Awareness comes from discomfort. Discomfort comes from dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction comes from disharmony. Disharmony comes from discordance. Discordance comes from lack of alignment. Lack of alignment comes from lack of awareness.
When you are not aware you are not aligning yourself with your Divine purpose. When you are not operating in your Divine purpose the result is discordance in your environment. Discordance is the lack of harmonious behaviors that produce fulfilling results. Disharmonious results lead to feelings of dissatisfaction in your life. Dissatisfaction leads to ongoing feelings of discomfort which lead to a new awareness of what you don’t want in your life. This, in turn, leads you to a clearer understanding of what you do want in your life.
From lack of awareness to awareness we grow and expand into whom and what we were created to be. And what is that? We are individualized expressions of the Most High and we are endowed by grace with the ability to co-create our realities in ‘accordance’ with Divine love. Divine love is the primal creative force that has brought everything into existence. It is from whence we came and it is to where we will return.
The omniverse NEVER loses anything. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It simply changes from one state to another. From Dark energy to Dark matter to Energy and to Matter and back, we change from what is less dense into what is more dense and back again in our life’s journey. We ARE the omniverse and we exist in Divine love everlasting!
The Most High has blessed all of us with ongoing health, wealth, prosperity and abundance and it is up to us to live ‘in’ it. It is by our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, words, actions and behaviors that we separate ourselves from God. Stop listening to the drivel of fools about what you should believe and go within each and every day to live in Divine peace. Wisdom teaches you that peace comes from retreating from chaos! Within each and every one of us is our center of Divine peace where the Almighty speaks to us in the Divine voice of silence. In the Divine stillness we experience the seeds of peace, understanding, joy and Divine love that CREATE health, wealth, prosperity and abundance in our lives!
Pay attention on your journey to the benchmarks of actualizing your Divine purpose. This way you won’t have to relearn what you have come to know as your steps back to perfection! Be ye perfect. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
I have always followed the Law of Allowance more than the Law of Attraction. Yes, we do attract and repel 'things' in our environment only when we emotionalize them. By allowing 'things' to pass through us, we are not attaching emotional beliefs and yearnings to an outcome. We exist in a soup of energy that reacts to our emotionalized thoughts. I agree with the fact that just because we think about something that it doesn't create it. The statement of 'whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting' is true. You are 'attracting' similar thoughts and repeated thoughts that make beliefs that create programmed emotional responses to stimuli.
When erroneous beliefs and negative thoughts are allowed to pass through you they are not 'energized' with emotions. Reality is the result of our perceiving the motions and movements of energy through us, around us and from us. To deny that is not looking at reality; it is theorizing constructs and concepts to prove a point on one's own belief system. The same way the Law of Attraction does not set with some of us as 'the way it is', I have come to know it as an intellectual mind game geared, marketed and promoted to sell books and movies and lead the masses astray.
Intense study and deep meditation reveals that The Law of Allowance is more powerful because it creates reality by the simple concept of 'non-attachment' to a specific outcome and non-attachment to how your Divine desires will unfold. The Law of Attraction doesn't truly 'work' without an intense emotional desire and expectation. It is OK to desire and expect and outcome, but to be attached to 'how' it arrives is where the problems reside.
The Law of Attraction is always countered by the Law of Repulsion. If you do not feel ‘worthy’ of receiving the desires you expect to happen you will drive them away as they approach manifestation. Breaking up the dam that interrupts the flow of the living waters of Divine expression is the principle of 'getting out of your own way' and knowing that you are a Divine child of the Most High God and a perfect creation that is worthy of receiving the bounty of the omniverse.
Divine guidance is the key to allowing the best to unfold in each and every moment. Minimizing the ego’s control in favor of Divine ‘control’ affords us the ability to ‘foresee’ the results of certain ‘pathways’ to fruition. Knowing when to 'zig' and when to 'zag' comes from allowing the flow of Divine love through you. Be ye therefore perfect. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SITE HOSTING
NATURAL FOOD MARKET
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ROGER
VIDEOS
SERVICE IN PRAYER
Elizabeth and I would like to invite you all to our site ‘Service In Prayer’. For many months we have been led to offer a way for our online friends to have a forum to share our prayer needs with each other.
The purpose of this website is to connect with one another and share our needs for healing in whatever areas we feel we need. Please visit the website or go to the Facebook forum to post any public prayers on the Wall or PM us for private prayers.
We will pray for you or help you to find Prayer Partners to assist you in healing and realization of your Divine purpose and the unfolding of it in Divine order.
Thank you all for your support, kindness and for blessing us with your ongoing friendship. Peace and blessings to all of you and your families! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
OUR PAST ISSUES
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I once spoke with a friend of mine about preachers and the courses of study they have to pursue. I was telling him about a friend who had his doctorate in religion and he went off. He said that anyone who does that is evil. The degree has no value whatsoever and that the only reason for someone to ‘make money’ at religion or spirituality is that they are evil.
Now, on the surface, and with some individuals, this might very well be true. However, I have a point of contention with a degree having ‘no value’. It takes the same amount of commitment, study and overall learning to get a degree in religion as it has to get any other degree. It takes a special person to commit themselves to any course of study.
We all learn at varying rates and choose specific fields of study to practice a ‘specialization’. Whether someone goes to school or learns on their own, whether they have a ‘degree’ or not and whether their motives are genuine or not, they have still made the time to exit their comfort zone and learn more about life. It is what they ‘do’ with what they have learned is what is important; not whether they are making money at it or not.
If they provide a service of help to another, then they are sharing the wealth of their experience. If they make money at it to support their lifestyle, then what’s wrong with that? We have been falsely educated into an erroneous concept that having wealth is bad. What is ‘bad’ are the results you experience in your life from listening to that erroneous belief.
God has blessed each and every one of us with talents, skills and abilities to be of service to one another. If you receive ANY bounty from it, be thankful! Being worthy to receive the blessings of God in your heart demonstrates your trust in the Divine. Denying that, reveals just how much you do trust. If you truly trusted in the Divine you would allow whatever bounty to befall you because it would be there by Divine order blessing you Divine purpose!
Stop listening to ‘holier than thou’ people who don’t have a clue how the omniverse works. Listen to your heart and know the Divine has abundance living within you every moment of your life. Know this and practice abundance. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SPIRITUALITY GUIDANCE
What is the Spirituality Guidance Channel? SGC is a video portal designed to introduce spiritually inclined individuals to be exposed to spiritual videos, radio, teachers, music, art, books, resources and links from a selected group of teachers and requests from viewers. Each featured coach/teacher will have their own page highlighting any videos, audios, websites or printed material they have produced. This portal will be regularly promoted on the Internet through social networking and targeted marketing channels. Please visit the website at the following address:http://www.spiritualityguidance.com and email me at webproducer@hotmail.com with any suggestions, links or materials. Thank you for your most courteous participation in this project. I welcome your input. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
BEING FOOLED?
When you don’t like someone and you don’t know why it is because you have already made up your mind about that person based on your beliefs about them. When they are doing something that you would do if you were in their shoes and you tell others that would never do that, you are basing your beliefs on your ego’s desire to continue to not like them.
You have succumbed to being fooled into believing that what your ego has told you is the truth without validating whether that truth is valid or not. You have made the same mistake that many people make because you are not thinking; you are emotionally reacting based on erroneous beliefs that keep you in your comfort zone of mediocrity.
When you decide to let go of your erroneous beliefs and trust completely in the Divine to guide you is when you start to seek and know the truth despite your past attachment to those beliefs. You begin to live in Divine grace and understand that you are a co-creator of your life and it is your choices that lead you to the manifestation of your ideals and Divine purpose in Divine order.
Choose life, joy and love in order to live in ongoing peace. After all, you are divinity in action! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
NOTHING OR EVERYTHING?
The omniverse is the expression of Divine love and there is no ‘vacuum’ in space-time; only a lack of perception of what lies underneath from ‘nothingness’ to ‘everythingness’. Is this really true? Is nothingness something that we simply cannot sense? Or is everythingness something that we can only sense? Are these questions based on accurate or erroneous beliefs?
Question ALL beliefs for they are based on observations that are sensed and on perceptions that are electro-chemically copied in our brains. I have been repeatedly accused of diatribing my beliefs more than the facts of reality. My 'beliefs' as I have been accused of espousing to others are based on the current observable knowledge of quantum mechanics and string theory.
What occurs at the deepest of levels expands into the 'reality on earth' as some say; the omniverse is composed of 72% dark energy, 23% dark matter and 5% matter and energy. There is NO vacuum in space. There is energy and matter we either sense or don't sense. What some term as a ‘vacuum’ are things that we don't sense because the ranges of our senses are limited and DON'T see the entire picture.
Through the power of imagination we can ‘see’ the other elements of existence that we don’t sense. When our five physical senses are coupled with our psychic and divine ‘senses’ we can theorize and internally experience the entirety of existence within; our terms of explanation might be radically different, but the observable evidence is based upon the ‘point’ from which we observe.
Dependent upon our point of observation light appears as particles (photons) or waves; in much the same way our experience of ‘reality’ appears one way to some and totally different to others. Both ‘positions’ are correct and it is not in the arguing and posturing of our ‘beliefs’ but in the understanding of our purposes that reveal the truth about the entire picture.
Our subjective or relative truths come from our observations based on our five physical senses filtered through our individual belief systems to create our perceptions of reality. Our perceptions, in reality, are ‘copies’ of reality in our brains and NOT reality itself. Our objective absolute truths come from our psychic and divine senses coupled with our physical senses when we utilize our imagination.
Imagination is the key to see the greater picture beyond what we sense and believe is happening. Without imagination, what we see is always what we get! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SPEAK FROM THE HEART
When we speak from the heart we are sharing the truth we perceive within. It is our understanding of Divine love that allows us to speak with sincerity, truthfulness and support.
Feeling the presence of God within gives us peace, understanding and joy unspeakable. Words are like bricks in a building; they can stand on one another with strength or crumble to the ground in incongruity.
Words from the mind describe things that have happened and create feelings in one's heart that sometimes stick around for too long.
When the Divine speaks through your heart the results are healing from within and sharing that love without. Be ye therefore perfect! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Currently Bobby Hinkle, Elizabeth
May Sutor and Dean A. Banks, D.D. have uploaded podcasts. Robert Yarbrough will be added soon. Just click on the podcasters placards below and click on the Podcast title. Currently there are five podcasts on Bobby Hinkle's page, one on Elizabeth Sutor's page and nine on Dean A. Banks, D.D.'s page. Stay tuned for more! Thank you for choosing us!
What is the Spirituality Guidance Channel? SGC is a video portal designed to introduce spiritually inclined individuals to be exposed to spiritual videos, radio, teachers, music, art, books, resources and links from a selected group of teachers and requests from viewers. Each featured coach/teacher will have their own page highlighting any videos, audios, websites or printed material they have produced. This portal will be regularly promoted on the Internet through social networking and targeted marketing channels. Please visit the website at the following address:
http://www.spiritualityguidance.com and email me at webproducer@hotmail.com with any suggestions, links or materials. Thank you for your most courteous participation in this project. I welcome your input. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Welcome to our new Sunday Morning Service by Dr. Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Every week Dr. Dean will be engaging subjects that are pertinent to your growth and expansion into recognition of; respect to; and communication with your inner spirit.
Please feel free to comment or suggest topics for review. May the Divine always bless you and your families! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The love of self over God is the root of all ego. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The love of the Divine is the beginning of all wisdom; allowing divine blessings to unfold in your life is root of all fulfillment. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Give the ego a finger, and it will take the whole arm. Give the spirit a finger, and it will heal the whole body. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Life is too short to live without love. Choose love at every turn and every turn will lead you to love everlasting! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Blessed are those who see themselves in others; for they will be guided to respect that which they don’t understand. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Blessed are those who strive for greatness; for they are becoming what they were created to be! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Blessed are those who allow the misgivings of others to pass through them without pain; for they are on the path to expressing their own divinity. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Blessed are they who boldly step out of their comfort zones; for theirs is the realization of their Divine purpose. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Blessed are they who are patient in the unfolding of Divine order; for theirs is the bounty of joy, understanding and peace. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Blessed are they who listen to their hearts; for in their listening to Divine guidance they are comforted and fulfilled. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DENIAL IS NOT A
RIVER IN EGYPT
What is denial? Other than a river that runs through Egypt, it is a reaction to the perception that what is occurring is not in your favor. When it occurs, turn it around immediately! Embrace acceptance! Teach your ego that it ain't all that! You do not have control over the actions of others; you can influence those actions, but not control them. Let the behaviors of others pass through you without attaching any emotions to them.
Denial occurs when experiences are contrary to the way you think it should be. You are not the be all and end all of existence. You are a part of the whole of existence that carries that whole within your being, but when you deny the way the omniverse unfolds you are damming up the river of Divine order. You are, in effect, saying, “This is not the way I want it to be! And I will not budge until I get my way.” Sound familiar? It comes from feelings of entitlement.
Recently, a corporate executive was pulled over driving in the diamond lane in California because he was the only one in the car. The diamond lane is for ‘multiple’ passengers in carpools to cut down on the amount of cars in traffic and on the subsequent pollution expelled into the air. What was his excuse? He said that he had corporate papers in the passenger seat and since corporations are people, he could use the diamond lane. WTH? That’s someone suffering from a major case of entitlement.
Joe Scarborough went off on his show one morning about how the Democrats in the Senate have not addressed spending cuts because they are feeling entitled to do so. WTH? Now, is there anyone in the Congress who feels entitled? Can we say Boehner, McCain and McConnell? They talk about Social Security, Unemployment and Medicare as ‘entitlements’ when in fact they are INSURANCE! Premiums paid by the government to ensure the health and well-being of its constituents who PAY or have PAID taxes!
The Republicans scream about spending cuts all of the time. But why? Is it because there is too much pork or is it that they want to shift those dollars to the military industrial complex in which they are heavily invested? It’s a smoke screen for them to benefit with their ROI in the complex, or in energy production. Remember, Boehner is invested in the pipelines with fracking licenses along the route of the proposed Tar Sands pipelines. No wonder he wants the pipelines to pass in Congress! Always look for the money trail. Where is it coming from, who is handling it and where is it going!
If you believe their rhetoric you are living in denial because you feel entitled to have things your way. You are not living in the reality of the fact that Divine order will move natural order right through you whether you deny it or not. When you deny the unfolding of Divine order into natural order you are pitting yourself against others AND yourself!
Allowing Divine love to move through you and place you at the right place and the right time with the right people to receive the bounty of omniversal abundance is NOT living in denial. It is accepting things as they are and allowing them to be changed favorably for ALL concerned! Stop rolling down the river of denial. Move toward the shores of acceptance and allow Divine order to move natural order for the benefit of all. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SPIRITUALITY GUIDANCE
What is the Spirituality Guidance Channel? SGC is a video portal designed to introduce spiritually inclined individuals to be exposed to spiritual videos, radio, teachers, music, art, books, resources and links from a selected group of teachers and requests from viewers. Each featured coach/teacher will have their own page highlighting any videos, audios, websites or printed material they have produced. This portal will be regularly promoted on the Internet through social networking and targeted marketing channels. Please visit the website at the following address:http://www.spiritualityguidance.com and email me at webproducer@hotmail.com with any suggestions, links or materials. Thank you for your most courteous participation in this project. I welcome your input. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
EBOOKS
SELF SABOTAGE
How many times does something have to occur before you accept it as true? How many times must it re-occur before you embrace its validity? How many times does it not occurring have to happen before you realize that it was a belief about what happened and not exactly what happened? How many times does it not happening have to occur before you realize that your belief was erroneous?
All of this varies from individual to individual and we all come to the realization sooner or later that it is our perspective and emotional attachment to a desired outcome that skews our beliefs to operate in our favor. When we do not attach ourselves to how things unfold we allow Divine love to work through us and Divine order to move natural order in favor of what is best for ALL!
Holding onto what you desire is good but holding onto how it unfolds sabotages its unfolding because you are not trusting in the Divine to manifest your desires in the framework of mutual beneficence. You are trying to control the omniverse with your ego instead of expecting the unfolding to occur from allowing it to be.
But why do we do this? Is it a reflex reaction to a set of circumstances that we believe we didn’t create? Or are we just living in ongoing fear? We are the crowning achievement of Creation and we are given the free will to choose whether or not we accept our blessings or reject them. But why would the Divine allow this to be? Why aren’t we just told to be that which we are and be done with it? Because free will would NOT be free will without the freedom to choose. The Divine created us with the ability to allow or resist that which we believe in order to come to that which we know.
Knowledge reveals that we understand facts, information and evaluations where wisdom allows us to understand why we have been privy to that knowledge! We have been guided either by our egos or the Sprit of God to unfold our Divine purposes in Divine order through allowance or resistance to that which we believe in order to come to an understanding of that which we know; that complete trust in the Divine allows us to live replete in health, wealth, prosperity and abundance!
Let go of the emotional impediments to Divine manifestation and observe the bounty of the omniverse flowing through you; feel the presence and bathe in its beauty. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SPEAKING YOURSELF TO DEATH
Every day we say things that come to mind because we ‘feel’ that we should or that we ‘need’ to express ourselves appropriately. We listen, think about what someone says or what occurs in our environment and then choose to either say something about what we’ve sensed or not. If we don’t say anything, we have kept the thoughts about our interactions to ourselves and reveal them through our body language. If we do say something, we set the tone of our response and create an external mechanical sound vibration that others hear, listen to and respond accordingly. It is a system of communication between beings that converts thought energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy to thought energy.
What we all speak creates vibrations in our environment that sets the tone of our co-creation. If we speak negativity, we are expecting negativity to occur since we are co-creating negativity! Conversely, if we speak positivity, we are expecting positivity to occur since we are co-creating positivity. Sound too simple? Perhaps it does but that’s how it works. What we speak we co-create and we either speak life into our environment or we speak death into our lives.
Are we speaking co-creating the best for all of life or are we speaking ourselves to death? Are we declaring the truth and supporting life or are we living a lie and seeking death? Are we capable of co-creating the peaceful, loving and understanding world most of us wish to have? Or are we committed to the death of ourselves and the living beings on this planet? Speaking support, encouragement and love into others is doing it to us as well. It is completing the system of communication that has been designed by the Creator for us to learn that ‘allowing’ Divine guidance from within to guide what we speak into our lives is ‘how’ we need to live in order to live in Divine abundance.
Stop speaking yourself to death and speak life into all of us. We are all children of the Most High and we all need each other to survive, thrive and become divinely fulfilled with the knowing and living of our Divine purposes in Divine order. Speak as if you live every day in health, wealth, prosperity and abundance and set the tone to receive the bounty of the omniverse every day of your life. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Being in spirit you can hear what cannot be heard, see what cannot be seen, smell, taste and touch what cannot be perceived. You are experiencing the feelings of being at home in the bosom of the Lord. Eternal peace, total understanding and endless joy are the fruits of being in spirit. It is the well of knowledge, the presence of love and the power of creation; nestled within your body and expressing through you.
Yet day after day, hour after hour and minute after minute we ‘exist’ in the outer world and ignore the spirit. The very spark of creativity within us is relegated to the back seat while work, entertainment and indulgences take priority. The one slice of our day that we really need to balance our body and spirit is moved down the list in favor of the things we perceive we need to do.
Nothing, nothing, is more important than your regular daily communication with the Divine. It is the only ‘thing’ that will fulfill you, invigorate you and bless you with the understanding of your Divine purpose. If you truly want to become who and what you were created to be allow Divine order to ‘handle’ anything and everything that distracts you from deeply meditating on the Divine. It is the most important part of your day for it is the time when you experience life beyond your limited senses and delve into the realm of Divine bliss.
We are the expression of the omniverse. Universe means "one song"; omniverse means "all songs" in the Divine chorus that express the many different aspects of the ONE. I use the term omniverse because it acknowledges all of our parts in the ONE. Meditation creates a channel of Divine love that bridges the multiple levels of reality.
Being here now is being in spirit and ONENESS. Our ‘universe’ is just one of many universes that exist in the ‘omniverse’. Multiverses are many different dimensions of the omniverse. We exist within a soup of dark energy, dark matter, energy and matter. We are all inextricably tied and connected to our environment; whether we sense it or believe it or not.
Be loving, kind and good to YOU by making the time, no matter what, to commune with the Divine daily. After all, the Divine created you, nurtured you and blessed you with grace, free will and co-creativity. Being grateful for that is all you need to effectively grow and expand into whom and what you were created to be. Peace and blessings to all of you. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
I had an interesting debate last year with some friends over a saying on a graphic placard about karma. I stated that I was tired of people sharing wisdom and not being caring or precise enough to make sure it was grammatically proper and its spelling was correct. I was accused at one point of being too harsh and that I was more important for the content of the message than the presentation. I disagreed because if you are truly trying to help others, then why wouldn’t you make the time to be precise?
One of my friends stated that some people can’t be precise and I responded with the fact that they can learn how to be. Another friend stated that I am a writer and that I make a living at being a writer and that’s why I am precise. First, I don’t currently sell enough books to ‘make a living’ as a writer; I design and repair computers and websites to ‘make a living’. If I were to NOT be precise in the job that I do I wouldn’t have any customers at all. They would not call me again because I would not repair their computers efficiently enough for them to continue to use them.
Being precise requires a commitment to being the best you can be, no matter what! It means that you don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, but you make sure that the baby is thoroughly cleaned. When anyone makes excuses for not doing a thorough job it reveals their level of honesty with themselves. When someone defends their aberrance it reveals that it is more important for them to justify why they do something than making the steps to correct it. It is a function of the ego to protect its decisions in how to operate in life.
I once made a point about how some people with medical challenges defend their infirmities. They accept their ‘conditions’ blindly without challenge and then go out of their way to defend their acceptance of their ‘current’ condition. It’s as if it will always be that way and there is no hope for it changing or getting better. I explained that I have a student who the doctors and parents wrote off as not being teachable and I have worked with him for three years and have taught him how to ‘practice’ being precise.
What does it take for someone to look something up on the Internet? Is it really THAT hard? With all of the online tools available there is NO excuse to not check what you have written. I go back to the question I’ve always asked, “Why are the best sign painters the worst spellers?” It’s not because they are not talented, it’s because they are not completely disciplined. If you want others to benefit from what you do make sure you present your content correctly. Why? Because it reflects on YOUR ability to relay a message in the way that others can understand. The placard I am referring to could have been taken two different ways because the person did not utilize the correct grammar. If your message was designed to help someone, wouldn’t you want it to be taken the proper way, or at least, the way you intended it to be?
I looked for the thread on Facebook the next day and it was gone. The person who originally posted it removed it and the written debate that ensued as a result. It amazed me how I was trying to make a point and my point was taken to an extreme. I was accused of coming down on children with learning disabilities when I was not; I was referring to anyone who made posts without fact checking, presentation checking and content checking.
We all make mistakes but to justify them without learning how to correct them, to me, is an excuse for inaction; or should I say, a lack of caring for others. Anyway, I have now gotten this off of my chest and I bid you ado. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
A PIECE OF WORK
Some evangelicals are really a piece of work. Their moronic, idiotic, and judgmental behavior raises the question, “If they love Jesus so much, then why don’t they spend the time learning what he truly said and not what some Bible-beating preacher has snow-jobbed them into believing?
Some are reprehensible parrots that practice a misled doctrine of slavery, homophobia and sexism that had arisen out of the Bible and was misinterpreted by men. They follow Jesus in their heads and know nothing of him in their hearts.
Following a doctrine of separation and fear because ‘the Bible says it’s true” is NOT living in Divine love! No wonder their brand of Christianity is dying out in favor of the spirituality of Christ-heartedness!
When anyone thinks they have a direct channel to the will of the Divine that is your first clue that they are egocentric, selfish and completely delusional!
They are egomaniacs using the Bible as a tool to convince others of their veracity; it is like using a baseball bat to practice brain surgery. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DO YOUR BEST
My expectation of myself is NOT my expectation of others. My point was that some don't even try to do their best because they have been taught that it is OK not to do your best because you are not perfect.
I disagree! The Divine has created each one of us perfectly and whatever the Divine creates IS perfect. It is we who settle for less than what we are because we have been taught that we are sinners and have fallen short of the glory of God. Bullshit!
We are the children of the Most High God and if we lower our standards or put the bar so low that we cannot aspire to the inner greatness that we have been blessed with, then why do we exist in the first place? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
THE HISTORICAL JESUS
There are too many accurate historical accounts of Jesus to say that he didn't exist.
Yeshua existed; what was created around him were the myths of his followers and the subsequent doctrines of his divinity.
No one paid attention to what he said and how he said it. If they did, they would be behaving differently from what they do today. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
LAKE OF BLISS
Deep within all of us is the placid Lake of Bliss. It’s the one sanctuary where we experience the peace, joy and understanding of our divinity. It is where we become aware of our eternal Oneness with the Divine Infinite Spirit of God.
It is the well of wisdom where we sip the Divine nectar of healing, balance and align with Divine order. It does not become apparent in the external perceptions of chaos, dissension and separation.
It does become real to each and every one of us when we regularly ride the graceful whirlpool inward toward our internal Lake of Bliss. Relax, let go and unwind in this inner sanctum of divinity.
It is here where we bask in our Oneness of spirit and impress Divine love. Visit the Lake of Bliss everyday and be thankful for that slice of existence that heals, blesses and aligns. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT
Let's get one thing straight, people. If you pay taxes to the government then you ARE the government and just as a corporation HAS to pay technicians to maintain their machines and equipment and keep them in proper working order, then since you ARE the government, your health care should be COMPLETELY paid for.
Why? Because you ARE the human capital that works hard every day for them to make a profit.
The corporations should be subsidizing health care by paying into a government run fund that is monitored by government AND business officials.
And for those of you, who think your paltry share in paying taxes is supporting others’ health care, then think about this: if we HAD a stronger government that enforced regulations then corporations that ship JOBS overseas would be penalized and businesses that develop jobs HERE would be given tax credits.
This would be better than businesses, banks, insurance companies or corporations from raping our human capital for their bottom line! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
When you believe that others are living off of you and your hard work stop for a moment and think about this: what would you do if you couldn’t find a job and support your family?
What would you do if you lost your job and couldn’t support your family? What would you do if you couldn’t find a job because your skill set isn’t up to date, you are too old or too young or you are not the right ‘sex’ for the job?
What would you do if you looked for work month after month and year after year while jobs were being shipped overseas and your dreams of gainfully supporting your family disappeared? What would you do with that uncaring massive ego that you carry around like you are entitled because you HAVE a job?!
Stop talking down to others because they haven’t had the blessings that you have. Get off of your high horse and start doing what is necessary for EVERYONE to have the opportunity to support themselves.
Elect representatives that regulate the corporations so that we have jobs at HOME! Stop talking from EGO and start talking from the Spirit of God! Grow the f**k UP! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
TREATING ANIMALS
The level to which we treat our animals reveals just how much we are experiencing our inherent divinity.
The more we love the creatures we are stewards of the more the Divine opens our hearts to the bounty of life.
Cruelty to animals reveals their acceptance of being separated from the Divine. Life begets life as love begets love.
If your path is crossed with anyone mistreating an animal it is your duty to life to stop it. Do what you must do to preserve life.
God is blessing you with every breath; be a good steward for those who have no voice to defend themselves. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Our Daily Reading for June 9th -
"PICK A CARD" ALL ZODIAC MULTIPLE CHOICE READING "SLOW YOUR ROLL!"
by Angels Whisper
It’s OK to feel hurt and not want to give again after someone abuses you or disrespects you. Remember, that's how you might feel now and justifiably so. However, when you channel your reaction into proaction you will have become stronger and know your emotional limitations and your spiritual ideals. Know that you are better than the aberrant behaviors of others.
Their behavior might be reprehensible but you are in control of how you respond to that behavior. If you have been nice and they have literally walked all over you it’s time for you to act. Being too nice makes you vulnerable in others eyes but you have to read anyone the riot act and tell them HOW you expect to be treated.
Tell them how they should behave around you and if they don't honor it, then there will be circumstances that involve your future association with you or if they are children, then privileges must be taken away (and follow through with that act).
Know who you are and be who you are. Don’t let anyone change who you are by their aberrant behaviors. Command respect by not demanding it, expect it! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The Bill of Rights protects us from being ‘forcibly’ told to comply with ANY nationalistic agenda. Forcing students to say the Pledge of Allegiance is violating those rights.
There's nothing wrong with 'offering' students the CHOICE to say this. Forcing this upon them violates the very Bill of Rights that prevents this kind of nationalistic HORSESHIT!
In regard to the nationalistic push of the Right against the patriotism of the Left, one reader made this statement; “The Right may remain ignorant, but it is the Left which appears blind.”
Appearances are deceptive; since when does respecting others and helping out your neighbor to assert their Constitutional rights become a left-right issue? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
THE WORDS OF PAUL
In regard to people selling other people as slaves we have to know what is exactly going on. When people are treated as animals it reveals that the ones who treated them this way are lower than animals. At least animals have a pecking order of survival where humans have a pecking order of egos.
Blinded by the writings and perceived divine words of the Apostle Paul, slavery was justified in our history. It’s about time our civilization is waking up to the lunacy of ‘owning’ a sentient being as property or chattel. We all have to do the same things to survive and thrive and the day rises and sets the same for every living being.
We are all connected and the only separation that exists is borne of the ego’s yearnings to control, dominate and manipulate others for its own perceived gain. Trusting in the Oneness of the Divine will bring about love, understanding, peace and joy when we realize that our perceptions are our deceptions. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
HURTING ONE ANOTHER
Why do people hurt one another? Why is it that they lash out in anger at the ones closest to them? Why is it that they cannot understand that they are creating is the very thing that they ‘don’t’ want? It is because they don't know that love is the answer to their perceived problems. If they did, they would act in a manner that reinforces peace between individuals and respect for each others’ values.
When people react due to anger it is because their ego feels that they aren’t being treated fairly. It is a perception of separation because they feel someone else IS being treated fairly while they aren’t. That perception is borne of the ego’s yearning to control, dominate and manipulate its environment to its own end. It cannot and will not see the effect of its actions on the condition of others for it is blinded by its own perceived need to command.
When you ‘diffuse’ the ego’s perceptions of grandeur by letting go and completely trusting in the Divine you send a clear message to the command center; who I truly am is more important than what you ‘believe’ I should do and I will go beyond your limited scope and ‘consciousness’ into the realm of the ‘awareness’ of and ‘operation’ in Divine order.
Faith in the Divine Infinite Spirit to regulate Divine order is the beginning of trust; however, complete trust comes from accepting Divine love as the reason for the growth and expansion of all. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
FUNDLING
‘Fundling’ is a term for when you know your funds are dwindling. Turn it around and say you are ‘Moneying’ and make that the term for when know your funds are increasing and you don’t know where they are coming from and how they will appear!
Every thought about one thing creates the opposite thought concurrently. It is up to you to choose which thought to emotionalize and bring into manifestation.
It’s as simple as the correct choice of ‘thought’ and the correct ‘feeling’ to support that thought and the allowance of it manifesting because of your complete understanding of your worthiness to receive.
Giving trust to the Divine is only half of the process; willingness and allowance to receive is the other half. Be ye therefore perfect! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
ARGUING ISSUES
About a year ago I received an internal message about stating my views concerning politics and religion. I used to argue with people here on FB, but I decided to only do it if what they were saying would hurt anyone else. If they see I'm wearing a red jump suit and I KNOW I am wearing a blue one, it doesn't matter WHAT they think.
Arguing, debating and posturing on an issue can be exhilarating at times, but it isn’t worth you losing your internal peace to ‘win’ an argument. It's a great exercise in futility with some and good to sharpen the saw of your creative and debating skills, but don't let it get to you.
Peace in knowing what truly hurts another and what doesn’t, never comes from debating about it. Truth resounds with an echo of common sense and some people, no matter what ‘facts’ are presented, will NEVER believe the truth or even care to validate it. Don’t give your peace away to those whose acquired knowledge is their fortress of solitude.
The thick ice walls of their fortress will never be moved by you. Plant a torch of love in their hearts and allow the heat to slowly melt those frozen walls of erroneous beliefs. Hold onto your inner peace by allowing the stresses from the erroneous beliefs of others to pass through you without attaching any ‘feelings’ to them and you will be living in the grace of Divine order. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
MORE SAYINGS
Did you ever hear about the electrician? He was shocked by the electrifying news that his son ‘Sparky’ was charged with assault and battery. They locked his son up in a dry cell and it rained and turned into a wet cell. When a reporter asked the electrician what he thought about this he said, "It's revolting!" ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Patience is the resolve in which you live when expectation evolves into allowance. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Catma is the result of living with the results of other people's emotions. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Our feline left for Catalina in a catatonic state. It was a catastrophe! She left on a catamaran and caterwauled all the way! Eventually, she left for Catmandu where a cataclysm occurred in the catacombs. She found a catalog and saw that they were selling catalytic convertors, and decided to come home. She used a catapult but the wind was so strong she developed a cataract. When she got home she had a sandwich with catsup and headed for her catechism class. She was categorically denied to walk near the catenaries. She saw the caterers harvesting the caterpillars. What a catharsis at the cathedral! She then decided to take a catnap by the catwalk. We are glad she is home now and has concatenated the blankets to make a new bed. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Only doctors have patients. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The difference between where you are now and where you have been is the sum total of where you have always wanted to be. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The culmination of your blessings is the result of how much you learn and practice getting out of your own way. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The realization we all learn in our individual journeys is that we are complete right now where we are. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Just when you remember what it is that you forgot you come to the realization that it reminds you of something you want to forget. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Always make decisions when you are happy and fulfilled! When you are angered and sad don't make any decisions because that's when you're in the valley. You can't see the other possibilities (mountain tops) when you're in a valley. Trust God to guide you to make the right decisions. No one else can do it for you, but God will do it with you. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Sometimes a universe is just an omniverse. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Everything and nothing is occurring simultaneously and concurrently and you just have to let it pass through you into oblivion! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Love is what happens when your ego has exhausted all possibilities to defend its inaction and realizes it ain’t all that! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
There’s a MORON born every other minute and an ignoramus born in between. The difference is that an ignoramus can learn and a moron has learned and refuses to acknowledge the truth. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Clarity extends the shadows of illusion to the point where perceived levitation is ultimately revealed as purity in spirit. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Ego is the most addictive and soul-eroding 'drug' that has ever existed. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D
Every day is a new opportunity to live as you were created to live; in peace, harmony, understanding, joy and Divine love. It is you who choose to not live this way. Make the divine choice of allowing this day to be perfect in Divine love. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
What is your Divine purpose? It is what the Divine created you to be. You have unique talents, skills and abilities that are a significant part of the omniverse. You embody these particular abilities that need to be shared in order to contribute to the growth and expansion of the entire omniverse. It is what you were created to express in your life for the mutual benefit of all. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
A carpenter will tell your that his first rule is 'measure twice, cut once'. Our speaking rule should be 'think twice, speak once." ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
I am a blessed man. Thanx to all of you, my family, my friends and mostly the Creator of this omniverse. I breathe in love and breathe out gratitude. I am centered in peace right now. The joy I am feeling is divine! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When things appear black or white always bring to your attention the shades of grey in between. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
We are but a thought in the mind of God! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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