| OUR VOYAGE INTO ETERNITY |
| 060. Man has been very successful in designing computers and devices that work. We can understand the internals of command, control and communication, internally and externally. We should also see the similarities in our own design; and wonder about the nature of souls. We can see a “chain of creation” from our Designer down to designer man and to designer computer. Aren’t we wonderful? Better yet, aren’t we a “wonderment”! We are now voyaging into the cosmos of God. We have specific places to reach and we need the navigation to get our “space” ships there. |
| 061. From the nature of our design of computers, we can know that three of the central functions of our soul are intellect, will and conscience. God is our Creator, the Messiah is our Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit is our Navigator. God created man with all three. Adam started with a preternatural intellect, that is, he didn’t have to go to school – he just knew what God wanted him to know. However, God ordered Adam and Eve not to “eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge”; else He would severely punishment them. Using their free will they decided, with the urging of the Devil, to break God’s Law. |
| 062. So what happened? The intellect and will of our first parents were weakened – no more preternatural knowledge [the learning curve begins here] including a proclivity towards self-gratification. God also punished the Devil; promised the human race a Redeemer [the Messiah]. Man’s soul still had a conscience with a Navigator. So off the human race journeys toward their ultimate destination, somewhat weakened, with each one the “captain” of their ship using their intellect and guided by a navigator and his helpers [good angels]. He also has on board kibitzers [bad angels] giving bad advice, appealing to our needs for self-gratification. The actions of man’s will decide the actual course of his ship. |
| 063. We are on a journey to one of two destinations, heaven or hell. Our Creator keeps us moving through life, our Redeemer has completed His journey and defined the course we must take to reach Him, and our Navigator prompts us as to the course changes we have to make in our travels. Then, there is in each one of us the decision to do it the Messiah’s Way or our way. We have plenty of inter-soul communications and then we have external communications to deal with from our own bodies, kith, kin … Much of this data is in the form of promptings, do’s or don’ts, warnings, advice on how to steer our ship. We are deluged with info, while we deal with the adversities, needs and pleasures, life in general, which differs for each one. |
| 064. In our daily lives we need to take a break periodically to review our situation, get everything in perspective, evaluate the wins and losses, determine the need to change rules or course, or priorities, etc. I think the need for daily review of our actions on our trip to eternity is essential. Let the noise of the outside world and even the physical noise of your body be ignored and focus on the promptings in your soul. They are always there. Some are focused on good and others will be focused on evil. We can’t escape the Devil’s promptings; but we certainly can ignore it. Awaken yourself to the need for course, attitude and other changes or adjustments to give you a better chance to reach the “Gates of Heaven”. |
| 065. In ships, computers, stock markets there are graphing devices to measure the ups and downs of daily operations. These graphs are used to compare operational status in terms of the best [“1”] and the worst “[0”]. In between are the measuring points of the current status of the operation. As in an ICU the blood pressure registers as a flat line to indicate death. In like manner we need to measure our travel into eternity. The first beatitude says: “Blessed are the poor in spirit for they shall see God”. If one measures their current goodness with respect to the perfection of God, they can discern the gap in holiness. A good person will use that as an incentive to narrow the gap. This means modifying and enhancing your current operation resulting in increasing your submission of will to the will of God. The graph will also show the histogram of past operations. By examination you can revise the “avoidance of temptation” list to help you steer clear of dangers.
Submitted by Paul D Kearns kearnsmusings@aol.com March 7, 2008 © |
