Good Vibrations

  Like all politicians, scientists lie to us every day. When their lips are moving, they are probably telling a lie. They all know the Big Bang Theory is a lie, but they continue to preach it anyway. They all know that Evolution doesn’t exist but they continue to lie about that one too. Lie number one in Evolution is that life somehow and accidentally was created out of non-living materials. Can’t happen folks. Never has, at least not on its own. If it did it would still be happening all the time. After all, there is still plenty of inanimate non-living material around. Still plenty of ocean water. Still plenty of lightning. But their theory is that it started accidently one time billions of years ago and then just quit happening. Sure it did. They can’t point to any proof of evolutionary steps in the fossil record when there should be uncounted numbers of fossils showing a step by step progression. But there are none. So, my point is they lie even about the basics.

  So, let’s now look at what else they lie about. Remember Einstein’s great theory E=MC2? How do we know that this equation is even close to being right? Maybe it’s really E=MC1.5 or E=MC3. I mean there’s no way to really prove the exactness of this equation other than just taking his word for it. Now let’s look at the equation itself. E is energy. And what this equation is saying is that everything on both sides of the equal marks is the same. So basically, everything is energy. On both sides of the equation is nothing but energy. OK, I might give him that, but it depends on what you mean by the word energy. And what does the “M” stand for anyway? Mass, you say? What is mass? Maybe we can break it all down and see if we can understand what’s being said here. And remember, I’m no scientist or mathematician. So, I’m going to keep it about as simple as I can.

  In quantum physics, it has been determined that the presence of an observer makes a difference as to the outcome or nature of the observed. For instance, if you were trying to observe the nature of light there are tests you can set up that are fairly simple in doing so. But what they have discovered is that when you observe the test, light seems to behave as a wave, and when you don’t observe it, light seems to behave as a particle. So, the results are determined not only by the presence of an observer but by what the observer expects to see. Back there in the very beginning of scientific questioning, they weren’t aware of this fact. And when they started thinking about reality, one of them came up with this theory that all material things were made from tiny particles called atoms that were so small they couldn’t be seen. But they were made out of solid material for the most part with these little moons of electrical particles flying around the massive (note that massive here means having measurable weight) inner core. Kind of like a little miniature solar system. They set up tests to prove or disprove this theory and, voila, those tests seemed to confirm that these little mind constructs of the un-seeable were reality. They came up with the whole periodic table and patted themselves on the back for fathoming one of nature’s deep mysteries. But where they correct, or only seeing evidence of what they wanted to see. Later on, when they started “smashing atoms” they discovered that even these particles were made up of even smaller particles and some of those were really strange. Then quantum theory came along and started saying hold up. We can’t even guarantee that any of this stuff is solid. It all seems to be energy or vibrations. And the weird thing is, it seems to pop in and out of existence so frequently and fast that we can never pinpoint the exact location of any of it at any given moment.

  So, basically what they are saying is that everything really is just energized vibrations of the ether and only seems to really exist in the presence of an observer. Woa! Did you get that? So, matter isn’t real. And if it’s not a real thing, then the whole underpinnings of our “science” is wrong based on imagination and nothing more.

  Now let’s take another part of our famous equation. C squared where C is the speed of light. We’ve all been told that this speed is approximately 186,000 miles/second. I’d like to see the radar gun they measured that with. And furthermore, they say that it takes light 8 minutes to get from the sun to the Earth. But what exactly are we measuring? A particle moving through space? Or a wave propagating like a ripple on a pond? And didn’t Einstein say that if it were possible for an observer to be riding on that light for him there would be no motion through space? And that light going the speed of well…light…would simply see either the universe shrink down to a singularity, or the light itself would be spread out all over the entire universe at once. And the observer would also be everywhere at once so would detect no movement at all. So, if light can’t be said to be moving at any speed at all, then what the heck are we talking about when we say C squared?

  From what I’m gathering from quantum physics these days, they seem to be saying that light (and everything else for that matter) is just a spontaneous, energetic vibration of the ether. And light cannot be said to be traveling from the Sun to the Earth at all. It does not radiate from its source. Instead when our star came into existence, it vibrated the ether in all directions to infinity at once. If this is true, it changes the whole picture we have of the universe and all that stuff about red-shifts and expanding universes is bogus.

  The Bible says that God spoke the universe into existence. And he looked and said it was good. Speaking is sound and sound is defined as vibration. So, the universe as we know it, is basically how our own collective minds wish to interpret the good vibrations God spoke into existence. Our minds and imaginations can come up with all sorts of strange things and they might seem very real to us. Our senses are easily tricked into believing that there is a reality out there that is solid and would exist even without us or God. But it is becoming more and more clear that it is all an elaborate, (and as Einstein himself pointed out) persistent illusion.

  So why do scientists lie to us or mislead us constantly about all this? There are many reasons, but the bottom line is they want to keep the status quo as it is. They want a materialistic and godless universe because they don’t want to be held accountable to or by any superior being. And if you watch them closely, many of them strut around with a smug superiority like they themselves wish to be thought of as our gods. Some, however, have begun showing cracks in their armor. Encouragingly, a few have simply relented and come over to the other side of good vibrations.     

                                                                           

                                                                     

The Way I See It Now

  In my youth, I favored the Democratic Party. I was a working man in the oil industry. Labor Unions pushed the Democrats on us claiming that they were the party that best represented the working man. Maybe, for a while back then, that was true. But for the last couple of decades, it seems they have increasingly become the party of those that don't work. They are the party of those with their hands out constantly wanting free stuff. Those same people don't seem to understand that nothing is free. Those still gainfully employed are the ones that have to pick up the tab. I’ve even seen comments from my Canadian and European friends saying that they don’t understand why a modern country like the U.S. still doesn’t provide free medical care for all its citizens like their countries. Well, first of all, your medical care is not free. You are taxed up the kazoo to pay for it. Secondly, we’ve tried very hard to not become a socialist or communist country like you’ve all done.

  Today, the Republican party seems to be the one that understands this simple basic fact better than their rivals. Those in this country who are still picking up the tab are fed up with it. And that right there is the bottom line that explains the Donald Trump victory. It wasn’t the Russians, okay. And when I see liberals on the streets demanding that we bring in even more freeloaders, it makes my blood boil. As for me personally, though, it seems that neither party has been representing my best interest in the last couple of decades. They're too busy worrying about themselves and making sure their own bank accounts grow at our expense. Both parties have become so complacent in their own corruption that it's difficult for me to see them other than organized crime. And have you noticed how their reach has extended into every aspect of our lives? If you're a small business owner, they are even to the point where they are telling you who you must sell your products and services to whether you like it or not. Our forefathers would be up in arms in a heartbeat over that one.

  Government has grown too big and become too invasive. And when I see their brainwashed minions from both sides out there demanding that the rest of us conform or be silenced or even worse killed...well my friends...enough is enough. Do you realize how close you are to being just like the Islamic terrorists with their "convert or lose your head" routine? It is time for a revolution. Not against each other. But against the real enemy of the people - those in government that would control your mind and every aspect of your life. It is way past time to stand on your own two feet and stop being manipulated by the talking head of your choice on TV. Use your brains for what God gave them to you for. If you don’t understand the broader issues at stake, do a little research on your own. You have a computer now and don’t even have to go to the library. All the great classics discussing these issues are right there online for free.

  It almost makes me cry when I see someone asking college students simple questions about our government or our history, and they don’t have a clue. Our educators should be ashamed as well when they see this. Johnny was a smart kid when we sent him off to elementary school. But by the time Johnny gets that degree, he’s brain dead. In this day and age there is no excuse for that. If what we are doing today doesn’t work (and there’s plenty of evidence that it’s not) then go back to the way they were doing it forty years ago. Because by God it was working then. We had some of the greatest minds in the world. New technologies and inventions were raining down on us. So where did it all go? What happened to us? The evidence is mounting proving that those who say we are being systematically dumbed down are correct. Don’t you all see that it is time now to fight back before it’s too late? Stop fighting in the streets like spoiled children. That’s exactly what they want you to do. The more you do, the more they swoop in and take away even more of your freedom. And create yet another bureau to control you. Divide and conquer is the oldest trick in the book and they are very adept at this.

  So how do we put an end to all this? First step is to educate yourself. The government is not going to do that for you. Second, learn to choose your battles wisely. Knee jerk reactions are what the government counts on to get their way. Study each issue and join with those who agree with you on them. Don’t demonstrate. Become an educator and then Vote! Only 10% of our population voting on any election or issue is disgraceful. Be a part of the solution, not cannon fodder for someone else’s cause. And lastly, even though many of you might not adhere to the same Christian values that I do, at least you should know that to love your neighbors is a better path for getting things done than hating everyone who doesn’t agree with you. Lose the hate. We are all in this together. And if we don’t approach it that way, we are surely doomed.

  Yes, I realize that I’m asking a lot. It’s not time to make America great again. It’s time to wake America the hell up! But looking around for even a minute, you should be able to agree that we are in trouble. And as long as many of our calmer minds are glued to American Idol or The Bachelor, it’s only going to get worse. For my part, I pray that there is still time to fix some of this. But day by day, I find that my prayers are turning more to, “God, please protect our country from itself, because our own citizens don’t seem to have the will to do it.” I still have hope that it’s not too late. I know many who have surrendered already, thinking that all this is God’s will. And that it will be soon when He puts an end to this charade we call life on Earth. It could be. They could be right. But I haven’t heard any trumpets blowing yet.  And as a warrior in God’s army, I’m going to pray that it’s not the end and do my best to love and fight for each and every one of you. As a Christian, that’s my job.

  I can hear some of you already. “Well, as a Christian, don’t you care about immigrants?” Yes, I do. I love all God’s people. But if we take them all in, we will drown this country and lose our ability to help anyone even ourselves. If you are so concerned about foreigners in need, why is there a single homeless American sleeping on the sidewalk in your own neighborhoods? Remember I said we must choose our battles? Right now, we need to fix what’s wrong with America. Then we can focus more on helping the rest of the world. We can’t do both. If we try, we will lose America. Then where will the hope be for the rest of the world? And yes, I know America caused many of the problems in the world with ill-advised wars. That’s exactly the kind of things that need to be fixed. And that’s the way I see it. If you have better ideas, leave the address to your blog in the comment section so we can all go check them out.

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Reflections on my 68^th Birthday

  I can’t believe I’m that old. Sure, I feel every bit of it. But sometimes I feel like I’ve floated through this life like a butterfly on a summer breeze. And it was only yesterday when I left the cocoon. Then again it seems like half the stuff I remember happened to someone else. I’m not that person anymore, and there are serious things I really regret. It’s almost hard for me to believe I was born in the forties (well the end of them anyway). I grew up during the famous “Happy Days”. Do you realize how different things were back then from what’s going on today? Just to really bring it home, we didn’t even have TV! I remember when the first family on the block got a TV. Suddenly everyone wanted to be that little girl’s friend so we could go over and watch it. And it was all of two channels in black and white. Woo Hoo!

  The first president I remember was Dwight Eisenhower. I remember sock hops, car hops, and pinball machines. We never locked our doors and the windows stayed open all night in the summer time…no AC…just an attic fan. No AC at school either. I know you people up north are used to that, but in Southeast Texas in the summer we’re talking hot and duct tape humidity (very sticky)! Phones were huge and heavy, and there was a party line in the neighborhood. You often had to wait for a neighbor to get off the line so you could make a call. Not that we kids called anyone. Who you gonna call? All your best buds lived right there in the neighborhood. You just knocked and said, “Can Johnny come out and play?” Baseball games and football games were on just about every day in the summer and most evenings after school too.

  I remember the first transistor radio I got. Such an amazing thing and so small. I used to lay on my top bunk at night listening to music and marveling at it. And the radio station I listened to was one of the few AM stations in town…KOLE and they called it King Kole. It played a variety of music. There wasn’t a separate station for each genre like there is now. And FM radio? No that was future tech. Little did I know then that the techno age was just about to bust loose. The biggest difference from back then to now, I think, was people were more respectful and less fearful of the future. I look at society today, and it almost makes me cry to see what we’ve lost over the years. We all grew up with a sense of community then that is all but gone today. I don’t even know most of my neighbors now, and they seem to prefer it that way. Speaking of music…that whole British Invasion thing really made an impression on me. I loved Elvis, but he had to move over when the Beatles hit the scene. I remember my step-father saying that they wore wigs because a man couldn’t grow his hair that long. It just wasn’t natural. We all started growing ours to prove him wrong. He hated that.

  I remember watching the nightly news on our brand new round screen black and white TV and it was just the news. No opinions, no arguing, no talking over each other. Walter Cronkite was the man back then. But I usually missed that anyway, because my step-father insisted we get all our homework done before watching TV. School was mostly torture to me. I was so terribly shy. And I started really being attracted to girls in the fourth grade. But I could never get up the nerve to actually talk to one. So, crushes usually ended up crushing me because the girl of my dreams always got scooped up by some brainless jock. I have very few memories of elementary school. Either it was too traumatic for me to remember or that uneventful. I always made good grades without halfway trying. I was always reading and learning…I just wasn’t interested in what they wanted us to read and learn. High school was pure hell for me, and I couldn’t wait to get out of there.

  I went on my first date when I was a senior. My two best friends conspired with a girl that had her eye on me and tricked me into going to a dance with them. Bad news was, I didn’t know how to dance. But I somehow survived high school and got a job after graduation to hold me over until I left for the military. The plan was to go into the Air Force. That didn’t work out so well, because of the draft notice I got on my 19^th birthday. So, it was the ground pounding Army for me all the way for the next four years. This was during the height of the Vietnam war, so exciting times. I lucked out, though, and spent 2 years in the Republic of Panama instead. That allowed me to come home and marry the girl of my dreams (yeah I finally managed to dream the right dream!). I was 20 years old when Linda and I got married and I was still a virgin up until our wedding night. How many people can say that these days? Different times indeed.

  After having two beautiful kids and landing a great job at one of the local refineries, I thought I was on track to accomplish all my dreams. For a little icing on the cake and to use Uncle Sam’s GI Bill, I decide to also go to college. I did well in college. But it was like a circus juggler that just gets one too many plates spinning on the end of those sticks. It all came tumbling down. My life was a very traumatic roller coaster ride from that point on. I’m sure you can get the gist of it from some of the previous articles I’ve written here on this blog. So I won’t go into all that.

  But my how times have changed. People are angry so much more now. And I tend to think it’s more from a deep-seated fear brought on by our sense of impending doom. Is there doom and gloom waiting around the corner? I don’t know, but I’m not worried. One other thing that’s changed in all this time, is that I’ve discovered a deep faith and trust in God. Once I came to my faith, I didn’t change completely overnight. It was a slow, steady process. But without this transformation, I know I would not be celebrating a 68^th birthday at all. Loved ones have come and gone. I have loved them all deeply and with all my heart. Most of the older generation of my family is gone now, and it’s shocking for me to realize that I’m now the older generation. How did such a thing sneak up on me like that? Time – the ultimate school teacher. You can learn a lot given enough time, and you just pay attention. The problem with Time though is eventually, she kills all her students.

  My message to the younger generation…pay attention. Learn all you can. Learn to roll with the punches. Don’t worry so much. Tomorrow always takes care of itself. Don’t count God out of the equation. You can find Him simply by looking into the deeper mysteries of religion or science (yes science will get you there, but you have to look deep into it and be honest). Don’t fall for what passes as Religion or get caught up in the Religion of Science. Once Jesus (the best friend you always wished you had) begins to walk beside you, all that other nonsense begins to fall by the wayside. And the most important lesson of all…don’t lay up all your treasures here on Earth. You can’t take them with you. Anything you can stack one on top of another is worthless in the long run, including money. Love and memories go with you always. And your good deeds you will wear as clothing in paradise. May all of you that haven’t yet, live to see your 68^th Birthday with a smile on your face as I have. And for the younger generations – keep your arms and legs inside, seat belts buckled up, and enjoy the ride.  

World of Destiny: Obligated to Explain My Own Crisis of...

World of Destiny: Obligated to Explain My Own  Crisis of...: Obligated to Explain My Own  Crisis of Faith   There are usually two times when you experience a crisis in faith. The first ...

Obligated to Explain My Own
 Crisis of Faith

  There are usually two times when you experience a crisis in faith. The first is when you first realize that it is all you can do to find meaning in life. You must choose to live by faith alone. The universe is not set up for you to be able to know without a doubt all its truths. And let me make it clear that I’m not just talking about religious faith here. Either way, you go is going to require a leap of faith. You cannot unequivocally know without a doubt that there is no God, and neither can you know without a doubt that there is. God set it up that way on purpose so you would have to choose to love him by faith that he exists without the proof of it. To believe the opposite requires faith as well. No, science has no way to prove there is no God no matter how much they wish it to be so. When I finally had to admit to that fact is when I had my first crisis of faith. I had put all my faith into believing that science could show me the way and the truth about life. And that I personally could come to that knowledge via my own intellect. I was devastated when I was proven wrong. I could not get there on my own. And science, with all their accumulated intellects, could not get there either.

  Of course, I could have done like so many others do and just refused to think about it anymore. I could have submerged myself in day-to-day things and forgotten about the meaning of life or worry about whether there was a creator of everything. Well, theoretically I could have done that anyway. But I guess I’m just not that person. For several months, I was in crisis mode. I felt like I had come unglued from reality. So, I had to go that extra mile no matter how hard it seemed to me at the time.

  You see, all my Christian friends had always quoted John 3:16 to me and assured me that all I needed was to have faith. To me that was nonsense. How could you have faith in something that you had already established you didn’t believe without proof. And, furthermore, how could I have faith when I had already discovered there was no proof forthcoming and there may never be any proof. Not possible, my mind screamed at me. I had read the Bible and many other religious teachings. I knew what they said was required to have faith. But I didn’t know how to do that. I was so conflicted at this point, that I nearly gave up on life altogether. I turned to drinking hoping to make it all go away. But it didn’t. The crisis drove me further and further into despair. And I became further and further away from any kind of resolution to the crisis I was in. After a few years of this self-destructive behavior, I ended up in the hospital not once but twice within a six-month period. My doctor told me I would die if I didn’t change my lifestyle and soon. Of course, I blamed my divorce for a lot of this. But deep down, I knew there was more to it than that. My divorce was yet another symptom and not the cause of the turmoil that was raging within me.

  I listened to my doctor, finally, and quit drinking. Shortly after that, I moved to Tennessee. In Nashville, I started watching a certain preacher on TV who had a unique perspective on the Bible. I had to do so when my wife was not around because she didn’t want to hear any of it. She had rejected religion a long time ago and was not willing to discuss it at all. But this preacher answered so many questions that I had always had about things that bothered me about the Bible. So, one day, this all came to a head for me. I couldn’t stand beating myself up about it any longer. I decided to do a little experiment (yep, old habits die hard) and just suspend the brain and engage the heart. I wanted Jesus in my life because I had seen the difference belief made in some of my friend’s lives. I wanted what they had. So, I prayed. I threw open the doorway to my heart, and I kept telling my brain to shut the hell up.

  This next bit is the part that everyone always has trouble describing. Until you experience it for yourself, you will remain skeptical. But this is how it was for me. I opened the door and He came in. No, it was not just wishful thinking and self-delusion. I’m very familiar with those things and this wasn’t it. The door didn’t just open, it burst in. Immediately, I was flooded with such a feeling of love and understanding that I found myself crying uncontrollably. There were two kinds of tears. One of complete joy that I had rediscovered Him at last. The other of sadness that it had taken me so long.  And I say rediscovered because I realized that He was there all along. And also, that I knew Him before. I was at home at last. The first part is very emotional. But then, His peace embraced me. It is a peace that washes away all your doubts and fears. It is the most powerful moment in my life. And it changed me forever.

  Was I made perfect at this moment? No way. Was my relationship perfect at this moment. No way again. Like any other human relationship it takes time and requires work in order to grow or it will wither on the vine and die. But I was patient and willing to work at it. I never wanted to be in a crisis like that again. Some people get on fire for God at this point and then burn out quickly. My walk with God has been slow and steady. I still have a long way to go.

  For many, the next crisis in faith comes when they are tested. Sometimes, it’s just the realization that you are swimming upstream while everyone else around you is going the other way. Peer pressure can be a terrible thing. Satan is the perfect example of this. “Surely you will not die. You will gain knowledge and be like Gods. Don’t you want to be like everyone else?” he asks. Many of your so-called friends will do the same thing to you. They will ask, “Why do you deny yourself so many simple pleasures? I’ve done it and it hasn’t hurt me. You will still be the same person tomorrow as you are today. Go on. Try it.” Under constant pressure like this, many people cave. Broad is the path to destruction.

  Another major test that causes a crisis of faith is when something truly tragic happens in your life. It can be triggered by a betrayal from a loved one or respected preacher, teacher, or friend. But for most of us, that tragedy occurs when someone we love dies. I’ve seen many who have struggled or lost their faith altogether when this happens. The first question they ask is always, “Why God? Why did you let this happen?” Unable to cope with the tragedy, they blame God for it. I’ve been through this twice, so I know a little bit about what I’m speaking of here. Grief is a hard thing to deal with. Always in the back of my mind, though, I remind myself that God is love. He doesn’t make bad things happen to people. But he did set up the universe in such a way as to give us free will. To maintain that, he cannot allow himself to reach in and control every aspect of life to make it perfect. Doing so would provide the proof of his existence and deny free will which enables you to choose to come to Him in love by your own choice. That is the purpose of life.

  When a loved one does meet with what seems, and is, totally tragic to those left behind, remember that, if they are judged righteous by God(and all that takes is a little faith in Him), they are with Him. They are home. It is ok for you to miss them. But after the initial grief of their passing from us, we should rejoice for they are with the Lord. As Christians, it is the ultimate goal for any of us. And it is pretty selfish to prefer them to be here with us rather than in the arms of their Creator who loves them so much more. In reality, the rest of your life is only an eyeblink in time. If you remain true to your faith, you will be with them again soon enough. And this time it will be forever.

  So to my way of thinking, the first crisis in faith is a desirable process and the second one is inevitable. Seeing how you respond to either is the purpose of life. Choose wisely. Strengthen your faith at every opportunity. Without faith, life has no purpose. Don’t believe me? Imagine a world where you have no faith and no trust in anyone. Not even your spouse, family, or friends (accepting that without faith you would probably have neither of these). What would be the point of such an existence? There was a point in my life when I was very close to that. And it was hell on earth for me. I would never go back to that point. Even if someone points a gun at my head and says, “Deny him or die” or “Convert or die.” I could never give up this faith even to save my own life.

  So my friends, have a little faith. Take the leap. A blind man without faith will walk into a ditch. Using the key of faith, open your heart, and He will make all those ditches smooth for you to pass over unscathed. Once you can do this, your life will have purpose. You will fear death no more. The whole world can be at war, but you will have peace. I’ve lived the alternative and it is not pretty. Love and prayers for all my friends and family whether they’ve taken the leap or not. God be with you.    

Rude Awakening

I will be so glad when that fateful day finally comes. I hope it will be sooner rather than later. The day I speak of is Awakening Day. When that time comes there will be a new division in our calendars. No longer will A.D. stand for “Anno Domini” or the Year of the Lord.  So many people are asleep or under strong delusion. I often get frustrated talking to them. You cannot wake them up no matter what truths or great secrets you reveal to them. They simply shake their heads and smile as though they have pity for you because you can’t be asleep like they are. They rejoin the herd and laugh at you behind your back. Baaa, baaa, baaa! They bleat, then they go back to their eating and sleeping, oblivious once again.

  They say ignorance is bliss. Maybe it is – I guess. But I’ve never experienced a day of that particular kind of bliss. My inquisitive mind forbids such joy. Don’t get me wrong here. I make no claim to higher intelligence by saying so. I’m not the smartest guy around by no means. Never have been. But my mind is kind of like when you have a sore and you can’t stop picking at the scab even if you make it bleed again. Once I’m aware of a problem or a mystery, I can’t let it go and just forget about it. Some people can. When I get frustrated because there are no good answers, I sometimes get jealous of those kinds of people. I’ve always been open-minded and awake to the possibilities.

  My father had an innate intelligence that he passed on to all of his children. But it was my mother who opened my mind one rainy day a long time ago when I was bored having to stay in the house. She handed me a sci-fi book and said, “Here, read this and you won’t be so bored.” Read a book? I didn’t like reading books at school. Why would I want to read one on purpose at home? I’ve heard it claimed that LSD expands your mind. That first sci-fi paperback book was my LSD and one of the reasons I was able to grow up during the ‘60’s and 70’s without ever having a desire to experiment with mind-altering drugs. My mind was forever altered that fateful rainy day to the point I was never even tempted to try anything else.

  Since then, my appetite for the otherworldly, bizarre, paranormal, outrageous ideas, or theories has never been appeased. Sci-fi is a very good teacher. I don’t mean that pure fantasy stuff that shares the shelves with sci-fi at the bookstore. Although that too can broaden your perspective if it’s really good fantasy like The Lord of the Rings. These days, you see a lot of military sci-fi on those shelves as well. That can be fun, but I just can’t except that every alien race we run into will want to exterminate us. Real sci-fi is full of possibilities and eye opening imaginings. Chief among those is that the really, really, different, physiologically speaking, can just be people too. Bigotry has no place in sci-fi.

  So with a steady diet of amazing ideas and possibilities poured into my little pea brain over the last 60 years it is no wonder that I have always been open-minded, to say the least. Add to that my stubborn streak that won’t let me leave a trail once I’ve picked up a scent, and you get a very eclectic brain chocked full of all kinds of interesting tidbits. Now sci-fi is the teacher who took me by the hand and said, “what if?” But I didn’t stop there. I read everything I could get my hands on about cosmology, science, religion, philosophy, etc. trying to find the answers to those big “what if?” type questions. I picked at those big questions until I made them bleed. And that was before the internet showed up. Now online, I can follow rabbit trails until I almost drown in the possibilities. But what I’ve come to understand is that I’ve only scratched the surface so far of what’s really out there. The overwhelming conclusion I came to a long time ago is that there is so much more to “reality” than I could ever imagine or dream of. And I can imagine some pretty strange stuff for sure. Reality is even more strange and wonderful than even my two heroes, Robert Heinlein or Isaac Asimov could dream of.

  I have also become aware that there is a tremendous amount of info about what’s out there that our own governments are hiding from us. I know what a lot of it is through my persistent digging. Much of this info would be shocking, even paradigm shifting, to a lot of folks who are, at the moment, oblivious. The sheep could not handle it at all. Our governments have been using a tactic to ridicule anyone who comes forward with this information for years. They’ve put partial truth’s out there in plain sight in movies, TV, and magazine articles. When someone says I’ve seen this or I believe that, then they just point to said movie or article and suggest the person has been influenced by pure fiction they’ve seen previously and is sadly mistaken. Now, however, the cat is about to escape from the bag, as it were. So to ease the shock, they are publishing more and more of the truth. They do this in the hope that we won’t totally freak out when the truth is no longer deniable because we’ve been exposed to a lot of it in movies and such. That’s their hope anyway. I’m here to tell you that most of you will freak the hell out!

  I won’t be the one sitting here telling you I told you so. I’m the one who can’t wait to get out there and get at the truth. So as soon as our government does have to own up to what they know and have been hiding from us, I’m off to explore new worlds and new kinds of people. My mind will have been well prepared for it. I sincerely hope that when that very Rude Awakening does come, you will be ready for it too. I’m afraid, however, that many will stuff their fingers in their ears and squeeze their eyes tightly shut rather than face up to the fact that we are not alone and never have been. And don’t worry…God is still in charge. But he has a much, much bigger ocean for you to swim in than the little, tiny fish bowl you’re accustomed to. I pray that, instead of a Rude one, it will be a Happy Awakening Day for you all.  

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