Just a quick note to say thank you for the message. Many people are having these feelings, but don't understand who is sending the message... Your reminder above, in a very gentle and thoughtful way, is much appreciated.


I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:8

Originally posted by benedict9
That is the purpose of this message and I will try not to make a habit of these videos here (1 so far), but I do feel an urging to put this out there at this time amid growing fears, confusion and uncertainties...

The only growing fears, confusion and uncertainties... is what people like you do to vulnerable people. What a bunch of "horse hockey!' Do you people think your going to turn into some sort of new being or something. For crying out loud, you much watch an awful lot of SciFi.

Ever think of maybe just getting involved in your community to lend a hand. I mean anything but put this dribble out there. It's useless nonsense, you know and everyone else knows it's "dung beetle food."

It's not even entertaining. Millions of people are starving and dying around the world and this is all you can come up with? Do the world a favor, hush!!!!!!

Now, Back to more nonsense! Take it away ben9.

Oh please ben6 you know exactly what I'm talking about. Please don't go the route, I'm picking on the metaphysical crowd. As far as the ATS community, this is a discussion forum for all types of relevant info on topics that range from everyday news items to conspiracy. I don't need to tell you that, do I? Been here for years just reading.

If you were to spread this "talk" in any other community I do not think you would get to far with it. Is this something you discuss at let's say, at your school, if you attend one. At your community watch meetings, if you have one. How bout maybe just hangin with your friends and family at a barbecue. Is this what you discuss. "I doubt it!," or do you? Please tell us.

As far as the entertainment, that was meant as it was intended. Completely and totally boring. It has no thought to it, it is about as rediculous as you can possibly get, it has no merit in any.........thing. It has no basis in any known anything. Jeez it is just jibberish spoken and written through the years by drug induced boneheads that have no real evidence of anything that they say!!!

Save the conscious perspective trip for someone in your newfound cult.

There is no point to mindless jibberish so there is nothing to discuss. Go play baseball or something. If you only knew how ridiculous you sound.

Back to you ben6.

Well, I tried to respond to this thread last night, and ended up rambling because I was too tired, so let me try again.

First off, thank you benedict9 for your wonderful message. It brings hope to my heart when I see people with such powerful convictions and such a sincere desire to spread messages of faith and love in a world that seems to be slipping through our fingertips.

The best way for me to think about the world's problems is to imagine a giant hourglass. Each grain of sand that passes from the top to the bottom is another problem that someone in the world must face. Each grain is small, and ultimately manageable for one person, or even a couple of people, to solve. As each problem is solved, that grain of sand moves from the bottom of the hourglass back to the top. It is no longer a problem, but it may again become one some day if we cannot keep the falling sands in check.

Right now, there is a mountain of sand sitting at the bottom of the hourglass. So much sand is too much for one person. It would take many lifetimes and full commitment to solve all of them, and we all have our own pile of sand to deal with. So many people simply ignore the mountain of sand sitting in front of them. They say, "Those aren't my problems, other people spilled that sand. They ought to carry it to the top of the hourglass themselves. Besides, I have my own sand to worry about." This is understandable, but it is an incredibly inefficient way of moving the sand, and so it continues to pile up. Each person sits there at the bottom of the hourglass, picking their grains out of the pile and slowly moving them to the top.

The mission, in this situation, is to try and work together to carry more and more sand to the top until the number of problems we're solving outweigh the number of problems forming, but the ONLY way we can do this is by reaching out to others and working together.

Perhaps this seems too simple, but it's better than nothing, and believe me, it's more difficult than some might think. We are all programmed to focus on ourselves and our own problems and to view the problems of others as obstacles to avoid. We think we're too busy to help each other, and so we rush through life ignoring those around us. We need to learn how to slow down and look around us. Often times you don't even need to go that far out of your way to make a difference. Start small if you need to; just a smile or a kind word in the right place can make a difference. The more you reach out to people, the easier it gets.

Bump. Beautiful thread. We should focus on the infinite and most important, rather than temporal, most of all. I was a given a message, that those who go to the front of the lineup, will be put at the back, and assumed this was in the next or spiritual rather than immediate in our world, and knew it was about sharing.