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[Tree Hugger]

Love to all Seekers of Truth

There is an inner knowing that humanity has lost, when it began to think they were only bodies walking the earth. The heart and the mind turned to pursuits of the flesh and that side of humanity was relegated to religious leaders, priests, gurus, and shamans.

Some of these individuals were sincere, but others, seeing the glory they could gain by being thought of as a channel or conduit to the Divine Mind, used the opportunity to guarantee themselves a prestigious and in some cases lucrative career dispensing knowledge of God to the people. The knowing that each one, was connected to that Divine Mind was obscured in a tangled mass, of rituals and human dogma. The priest-class was able to write and sanction as Divine will, their own regulations, which kept the people tied to them, for they decreed, that without their channel to God the people would wander in ignorance.

Thus, only the spiritual leaders were considered worthy to walk upon holy ground, say the holy words and lead the people in holy observances while the people themselves were told they were unworthy or must go through rituals to become acceptable to God. In reality, each human is born with a connection to Divine Mind, and each one has an inner teacher. For thousands of years humanity has been bound to such leaders, using grandiose titles to address them. Such titles set them further apart, as did the elaborate rules and slavish regulations. Certain foods were restricted, certain activities were allowed or disallowed. It depended upon the groups of such leaders who formed themselves in synods and councils.

What was kept from humanity was their own connection and their own spiritual channel which exists within each sincere supplicant. The heart of truth was swapped for the scrupulous observance of special days and events, and as humanity sunk further into the forgetting, these observances were used to fulfill the requirements they were told was primary for becoming acceptable in the eyes of God. In reality no such requirements were ever asked of or required by The Divine Mind.

The fact that much of humanity still walks in ignorance of this fact does not deter them, for this is the contentment that transcends vicissitudes of life. Only this viewpoint answers the questions, only this satisfies the spiritual thirst.

They are the constant supplicants who exist hour to hour, day to day, with the knowing of the sacramental nature of all things, and a gratitude in their heart for being part of the Divine Mind.

There is a continuous awareness they carry within them that each person, each animal, each part of the earth and the cosmos is a unique portion of the One Divine Mind. No special days or observances are set aside as every day is considered an opportunity to use their time here on earth wisely. Now they are free from human fetters, and viewpoints, which tie them to human dogma.

Who had sent this spirit of freedom into the world, if not the Divine Mind Itself! Now is the time for those to awaken and remember they are far from being, only bodies walking the planet. Time is now to walk with head up in dignity, not down in shame, and to see through this illusion which so long ago become cemented and anchored to this reality by human thinking.

It does take a certain amount of bravery to take that first leap away from the religious bonds that hold with threats and punishments. Those who see their means of living dissolving around them, as more and more realize they never needed such conduits in the first place. Attendance slackens in buildings built to convince humans that such buildings alone are the abodes of God.

There is no blame involved in looking at the past but the past should be looked upon for the lessons it teaches, and for the contrast between that which fulfills spiritual hunger, and that, which does not.

Those who are the constant supplicants, see wisdom in the words of Divine Mind “Pick up a stone and you will see me there.” As they continue to see God mirrored in all of creation. Every moment is a renewal of life and every moment holds promise. There is no lack of hope in such people, for they no longer fear the death they once were told was fearsome and penalizing, but now serve with freedom and love and motivated by the knowledge that they are eternal beings, made so by the Divine Mind.

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