RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE
1825-1900

IN the hour of death, after this life's whim,
When the heart beats low, and the eyes grow dim,
And pain has exhausted every limb—
The lover of the Lord shall trust in Him.

When the will has forgotten the lifelong aim,
And the mind can only disgrace its fame,
And a man is uncertain of his own name—
The power of the Lord shall fill this frame.

When the last sigh is heaved, and the last tear shed,
And the coffin is waiting beside the bed,
And the widow and child forsake the dead—
The angel of the Lord shall lift this head.

For even the purest delight may pall,
And power must fail, and the pride must fall,
And the love of the dearest friends grow small—
But the glory of the Lord is all in all.

From: Sharon [dot] Seier [at] bbraun [dot] com
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:34:19 -0500

I grew up in the forties and fifties with a practical parent, my mother, God love her, who ironed Christmas wrapping paper and reused it and who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it.
http://i.am/jah/greeneco.htm

It was the time for fixing things...a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, the screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.

You say you'd like to "start training".

You've been in training for a very long time but haven't realized it. You've been instructed on what you should be doing but I see no evidence of you following/DOing what you've been told.

Please LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY.

You, have been lost in the human-brain-thinking of Mr.X ALL this life. You THINK that is you [your own voice in your head - the one that gives you worries, etc.]. THAT is not you. But it does have control over you. You NEED to start "seeing" this [spiritually] for yourself.

by Steve Manning

I hope this finds all of the Strait Truth forum well and in good spirit.

Many have claimed religion is the opiate of the masses. Since an opiate "distorts one view of reality" this is a correct statement.

Humans rely on religion to rationalize and justify their belief in fairy tales.

Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are actually part of the apostate modern day christian belief system.

Most christians who accept modern day teachings disregard the fact these holi-days, stolen obviously from the Creator's Holy Days, are steeped in pagan origins.

Pagan origins, a belief system separate from the actual Truth found in the teachings of our Creator. Pagan people, those outside of the Truth of the Creator.

Humans also use religion to wait on fairy tale events such as the rapture. This event, an event which is always in the future, makes it possible for millions of so called followers of the Christ, the spiritual SON to remain blind and dumb. They use these children's stories to dismiss their accountability of our sins.

We have all witnessed video footage of the recent Tsunami events.

I was dumbfounded to witness a man standing at the ocean's shore watching one of the waves approaching him. Like a deer in the headlights of an oncoming vehicle he stood their frozen, unable to comprehend his impending doom. Sure enough he was overcome by the wave and disappeared into the water never to be seen again. This reminded me of the millions of christians who wait on their savior to rapture them away from a world they are helping destroy. This man was dragged back into the sea. If christians don't wake up REAL SOON they will be washed away as well.

All mass manipulation has a delivery system.

Opiates must be injected or inhaled.

Tsunami's are caused by a disruption to the ocean floor. (Evil mankind has the technology to do this)

Modern day christianity, churchianity, is delivered by and controlled by the adversary Satan. Satan calls upon his minnions to deliver his lies either in person or via the greatest delivery system of this time, television.

Ah, the modern marvel television. Visions implanted via electronic signal and accepted through the eyes and ears of a human.

Television has been, and will be used to rewrite history and educate a dumbed down human race into believing fair tales and lies of the greatest proportion.

For nearly 45 days after all the christians gave thanks on thanksgiving, another lie, they were inundated with subliminal messages as to why they should run out and spend their money on behalf of a jolly old st. nick. Like good little slaves they cut down millions of trees, adorned them with silly trinkets and worshipped commercialism and Satan himself.

from JAH:

An excellent article that needed only slight corrections, tweaks and explanatory links adding.

Please make sure to study the explanatory information at the inserted links.

Peace be upon you,

JAH.

By Michael Goodspeed
Thunderbolts.info
12-14-4

Nothing is more painful than the loss of a loved one. The grief that comes from the inevitable deaths of our family, friends, and romantic partners often leaves us feeling as if the entire Universe has collapsed. It is an inescapable heartache that cannot be remedied by "happy thoughts" or affirmations or random "pleasures." Death is sometimes a mercy for the dying, but for those left behind, it is a thief to be hated.

We grieve the dead (for "Self"-ish reasons -­ JAH) because we miss their presence in our lives, and we mourn in empathy for the end of their hopes and dreams. But also, we grieve out of a sense of obligation and loyalty. To not grieve would be akin to betrayal, an insult to the dead and a desecration of the love and good times we've shared. We honor the dead with our tears, a testimony that they are remembered and will live on in our hearts and souls.

The physical death of loved ones is not the only cause of grief. We mourn the loss of anything that gives us a sense of who we are. We mourn our defeats and setbacks and blows to our self-esteem. We mourn the death of goals and ambitions that (you think - ­JAH) give us direction and purpose. We mourn the end of friendships and romantic relationships as though a part of ourselves has died.

This sense of loss is at the root of all human suffering. What could be more painful than the feeling that a necessary piece of oneself is LACKING? To not be whole and complete is our worst nightmare. (All you need is love - God -­ JAH). When we lose the things that we cherish most, we are left hollowed out like an empty canoe, adrift with no map or compass.

Scripture: Scripture: I Timothy 6:12a
"Fight the good fight for what we believe. Hold tightly to the eternal life
that God has given you" NLT

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He decided to watch it for progress.
One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for
several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole.

Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten

An American Indian grandfather was talking to his beloved grandson about his
feelings:

Grandfather: "I have two wolves fighting in my heart.
One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one.
The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one."

Grandson: "Which wolf will win the fight in your heart, Grandfather?"

Grandfather: "The one that I feed."

http://i.am/jah/noti.htm

CREDO BY INAYAT BUNGLAWALA

“WHO will give life to the bones when they are decayed and rotten (Koran 36:78)?”

Heathen savages or spiritually enlightened?

There is more about American Indians in "The Way home or face The Fire", available from:- http://i.am/jah/wayad.htm

1. Rise with the sun to pray.
Pray alone.
Pray often.
The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.

Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt NOT be as the hypocrites [ARE]: for they love to pray standing in the churches and in the corners of
the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and WHEN THOU HAST SHUT THY DOOR, pray to thy Father in private (Enoch 56:5; Sura 7:55); and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 

Hello All,

"As reason tells us, all are born thus naturally equal, i.e., with an equal right to their persons, so also with an equal right to their preservation . . . and every man having a property in his own person, the labour of his body and the work of his hands are properly his own, to which no one has right but himself; it will therefore follow that when he removes anything out of the state that nature has provided and left it in, he has mixed his labour with it, and joined something to it that is his own, and thereby makes it his property. . . . Thus every man having a natural right to (or being proprietor of) his own person and his own actions and labour, which we call property, it certainly follows, that no man can have a right to the person or property of another: And if every man has a right to his person and property; he has also a right to defend them . . . and so has a right of punishing all insults upon his person and property."

Rev. Elisha Williams
(1744)

The Fight For The Kingdom...

'71 Simulation Turned College Students Into Guards, Prisoners for Two Weeks

By JOHN SCHWARTZ, The New York Times

(May 6) - In 1971 researchers at Stanford University created a simulated prison in the basement of the campus psychology building. They randomly assigned
24 students to be either prison guards or prisoners for two weeks.

Within days the "guards" had become swaggering and sadistic, to the point of placing bags over the prisoners' heads, forcing them to strip naked and encouraging them to perform sexual acts.

We hope this finds you well and in good spirit.

The following, as always.., is "for what it's worth".

All credit goes to Our Father and Our Master for His editing/additions.

Recently We/I believe there was a misunderstanding between another disciple and myself. He suggested I was talking to him like he were a stranger and that [from Our/my point of view] wasn't the case at all. I addressed him as I have learned to do from Our Master.., courteous, respectful and non-assuming. As Our Master points out; "Being courteous and polite costs nothing and marks the difference between a gentleman and a brute beast." We/I agree wholeheartedly so therefore practice courtesy with everyone.

But, this reminded Us of something else - relationships. I once read, "we don't have 'friends'.., we have 'fiends' ". Allow Us to put that in context please.

Before going through the fast so Our spiritual selves can be REborn, we are all born of the flesh [water] first [the second birth is the rebirth of the spirit and is of Light]. Immersed in that [human] experience [in that ALTERED state of consciousness - the spirit "self" is ASLEEP "IN" the flesh ] Satan does his work. Satan looks to keep us all asleep and perpetuate his counterfeit life of the flesh. http://i.am/jah/buddha.htm

To All,

We hope this finds you well and in good spirit.

The following is a variation of thoughts previously forwarded. As always.., "for what it's worth".

Hopefully, those on this list realize we are all human-beings. More accurately we are human[s] + "Being[s]".

Look at how "slick" this is. What have you/we been taught by Satan all of your/our lives (through so-called "priests", "pastors", "ministers", "chaplains", teachers", "etc.")? Haven't "they" always told you, "you have a soul"? Is that not EXACTLY backwards (the exact opposite of the reality - the word Satan means the Opposer/the opposite of God)? Are you not a spiritual, light-energy BEING/SOUL.., that happens to be locked in a physical/"human"/animal body (that WILL DIE and return to the "dust of the earth")? You (the SOUL/spiritual, light-energy being) have a BODY.., NOT the other way around (as you have been taught). Why is this so important? Because we are "creatures of belief" (and there are only two things we can believe.., The Truth or lies). IF you "believe" "YOU" are the physical body "YOU" are walking around in.., you've unwittingly believed the lie. Pretty subtle isn't it? BUT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT to UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE TO SURVIVE.

If you have a separate soul, that isn't you, where is it? Where does it hide? Is it in your pocket? front pocket? back pocket? side pocket? pocket book? Where?

from Roland Croteau
To All,

We hope this finds you well and in good spirit.

One of the world's "best kept secrets" "hides in plain sight". That "secret" is "sex" but more accurately "its"(sex's) mysterious power/force (the battle for "who" shall be head of the house/marriage/state).

We live in a supposed, "free, capitalistic market/society". Have you ever noticed, "sex" is used in selling ALMOST everything (sales/money "makes the world go round" - We recently saw an interview with a woman/creative/advertising executive who said of music videos.., "it's the sex in the videos that REALLY sells those songs - talk about a "force")? Ever seen a billboard with a picture of a beautiful gal wearing a pair of skin-tight, cut-off, blue-jean (really short) "short-shorts", a man's shirt with its sleeves cut off, tied at the waist, all buttons unbuttoned, work boots (with loosened laces) and a hardhat [cocked back on her head] on, leaning (sensually [her hips cocked to one side and body bent forward just enough to suggest "cleavage"]) up against a "jackhammer"? If you haven't seen that one, surely you have seen one like it?

Have you ever seen a 3 year old girl twisting her little torso about in a sensual way to the "beat" of the music, just like older Eves (females) do? Ever wonder WHERE she learned that?

What is it about "sex"? WHY will males "sell their souls" for "sex"? WHY is it the male can get SO frustrated (over sex) the act of gentle "love-making" can turn violent and manifest as rape?

It seems to me we have to go back to "The Fall" to find our answer.

We know God is Spirit. We know God created "man" in His Image. We know Adam was "connected" to his Spiritual Source of Life (His Father/Creator/God/Love/The Force). We know that after God created man He created woman. We also know Adam and Eve lived in Paradise (in Peace and Harmony) UNTIL Eve transgressed and listened to/(willingly) ACCEPTED the Serpent and his lies (and THEN Adam [all of us males] "FOLLOWED" [willingly] along [and still are to this day - reversing God's Order]).

We hope this finds you well and in good spirit.

This morning We awakened with the following thoughts on Our mind. Felt it best to get it down on electronic paper and offer it out to you for whatever it may be worth.

We were recently chatting with a fellow who is very well read in The Bible. He believes we are all descendants of Adam and Eve. In other words.., God is punishing Adam and Eve's offspring for thousands of years. If we.., who are supposedly so far removed from that original failing.., have done nothing and we are "innocent".., then WHY would a Just God be doing this to us [have us suffer here in this hell rather than being with him in Heaven]? Surely you will agree this planet is not Heaven. So why have all of us "descendants" been cast into this hell? http://i.am/jah/starwar.htm

We suggested to this fellow that we are all Adams and Eves and we are here because EVERYONE on this planet is guilty of DISOBEYING God.., not just Adam and Eve thousands of years ago [hence the madness and chaos.., Satan has been ruling and EVERYONE here has been following him RATHER than God - does anything else make any sense? ].

King of kings' Bible - Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him ONLY shalt thou serve.
4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. http://i.am/jah/kofkad.htm

Taking the position that we are "innocent" and God has His reasons we can't understand (for punishing the "innocent") is very palatable for the ego-self. Why? "It" doesn't have to ADMIT "it" is WRONG and can just lay off the situation "it" finds itself in on God.., a God "it" can't know and is insulting by believing that He is unjust and punishes innocent people. Pretty convenient.

Let us throw all of that NON-sense out the window.., at least during this discourse. If you want to continue to believe you are "innocent" after reading this then please feel free to do so. We all have free-will but we can only freely choose between two things.., The Truth or the lies. We either recognize The Truth or we don't.

From: Roland

To All,

I hope this finds you well and in good spirit.

It is my hope, most, if not all of you, realize God is the Source/Originator of EVERYTHING. Evil has no real life so the best it can hope to do is MIMIC EVERYTHING.

We are creatures of belief (we can either believe the truth or lies] and we are fear motivated (keeping in mind there is a MIMIC to a good, healthy "fear" ["The fear of God is the BEGINNING of wisdom."].

With that said, I hope you realize you are a "soul/spiritual light being" locked inside a human/animal body. Churches tell us this but few truly understand. People mimic back/"parrot" what they have been taught.

"Lost" in our animal brain thinking, we believe the "human" body we are locked in IS life and from that place of belief we will activate the animal "survival instinct" (which is VERY powerful) when "threatened". Evil understands this and preys on that lack of understanding by "humans". Our belief (not realizing we are believing in the lie that the animal human body is life.., [TRUE life is spiritual/ETERNAL] in the lie is the foundational weakness for evil to "offer", by contract, "protection".

Below is an article I put together for our local country newspaper.  It is not totally original, but anyone is free to use it. - Arnold.
 
Even a very brief search of the history books of various nations and peoples, shows that many had a mid-winter "festival" embodying all the customs of the modern "Christmas," such as feasting, drunken revelry, sexual excess, burning a log, decorating a tree, giving gifts, etc., and it was ALWAYS done in conjunction with THE ANCIENT RELIGIOUS PAGAN CUSTOMS! When we look further into the particular day, the 25th of December, some more rather strange things are discovered.

"Traditionally, religion has looked on the world of natural science as opposed to the world of Spirit, but paradoxically, today, it is the world of science that is unwittingly preparing human thought for this breakthrough, by uncovering the ephemeral nature of matter at it's basic levels, and showing the relationship between mind and matter. This makes it easier to concieve of a mental or a transcendent reality. Thought is more prepared to consider the spiritual foundations of theology, and eventually to connect with the creative governing intelligence of the universe, that we call God." Mindpower and The Spiritual Dimension" by Richard Haw

We are all aware of the many trials and tribulations that our world is presently experiencing. Evil, in the form of pollution, crime, hatred, greed, and moral decline, seems to be increasing in proportion to the current materialistic outlook. It would seem then that the remedy for these ills is not more materialism, but a looking away from matter towards Spirit, towards the true nature of our relationship to the Infinite Source of All Being. This wouldn't mean that we ignore our present basic material needs but when we turn to the "Divine Mind", the Collective Conciousness, or Spirit (God), whatever term one wants to use, then, and only then will we find true, practical and lasting solutions which would benefit everyone involved. I've seen this principle demonstrated and therefore know it to be true.

Einstein once said that anyone studying physics long enough is inevitably led into metaphysics.

From: Roland Croteau

rolandcro (at) earthlink. net

To All,

I hope this finds you well and in good spirit.

Many of you have been with me for some time now. I hope the messages and forwards I send have been and are helpful.

Today I would like to share with you some of my thoughts regarding The Work I do.

As most of you know, I have taken the road less travelled but I should like to report.., it has been more than worth it. I have finally been shown "The Way" and because I have been willing to FOLLOW "The Way", I've been given The Work. What is that Work? To help you to find "The Way" so that you may help others to find "The Way".

In your minds eye.., see if you can't a community of 100 souls all loving each other AT LEAST as much as they love themselves. Now "see" yourself in trouble and your other 99 spiritual brothers and sisters coming to your aid BECAUSE they love you AT LEAST as much as they love themselves. Would they not do for you "willingly" AT LEAST what they would do for themselves to help get themselves "back on their feet"? What kind of world would that be? How advanced would we be? Hard to fathom in this world isn't it? BUT, THAT is the Kingdom of Heaven.., "SELFLESS-NESS".

see "The Divine in Me"

I have forsaken ALL my former relationships who would not or could not come forward with me into this yet, unseen world. I have walked away from a pretty much idyllic life and have put all that I (supposedly) own on the line to come find you. I have either lost my mind or have willingly accepted The Love, Light and Correction of my Father in Heaven and am learning to let His will live through me. I say it is the latter for it is not I who do this Work but The Spirit of The Son, given by my Father that is Living and Growing in me that does The Work.

The hour is late. I seek my other spiritual brothers and sisters. Are you one? If not.., do you want to be one?

From Roland Croteau: rolandcro ( a  t ) earthlink.net