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30 November 2020

Human

There are no poor in this world, because they are not counted.
Do you see some miserable looking humanlike creatures somewhere near you? They are part of the dumb heap of the economic and cultural waste.
Know that we are part of them if you felt anytime you are at the mercy of a manipulative system.
No more humans, but waste, worthless, voiceless, even conscienceless.

Are you afraid to be human?
Cry aloud in unheard feeble voice, even if be killed
show kindness even in misery
stand in dignity even when not favored and threatened
love one another, there can still be humans even in dump heap.

17 November 2020

The Treasure that God has Given

God is worthy of all praise. Finding God to be worthy of all praise is the sense of worship. It is in the heart, and the praise is an attitude. We can praise God in silence, loud voice, sighs, tears, and deep longing. 
"You are our Lord and our God, 
you are worthy of glory and honour and power,
because you made all the universe 
and it was only by your will that everything was made and exists" (Rev 4:11)

There were twenty four elders, the heads of nations, the heads of priestly families, of many generations. All give praise to God made them and gave them authority and power.

There were seven flaming lamps burning, the seven Spirits of God. if they are the holy offices of the spirit the charisma, God is glorified through them. If they are power and strength of God, the dynamis, God is found worthy of all praise in his glory. In Zoroastrianism we see six Amesha Spentas, Holy Immortals: Vohu Manah - Good mind and good purpose, Asha Vahishta - Truth and righteousness, Spenta Ameraiti - Holy devotion, serenity and loving kindness, Khashathra Vairya - Power and just rule, Hauravatat - Wholeness and health, Ameretat - Long life and immortality. They are seen as the attributes of the Great One and through which we are able to have contact with God.

There were four creatures, Lion, Bull, Man, and Eagle, the great empires that ruled over Israel, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. 

All come in adoring the Lord, recognising his greatness.

But 
how can we praise God with joy if we are not grateful for the 'givenness' in what we have received?
How can we praise God with joy if we have no sense of fulfillment in what we have produced out of the grace/life we have received?

The mysteries of the kingdom, a life of grace is given to us as a special gift which will complete according to our very nature. In what shines in them God is glorified. We know that we live our pains and struggles, but in grace. So, every moment is eschatological or apocalyptic, because they call for a radical choice every moment. 

The mystery of the kingdom is given to us, but how many boundaries were we able to transcend? We will be entrusted with richer mysteries of the kingdom. We will be able to think and act like Christ at least in some measure. Kingdom of God is not a Fan association. Number of followers and number of nations cannot really show the presence of the kingdom of God.
Is there efforts for peace, love, and joy? There is the kingdom.

If we safeguarded the mystery of the kingdom given to us within the boundaries we created, we will be added to the group of the faithless servants. they will be thrown into the fire, hands and legs bound unable to act, they will be rejected. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Ref  Rev 4:1-11 Lk 19:11-28 Mt 13: 42

3 November 2020

Religion vs Power craze

It is fully a demonic act when religions justify or promote violence either it be direct physical attack or it is done by words, arrogance, intolerance etc. In fact, those ‘religious’ perspectives have nothing in relation with the essence of those religious faith. What they aim to have is domination and power, and the economic possibilities as further controlling forces. We know that religions are incapable of regulating these factors, and they need to be dealt diligently by the state.

Rather, if the state itself uses religion for power and make religions justify the divisive and violent approaches, it will damage the progress of the nation-state itself. It is necessary to have good politics with good intentions for the common good to have a global network that acts beyond the nexus of corporate powers and political systems.

On the other side, if religions give up their religious depths just for the survival possibilities and seek safety under the ruling state, they betray themselves and cheat the religious faithful. When 'religious structures' re-form themselves into corporates and begin to regulate power and economy using the religious sentiments, unfortunately the faithful believe them to be the face of religion and fall to darkest pits. The agents of those structures are devils holding religious texts and wearing an angel's coat.

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