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This I Believe
by Christie Marie Rainey
Howdy, Everybody. One of the books that got me through my teenage years was a book called The Secret Garden. And one day when I was walking through a desert in Palmdale, California—I found a five inch long gnarled rusted key that I placed on a leather string and wore around my neck—to meeting house on Sundays—to high school—everywhere. Then one day, I threw it back into the desert—to show that no physical thing would hold too much value for me.
So—what if—and just suppose—there is really is a Secret Garden?
This I Believe. Currently, we’re trained to call ourselves “humans.” To me, this sounds too much like humus which is a high grade of dirt but dirt, nevertheless. I think we are “Cosms”—acronym C S M—I think we are creators, scientists and monkeys. It’s a heady mix.
If we’re going to have a spirit world, do let’s have a logical consistency. It takes a team to get things done—on earth as it is in heaven. If we’re going to have a spirit world—and why not—it teaches unlimited thinking and allows for the possibility of phenomenon—not only in times of danger but also helpfull and fun phenomenon. And credit where credit is due—thy good is thine and my good is mine. In this manner, I do pray “Dear Team, Thankyou for this day. I’ll be a hero and now a coward, in the main (no all the time but for the most part). I’ll kick butt if I need to (in the most loving way possible) and I’ll slap a blessing on the rest of it and figure that I’ve done my flippin’ job. In Your Names and In My Name Universe of all Universe Eternity—See y’all in a minute—time being relative.
I believe that all “religions” are belief systems. Using the term “religion” gives automatic sanction. The term “belief system” will suffice. So AllTogetherMighty—AllTogetherAh!
P.S. I believe the saying is “Don’t be followers of “satin”—in other words, material things—have some toys—enjoy them—but don’t be followers of satin.”
Also, the word “dead” does not teach the idea of eternal life. That word is also the most common denominator. All those in all the meeting houses in all the world and all those in prison all agree it’s fine to use that word. I believe that word teaches limited thinking and is not a “good” for our species. First, we were this big and then we were this big and now we are This Big. We discard the physical body—we’ve been doing that since we were teeny tiny—let’s speak what we know. We discard the physical body—it’s rather an important event.
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