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The last couple of days I have felt like this is an incredible privilege to be sharing with you. I know that will sound sappy to some. But so be it. As I have said in other places, blogs and writings, there are three nodes to feeling the power of the Cosmic Consciousness flowing through you. This flow of power is the “to be happy” part of the meaning of life. The three nodes are acquire, rewire, inspire. I call this the Spiritual Circuit.

Acquire means developing resources like reading and other forms of study. This way new knowledge gets into your mind/soul. This knowledge helps enlighten you and aids you toward whatever goal you have for your life. Rewire means that you take the information you have gained through study and make your brain/mind into something new. Actually and literally it has been shown that the brain can and does make new neural pathways and combinations of neural pathways. Very much like rewiring a house with up-to-date circuits and outlets, or hardwiring computer networking throughout your home.

That leaves the node of inspire. This node needs to wired into your mind/soul just as much as acquire and rewire do. Without this third connection, the circuit is not complete. Without this third node attached, the power of the Cosmic Consciousness is thwarted in its flow through you.

That is where I feel the privilege lately. It is my privilege to try to inspire you to be who you really are. Notice, please, I said, “to be” who you really are. The doing comes from the being. Being comes first. Now, of course, not everyone hears me, nor will they ever. But a few people have noticed. I you thank you for that. I attempt to pass along useful information that will help people change their lives for the better. That is such a privilege to me. I get to share with whoever will listen. (Maybe that’s “whomever.” But it doesn’t really matter, does it?) Then those who listen can take the info and use it, or not. As they see fit. You also get to make comments on what I said or wrote. Amazing!

So, thanks for the opportunity to share with you, to inspire you to be who you really are. That’s the meaning of life, to be happy, in who you are and, then, in what you do.

And I invite you to know a lot more about the meaning of life and happiness. Sign up for Free Instant Access to some of my Force-Source-Resources. Pick out the one that says Two Life Phrases for Self Development – “I Am My True Self” and “I Am Conscious” or any or all of the other freebies. Remember, one bit of information can give you a lifetime of self actualization. Just click here and you’ll be on your way. I believe these resources will change your life.

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In the 21st century, many people have dropped their belief in Hell. Even the Roman Catholic Church has dropped its doctrine of God imposing a place of torture that lasts for eternity. Of course, most of the Eastern hemisphere’s religious organizations or philosophies had never believed in Hell.

So how are people to be kept in order? What incentive do we have to behave? We teach people to be self serving. What you do comes back to you. Like dropping a pebble in a small pond. Watch ripples undulate from the pebble-drop. But them watch those same ripples repeat back upon themselves, to the very spot where the pebble was first dropped. This demonstrates cause and effect.

See that? Cause and effect. If I do something, the cause, it will come back to me, the effect. This has been understood for thousands of years in the East. Even so much so that the idea of reincarnation has within its insight that a person may have to have repeated lives in order to work out this cause and effect. This is often given the name Karma. This is not punishment. We are simply taught about the Universe being constructed in such a way that what one does, has a very definite effect upon you.

That effect may not happen in the next instant. But it will happen. And the greater or more potent the cause, the larger or more powerful the effect will be.

So, we teach people, actually children from a very early age, that what you do comes back upon you. Do good or well, good will come back upon you. One of my own favorite proverbs, something I made up myself is this: “The evil that men do comes back upon them.”

Of course, the positive is just as true: “The good that men do comes back upon them.”

We teach people to behave by showing them that there is cause and effect, by living this truth ourselves. There is no God telling us we are going to Hell if we don’t behave. We will put ourselves into a hell if we misbehave.

I imagine, however, that this shift is going to be difficult to implement. Religious organizations will have to change drastically. Knowing what I do about religious organizations, this may take generations to happen. In the meantime, more and more Western hemisphere people will turn to Eastern hemisphere philosophies and religions that teach cause and effect.

Is cause and effect self serving? You bet it is. But when we serve ourselves well and know that there are consequences for those actions, then everyone benefits.

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Suppose there was no outside source of punishment? We would only have the consequences of our actions and words. What happens to us because of what we say or do, is up to us. It is up to us because we have power over what we say and do. Suppose you are not paying attention to what you are doing and accidentally place your palm on a hot burner; you will get burned. The burn is not a punishment; it is a natural consequence of putting your palm in the wrong place.

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Whatever you do or say will have natural consequences. Your palm burned on the hot range top. But you immediately can vow within yourself never to be so careless again. The consequences of any action can immediately help you start over again. Start over at being a more careful person, a better acting person, a good person. You are not stuck in what caused the adverse consequences of any situation.

You have to get away from believing there is a force that punishes you for wrong actions. I believe that there is no such force. This is where you need to shift your belief system. Change your world-view.

I believe, and am not alone in this belief, that what we name God has made the Universe free. In other words, God does not worry about you doing anything in particular. Yes. Yes. Religions have taught us that God is keeping track of our every wrong move. Those religions have taught that we will be punished for our sins. But if the Universe is free, then actions are actions. In a free Universe there is no judgment, there is only natural consequences, like a burnt hand.

So, what do you do? You do what you believe needs doing in the moment. You are the one who needs to weigh the consequences against your contemplated action. Doing your best in this moment is all you ever need expect of yourself. Considering the consequences, you act as you think best. Will you make mistakes? Yes. Because of those mistakes, will there be negative consequences? Possibly. But you will have done nothing wrong or evil. You did the best you could. That is all you need ever ask of yourself. Did I do the best I could? If the answer is yes, then you are a good person. You can relax. You may have to live with consequences, but you need never feel or believe you are being punished.

Here is my definition of a “good person”: acting as best you can in this moment. The meaning of life, to be happy, is also acting as best you can in this moment.

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