Cosmic Thoughts

After all the flurry of excited would-be billionaires who'd consumed whole the advice found in The Secret - the book that had re-opened the time-worn subject of basically, wishing on a star, and getting something for nothing - have settled down, especially post th eeconomic fall-out and now, the Gulf of Mexico world disaster, we all have to have our doses of reality.
Where is the cosmic in all this cold water in our collective faces?
Wait - aren't I breaking a cardinal cosmic rule in speaking not in positive trems, but solely in terms of what is? Not of what should be?
Yes.
Sometimes we must face reality.
And mourn.
And clear out our sad, our sour, our angry, and our negative emotions, plus our fury at being totally helpless in huge situations, like life and death, that we simply cannot wish away.
More than self-discipline is required when thinking of all the innocent wildlife now dying or worse in the Gulf, and when feeling the anger toward the sociopaths who care only about profits when our beauitful planet is being fouled and ruined.
And, when all our finer values are being thwarted, we're being lied to, and when our hero-worship has turned into bitter disappointment.
I, too, had had such hopes for our new president Obama, and when he didn't act immediately to oversee the operations, as anyone knows he should have, in the Gulf, I realized that he was certainly not an FDR, or even a Jimmy Carter or a Clinton.
At least they had true affection for everyone, including the wildlife - and - they understood that what affects one part of Nature affects us all.
My sense of justice has taken a huge fall.
I've been in depression to some extent ever since the gusher began in the Gulf of Mexico.
This is actually far worse than losing a close loved one.
It's like a war.
It affects every being and every place around it.
It's much larger than the grief of one individual for one individual - this collective murder of so many, this complete destruction of so beautiful an area is so much worse!
After all, we in these generations have a mandate of honor to pass down a better world than the one that was handed down to us - or at the very least, to maintain it in as good condition as it was when it was given to us.
It is God's world, too, and the good among us know that He told us that we had the responsibility to take care of it FOR Him in Genesis - where mis-translations had put "dominion", the original text had said "responsibility for".
There is no more important relationship than the one we have with God, and secondarily, with ourselves.
For anyone who is not a psychopathic sociopath, this is a heavy burden to bear, and yes, we all have a part in this, even if it was not to had paid enough attention to the takeover of our values by the powers that be.
I'd love to raise a voice and raise an army of honorable legions who could realign all of us with the public good, and instead, I, like all of you, merely pray.
And yet, praying is perhaps the strongest thing we can do, along with voting when we get the chance.
Empowerment?
Isn't Cosmic Magazine all about empowering us to change our lives?
Yes, in normal circumstances it is.
But life is not always uplifting. Or posttive.
And sometimes all we can do is be brave.
And help in any way we can.
I am currently in the Gulf, and I have donated and assisted, and yes, prayed a lot.
I will continue to do so.
Will you join me in prayer many times daily for all the innocent beings who are affected, including the people who live on the Gulf, of course, and for the sea, and for the sand, and the air - for all the world that God had given us to protect.
It's time for us to make protecting it for Him our foremost aim, and to turn our prayers and our aims into action.


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The Beyond

We all wish we knew everything about the mysteries of life, and of death.
Investigating, thinking, reading, and praying will only go so far in our satisfaction to know what our vast future of endless ages will really be like.
The saner among us, the realists, insist that anything other than "Dust to dust", is merely wishful thinking and self-delusion.
So why would this - even if it is either mass delusion or individual - the "Opiate of the people" - or not, be good for us?
Since we cannot know more than a tiny bit about even the act of dying, let alone about whether or not we will ever meet loved ones again or waken to an oasis of bliss, the reason to become or to continue to be a believer is simple - it's healthier.
Studies prove that the trusting souls among us are happier - and happier means healthier!
So encourage your fairytales, if that's how you view belief systems like religions, and allow yourself to dream good endings for yourself and for us all, and even, if you must, dwell on a better world where justice will be served to the wicked or even better - where they'll be allowed to examine their bad ways, to really feel the harm they've caused, and to feel actual sorrow - which is what is missing from psychopaths - and thus, to be eventually redeemed.
It's a matter of faith for most who follow religions, but for too many now, floundering amid seas of New Age mish-moshes of half-told tales, fragments of truths, and watered-down beliefs, there aren't enough strengths left of a religion to hold one's soul together.
It's always nice to attend churches or temples or whatever a religion has to offer.
Longevity? Is that one of your fitness goals?
Then join a congregation.
They tend to be healtheir, happier, and - yes = the idea of a nice community is a great way to extend your life.
So whether there is a Great Beyond behind the Great Divide, whether we get rowed across the River Styx or get waved into the Pearly Gates is not important - living a good life with a heart filled with hope, like the little birds who greet the morning sun with no further thought than that they are loved, blessed, and that they want to rejoice in the returning warmpth of the solar orb - with trusting in goodness as a theme, with generosity as one's nature, and with gratitude as one's constant mood - and most of all - living with Compassion for ALl Beings and doing something every day to help the helpless ( go here and save some lives now with just a click!) will only enhance your life and help to extend it, imbue it with quality, and, when you're on your deathbed, bestow a feeling of satisfaction adn a knowingness that by your presence on Earth you've been a blessing is enough.
The Beyond is not a certainty, but our lives today are. Make your life a blessing and you will be blessed in return!

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Ocean, whose blog posting appears above, is a well-known musician who has a keen interest in investigating otherworldliness. Her self-help articles in the fields of spirituality, health, fitness, and beauty have proven her to be an expert in these fields, and as a novelist her writing will make our blog even more enjoyable.

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