It's not just on Sunday but every day that my thoughts go to God but not every thought is worth this space that Google so charitably provides to all. Although I am not a deserving recipient of charity, nonetheless this space is a gift that Google has given, that looks deceivingly like a blank canvas that ought not to be scoffed at but to be thankful for, to be used to the best of one's unique abilities, to turn it back into a gift. Mine may not be a very nice gift, but it is the only gift that I am able to make with the abilities that I have been given, and I want to give it my best to make it the best gift I can.
Google is not God, but God has played a part in giving the founders of Google their blank slates. They have embraced their blank slates and worked on them and turned them into things much bigger, bigger than perhaps even they themselves can contain or comprehend. That is the miracle, to be able to do things that seem to flow effortlessly from what has been given, to make something from something so deceivingly simple that it is almost taken for granted, something we call life. [1]
[1] I was completely captured by the truth (and my personal fascination) that every person has in varying degrees the ability to create just as the Creator is able to create when this was written, so the words "to make something from something" was all about creation and have nothing to do with procreation. (Footnote added March 1, 2012.)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
I Cry
I cry for kindness, when it’s mistaken for meekness.
I cry for innocence, when it’s seen as weakness.
I cry for love, when it’s thought of as purpose.
I cry for selflessness, when it’s depreciated to heroism. [1]
I cry for hope, when it’s overcome by fear.
I cry for freedom, when it’s trampled by irresponsibility.
I cry for conscience, when it’s taken over by greed.
I cry for loneliness, when it’s filled with self-pity.
I cry for desire, when it’s not for God.
[1] An act of selflessness originates from and is done out of conscience, the goodness within. I believe that such acts do not result from chance or coincidence but are miracles. When a miracle that is factually substantiated and corresponds to a selfless act and is being judged to be heroic, then what was once goodness in its purest form has been reduced to heroism, a secular concept that is often further cheapened by profit motives, rankings and trophies that are handed out under media's spotlight, pomp and circumstance. (Footnote added on March 1, 2012.)
I cry for innocence, when it’s seen as weakness.
I cry for love, when it’s thought of as purpose.
I cry for selflessness, when it’s depreciated to heroism. [1]
I cry for hope, when it’s overcome by fear.
I cry for freedom, when it’s trampled by irresponsibility.
I cry for conscience, when it’s taken over by greed.
I cry for loneliness, when it’s filled with self-pity.
I cry for desire, when it’s not for God.
[1] An act of selflessness originates from and is done out of conscience, the goodness within. I believe that such acts do not result from chance or coincidence but are miracles. When a miracle that is factually substantiated and corresponds to a selfless act and is being judged to be heroic, then what was once goodness in its purest form has been reduced to heroism, a secular concept that is often further cheapened by profit motives, rankings and trophies that are handed out under media's spotlight, pomp and circumstance. (Footnote added on March 1, 2012.)
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thoughts On God - Sunday, February 19, 2012
Creation defined: Making something from nothing.
Only God is able to create. The ability to have thought is an integral part of and subordinate to Creation. The concept of evolution, resulting from thought, is a subset of thought and a distant derivative of Creation.
Creation is good but not everything derived from it is good or benign like the theory of evolution. Throughout the ages, many thoughts turned into working concepts, which in turn became realities. The wheel, cooking with fire, the Internet and an implantable wireless chip that delivers medications and drugs to the human body [1] are all realities but not all good.
The wheel had led to automobiles that led to fossil fuel consumption that led to wars that continue to this day. Cooking with fire had led to gas stoves that led to food consumption that led to people over-stuffing themselves and obesity. The Internet had led to computers that led to smart phones that led to interactive televisions and other electronic gadgets with quick obsolescence that contribute to non-degradable matters that make the land and water on earth more and more toxic. The implantable wireless chip that delivers medications and drugs is still too new to know its eventual path but I surmise that it will be used by some governments to control the populace, by taking away God’s two most precious gifts to all: life and free choice. [2]
[1] http://thenextweb.com/us/2012/02/17/mit-professors-have-developed-a-microchip-that-delivers-drugs-remotely/
[2] After reading the article, I Tweeted the following:
Only God is able to create. The ability to have thought is an integral part of and subordinate to Creation. The concept of evolution, resulting from thought, is a subset of thought and a distant derivative of Creation.
Creation is good but not everything derived from it is good or benign like the theory of evolution. Throughout the ages, many thoughts turned into working concepts, which in turn became realities. The wheel, cooking with fire, the Internet and an implantable wireless chip that delivers medications and drugs to the human body [1] are all realities but not all good.
The wheel had led to automobiles that led to fossil fuel consumption that led to wars that continue to this day. Cooking with fire had led to gas stoves that led to food consumption that led to people over-stuffing themselves and obesity. The Internet had led to computers that led to smart phones that led to interactive televisions and other electronic gadgets with quick obsolescence that contribute to non-degradable matters that make the land and water on earth more and more toxic. The implantable wireless chip that delivers medications and drugs is still too new to know its eventual path but I surmise that it will be used by some governments to control the populace, by taking away God’s two most precious gifts to all: life and free choice. [2]
[1] http://thenextweb.com/us/2012/02/17/mit-professors-have-developed-a-microchip-that-delivers-drugs-remotely/
[2] After reading the article, I Tweeted the following:
Al in SF @Al_in_SF
The temptation to mandate the use of wireless drug chip[s] echoes the first temptation Satan presented to Eve & Adam.
18 Feb Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
Satan is known as the master of disguise. The wireless drug chip is life-controlling disguised as life-saving.
18 Feb Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
Satan is forever perfecting man's imperfections.
18 Feb Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
To want a wireless drug delivery chip in your body is to give to Satan God's gift to you - your life.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Tweets - Wireless Drug Delivery Chip
Al in SF @Al_in_SF
The temptation to mandate the use of wireless drug chip[s] echoes the first temptation Satan presented to Eve & Adam.
14m Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
Satan is known as the master of disguise. The wireless drug chip is life-controlling disguised as life-saving.
26m Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
Satan is forever perfecting man's imperfections.
29m Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
To want a wireless drug delivery chip in your body is to give to Satan God's gift to you - your life.
1h T.A. McCann T.A. McCann @tamccann
MIT professors have developed a microchip that delivers drugs remotely: http://thenextweb.com/us/2012/02/17/mit-professors-have-developed-a-microchip-that-delivers-drugs-remotely/
Retweeted by Vinod Khosla
Friday, February 17, 2012
Selected Tweets On Disappointment
A prayer is seldom answered in the time or the way one expects it to be, but when it is answered, inner peace will prevail.
24m Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
Faith transforms disappointments and despondence into courage to reach out and to reconnect the dots in new, fun, creative & rewarding ways.
44m Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
When what has really been worked at & hoped for does not pan out, that is God intervening and directing me away from further foolishness.
24m Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
Faith transforms disappointments and despondence into courage to reach out and to reconnect the dots in new, fun, creative & rewarding ways.
44m Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
When what has really been worked at & hoped for does not pan out, that is God intervening and directing me away from further foolishness.
Selected Tweets on Religion
15 Feb Al in SF Al in SF @Al_in_SF
Blah... blah....boring. Boring myself with my last Tweets.
Man who naturally embraces the many faces of God cannot resist turning away from the mutating faces of Satan.
Man who tends to freely believe in good (a religion) cannot resist monopolizing, monetizing & manipulating it (the politics of religion).
Al's definitions: Religions - the many faces of God. The politics of religions - the mutating faces of Satan.
Blah... blah....boring. Boring myself with my last Tweets.
Man who naturally embraces the many faces of God cannot resist turning away from the mutating faces of Satan.
Man who tends to freely believe in good (a religion) cannot resist monopolizing, monetizing & manipulating it (the politics of religion).
Al's definitions: Religions - the many faces of God. The politics of religions - the mutating faces of Satan.
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