Spirit?

           In this article, i want to throw a little light on the ONE TRUE GOD and in the next article, i will explain the TRIUNE GOD.

          The truth is there is only one God! One LIFE! The I AM! The ALPHA AND OMEGA! Behind HIM there is none! Only ONE GOD! HE shares HIS GLORY WITH NONE! HE alone is the source of ALL LIFE both in the Divine and Creation. No creature can see GOd in HIS unsubstantiated form. In most case, we always picture God to be a white beard male spirit sitting in his throne in heaven. I want to make clear to you that God is not a spiritual being like us. HE is far more greater. HE is neither male nor female. HE is the FATHER OF ALL! Both in the Divine and Creation. Without God there is no EXISTENCE! Everything that Exist, vibrates in this ONE Great FATHER OF ALL! Do not let anyone deceive you, there is only ONE GOD!

           Our lord Jesus was very clear on this issue of ONE GOD He said: "The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord thy God is one Lord". This statement is so important that your Existence is dependence on it. Learn from our Lord Jesus, when He prayed, He always direct His prayers to this One true God. He always pray in seclusion and He prayed like a jew. Whatsoever, religion you find yourselve, always direct your worship to the ONE TRUE GOD. You must love your God with all your heart! With all your might! With all your strength! With your life!

            Man can only kill the physical body, but God can destroy both the physical body, the other bodies and the spirit too. HE alone can erase you out of  the BOOK OF LIFE! HE alone must you fear! HE alone must you serve! Your Creator alone deserves your worship, no one else.

             How do you fear and love God with all your heart?  The only way to fear your God is by abiding in Him, by keeping the laws that He has put in place, that pulsate throughout Creation. He gave the jews the Ten Commandments for the benefit of humanity. Our Lord Jesus emphasised is teachings based on these laws, He could not have done otherwise. He is the love of God. In the old testament, the Holy Spirit, the Justice of God was in charge. Justice and Love are inseperable. Wherever there is Justice, you will always find love! So Jesus did not come to do away with the Ten Commandments, and other laws given by the Justice of God. I am not talking about the jewish traditions here, only the Laws from God and not ones from Moses.

             If truly you love your God, you will never use the name of God in vain. If you truly you love unconditionally, you will never murder. If you truly love your neighbour, you will never steal from them. If you love your physical body, you will not engage it in a degrading and ignoble physical activities. Love is all you need in order for you to return back to paradise.  Love for humanity, love for Creation. "Love is all you need" Be the light of this physical world. Let your light shine before all men!

              There is but One God! but One power! But One LIFE! God is ALL. The first commandment is so important that it must be adhered to  with utmost urgency and strictness. It is your duty as a creature to worship and thank your Creator for the opportunity to exist. You should always endeavor to draw close to God, that is an act of humility. You can only know God when you strive to approach HIM and not you expecting God to approach, HIS creature, which is impossible. "THE LORD THY GOD IS ONE".

            

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

The importance of prayer cannot be overemphasised in the life of man. Prayer is so important that, our Lord Jesus had to teach us how to pray. The lord's prayer was not meant to be prayed all at once. Actually, the Lord's prayer is divided into three parts and i will explain each part for you in the nearest future. In your quiet time moment, try as much as possible with an ernest volition, meditates on the Lord's Prayer. It contains the foundation for everything you need for your physical well-being and spiritual ascent. The Lord's Prayer even give much more! It also indicates the path which you should strive to follow during your life existence on earth. The lord's Prayer alone provides everything for you if you penetrate into it deeply and grasp it aright.

          Man needs nothing more than the Lord's Prayer! It shows him the whole gospel in concentrated form. It is the key to the Luminous Heights for him who knows how to experience it rightly. It can be both staff and torch for the advancement and ascent of everyone! What it contains is absolutely immeasurable! The Lord's Prayer is a masterpiece in itself.

          In the Lord's Prayer, our Lord Jesus gave humanity the key to the Kingdom of God! It was not meant to be rattled straight off! 

           For now, in this article, i want to talk about a type of prayer. I will give you full detail of the Lord's Prayer  later. 

            Do you know that there are different type of prayers? I want to throw a little light on Prayer for Thanksgiving. 

             Man , ordinarily, never bothers himself to pray a prayer of thanksgiving to his Creator, unless he undergo a discomforted situation. A happy soul will always give gratitude to his God no matter the situation he finds him/herself. There are so many reasons why you must thank God. Firstly, God is your Creator. Every creature in creation and the Divine must humble itself before his God. God is the source of all Life, without the Creator, you fail to exist in creation. God alone is the source of all driving forces. The Mightiness of God is so unimaginable to man. All powers emanate from only one source, that is God. He alone is worthy of all praise. 

              There is a popular believe, and majority of humanity holds that believe that there are two  type of powers: The good and the evil power. Well let me use this opportunity to explain something here. To clarify this issue, like i said before, there is only one source of all driving force which is God. Lucifer being one of the archangel was handed a responsibility. A responsibility to see to it that the journey of the Spirit-germ wandering through creation and there returning to paradise is made quiet easy. Now, for that purpose, power was allotted to Lucifer. A scepter or a key symbolises the power given to Lucifer. Instead for Lucifer to use the power for the purpose it was meant for, rather, He used it contrary to that same purpose it was meant for. He used this powers to mislead man and thereby making the path to paradise difficult for man.

                The Key or the Scepter will be wrestled off Lucifer by a stronger and more powerful  Being at the appointed time. I am not suppose to write about Lucifer in this article, but the point i want to make clear is that there is only one power source, and that is God. Just because Lucifer used the power given to Him for evil, does not mean that the power is evil. At the appointed time, that same power in the hand of the Son of Man, will be used for the benefit of mankind during the millennial period of grace and mercy bestowed upon mankind.

                 So i want you to erase that mentality of Good and Evil powers competing each other. If God has a competitor, then He is not God.

                 God alone is the only creator, and He is One. One Whole! Every other thing vibrates in Him. Besides Him, there is None! Just take a moment and think about it yourself. God is the originator of All, Lucifer is though, a Divine being, He is still a creature of God Almighty. A creature can never be as powerful as is his Creator. The Creator can exist without Its creature, but a creature cannot exist without its Creator. 

                  When you give thanks to your Creator, it shows that you appreciate the Greatness of your Mighty God. And its another way of showing that you Love your God with all your heart, no matter what situation you find yourself. Atleast, thank God for your existence in creation. Let your gratitude be known to God in humility and purity.

                  Man seldom offer prayer of thanksgiving, unless exceptionally, when he unexpectedly receives a very special earthly gift or when he is suddenly rescued from a great danger. Unexpectedness and suddenness are necessary before he will arouse himself to utter a prayer of thanksgiving.  If he and all his loved ones are always blessed with good health and if he has no material cares, he will hardly bring himself to utter an earnest prayer of thanksgiving.

                Prayer of Thanksgiving is a worship to your God. It is so important in the life of a believer! It shows that you love the Lord, your God with all your heart, your soul, and spirit. It shows that you acknowledge the Mightiness of the Most High God. Our lord Jesus gave us an example, when He showed us how to pray, quote: "OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME". He Started the Lord's Prayer with the acknowledgement of the Greatness of God.

                So, I want to direct this question to you! When was the last time you genuinely and earnestly gave thanks to God? or are you waiting for something spectacular to happen before you know that the life you live is not yours without your  Creator! You need to thank Him for the Love and Mercy He has showed. Thank Him for your existence here on earth.

GIFTED

"Gifted" is what every human being is endowed with. Your gift always manifest itself in what thing you are very passionate about. It could be a profession, an artistic or inartistic activities. It could be that your passion is to render services, or trading of commodities. As a human being, you have been endowed with a gift, with which you will be able to establish yourself here on this Gross Material World. Now, it is your duty to discover for yourself what you are gifted with. It is possible for one person to be gifted in many ways. So, should i say "discover your gifts"?

      Just like i said in one of my previous article, that you need to look inwardly, and allow the real you to take over.The Spirit is the real you, this your physical body that you can touch is just a tool with which to interact in this physical world. Immediately the intellect is subdued, the Spirit takes control. The Spirit man knows what it wants, He knows the direction to take. Your Spirit man will tell you what to do, then a passion will arises within you. It could be to solve a problem that has been bothering your fellow man on earth. The passion will always be for the benefit of humanity as a whole. Put your passion into a physical activities, and be consistent and persistent in such an activity. use your intellect in your daily activities and not the intellect controlling you. If you develop in you a passion, and you discover that when it is put into a physical activities, people will get hurt, Please, i beg you, refrain from such activities, it is not of benefit to humanity, such passions are not from from the Spirit. That is your intellect influenced by darkness.

           For some, their gift can be exhibited without training and developing it. while others might need to nurture and develop your gift. But firstly, you must be passionate about that thing you want to nurture and develop. Your gift will always open doors for you and it can also become a means to an end. Do not follow what is trending, Just because some made it there, does not mean everyone should follow in that direction, thereby leaving behind your own inward urge towards your own direction. You are suppose to experience this physical world your own way. Not like someone else. your experiencing is unique and beneficial to you and you alone. You must not try to be like others but yourself. If your passion is farming, trust me, you will be sucessful in that area if you are determine. afterall, there are farmers that are more successful than some doctors. being successful is not all about money.

              Nowadays, majority of humanity has allowed their intellect to take the front lead. Thereby, not giving the Spirit man the free will to operates. Majority of man today, slumbers spiritually. Whatever gift you possess, create a value for it. You could also be endowed with virtuous gifts such Leadership, being courageous etc. In most cases, virtuous giftd can be developed by individuals. 

          Parents please do not impose any profession contrary to the will of your child. Let the Spirit man in them finds its way through its existence here on earth.

           Now, there are individuals with special gifts. This chosen individuals have the abilities to do things that others, ordinarily, cannot do. This individuals have been specially gifted for the benefit of humanity. For one individual, it could be the gift of clairvoyance. For another, the gift of healing. Another, telepathy. Yet another, prophesy and many more, like premonition, dream interpretation, extreme courageousness etc. Some are endowed with special gifts but are not aware of it. These individuals with special gifts are few and scattered all over every race, religion, regions etc. They are specially gifted, but they are human beings like any other human being, so they are not to be adored nor worshipped. They are nowhere near the Messengers that were sent by the Creator. these Messengers are the prophets. Examples are Lord Jesus Christ, Gautama Budda {born as Prince siddhartha}, Zoroaster and the last but not the least of all the Messengers is Prophet Mohammed{SAW}. The Prophets came with messages that can liberate humanity from darkness to the luminous light, your Spiritual home, if only you can yield yourself to their teaching and the messages that they came with. I do not intend writing about the Messengers in this article.

           Just because these few individuals are endowed with a special gift, people always expect them to place these gifts at their disposal free of cost. These specially gifted persons however, should themselves first learn to master this gift, then set a value on these gifts, so that they do not continually cast pearls before swine!

            Everyone is gifted! Each and every person is endowed with a gift or two. Be it an intellectual, virtuous or a special gift. Your gift will uplift you spiritually, when you use it to the benefit of humanity. Let the Will of God prevail in your life, then your gift will find its way to become recognised. Just look deep inside of you, there is a unique gift deposited inside you. Look deep and discover for yourself what you are gifted with. "A man's gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men{Proverb 18:16}.

            Majority are intellectually gifted, only few are specially gifted. Let people'life be touch with your gift, even if they are to pay for such services. 

YOUR DOMINANT THOUGHTS

Your thoughts! In your leisure, when you have loose grip of the outer hold on life, what do you always think about? Whay are your dominant thoughts? When you are quiet and alone, what do you nomally catch yourself thinking about? You will be amaze at what you will discover when you study your thought pattern. Look around you, i wish you can gain access to the thoughts of people around you, you will realise how inferior the thinking of man is. The words that man utters show their thought pattern,  even their actions tell alot about their kind of thinking too. I am directing this question to you reading this article right now, "What dominates  your thinking most of the time"? Does your thinking add beauty to this beautiful world of Gross material or it turns it into a ugly place?

        In the spiritual world, thoughts are deeds i.e if you had a thought, the deeds had been done already too. thought is same as deed over there because of the proximity of that sphere to God. You cannot say the same of this Gross material world because of its proximity to God and it is denser. In this Gross material world, when the spirit wills, it will take the physical body sometimes to express it into a physical activities. The truth is, many are controlled by the intellect and not the spirit. THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE PHYSICAL BODY IS WEAK! Remember, in my past article, i talked about the spirit being the life force of every human being on earth. It is the spirit that you have to let take over in the course of your existence on earth. Know who you are, and you will realise that you more powerful than you can imagine. Know that you are a spiritual being and must be in charge of creation, you have dominion. It is sad that man has allowed the intellect to become master over their life on earth. Instead of using the intellect as a tool that it was meant to be. The intellect has become so powerful that anything spiritual has become strange to man.

         If you will observe friends, relatives, neighbours very closely, you will sense with disgust the emptiness of their thoughts and narrow sphere of their interests, as well as their terrible superficiality. By your "thoughts", i mean your volitions, decisions, will, desires, choices etc.

          Your thoughts are very importance in this World of Gross matter and the ethereal world than you can ever imagine. Your thoughts are very influencial in this physical world that you live. Your thoughts can bring peace and harmony to this world or they could bring tumoil, depending what you want to use your thoughts for. The truth is, very few people, in their leisure,  whose words and thoughts are penetrated by a longing for a greater development of their souls. They always appear as a solitary strangers in the midst of majority's thinking that is so debased. Envy, hate, evil thoughts dominates the thoughts of man today. You will be filled with sadness to realise that many people are not very much different from animals with their pattern of thinking. They go through life on earth as if with blinkers, never seeing more than one aspect i.e what is purely material. 

        Life on earth with its pleasures and joy, only get its real meaning when one has become more or less familiar with the Ethereal World and know about the law of reciprocal action connecting us to the Ethereal World, for then one no longer has the feeling of being at the mercy of chance. God does not directly interfer into the affairs of man, God has put in place laws in creation, that every living creatures must abide by this laws. The law of reciprocal action is one of the primordial laws pulsating through the entire creation. 

         The law of reciprocal action is a primordial law which is adamant and inexorable in its activities, it never fails in its activities not for once. Just like the law of gravity which is a primordial law too. Mind you, law of gravity does not only hold in this Gross Material World alone, but it also pulsate through the Ethereal World and even to the Spiritual World, the same with the law of reciprocal action. Remember, the primordial laws are all forces, forces that man can never know how it came into existence. But nevertheless, man must feel the effect of these laws whether he likes it or not. Man on earth can never comprehend the full activities of each of these laws. 

         Law of reciprocal action in this physical world can be expressed as follows: "Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he reap". Some call it "Karma". Still yet, some call it  "What goes around, comes around". Which ever you may wish to express this law does not really matter, the main thing is to strive to understand the workings of this law. Understanding this law alone, can bring you happiness and joy immeasurable. But when man goes against this law, he must inevitably bear the consequence of his own doing. 

         Life on earth only gets real value through striving upward and then a delightful, vital warmth also pulsates through all earthly joy and pleasure. Those who yearn for and earnestly seek what is pure and high will as a beautiful result of reciprocal action, attain an ardent love of life, often ending in jubilant enthusiasm for all that exists and is proffered.

         Nothing is dead! Nothing is void as it would appear! Everything is working and weaving in reciprocal action, in the centre of which you stand, as man continually forming and directing the threads, being both the starting point and the final goal. Mighty rulers are you! Each one of you is establishing hid own own kingdom in such a way that it will either uplift you or bury you beneath its ruin. Use the power given to you in the full knowledge of this mighty happening, lest in your ignorance or even in your indolence, you bring forth only harmful deformities which choke all that is healthy and good and finally cause you as their author another to totter and fall. The closest ethereal sorrounding can contribute much to uplift or debase him. This closest Ethereal region which is close to this Gross Material World is the region where thoughts-forms are redefined.

          Lets take the thought-forms produced by man as a threads. All threads produced by man penetrates this World of Gross Material and further up into the Ethereal World, like a gigantic network of veins or nerve-strands, all is intertwined and interwoven, untearable and inseperable. Every thought thought is generated, like everything in the Ethereal World, immediately takes a form which embodies and expresses the essential meaning of that thought. This forms are something real, something living. Now, as threads which you produce penetrates through the Ethereal World, it takes form and in accordance with the law of Attraction of homogeneous species, the thread is attracted to what is homogeneous in this world of thoght-forms or as attracted by them, depending on the strength it possesses.

        Just as a thought when it arises is simultaneously perceived intuitively, with greater or lesser intensity, so its Ethereal form will bear an equivalent life. The World of thoughts is densely populated. Through the mutual power of attraction, complete centres have been formed which by means of their accumulated energy, exercise a great influence upon human beings. Each person is influenced by the similar nature in which s/he tends toward to. If your volitions are evil, you are bound to be influenced by darkness. such persons will also be attracted to people of similar nature within themselves. You will be strengthened in your corresponding will, and encouraged to produced new and similar forms which working in the same manner, enter the World of thought-forms. As long as the propensity to do evil still lingers within you, you can be bothered by this influences and gradually attract to you what is unfavorable to you. Those protected are those who possess other tendencies in greater strength, making a connect with what is dissimilar impossible. Always allow yourself to be influence Light.

          But its a pity, man has brought darkness upon himself. It is unfortunate that man only allow negative thoughts to dominates his thinking. Hate, envy, jealousy, lustfulness, avarice and all other evil thoughts which through their greater numbers of adherents, form  the strongest power centres in the world of thought-forms. Far less great are those of purity and love! Man alone brought darkness upon himself. Man himself caused evil to spread with such uncanny rapidity. These dark power centres of thought-forms in turn obtain a connection with analogous spheres of darkness, from there they are specially roused to ever greater activities, so that as a consequence they are able to create downright devastation among mankind. 

         I am using this medium to plead with you, to always allow your volition to alighn with what is good and uplifting to mankind. Sow what is good and you will be reaping what is good in the future. Let your thoughts be of pure love, so that similar strong centres will develop themselves in the world of thought-forms, which can be reinforced from the more luminious spheres and thus not only strengthen those striving towards what is good, but also slowly working on darker minds with gradually purifying effect!

       Remember, through the Living Creative power in you, your thoughts are given form, penetrates through Ethereal World and they are alive, attracting and being attracted. Like a thread, it keeps on moving and becoming heavy laden by other similar thought-forms and finally, it returns back to you according to the Law of reciprocal action. You are the architect of your existence here on earth. Be conscious of this immeasurable responsibility, through your will, your volition, you can poison this physical world or purify and uplift this physical World towards the luminious light.

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!