Timothy Sutter
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so, an obsession with freedom
drives you into bondage
you assess the wrong thing
as the emblem of your 'freedom'
and it enslaves you.
to consider that to be free
is to follow the dictates of
your body is to become mired
in the body's tendency towards
a potential energy well.
and there's a funny bit about
the children of Israel as they
are lifted out of the mud pits
of Egypt and brought out
into the desert.
it's like most of them are hopelessly
adicted to the flesh and have one eye
back in Egypt where their daily ration/fix
laid waiting and many moan and complain
as they are fed on the very simple manna
that was falling from the sky.
they get brought out into a rigorous
purification and their bodies are
rebelling and rejecting 'instruction'
i think they did go down into Egypt,
originally, in a time of famine.
they began to prosper in the land,
and then 'Pharoah' put 'chains' on them.
would you say that 'prosperity' is an evil?
certainly not.
but, to see one become trapped as slave
to their body -in- a proserous situation
can be described as, somewhat, 'ironic'
you haven't enough, you suddenly have
more than you need, and you become trapped
as a slave inside of your own flesh.
this, in part, because, for you, freedom
became solely in following the dictates
of the flesh that had seen deprivation
and then found itself without lack.
so, before you develop an obsession
with 'freedom' maybe you had best better
discover exactly what 'freedom' -is-.
and this hearkens back to dear sweet Eve
who came to be convinced that the 'tree
of the knowledge of good and evil' was
suitable "to -make- one wise"
as in, she seemed to realize that she -was not-
'wise' and this lack of knowledgeable understanding
of the thing itself made it impossible for her
to discern exactly what -it- was that she did
-not- have and, therefore, -how- to 'get -it-'.
"that will -make- me wise"
and then;
"i was tricked"
it didn't make her wise,
it made her ashamed.
so, first we have to find out what it is that
this 'wisdom' even -is- before we can properly
decide what it is that will bring it to us.
we haven't time to diffuse the bomb
-after- we've pressed the wrong switch,
and we just don't know, beforehand,
what the right switch is, and so,
we simply -must-
'listen to and heed instruction'
no, God didn't 'booby trap' the system,
in fact, it was clear,
"don't do that, do that, die"
we need 'finishing'
always did.
God's own manifold wisdom is unfiltered Truth.
A Tree of Life
we must be 'born again'
and now we can be, again.
YHWH is Savior
Wise and Free
and generous
the desires of our hearts
thanks.
> when the KGB says;
> "you wanna cigarette?"
> "just say no"
> how will you know?
> exactly
all kidding aside;
it is sort of germaine
in that even if Jesus Christ could
snort heroin and not lie cheat steal
and do murder based on body chemistry,
_God_ would never make heroin illegal,
and then place it in your habituation
anyway in order to -make- a junkie
-and- a criminal out of you,
-but-
_Pharoah_ -would-
now ask a junkie if he's free.
but he's -doing- what he -wants- to do.
and believe it or not,
many things embed themselves dIrectly
in to the physio-psychic circuitry
and rewiring your circuits -while-
in the midst of a struggle with Death
is itself an arduous task.
meaning, hard enough, in itself, without
trying to accomplish -during- a life
and death struggle but we are -always-
in a life and death struggle,
and so, looking at the extreme cases
shouldn't lead to a complacent apathy
about the more subtle hold that even
things like apple pie and popcorn can
maintain on your physio-psychic apparatus.
which is why we take measures.
to establish and maintain
pure circuitry inasmuch
as we are able.
knowing that we help is available
and God will not allow you to be taxed
beyond your ability to recover -if-
you have managed to establish
a relationship -with- your God.
these troubles and woes are not unique,
and God did not place them on you.
but God will never leave you nor forsake you,
even to the end of days.
> > when the KGB says;
> > "you wanna cigarette?"
> > "just say no"
> > how will you know?
and i wasn't meaning to pick on the KGB,
but they provide a fine examplar.
-sometimes- you get the government you deserve.
how will you know?
exactly
sure we all -want- 'freedom'
but when we mistake it for what it is not,
we fall into various snares.
study diligently to show yourself approved.
we walk towards a Crown of Life
that will never fade and so,
we never really have any
laurels upon which -to- 'rest'
but the Door is still open.
look for entrance while
you are still able.