ANIMAL WELFARE

TIMELESS?

Does time really exist? Do you have a past, present and future? Or are you just able to string one moment to the next in your brain like a frame in movie to create what appears to be movement in a direction? If that is so, then time is no more than a sequence of events that you perceive unfolding one after another in the space that you occupy. Some scientists say that time is an illusion and some say that space is an illusion. What seems to be closest to the observable truth is that what exists in the perceived dualistic reality is what is called space-time.

Combinations of elemental particles of what appears as matter (or the most dense energy) congeals to a common state of physical being by the gravitational pull of dark matter, or the substance that we cannot sense that holds our physical bodies together. It is called dark matter because it behaves as particles in gravity and we cannot sense it; hence ‘dark’. Combinations of elemental waves of what appears as energy (or the least dense matter) is a result of a mysterious force that we cannot sense that separates energy from matter based on its density and is known as dark energy. It is called dark energy because it behaves as waves of energy and we cannot sense it; hence ‘dark’. The relationship between energy and matter is described in Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity (E=mc2). This formula reveals that if you accelerate the mass of an object of matter to the velocity of light squared it transforms into energy; or that there is an equivalency between matter and energy.

Matter is nothing more than the densest form of energy and energy is the least dense form of matter. The unseen ‘objects’ and gravity from those objects of dark matter (or the appearance of those objects with mass and density) and the unseen forces of dark energy are all illusions that we perceive to be real. Everything that ‘occurs’ in space-time creates an electro-chemical ‘copy’ in our brains from what we sense. It is NOT the object or force but a copy of that object or force that we perceive as being real in the 3 dimensions (length, width, depth) of space and 1 dimension of time. Some scientists say there are 9 or 10 dimensions of space and one of time (String Theory) and some say there is only one dimension that appears to be multi-dimensional space-time. Whatever ‘reality’ may be, we are inextricably tied to it simply because we perceive it; whether it is an illusion or a finite set of rules and principles that govern a physically perceived reality.

We are immersed in this cosmic soup that we call reality and we affect it just as much as it affects us. We might not perceive our affectations, but they do exist since we co-create perceptions of events in the perceived dualistic reality. The perceived dualistic reality is the range between extremes of black and white, cold and hot, closer and farther. It is a projection of polarity where energy and matter co-exist perceptually within the soup of dark energy and dark matter that we don’t perceive. Time is a construct of the existence of the perceived dualistic reality which affords us the ability to measure the unfolding and refolding of existence within our perceptions or existence. When we become totally aware of this moment, or when we are ‘being here now’, we are timeless.

Yes the perception of time continues outside of us but the reality of timelessness within us becomes readily apparent. It is in this moment of the now that everything that has ever existed, that is existing now and ever will exist are one in our timeless perception. It is within our grasp to tune in to this moment and ‘feel’ the information revealed from the very act of existence and affect the outcome of the course of subsequent events that occur from this moment. This means that we CAN co-create our ‘reality’ by being aware of our ability to do so and then directing our thoughts (energy) to affect the creation of objects (matter) in the perceived dualistic reality.

Being here now and living in the now from moment to moment is really all we have. It is the time where an external illusion of time exists concurrently with an internal reality of timelessness; a vortex, so to speak of energy and matter. Make the ‘time’ each and every day to meditate on the now. Experience the timelessness and presence of the Divine within your being. Feel the omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence and omniparience of the Creator of the entire omniverse and use your ability to co-create your reality from these Divine attributes. After all, we are all children of the Most High Divine Creator of the omniverse and we have the ability to co-create ‘our’ reality from the gift of Divine grace and expression of Divine love. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.

ANIMAL WELFARE

ATTENTION AND FOCUS

Always remember that it is up to you to define what occupies your attention or what distracts you from your focus.

Every moment that you allow distractions to sidetrack you from fulfilling your Divine purpose in Divine order you are cheating yourself from living in health, wealth, prosperity and abundance.

Share your talents, skills and abilities each and every day with others in Divine love and stay focused on contribution more than convolution. Be ye therefore focused! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.

MORE SAYINGS

God has no ego. The ego is a construct of the consciousness in our reptilian brains. God is infinite and not petty or selfish or self-serving. We have egos because we generate electro-chemical thought in our brains. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.

ANIMAL WELFARE

JUDGING COMES FROM EGO

Again, I have been accused of judging someone for making a statement about the ego. I suggested to the person to look up the definition of judgment. I have discerned reality by evaluating the facts in evidence. Nothing comes before God; however, the ego has one job and that is self-survival at all costs. It is a construct of emergent human consciousness and expresses separation from God more than unity with God. If you ‘believe’ that you are God’s ego, then you are NOT elevating the Spirit of God in your life. You are elevating your own ego to the point where you believe that it has total reign over reality.

The ego mostly reacts to observations, perceptions and evaluations that experience relays in the perceived dualistic reality by making electro-chemical copies in your brain. These copies are NOT reality; they are images ‘of’ reality. By choosing to listen to the still small voice of God within you are ‘proacting’ by implementing a plan of action to ‘feel’ within your heart what is unfolding in the greater scheme of things in relation to your immediate experience. This is NOT ego. Saying that you are God’s ego is anthropomorphizing the Divine into a limited expression of reality.

When you limit that which is limitless, you are operating from ‘human’ ego and NOT from the Spirit of God. If you so choose to dispute this; that is your right. However, by holding onto your beliefs over the discerned picture of reality, you are proving that your ego is in command and NOT the Spirit of God. Choose to go within and listen to that which is more concerned over mutual survival than self-survival alone. Be ye therefore in spirit more than ego. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.

YOU ARE GODS?

Yeshua said to them, “Is it not written in your law, 'I have said, “You are gods”'?” ~John 10:34 (Aramaic Bible in Plain English).

The word ‘gods’ was translated from ‘elohim’. Elohim is from the original Aramaic and means the ‘gods’ descendant from the Divine. Being 'gods' means that we, as humans, have the power of co-creativity.

However, we still have the human ego who steps up to the plate and demands that we follow its lead despite what Divine guidance leads us to do.

Be ye therefore perfect means to be as God is perfect and NOT as the ego is flawed. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.

A HUNGRY HEART

In honor of the 30 year release of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” today, I want to feature one of Bruce’s songs from his album “The River.” I want to focus on the last verse where he states:

“Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don't make no difference what nobody says
Ain't nobody like to be alone”
~Bruce Springsteen

What is a hungry heart? Is it one that is so obedient to the mind that it selfishly acts out on all of the ego’s demands? Is it one that feels so alone that it will do anything to get love? Does it confuse the recognition, attention and inclusion of and by others as love? Or is it one that simply desires that which edifies itself and others? We all need activity and rest. We all need a place to lay our head and call home.

It truly doesn’t matter what anyone else says ‘where’ you lay your head. What matters is what makes you feel like ‘you’. True, no one likes to be alone; however, being alone is where you come to know that you are NOT alone. By going within and feeling the presence of the Divine, you come to know just how loved you are. We ALL are NEVER alone. God is deep within our hearts. What makes our hearts hungry are the desires that the Divine planted as seeds of greatness within.

It is up to us to nurture, develop, grow and expand those seeds into the beautiful flowers of successful expression. Take your ‘hungry heart’ and fill it with Divine love by making the time each and every day to go within and experience your well being. Be ye therefore hungry! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.

ANIMAL WELFARE

NOT VALID

Are you wound up too tight? Are you so enfolded into yourself that in order to get to the real you requires peeling one layer off after another time and time again? Are you so wound up with your belief system that you will not entertain the fact that some of your beliefs are erroneous?

If this is the case you need to realize that you were the one who created this monstrosity to begin with; much like Jacob Marley’s chain that he forged in life. As was stated by Jacob Marley in the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol”, “I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link and yard by yard! I gartered it on of my own free will and by my own free will, I wore it!”

Are you wearing a chain of erroneous beliefs that ‘doom’ you to living in mediocrity? Are you aware enough to see how you ‘forge’ this chain each and every day you rely on your ego’s beliefs MORE than the guidance from the Spirit of God? Every day you are ‘becoming’ more and more aware or unaware of your perceived life’s journey. It is not that you are moving in one direction or another or even standing still; it is that you are content with being who and what you ‘believe’ you are more than what you KNOW you are!

When we were children we were not yet screwed up by learned beliefs which came from observation, perception and acclimation to events, occurrences, situations, circumstances and the behavior of others in our environments. If you truly desire to be whom and what you were created to be and unfold your Divine purpose in Divine order, it will require you to undo all of the erroneous beliefs that you have forged into your subconscious mind during the course of your life.

You will have to learn how to trust in the Divine MORE than your ego. You will need to put the needs of the many over the needs of the few; or yourself! You will have to ask the Divine to fulfill your inner desires; listen for the guidance in how to fulfill those desires and share Divine love with everyone in order to manifest those desires. There is NO shortcut to this; it requires acceptance, allowance, diligence and WORK!!! There is no selfish and easy way out to becoming fulfilled.

It requires you to work at what it takes to realize that you already have everything that you have ever desired right here, right now; the only thing that has been holding you back from experiencing the joy of fulfillment are your beliefs that it is not happening, it will never happen or that you are not worthy of it happening. Get the hell out of your own way and be whom and what you were created to be; the Divine in action! Be ye therefore fulfilled! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.