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The Garden -part 2
Much of the Garden writing is basic because it
is intended for everyone, churched and un-churched. Nevertheless the natural
meanings of the "Garden" are also intended to stir up the pure mind of those
who are used to deeper revelation. Transfer what is being told in the
natural into your spirit. You can do this with anything you see or hear. The
natural is here to show us the spiritual.
"Family Tree"
If you’ve analyzed your family "tree" with its’ "roots" and "seeds" in
"part 1" of this book, then you can see how quickly the world would
populate, hundreds being produced by just a few generations. The quantity
reached so far from the beginning of time is apropos for six millenniums.
I’m not going to deal with the time and monkey thing for at this time my aim
is to awaken you to what you already know. I may lambaste Derwood, or Dorwin,
or what’s-his-name later. By the way, did I mention that I threw a bunch of
little pieces of metal into the air yesterday and the pieces gathered
together in the air, and now I have this beautiful wristwatch…?
Seriously, let’s say the original "seed" was innocent and pure but it
received a blot or spot from nature that was not innocent. This "seed" which
was innocent in its’ originality would now be no longer innocent. It’s like
something perfect that got marred or scratched or stained. It would no
longer be perfect, never again be able to attain its originality. It is
forever doomed to be imperfect, even apt to get worse.
NOTE: As you read and come upon things that are not clear just keep
going and they will probably be explained. Lay them on the surface of your
"soil" (soul-intellect, understanding, etc.) and as you see that the words
or seeds are safe, receive them and they will grow. Prove all things
and you will be okay. If you’re looking for faults in this or any writings
I’m sure you will be able to find them for I am a marred vessel from outside
in but not from the inside out, for perfection is in my midst growing
outward more and more each day. Also what you see at times as a fault could
be the fault of your own human mind, and it also could be a "true fault".
Isn’t that an oxymoron?
We’re pursuing spiritual things and we must go through a natural mind to
do it. Since the spiritual and the natural are contrary to one another there
will be places of truth that can only be spiritually discerned or
understood. These words (seeds) must go into the earth (your eyes and ears),
into the soil (your soul), and be rooted in your spirit (your innermost
being). It’s from there that they grow. Some truth may at first appear as
foolish to you and at the same time seem to contain something good. Focus on
the parts that make sense to you. In doing so you will most assuredly obtain
nuggets of information that you can store in your storehouse (mind, memory,
etc.) and you can appropriate these bits for use in the gain of further
valuable (lasting) information ("Treasures"). Also the parts that were not
understood or explained yet will be seen more clearly as you go on.
Hopefully it will be revealed to you from that which is being awakened in
your own being. There is only "One" who will get the glory or credit; not I.
You can liken this to a jigsaw puzzle where each piece by itself makes no
sense but as it is pieced together the story or picture becomes clear. In
other words this is supposed to be fun. If we lighten up then we won’t be in
the dark as much. And where "light" is there are knowledge, warmth, and
power. The Son (Sun*) is our primary source!
Let’s return to the "original" or first "seed", which became tainted. In
turn this flaw passes on to the rest of the "seed" for each one comes from
the original. The stain being mixed in with the fabric cannot be removed.
The "egg" being scrambled cannot again become whole. The end result to the
"Master Gardener" Who is Perfect is the destruction of the flawed species,
for what business does the imperfect have with the Perfect? If the imperfect
species were allowed to remain in the Perfect Garden then the Garden
wouldn’t be Perfect anymore and neither would the Gardener. Right? But would
a Perfect Master Craftsman, Gardener, Builder, etc. be able to create an
Answer and be able to save the flawed species? The answer would have to be
in accordance with perfection. And how did a Perfect Creator allow for such
a disaster to happen in the first place? Also would it be proper for an
imperfect creation (as myself or you) to question a Perfect God Whose
Knowledge is so much greater with "how" or "why"? Even if the answer were
given how could that which is on a totally different level comprehend it?
And wouldn’t that be an insult to a Creator if His creation wanted all of
the answers, to be calculated and deducted by the lower thinking of
imperfect logic and sense. Put yourself in the place of a creator and your
creation. And where would be the honorable essences of beauty such as trust?
Have you ever been trusted with something by someone? How did it make you
feel? Isn’t trust a sweet word, or have we been hurt so much that it’s a
bitter word? It is not a logic word. And bitterness, or a "root" of
bitterness comes from our own reasoning. This was done to me so I will do
this to get even rather than wanting to get ahead, through another way of
thinking. Now I’m starting to feel like a bother so let’s go on to something
else. Let me show you the "Invisible Garden"!
Invisible Forces
Lets’ move on up into more of what is invisible and it’s effect on us as
humans. Here are a few things that are invisible, which have an effect on
our lives: time, space, the wind, and things that inhabit our mental and
spiritual realm are some of those we need to know about.
Time- you can see what is on the clock or watch but you cannot see
time. Time is invisible.
Space- If I hold both hands up, palms facing each other, and seven
inches apart, can you see the space between the hands? Huh? Can you?
Well, I can see the space but I really can’t see the space.
Wind- you can see the results of the wind, pushing the rain, blowing
leaves on a tree, or feeling a kiss from a breeze on the cheek. But you
can’t see the wind. It is invisible.
Time
What would you say has been the most influential invisible entity to
affect your life? Well "time" has a great effect on our society, being
used to measure our styles of life: when to go, when to get up, when to go
to work, when to eat, when we are born, when Christ was born (B.C. &
A.D.), when we marry, go on vacation, get a haircut, etc. I think we get
the point. Yet we know little about when we’ll pass out of time into "no
time left". Here again we have logic scheduling the times, where it can be
used along with reason. These two avoid the type of thinking concerning
"no time left" lest we begin to ponder the eternal, thereby leaving them
on the outside. Logic and reason are time or temporary oriented and want
you to be also. The dimensions of "no time" or an incorruptible world are
foreign to logic, they being on a much higher plain than the latter. Logic
and reasoning will attempt to keep us from dwelling on such things. They
try very hard to keep us earthbound and temporary. Everything logic does
is temporary. You could say, and I will, that it is vanity. It doesn’t
last. And since it doesn’t last it shouldn’t come first. I’m not saying
that logic is bad though it often is. I’m saying that it, being vain,
should not come first because it has no lasting value.
| An old friend once stated
that he thought God might have been speaking to "time" when He said,
"let us make man in our image". Genesis 1:26 Through time and many
changes this has come to my mind. |
So that’s a little bit about time and its relationship to our lives.
And like a fine wine these words being placed in our mind will only become
better in time. Please stay with me on a spiritual level. I’m not
promoting alcohol. And so we know that "time" is very important to us and
our desires, and our dreams, and our goals, and everything that we want.
But in time there will be no time. What then?
Space
"Space" is a good one. We deal with space "all the
time". But how influential is it over our lives? This ink is taking up
some space on the surface of this page. But the page itself is not really
space. It came from a tree if it’s paper. Being on the computer it is
other material. A page comes from a tree which itself takes up space.
Space can be seen but not seen. I can’t really feel it. Can you? Being
3-dimensional is very "cool", though some may say it’s "square". It’s
really "far out" unless of course the dimensions are small (chuckle). We
have wide space, height space, length space, and depth space for a few. We
have outer space and inner space. I think I take space for granted. But
remembering when I’ve walked or driven far, I did appreciate being close
to the end. But usually the question is, "how much longer before I get
there", not "how far" or "how much space is left". We normally think of a
mile in "time" but it is not time, it is space. Am I going "too far"
again? Okay, let’s go on into space and time.
Wind
The "wind" is a great influence on our lives. At the
time of this writing a level #5 twister landed in the Oklahoma City area
and part of Kansas, and although it didn’t damage space or time, it did
crush the lives and dreams and property so many had worked for in a
quantity of space and time, some shorter, some longer. Many lives were
lost and property loss was a quarter of a trillion dollars. Do you think
the wind had the most influence on these peoples’ lives? Each of us
travels through this space/time continuum, all headed for the same
destination, all losing all.
Wind cannot be seen. It is invisible. Yet when the wind
picks up speed of over 260 M.P.H., as in a category #5 twister, large
trees are plucked up by their roots out of the earth as if they were tiny
saplings. We can see the effects of the wind but the wind itself, with the
power to pull huge trees out by their root systems, is invisible. That’s
not logical. It is the power of the invisible. So in effect, what is more
real, the visible or the invisible? Logic, which can never come up with a
power equaling the wind would say the visible. It says, "Unless I see it I
won’t believe it". This keeps one in a vain temporary existence telling
you that your whole life is ahead of you when you are really just one
breath away from your last. It’s just a matter of time, short time. Logic
says to forget that. Let’s figure these things out through analyzing and
deduction. Aren’t we brilliant! During this we are blinded to what is real
and everlasting. Not so brilliant, this is a dark light, able only to
capture an image but not the reality. These "way layers" of logic and
reason say that the eye must see it to believe it, not mentioning that
these eyes are also very temporary. That which can be seen and proven by
analysis becomes archaic and of little value as time rolls on until it
disintegrates or is proven wrong or we die, in which case it all adds up
to zip. Yet man daily decides to operate in these base and lower
principles accepting them as powers that can create a bigger "I". They
blindly lead the blind through a myriad of changing, unstable facts
leading ever to death, and never to life. To know that we have been led on
a chase after "vapor", and to be trapped in the chasm of the lost with no
way out, would only lead to the torture of our soul: the mind, will,
emotions, and intellect. But we have the "Answer"!
Logic vs. Spirit
These writings are one way to
awaken the eternal that is already inside of you. I’m just endeavoring to
bring to your remembrance that
which you already have in you. The truth of immortality has been kept in
the darkness by the deception of logic and reason. Logic is smart. Smarter
than you or I. Therefore don’t speak to it or feed it but rather bypass it
going directly to the source of life, your spirit. Logic and spirit are
like night and day. They can’t intermingle. There is a separation between
the two just as the book of Genesis said that God divided the Light from
the darkness. The wisdom and knowledge of eternal things come from your
spirit but it must be fed spiritual food in order to be strong enough to
let you know what is happening deep in your earth. And the spiritual food
must by pass logic and reason in order to reach these depths. This can
only happen with a trusting, thirsty, humble or maybe broken heart. Then
the still, small voice of Wisdom can be heard in the "deep". It hears
something familiar that is good and so trusts and receives. It is a
familiar friendly voice from where and when. It is the Voice of my
Creator, Heavenly Father and Friend!!
Has this so far been as fun for you as it has for me?
Probably not but in coming this far you most likely are gleaning nuggets
of treasure and are gaining ground on access to your own storehouse. Then
there are some reading this who are already very wealthy in spiritual
treasures.
Garden Walls
The walls we have built, presumably to keep us from
harm, fearfully keep guard around our heart (spirit man). These walls
allow little entrance or exit about the eternal part, allowing it to be as
an "unattended garden", thorns and weeds abounding. Our creative source
meanwhile remains stagnant like the "Dead Sea". During our existence we’ve
allowed visitors to enter, especially when as an innocent child we trusted
that these guests would do us no harm. After all, these whom we gave
entrance to were put in our path by our guardians, or they were the
guardians themselves. Some were people of influence (pleasant appearing
trees) who wore titles that we were taught to respect: a minister tree, a
teacher tree, priests, police, nurses, doctors, moms & dads, et al. With
our trust towards them intact we innocently opened the gates to our soul,
or soil, and we gave them entrance into our center (the "root" or "heart"
of the matter). Along with those who were trustworthy were those who
betrayed us. We were raped, or lied to, or beaten without understanding.
They were found to be the opposite of what we were told they were,
believing that we were getting what we needed to get along in life. We
were devastated and confused by those whom we trusted were there to lead
us. We wanted to trust, to expose ourselves that we might grow and be
clothed with goodness in innocence, because we thought they were dressed
nice. But instead, we exposed ourselves to shame and were left with no
place to hide. This is about all of us who were affected by this in one
way or another. Rather than allow this to happen again we began
immediately a construction project, building a wall around the heart to
not allow anyone entrance. Not even God! Especially God, for those who
hurt us forged Gods’ signature on their deeds, so our final analysis was
that God left me naked and ashamed. What else could I believe not knowing
or remembering Gods’ True Signature?
The creative part of us, designed for enjoyment and
fellowship with our Creator was exposed to shame by what we thought was
God. In our final act of creating (not really) we built walls to keep God
out, and to shut Him in. In the process we shut down our creative plant
now to build only that which is fleeting. Devastating! From here we expose
ourselves solely to the dark, temporary surface contacts. We actually bow
to the darkness unable to see and feel the true peace that comes only from
deep within. Now it becomes a struggle to survive and to rise above the
so-called norm of logic and reasoning. We now work for self, a cruel
taskmaster. We never do enough. Day by day we run towards the inevitable,
laughing, crying, and sometimes wondering, "What is this all about". This
whole scenario is experienced by some very slightly, and by others to the
extreme.
This sounds so negative and we don’t want to think about it. But the
negative must be seen and felt and lived. When the negative hooks up to
the positive, "power" is produced. When a storm blows through the land the
trees are strengthened by it as the "roots" grab tighter. The dead
branches and leaves are blown out leaving the tree cleaner, and leaving an
aroma of fresh newness of life. If you will only believe and begin again
to receive you can be assured that every storm and "north wind" that has
ever touched you is now producing "new life" in you. Truth only
works if you believe it. BELIEVE IT!
Coming Attractions of Garden-part 3: A Higher Way
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