HU MAN IN THE ARENA

What is the meaning of “the man in the arena”? It has been told that the credit goes to that one. That would mean that one in the arena is totally responsible for the quality of the “show” does it not? When anyone asks “how?” it means that questioner does not really want an answer but wants to be told he does not need one. The question has been addressed to someone else. That is the place where all of us are stranded right now simply because we do not want to find out the truth so much as we want the one we ask to take over the responsibility for our lives. And it means the questioner is not looking for the way to live my life but really only wants to know, "how can I succeed in the society that has spelled out to me the right way of living?" 

Real faith is intuitive knowledge. We have no faith. How come the Moon does not ask the learned physicist, “how?” How about a tiny weed growing through a crack in the cement of a sidewalk where you have stood? Are we not as worthy as the weed? 

Where one human accepts, really accepts, as a fact, I am the human in the arena at all times, a whole different world instantly appears to that one brave no longer divided soul. Love swallows that one up and peace is all he or she knows. This all happens instantly, beyond time and thought. Yes, there is a gap.

I heard a loving human being say once, “I am so blessed to be the creator of a world where such as Bob Dylan, Jesus, Billy the kid and a weed that grew through cement of a sidewalk have lived”. Is that too much for anyone in the arena to comprehend? Just recall the weed in the cement, won’t you?

 WHO LOVES JESUS?

This is to be examined with no motive for so doing. The work will be done by us together. There is no intent to prove anything right or wrong. We are together on this effort. 

A combination of authority figures during the decline of the Roman Empire made a book called The Bible. In the Book were assembled portions of the teachings of a wandering saint in Judea concerning the important elements of a meaningful life for humans on Earth.  Included in the book is a doctrine not spoken by Jesus of his sacrificial death to save us all from the eternal damnation that all of us are said to otherwise rightly deserve for our wicked ways.  

Then, missionaries with book in hand were sent forth all across the Earth to convince those they corral that Jesus intended by submitting to a terrible death a guilt-ridden existence for those sinners he had spoken with concerning the way to some real heaven here and now; thus none of the eventual converts need ever put away selfish ways which was believed to be impossible anyway. And that makes one wonder why Jesus bothered to teach that we can make that change.  And that we would be fools not to do so. 

The teachings of Jesus set forth below are in the nature of attempts to needle a listener’s conditioned brain enough to allow a sudden glimpse of who a human actually is and “faith” mentioned in the teachings refers to an intuitive knowledge about who I am. It is not too far a jump to perceive the Master was telling that all humans are on his level and able to save ourselves if only we want to make the effort to do so. 

The language about Jesus dying for your sins distorts in a big way the teachings about a way to enter heaven while alive and makes that practically impossible. This insight is very important to any serious examination into the value of his teachings on life. Where there is distortion there is a motive. Finding the motive will remove the distortion.  Who is motivated to keep themselves in power?

Let us examine into the teaching concerning how to live on Earth as human beings and determine if it is possible for any human being to end, while alive, greed, lust, violence, fear, intolerance, envy, jealousy, false pride and the rest.

Keeping in mind that people of Earth are greatly suffering from what priests of all religions everywhere have called for tens of thousands of years at least by some word that means the same as the English term “sin” these planners have invented a religion (organized as part of a separate society) that insures most all slaves to sin never wake up. Though death will come to all, at that moment it is entirely “Too Late Nelly” and so the ruse never ends as one more meaningless life passes unfulfilled.

In developing the teachings attributed below to Christ a careful attempt was made to avoid duplication from each writer of the New Testament of the Bible but to cover the central message presented in all concerning an actual heaven on Earth to be enjoyed by living people. Matthew’s gospel is quoted primarily because it is first and is most simply written. What is stark is the absence of any teaching attributed to Christ where he says essentially, “oh, well, you people are incapable of being wise so I’ll just die for you and get you to heaven after your deaths in that manner. You just use my name.” That dogma, invented by that group of selfishly ambitious priests, historians, and politicians I mentioned up front, keeps the flock ignorant of their potential which Jesus, in his own words, obviously saw in people and stressed in an attempt to awaken listeners to a great power in each soul. Turn now to the teachings.

THE TEACHINGS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by wisdom also. Matt. 4:4

Whosoever hears these sayings of mine and follows them is wise. Whosoever does not follow them is foolish, indeed. Matt. 7: 24-27

There is none good but one, that is God. Matt. 19:17

The Kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:21

The Kingdom is now. Matt. 4:17

Unless you change and become as a little child you shall not enter that Kingdom. Matt. 18:3

You cannot serve two masters. Matt. 6:24

First seek the Kingdom of God and all else shall be added to you. Matt. 6:33

Your Father knows what you have need of before you ask him. Matt. 6:8

Take no thought of your life, what shall you eat, what shall you drink, or what shall you wear. God feeds the birds. Are you not at least as good as a bird? The lilies of the field neither toil nor do they spin yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these. Your father knows your needs. Matt. 6:25,26, 28, 29, 32

Why are you so fearful,  O ye of little faith? Matt. 8:26

According to your faith is it accomplished. Matt. 9:29 

If you have the faith of a grain of mustard seed you can move mountains. Nothing is impossible. Matt. 17:20

Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Matt. 5:3

Where two or three are gathered in my nature, there I am in the midst of them. Matt. 18:20

Judge not that you be not judged, Matt. 7:1

Mind your own business. Matt. 7:4,5

Do not caste your pearls before swine. Matt. 7:6

Whatever you want others to do to you, do that to them. Matt. 7:12

Love your enemies…pray for them…that you may be the children of your father within you: for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. Matt. 5:44,45

Whosoever does the will of my father which is within you, is my true family. Matt. 12:50

Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. Matt. 20:27

You will know who are the true prophets because their way will be kindness, patience, tolerance, and love. Matt. 7: 15-20

 THE WAY OF GOLLY*

In earlier times watching a moving picture show was invented. For the first time, for the price of a ticket, one could go to a darkened room and take a seat and look up at a huge screen and, well, go away. Forget worries until after the film. An escape from reality. A sort of drug. It became very popular. Huge profits were made and stars were created who could be sold like candy.

It was labeled, perhaps falsely, as art. What is art, anyway? The most elevated description is that art is created to disillusion a mass of people trapped in illusion. In other words, just backward of what people think they are buying and sellers think they are selling. So, only the artist knows what was created. And that one cannot say. This leads to a suggestion that every activity of humans is art if only we knew how to look or listen or touch, smell or taste. I recall now Bob Dylan telling a journalist “I have no explanation for these things I write, I just write them.” Or, words to that effect, anyway.

If a human makes something intended to disillusion you and me and we choose instead to use it to go away from reality, or, what we think is reality…

here we go again at the point of turning the whole thing around, and, oh, my, my

…being shoved into a new dimension, unknown, where beauty is not out there, on screen or inside a face or in nature or anywhere but…in me! The beauty I see, I mean. The beauty beheld is in the eye of…and what beauty there be in a tree is beheld only by the tree itself. Not by me. I have my own. See? And now we know when we fall “in love” with anything beautiful to us it all takes place inside the psyche and we are free to love it and secure in the knowledge it cannot leave us so jealousy and envy are no more!  And, miraculously, no commercial transaction has occurred, none whatsoever! No license is required either! I am my own licensor. People who doubt their own ability to be completely responsible for their conduct cry for and demand leaders and rules and jails and and dismemberment and rejection and excommunication and violent death. The rest simply read what is written inside and it is done. Go-oll eee! I cannot prove it, but what if all there actually is is beauty? Doubt and beautiful reality.

*an eighteenth century euphemism for “God”

CONCERNING LOVE

If I approach someone with a purpose and a plan to say “I love you” whatever love there was flies away instantly. No love will there be between us. For as long as we spend together we will count the days.  To know love one must be purposeless without plan. Love is not wanting or longing or desire. It is far from “This is the right one for me”. You see, love between people happens when two are one. Or love is just one more idea. The ideas of love are of a thousand kinds and not one of them love. In love, giving and receiving are one, not separate. Love is a dance of mutual affection beyond all thought. To love is a most powerful thing. To be without purpose or plan is a very powerful thing. It amounts to total commitment to true love. No one who has loved would ever say, “look what I have done for you”. That is a parent’s motto or creed. Giving up the concept of parenthood is the dawning of love. 

WHAT CAN ZERO DO FOR YOU?

In the beginning there was reading, writing, and arithmetic. The teacher made it appear to her innocent students that these were separate “things”. That was deceitful. It was done to make her job go by faster, easier and more conveniently at the expense of education. Shame on teacher. Teacher’s excuse (ain’t that funny?) was that she happened to be terrified of the possibility that it is all “zero”? And she and all her acquaintances are absolutely scared to be nothing. Why is that? First, she would be automatically unemployed in need of another way to “scratch for her meat”. What if there is “none”? It is too much for teacher and she is the TEACHER for God’s sake. It is just that kids are born into a world on Earth where all the adults are scared to be “nothing”? Kids have no struggle at all with that, in fact, try to insist on it right up to the point of being kicked out! To a kid, “play” and “nothing” are one thing, hence, the most common answer to “Whatcha doin’ Little Marvin?” One could come to the conclusion that the kids should actually be teaching the adults except it would be unkid like to draw conclusions about anything. Such as that would be way too confining to a young brain. And, if ya did, ya would draw them on the wall. And be punished. The conclusion might be “ALL OTHER NUMBERS ARE CONTAINED IN ZERO!” And only a genius would appreciate that!

All this has been a joy all right but it is arising from a deep urge to push buttons in brains. To get someone’s attention is the best way to put it. Heck, if one person who reads this asks him or herself “what in the world is that 0 doing in the list of numbers anyway? And mean it. The world could change in a brilliant light of awareness.

-Whooper-                                                                                                                                                       

 WISHES

I do not wish to have.

I do not wish to be had.

I do not wish to be admired and flattered.

In fact, I do not wish.

Wishes only lead to more and

I am my own marching band

I am the rocks on the strand. 

MY OWN DOCTOR FIRST

This writing is a brief attempt to dialog with readers concerning an important matter. It is not a lecture or an attempt to lay out some method for living. Do not forget this. I care not for you to agree with this writing but question it!. 

Back as far as the 80’s, I was informed that when the worldwide web was complete and fully operational it will be astounding what depth of information will be at the fingertips of everyone with access to it. People of the world will unite and be in touch constantly as equals and learn how much they have in common so that a radical change on Earth will result and information will no longer be in the hands of a few, but all. Blah, blah, blah. 

In fact, the internet is impressive technologically all right but is life better for anyone? We even are beginning to discover that all manner of quite serious health problems are worldwide as result of spending so much time in a hunched forward bending of the quite heavy head by users of technical devices connected to the web. In addition, it has become obvious that so much rubbish is on that invisible web it is very difficult to sort out the good stuff. And, of course there has been all types of ways for some, a few, to control and manipulate the sources a particular device will be bombarded by that it becomes highly questionable whether one can really say or determine if one is better off even a little. It's all about making money already...just the same ol’ system of exploitation as before the internet. 

So, to the key question-is it possible to utilize the high tech devices we have the use in hand to locate those bits of information…reliable…trustworthy…as ice or fire (which man has had knowledge of for millions of years)? All men and women have asked this question of each other since Adam and Eve…can I trust you?

Life has not changed that much since we lived in caves. We hear all sorts of advice and all sorts of promises but in what can we trust?

This day I have come across the answer to that key question above. The answer is as old as the hills or older. One can trust only that which brought him here…in the womb he became a zygote coated with a fluid from his mother known as cerebral spinal fluid which eventually will coat his spine and brain when developed.  It runs up and down the spine and around the brain casing of a human and is vital to clear operation of consciousness from birth to  death. This is big stuff, this fluid. It is highly electrically conductible. The Earth is alive. It has its own particular electrical charge. Humans are animals. Animals arise from the Earth itself. It is vital to be conscious of these things and do what we can to maintain a healthy relationship with all on Earth, our Mother?

We can. There are several safe natural steps to maintain properly balanced bodies. Balanced bodies are stronger. Deep abdominal breathing, touching any part of the Earth, such as,  walking barefoot on the grass or the ground or putting a hand on a tree or plant, and exercise can quickly bring balance to a body. This is known as “grounding” and is a rapidly developing science. Check often and keep current. These are facts. 

These simple, easily available, vital movements are amazingly available free to any who care to run the experiment. And this natural way of life is no method; it is life. Life is relationship and motion. 

This new, rapidly developing truth may one day mean everybody is their own doctor first and that would truly be socialized medicine! 

We have conscious control over the movement of that cerebral spinal fluid mentioned above. How big is that? In ancient times it is thought that humans knew of the fluid and called it “Christ”. What is certain is that it is vital to all and free to all for the living!

So, what if there is a fountain that was not made by the hands of men? And there is no path to it, it is inside of our lives? Our one life?