When you are taught what to think, instead of how to think, then all of your ideas are held hostage by your memory. If you forget what you were taught then you may find yourself unable to answer questions that you were once taught. Pink Floyd talked about mind control. 
“We don’t need no dark sarcasm in the classroom.” The Rabbi’s talked about Mind Control as being one of the most abominable things a person could do.
The utter horror of that sentence should ring loudly.
Have you ever thought about how closely our actions are related to our sense of value, and belovedness? When is the last time you said something to someone that showed your disapproval of them? Probably not in a long time right? Most people don’t ever admit to me that they are disappointed by me, but I know I disappoint people quite a bit. Why don’t they say anything?
In our society a persons value is determined by their output. Since Friday, Febrary 28th I have been checking my favorite football site(saintsreport.com) religiously. I must have checked it 100 times by now. I want to see what new NFL stars would be signed by the Saints. We all know the system. The season ends the players change teams. The ones who perform are the popular franchise players. The big names. But what if they get injured? Are the no longer valuable? What about Mike Vick?
Tragedy: Due to the fact that our society has deemed lovableness and value with actions/output, we have destroyed our own dignity. We are digging a hole we can’t get out of and we don’t even know it. Complicated isn’t it?
Why would anyone ever have to assert to someone else that they love them even though they believe them to be in the wrong? Why do we associate actions or positions with love? Shouldn’t we love each other simple for being human? God certainly loves us without us ever achieving anything. He loves us simply for who we are. Romans 5:8.
I adore you, for every simple thing that you are. The prodigal son?
When you die a mysterious Deity will sit you up in front of a huge big screen TV. It will be in High def with all the bells and whistles you’ve ever, ever wanted. Once you are couched in comfort from the chairs sleek, tender, warm sleeves a movie will begin. As the movie starts you will have an eerie feeling of being in a dream, or having de-ja-vu, because the movie begins with you coming out of a secluded tunnel and into your first state of disconnection as an infant leaving your mothers uterus. The movie will keep rolling as every second of your life will be replayed. It will be your choice at what parts you would like to eat, sleep, or zone out, but one thing is for certain: the show will go on. In fact it will replay numerous times. Even if you lived to be 99 years old.
In our day and age there seems to be a huge disconnect with how our present reality will affect our eternal state. The question being pondered is whether one will be erased from existence or continue into a new reality? If the ladder is true then what will it be like? Is there any legitimate way of transferring our good or bad deeds into this new reality? How will it play out there? I would venture to say that our life now matters and who we are here in this life will not be erased but will instead perpetuate into the next. How will this happen? There are plenty of different views and they are very exciting to explore.
How would you live your life today if you knew you would spend the rest of eternity watching it? If this happened to you, would you say that it was a lot like heaven or hell? Now someone might contend that a lot of evil things happened to them in this world, which caused them to go off track, therefore the video isn’t a true representation of the individual. But would the video be harder to watch because of the bad things that happened or the way we responded to those things? Just imagine watching the story of your life unfold. At what parts would you close your eyes? Would the movie be interesting? What songs would be on the soundtrack? How many people would buy them off of Itunes? Could you see the beauty in it? Would you enjoy it? When would you stop to get a refill of popcorn? What times would pause and watch in slow motion?
Yes our present reality does effect our future state directly.
Did this get you thinking? Discuss.
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