A HIGHER POWER
I SEE WHERE THE SUN ROSE "ONE MORE DAY"; THE EARTH "SHOOK"; A STORM OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS AGAIN "THREATENS" THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; AND HUMANS, LIKE ANTS, ARE SCURRYING TO "CLEAN UP" YET ANOTHER OF THEIR "MISTAKES" WHILE THE "VULTURES" GATHER TO CO-OPT ANY FINANCIAL REMAINS OF THE "LATEST" CONSEQUENCE OF CORPORATE GREED, BUT, I DIGRESS.
ONE TENDS TO GET "CAUGHT UP" IN THE "DETAILS" OF EXISTENCE WHILE IGNORING THE ULTIMATE REALITY THAT ALL WILL, ONE DAY, BE CALLED TO "ACCOUNT" FOR THEIR EXISTENCE IN THIS WORLD, "MAYBE". OF COURSE, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW "EXACTLY" HOW THIS WILL HAPPEN AND, IN THE "VARIOUS NAMES" OF THIS HIGHER POWER, COUNTLESS SOCIETIES HAVE SET UPON ONE ANOTHER TO "SAVE THEIR SOULS" BY ENSLAVING THEIR MINDS AND, FAILING THAT, BY MURDERING THEM IN COLD BLOOD, BUT, THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.
RETURNING TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND, PERHAPS THE HUMAN SPECIES, THOUGHT BY SOME, BUT, NOT ALL, TO HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THIS HIGHER POWER, WOULD DO WELL TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
"IF THERE IS NO GOD (BY WHATEVER NAME THIS HIGHER POWER IS KNOWN) THEN RELIGION IS THE "CRUELEST HOAX" EVER PERPETRATED ON THE HUMAN SPECIES."
"IF THERE IS A GOD, THEN HUMANS MUST SURELY BE THE MOST FOOLISH OF HIS CREATIONS."
REMEMBER, "OPTIONS" DO EXIST WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE AND ACTIVITIES INSTITUTED. REGARDLESS OF ALL OF THE "ASSURANCES TO THE CONTRARY" (FROM GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE ENDEAVORS) ALL THOUGHTS AND DEEDS HAVE "CONSEQUENCES" (AS NOTED IN ANOTHER TREATISE) AND TOM POSTULATES THAT THIS IS THE ONE FUNDAMENTAL THAT DOES NOT CHANGE IN THE "ORGANIZATION" OF THE UNIVERSE. WHY HUMANS ARE UNABLE (OR, UNWILLING) TO ACCEPT THIS PRINCIPLE AND GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY, IS THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR TO THE AUTHOR.
PERHAPS THE "DAY OF RECKONING" WILL ALSO BE THE TIME OF UNDERSTANDING. VAMOS A VER.
ENJOY!
TOM