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When someone close to you hurts you, feel the pain and let it go.
When someone close to you believes lies about you, feel the pain and let it go.
When someone close to you makes up their mind about you and refuses to know the truth, feel the pain and let it go.
When someone close to you ignores you and treats you like you don’t even matter, feel the pain and let it go.
If you react to their aberrance then you have given your power away to them and their erroneous beliefs. Feel the pain and let it go.
Allow them to hurt you, believe what they want about you, refuse to know the truth and ignore you. Feel the pain and let it go.
Send them love for when they eventually realize the truth, they will feel the pain of their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, words, actions and behaviors that caused you the pain and they will feel that pain themselves. Feel their pain and let it go.
Love them no matter what they do to you because when they get past the pain of how badly they hurt you, they will come to know that you loved them despite your pain. Feel their pain and let it go.
They will learn that true love never masks the truth with lies; it lives in truth and it heals the pain and hurt when you allow it. In order for you and them to be healed you must feel the pain and let it go.
When you hold onto pain and hurt you will accustomed to its effect upon you and you will, in essence, be recreating it in your life. Feel the pain and let it go.
Feel the pain and let it go; because love never hurts and inflicts pain; it loves. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DOING THE RIGHT THING
When you give from your heart and protect someone you love you are blessed with the knowing that you did the right thing despite their inability to see the truth.
No matter how you spin the truth it will always be what it is. People who spend their lives trying to convince others of their veracity when their entire existence has been deception, spin doctoring and pure selfishness, will reap what they sow in Divine order.
It is not our job to expedite when they receive it; it is our job to trust in the Divine to reveal the truth in Divine order. Stand on the truth despite what the lying vipers proclaim.
Know in your heart that you are blessed with knowing the truth and that, in itself, is what sets you free from their lies, hate and selfishness. Be ye therefore loving and kind in face of deception and animosity. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
PIVOT TO LOVE
In the face of lies, adversity and personal pain; pivot to love and you will be blessed.
In the face of argument, animosity and posturing; pivot to love and you will be blessed.
In the face of deception, backbiting and ignorance; pivot to love and you will be blessed.
In the face of resentment, agendas and hatred; pivot to love and you will be blessed.
Never allow the pain of others that they believe is real to upset your peace; alter your understanding; squelch your joy; and stifle your ability to love.
When you completely trust in the Divine you live from your center of peace; you live in understanding the truth; you remain joyful when others hate you; you share Divine love with them despite their beliefs and selfishness.
When you love God with all of your heart NO ONE can ever do anything to hurt you unless you allow them to have that power over you. You are blessed with love; move toward that more than fueling the non-divinity that others believe they possess.
Be the love you are and live from your inner divinity, It IS the truth! . ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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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.
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THE DIFFERENCES
What exactly IS the difference between conservatives and liberals? Is it more than just a way of looking at things based on the amplified blood flow to certain centers of their brains? Is it ‘self’ based more than ‘collective’ based? Or is it that there are other motives at play that are hidden to the understanding of the average person? When you are raised in an environment where you must ‘fight’ for this, resist that and reject what the opposition says outright, it’s no wonder that we end up with people in charge who don’t have a clue how to govern. These people and their agenda of ‘fighting’ is the main problem because what your resist and fight will always persist.
Look at the TV, the movies and video games. Most of them are violence based and revolve around stimulating the juices of winning and overcoming a perceived ‘evil’ in order to feel justified in torturing, maiming or killing them. This addiction to violence is prevalent in our societies because we ALLOW what they have to say and the behavior they demonstrate to become beliefs in our subconscious minds. We allow their ‘take’ on things to influence who and what we are! Liberals ‘fight’ for the small guy with unions against corporations. Conservatives fight for the big guy with corporations against the small guy because they claim it is good for the economy.
The true problem is that too many conservatives rely on corporate 'wisdom' to determine our course. The 'people' who have been educated in the 'facts' should decide how we proceed and NOT the corporations. That's why we elect representatives to foster 'our' interests and NOT the corporations! Corporate 'wisdom' is based on shareholders' interests more than the interests of the 'people'! Conservatism is based on the fear of not being able to effectively profit from available resources that are perceived as limited.
Liberalism is based on the ability for ALL of us to work together to find new solutions to harvest the resources we have and process new ones. The balance between the two philosophies only occurs when posturing is dismissed in favor of compromise. Compromise only comes when we learn to respect each other’s viewpoint and forge ahead together in implementing solutions. The old school conservatism has repeatedly gotten us into too many wars over energy and mineral rights; it has redirected dollars to corporations instead of infrastructure maintenance; it has created more separation and division than it has in bringing us together.
It is on its way out and its proponents cannot and will not see that trickle-down economics, world dominance and world interference has never worked. They keep hailing the greatness of Saint Ronnie the Beloved who never had a clue how to govern, let alone lead. His raucous form of ‘cowboy diplomacy’ caused more separation and division than most have been able to perceive. The Reagan years left a major stain on our country and it is still affecting us with this terminal partisanship. We need to elect leaders who work for us and NOT the corporations.
We need to take the responsibility to get off of our ever-widening asses and vote for the PERSON who represents US and NOT the PARTY! We need to be accountable for the fact that every time we cross an old bridge that we are risking our very lives! Stand up and flush away the bullshit fostered by self-centered morons who are more interested in their own profits than in whether or not you survive.
Get real and allow our collective destiny to be one of working together to forge a new paradigm where we live in peace; understand one another; create joy and NOT hostility; and share everlasting Divine love with each other each and every day. If you believe that goal is too lofty, then it is YOU who are the problem because YOU have chosen fear and NOT faith in our Higher Power. Be ye therefore full of faith and NOT fear! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
GETTING BETTER?
Do you think that things can get better? Or do you believe that your life I on a downward spiral?
Learn to let go of what you desire the most and help others manifest their desires! Yours will come full circle into the manifestation of your own desires.
Share what you desire the most and things will always get better! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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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.
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If you make first things first and second things last; that way you live in the present, and not the past! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
MAKING OTHERS THINK
My job is, and always has been, to make others THINK and one way to do this is to self-contradict and subsequently resolve. I don't want people to believe what I present; I want them to challenge the way they think and feel in order to figure things out on their own.
When I immersed myself in logic I learned just how contradictions can stimulate thinking; especially when feelings dominate how we all interact with our worlds. Without the challenges of contradiction, we would never be able to resolve what we know over what we believe.
Being at peace requires the resolution to what we perceive is not right in our experiences. What is hidden around the corner, under a rock or behind a door will never be revealed until you move toward the resolution.
You do this by envisioning the end result that allows you to live in peace, understanding, joy and Divine love and not personalizing the contradictions that are possible and not yet probable.
In other words, you co-create that which you innately desire and hold firm your conviction to realizing that desire. Ask, seek and knock; the process of realization! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
NOT SEEING REALITY
When you believe that others should do what you do, act how you act and be how you are, you are not seeing reality. We all are electro-chemical bags of molecules that react differently to our environments.
What is good for one person might not be good for another. This is called relative truth. However, there is a standard of truth that is absolute. Sharing Divine love, encouraging and edifying another brings you into peace; allows you to understand just how life works; and gives you the joy of living. As a result, you live in health, wealth, prosperity and abundance everlasting.
Why? Because you actively relay the absolute truth of Divine love into the relative truths of yourself and others. It is in the ‘act’ of sharing Divine love that you become what you were created to be. We all seek the light in our own way and no one way is better than another as long as it relays the absolute truth of Divine love into our lives and the lives of others.
Be flexible with the relative truths you and others believe in order to align them with the absolute truth of Divine love expressing itself in Divine order. Be ye therefore relatively absolute! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
DIED ON MY BIRTHDAY
I researched and found someone who died on my birthday. His name was Dean Inge. This is uncanny.
I downloaded some of Inge's books and read several passages. I was tingling. He was a proponent of spiritual knowledge more than religious beliefs and was known as Dean Inge.
He was a priest and had a D.D. Too spooky! However, how many other people of no notoriety died on your birthday that weren't famous? Still, it's all in good fun! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHAT WOULD LIFE BE?
What would life be without the Divine at the center of our beings? Would it be peaceful? Would you be understanding? Would you experience joy? Would you be able to share love? Or would you just go about your day doing what makes you happy and fulfilled without a care for anyone else? Would our connection to each other and all of life be completely severed? Or would we somehow find a way to re-connect?
We are social animals that have the ability to learn how to get along with each other when we collectively give to each other. It is when we allow the takers to override our social knowingness with their fearful beliefs that we consciously separate that which is inseparable. As far as the Divine is concerned I know its presence; I feel it every day! I know that its knowledge and wisdom fuels the power of Divine love.
I know that I am a co-creator in this vast omniverse and that it is up to me to share Divine love in my own little corner of the world. We might not ever know all of the answers, but we can work together to find them. Trust in the Divine within to bridge the illusive gap that attempts to convince us of our separatism amid Oneness. Let go of the erroneous beliefs that divide and conquer the truth that we are all one.
It is best said in the following to me:
"As slight and elusive as life sometimes is
Right or wrong as we both know we all can be
I could never have denied that I need you by my side
'Cause without you life don't seem that much to me"
~Excerpted from "All The World" by Steve Walsh and Robby Steinhardt
Together we CAN and WILL change the world NOT by rearranging events, occurrences, situations, circumstances and the behaviors of ourselves and others. We do it by allowing our hearts to be open to the truth of our shared existence as expressions of Divine love.
Allow that which edifies, grows and expands to co-create beauty in our lives and the lives of others. Be ye therefore diligent and purposeful in trusting that which has created all of life. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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I have something to say to all those who blindly read the scriptures and take them at face value. There is a history in every verse. There are things that are taken out of context and things that are completely off-base.
What I'm saying is, is that if you are going to base your life on a book, then make sure what you are reading is accurate and from the authored source.
Living your life by the rules of a book is called Literary Authoritarianism. Literary Authoritar-ianism tries to carve the spirit into stone.
The true word is living and breathing and pulses from the Spirit of God within you. Listen to it. Live it. Breathe it. Manifest it. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
EVERYDAY ABOVE GROUND
IS A GOOD DAY!
It has been said that every day above ground is a successful day. Even though this is ultimately true, some who fear too much have one foot concreted to the ground ‘just in case’ they have to change their opinions with new information. Being too conservative keeps you anchored in the dirt despite new information that says that your ground is moving in a new direction. Being too liberal means that you have ‘faith’ in what can be visioned as being better.
Balancing BOTH viewpoints brings all of us into ‘compromising’ for what is best for all. When we doggedly stick to what we believe is true over what we must KNOW is true, we are not only fooling ourselves but are living a blatant lie.
Yes, every day above ground is a good day; but every day fighting over whose ground it is, what purpose it is for, where it can be of use, how it can be implemented, when it can come to fruition; and why we are even fighting in the first place, complicates each and every issue to where we have no idea of any meaningful purposes in compromising.
Being progressive takes the best of conservatism and liberalism and integrates it into a holistic philosophy that unites more than divides. Be focused on what is good for all; when you divide people into classes you inherently diminish all the blessings that each one of us has to offer. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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For in Autumn we see the beauty of change becoming realized; because even though life is reacting to what surrounds it, it still maintains its inherent beauty despite the loss of warmth from its world. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
As long as we choose to fight and resist we will be subject to the consequences that come from making that choice. See beyond what you feel you have to do into what you know you must do. Be ye therefore peaceful and allowing of that which you don't understand. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Just as the dawn of a new day brings forth light into darkness, your awakening to the spirit within brings the possibility of renewed strength, a clear path and a deep understanding of your Divine purpose as it unfolds in Divine order. Be patient, be assured and be forthright and all you desire for fulfillment will be expressed. Allow what gives you strength to reinforce your character and what diminishes your strength to pass through you into oblivion. Be that which brings forth life and never takes it away. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Live your life from the ‘top down’, the ‘inside out’ and from the ‘bottom’ of your heart to ‘above’ your head. Know that everything that exists vibrates in a ‘like’ or ‘unlike’ manner with all of life. As you ‘outflow’ the energy of Divine love you receive its reflection as your ‘inflow’ of blessings. Everything comes from the ‘unseen’ and unfolds into the ‘seen’ in Divine order. Living in the balance of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ energies allows you everyday to align your ‘heart’ with your ‘mind’ and your ‘spirit’ with your ‘body’. No matter what appears outside of you know that you can pivot within to allow it to be and co-create a better reality by the giving of your talents, skills and abilities to others in Divine service. When you share your blessings with others you are blessing all of life. Be ye therefore trusting of the Divine and sharing Divine love every day! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
BE PATIENT
Just as the dawn of a new day brings forth light into darkness, your awakening to the spirit within brings the possibility of renewed strength, a clear path and a deep understanding of your Divine purpose as it unfolds in Divine order.
Be patient, be assured and be forthright and all you desire for fulfillment will be expressed. Allow what gives you strength to reinforce your character and what diminishes your strength to pass through you into oblivion.
Be that which brings forth life and never takes it away. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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Live your life from the ‘top down’, the ‘inside out’ and from the ‘bottom’ of your heart to ‘above’ your head. Know that everything that exists vibrates in a ‘like’ or ‘unlike’ manner with all of life.
As you ‘outflow’ the energy of Divine love you receive its reflection as your ‘inflow’ of blessings. Everything comes from the ‘unseen’ and unfolds into the ‘seen’ in Divine order.
Living in the balance of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ energies allows you everyday to align your ‘heart’ with your ‘mind’ and your ‘spirit’ with your ‘body’.
No matter what appears outside of you know that you can pivot within to allow it to be and co-create a better reality by the giving of your talents, skills and abilities to others in Divine service.
When you share your blessings with others you are blessing all of life. Be ye therefore trusting of the Divine and sharing Divine love every day! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SEE THE END RESULT
See the end result of where you want to be and feel the joy everyday of being there. Ask for what you desire. Seek the Kingdom of Heaven within.
Knock on the door of Divine service to others. Fulfillment will unfold in Divine order and you will flourish in Divine love. Be the beautiful child of the Most High that you already are!
Trust completely in the Divine to uplift you and bring you into that which is already yours! You just need to get out of your own way! God bless you, dear sister. You are loved! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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Those who exalt religion over the Divine already have their reward!
For in loving the Divine within you come to know Divine love more than human beliefs.
Beliefs are repeated thoughts that you accept as true without validation and knowing is allowing that which is great within you to guide and direct your life into complete and utter fulfillment. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SEEK THE
ANSWERS WITHIN
If you choose to believe that religions have the answers to God’s plan for you that is your right.
However, their answers are to their questions and NOT yours. Knowing the Divine IS living in truth! And without truth we will never truly know the Divine!
Seek the answers within and come to know Divine truth. It is NOT religion! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SPINNING THE SHAME
When you spin the shame of what someone else does on the accuser, you are defending the aberrance more than the truth. Spinning the shame on the accuser for the reprehensible acts of this manipulator is what is shameful! Don’t kill the messenger for warning you of the aberrances of others. Learn from what they say and stand your ground on the truth in the face of adversity and outright manipulation! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WHAT IS A SECRET?
What is a secret? Is it a way to keep hidden knowledge from someone in hopes of gaining an advantage over them? Or is it something so esoteric that we have to overturn one stone after another until we find it? A secret is [something that is] “kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric” [dictionary.com]. Some say that there are, in reality, no secrets. However, to someone who doesn’t know and seeks to know what they are looking for is a secret until they have discovered it. To those who don't know about something, it is a secret until it is revealed to them. We all need to awaken within to the truth that has always been there. It is not a secret; it is there for those who seek it and know that it is there. Allowing the Divine to express Divine love through you to create beauty in your life might be a secret to some; but to those that know this, it is no longer a secret but a fact of life. Be ye therefore open, honest and forthright with all for our collective good. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
PATRIOTISM
Patriotism is being loyal to your country by NOT allowing corporations to buy out our interests in favor of deregulating their dishonest behaviors. Profit at the expense of taxpayers is using them as investors who NEVER receive a dividend! You will never be able to change the way conservatives and liberals look at things. Conservatives thrive on fear and liberals thrive on equanimity. Conservatives redirect the attention of the less discerning from the truth while liberals allow open discussion of the truth. To me, the choice is obvious! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
THE OLD MAN IN THE SKY?
Some scientists refer to God as if he is an old man in the sky who is so anthropomorphized by humans that He is rendered capricious, malicious and pretentious. I highly respect science and scientists; however, they mostly rely ONLY on their senses which are NOT always accurate in revealing the entire picture.
In spirituality, the beauty of Divine love that has created the omniverse is not relegated to superstition and religion by some scientists. Love IS the essence of all of us. Someday scientists will see this. Perhaps when they learn how to measure, quantify and qualify the unseen and unsensed without being co-dependent on what our limited senses reveal.
As with religion, science and non-believers in God, these are all beliefs based on perceptions that skew the reality of what is sensed. You cannot believe in the truth; you must know it within. Everything we experience is Divine love in action with many people rejecting it because they either don’t believe in it because they cannot sense it or they have an agenda from their ego to deny its existence.
Go within and come to know the Divine love in your heart and allow that which is unseen to work through you for the betterment of all. Be ye therefore understanding of those who have no vision; it is not your duty to make them see the light within, but you can point the way! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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DIGNITY AND RESPECT
If businesses were more regulated to treat people with dignity and respect unionizing would not be a necessity.
However, as long as corporations worship 'the bottom line' we will need collective bargaining! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
A CULT OF PERSONALITY
What is a cult of personality? “A cult of personalityarises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise” [Wikipedia.com].
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WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF?
Wouldn’t it be great if we all learned how to live in faith and Divine trust?
Wouldn’t it be great if we allowed our greater good to edify our beings?
Wouldn’t it be great if we stopped listening to our selfish voices long enough to hear the silent voice of Divine love?
Wouldn’t it be great if we shared our talents, skills and abilities in Divine service to others for the edification of all?
Wouldn’t it be great if we chose everyday to live a fulfilled life in health, wealth, prosperity and abundance?
Wouldn’t it be great if we chose peace over chaos, understanding over derision, joy over melancholy and Divine love over selfish posturing?
Wouldn’t it be great if…
~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
MORE SAYINGS
What people think of and say about you is none of your business. You need to take care of you and create that which blesses you. Know who you are no matter what anyone else says or does. That is your strength and their weakness! Peace! ~ Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Because women think that they know, they keep men guessing. And men, allow them to think that they know when in fact it is the men who know that they know nothing more than the women know. Know what I mean? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
A healthy mind works toward peace; develops understanding; lives in joy; and shares Divine love with all of life. Anything else is NOT healthy! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The first to think before speaking is the last to have to remove foot from mouth. ~J Ross Dock Hester
The first to react from fear is the last to admit they are their own straw man! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Evil exists in the hearts of those who deny the beauty and connection of Divine love between all of us. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The Capitalists send their minions to serve in Congress to learn how the system works and how they can make it work better for them. Eric Cantor a few years back was hot because he had privileged knowledge of how to get what the corporations wanted; deregulation to sell us crap that kills us for a high dollar profit. THAT is evil! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
The world of spiritual ego and hypocrisy is large and painful. ~Josh Coleman
True, but what is spiritual ego? Aren't they mutually exclusive? Or perhaps they are two sides of the same coin? ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
If we lead ourselves into an inner peace we learn how to follow our hearts more than our minds. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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WHAT IS A MISTAKE?
What is a mistake? By definition it is “an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc; a misunderstanding or misconception. It is taken used as a noun even though it is an action. It means to mis- (a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,” “wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating:) -take (to take, strike, lay hold of, grasp, late Old English ‘tacan’ to grasp, touch). It originates from “1300-30; Middle English mistaken (v.) < Old Norse ‘mistaka’ to take in error. See mis-1, take” [dictionary.com].
Mistakes occur when poor reasoning based on sensed assessments and relative perceptions of one’s environment play center stage. Carelessness in judiciously gathering facts leads to insufficient knowledge, which in turn, brings about misunderstandings and misconceptions resulting in relying on opinions of facts instead of the facts themselves. So, if you are wrongly grasping the facts and co-creating erroneous beliefs, you are in error. You have been mistaken. Now, a child molester on the news recently claimed that it was a mistake that he raped his younger sisters. Mistake? Hardly. As Liz said to me after hearing this, “A mistake is your foot slipping off of the brake and hitting the gas pedal; a mistake is incorrectly logging a deposit in your check book. Child molestation is a ‘choice’; NOT a mistake!
We all make mistakes because we listen to our egos more than the Spirit of God. We are given direction, hints and subtle feelings for us to make the appropriate choices. When we make an incorrect choice we pay the consequences of making that choice. A choice is a decision based on your ‘perception’ of what is happening. Decision comes from the Latin ‘decisio’ which means ‘to cut off’ all other options and move ahead with your choice. Good choices are made when we discern; not judge a situation in relation to ALL concerned and not just us. Discernment ‘separates’ one conclusion from another whereas judgment means to ‘form an opinion upon’ something within oneself. In other words, discernment is based on the facts and the facts alone and judgment is based on one’s opinion of the facts in relation to the safety and security of oneself.
Opinions are beliefs based on probabilities that ‘feel’ right. The origin is from ‘c.1300, from Old French opinion "opinion, view, judgments founded upon probabilities" (12c.), from Latin opinionem (nominative opinio) "opinion, conjecture, fancy, belief, what one thinks; appreciation, esteem," from stem of opinari "think, judge, suppose, opine," from PIE *op- "to choose" (see option) [dictionary.com]. Opinions are, and always will be, subjective. They come from beliefs, which are repeated thoughts that we accept as true without validation. When these beliefs filter our observations and skew their truthful facts to subjective judgments, we must deal with the consequences of acting on those beliefs. A mistake is an action that occurred creating a situation that was NOT considered or intended.
The child molester did NOT make a mistake; he made a choice that he ‘intended’ to make, That is the difference between a mistake and a choice and don’t let anyone tell you any different. As I said, when we all listen more to our egos than the Spirit of God we make mistakes because we have made bad choices; choices that weren’t completely thought through; were based on emotional reaction; or served bringing us more pleasure. Making good choices minimizes ‘mistakes’ because we align our intention with probabilities more than possibilities. Move toward unfolding your Divine purpose in Divine order and allow your blessings to manifest in your life. May God bless all of you! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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ANIMAL WELFARE
THE PIECES ARE GONNA
FALL ON YOU
Are you worshipping your God based on beliefs that you accepted as true without any validation? Have you moved blindly through life without a care to know the truth?
Or are you more concerned about keeping it together despite the pieces falling apart and falling down on you?
Are you a part of the walking dead who believes they are alive? Do you walk the streets of life holding onto your erroneous beliefs? Are you so stuffed up with your ego that you believe that you are better than everyone else?
Watch out…the pieces ‘gonna fall on you’… ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
CONSULTATION
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BLAMING THE DEVIL
When you look outside of yourself and blame the devil, you are not accepting responsibility for your own actions; are not being accountable for your own behaviors; and are living in fear of your own beliefs.
Going within and accepting the truth moves your ego (the devil) from controlling, dominating and manipulating your perceptions and the perceptions of others for your own selfish gain; whether it is intended to invoke pity, consideration or genuine fear.
Talk to your inner spirit; it will guide you home. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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