Tomorrow Never Comes

The future exists only in our present concept of it.

Future events do not exist. Our plans, hopes, fears, dreams, expectations and worries exist today as possibilities and probabilities. But they are thoughts and ideas. Not events. The future is purely theoretical. All we really have is now, today, the vast, spacious, spontaneous present.

Therefore, worrying about and fearing future events is a nonconstructive use of energy.

In the present we can see paths, directions, trajectories. And we can mentally follow them into their possible futures to see where they might lead. If they seem headed where we do not want to go, today we have the power to implement course corrections.

We are taught that planning, devising strategies for accomplishing goals, saving money, insuring our lives, homes, cars, health, are responsible actions.

Most of us are not taught to trust life spontaneously to lead us to our growth and evolution and fulfillment. We are not taught to abandon all worries and know we are safe and protected always.

We are well aware, however, that our best laid plans can be undone by a single unexpected event that changes everything.

We fear these unexpected events. But we can instead accept them as life's course corrections that lead us to deeper levels of fulfillment than our own planning would have. We can see these events as spontaneous adventures that take us to places we've never been.

Warning: Our beliefs create our reality. So we cannot stop planning and saving and insuring and behaving responsibly until we first unquestionably know that life always will support us and carry us onward to expansive, new adventures and experiences. Doing so can cause great discomfort and fear.

We are buoyant upon the river of life and we cannot sink and be drowned. But until we are certain of this, it is much less fearful to act responsibly within our beliefs. That is until that unforeseen event visits us.

When that happens, whether we feel ready or not, our belief in our buoyancy is given a full test.

I have taken this leap into trusting the safety of this deep river of life. Prematurely. Before I knew I was fully safe. And yet I survived. However full of fear and uncertainty I found myself.

A second time I took the leap. This time I was a wee bit more assured of my basic safety. I survived with a wee bit less fear.

It was the third time that I came to know I was buoyant and would stay afloat no matter where the rapids tossed me.

We are safe now. And now is all there is.

Worrying about the future is worrying about something that does not exist.

Tomorrow isn't coming.

We have today to do whatever we want. To change whatever we want.

Today we can abandon our worries and expectations and accept the spontaneous curves in the road that come our way.

Tomorrow is imaginary.

Today is real.

Today we have the power to do most anything.

      -----Cosmic Grandpa

Ascend into Heaven

Just as Jesus did in the Bible, we each can ascend into heaven.

Not physically. Mentally. We can mentally rise above situations where we find ourselves getting upset, argumentative, defensive, angry.

Heaven is not a physical place in the sky but a state of mind. A state of peace.

Like the song says, “From a distance, there is harmony.”

We can train ourselves to elevate our perspective and distance ourselves from the immediate situation when we feel like arguing or fighting. We can remove ourselves to a higher frame of mind, to a neutral position where it's easier to see the other side of an issue.

When we feel that we are being attacked, we can move to a place where we need not fight back. We can rise above the urge to defend ourselves and go to a mental place of safety and security. We can go to a place of peace. We can ascend to heaven.

When we feel that we are being bullied or threatened or terrorized, we can remember that we are safe and strong. We can rise above the response of being fearful and protective.

Terrorism only works when both parties participate in the game. It takes both the terrorist and the victim to make it work. If the intended victim does not respond with fear and defensiveness, then the terrorist attack does not work.

We can imagine that the ones attempting to attack us are young children acting out, throwing tantrums. We see that they have lost control of their emotions and are behaving in immature ways because they have not yet learned how to channel their emotional surges in constructive directions. Our reactions to them could be to stop, say nothing, and consider what response might be most helpful. By attempting to use force against them, verbal or physical, we just feed energy to the conflict. Imagine that we are third parties, some distance away from the attack, with no personal interest in the situation. Take as much time as needed to ascend to heaven, then respond.

Seeking peace currently is not a popular position for many of our fellow citizens. They feel we must fight to get what we want. They feel that seeking peaceful solutions is a weak and passive option. However, it is peace that is constructive. And war that is destructive.

Peace is an absence of conflict, not an absence of activity. So heaven can be a highly productive state. Conflict impedes any movement forward because it diverts and wastes energy. Cooperation directs energy and movement toward solutions, toward creativity, toward discovery.

Like the nice lady sings:

From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land.
And it's the hope of hopes,
It's the love of loves,
It's the heart of every man.

Rise above.

Peace out.

     -----Cosmic Grandpa

Yesterday's Gone

Today is all we have. The present.

We have influences from our past, wonderful memories, regrets, baggage. However, the events that we remember from the past do not exist, except in our present memories.

And memories are fluid. They change. People who were involved together in a past event each remember it differently. And as time passes, each individual memory of the single event continues to change and grow even more different from the others.

Even though we may have records of these events: photos, diary entries, newspaper clippings... the emotional influence, the sense of “what really happened here,” still changes.

And our present version of the memory is all we have. All past versions are gone.

Influences from the past are powerful. They have shaped us into who we are. And they evolve as we evolve. As we grow older and wiser, we can revisit our memories and see past events from new, more understanding perspectives and be more forgiving toward ourselves and others.

If we carry feelings of guilt, shame, resentment, blame, hurt, we can change them today. We can revisit the past, reinterpret what happened and reshape how the events influence us today.

The past does not exist in the past. It exists in the present. And we have the power to change the present.

We can free ourselves from influences we don't want any longer. We can erase the past as we remember it and redraw it with generosity and compassion.

Today is wide open. The present time is vast and spacious.

We have the power today to change most anything.

     ----- Cosmic Grandpa

Life is a Learning Lab

Life is not a test of our morality. Life is not a dangerous path of temptations where we prove our purity.

Life is an experience. Life is an experiment. Life is a learning lab where we are free to try strange, new things to see what happens.

Life is for creating that which did not exist before. Life is for blazing new trails.

Life is for being adventurous and bold and eager to find out what is over the next hill. Life is for taking leaps.

Our universe contains an infinite number of dimensions that remain unexplored. Life is for exploring the rivers and paths and caves that no one has experienced yet.

We are safe in our learning lab. Fear has no place here. Stretch your belief in yourself and try something that is calling out to you. Even if it may seem reckless and irresponsible.

Answer the call of the wild. Explore. Experiment. Do something different. Trust that you are safe as you travel new routes. Unexplored caves. Foreign lands.

Depart from the safe road. Go where you really want to be, regardless of society's approval.

Try it. Try it. Try it.

It's why we're here.

     -----Cosmic Grandpa

Creating Reality

We each create reality. We create our own individual worlds.

We create what is true in our lives... and all truth is specific to each of us individually.

We create reality by what we believe and what we think.

The good news is that if our lives are not satisfactory, we can change them by changing what we believe.

Once we get the hang of it, we can change our beliefs as we change the furniture in a room in our home.

The challenge is to discover what our beliefs are. They generally are so much a part of our daily thoughts, that they are invisible to us. We see them as obvious truths about life. As real true facts.

The things we know are true... are true solely because we believe them. Other people don't believe they are true at all. They are specific to us. To our reality. They are not present in everyone's realities.

What is great about life? What is difficult? What things are working smoothly in our life? What things are awful?

They are all because of what we think and what we believe.

So experiment with this. Pick a facet of reality, a truth that you'd like to turn into a false. See it as an idea that exists independently, separately from you. See it as an uncomfortable chair in a room that you want to replace with another.

See it as an object that you can move around and discard at will. Think of another idea, a reality that you'd prefer to believe... to replace the one you're discarding. Think of it as a new object that you've selected to be a part of your new, remodeled reality.

In with the new. Out with the old.

Think of this often. Remember that your life now includes a new belief. The old belief has been removed.

Do this for a time. I guarantee you will see a change. This change will reinforce your confidence that you truly are a creator. The creator of every aspect of your life.

This is a life-changing lesson. It is one of the most important lessons we can experiment with here in our learning-lab life.

Select another unsatisfactory belief. Replace. Repeat.

Create an unbelievably wonderful life.

Except that it's totally believable.

If you believe it.

If you create it.

     -----Cosmic Grandpa

Return to Innocence - The New Age of Peace

In case you don't see it, our world appears to be in a state of craziness.

I believe this unrest and unraveling is preparing the way for an era of peace.

Peace between people, countries, religions, enemies, friends, everyone.

We originated, back in our prehistoric era, in innocence. Like newborns. We did not have the concepts of good and evil. As we evolved we developed this “knowledge.” Now, thousands of years later, we are on the brink of acquiring the wisdom that will take us to a new era of “wise innocence.” We will come to understand that the good and evil were our own imaginings and realize that these value judgments no longer serve us.

We will begin to relinquish control over others. We will begin to rise above our small-minded judgments of others and realize that their paths have lead them to where they are as our paths have lead us.

No longer will we be supervisor and subordinate. No longer will we be prisoner and jailer. No longer will we be superior and inferior.

We are very close to realizing that war solves nothing. We are close to the critical mass of opinion needed to dismantle our military and defense systems. The walls have already begun to come down and soon everyone will be welcome anywhere.

Military might is no longer a deterrent. The military complex will evolve into peacetime industries of advanced robotics, transportation, space exploration, deployments of goods and services, rehabilitation of the incarcerated and education of all.

We are close to the realization that we are all one family, responsible for our own life experiences as well as for the well being of all our brothers and sisters. When we get there, peace will be inevitable.

Separations will die away. Connections will thrive. Prejudices will wither and acceptance of all will flourish.

What a glorious tomorrow lies ahead. Our technology has delivered us to a place where we can communicate directly with people in countries we are officially “enemies” with. Israeli citizens are sending messages to Irani citizens of love and peace. Check out: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/321412

Peace is so close we can taste it.

At last. What a wonderful time to be here. What a wonderful time to be anywhere.

          -----Cosmic Grandpa

Good and Evil – Age of Justice

As well as the concepts of good and evil, the concept of justice was also invented by us, I believe.

There is no God who demands justice of us. It is we who demand it.

As our intellects developed during those early ages, we forgot that we all are connected. We forgot that we are all one community. And for some reason we developed bitter rivalries with our neighbors as terrible as our fear and hatred of countries on the far side of the globe.

East Dillon High hates West Dillon High as much as they both hate Iran. Bomb them.

This separation evolved into terrible greed and terrible fear that there will not be enough for me. Today private citizens are worth more than most countries. They have more than they would need for a thousand lifetimes. And others of us go hungry.

We created a sophisticated justice system that imprisons criminals in privately owned prisons that need inmates to make profits. So the courts ensure that there are plenty of prisoners so the prisons don't go empty.

We misunderstand death and consider it a capital punishment. It is not. We live on. We struggle with mental illness and consider suicide an escape from it all. It is not. We live on.

We have developed mental illnesses unlike any time before because we have grown so separate. So alone. So fearful of our world.

We have built magnificent civilizations using slave labor. We have bought and sold our brothers and sisters.

When we are wronged, as victims we demand justice. We file lawsuits over property, boundaries, rights, wrongs, and the rest.

We have forgotten about forgiveness. We have forgotten about mercy. We have forgotten that we are all brothers and sisters. We are all one.

This terrible mess is all an illusion. Because in reality we are all one. We all will live forever.

I believe that during this century, the institutions, churches, governments who perpetuate this illusion of good and evil, of justice, of separation will fade.

And we will enter the Age of Love. The Age of Mercy and Forgiveness. The Age of Peace.

See you there.

       -----Cosmic Grandpa

Good and Evil - Age of Innocence

To begin, I believe that good and evil are illusions. Good and evil are concepts we invented ourselves for our own uses.

There is no God In Heaven who sends us to eternal reward or damnation because we are good or evil.

I believe that somewhere in early human evolution, as our intellects developed, we began making value judgements about our world based on how various experiences affected us.

At first, when we were innocent of this knowledge of good and evil, we felt at one with nature. We understood that the earth would feed us and provide for us.

When we were hungry, we hunted and gathered and ate.

We lived as all the other animals on the land. And I believe that we, like other animals, had a gut knowledge of how to survive and get our needs satisfied.

At one time we were at one with each other. We understood we were a community unit and we all belonged.

Later, as we evolved, we began to see ourselves as separate individuals. We began claiming property for ourselves. We claimed resources for ourselves. We build walls.

This growth from innocence is mirrored in the development of an infant as he grows into an independent personality.

This growth into separation was inevitable in our development but it also was a step away from the understanding that the earth would still provide for all that we need. And a step away from the understanding that we are all one family.

One.

      ----Cosmic Grandpa

The Care and Feeding of Energy

Everything is energy. At least everything in our world is. But I suspect that every every everything is.

Matter is energy. We are energy. Our bodies, minds, thoughts and ideas are energy. Emotions are energy. We are energy now while we're alive and our conscious minds remain energy after our bodies die.

It may seem odd to consider that thoughts and ideas have their own reality. Their own existence. But I believe they exist independently of the minds who think them.

Same with emotions. Fear, anger, joy, excitement, agony, ecstasy and all of their variations exist as independent realities. They flow though our experiences. And the ones we focus on stick around and strengthen. The ones we dismiss, weaken in our experience and do not become parts of our world.

Therefore it is a good strategy to mentally feed the thoughts and feelings we want in our experience and not feed those we do not want. I believe we should not categorize these thoughts and emotions as positive or negative. Simply recognize that they exist. And focus our attention and gratitude on the ones we want in our experience.

If we struggle with fear or anger, depression or illness, then we are mentally giving them energy. We need to practice the discipline of not struggling or opposing. We need to see these unwanted thoughts as separate from ourselves. And choose to see what we want to attract. And overlook what we do not want to attract.

Our lives are like our gardens. We choose which plants to water and feed and which to pull out.

Don't fertilize your weeds.

      ----Cosmic Grandpa

Grandpa’s Definition of “Love”

The word has hundreds, maybe thousands of meanings. Probably way more.

When we tell others we love them, we mean many different things. I almost believe that for every relationship that exists between two people, the love between them is unique.

But here I am writing about “unconditional love.” “Brotherly love.” “Sisterly love.” The “love thy neighbor” love.

This love is not a feeling. Nor an emotion. It is a choice. A state of mind.

If we practice this kind of love, we can apply it everywhere. To ourselves. To our friends. To people we don’t know. To people who annoy and irritate us. To people who have hurt us. To everyone. Everything.

This love is not earned. It is free. It is easy to understand. It is difficult to practice because it involves a suspension of judgement.

Each of us has a “shadow” side. It is the part of our personality or behavior that we prefer others not know about. We feel ashamed of it. It is our dark side. Our secret side. The part of us that we consider “unlovable.”

It is easy to be happy with our wonderful, charming, endearing side. It is hard to love our dark, secret side. But love, “unconditional love,” is directed at all parts. When we get to the point where we realize that we love ourselves entirely, then we discover that we are more compassionate and understanding of others as well.

A way to practice this love is to step outside of yourself. Imagine you are an unbiased, separate being looking back at yourself. Look at the lovable side. Look at the shadow side. Now shine a sunny light on the shadow side. Shine a light of acceptance and understanding. Withdraw your judgement that this “character flaw” or “bad behavior” is a negative aspect. Consider it a part of this complex, interesting person that is still underdeveloped. It is temporary. Give it time and it will mature.

Consider yourself a kind and nurturing parent or teacher of this person. Understand that this person has arrived at this place on their long journey to forever. Countless experiences lie ahead that will continue to refine and shape this person. Look at the person as they were a year ago. Ten years ago. See the changes between then and now. Forgive this person for the faults and failures that remain today and send them thoughts of help and strength as they move day by day into the person they are becoming.

Forgive them. Shine the sun on them. Soften your heart to them. They are perfect in the way a cloud is perfect. It is what it is. You are what you are. Many experiences have brought you to today. And many more will carry you into tomorrow.


      ----Cosmic Grandpa

Deep Thoughts about Jesus - Part I

I believe that Jesus is a real being. I believe that Jesus really exists. But I don’t believe what I think most of today’s Christians believe about him.

I believe that he is both human and divine because I believe all of us are. I don’t believe that he is the “only” begotten son of God. I believe that we are all not only children of God, but facets of God himself. I don’t believe that Jesus’ crucifixion saved us from our sins. I don’t believe that he was conceived “immaculately.” I believe that he was born as a baby the same as us all. I don’t believe that any event is paranormal or supernatural. If it happened, it is normal and natural.

I believe that Jesus has been misquoted and misunderstood for several centuries. I believe he came to our reality as a great teacher but I believe his main message got distorted and today is totally botched up.

I believe that we live in multiple realms, like our waking state and our dream state. I believe that other realms are valid and actual realities. And I believe that some of the Jesus story happened in what we would consider our real true history and other events happened in other realms. The events in other realms are just as valid as those in our “waking” reality. The crucifixion and death may have happened in another “realm” but it is a real true part of the Jesus story nonetheless.

That he was martyred and crucified is made a big deal in today’s Christian religions. Why? There were many martyrs during that period who were tortured and crucified. One would think that if Jesus were God (and we’re not), that it would be a lot easier for him to endure. So what’s the big deal?

Throughout history, countless humans have suffered torture and death. So why is this part of the Jesus story so emphasized in the Christian religions? It is a mystery to me. But countless people still buy into that part of the story and think that Jesus suffered some extraordinary level that puts him in a category unto himself. Really?

But I don’t believe that the historical facts of the Jesus story are as important as the lessons he came to teach. I believe that one of his lessons is that we survive death. Not just him. But all of us. Whether his death and resurrection happened in one realm or another is not important. He survived death. And so do we all.

I believe that Jesus lived in our “earthly” reality many times before his “Jesus” life. He may even have been Adam. Who can say? But he knew his way around.

And his main lesson was that we need to love.

Love.

And “Love” will be my next posting.

Stay tuned.

-----Cosmic Grandpa

Deep Thoughts about God - Part I

When someone says they believe in God, I generally assume that they mean that they believe there is a supreme being, male, living in his heaven, watching us, answering and denying prayers, approving the good we do and disapproving the bad.

This is not the God I believe in. The God I believe in is not separate from me. Or you. The God I believe in is the only being, or consciousness who exists. This God is aware of everything. Includes everything. People cannot imagine such a God. I cannot. Yet I believe it's true.

Seth's term for God is "All That Is." This means that we are not separate people. But the same being. The same consciousness. Living individual lives that appear to be separate. But that is an illusion. Not only are we all brothers and sisters. Not only are we all children of God. But we all are part of the one being who exists. Nothing exists outside of God. Outside of "All That Is."

I believe our lesson in life is to learn how to act as God. To realize that we have the power to answer our own prayers. We are not subjects of a higher authority who decides for us what kind of life we get. We decide for ourselves.

There are those of us who are new at this. And there are those of us who are masters. You can tell those around you who know what they're doing. And those who are a little lost. It takes a little time to get the hang of it.

The God I believe in does not need to be worshipped. Does not need to be feared. Going to worship service and being God-fearing is not my thing.

There are many "families" and "communities" within this God.  An infinite number actually. I believe there are hierarchies of "awareness" or "consciousness." Seth says we each have an "oversoul." Or our higher self. This oversoul sends part of itself as us into a life experience to learn a lesson. Or to experience a particular type of life. The other lives that this oversoul is living can be called our other reincarnations. And they can take place in other periods of world history or simultaneously with our current life. Truely a deep thought, right?

And I believe that this oversoul of ours belongs to a higher realm of consciousness along with other oversouls. Like a grand oversoul. And these grand oversouls belong to higher deluxe oversouls and on and on and up and up forever and ever. I don't believe that there is an end to anything. And we belong to all of this. And this is the God I believe in.

The term "God" carries such a diversity of meaning that it is ultimately meaningless. And in our world today,  belief in God divides us more that it unites us. So as a race, a species,  we have a ways to go.

But we are on our way. And we have no deadline for getting it right. We have until forever.

And I know it will not take us that long.

So climb aboard, buckle up and enjoy the ride.


---- Cosmic Grandpa

Welcome. Thanks for stopping by.

Welcome. Greetings. Shalom. Namaste.

This is my first blog entry. Thank you for checking it out. My plan is to put down what I believe. What I have learned about life so far. Random thoughts that run through my mind. Future topics will include "The Bible," "Religion," "Health," "Love," "Eternity," "Heaven and Hell," "Reincarnation," "Beliefs" and more.

My main teachers have been:

Seth, who has channeled a wealth of material through psychic medium, Jane Roberts. The main lesson I learned from Seth is that we create our own reality. It is possible to examine our beliefs about our worlds and change the ones that hold us back. Changing our beliefs changes our lives and our worlds.

Jack Young, who taught me that we survive death. We live on and will continue to exist forever.

A Course in Miracles, channeled through a woman named Helen, possibly by Jesus himself. Here I learned about love. How to love myself and others. And I learned to feel the powerful love that "God," "the Universe," "the Great Spirit," "All That Is," or whatever term you prefer, feels for me and for us all.

...and many more whom I will talk about in time.

What I Believe

Here are a few of my core beliefs. To get us started.

We survive death. When I was a young boy in Catholic school, I was taught that we have a soul that gets black marks on it when we commit sins. I don't think that I ever fully bought into that but I currently do not believe that we have a soul. We ARE our soul. And we have a body. Temporarily. But our true selves, our awareness, our consciousness continues on forever.

The glass is both half full and half empty. The difference is which aspect we choose to focus on. If we focus on the half empty part, we discover more and more emptiness and lack in our lives. If we focus on the half full part, we encounter more fullness and bounty.

I try to focus on the part of the Lord's Prayer that says "Give us this day our daily bread." To me this means that we should take things one day at a time. We have been given what we need for today. We should not concern ourselves about if we will have enough for tomorrow. Today we have enough. Today, our cup runneth over.

I realize that there are those who see that today they do not have food. Or shelter. Or safety. But I believe that this is an illusion. It sounds heartless, right? But I believe that help is everywhere and if you are open to it, it will be there. There is hunger and need around the world. Or so it appears. But here in the USA, there is bounty in every supermarket. I was stunned one Christmas Eve when I went shopping to discover the store was out of potatoes.

But I believe there is plenty for everyone. Our problem is failure to share. Hoarding. Fear of lack. We are provided with more than plenty. It is we who cannot seem to spread it around. The hunger and lack is because of us.

Another belief: It is easiest to go with the flow. I am reminded of this driving around in city traffic. If there are delays and obstacles, I try to relax. There is no reason for impatience. If it is true that we create our daily reality, then we must have put the delay there ourselves for our own reason. So slow down and enjoy it. Our world will not come to a violent end if our plans need to wait. Relax. Smile. Breathe. Enjoy.

And this bring us to the end of the first blog entry.

Check back soon for more.

Smile. Breathe. Enjoy.

----- Cosmic Grandpa