Post No. 136: The Rapture Is Fearlessness

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The Rapture Is Fearlessness
(Or, "The Rapture Is Your Fear 'Left Behind'")

'The Rapture' is fearlessness, because
the joy in life that you experience when
you make a "good" decision to face your
fear is due to the fact that your fear is "left
behind," once you face it! For, what a lot of
us souls fear is making a "bad" decision—and
having to deal with the negative consequences
of that "bad" decision. For example, you need to
figure out "which is the correct path to God in
life?", so that when God finally returns for the
Last Judgment, He sends you to Heaven—rather
than to Hell—and in that way, you have clearly
made a "good" decision. Therefore, you won't be
"left behind" with everyone who made a "bad"
decision. And that is what many souls truly fear:
specifically, it is making a "really bad" decision
with regard to "which is the correct path to God
in life?" However, what if 'The Rapture'—or the
joy from making a "good" decision—instead
came from you making a "good" decision to
face your fear? What that means is that
your fearlessness is 'The Rapture,' since
it is your fear that is "left behind."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About Facing And Erasing Your Fears: If you face your fears, you will erase your fears... –Paul Whiting (written approximately on May 31st, 2012 and turned into 'my writing' on July 22nd, 2022)

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My Writing About How 'The Rapture' Is Fearlessness: 'The Rapture' is fearlessness, because the joy in life that you experience when you make a "good" decision to face your fear is due to the fact that your fear is "left behind," once you face it! For, what a lot of us souls fear is making a "bad" decision—and having to deal with the negative consequences of that "bad" decision. For example, you need to figure out "which is the correct path to God in life?", so that when God finally returns for the Last Judgment, He sends you to Heaven—rather than to Hell—and in that way, you have clearly made a "good" decision. Therefore, you won't be "left behind" with everyone who made a "bad" decision. And that is what many souls truly fear: specifically, it is making a "really bad" decision with regard to "which is the correct path to God in life?" However, what if 'The Rapture'—or the joy from making a "good" decision—instead came from you making a "good" decision to face your fear? What that means is that your fearlessness is 'The Rapture,' since it is your fear that is "left behind." –Paul Whiting (written August 29th, 2016, revised August 30th, 2016, revised October 23rd, 2021, revised June 28th, 2022, revised October 18th, 2022, revised May 2nd, 2023 and revised May 10th, 2024)

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My Writing About The Only Thing Preventing You From Being Happy: The only thing preventing you from being happy is you NOT facing your fear! –Paul Whiting (written September 18th, 2014, revised October 3rd, 2014, revised March 17th, 2015 and revised July 26th, 2022)

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My Writing About Transforming Fear Energy: If you face a fear—you transform the energy—and you never have to be burdened by that fear in the same way again. –Paul Whiting (written March 28th, 2015, revised June 22nd, 2022 and revised July 26th, 2022)

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My Writing About Your Enemy: Your enemy is your fear! –Paul Whiting (written September 16th, 2015 and revised July 26th, 2022)

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My Writing About Not Throwing Away Your Enemy, But Throwing Away Your Fear Of Your Enemy: You do need to "throw away" your enemy: it is the fear of your enemy—by facing your fear—that you need to "throw away." –Paul Whiting (written December 2nd, 2015 and July 26th, 2022)

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My Writing About Freedom From Fear: Happiness is freedom from fear! –Paul Whiting (written January 23rd, 2016 and revised July 26th, 2022)

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "The Rapture" is fearlessness, because the joy in life that you experience when you make a "good" decision to face your fear is due to the fact that your fear is "left behind," once you face it!

Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how this poem was written when I was editing it on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer," "Small All White in the Forest," "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Three Dark Horses" blogs. So, I wanted to show you how this poem used to be written, before I revised it as above.

And it used to be written like this:

'The Rapture' is fearlessness, because
the joy in life that you experience when
you make a "good" decision to face your
fear is due to the fact that your fear is "left
behind," once you face it! For, what a lot of
us souls fear is making a "bad" decision—and
having to deal with the negative consequences
of that "bad" decision. For example, you need to
figure out "which is the correct path to God in life?"
so that when God returns for the Last Judgment, He
sends you to Heaven—not to Hell—and in that way,
you have clearly made a "good" decision. Therefore,
you won't be "left behind" with everyone who made
a "bad" decision. And that is what many souls fear:
specifically, it is making a "really bad" decision with
regard to "which is the correct path to God in life?"
What if, however, 'The Rapture'—or the joy in
life from making a "good" decision—instead
came from you making a "good" decision to
face your fear? What that means is your
fearlessness is 'The Rapture,' since it
is your fear that is "left behind."

Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.

And this poem was also published on my "Three Dark Horses," "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses," "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 136 was edited on May 10th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 135: I Am Trying To Save The World

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I Am Trying To Save The World

I am trying to save the world—
but the world needs to save itself;

For, I cannot save the world,
since the world needs to save itself.

I am trying to save my world—and
my world needs to be saved by myself;

For, I can save my world, because
my world can only be saved by myself.

I am still trying to save the world—but,
my world needs to be saved by myself first;

For, I can save the world—but, the world can
only be saved by my world being saved by myself.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

My Writing About Trying To Save The World, Version No. 1: I am trying to save the world and the world needs to save itself. I am trying to save my world and my world needs to be saved by myself. I am trying to save the world, but my world needs to be saved by myself first. –Paul Whiting (written August 27th, 2016, revised August 28th, 2016 and revised June 29th, 2022)

My Writing About Trying To Save The World, Version No. 2: I am trying to save the world—but the world needs to save itself; For, I cannot save the world, since the world needs to save itself. I am trying to save my world—and my world needs to be saved by myself; For, I can save my world, because my world can only be saved by myself. I am still trying to save the world—but, my world needs to be saved by myself first; For, I can save the world—but, the world can only be saved by my world being saved by myself. –Paul Whiting (written August 27th, 2016, revised August 28th, 2016 and revised June 29th, 2022)

My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "I am trying to save the world and the world needs to save itself. I am trying to save my world and my world needs to be saved by myself. I am trying to save the world, but my world needs to be saved by myself first."

And this poem was also published on my "Three Dark Horses," "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses," "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 135 was edited on May 6th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 134: Validate Your Own Soul

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Validate Your Own Soul

It is not the job of other souls to validate your soul; it is not your job to validate other souls; it is your job—and every other soul's job—to validate your own soul.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

My Writing About Your Soul Being Your Home: Your soul is your home, because your soul is your consciousness, which is your home. –Paul Whiting (written January 25th, 2015 and revised September 15th, 2022)

My Writing About Your Soul Being Your Only Reality: Your soul is the only reality that you will ever know, because your soul is your consciousness, which is your only reality. –Paul Whiting (written February 9th, 2015 and revised September 15th, 2022)

My Writing About Physics Being A Self-Improvement Contest: Physics is not a popularity contest; it is really a self-improvement contest. –Paul Whiting (written March 27th, 2015, revised October 18th, 2021 and revised September 2nd, 2022)

My Writing About Comparing Yourself To Others: Do not compare yourself to how others are: instead, compare yourself to how you used to be. –Paul Whiting (written April 12th, 2016 and revised August 25th, 2022)

My Writing About Validating Your Own Soul: It is not the job of other souls to validate your soul; it is not your job to validate other souls; it is your job—and every other soul's job—to validate your own soul. –Paul Whiting (written August 26th, 2016, revised October 16th, 2021, revised April 30th, 2022 and revised October 17th, 2022)

My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: "It is your job—and every other soul's job—to validate your own soul."

And this prose was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 134 was edited on January 31st, 2023.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 133: I Believe That We Are All God

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I Believe That We Are All God
(Or, "God Is Who You Are")

I believe that we can all
experience our very own
"Conversations with God."

I believe that we can all
experience our very own
"Friendship with God."

I believe that we can all
experience our very own
"Communion with God."

I believe that we can all live
our very own experience of
"The New Revelations."

I believe that we can all live
our very own experience of
"Tomorrow's God."

I believe that we can all live
our very own experience of
"What God Wants."

I believe that we can all live
our very own experience of
being at "Home With God."

Thus, I believe that we are
all God—because God is who
I am and God is who you are.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About How We Can All Experience Our Very Own 'Conversation With God': I believe that we can all experience our very own "Conversations with God." I believe that we can all experience our very own "Friendship with God." I believe that we can all experience our very own "Communion with God." I believe that we can all live our very own experience of "The New Revelations." I believe that we can all live our very own experience of "Tomorrow's God." I believe that we can all live our very own experience of "What God Wants." I believe that we can all live our very own experience of being at "Home With God." Thus, I believe that we are all God—because God is who I am and God is who you are. –Paul Whiting (written August 24th, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: I am rereading the "Conversations with God" series of books [which I reread from just shortly after June 5th, 2016 to exactly September 12th, 2016]... And I was rereading "Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge," when I read the quote below on pages 206 to 208, which inspired me to write the poem above:

"So the New Spirituality is not just turning of the Conversations with God books into a 'new religion.'

"It is anything and everything BUT that. If that's what it was, I would tell you to burn those books and forget them forever. These books have great value—but only as the individual experience of one human being. Taken in that context, their value in inestimable. Turned into the 'official text' or the 'sacred source' of some new form of spiritual expression, they could be dangerous. And so could you.

"I have not intention of becoming dangerous.

"Then you will make it clear wherever you go that the experience you have had, everyone can have, and many have had. You will cause the world to understand that everyone is having 'conversations with God' all the time, and that the question is not To whom does God talk? but Who listens? You will resist every temptation to allow others to place you, or the material you have brought through, into some kind of special category, or to call you or it the 'source' of their spiritual path.

"Believe me, I will resist that. I have been, and I will continue to.

"Good. Because nothing will kill the New Spirituality faster than the idea or impression that it is coming from One Individual Human Source. It IS coming from One Source, but not from one INDIVIDUAL HUMAN source. It is coming from the Single Source that flows through all humans—and indeed, through all of life—everywhere. Because this is true, it will not look exactly the same from person to person. As it emanates through each individual Life Form and is expressed by that Form, it will contain the specific reflection of that Form. It may look and sound and feel very similar, but it will never look and sound and feel identical. If it does, beware. That is a sure sign that dogma has been created.

"I am always reminded that 'dogma' spelled backward is 'am god.' When people get things backward, that's what can happen. They begin to make their dogma their god. Yet it is not dogma which is god, but every living thing.

"Be on guard, then, lest others turn this writing or any other message into dogma—and then that dogma into their god. Look no to one source, but to all sources, and even to all of life, for your definition and experience of the Divine. Reject nothing, but also include everything. Do not say that the truth is exclusively 'here' of exclusively 'there,' but, rather, that the truth is 'neither here nor there,' but every where. It is in the Qur'an and it is in the Upanishads. It is in the Bhagavad Gita, and it is in the Bible. It is in the portions of the Bible called the Torah and called the Psalms and called the New Testament. It is in the Book of Mormon and the Book of Hidden Words. Yet know this: It is found in Whole nowhere, and in Part everywhere. All of those sources, taken singularly, contain incomplete understandings. Therefore, entreat those who would live the New Spirituality to consider every book sacred and every messenger holy, even as they, themselves, are holy, and as the living of their own lives writes the book of their most sacred truth. Remember that always. The living of your own life writes the book of you most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it."

And this poem was formerly published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, but I decided to only publish "The 'Conversations with God' books-Inspired Posts" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, because these posts are more about philosophy and so is this blog.

Thus, this poem was only published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

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"Conversations with God" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):

"Conversations with God (CwG) is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, was published in 1995 and became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the nine book series also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: 'Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?' Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. When asked in a recent interview how does he 'open up' to God these days, Neale stated 'I am reaching out to touch others with this information. When I reach out and touch others with this information I reconnect immediately with the divine presence.'"

CwG's basic messages:

"In Friendship with God, Walsch writes that God presents four concepts which are central to the entire dialogue:

1. We are all one.
2. There's enough.
3. There's nothing we have to do.
4. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Existence is essentially non dual in nature. At the highest level there is no separation between anything and there is only one of us; there is only God, and everything is God. The second statement, following from the first, means that we, in this seeming existence, lack nothing and if we choose to realize it, we have enough of whatever we think we need (or the means to create it) within us. The third statement combines the first two to conclude that God, being all there is and is thus always sufficient unto Itself, has no need of anything and therefore has no requirements of humanity. The final concept puts an end to our need to always be right. Given that we have and are everything, and there's nothing we have to do, there are an infinite number of ways to experience this, not just the one way we may have chosen so far..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 133 was edited on April 15th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 132: I Believe in "The Five Steps to Peace" from the "Conversations with God" books!

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I Believe in "The Five Steps to Peace"

—from the—

"Conversations with God" books!

AS [I] SEEK TO CREATE HARMONY IN OUR WORLD, [I], THE UNDERSIGNED, HEREBY PUBLICLY COMMIT TO TAKING THE FIVE STEPS TO PEACE:

1. [I] acknowledge that certain old beliefs about Life and about God are no longer working.

2. [I] acknowledge that there is something [I] do not understand about God and about Life, the understanding of which could change everything.

3. [I am] willing for new understandings of God and Life to now be brought forth, understandings that could produce a new way of life on this planet.

4. [I am] willing to explore and examine these new understandings, and, if they align with [my] inner truth and knowing, to enlarge [my] belief system to include them.

5. [I am] willing to live [my life] as a demonstration of [my] beliefs.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About How We Are All Equal To Each Other: We are not better—or worse—than each other; we are all equal to each other. –Paul Whiting (written June 11th, 2016, revised August 18th, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

My Writing About How I Believe In The 'Conversations With God' Books: I believe in the "Conversations with God" books, including "A Conversation with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 3)," "Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "Communion with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," "Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge," "What God Wants: A Compelling Answer to Humanity's Biggest Question," and "Home with God: In A Life That Never Ends." And, to clarify, the reader should know that I have not yet read any of the supplemental books, which is why they are not listed above. –Paul Whiting (written August 17th, 2016, revised September 2nd, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

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"Conversations with God" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):

"Conversations with God (CwG) is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, was published in 1995 and became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the nine book series also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: 'Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?' Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. When asked in a recent interview how does he 'open up' to God these days, Neale stated 'I am reaching out to touch others with this information. When I reach out and touch others with this information I reconnect immediately with the divine presence.'"

CwG's basic messages:

"In Friendship with God, Walsch writes that God presents four concepts which are central to the entire dialogue:

1. We are all one.
2. There's enough.
3. There's nothing we have to do.
4. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Existence is essentially non dual in nature. At the highest level there is no separation between anything and there is only one of us; there is only God, and everything is God. The second statement, following from the first, means that we, in this seeming existence, lack nothing and if we choose to realize it, we have enough of whatever we think we need (or the means to create it) within us. The third statement combines the first two to conclude that God, being all there is and is thus always sufficient unto Itself, has no need of anything and therefore has no requirements of humanity. The final concept puts an end to our need to always be right. Given that we have and are everything, and there's nothing we have to do, there are an infinite number of ways to experience this, not just the one way we may have chosen so far..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: I am rereading the "Conversations with God" series of books [which I reread from just shortly after June 5th, 2016 to exactly September 12th, 2016]... And I was rereading "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," when I read the quote below on pages 314 to 315, which inspired me to write the post above:

"AS WE SEEK TO CREATE HARMONY IN OUR WORLD,
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, HEREBY PUBLICLY COMMIT
TO TAKING THE FIVE STEPS TO PEACE:

1. We acknowledge that certain old beliefs about Life and about God are no longer working.

2. We acknowledge that there is something we do not understand about God and about Life, the understanding of which could change everything.

3. We are willing for new understandings of God and Life to now be brought forth, understandings that could produce a new way of life on this planet.

4. We are willing to explore and examine these new understandings, and, if they align with our inner truth and knowing, to enlarge our belief system to include them.

5. We are willing to live our lives as a demonstration of our beliefs."

And this prose was formerly published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, but I decided to only publish "The 'Conversations with God' books-Inspired Posts" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, because these posts are more about philosophy and so is this blog.

Thus, this prose was only published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 132 was edited on May 5th, 2024.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 131: I Believe in "The New Revelations" from the "Conversations with God" books!

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I Believe in "The New Revelations"

—from the—

"Conversations with God" books!

1. I believe that "God has never stopped talking with humans." And I believe that "God has been communicating with and through humans from the beginning of time." And I also believe that "God does so today."

2. I believe that "every human being is special as every other human being who has ever lived, lives today, or will ever live." And I believe that "[we] are all messengers. Everyone of [us]." And I also believe that "[we] are carrying a message to and about life every day. Every hour. Every moment."

3. I believe that "no path to God is more direct than any other path." And I believe that "no religion is the 'one true religion,' no people are 'the chosen people,' and no prophet is the 'greatest prophet.'"

4. I believe that "God needs nothing. God requires nothing in order to be happy." And I believe that "God is happiness itself. Therefore, God requires nothing of anyone or anything in the universe."

5. I believe that "God is not a single Super Being, living somewhere in the Universe or outside of it, having the same emotional needs and subject to the same emotional turmoils as humans." And I believe "That Which Is God cannot be hurt or damaged in any way, and so, has no need to seek revenge or impose punishment."

6. I believe that "all things are One Thing." And I believe that "there is only One Thing, and all things are a part of the One Thing That Is."

7. I believe that "there is no such thing as Right and Wrong." And I believe that "there is only What Works and What Does Not Work, depending upon what it is that [we] seek to be, do, or have."

8. I believe that "[we] are not [our] body." And I believe that "who [we] are is limitless and without end."

9. I believe that "we cannot die, and [we] will never be condemned to eternal damnation."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About How We Are All Equal To Each Other: We are not better—or worse—than each other; we are all equal to each other. –Paul Whiting (written June 11th, 2016, revised August 18th, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

My Writing About How I Believe In The 'Conversations With God' Books: I believe in the "Conversations with God" books, including "A Conversation with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 3)," "Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "Communion with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," "Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge," "What God Wants: A Compelling Answer to Humanity's Biggest Question," and "Home with God: In A Life That Never Ends." And, to clarify, the reader should know that I have not yet read any of the supplemental books, which is why they are not listed above. –Paul Whiting (written August 17th, 2016, revised September 2nd, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

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"Conversations with God" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):

"Conversations with God (CwG) is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, was published in 1995 and became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the nine book series also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: 'Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?' Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. When asked in a recent interview how does he 'open up' to God these days, Neale stated 'I am reaching out to touch others with this information. When I reach out and touch others with this information I reconnect immediately with the divine presence.'"

CwG's basic messages:

"In Friendship with God, Walsch writes that God presents four concepts which are central to the entire dialogue:

1. We are all one.
2. There's enough.
3. There's nothing we have to do.
4. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Existence is essentially non dual in nature. At the highest level there is no separation between anything and there is only one of us; there is only God, and everything is God. The second statement, following from the first, means that we, in this seeming existence, lack nothing and if we choose to realize it, we have enough of whatever we think we need (or the means to create it) within us. The third statement combines the first two to conclude that God, being all there is and is thus always sufficient unto Itself, has no need of anything and therefore has no requirements of humanity. The final concept puts an end to our need to always be right. Given that we have and are everything, and there's nothing we have to do, there are an infinite number of ways to experience this, not just the one way we may have chosen so far..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: I am rereading the "Conversations with God" series of books [which I reread from just shortly after June 5th, 2016 to exactly September 12th, 2016]... And I was rereading "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," when I read the quote below on pages 340 to 341 which inspired me to write the post above:

"1. God has never stopped talking with humans. God has been communicating with and through humans from the beginning of time. God does so today.

2. Every human being is special as every other human being who has ever lived, lives today, or will ever live. You are all messengers. Everyone of you. You are carrying a message to and about life every day. Every hour. Every moment.

3. No path to God is more direct than any other path. No religion is the 'one true religion,' no people are 'the chosen people,' and no prophet is the 'greatest prophet.'

4. God needs nothing. God requires nothing in order to be happy. God is happiness itself. Therefore, God requires nothing of anyone or anything in the universe.

5. God is not a single Super Being, living somewhere in the Universe or outside of it, having the same emotional needs and subject to the same emotional turmoils as humans. That Which Is God cannot be hurt or damaged in any way, and so, has no need to seek revenge or impose punishment.

6. All things are One Thing. There is only One Thing, and all things are a part of the One Thing That Is.

7. There is no such thing as Right and Wrong. There is only What Works and What Does Not Work, depending upon what it is that you seek to be, do, or have.

8. You are not your body. Who you are is limitless and without end.

9. You cannot die, and you will never be condemned to eternal damnation."

And this prose was formerly published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, but I decided to only publish "The 'Conversations with God' books-Inspired Posts" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, because these posts are more about philosophy and so is this blog.

Thus, this prose was only published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 131 was edited on May 5th, 2024.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 130: I Believe in "A New Spirituality" from the "Conversations with God" books!

(Image from Quote Addicts)

I Believe in "A New Spirituality"

—from the—

"Conversations with God" books!

I believe that "there may be something we do not know, the knowing of which could change everything. Do we dare to explore, suggest, recommend, and create a new spirituality—one that does not reject everything about the old, but improves upon it; carrying humanity to greater heights?..."

I believe that "[we] may want to consider the possibility that what would work for the world right now—given what the world says it wants to experience, which is peace and harmony—is a New Spirituality based upon New Revelations. A spirituality that enlarges upon organized religion in its present form. For it is many of [our] old religions, with their inherent limitations, that stop [us] from experiencing God as God really is. They also stop [us] from experiencing peace, joy and freedom—which are other words for God as God really is..."

I believe that "the world must create a New Spirituality. Not something to completely replace the old, but to refresh it. Not something to reduce the old, but something to expand it. Not something to subvert the old, but something to support the best of it. It is now time to present the world with new theological thoughts and ideas, a new spiritual model..."

I believe that "if [we] are courageous, if [we] are very brave, [we] will allow a New Spirituality to enhance [our] religious experience. This spirituality will not reject out right our traditional religious teachings, but enlarge upon them and alter some of the teaching that [we] agree no longer apply or no longer function..."

I believe that "[we] can change our world, and the fastest way to do that will be to step away from [our] fallacies and embrace a new revelation and a new spirituality. This would be the most courageous thing that human beings have done for centuries. It could change human history..."

I believe that "the world is more ready than it has ever been. The world is hungry, the world is starving, for a new spiritual truth—a truth that works in sustaining life, not a truth that brings an end to life. The world is searching for a new spiritual path, begging for a new set of understandings. Most people simply do not dare to say so publicly. Saying so would mean having to acknowledge that the world's present spiritual path is not getting humans where they say they want to go. It is very difficult, it can be very fearful, for people to go against the prevailing notion of things—even when that prevailing notion of things is killing them..."

I believe that "the first thing [we] can do is take the Five Steps to Peace. [We] can acknowledge that what [we've] been doing up until now no longer works..."

I believe, however, that we should not "seek to make the New Revelations a new religion, but rather, allow the New Revelations to reveal the simple and awesome truth that new revelation is possible. In doing so, [we] empower humanity to reveal true humanity to itself. For when true humanity is revealed, it will be found to be Godly..."

I believe "that the New Spirituality will not be a complete rejection of the old, but rather, it will expand upon the old. It will eliminate from the old what clearly no longer serves [us], and bring a new a deeper understanding to that which does not serve [us]. It will retain the best of [our] ancient wisdoms..."

I believe that "this is why, if [we] wish to enhance [our] world as [we] say that [we] do, [we] are invited to create a New Spirituality, based upon New Revelations..."

I believe that "an international, universal, transcreedal, transcultural, transracial, standard for theology is the statement: 'We Are All One. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.' This can be the gospel of a New Spirituality. I can be a king of spirituality that gives people back to themselves..."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About How We Are All Equal To Each Other: We are not better—or worse—than each other; we are all equal to each other. –Paul Whiting (written June 11th, 2016, revised August 18th, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

My Writing About How I Believe In The 'Conversations With God' Books: I believe in the "Conversations with God" books, including "A Conversation with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 3)," "Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "Communion with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," "Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge," "What God Wants: A Compelling Answer to Humanity's Biggest Question," and "Home with God: In A Life That Never Ends." And, to clarify, the reader should know that I have not yet read any of the supplemental books, which is why they are not listed above. –Paul Whiting (written August 17th, 2016, revised September 2nd, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

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"Conversations with God" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):

"Conversations with God (CwG) is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, was published in 1995 and became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the nine book series also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: 'Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?' Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. When asked in a recent interview how does he 'open up' to God these days, Neale stated 'I am reaching out to touch others with this information. When I reach out and touch others with this information I reconnect immediately with the divine presence.'"

CwG's basic messages:

"In Friendship with God, Walsch writes that God presents four concepts which are central to the entire dialogue:

1. We are all one.
2. There's enough.
3. There's nothing we have to do.
4. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Existence is essentially non dual in nature. At the highest level there is no separation between anything and there is only one of us; there is only God, and everything is God. The second statement, following from the first, means that we, in this seeming existence, lack nothing and if we choose to realize it, we have enough of whatever we think we need (or the means to create it) within us. The third statement combines the first two to conclude that God, being all there is and is thus always sufficient unto Itself, has no need of anything and therefore has no requirements of humanity. The final concept puts an end to our need to always be right. Given that we have and are everything, and there's nothing we have to do, there are an infinite number of ways to experience this, not just the one way we may have chosen so far..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: I am rereading the "Conversations with God" series of books [which I reread from just shortly after June 5th, 2016 to exactly September 12th, 2016]... And I was rereading "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," when I read the quotes below on pages 64, 142 to 143, 177 to 178, 185, 228, 258 to 259, 262 to 263, 273, 280 and 282, which inspired me to write the post above:

Page 64: "There may be something we do not know, the knowing of which could change everything. Do we dare to explore, suggest, recommend, and create a new spirituality—one that does not reject everything about the old, but improves upon it; carrying humanity to greater heights?"

Page 142 to 143: "You may want to consider the possibility that what would work for the world right now—given what the world says it wants to experience, which is peace and harmony—is a New Spirituality based upon New Revelations. A spirituality that enlarges upon organized religion in its present form. For it is many of your old religions, with their inherent limitations, that stop you from experiencing God as God really is. They also stop you from experiencing peace, joy and freedom—which are other words for God as God really is."

Page 177 to 178: "The world must create a New Spirituality. Not something to completely replace the old, but to refresh it. Not something to reduce the old, but something to expand it. Not something to subvert the old, but something to support the best of it. It is now time to present the world with new theological thoughts and ideas, a new spiritual model."

Page 185: "If you are courageous, if you are very brave, you will allow a New Spirituality to enhance your religious experience. This spirituality will not reject out right our traditional religious teachings, but enlarge upon them and alter some of the teaching that you agree no longer apply or no longer function."

Page 228: "You can change our world, and the fastest way to do that will be to step away from your fallacies and embrace a new revelation and a new spirituality. This would be the most courageous thing that human beings have done for centuries. It could change human history."

Page 258 to 259: "The world is more ready than it has ever been. The world is hungry, the world is starving, for a new spiritual truth—a truth that works in sustaining life, not a truth that brings an end to life. The world is searching for a new spiritual path, begging for a new set of understandings. Most people simply do not dare to say so publicly. Saying so would mean having to acknowledge that the world's present spiritual path is not getting humans where they say they want to go. It is very difficult, it can be very fearful, for people to go against the prevailing notion of things—even when that prevailing notion of things is killing them."

Page 262: "The first thing they can do is to take the Five Steps to Peace. They can acknowledge that what they've been doing up until now no longer works."

Page 262 to 263: "Do not seek to make the New Revelations a new religion, but rather, allow the New Revelations to reveal the simple and awesome truth that new revelation is possible. In doing so, you empower humanity to reveal true humanity to itself. For when true humanity is revealed, it will be found to be Godly."

Page 273: "Remember I said that the New Spirituality will not be a complete rejection of the old, but rather, it will expand upon the old. It will eliminate from the old what clearly no longer serves you, and bring a new a deeper understanding to that which does not serve you. It will retain the best of your ancient wisdoms."

Page 280: "This is why, if wish to enhance your world as you say that you do, you are invited to create a New Spirituality, based upon New Revelations."

Page 282: "I suggest that such an international, universal, transcreedal, transcultural, transracial, standard for theology is the statement: 'We Are All One. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.' This can be the gospel of a New Spirituality. I can be a king of spirituality that gives people back to themselves."

And this prose was formerly published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, but I decided to only publish "The 'Conversations with God' books-Inspired Posts" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, because these posts are more about philosophy and so is this blog.

Thus, this prose was only published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 130 was edited on May 5th, 2024.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 129: I Believe in "A New Gospel" from the "Conversations with God" books!

(Image from Mickey Z.)

I Believe in "A New Gospel"

—from the—

"Conversations with God" books!

I believe that "We are all one..." I believe that "There is enough..." I believe that "There is nothing we have to do..." I believe that "Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way..."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About How We Are All Equal To Each Other: We are not better—or worse—than each other; we are all equal to each other. –Paul Whiting (written June 11th, 2016, revised August 18th, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

My Writing About How I Believe In The 'Conversations With God' Books: I believe in the "Conversations with God" books, including "A Conversation with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)," "Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 3)," "Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "Communion with God: An Uncommon Dialogue," "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," "Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge," "What God Wants: A Compelling Answer to Humanity's Biggest Question," and "Home with God: In A Life That Never Ends." And, to clarify, the reader should know that I have not yet read any of the supplemental books, which is why they are not listed above. –Paul Whiting (written August 17th, 2016, revised September 2nd, 2016 and revised October 16th, 2022)

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"Conversations with God" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):

"Conversations with God (CwG) is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, was published in 1995 and became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the nine book series also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: 'Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?' Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. When asked in a recent interview how does he 'open up' to God these days, Neale stated 'I am reaching out to touch others with this information. When I reach out and touch others with this information I reconnect immediately with the divine presence.'"

CwG's basic messages:

"In Friendship with God, Walsch writes that God presents four concepts which are central to the entire dialogue:

1. We are all one.
2. There's enough.
3. There's nothing we have to do.
4. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Existence is essentially non dual in nature. At the highest level there is no separation between anything and there is only one of us; there is only God, and everything is God. The second statement, following from the first, means that we, in this seeming existence, lack nothing and if we choose to realize it, we have enough of whatever we think we need (or the means to create it) within us. The third statement combines the first two to conclude that God, being all there is and is thus always sufficient unto Itself, has no need of anything and therefore has no requirements of humanity. The final concept puts an end to our need to always be right. Given that we have and are everything, and there's nothing we have to do, there are an infinite number of ways to experience this, not just the one way we may have chosen so far..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: I am rereading the "Conversations with God" series of books [which I reread from just shortly after June 5th, 2016 to exactly September 12th, 2016]... And I was rereading "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," when I read the quote below on pages 209 to 212, which inspired me to write the prose above:

"Perhaps now it is time—while we still have time—for all of us to ask ourselves some very important questions. Is it possible that the Word of God as put down by humans in their holy books has some errors in it? Is it possible that there is something we don't know about God and about Life, the knowing of which could change everything? If only there could be a New Gospel.

"There can be. It was proposed before, in the book Friendship with God. Fifteen words that could change the world. A two-sentence gospel that could turn the planet on its ear.

"Yes, I remember now. Two sentences that would alter everything.

"They are sentences that could not be uttered from many pulpits or lecterns, by many religious or political leaders. You can dare them to say it, but they will not. You can beg them to repeat it, but they must not. You can cry out for them to declare it, but they cannot.

"Why? Why can't they say it?

"Because to utter this New Gospel would be to invalidate everything they have taught you, everything of which thy have sought to convince you, everything on which they base their actions.

"You're right. It's a New Gospel that could save the world, but the world cannot preach these two sentences. The world cannot proclaim them. They are too powerful. They are too disruptive. Still, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there are some brave religions and political leaders who might take up this proposed New Gospel and repeat it. Let's proclaim it here!

"'We Are All One.' 'Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.'

"What a message that would be coming from the pulpits of the world! What a declaration that would be from the podiums of all nations!"

And this prose was formerly published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, but I decided to only publish "The 'Conversations with God' books-Inspired Posts" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, because these posts are more about philosophy and so is this blog.

Thus, this prose was only published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 129 was edited on May 5th, 2024.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 128: 'True Believers' Are Willing To Die And To Kill In Order To Be "Right"

(Image from Liberty Magazine)

WARNING: THIS POST HAS CONTENT THAT MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!

'True Believers' Are Willing To Die
And To Kill In Order To Be "Right"

'True Believers' are willing to
die in order to be "right," since
they believe that they are going
to Heaven because they are "right."

And 'True Believers' are also willing
to kill in order to be "right," since they
believe that the non-believers are going to
Hell because the non-believers are "wrong."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About True Believers Being Willing To Die And To Kill, Version No. 1: 'True Believers' are willing to die in order to be "right," since they believe that they are going to Heaven because they are "right." And 'True Believers' are also willing to kill in order to be "right," since they believe that the non-believers are going to Hell because the non-believers are "wrong." –Paul Whiting (written August 12th, 2016, revised August 17th, 2016, revised October 16th, 2022, revised May 7th, 2023 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About True Believers Being Willing To Die And To Kill, Version No. 2: 'True believers' are willing to die and to kill in order to be "right." –Paul Whiting (written August 17th, 2016, revised October 16th, 2022, revised May 7th, 2023 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About Religious True Believers, Version No. 1: No one can transform The True Religious Beliefs of The True Religious Believer except for The True Religious Believer. –Paul Whiting (written April 23rd, 2022, revised April 30th, 2022, revised September 14th, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About Religious True Believers, Version No. 2: No one except for The True Religious Believer can transform The True Religious Beliefs of The True Religious Believer. –Paul Whiting (written April 23rd, 2022, revised April 30th, 2022, revised September 14th, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About Being Entitled To Be Right, Version No. 1: Because Literally Nothing is all that exists—since Nothing is all that could exist—you cannot be entitled to be right about anything, let alone be entitled to be right about everything. –Paul Whiting (written April 30th, 2022, revised October 16th, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About Being Entitled To Be Right, Version No. 2: Since Universes are Literally Nothing inverted into a perfectly balanced three part system of negative energy (electrons), positive energy (protons) and neutral energy (neutrons) as contained within vacuousness—because Nothing is all could exist intrinsically—you cannot be entitled to be right about anything, let alone be entitled to be right about everything. –Paul Whiting (written April 30th, 2022, revised October 16th, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About Being Entitled To Be Right, Version No. 3: Literally Nothing is all that exists due to the fact that Nothing is literally all that could exist. And Universes are Literally Nothing inverted into a perfectly balanced three part system of negative energy (electrons), positive energy (protons) and neutral energy (neutrons), as contained within vacuousness in order to separate the electrons from the protons and neutrons, which is what forms the atoms of gravity. And because Universes are intrinsically Nothing inverted into a Field Of Gravity, you cannot be entitled to be right about anything, let alone be entitled to be right about everything. –Paul Whiting (written April 30th, 2022, revised October 16th, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About Being Entitled To Be Right, Version No. 4: You cannot be entitled to be right about literally anything, let alone be entitled to be right about literally everything. You see, Universes are Literally Nothing inverted into a perfectly balanced three part system of negative energy (electrons), positive energy (protons) and neutral energy (neutrons), as contained within vacuousness in order to separate the electrons from the protons and neutrons, which is what forms the atoms of gravity. And Literally Nothing is all that exists because Nothing is all that could exist. Thus, Nothing is a never-ending, eternal Field Of Non-Specific Probability Energy—both in terms of the never-ending space that Nothing occupies and the eternal time and Nothing occupies. Therefore, that is why you cannot be entitled to be right about anything, let alone be entitled to be right about everything. –Paul Whiting (written April 30th, 2022, revised October 16th, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: I am rereading the "Conversations with God" series of books [which I reread from just shortly after June 5th, 2016 to exactly September 12th, 2016]... And I was rereading "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," when I read the quotes below on pages 174 to 176, which inspired me to write the poem above:

"There are those who say that government should not be controlled by religions, that there should be a strict separation of Church and State. Yet that is a very Western worldview. Other cultures feel that only God should and can be the supreme governor of human affairs and that God's Law, as contained in holy writings and interpreted by religious teachers and jurists, should be the law of the land.

"This is the clash of ideology that I spoke of early in our conversation. It is essentially a clash between human rights and what some people declare to be God's Law. In truth, there is no clash, for freedom is the essence of God, and human rights—personal liberty, equality under the law, and the fairness of trials—are expressions of that essence. Yet there have been religions (there still are today) that do not recognize basic freedoms and equalities as every person's right. According to some religions, as had been noted here already, women are not equal to men. According to certain religions, atheists do not have the right to live. A person who is not a member of the faith cannot testify against one who is. And slavery is permitted.

"No, no... there is no bona fide religious Scripture that fails to condemn slavery.

"You had better read the Bible and the Qur'an more closely. Now when such religious teachings become the law of the land or become the innermost beliefs and 'morals' of a culture, a clash is certain to develop. Especially when those religions seek to make their beliefs the guiding principles of other people. There have always been ideological differences on your planet, but the present widening of the split in ideology with a simultaneous advance in technology has created the conditions for rapid self-destruction.

"Well, here we are again, at the same question. What can we do to stop this?

"It will take an unprecedented act of courage, on a grand scale. You may have to do something virtually unknown in the annals of human history.

"What?

"You may have to give up some of your most sacred beliefs.

"'I can't. I can't. I would rather die than do that.' That's what some people will say when they read this.

"Then they are going to. Many people are going to die in order to be 'right.' Only when enough human beings die over these ideologies will you decide that maybe it was the ideologies themselves that were mistaken. Your life and your experience will cause you to change your mind, at last, about what is 'right' and 'wrong,' and about 'what works' and 'what doesn't work.'"

And this poem was formerly published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, but I decided to only publish "The 'Conversations with God' books-Inspired Posts" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, because these posts are more about philosophy and so is this blog.

Thus, this poem was only published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

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"Conversations with God" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):

"Conversations with God (CwG) is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, was published in 1995 and became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the nine book series also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: 'Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?' Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. When asked in a recent interview how does he 'open up' to God these days, Neale stated 'I am reaching out to touch others with this information. When I reach out and touch others with this information I reconnect immediately with the divine presence.'"

CwG's basic messages:

"In Friendship with God, Walsch writes that God presents four concepts which are central to the entire dialogue:

1. We are all one.
2. There's enough.
3. There's nothing we have to do.
4. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Existence is essentially non dual in nature. At the highest level there is no separation between anything and there is only one of us; there is only God, and everything is God. The second statement, following from the first, means that we, in this seeming existence, lack nothing and if we choose to realize it, we have enough of whatever we think we need (or the means to create it) within us. The third statement combines the first two to conclude that God, being all there is and is thus always sufficient unto Itself, has no need of anything and therefore has no requirements of humanity. The final concept puts an end to our need to always be right. Given that we have and are everything, and there's nothing we have to do, there are an infinite number of ways to experience this, not just the one way we may have chosen so far..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 128 was edited on December 6th, 2023.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 127/126: The Souls Whom You Condemn

(Image from The Pursuit Of God)

The Souls Whom You Condemn

The souls whom you condemn are judged by you based upon the way that you feel about yourself—which they are representing to you in some symbolic way.

That is why you are condemning them: if they represent some part of yourself that you do not like, you can condemn them for reminding you of how you feel about that part of yourself.

And, then, you can "heal" the part of yourself that you do not like by judging them and condemning them for it—instead of judging and condemning yourself for that part of yourself.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

My Writing About The Souls Who Condemn You: The souls who condemn you judge you based upon the way that they feel about themselves—which you are representing to them in some symbolic way. That is why they are condemning you: if you represent some part of themselves that they do no like, they can condemn you for reminding them of how they feel about that part of themselves. And, then, they can "heal" the part of themselves that they do not like by judging you and condemning you for it—instead of judging and condemning themselves for that part of themselves. –Paul Whiting (written August 7th, 2016, revised August 15th, 2016, revised August 16th, 2016, revised June 26th, 2022 and revised October 15th, 2022)

My Writing About The Souls Whom You Condemn: The souls whom you condemn are judged by you based upon the way that you feel about yourself—which they are representing to you in some symbolic way. That is why you are condemning them: if they represent some part of yourself that you do not like, you can condemn them for reminding you of how you feel about that part of yourself. And, then, you can "heal" the part of yourself that you do not like by judging them and condemning them for it—instead of judging and condemning yourself for that part of yourself. –Paul Whiting (written August 15th, 2016, revised August 16th, 2016, revised June 26th, 2022 and revised October 15, 2022)

My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: "The souls whom you condemn are judged by you based upon the way that you feel about yourself..."

And this prose was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 127 was edited on January 31st, 2023.

By the way, the reason that this post has such an odd numbering system is because I published this post, "The Souls Whom You Condemn," and a related post, "The Souls Who Condemn You," on the same day and at the same time! And, for some reason, the order in which these two posts appear on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog keeps alternating back and forth—I am assuming since they were both published within the same minute on the same day—so that is why I gave both of these posts an alternated numbering system.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 126/127: The Souls Who Condemn You

(Image from The Pursuit Of God)

The Souls Who Condemn You

The souls who condemn you judge you based upon the way that they feel about themselves—which you are representing to them in some symbolic way.

That is why they are condemning you: if you represent some part of themselves that they do no like, they can condemn you for reminding them of how they feel about that part of themselves.

And, then, they can "heal" the part of themselves that they do not like by judging you and condemning you for it—instead of judging and condemning themselves for that part of themselves.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

My Writing About The Souls Who Condemn You: The souls who condemn you judge you based upon the way that they feel about themselves—which you are representing to them in some symbolic way. That is why they are condemning you: if you represent some part of themselves that they do no like, they can condemn you for reminding them of how they feel about that part of themselves. And, then, they can "heal" the part of themselves that they do not like by judging you and condemning you for it—instead of judging and condemning themselves for that part of themselves. –Paul Whiting (written August 7th, 2016, revised August 15th, 2016, revised August 16th, 2016, revised June 26th, 2022 and revised October 15th, 2022)

My Writing About The Souls Whom You Condemn: The souls whom you condemn are judged by you based upon the way that you feel about yourself—which they are representing to you in some symbolic way. That is why you are condemning them: if they represent some part of yourself that you do not like, you can condemn them for reminding you of how you feel about that part of yourself. And, then, you can "heal" the part of yourself that you do not like by judging them and condemning them for it—instead of judging and condemning yourself for that part of yourself. –Paul Whiting (written August 15th, 2016, revised August 16th, 2016, revised June 26th, 2022 and revised October 15, 2022)

My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: "The souls who condemn you judge you based upon the way that they feel about themselves..."

And this prose was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 126/127 was edited on January 31st, 2023.

By the way, the reason that this post has such an odd numbering system is because I published this post, "The Souls Who Condemn You," and a related post, "The Souls Whom You Condemn," on the same day and at the same time! And, for some reason, the order in which these two posts appear on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog keeps alternating back and forth—I am assuming since they were both published within the same minute on the same day—so that is why I gave both of these posts an alternated numbering system.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 125: Your Soul's Eternal Life Is Guaranteed

(Image from Seed for the Soul)

Your Soul's Eternal Life Is Guaranteed

Because all souls are the
naturally-occurring vibration
at the very center of Literally
Nothing, your soul's eternal
life is guaranteed—and that
is what really matters! In fact,
you have no choice in the matter
of your soul's eternal life; however,
you do have a choice in the way that
you live your soul's eternal life and
that is all that matters! In other words,
the way that you choose to live your
soul's eternal life is what turns into
the matter of your soul's eternal life...

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"

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My Writing About How Your Soul's Eternal Life Is Guaranteed: Because all souls are the naturally-occurring vibration at the very center of Literally Nothing, your soul's eternal life is guaranteed—and that is what really matters! In fact, you have no choice in the matter of your soul's eternal life; however, you do have a choice in the way that you live your soul's eternal life and that is all that matters! In other words, the way that you choose to live your soul's eternal life is what turns into the matter of your soul's eternal life... –Paul Whiting (written August 10th, 2016, revised August 11th, 2016 and revised October 14th, 2022)

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My Philosophical Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: I am rereading the "Conversations with God" series of books [which I reread from just shortly after June 5th, 2016 to exactly September 12th, 2016]... And I was rereading "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God," when I read the quote below on page 75, which inspired me to write the poem above:

"The gender-neutral Bible, these critics say, could 'throw innocent believers and new converts off the track to eternal life...'"

And this poem was formerly published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs, but I decided to only publish "The 'Conversations with God' books-Inspired Posts" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, because these posts are more about philosophy and so is this blog.

Thus, this poem was only published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog.

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

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"Conversations with God" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):

"Conversations with God (CwG) is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, was published in 1995 and became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the nine book series also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: 'Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?' Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. When asked in a recent interview how does he 'open up' to God these days, Neale stated 'I am reaching out to touch others with this information. When I reach out and touch others with this information I reconnect immediately with the divine presence.'"

CwG's basic messages:

"In Friendship with God, Walsch writes that God presents four concepts which are central to the entire dialogue:

1. We are all one.
2. There's enough.
3. There's nothing we have to do.
4. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Existence is essentially non dual in nature. At the highest level there is no separation between anything and there is only one of us; there is only God, and everything is God. The second statement, following from the first, means that we, in this seeming existence, lack nothing and if we choose to realize it, we have enough of whatever we think we need (or the means to create it) within us. The third statement combines the first two to conclude that God, being all there is and is thus always sufficient unto Itself, has no need of anything and therefore has no requirements of humanity. The final concept puts an end to our need to always be right. Given that we have and are everything, and there's nothing we have to do, there are an infinite number of ways to experience this, not just the one way we may have chosen so far..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God

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This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 125 was edited on May 5th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]