God

Great news! With my contacts in the world of science I have heard of a new study that may soon be released which purports to prove the existence of God. Fantastic!

Here's how I understand the study was conducted. A few years ago several theologists representing all the major's world religions decided to try to answer the age old, "Is there a God?" To do so they decided to employ the use of the latest modern technology, the computer. So they assembled a large team and using the power of the scanner, scanned in the major religious texts from the Abrahamic and Karmic religions, plus all known more primitive belief systems, all into the largest computer ever built. It was located in Bern, Switzerland.

Once done they then excitedly put the question to the computer, "Is there a God?" The answer came back, "Need more data." Shocked and a bit disappointed they then decided to input all that has ever been written about God, from the arts; poetry, song lyrics, books, plays and the like. Every source that had ever mentioned the name of a higher power; God, Yahweh, Allah or any of its many other names. Instead of just one computer, they used a large bank of interconnected computers, from all over the world. After several more months, again came the day when they put the question to the computer, "Is there a God?" The system hummed for a few minutes and answered, "Need more data".

According to the Boston Globe, the Vatican announced that belief in aliens from outer space is perfectly consistent with belief in God.  Extra terrestrials, the Vatican’s chief astronomer pointed out, would still be God’s creatures:

“Ruling out the existence of aliens would be to put limits on God's creative freedom.”

The remarks came in the context of a discussion of the Church’s persecution of Galileo for heresy in connection with the scientist’s theory that the earth revolved around the sun and not vice versa.  According to the chief astronomer,

“The church has somehow recognized its mistakes.  Maybe it could have done it better . . . .”

Our soul is the deep connection with God and the experience that shows us the presence and power of pure consciousness everywhere around us. The soul knows that we are a part of God that there is one life, the life of God and that life is ours. The soul gives us oneness with the blissful qualities of guidance and inspiration, and it inspires and gives us a clear sense of inner peace and guidance. We are not separate from our soul; we are the soul. This great unity, this oneness with God is greater than the five layers of the mind and is the source and originator of everything around us. In evolution the processes unfold with order and constancy, giving evidence of a guiding consciousness within life so by recognizing the presence of this guidance we see the creative power of God in us and in nature. The soul is everywhere and can be experienced as support and encouragement that is why the artist and the scientists draw upon it for inspiration. Contemplation of the soul is always available to us to help us find meaning and purpose in life. In the five layers of the mind we clear ourselves of all doubts, we stop dilly-dallying around and become convinced that the soul is a new, positive experience unfolding before our minds. It maintains our sense of unity with a presence and power that is greater than what we think we are.

I have many friends connected with FOSNA/FRIENDS OF SABEEL NORTH AMERICA and can connect CROSSLEFT with ease to someone who attended the historic conference in Boston last week when over 900 attended the largest conference to be held by Sabeel in the U.S.A!!!

Desmond Tutu, Naim Ateek, Noam Chomsky, Anat Biletzki, Phyllis Bennis, Jeff Halper, and others addressed:

The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel: Issues of Justice & Peace
October 26-27, 2007. Old South Church, Copley Square, Boston, MA

So many people stood in line to register at the last minute for the Saturday sessions of the Boston Sabeel conference that for the first time, Sabeel turned people away.

SOLD OUT signs were posted on the front doors of the Old South Church in Boston. Inside was packed to the rafters with folks from 30 U.S. states and from five countries.

The event drew opposition from pro-occupation and pro-Zionist groups in the wider Boston area.

On June 13, 2007, Stephen Colbert interviewed the author of Muses, Madmen and Prophets, Daniel B. Smith who spoke about how hearing voices is not always psychotic and could actually be a good thing.

I began to 'hear voices' shortly after I began the practice of lectio-divinia/holy reading, in the year 2000, which was two years after beginning the practice of Centering Prayer as outlined by Father Michael Keating.

We wanted to spread the word about our blog and some of the experimental storytelling we're using to talk about religion. Our first video diary is already up.

Journeys with Jason:

Jason Blalock, a video journalist from Berkeley, CA, journeys to the
South to visit his Christian family, asking the question: How did
we end up with such different beliefs? Watch his journey on the GodSexFamily video diaries this week:

http://newsinitiative.org/ucb/my-brother-the-christian
http://newsinitiative.org/ucb/

Many thanks!