A friend just posted, “Positive thinking is dangerous, fake, impossible, and a sign of excess fear and guilt.”
Positive thinking is not bad. It is NOT dangerous, fake, impossible, and a sign of fear and guilt. It can be, for someone who is egocentric and fears life.
In ACTUALITY, it allows you to see the other side of what you have been manifesting. If we don't have something to strive for, we are truly lost.
Be ye therefore perfect; NOT guilty and fearful for thinking good thoughts. It’s all in how you look at things.
If you come from fear and guilt, you will manifest more of the same. If you come from sincerity in faith, your life WILL change! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
YOUR REALITY
Your reality is predicated by what you believe. Without you or your beliefs, you have no reality. In actuality, reality is what you perceive and then believe to be true. No matter what spin you put on it, it is subjective to the observer; you. There has recently been some debate that Actuality is NOT Reality. Reality to us is different than Divine reality; which some say is not reality but actuality. Is not what is actual, real? Is not what is real, actual?
Our subjective reality is retrieved by our senses through the action of feeling. It is then perceived by our brains as electro-chemical copies of ‘reality’. It is then either believed to be true/false and running away from or running toward (flight/fight). In essence, the pattern is retrieve, perceive and believe. Our brains then conceive what this all means and we compare it to what we have learned from our experiences and the experiences of others. We discern what is correct and judge whether or not it is good/bad for us.
Our reality is a perceived dualistic observed collation of hot/cold, black/white, close/far extremes and varying degrees in between. It is a result of our inextricable interaction with our environments. We are all immersed within our environments and it’s like being in a pot of soup and only seeing the other ingredients without being able to perceive the pot we are in; this is our subjective reality. The Divine reality sees all. We are privileged to be able have flashes of insight into this Divine reality and some say that this is Actuality and NOT Reality. Whatever they say limits what it is.
Reality is all inclusive in actuality. There IS nothing separate. Because we don’t perceive the ‘pot’ doesn’t mean it is not there. Everything we sense has been imagined, conceived and created into a temporal perception of existence. It is a projection from the source and not a lie, illusion or inconvenience to your view of the world. It is what it is. Your descriptions and analysis mean nothing to the fact that it exists regardless of your perception of it.
The Consciousness of the observer co-creates the reality in which it exists; so if you choose to create your own subset of rules they will be implemented in your mind as to their individual reality, and not the collective reality of the Divine. Can you see the whole country from your porch? You might be able to see Russia from yours, but is it really Russia that you are seeing? Or is it simply your perception of what you believe is Russia? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Do you possess the wisdom of the ages and the sages? Do you keep waiting for things to happen and nothing happens? Are you waiting for your ship to come in when you never sent one out? Whatever energy you put into an endeavor will become manifest in another form. If you are half-baked about your approach to your dreams then you will yield less than desirable results.
Why? The amount of time, energy, sweat or money you invest in any endeavor will be reflected in its outcome. Did you miss an important detail? Did you glaze over a given to later realize it wasn’t’ a necessary given? Were your perceptions on course and not fine-tuned? Did you invest just enough to get mediocre results? What you put in you get out.
According to the principle of entropy no matter how organized and disciplined you are the further time passes from the creation of your investment the more disorganized and spread out it becomes. Strike efficiently while the iron is hot and put forth a maximum and calculated effort to manifest your Divine purpose in Divine order.
How do you do this? Prepare yourself for all possible conclusions, focus on your desired result and put it forth into the omniverse. Then, let it go. Worrying or second guessing your action creates entropy in the manifestation of your desired result. Expect the desired conclusion and prepare for the unexpected. Don’t expect the unexpected or you will get what you don’t want.
You are a powerful co-creator in this vast omniverse. Use your power of co-creation wisely and effectively to become whom and what you were created to be. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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SERVICE IN PRAYER
Elizabeth and I would like to invite you all to our site ‘Service In Prayer’. For many months we have been led to offer a way for our online friends to have a forum to share our prayer needs with each other.
The purpose of this website is to connect with one another and share our needs for healing in whatever areas we feel we need. Please visit the website or go to the Facebook forum to post any public prayers on the Wall or PM us for private prayers.
We will pray for you or help you to find Prayer Partners to assist you in healing and realization of your Divine purpose and the unfolding of it in Divine order.
Thank you all for your support, kindness and for blessing us with your ongoing friendship. Peace and blessings to all of you and your families! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
OUR PAST ISSUES
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It is a spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event [dictionary.com]. For example, drop a pebble in a pond and watch the waves spread out from where the pebble interacts with the water. It manifests energy ripples moving out in concentric circles from the point of interaction. Much the same can be said about your convictions interacting with your environment. No matter what energy form your thoughts take, when you emotionalize those thoughts they ripple out from you into the omniverse with the intensity in which you project those thoughts.
The further they get from you the more spread out they are and entropy causes them to lose energy and dissipate in a disorganized fashion. Were the waves already there waiting to be energized? Were their potential energy not there at all and were created at the moment of projection? Was the environmental medium already pre-disposed to carry the ripples outward or did that manifest as a result of the energy being transferred to the medium?
We are inextricably tied to our environments and we are immersed in them at all times. We affect our environment as it affects us. Things play out in this omniverse according to laws and principles that define how things ‘play out’. We can bend and manipulate these laws to our favor but we will ultimately pay the consequences for such behavior. Including and respecting others in manifesting our personal agendas creates consequences that are good for all.
Being selfish and inconsiderate of others creates consequences that will backfire on you at the most inopportune time. You will become a victim of your own undoing behavior. Broadcast ripples of love and sincere concern to everyone you encounter. Watch how the waves of energy uplift those around you and help them to realize their goals and dreams. Be a part of the mutual growth and expansion of all.
Deposit that pebble of love and marvel at the joy, understanding and peace it creates. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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May Sutor and Dean A. Banks, D.D. have uploaded podcasts. Robert Yarbrough will be added soon. Just click on the podcasters placards below and click on the Podcast title. Currently there are five podcasts on Bobby Hinkle's page, one on Elizabeth Sutor's page and nine on Dean A. Banks, D.D.'s page. Stay tuned for more! Thank you for choosing us!
What is the Spirituality Guidance Channel? SGC is a video portal designed to introduce spiritually inclined individuals to be exposed to spiritual videos, radio, teachers, music, art, books, resources and links from a selected group of teachers and requests from viewers. Each featured coach/teacher will have their own page highlighting any videos, audios, websites or printed material they have produced. This portal will be regularly promoted on the Internet through social networking and targeted marketing channels. Please visit the website at the following address:
http://www.spiritualityguidance.com and email me at webproducer@hotmail.com with any suggestions, links or materials. Thank you for your most courteous participation in this project. I welcome your input. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Welcome to our new Sunday Morning Service by Dr. Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Every week Dr. Dean will be engaging subjects that are pertinent to your growth and expansion into recognition of; respect to; and communication with your inner spirit.
Please feel free to comment or suggest topics for review. May the Divine always bless you and your families! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When we develop the inner sense to hear silence, we are listening to the truth of what we are; Divine love. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
If where you are is where God is, then why aren’t you there? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The 12 Qualities of Happiness:
1. Love
2. Optimism
3. Courage
4. A sense of freedom
5. Proactivity
6. Security
7. Health
8. Spirituality
9. Altruism
10. Perspective
11. Humor
12. Purpose
~Lorraine Cohen
One day you will realize just how blessed you are. Until then, act as if you are and that day will arrive sooner than you think. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
If you only knew that you were created to shine your Light into this vast omniverse and make it brighter with your individualized expression of Divine love. If you would simply get out of the way of that Light shining through you would realize your dreams, manifest your Divine purpose and experience the joy of Divine love. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
When stupidity is heralded over critical thinking only the stupid will be heralded for not thinking critically. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
If you want to be yourself, stop listening to what others THINK you are! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Varying levels of experience reveal varying levels of understanding. What we sow, we reap; and from what we reap, we will then sow. It is our choices that reveal the level of trust we have in the Divine. From those choices our 'lessons' are learned and are lives unfold. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Events, circumstances, situations, occurrences, things and people whom you perceive control the peace in your life will keep doing so when you believe that your ego is in control. When you allow the Spirit of God to guide you only what edifies, personifies. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Happiness is a reflection of favorable results in your life. It does not run away from you; you do from experiencing it! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The price of duality is an acceptance of a separate reality. The price of singularity is an acceptance of the reality of Oneness in spirit. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Reality is subjective to what we experience in perception. Oneness in spirit is the true reality and the perceived dualistic reality is an expression of spirit that we perceive as electro-chemical copies in our brains. Objective reality is from the Divine perspective; which is singularity. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Actuality IS reality. If you can't see that, then you are NOT in reality! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Integrity is doing something in the background out of love where no one can see it to heal a situation; occurring when everyone is watching in the foreground and doing nothing to participate in the healing of the situation. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
CONSERVATIVE LOGIC?
Conservative logic revolves around the capitalisitc control of vast resources in order to spoon feed the products and services of those resources (resell) to the public and pricate sectors.
Following this logic is why things are the way they are. To initiate change we must rise above the abusers by saying 'NO' and informing the uninformed of their aberrant behavior.
Regulate them more so that they don't rip us off anymore!~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
CHANGING THE STATUS QUO
Every day is an opportunity to change the status quo. When you fail to take advantage of daily opportunities you begin to realize why things are the way they are.
To initiate change we must rise above the abusers of the world by saying 'NO' and informing the uninformed of their aberrant behavior.
The truth must be told and not hidden in the dark by those who block the Light. Shine forth your Light with the inner truth of the Spirit of God and pave the way for the mutual realization of the Kingdom of God here on Earth!
Divine love teaches us that we are in this together and together we will live in peace when we live in the truth. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
ACTUALITY?
What we experience as 'reality' is in actuality 'the perceived dualistic reality' of the senses. Hot/cold, dark/light, close/distant and varying shades of grey in between.
Light is stillness, silence and it is the actual singularity of all existence that projects the duality of extreme polarity. Time and space only exists in the PDR.
The actuality of existence is the true 'reality'. Everything else is an illusion or a copy of 'reality'.
Live from and in the objective reality of singularity and spirit and the subjective reality of duality and ego will take its place as the passenger in your life. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
What is a complex? It is an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts or units [dictionary.com]. We all live within perceived constructs of various complexes that are interdependent on one another. Our Agricultural/Nutrimental Complex supplies the food we need to survive. The Medical/Pharmaceutical Complex supplies the medicines we are told we need to heal human disease and anomalies. The Military/Industrial Complex tells us we need to secure our safety and prevent attack on our homeland by starting wars with dissidents all over the world. Our Corporate/Governmental Complex provides the financial guidelines in which we operate within the illusion of a ‘free market’. There are more ‘complexes’ than this, but these are the main four that directly affect our survival and demand the most attention.
In the Agricultural/Nutrimental Complex foods (animal/vegetable/fruit/mineral/ grains) are grown and developed through corporate and independent farming and governmental subsidies to grow ‘staple’ food items. Items that we need to survive nutritionally but items that corporations make the most money off of in the long run. Animal diseases and the way they are kept and herded to their deaths create internal conditions that cause stresses in their bodies that we ultimately ingest. Pesticides and environmental conditions affect the quality of the other foods we ingest. These conditions cause disease and the breakdown of the human body, forcing us to go to the next complex to cure ourselves.
In the Medical/Pharmaceutical Complex we all too often believe everything they tell us concerning our health. We are told that once we get a disease or condition that we need to either change our behaviors (eating and exercising) habits or take certain medicines (drugs) to help us cure our disease. All too often we are not told that our bodies are capable of healing themselves under ideal conditions and that simple substances can alter the rate of growth of a disease or nip it in the bud. Medicines ‘slow down’ the body’s healing processes and help to alleviate the psychological stresses associated with having a ‘dis-ease’. Some act directly on the disease to eliminate its growth and secure its demise without deleterious effects to our bodies. Health care is an ongoing issue and its costs are astronomical due to the liability and preciseness required for its implementation. It is something we should ALL have unfettered access to no matter how much we earn or how much we own.
In the Military/Industrial Complex we are told that we need to fear attacks and aggression from enemies we often NEVER see. Young people are shipped off to foreign lands to be maimed and killed to supply profits to the corporate puppet masters from the sale and maintenance of their war machines. It is their solution to make money AND decrease the surplus population. A win-win scenario for them and a lose-lose scenario for us. Unscrupulous and selfish war mongers create wars for their own profits and at the cost of our children’s lives all in the name of nationalism and/or patriotism. NOTHING could be further from the TRUTH!
In the Corporate/Governmental Complex we are fed the illusion that our voices can be heard and affect change. However, we can make a great deal of noise but our effect on real change is tempered by how much ‘our’ representatives are paid off by corporate interests. They are, in effect, slaves to their corporate masters who decide policy and buy their votes in Congress. This will only change when we make it punishable with jail time, heavy fines AND not allowing the privilege for them to ever run again for public office. The government has now become a business thriving on financially raping its constituency just like the corporate banks do. Every thought is ‘how much more money can we make off of our citizens’ without them pushing for change? In the hands of the government we trust the regulation of the businesses that provide our food, health and safety; when in fact, the regulations are changed regularly to allow corporations to get away with poisoning our food, addicting us to drugs and challenging our safety.
All of this lies in the selfishness and greed of unscrupulous individuals who don’t give a rat’s ass about you, your family and your dreams for a good life. They all rip away at our flesh like ravenous wolves wanting a piece of the dollar we earn. That’s why large corporations by up their competition and outsource jobs overseas. They are taking the Machiavellian approach to bring us to our knees and swear undying loyalty to their evil and selfish doctrines. We are better than this. So are they. We have now realized this and we need to help them to realize that what they are doing is NOT contributing to the growth and expansion of all. For us to live healthy we must be for health and not sickness. For us to live in peace we must live for peace and NOT war. For us to live in law and order we must make the system work for everyone; not a select few who wish to make profit from the labors of others. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
BELIEVING ONLY
WHAT YOU SEE
If you believe everything you see, hear, smell, taste and touch then you will only experience everything that you will be able to believe.
Get beyond your senses and feelings and come to know whom and what is your true being by allowing the Spirit of God to express love through you each and every day. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Facts are observed circumstances, occurrences, situations, events and the behaviors of things or people. Opinions are the result of evaluating whether or not these experiences are of value to you in determining your individual and/or collective survival.
When you attempt to thrive off of the labors of others, exactly what Mittens does, then you are a leech to society. Your self-worth is predicated on what you can control, dominate and manipulate to YOUR advantage.
It doesn't take and understanding of rocket science to see that! It takes common sense; something most people who listen to egomaniacal assholes don't possess at all. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
EXPECTING IT TO HAPPEN
NOTHING in this vast omniverse EVER gets created without expecting it to happen.
It is not our duty to expect HOW it will happen; just expect it to unfold in Divine order perfectly.
Did God say, “Let there be Light” and NOT expect it to happen? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WANT AWARENESS?
START LISTENING TO THE STILL SMALL VOICE OF GOD WITHIN. YOU WILL BE GUIDED TO YOUR DESTINY!
Make the time each and every day for communion with the Divine. It is here that you will get your sense of direction and what you need to do to manifest your Divine purpose in Divine order.
Do you love yourself enough to do this? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
MAGICAL HAPPENINGS
When you decide to quit fooling yourself with one distraction after another something magical happens. A feeling of inner knowingness spreads throughout your being and begins to grow and expand in your heart.
Things happen by Divine providence, serendipity and synchronicity. People come into your life bringing possibilities you haven’t even considered before; all because you chose to focus on edification and not distraction. At any moment you can make this choice. It is up to you.
Let go of what distracts you from focusing on manifesting your Divine purpose in Divine order. The blessings of the Divine will bathe you with unconditional love in every moment you choose to focus and let go of distractions. Be ye therefore perfect. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Our Daily Reading for May 17th -
"THIS Is Gonna Be The BEST Day Of You Life! YES IT WILL BE IF YOU SAY SO! ;)"
by Angels Whisper
I recently watched a report that says that the level of disassociation that we experience due to our use of the 'i' culture electronic devices such as computers and cell phones create a similar condition to the addictive behavior of drug addicts. They inferred that the levels of brain activity are the same and that we become addicted to this behavior and become automatons as a result. Hmmm.
I also have read that the levels of dopamine are increased from 'pleasurable' drug use and the same happens with social networking interaction. Hmmm. In other words, if you are on FB everyday you have an addictive personality and like to maintain an ‘electronic high’. Live Pavlov’s dogs we need that jolt to salivate and when others like our posts we get satisfaction and ‘feel the high’.
What about the joy of sharing? What about the opportunity to be a part of a global community of like-minded people that want a world of interactive communication in peace and not war? What about making friends that support your growth and expansion that are different from some of the people you interact with in the ‘real world’ everyday?
Whatever our reasons are and whatever ‘effect’ we get from our ‘I’ culture, it is allowing us to ‘communicate’ in a way we have NEVER before been able to do. We are learning that as many differences that we have among the ‘people’ of the world that we have a common desire to ‘reach out’ and touch like-minded individuals who seek ongoing communication and peace.
It is our leaders in our governments that are responsible for our well-being and some have let us down while others have lifted us up. Our communication here on FB is now part of our ‘reality’. It is our way of making this world a smaller place and coming to know that we all might appear different on the outside, but we all have the same spirit on the inside.
Be thankful for our friendships with each other. If this is an addiction, then come here every day for your next ‘fix’. It is an addiction where we learn about each other and help each other to grow and expand into a world of communication and peace. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
ADJUSTMENTS
When your needs are more important than the needs of others, it’s time to reflect, introspect and correct. When your wants become more important than your needs, it’s time to inspect, connect and direct.
When your desires become more important that your wants, it’s time to reject, collect and accept. When your expectations become more important than your desires, it’s time to allow, stop worrying about how and live in the now.
When your needs, wants, desires and expectations become aligned in Divine order you are manifesting your Divine purpose in accordance with Divine will. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and get out of your own way.
God knows more than you will ever know and when your trust in His guidance He will light your path and you will travel safely to arrive in Divine wholeness at your destination. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
YOU ALL THAT?
If you believe you are all that, then you are; in your mind ONLY. When others don’t recognize that you’re all that and you go out of your way to convince them that you are, it reveals that you aren’t all that. If you were, you wouldn’t have to solicit support for you being all that.
This is the point where you need to put your ego in check. Not that you have to lose your sense of self, but you have to gain your sense of SELF. Whom and what you are is greater than what you believe you are; it is beyond any assessment of self and into the realm of Divine expression.
What is deep within you, the Spirit of God, IS all that! It is the Creator of this entire omniverse and doesn’t need anyone’s belief in it to be exactly what it is. It is nurturing, supportive and loving. It is our Source of life and it is where we come from and where we will return to; IT IS! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
REVELING IN IGNORANCE
Those who revel in their ignorance seem to think they are the be all and end all of opinions. As they wallow in their self-made pool of ignorance see them for what they are; people who need to prove themselves right by juggling the perceptions of those who are as ignorant or more ignorant than they are.
They try to convince others into believing that they have some valid skew on the social and political arenas. Those who fool themselves regularly enjoy the fact that they do. They pat themselves on their own backs for their ‘ingenuity’ when in fact it is their egos that are directing the stage of their lives.
When you seek the truth you allow the Spirit of God to direct the stage. That is the be all and end all of everyone’s existence. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHAT IS WHOLENESS?
What is wholeness? It is a thing complete in itself, or comprising all its parts or elements [dictionary.com]. So then, what is Divine wholeness? It is the experience of the Divine as being the whole of reality; complete in itself and the sum total of all of its parts or elements.
It is not based on the belief of Pantheism, which is the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature [dictionary.com].
It is more akin to Panentheism. “In Panentheism, the universe in the first formulation is practically the whole itself. In the second formulation, the universe and the divine are not ontologically equivalent. In Panentheism, God is viewed as the eternal animating force behind the universe. Some versions suggest that the universe is nothing more than the manifest part of God.
In some forms of Panentheism, the cosmos exists within God, who in turn "pervades" or is "in" the cosmos. While pantheism asserts that 'All is God', Panentheism goes further to claim that God is greater than the universe. In addition, some forms indicate that the universe is contained within God. Much Hindu thought is highly characterized by Panentheism and pantheism” [Wikipedia.com].
In the most popular form of Panentheism, God is both transcendent and immanent, much like the Judeo-Christian view. The difference is that God does not have a vindictive and punishing personality which, in essence, is creating God in the image of man (anthropomorphizing). Divine wholeness is accepting and allowing ALL of what God has created as being an expression of God and was created through the power or energy of love.
It is aligning yourself with this Divine wholeness and becoming One with it. In actuality of reality, you are already one with it; it is your perception that separates you from that awareness by your belief that the perceived dualistic reality is what is real and not Divine wholeness. Allowing the Spirit of God to work through you is living in the actuality AND perception of Divine wholeness. It IS living in the Oneness of spirit.
Choose to be in the awareness, actuality and reality of Divine wholeness and ALL else will be added unto you. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
THE GIFT OF LIFE
You were given the gift of your life from Divine love. What are you doing with that gift? Have you shared it with others? Have you returned it from whence it came? Are you happy with it or did you want more? Have you played with your gift or have you locked it in your closet? Did you give it away because you didn’t like what you have received? Or have you been grateful for it by making it a blessing to yourself and everyone?
What you do with the gift you receive determines the joy in your life. Why live in dread, lack of fulfillment and frustration when you can live in joy by being thankful for what you have received?
What you put out will be reflected back to you. Express joy and you will live in joy every day of your life. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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