well, ok ill write about STUFF

YESTERDAY I WAS ON MY WAY TO CHANDLER AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT SPIRIUAL STUFF, DAD WAS TALKING ABOUT A BOOK I GOT CALLED "ROGUE MESSIAHS" whiCH covers people who have set themselves up as gods and how people followed them. well i have not read it yet its on my shelf.
but i started to think about how native AMERICANS THINK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND HOW THE CATHOLIC RELIGION ABSORBED A LOT OF BELIEFS OF OTHERS IN ORDER TO ENCLOSE THEM IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
IT IS VERY INTERESTING, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. THE NATIVES HAD BELIEFS ABOUT MOTHER EARTH AND HOW IT TAKES CARE OF US AND HOW THE GREAT SPIRIT PLACED MAN ON THE EARTH TO CARE FOR HER, WE ARE TO BE TENANTS ON THE EARTH AND WE ARE TOI NURTUIRE IT AND CARE FOR IT AS IT IS A GIFT ON LOAN FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THIS BELEIF FIT IN NICELY WITH ADAM AND EVE IN THE BIBLE. AND THE STORY OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN. HOW MAN DID NOT HAVE TO LABOR JUST ENJOY THE FRUITS AND VEGGIES IN THE GARDEN AND AS LONG AS WE OBEYED THE NO EATING FORBIDDEN FRUIT RULE WE DIDNT HAVE TO EVER WORK.

AFTER WE DISOBEYED WE ARE THROWN OUT TO STRUGGLE FOR A LIVING ON OUR OWN WITH NO GARDEN TOOLS OR ANYTHING.

IN THE URANTIA BOOK IT COVERS THIS STORY VERY WELL, AND ACCORDING TO IT, THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT WAS AS FOLLOWS:
ADAM AND EVE WERE PLACED ON EARTH TO TEACH THE HUMANS ON EARTH TO BECOME CIVILZED AND LEARN TO L,OVE ONE ANOTHER AND ALL THAT . THE ONE RULE THEY HAD WAS NEVER TO MIX THE GODLY RACE WITH THE EARTHLY ONE, AND EVE DECIDED IT WAS TAKING TOO LONG AS THESE PEOPLE WERENT AMENABLE TO CHANGE TOO FAST AND SHE MISSED PARADISE AND ALL ITS BEAUTY AND SHE WANTED TO GO BACK ASAP. SHE WAS SO LONELY FOR HEAVEN. AND THESE SAVAGES DID NOT RESPOND WELL TO HER TEACHINGS.

SO ONE DAY, THE LEADER OF THE EARTHLY RACE TALKED TO HER AND SUGGESTED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO RAISE UP THE HUMAN RACE WAS THRU MIXING BLOOD AND TALKED HER INTO CREATING A BABY WITH HIM. ( THIS WAS THE FRUIT OF GOOD AND EVIL) .
WELL, THE LORD CAME DOWN AND SAID "OKAY WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO EVe?"
WELL, OF COURSE, THE LORD KNEW WHAT HAPPENED AND BY THIS TIME THERE WERE A BUNCH OF MIXED BLOOD KIDS ON EARTH. AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO TAKE ALL THE HOLY CHILDREN ADAM AND EVE HAD HAD TO HEAVEN AND THE MIXED BLOODS HAD A CHOICE OF STAYING OR GOING.

AND EVE WAS TO BE LEFT BEHIND AND ADAM HAD TO LEAVE. BUT ADAM WAS SO INLOVE WITH EVE HE COULDNT BEAR THE SEPARATION SO HE WENT AND MIXED WITH THE EARTHLY WOMEN AND CREATED MORE MIXED BLOOD KIDS AND THAT MADE HIM LIABLE TO STAY BEHIND NOW AND SUFFER OUT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN FOREVER WITH EVE.
AND THAT IS THE URANTIA BOOK'S STORY OF ADAMAND EVE.

I FIDN THAT STORY EXCEEDINGLY LOGICAL FOR AN ADAM AND EVE STORY.
THERE IS A PART IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT SAYS "THERE WERE GIANTS ON THE EARTH IN THOSE DAYS"
THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES OF WEIRD AND STRANGE THINGS IF YOU REALLY PAY ATTENTION.
I LOVE THE BIBLE ITS FULL OF HISTORY AND MYSTERY AND MYSTICISM.
I GUESS THATS WHY I LIKED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH , IT WAS ALWAYS FULL OF HISTORY(SOME GOOD SOME BAD) MYSTERY AND THE MYSTICAL. WHICH OTHER CHURCH DOES AN EXORCISM? SPEAKS TO THE SAINTS AND TO GOD? HAS APPARITIONS OF MARY AND SOME SAINTS?
THAT IS MYSTICAL.
WELL IM NOT SAYING ITS THE END OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IM JUST SAYING IT DOES THOSE THINGS.
THERE HAVE BEEN VERY BAD POPES AND VERY BAD RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN THE CHURCH BUT THERE ARE BAD MINISTERS AND ALL THAT IN OTHER CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.
WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND SUBJECT TO THE IDEAS OF OUR CULTURE.

ANYWAYS ITS JUST THAT I FOUND IT ALL INTERSTING. I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF MY TRAINING AS A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, I LOOK AT ALL SIDES OF MOST EVERYHTING TO THE ANNOYANCE OF EVERYONE I TALK TO. HAHAH

I HAVE NO FEARS ABOUT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THEY ARE MERELY THOUGHTS IN PEOPLE'S MINDS. AND I DO KNOW THAT MANY OF US HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND THAT IS WHAT GUIDES OUR LIVES TO BE HONEST AND MORAL AND LOVING.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT WAY DOWN DEEP FEELING... YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO SOMETHING ... THATS THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDING US. THE STILL SMALL VOICE DEEP WITHIN EVERYONE OF OUR SPIRITS.
WHAT A TRAGEDY THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE SO CONSUMED WITH THE WORLD THEY DON'T STOP AND HEAR THEIR INNER VOICE AND HAVE THAT JOYFUL LIFE THAT IT OFFERS. GOD IS GREAT AND LIVES IN ALL OF US AND IS ALWAYS READY TO CONNECT ONCE WE NOTICE THE HOLY INDWELLING PRESENCE
THERE IN US.