Are you not living the life you believe you should be living? Are your inner desires aligned with your beliefs that you can accomplish them? Or are your beliefs getting in the way of manifesting your Divine purpose? Are you expecting the manifestation of your Divine desires or are you ‘hoping’ and ‘wishing’ that they will happen sometime in your future?
Goals that reflect manifesting your Divine purpose in Divine order require benchmarks and timelines; not rigid, but flexible. If you have a plan then you must have a time where that plan is worked and yields the results you seek. If you don’t have a plan you must make one to get specific about what you desire. Specific results require specific instructions. Declaration and conviction of what you desire by expecting the manifestation of your desires provides the emotional fuel that is required to move forward.
Plan out the manifestation of the goals from your desires and leave room for modifications along the way. Expectation is the tool you use until you come to the awareness of complete trust and allowance in the Divine to create the life that was planted as seeds of greatness within you. Pray each day for awareness. Meditate for guidance. Serve others and help them realize their dreams.
Divine revelation will part the Red Sea of perceived obstructions and you will walk in safety and marvel at the results. It all starts when you get out of your own way and allow the Divine to work through you with love. God helps those who help themselves AND others. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
LEARNED BEHAVIORS
No matter how you spin it, not liking someone and not being able to say why is covering up something about yourself that you don’t want to reveal.
Bigotry and racism are learned behaviors that get so deeply rooted in your psyche that you might not even realize that they are there. If you can’t put into words why you don’t like someone and you can’t back it up with verifiable facts, then you are a proponent of those deep seated beliefs.
Self-examination, release and removal of erroneous beliefs and the re-programming of your mindset require YOU being honest with yourself. If you can’t be honest with your deep seated learned behaviors, then how do you expect anyone to trust anything you say at all? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
GUILT BY ASSOCIATION
What does this truly mean? Does it mean that others judge you by whom and what you ‘associate’ with or does it mean that you judge yourself by the things you express as a result of your erroneous beliefs? As with fear, there is false guilt and real guilt. If a child stepped out into the street and got hit by a car and you did nothing to stop it (assuming you were in a position to stop it) and you felt ‘guilty’ that you did nothing that would be genuine guilt. Guilt is a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime or wrong that you have committed; whether real or imagined [dictionary.com].
The above example is real guilt; however, there is an imagined or ‘false’ form of guilt that one accepts as ‘real’. The typical controlling, dominating or manipulating form of guilt is; “Go out and have a good time while I sit at home alone. Don’t worry about me; I’ll be OK all by myself.” A sensitive person will be imposed with guilt from another when they accept the manipulative words of another as true. When it comes to fear you hear the acronym repeated ad infinitum by many New Thought people that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. That is true for ‘false’ fear but NOT for ‘real’ fear.
Real fear is Factual Evidence Actualizing Reality. For example, if you feel and believe that you make a step and you will receive dire circumstances as a result, then it is false fear. If you make a step off the edge of the precipice and fall to your death it is real fear. It is true that there are many more false situations of guilt and fear then there are real ones; however, we must use our minds to discern the differences and not listen to teachers, gurus, spiritual leaders who downplay the effect of real guilt and real fear. These conditions exist for a purpose; to allow you to evaluate your beliefs and behaviors in order to survive, thrive and manifest your Divine purpose in Divine order.
When you discharge your erroneous beliefs as a result of your evaluations and awareness of those effects of your evaluations, then, and only then, will you be able to move forward toward the actualization and fulfillment of your Divine purpose. The greatest impediment to your individual progress is retaining the beliefs, choices and decisions that led to your current state of NOT being whom and what you were created to be. Let go of everything that separates you from listening to the guidance from the Divine.
Get out of your own way and be the love that you are; no matter what ANYONE else says or does. Jump off of the virtual cliff and not the literal cliff. You will embrace eternity when you leap off of the virtual cliff and you will experience physical death when you leap off of the literal cliff. Discern these facts and judge your self-survival always predicated on the mutual survival of all.
Move forward and thrive by judging which behaviors are detrimental to the mutual growth and expansion of all and which are not. Decide which things are real and which are not. Decision comes from the Latin word ‘decisio’ which means to ‘cut off’ any other possibility. Decide for life and NOT for death. It is up to you and no one else. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
In researching anything on the Internet we all need to be prudent. Any online source needs to be checked out completely. How? Consider the source. Who is behind the articles and/or blogs and who is financing them? Follow the money and you will discover the truth.
The Internet is a giant cesspool of information and you have to use your discernment as a sieve to filter out the chunks of partial information and use your judgment to ferret out why this person is writing this article.
The deeper you dig the more mud you get on your hands and the tougher it becomes. Eventually you will find that both sides of any issue will do whatever they can to convince you of their veracity.
The best way to arrive at the truth is to pray for awareness, meditate for guidance and serve others by helping them to make 'informed' choices. Something we all do every day here on Internet.
Seeking the truth means removing the B.S. and developing a willingness to learn the truth; whether it supports what you believe or not. Peace. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
If a glass starts out as empty, and someone fills it halfway with water, it is half full. If the glass starts out as full of water, and someone empties it halfway, it is half empty.
Where you start from determines your outcome and how you perceive that outcome. No matter where you coming from be a problem solver and not a problem creator.
Whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, drink the water and solve the problem which was in you to begin with; the desire to have your thirst quenched. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
T.G.I.F.
Next time you scream, “Thank God it’s Friday’ and take off for the weekend remember one thing. It was the ‘liberal’ labor unions that brought us our weekends, among many other ‘allowances’ that are due to taxpayers.
So, to all the Tea Partiers, Neo-Cons and stuff shirt business and corporate bankers, stick it in your craw. We the people will defeat you each and every time no matter how much you lie to us; take advantage of us and steal from our Social Security fund to leverage Wall Street.
Your days are numbered and your egos will soon be defeated once and for all. You may try to keep us down but our spirit of truth is too strong. See you on the way down. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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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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When you experience lack and limitation and accept your perceptions of them as always being true, you are caught up in a self-imposed snare of belief that will eventually strangle you. You tie the knot of the snare with belief and feel comfortable that you can use this knot to hang on to in ‘tough times’. You think you have a safety net and feel secure because your ego has done what it could to protect itself from harm. It has convinced you that you have made the necessary changes and adjustments for your own safety.
You might ‘feel’ that things have changed and your freedoms are being threatened by governmental or corporate forces when in fact it is NOT your freedoms but your liberties. Freedom is personal; liberty is collective. Nothing has changed except the perception of those who focus on lack and limitation instead of Divine abundance. Be selective in choosing leaders who focus on our collective liberties AND our personal freedoms.
Those who preach the values of our Constitution are most often not even aware of their origination or practical implementation. They are defending something they don’t completely understand or can’t even spell correctly; yet they will try to convince others that we are losing our freedoms. We are always free to believe what we choose but our liberty to practice what we believe is what some of these groups like the Tea Party are trying to hinder. ALL religions have individuals who have the freedom to believe what they choose and ALL religions have the liberty to practice their beliefs; yet some groups try to stifle their rights.
Our rights are for EVERYONE who is a citizen of this country; if they aren’t, then they are NOT what we value but what we can use to gain an advantage over another. If we truly value our rights we would defend them for everyone. Focus on the abundance of the Divine and not on the perceptions of lack and limitations that some groups try to preach. Trust in the Divine to allow us to grow and expand into a fair and just society where we value our rights and defend all to protect them. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The Bible is NOT the only word of God in existence! And what version of the Bible do most people refer to? What verses? What translations? What idioms?
God is not dependent on HUMANKIND’S words. The Divine is beyond anything and everything anyone can ever conceive of and yet many think that the Bible, a collection of writings canonized by a MURDERER with an agenda of being the middle man between God and humankind, is the FINAL AUTHORITY?
BULLSHIT!!! BULLSHIT!!! BULLSHIT!!! And you know it! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DELUSIONS
The Book of Revelation is nothing more than a delusion of an old man (John the Divine) in a cave (on the Isle of Patmos – off of the Greek Coast in the Aegean Sea) wanting to get back at his oppressors.
Starving, thirsty and wanting to write history the way he wanted it to be. Generations have taken his word as Gospel without challenging the substance. People like stories with mysteries attached because it makes their lives supernatural.
Why not entertain yourself in a positive way? Like experiencing the joy of helping to feed and clothe someone? Spend the time educating a child? Help your neighbor rebuild their porch?
In a world where you drop $100 to see a fictional movie about teenagers in the future with weapons killing each other, eat crap and get sick later, then you wonder why your life is unfolding in a detrimental fashion. Hmmm. Figure it out! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DRIBBLE
I am really sick and tired of the dribble of the proponents of the ACIM philosophy that states what you see in others is a reflection of yourself; horseshit! It is NOT the standard of existence but a reflection of some of existence. It doesn't apply to everyone. It's like saying that the Urantia is the inspired word of God because it is different from the Bible in outlook.
Whether something is or isn't doesn't matter. What matters is what it is to you. What you believe is NOT necessarily reality. What you perceive is NOT necessarily reality. What you know, sense or feel is NOT necessarily reality either!
Your reality is a reflection of whether or not you express and impress love. What you understand and impart to others and yourself is what your reality is; plain and simple. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHAT AM I DOING?
If it is my reflection that I see, hear and feel the lies of the politicians, then what am I doing to create the projection from which the reflection reflects? Am I going out and closing down factories and causing people to lose their jobs and their homes? No. Am I hiding my tax returns so that people can truly see my intent? No. Am I telling people to vote for me so that I can get power and take away Medicare and Social Security?
No. Now, if in fact I was projecting these things I would see the reflection of them in me, wouldn’t I? What I see ever so clear is that I RECOGNIZE what they are doing and I call them on their shit; not anywhere inside of me would I ever do what I mentioned above. So to all of you who think that I am creating this situation I have one thing to say; folderpocky!
I recognize just what they are doing, how they are lying and I EDUCATE myself as to what is going on in this world. So before you claim that I am violating an unspoken rule of the ACIM philosophy take one thing into account; if you are chastising me about my ‘reflection’ and what does that say about you? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
EVERY MINUTE
Every minute a new moron is born with the soon to be learned misinterpretation of the 'Word'.
If we want a world that truly teaches the message of Christ we need to educate the young in the ways of love, joy and understanding that is revealed in the 'Word' as the way of Christ.
Until we do this, we will have complete and utter morons living among us and they will use separation, destruction and death to fulfill their skewed and unjustified agenda.
Teach your children well or they will be doomed to fulfill the agendas of the heartless. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
IN THE SUMMER HEAT
The RNC convention has been on for only a few hours and the distortions of the truth, the snickering 'clique' winking and the outright BOLDFACE lies are totally reprehensible.
This is NOT the Republican Party that I was exposed to when I was a kid. They have sold their souls to the devil.
They speak in innuendo and you can see the 'white people wink' in almost everything they say.
The leaders of the RNC are despicable at best. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
IN THIS MOMENT
It is in this moment that you know who you are. In the next moment you know what to do and in the next where to do it. In the next moment you will know how to do it and in the next when to do it. Finally, after you have done it you will know why you did it.
From moment to moment the questions of life abound and you move in the direction of answering those questions; from ‘whom’ to ‘why’ you express yourself on the stage of life. Ask the right questions at the right time in the right circumstances and with the right people to move forward.
Stepping back to gain perspective is good; but not moving forward again isn’t. Your life unfolds moment to moment and these moments add up to the sum total of your life. Make each one count in unfolding your Divine purpose in Divine order; it starts with THIS moment! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
LEAVING OTHERS ALONE
When we leave others alone to work on their 'inner peace' and in so doing their 'inner peace' interferes with ours, then it is apparent that leaving them to their own devices is NOT working.
When we DO nothing we are allowing it to be as it is; if as it is interferes with the peace, joy, understanding and love of another then it is NOT inner peace but an illusion of 'inner peace'. ~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.
When you give of yourself to others and help them fulfill their dreams you are in alignment with Divine order and are actively engaged in fulfilling your Divine purpose. Be ye therefore perfect. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
You can always tell when a conservative is losing an argument; they start calling you a liberal! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~Leonardo da Vinci
Friendship is the ultimate participation. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Everyone has a responsibility to create a bright future of faith and manifestation of Divine order. You either choose to move backward (conservatism) of you choose to move forward (liberalism/progressivism). It's as simple as that! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Name calling is no more than a short hand form of telling the truth. I will not mince words or waste words on ignorance and posturing. I will call it as I see it and if you don't like it, go elsewhere. BTW, that's the spirit talking and NOT ego. Remember, Yeshua called the Pharisees a name that described their behavior quite clearly, VIPERS! Get over your pompous ass self already, will ya? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
You might not be able to take away someone else’s hurt and pain but you can instill understanding and peace in them in order to help them arrive at a state of joy. Give of yourself to others and you are sharing the greatest healing force in nature; Divine love! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Vote Republican and doom yourself to repeat the same history that brought us to our knees financially and corrupted our advancement socially. Choose Divine love over Ego to move ahead in peace and prosperity! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
After everything you have said, done and lived has yielded undesirable results and you are at the end of your rope, be Divine love and experience the divinity within you. Let go of the rope and float gently down in the bosom of the Lord. When you live from Divine love desires, expectations and realizations all become real. Allow it to happen and experience the peace, joy and understanding that are your Divine right. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Stupid means that even when the truth reveals that other than what someone believes is true, they still choose to follow what they believe because their egos won't allow them to change. Choose the truth from the Spirit of God and NOT what the ego tells you is the truth. We will all be better off! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When those who help craft our laws use them to their advantage, it reveals their true purpose in crafting those laws; to create an environment where they can prosper at the expense of others. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
If you wake up hungry, make sure you are the only one that is! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
To anthropomorphize God as HATING, a human emotion, is about as ignorant as saying that any human that loves any other is wrong in that love. People need to seriously GROW THE F**K UP! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
I am a heterosexual and don't know from first-hand experience what a homosexual has to go through. However, I can imagine what they do have to go through with closed minded heterosexuals. It is similar to Protestant Christians with their Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura doctrines; not based in fact but used to beat others up about their beliefs. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
I don't have to see anything in myself to know that someone else's behavior is aberrant. I have never killed anyone and I know that no matter how angry anyone might attempt to get me, I will not commit murder. There goes the theory of what we see in others is a reflection of ourselves. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
It is easier for a fool to be convicted about his beliefs then to go to the library and learn the truth. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
No matter what; never give up on what you KNOW is true. No matter what the environment; no matter what anyone says. What you KNOW is true is for a purpose. Trust in what you know. Don’t abandon it when it appears that it’s all over. The Divine is working in the background and the perfect unfolding is occurring; trust. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
God loves you. That's why you are here. Hold that thought; hold that feeling; hold that belief; practice that behavior. That's all there is. Anything else is just decoration. Cut to the chase and run the race of love. You will become what you live; love. What you become is what you were all along; you just didn’t fully realize it. May God bless all of you as God has blessed me; thank you all for allowing me to be a part of your life. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
From moment to moment I shunt out the inner desire to succumb to any and all perceived pain and suffering in my heart and mind by trusting completely in the Divine. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
A banana a day helps your nerves to not go astray! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Woe be to those who fail to see the humor in life. You are missing the opportunity to laugh at yourself for the synchronicities that exist in all of the interactions of human beings with their world. If one does something, anyone can do it depending on the circumstances. Why not laugh at it and enjoy the moment. LOL! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
LEARN HOW TO
THINK CRITICALLY
If you don’t learn how to think critically, you will spend your entire life reacting emotionally to what goes on around you. Learning the arts, humanities, history, language and sciences opens your mind to the endless possibilities in life.
Educating yourself allows you to grow beyond what you are; it is the gateway to a higher understanding of ‘self’ and ‘SELF’. When you truly gain the knowledge to learn who ‘self’ is, you can learn how to let it all go to arrive at personal wisdom of ‘SELF’. A wisdom that allows you to see through all of the bullshit that others spew in favor of ‘self’ and one that allows you to embrace the Divine love that exists in ‘SELF’.
A discerning mind knows how to research the facts, evaluate the data and arrive at reasonable conclusions. A judgmental mind relies on emotional reaction to arrive at conclusions that are selfish and inconsiderate of others. If you don’t THINK you emotionally REACT to everything in life.
Thinking critically affords you a pathway to the truth. Emotionally reacting affords you a pathway to self-survival at all costs. Your choices concerning thinking and reacting reveal your values and your values reveal who you truly are. An educated and discerning mind can see the emotional coloring of the truth. Can you? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
NOT MY PROBLEM
If you can’t see the nose in front of your face; that is not my problem. If you diss those who have crossed your path and you’ve rejected helping them; that’s not my problem. If you’ve tried time and time again to figure out your Divine purpose and cannot see it; that’s not my problem.
When you cross my path and ask me for help in solving your problems then it becomes my problem. Why? Because when your brother or sister needs you it is the Divine speaking to you.
Give to your brother and sister and you are giving to yourself. We are all connected through the Spirit of God. Be there for others and God will be there for you. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
PRIORITIZING
Everything that exists in your life is a reflection of the thoughts, ideas, beliefs, feelings, words and behaviors you express in your environment.
Knowing that, why aren’t you thinking great thoughts, planning out beneficial ideas, feeling the joy of accomplishment, speaking positive life giving words and acting responsibly?
Why aren’t you prioritizing your life by educating yourself, experimenting with your ideas, minimizing doubt, worry and fear, stating exactly what you want to do in line with your Divine purpose and behaving in a way that manifests that Divine purpose in Divine order? Why?
Stop making excuses and forgive yourself for your past thoughts, beliefs, words, feelings and behaviors. That was then. This is NOW. Be perfect as the Divine within you is perfect. After all, only you can be whom and what you were created to be. No one else can do that but you. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
THE MOST DIFFICULT THING
When you pay more attention to things that are not important you are not focusing on your individual growth and expansion or that of others. You are simply distracting yourself from the things you know you must do, the things you know you need to do and the things that you are being guided to do. It is your ego striving for dominance and you need to put it in check.
Do the most difficult thing you need to do FIRST! Tackle it and make it happen. The feeling of accomplishment will invigorate you and give you strength to finish the important things you need to do. Stay focused on what you are here for and be diligent in how you bring it to fruition. Only you will have to answer to yourself for the actions you have made AND for the actions you have failed to perform.
Be truthful with yourself and others. It is your life you are living and it is up to you to make it fulfilling! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
ASSOCIATION OR CHOICE
Guilt; is it by association or is it by choice? Is it a condition that stifles further action in a desirable direction or is it a necessary impediment to protect one’s feelings from the experience of being emotionally hurt? You decide. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
RISE TO THE TOP
When it's all said and done the truth, like cream, will rise to the top. No matter how many politicians lie and cover up the truth their true colors will be revealed.
When you hide something from all of us you are letting us all know just how untrustworthy you are. Don't trust anyone that refuses to reveal the truth no matter what they say.
They are hiding the truth and will only reveal what they want you to know. Listen up, EVERYONE! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
ATTUNED
If you consistently see and believe the reasons why good things won’t happen for you, you are attuned to an assumption that you don’t deserve those good things manifesting in your life.
Growth and expansion requires meeting challenges head on with an attitude of ‘seeing’ other pathways and ‘believing’ you can traverse those pathways.
Tune into the assumption that the Divine is on your side and is laying out the pathway of complete fulfillment of your Divine purpose in Divine order.
Be thankful each day that you have another opportunity to get it right. Maintain an attitude that the Divine loves you and is providing every opportunity for you to grow and expand into what you were created to be; a child of the LIVING God! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DON'T TREAD ON ME
Are you a spiritual doormat? Do people come to you in deeply emotional states and try to rent space in your head with their ‘problems’? Do you feel imposed upon by them or do you look at it as an opportunity to serve humankind?
However you feel about them emotionally dumping on you there is a reason this is occurring in your life. It is teaching you how to share Divine love in this particular situation and with this particular person. If you feel imposed upon, then you are not ready to move forward. You are still operating from your ego and NOT the Spirit of God.
No one should allow anyone to ever walk all over them like a doormat, but sometimes perpetrators are very subtle in how they work their way into your head. Be loving and helpful, but be firm as well. You have your ‘Father’s’ business to be about and that is making this world into the Kingdom of God.
Evict anyone from your head that tries to use you as a spiritual doormat. Listen to the still small voice in your head and NOT the loud whining voice trying to get into your head. Be diligent and be strong. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
TIPPING THE SCALES
What you think is going to happen will happen but not in the way you might think it will happen. Your conviction to future manifestation is like a tipping of the scales. The balance will be fulfilled after it swings back and forth and arrives back at complete balance.
When your thoughts are aligned with your emotional beliefs and convictions the scales WILL be tipped. As you swing back and forth you might not be aware of when you will stop, where you will stop or how you will stop. You will be aware of who and what you are in relation to the subsequent fulfilled balance but might not perceive why you arrived there. Whether or not you know why you have arrived there, the fact remains that you did.
Any action you take ALWAYS has an equal and opposite REACTION. Why? Because energy cannot be created or destroyed; it simply just transforms from one state into another.
The perceived dualistic reality always responds to the alignment of thought and emotion. It is the way it is. Deny it and you will suffer the consequences. Accept it and you will pave the way for growth and expansion into the fulfillment of Divine order.
Think the thoughts of support, encouragement and sharing. Fuel those thoughts with the emotional desire to love, express joy and facilitate understanding. Be the transference of energy that gives life; it is your choice! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
I emanate health from within for I am a Divine Being of Light!
I emanate wealth from within for I am a Divine Being of Light!
I emanate prosperity from within for I am a Divine Being of Light!
I emanate abundance from within for I am a Divine Being of Light!
I am a Divine Being of Light expressing itself every moment as a Human Being.
When I ignore who and what I am I am separating myself from my divinity.
I daily allow my divinity within to express fulfillment of my Divine purpose in Divine order by allowing health, wealth, prosperity and abundance to be my natural state of being.
In this I am grateful by expressing joy, understanding, peace and Divine love to all.
~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY
Always remember what makes you happy and what makes you sad. When sadness creeps in remember the blessings you have and allow your smile to remind you of happiness.
Being happy or sad is transitory and dwelling on either too long stifles creativity. Reflect on and feel your joy; immerse yourself in Divine understanding; center yourself in peace; share Divine love with all.
Your duty is to share love. Be dutiful. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
POMPOSITY
It always amazes me how some people make ‘partial’ statements alluding to a position and then when confronted on their ‘allusion’ respond with, “You don’t know me.”
Pomposity comes in many forms but in a recent interaction with a friend’s friend he claimed that I don’t even know about his [elevated] state of awareness and that I am completely asleep.
After responding to him he completely disregarded me as a waste of his ‘enlightened’ time. Well, my friend, so be it. As I stated in the thread, “And if I claim to be a wise man, that surely means that I don’t know” (Kerry Livgren, Kansas, from “Carry On My Wayward Son”).
Being ‘enlightened’ is not claiming that you are, acting like you are or dissing discussion because you have been called on your blatant horseshit. As I have always said, “I am a guy typing at my computer and sharing was has been shared with me; no more, no less.” However, when it comes to the ‘holier-than-thou’ types I will jump in for a good debate.
As for this person who claims to be on such a high level I sure hope he knows where his feet are. When your head is in the clouds it’s tough to see your feet. Hey, buddy, can you spare a lyre? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
A BATTLE OF WITS?
Refusing to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person only delays the inevitable. Sooner or later ignorance resurfaces when ego decides it’s time to lash out.
Now, you can either ignore ignorance, or you can meet it head on with truth. Whichever way you choose there are consequences.
Letting ignorance flourish will end up biting you in the ass one day. Meeting it head on will cause you to bring the truth forward and put your cards on the table.
If someone backs off from a legitimate question or a necessary debate, one thing is for sure: Either they are so self-absorbed by their ego or they don’t have a truthful argument to begin with; which means they aren’t interested in the truth and they are only interested in a ‘version’ of the truth that suits their agenda.
Either way ego is comfortable reveling in ignorance. That way it maintains control over you. Truth will set you free from ego only when you are aware enough to realize it. Peace. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
THINK!!!
I have been attacked, accused and assaulted by some who have called me acerbic, immature and self-centered. I just want to say ‘thank you’ to all of you for your ‘lively responses’ because you did just what I was prompting you to do; THINK!!!
We might not agree on certain issues but that’s not the point. The point is for each and every one of us to ‘think’ and NOT parrot talking points and sound bytes.
When engaged in a healthy argument it is sometimes incumbent upon you to ‘prime the pump’ and get the other party to ‘open up’ and reveal their position; especially when they ‘allude’ to something that reflects their bias and hidden agendas.
When they respond with how ‘superior’ they are to you reveals just how egocentric they are. I have also been accused of ‘trolling’ other peoples’ threads, which I NEVER do! If one of my friend’s threads appears on my wall I might respond based on what is being said.
I don’t go to other peoples’ walls and look for a fight. If it shows up on my wall I will respond if I feel that what is being said is either untrue or lacking in veracity. I might respond in a humorous manner just to inject some laughter and vibrancy into our discussions.
My goal here is to interact with many types of people and learn from them. It is not to pontificate and reveal ‘Divine wisdom from on high’. Each one of us only needs to go within and listen to the still small voice of the Divine guiding and directing us to express our Divine purposes in Divine order.
FB mental jousting isn’t required to understand and live your life; however, it does provide a sounding board upon which we can share our experiences and help each other mutually grow and expand into living in the TRUTH of reality and not the opinions of others.
Thank you all for your participation in my threads and in my life. You have enriched me more than perhaps you realize; and if you do realize it, then I am grateful! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
NOT ONENESS
When the lies of others are discerned as their own problem the discernment is based on separation and NOT Oneness!
Oneness predicates that all is connected and the behaviors of one are part of the behaviors of all. When we turn our backs on aberrant behaviors we are allowing their proliferation in our world.
When we face them with Divine confidence we remove the shadows of obscurity and expose them in the light of reality for what they are; not love! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
KNOWING THE
DIFFERENCE
Things that occur around us may not affect us at all; however, sometimes it might not be just about us. What about others who don't know the difference between lies and the truth? Do we allow lies to convince them of something that isn't real?
If we truly love one and all we live in the truth. If we don't, we just let it fall where it may without any regard for the repercussions.
We are all on each other's path whether we realize it or not. Speak the truth and share love with all; no matter what! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DID NOT SAY
Jesus did not say NOT to judge. He said that if you did you would be judged. It is good to work on self but it is also good to work on SELF (which includes everyone else).
When we judge that someone else is lying and we do nothing about it, we are complicit in the lie. It is when our judgments are not followed by appropriate actions are when they are hollow and meaningless.
Speaking the truth supersedes ANY expression of judgment. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
What amazes me sometimes is how thickheaded some people can be. I ought to know. I’m pretty thickheaded myself when it comes to listening to the bullshit that some people spew without knowing the facts. You see, I spend many hours in research searching for the truth and find at least 3 corroborative sources before I call someone a blatant liar and raging asshole.
When you arm yourself with the facts, no matter what flagrant emotional BS someone else flings you are ready for it. Time after time I hear people parroting Faux News talking points AS IF they are the truth. From Glenn Beck’s secret FEMA camps to micro-chipping people who choose government health care I hear one story after another from one article after another and all opinions; no FACTS!!! A friend asked me to check out the micro-chipping and yes, it was in the original HR3200 but the bill that was signed into law, HR4872, does not reference this. I cannot find it and if it is there, someone please enlighten me. From ACIM parroting to Advaita maxims to Demartinisms, I listen to what is said and take it all with a grain of salt.
You see, NOTHING, NOTHING compares to the inner wisdom that comes from the Divine Infinite Creator. When you use your mind to discern what is going on around you and allow divine guidance to awaken you to the truth, all of the other stuff just sells books, seminars, movies and advertising. What is truly important is your individual relationship with the Divine. You don’t need me and I don’t need you for that. We all need each other as reminders to what we need to do and to point that way for each other, but no one needs ever get between you and your Creator. If they say that they do, then get away as quickly as possible. They are more out for themselves then they are for you. Trusting in the Divine is all you need. Everything else is just entertainment. Peace. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
MORE SAYINGS
Defend your fears and you own them. They will be re-created over and over again until you let them go and completely trust in the Divine. Faith in Divine order creates peace, joy and understanding; things that you live in and don’t have to defend. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Tomorrow's yesterday is today. Look at today how you would look at yesterday tomorrow. Live in health, wealth, prosperity and abundance and feel that joy today! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When the truth hurts the ego it must defend itself. The Divine protects anyone and everyone who loves whether they accept it or not. We all choose to view things as we see them; why not see them from a Divine perspective? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Do you think that your ego knows more than the Divine? Do you feel that what conclusions you form about the external world are all that? Do you call people who live in complete trust of the Divine Utopian and unrealistic? If you do, then spend some time alone in your closet; just you and the Divine. Get things in order and choose to live in faith and trust. Faith and trust are your greatest weapons to victory in living in peace, joy and understanding. Anything else is your ego fooling you into believing it’s all that. Peace. ~Dean a. Banks, D.D.
Our prayers will lift us up to see the truth. Our fellowship will share the truth. Our descendants will live in the truth as a result. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When you defend your infirmities, defend violence, defend animosity and defend ignorance you are cutting yourself off from Divine wisdom. It is your selfish ego generating a false sense of security and superiority to assert its limited power over individual survival. Ego wants to be God. Sound familiar? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When you look at yourself as anything less than what you truly are you are denying the love that created you, sustains you and guides you. Feel the love, know the love and be the love; it is who you truly are. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Do what is in your heart to do. You must. It is your destiny. No longer listen to what anyone says or does to convince you otherwise. Your time is now. Your heart is pure. Be whom and what you were created to be. That is your destiny. Your heart reels with the passion and desire of Divine fulfillment. Step into eternity and to your individual bliss. Your destiny is Divine love. Fulfill it every day. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Call me not great; just one who listens, understands and shares. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When men stop dictating rules, regulations and laws to women about THEIR bodies, perhaps we will become a CIVILIZED society where mutual respect is of paramount import to everyone! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Expect everything and create it from nothing. This is the process of creativity. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Love includes speaking the truth about those who DON"T love their brother or sister. Saying nothing is tantamount to be complicit in their hatred and utter stupidity. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Those who rest on their laurels will soon have their laurels rest on them! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The truth is absolute in projection and relative in reflection. From whence it came is where it should be assimilated and not from whom it was reflected in and colored by; consider the source only! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
"Trolling: The art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet, using dialogue. Trolling does not mean just making rude remarks: Shouting swear words at someone doesn't count as trolling; it's just flaming, and isn't funny. Spam isn't trolling either; it pisses people off, but it's lame. The most essential part of trolling is convincing your victim that either a) truly believe in what you are saying, no matter how outrageous, or b) give your victim malicious instructions, under the guise of help. Trolling requires deceiving; any trolling that doesn't involve deceiving someone isn't trolling at all; it's just stupid. As such, your victim must not know that you are trolling; if he does, you are an unsuccesful troll." ~Urban Dictionary
To accuse someone of trolling reveals the individual's mindset of fear, which comes from an over-inflated ego seeking to protect itself at all costs. Ego has a way of trying to convince others that the source of its 'knowledge' is not from itself, but from the source of all of creation. Be not fooled by selfish agenda manifestation. Be aware that your awareness is not the be all and end all of all of existence. It is just a slice of the hologram that reveals the whole; i.e., from your point of view. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
I sometimes resort to 'name-calling' as a shorthand form of not typing "you insensitive ignorant bastard who doesn't give a shit about what anyone else thinks because you are so self-absorbed in your own agenda manifestation that you can't see the truth when it is right in front of you"; instead of all of that I just call them a MORON! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Live by the truth; live for the truth; live in the truth. Whatever anyone ever says or does live the truth from your heart and the energies of this vast omniverse will align to protect you, guide you and fulfill your innermost dreams. Feel it; know it; speak it; be it. It is your life; take command of it by letting go of lies, distortions and manipulations by those who know not what they are doing. Be true to yourself AND the truth. That, in itself, is expressing divinity. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Shades of grey in your life are not predicated on separateness of the extremes but the integration of the extremes. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
You can lead a person to wisdom but you can't make them forget everything they have learned. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Woe be to those who defend the unborn more than the born for they will be revealed as being selfish, unloving and unfulfilling of the Spirit of God. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Our Daily Reading for May 22nd -
"Karma; "What Goes Around Comes Around!"
by Angels Whisper
Do you feel something is missing? Do you wake up each day with thanks and promise and go to bed at night feeling that something is missing in your life? Are you conscious of what it might be or do you roll over, snuggle a pillow and snore yourself to sleep?
If you feel ‘something’ missing it is the hole in your heart where your Divine purpose resides. It is stagnating and crying out for you to actualize it in your life. It is the seat of your Divine desires that are like germinating seeds pushing outward into your awareness and beckoning you with a feeling of something being missed in your life.
It will not go away. It will nag you at the most inappropriate times until you act on bringing it to the surface. It is whom and what you were created to be guiding you to complete fulfillment. Listen to that inner voice. It knows whom and what you truly are. Follow its guidance to the complete fruition of your Divine purpose in Divine order. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
HATES?
If God, the Divine Creator of the entire omniverse, hates anything, I don’t want any part of that God. Only humankind hates; NOT GOD! Get that through your thick and hateful skulls once and for all!!!
Stop anthropomorphizing the Divine with the negative traits of humankind. You diminish your divinity by doing this and spit in God’s face; you race of vipers!
Stop trying to diminish the unconditional love of the Divine Infinite Spirit and Creator of this entire omniverse. Every time you do, you diminish yourself and others to the point where you deny you own salvation. Wake the f**k up!!! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When you speak that God hates you are evil and NOT speaking good things about God.
When your heart is pure and truly loves God you are speaking from the fullness of the Divine within.
Speaking that God hates demonstrates clearly that your ego is in charge. That’s why Yeshua called those who do offspring of VIPERS!!! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
STOP VIOLENCE
Violence will continue until we all decide to put a stop to it!
How? Envision this planet in peace and go into your community to make sure that laws and regulations are in place to ensure peace.
Participate in the state of ongoing peace and support life through understanding and joy manifestation. We can do it together! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
LIVE IN THE MOMENT
Just think, one day you will feel the way you should have felt your whole life. When will that be?
The moment you decide to live in the moment and be grateful for all of the blessings you have received, all the love you have received and all of the health, wealth, prosperity and abundance that was yours all along.
It’s just one moment of your life. Make the time to revel in the joy of this moment, now and forever! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WAITING
What you have been looking for your whole life has been within you the whole time, waiting for you to realize it. Searching outside of yourself for what you have always had within is like a cat chasing its tail.
It doesn’t know that the tail is a part of them and it chases it because it moves along side of them. When it bites its tail it soon realizes that it hurts and wonders why.
Stop looking outside of yourself for what is already inside and avoid the hurt of discovering that it was with you all along and you just didn’t realize it.
Go within and know that whatever you need to be fulfilled is there waiting for you to discover it. Be ye therefore perfect. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
FINDING ONESELF
Finding oneself implies that somewhere along the line you have lost yourself. How can this be? You wake up in your flesh suit every day, wash and groom it, dress it and go about your business. You haven’t lost that, have you?
What you have lost is a sense of whom and what you truly are. Only you can know that. No one else can tell you what you inherently already know.
Finding oneself means finding the ways to fulfill your Divine purpose in Divine order each and every day as your main priority.
Do something each and every day to manifest that inner purpose. You will feel much better about yourself when you do. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
YOUR DIVINITY
Is your divinity predicated on your awareness of it? Or is it in the process of unfolding it that you realize it is there? Whichever it may be you are a divine being with divine attributes within that are lying dormant within you until you decide to germinate their fire. How do you do this?
By allowing the inner divinity to work through you; this is done by sharing Divine love with all whom you encounter. Sometimes it isn’t well received by others because they don’t know of their inner divinity. It is not their fault but it is their choices that made it so.
Realize that your interaction with them does not have to be on their terms at all. Make it on the divine terms of kindness, peace and love. This way they will discover the inner peace that they need from their interaction with you. If this doesn’t work, then speak the truth and go about your way. The seed that you have planted in their spirit might germinate on its own someday when they decide to get out of their own way.
It is NOT your responsibility to see their growth and expansion through to fulfillment; it is your responsibility to share love with all. Love comes in many forms and it is NOT wishy-washy, overly meek or lying down like a rug so they can walk all over you. It is speaking the truth, standing up for yourselves and those weaker in spirit than you and giving of yourself for the growth and expansion of all.
Love ADDS to life and NEVER takes away from it. If something takes away from others it is NOT love; it is the ego trying to elevate itself in self-aggrandizement in order to protect its puny self. Your inner divinity is as natural as flowing water. When you channel that water elsewhere, it will automatically seek its own level. It knows what it’s about. Why don’t you? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHAT IS A PRUDE?
What is a prude? It is a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct or dress. What aggravates a prude? Calling people names for their aberrant behavior. And why would this aggravate them? Because they mistakenly feel that calling someone a name is childish and immature? Or is it because they are so sensitive to the argument (because they don’t have the facts to back it up) they are presenting that it is an affront to them to be called on their bullshit?
They start with ‘you are a bad person for calling me a name.” Bullshit! I use names for shorthand purposes only because I am not going to type out someone’s idiotic position when they can’t even argue it effectively. I have no intent to hurt anyone but I will call out bullshit when I read it, hear it and are barraged with it by anyone! If anyone can’t take that, then I invite you to leave.
If you choose to stay, deal with my acerbic and nasty tone at times because I will NOT listen to lies and manipulations from individuals who think that they are better than me. We are all equal and if you can’t take the heat, then get out of the kitchen. Peace. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
FULFILLMENT
Fulfillment of one’s goals is only transitory to the ego. Fulfillment of your Divine purpose in Divine order is eternal to the spirit within. Live from the spirit and live in fulfillment each and every day. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
GENTLE NUDGES
Be kind to yourself and allow the Spirit of God within to gently nudge you into a complete understanding of what you need to do to be at peace with yourself. Honor yourself and the Divine by trusting in the spirit to fulfill your every need, want, desire and expectation. Be Divine love each and every moment of your life. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHY CHOICES?
Why do we have choices? If we are being led by the Spirit of God and nurture this relationship daily, then why would we need to choose anything at all? Is it because of our ‘free will’ or is it because our egos need to believe that we have ‘some’ control over our lives.
Every decision we make is a choice between alternatives that are either more or less favorable to our individual growth and expansion or stifling and regression. But why do these ‘choices’ even exist?
Is God playing a game with us to determine our loyalty and love for Him or is God simply just allowing us to mature in our understanding of just whom and what He is?
Is God confined to a gender relationship with us or are we looking for a man with a white beard living in the clouds and dispensing lightning bolts to all of the ‘sinners’ in the world?
When we make the choice to attribute humankind characteristics to the Divine we are allowing our egos to command our perspectives and NOT the Spirit of God. We are desperately trying to ‘humanize’ the Divine in order to make ‘Him’ more relatable. We are trying to understand the Divine by our limited perspectives and not the spirit of truth.
Choosing between alternatives is the normal behavior when we live outside of ourselves in the perceived dualistic reality. Knowing and feeling the guidance from the Divine Infinite Creator still requires us to choose whether or not we take action on that guidance.
If we completely trust, believe and have faith in the Divine operating in our best interests we will proceed in our actions and behaviors from that guidance without ANY hesitation.
When we don’t completely trust in the Divine we shift that responsibility to our limited egos for in fear for we are unsure of the outcome.
Moving from the sureness of spirit to the unsurety of the ego is a downward spiral toward inactivity and depression. We cannot and sometimes will not make the necessary choices to get us out of our self-imposed pit of despair.
Choose the guidance of the Spirit of God over the control, domination and manipulation of the ego and all else that is ‘good’ for you will be added unto you. Seek ye first the kingdom says it all! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SIDESTEPPING VALUES
When you sidestep your values to accomplish your goals you are sending a clear message to the omniverse. You are basically saying that what you have learned to value is not important to the manifestation of your goals and that your ego is truly in command. You have learned many lessons in your life that have molded and shaped your value system. Your values are your thoughts, beliefs, actions and behaviors working in tandem that are worthy to you, imbue excellence, manifest usefulness or create importance to you as a person.
If you sacrifice these values to ‘shortcut’ to the manifestation of your goals you are tainting the outcome of their fruition. How is this possible? Because your values reveal what you have learned is right for ‘YOU’! Denying what the Divine has given you interrupts the flow of love into the manifestation of your goals. Truly being One with whom and what you are is revealed in the implementation of your value system into the manifestation of your innermost dreams and Divine desires.
Living from your value system creates the alignment of your Divine purpose with Divine order. The Divine has blessed you with grace, individual talents and your values to align yourself with the expression of love into the omniverse. Why go against the grain? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The last question is more apropos to what Yeshua actually said. He said to cast out what you don’t see and feel before you down others for what they see and feel. If you have done this, and see and feel clearly, then you can help others. How do you do this? You actively look and see if what someone else is doing is CONTRIBUTING to the growth and expansion of ALL. If it isn’t, it is your JUDGMENT that allows you to see this.
In more of a modern day analogy we could ask, “What do you do first in an airplane and the oxygen masks drop down?” Do you help the uncoordinated person next to you to get their mask on while you black out from lack of oxygen or do you first put your mask on, remain breathing and then help them? The answer is obvious. Before you can help others you must first help yourself. If you go about judging others without FIRST judging and correcting yourself, then you WILL be judged by others for your pomposity and piety. Don’t allow the misinterpretation of this statement by others who haven’t truly discerned its meaning. Their judgment of this statement actually proves what it says. I wonder if they have ever thought about that? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
KNOWING WHAT
YOU SENSE
If you believe everything you see, hear, smell, taste or touch without discerning what it truly means to you and others, you will be a victim to what you sense without knowing that what you sense is there to guide you to a greater understanding of yourself and others.
Your thoughts, beliefs, actions and behaviors are a result of what you have sensed, discerned and understood to be true. Beliefs are repeated thoughts about what you have sensed and ‘knowing’ the truth comes from discerning what your inner guidance reveals.
Use both to navigate through life and always allow the Divine to guide your footsteps. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHEN IN DOUBT
When in doubt, look it up. When you are worrying, catch yourself and stop the negative prayer. When you are creating fears out of nowhere from perceptions of what ‘might’ be, let them go and have faith and trust in the Divine.
Stop the assembly line of negativity by allowing the Divine to guide you every step of the way. Most of what you doubt, worry about or fear NEVER befalls you anyway unless you dedicate your thoughts, emotions and behaviors to its fulfillment.
Give up on what doesn’t serve your growth and expansion into the complete manifestation of your Divine purpose. Why mess around with things that don’t even matter? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
THE DARK SWITCH
Too many people walk into a room and throw the 'dark' switch because they either can't see the Light within or they believe that they are all that and don't need anyone or anything else.
The inner Light comes from the Divine Infinite Creator and until you light your way with its Light, you will live in darkness and believe it is Light. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
MOVE MOUNTAINS
When you have faith in the Divine it will move mountains; when you completely trust in the Divine you will move safely through the valleys in your life without harm.
When you love the Divine with all of your mind and heart, you will live in your Divine purpose each and every day of your life and Divine order will move natural order for the benefit of all. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SHARING DIVINE LOVE
There is no greater gift that we can give to each other than sharing Divine love with everyone we encounter.
The expression of Divine love sets the rhythm, tone and harmony of our existence and unfolds our Divine purpose in Divine order perfectly.
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (~Yeshua, Matthew 5:48). ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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