Ariana's
Musings
This
Should
Be
Fun
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One
of my all-time favorite books is Richard Bach’s “Illusions of a Reluctant
Messiah”. In the
beginning of the book, the crowd gathers to hear the Messiah who asks the
people if they would be willing to do anything
that God might ask of them. They
say YES, YES - they would suffer
“the tortures of hell itself”…they would “be nailed to a tree and
burned”..…. Whatever suffering God expects, they will do it and do it
gladly.
And
then the Messiah asks them, “what if God spoke directly to your face and He
said ‘I command that you be happy in the world, so long as you live’.
What would do you do then?”
And
the crowd is totally silent.
Somehow, for some reason, pain and suffering have become accepted as
not only okay, but also necessary for enlightenment.
Why? What if we were not
put here to suffer at all, but to learn gratitude, appreciation, love,
happiness, and joy? What if we
were here to experience the pure bliss of living?
The thrill of being alive?
Finding your path (whatever it is) should be a joyous experience.
Life does not need to be serious, heavy or worrisome to teach us
important lessons. Laughing,
loving, dancing are important parts of the Divine Experience, too.
If you would know Light, be Light.
| “The grand essentials of happiness are: |  |
something
to do, |
| “Joy is not in things; it is in us.” -- Richard Wagner |  |
“A
person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs – jolted by
every pebble in the road.” --- Henry Ward Beecher |
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Kenny & Ernie
Man, beast, nature who really has
Dominion?
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The
Sounds of Silence
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