Look past that which is nothing more than a shell that we have given a name. Inside all living things is a Spirit that unifies us.
Look past that name for which we give things and seek it's truest intentions. So often the heart is missed because the name has blinded us.
Look past the books that teach us and seek the wisdom that surrounds you. Life is lived and not fulfilled from pages in texts.
Look deep into the eyes of another and know their Spirit comes from yours and yours from theirs. It doesn't matter what physical shell we have, we all came from the same mother and father.
Look past the generations of lies and hate. Give the love and compassion that we are created to give to one another.
This will generate a new tomorrow and you today can be the seed of a new beginning.
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The Interfaith Creed
I believe in one God who goes by many names and is worshipped throughout the world. My God doesn’t care what name I use as long as I give honor.
From this God came forth all humans who are created equal as brothers and sisters of this world. Each of us, no matter what we believe, are the sons and daughters of God with the ability to have a oneness with God.
God granted unto all humans unconditional love, peace, and self-responsibility.
As a gift, God gave each of us Spirituality to express it any way we choose. In doing so, we have used it as a way to suppress one another.
God commanded us to “Be Still and Know that I AM”, but we did not listen. God then commanded “The kingdom of heaven lies within you” as a way to remind all of our equality to one another, but again we did not listen.
So to assure that salvation could be reached, God sent forth messengers to all faiths of the world. Through these great teachers, we are able to be saved from our own destruction. They were given many names and many titles but we used that as a way to divide us further.
Their messages were said louder of “You shall love the Lord Your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Yet we still did not listen.
God has promised salvation to any who believe in unconditional love for all, peace, and self-responsibility.
Therefore, I believe in the Spirituality of a loving God who does not care what name I give, but only that I uphold the promise of a better tomorrow through my own actions.
I believe in a Spirituality that does not seek to divide humanity but bring us back together through the foundations of God.
I believe in the message set in stone and parchment that has been told throughout all generations of a God who walks with me.
I believe that when I am silent God is near and that my body is a key that unlocks the spirit of heaven within me.
I believe that one day all my brothers and sisters, made by and in the image of God, will unite again as one for the salvation of humankind. Together we will give honor to God as the messengers have instructed and God has commanded.
Until that day I will know that God is and always will be.
From this God came forth all humans who are created equal as brothers and sisters of this world. Each of us, no matter what we believe, are the sons and daughters of God with the ability to have a oneness with God.
God granted unto all humans unconditional love, peace, and self-responsibility.
As a gift, God gave each of us Spirituality to express it any way we choose. In doing so, we have used it as a way to suppress one another.
God commanded us to “Be Still and Know that I AM”, but we did not listen. God then commanded “The kingdom of heaven lies within you” as a way to remind all of our equality to one another, but again we did not listen.
So to assure that salvation could be reached, God sent forth messengers to all faiths of the world. Through these great teachers, we are able to be saved from our own destruction. They were given many names and many titles but we used that as a way to divide us further.
Their messages were said louder of “You shall love the Lord Your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Yet we still did not listen.
God has promised salvation to any who believe in unconditional love for all, peace, and self-responsibility.
Therefore, I believe in the Spirituality of a loving God who does not care what name I give, but only that I uphold the promise of a better tomorrow through my own actions.
I believe in a Spirituality that does not seek to divide humanity but bring us back together through the foundations of God.
I believe in the message set in stone and parchment that has been told throughout all generations of a God who walks with me.
I believe that when I am silent God is near and that my body is a key that unlocks the spirit of heaven within me.
I believe that one day all my brothers and sisters, made by and in the image of God, will unite again as one for the salvation of humankind. Together we will give honor to God as the messengers have instructed and God has commanded.
Until that day I will know that God is and always will be.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
"Holy Father, Love me still"
"Holy Father, love me still. I have fallen from your will." When I awoke this morning, these lyrics were running through my head. The song is from the Christian music group Selah. These words are something that many of us fear on a regular basis. We think that sometimes we have made mistakes that will make God no longer love us, but why?
What did I really do to cause these lyrics to run through my head? I did just only awake for a normal dream. I didn't have any impure thoughts or actions in my dreams either. What "will" did I fall from?
I continued to lay there thinking about the lyrics as the song kept playing through my head. "Holy Father, love me still. I have fallen from your will." I realized that I was worried about God not loving me for me. I realized that because it is a Sunday and I wasn't jumping at my childhood actions of attending a church, I had believed subconsciously that I had "fallen" from God's "will".
This song can make one become very humbling and sorrowful at the same time. Why must I feel ashamed of my actions to not attend a church on Sunday? As we age, we find ourselves not caring in our 20's, to being concerned in our 30's, to looking for answers by 40's, to eventually reverting to conservative beliefs by our 60's. We continue in a pattern that we say from our youth that we will not be like. Is this God's "will" for us to come to a point in our life where we are worried about disappointing him?
The answer is simply, no. God's "will" is for us to love ourselves and one another. It doesn't matter if we attend church on Sunday. It doesn't matter what our fears of age tell us, God does love us all the time. It is next to impossible to truly "fall" from God's "will". I realized now why this song was running through my head this morning. It was to help inform myself and many others that the "Holy Father" does love us still. And that we have not "fallen" from His "will".
Please keep these words in your heart as you enjoy your Sunday and Summer time fun. And don't forget to take just a few moments out of your day to just say "thank you" for what you have.
In loving faith,
+Isaac L. Kramer
What did I really do to cause these lyrics to run through my head? I did just only awake for a normal dream. I didn't have any impure thoughts or actions in my dreams either. What "will" did I fall from?
I continued to lay there thinking about the lyrics as the song kept playing through my head. "Holy Father, love me still. I have fallen from your will." I realized that I was worried about God not loving me for me. I realized that because it is a Sunday and I wasn't jumping at my childhood actions of attending a church, I had believed subconsciously that I had "fallen" from God's "will".
This song can make one become very humbling and sorrowful at the same time. Why must I feel ashamed of my actions to not attend a church on Sunday? As we age, we find ourselves not caring in our 20's, to being concerned in our 30's, to looking for answers by 40's, to eventually reverting to conservative beliefs by our 60's. We continue in a pattern that we say from our youth that we will not be like. Is this God's "will" for us to come to a point in our life where we are worried about disappointing him?
The answer is simply, no. God's "will" is for us to love ourselves and one another. It doesn't matter if we attend church on Sunday. It doesn't matter what our fears of age tell us, God does love us all the time. It is next to impossible to truly "fall" from God's "will". I realized now why this song was running through my head this morning. It was to help inform myself and many others that the "Holy Father" does love us still. And that we have not "fallen" from His "will".
Please keep these words in your heart as you enjoy your Sunday and Summer time fun. And don't forget to take just a few moments out of your day to just say "thank you" for what you have.
In loving faith,
+Isaac L. Kramer
Saturday, April 4, 2009
God may love you, but the Roman Catholic church may not
As you can tell from the title, if you are catholic you may want to stop reading now. If you are a Catholic with an open mind you should be fine.
I was excited to hear that equal rights is finally finding its way around the United States. Just yesterday Iowa joined ranks with a very select few states in legalizing gay marriage. Now here is the part that makes me sick. I had a say the word "Gay Marriage". Why must it be Marriage and Gay Marriage? Why must we characterize the difference of these two? Isn't marriage just that, marriage? What is marriage really?
When you look up "marriage" on Wiktionary you get several definitions.
1. The state of being married
2. The union of two people, to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.
3. A wedding
4. A close union.
5. A joining of two parts
6. (poker slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold'em
Now tell me where does it state that marriage is defined as "a union between a man and a women". It doesn't. Do you know why? That is because it is a religious definition that has clouded our personal judgments and corrupted our legal systems. We, in the United States, are a country of opportunity and change. We are a country of equality and freedom. This is what we tell other countries, but where is that equality and freedom? Where is the opportunity to marry who you choose?
I saw a sign on the internet that a person was holding in Vermont that stuck to me. I don't fully recall the exact wording but it goes something like this, "if we're equal would you trade your marriage for my civil union?" How real is that?
Now I want to start my real bitch-fest about the Roman Catholic church. Iowa gets this historic moment and the Roman Catholic church has to destroy it. Their Bishop's have decided to send a letter out immediately attacking the news. They have to make comments in this statement like, "This decision rejects the wisdom of thousands of years of human history. It implements a novel understanding of marriage, which will grievously harm families and children."
How does equal rights for everyone "grievously harm families and children"? Is it because we are sharing God's second law that Jesus came to enforce "love everyone". The real reason is we are coming into an age where the Roman Catholic church's oppressions aren't being heard anymore. We are starting to believe as King Henry VIII did, perhaps the Roman Catholic church is wrong and not everyone else. The Roman Catholic Church has not existed since the beginning of time. Actually they have only existed since 32AD.
The sad part is that this isn't the first act of hatred from the Catholic church this month. Let us not forget that just last week they decided to come after Reiki practitioners. They declared that Reiki was basically placing demons into people because it wasn't "God's way". If that wasn't bad enough, the week prior we had the Pope declaring that condoms promote AIDs while visiting Africa.
Although it would be a noble thing to become involved in a cause, these are not the ones that the Roman Catholic church should have chosen to become involved in. Perhaps instead of all of their condemning they have done in the last month, they should had decided to be involved in the Holocaust instead of enforcing their theory of non-involvement. They should have been completely condemning of the so-called aryan perfect race who practically single handedly, at the orders of a dictator named Adolf Hitler, annihilated a race of God loving, compassionate, people in Poland during WWII. Perhaps they should have been involved in halting the children’s crusades centuries ago in the name of their God that destroyed hundreds of thousands of tiny children. Perhaps an alternative therapy such as Reiki should be left alone by the Roman Catholic church as it helps and not hurts one single soul unlike the vile statements, innuendos, and misnomers perpetrated by the Roman Catholic church in the name of their God.
The Roman Catholic church with their definitions of marriage and their hatred towards the gay community is setting the world back. They are setting us back to a time of hated. Where does the difference lie between using the words "gay marriage" vs "marriage", "faggot" vs "homosexual", and "niger" vs "human"? These are derogatory, hateful words that come from closed minded thinking and not practicing God's law of "love everyone". We need to transgress towards a time of peace, equality, and understanding. I’m sorry about the off colored words, but I want to stress my point even though these words are not in my vocabulary.
Let us not forget, “let he who is without sin cast the first stone”. The Roman Catholic church should be taking a cold hard look at themselves and their place through history to the present day. Those who are of the same sex, who love one another, should not only have the right legally, but in faith, to be married to the one they love. Even in the eyes of God and in whatever house God inhabits. “Gay marriage” is not an abomination unlike the pedophilia that we have witnessed several times from the Roman Catholic church.
Perhaps the upper echelon of the Roman Catholic church should hold themselves to the same judgmental limited standards as they view the rest of the world. Let us not forget what makes a good religious leader according to Timothy I 3:1-7 “…A leader must be well-thought-of…”. When you lead your flock astray in such ways, how can you be “well thought of“?
God loves me. God is compassionate. God is non-judgmental. God celebrates friendships, brotherhoods and love. What I have come to realize is that God and the image of the Roman Catholic church’s God are two entirely different Creators. Since when are we suppose to fear a God that Christ came down and instructed us to love because he loves us. The Roman Catholic church wants you to fear God and in turn fear them, since they are the “Successors of Peter“ and the “Rock that Christ built his Church upon“. Their beliefs of this sort of practice regarding “do but do not question” is a way of old that we need to no longer accept as today‘s standards. Then there are those rarities in the Roman Catholic church, whose open minded Bishops and Priest are now being threatened with excommunication should they perform a “gay marriage”.
Although many of us are fascinated by the ritual, beautiful ceremony, the pomp & circumstance that we see coming from the Vatican, we must be reminded that all that glitters is not gold. All that is beautiful on the surface can be ugly on the inside. What appears to be beautiful on the surface is only camouflaging the rotting stench of hatred and prejudice. This is the what "grievously harms families and children".
When does it all end? When do they learn that God's mission was to promote love and understanding not hatred and division. I just want to tell everyone who is suffering from this foolishness, God loves everyone. I want to say it again. God loves everyone. EVERYONE. So the next time that you are looking for that right religion just remember, God may love you, but the Roman Catholic church may not.
In Faith,
+Isaac
I was excited to hear that equal rights is finally finding its way around the United States. Just yesterday Iowa joined ranks with a very select few states in legalizing gay marriage. Now here is the part that makes me sick. I had a say the word "Gay Marriage". Why must it be Marriage and Gay Marriage? Why must we characterize the difference of these two? Isn't marriage just that, marriage? What is marriage really?
When you look up "marriage" on Wiktionary you get several definitions.
1. The state of being married
2. The union of two people, to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.
3. A wedding
4. A close union.
5. A joining of two parts
6. (poker slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold'em
Now tell me where does it state that marriage is defined as "a union between a man and a women". It doesn't. Do you know why? That is because it is a religious definition that has clouded our personal judgments and corrupted our legal systems. We, in the United States, are a country of opportunity and change. We are a country of equality and freedom. This is what we tell other countries, but where is that equality and freedom? Where is the opportunity to marry who you choose?
I saw a sign on the internet that a person was holding in Vermont that stuck to me. I don't fully recall the exact wording but it goes something like this, "if we're equal would you trade your marriage for my civil union?" How real is that?
Now I want to start my real bitch-fest about the Roman Catholic church. Iowa gets this historic moment and the Roman Catholic church has to destroy it. Their Bishop's have decided to send a letter out immediately attacking the news. They have to make comments in this statement like, "This decision rejects the wisdom of thousands of years of human history. It implements a novel understanding of marriage, which will grievously harm families and children."
How does equal rights for everyone "grievously harm families and children"? Is it because we are sharing God's second law that Jesus came to enforce "love everyone". The real reason is we are coming into an age where the Roman Catholic church's oppressions aren't being heard anymore. We are starting to believe as King Henry VIII did, perhaps the Roman Catholic church is wrong and not everyone else. The Roman Catholic Church has not existed since the beginning of time. Actually they have only existed since 32AD.
The sad part is that this isn't the first act of hatred from the Catholic church this month. Let us not forget that just last week they decided to come after Reiki practitioners. They declared that Reiki was basically placing demons into people because it wasn't "God's way". If that wasn't bad enough, the week prior we had the Pope declaring that condoms promote AIDs while visiting Africa.
Although it would be a noble thing to become involved in a cause, these are not the ones that the Roman Catholic church should have chosen to become involved in. Perhaps instead of all of their condemning they have done in the last month, they should had decided to be involved in the Holocaust instead of enforcing their theory of non-involvement. They should have been completely condemning of the so-called aryan perfect race who practically single handedly, at the orders of a dictator named Adolf Hitler, annihilated a race of God loving, compassionate, people in Poland during WWII. Perhaps they should have been involved in halting the children’s crusades centuries ago in the name of their God that destroyed hundreds of thousands of tiny children. Perhaps an alternative therapy such as Reiki should be left alone by the Roman Catholic church as it helps and not hurts one single soul unlike the vile statements, innuendos, and misnomers perpetrated by the Roman Catholic church in the name of their God.
The Roman Catholic church with their definitions of marriage and their hatred towards the gay community is setting the world back. They are setting us back to a time of hated. Where does the difference lie between using the words "gay marriage" vs "marriage", "faggot" vs "homosexual", and "niger" vs "human"? These are derogatory, hateful words that come from closed minded thinking and not practicing God's law of "love everyone". We need to transgress towards a time of peace, equality, and understanding. I’m sorry about the off colored words, but I want to stress my point even though these words are not in my vocabulary.
Let us not forget, “let he who is without sin cast the first stone”. The Roman Catholic church should be taking a cold hard look at themselves and their place through history to the present day. Those who are of the same sex, who love one another, should not only have the right legally, but in faith, to be married to the one they love. Even in the eyes of God and in whatever house God inhabits. “Gay marriage” is not an abomination unlike the pedophilia that we have witnessed several times from the Roman Catholic church.
Perhaps the upper echelon of the Roman Catholic church should hold themselves to the same judgmental limited standards as they view the rest of the world. Let us not forget what makes a good religious leader according to Timothy I 3:1-7 “…A leader must be well-thought-of…”. When you lead your flock astray in such ways, how can you be “well thought of“?
God loves me. God is compassionate. God is non-judgmental. God celebrates friendships, brotherhoods and love. What I have come to realize is that God and the image of the Roman Catholic church’s God are two entirely different Creators. Since when are we suppose to fear a God that Christ came down and instructed us to love because he loves us. The Roman Catholic church wants you to fear God and in turn fear them, since they are the “Successors of Peter“ and the “Rock that Christ built his Church upon“. Their beliefs of this sort of practice regarding “do but do not question” is a way of old that we need to no longer accept as today‘s standards. Then there are those rarities in the Roman Catholic church, whose open minded Bishops and Priest are now being threatened with excommunication should they perform a “gay marriage”.
Although many of us are fascinated by the ritual, beautiful ceremony, the pomp & circumstance that we see coming from the Vatican, we must be reminded that all that glitters is not gold. All that is beautiful on the surface can be ugly on the inside. What appears to be beautiful on the surface is only camouflaging the rotting stench of hatred and prejudice. This is the what "grievously harms families and children".
When does it all end? When do they learn that God's mission was to promote love and understanding not hatred and division. I just want to tell everyone who is suffering from this foolishness, God loves everyone. I want to say it again. God loves everyone. EVERYONE. So the next time that you are looking for that right religion just remember, God may love you, but the Roman Catholic church may not.
In Faith,
+Isaac
Friday, February 13, 2009
World in Chaos
I want to start by saying that this is in no way a dooms day/judgement day blog. Allow me to be abundantly clear. This is just a blogging about the current events not related to any form of hells fire and brimstone.
I have been reading and in some cases, being informed about the tragedies that are taking over our world this week. Australia has had flooding on one end and fires on the other. The fires have claimed the lives of nearly 200 people, while the floods have taken a 4 year old boy (eaten by a crocodile). Today in New York 50 people were killed in a plane crash. Our world is turning into a state of chaos, but why?
We have fighting in Gaza that never seems to end. Political turmoil in Israel with 3 people claiming victory over the other. And to top things off an excommunicated and then rehabilitated Roman Catholic Bishop claiming the Holocaust never happened. Only to recant when the Pope intervened, forget the fact that his peers told him he was wrong.
We are living in total Chaos. The worse part is, it is pure greed and pride consuming our every day lives. I understand about wanting to be something and make it some where, but why is it considered proper to stand the backs of others. We forget one thing, that is very important. We are not Americans, Australians, Europeans, and such. We are people! We are all humans and we all want the same for ourselves and one another. A good home, friends, family, great health, and a decent living.
I believe that it is time for all of us to stand together and support one another. Perhaps if we prayed/meditated for one another and started showing signs of compassion things could get better. We could not have people starting wild fires as signs of attention and acting out. We would have a clear picture of a leader in Israel. We could support one another in difficult times such as the plane crash in NY. We wouldn't have religious leaders denying the Holocaust. The most certain part is, we wouldn't have another potential Holocaust on any scale.
The Bible, Koran, religious creeds, and doctrine all teach one thing. When you take away all of the words, stories, rules, and beliefs of every religion you are left with one word, LOVE. I'm not saying be a "flower child". I'm saying love others in a way you want to receive love. Once we begin with love, healing will follow and chaos will be subdued. Just remember it takes time to bring about this type of change. Don't expect to love everyone overnight. Start small and show just one small sign of love and allow that to slowly grow daily. You will see in a month a difference one small action really makes.
With tomorrow being Valentine's Day, this is a perfect time to start!
I have been reading and in some cases, being informed about the tragedies that are taking over our world this week. Australia has had flooding on one end and fires on the other. The fires have claimed the lives of nearly 200 people, while the floods have taken a 4 year old boy (eaten by a crocodile). Today in New York 50 people were killed in a plane crash. Our world is turning into a state of chaos, but why?
We have fighting in Gaza that never seems to end. Political turmoil in Israel with 3 people claiming victory over the other. And to top things off an excommunicated and then rehabilitated Roman Catholic Bishop claiming the Holocaust never happened. Only to recant when the Pope intervened, forget the fact that his peers told him he was wrong.
We are living in total Chaos. The worse part is, it is pure greed and pride consuming our every day lives. I understand about wanting to be something and make it some where, but why is it considered proper to stand the backs of others. We forget one thing, that is very important. We are not Americans, Australians, Europeans, and such. We are people! We are all humans and we all want the same for ourselves and one another. A good home, friends, family, great health, and a decent living.
I believe that it is time for all of us to stand together and support one another. Perhaps if we prayed/meditated for one another and started showing signs of compassion things could get better. We could not have people starting wild fires as signs of attention and acting out. We would have a clear picture of a leader in Israel. We could support one another in difficult times such as the plane crash in NY. We wouldn't have religious leaders denying the Holocaust. The most certain part is, we wouldn't have another potential Holocaust on any scale.
The Bible, Koran, religious creeds, and doctrine all teach one thing. When you take away all of the words, stories, rules, and beliefs of every religion you are left with one word, LOVE. I'm not saying be a "flower child". I'm saying love others in a way you want to receive love. Once we begin with love, healing will follow and chaos will be subdued. Just remember it takes time to bring about this type of change. Don't expect to love everyone overnight. Start small and show just one small sign of love and allow that to slowly grow daily. You will see in a month a difference one small action really makes.
With tomorrow being Valentine's Day, this is a perfect time to start!
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