So Mote it Be

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The Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola Eight Principles

Never underestimate the power of daily praying with your family. Imagine if every Christian family prayed daily for this nation! What great answers to prayer we would see. Praying families are nation changing families. Praying families are world changing families.

This may be a reshare, but I've been looking for a good Bible for my granddaughter to start reading. She has expressed a desire to start reading the Bible and I don't want her to read a Bible translation that is slanted towards a particular Christian denomination. The REV Bible seems like it may be a good choice.

The Revised English Version® (REV®) & Commentary The Revised English Version (REV) was inspired by a need to have an easily-readable translation with accurate theology for young people.   The REV is accessi...

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Amen and So Mote It Be!!!

Via The Center for Prophetic Imagination

When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the recurring question that students asked him most was:
- Do you believe in God?
And he always answered:
- I believe in the God of Spinoza.

Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes.

(Spinoza) : God would say:

Stop praying.
What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you.

Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you.

Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. S*x is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe.

Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... ➤ you will find me in no book!
Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love.

Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?

Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide.

My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need.

I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record.
You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell.

➤ I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist.

So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?...

Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea.

Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am?

I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me.

Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me.

What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations?

The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders.

- Spinoza

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On December 1st Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was born in 1940.

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor is an American comedian, actor, director, satirist and writer.

Pryor was born in Peoria, Illinois. From the age of 10 he was raised by his maternal grand mother in the brothel that she ran, after his mother had abandoned him.

Pryor spent a short time in the U.S. Military from 1958 to 1960.

In 1963 Pryor moved to New York and began appearing regularly in Night Clubs with artists such as Bob Dylan and performers such as Woody Allen. At the time Pryor was inspired by Bill Cosby and his comedy was more middlebrow in comparison to the material that he would use later in his career.

In 1969 Pryor headed to California and signed with the record label Laff Records. In 1973 Pryor appeared in a documentary called Wattstax, in the film he riffed on the tragic-comic absurdities of race relations in Watts and through out the nation.

In 1974 Pryor would release his third album with the record label Stax that he had signed with the year before. Laff claimed that they owned all of Pryor's material and attempted to block the release. After negotiations the album was released. Pryor's third album would be certified gold by RIAA and won a Grammy for Best Comedic Recording at the 1975 Grammy's.

In the 1970's Pryor also began working in television as a writer and would receive an Emmy for some of his work.

In 1979 Pryor visited Africa and on his return he swore he would never use the "n" word again in his comedy.

In 1986 Pryor was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (M.S.). In 2005 Pryor would pass away from a heart attack in Los Angles.

Pryor is listed as number 1 on Comedy Central's list of greatest stand-up comedians.

While living in Peoria in the early 1980's Pryor would join Henry Brown Lodge No. 22.

He would also be an active member in the Scottish Rite as well as an active Shriner.

Freemasonry won't resolve our problems but it will give us solace and grounding. It develops our creativity and can help us think outside of the box. It can also provide a foundation an order in the midst of life's storms.

“Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education.” - Simón Bolivar ⚔️

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Preserving Our Legacy: Past Master Jewels
by Midnight Freemason Contributor
Jim Stapleton http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2023/05/preserving-our-legacy-past-master-jewels.html

Happy Tuesday Brethren!

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“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” -Albert Pike