Mario said (September 4, 2019):

Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675 -1751) a French Jesuit write about the “sacrament of the present moment” in his book about the “Abandonment to divine providence.” To live in the present and acceptance of all things in life in in the core of Christian ideas. The first Christians where called the people of “the way” Only later they where called “Christians”.

Peter S said (September 4, 2019):

You know, I love cats. And I hate dogs. It’s a long story, all the way from childhood.

I liked playing with my cat when I was small. I would ties a piece of something at the end of the string which I would then tied at the end of a stick. My kick, was to keep teasing the cat, switching it around and round, then switch it back at an instance. The hilarity of it, was in seeing the cat try to catch the something.

I remembered this when I was reading your article, and started wondering about our today's hurried life-styles. Always hurrying from one thing to another. Never finding fulfillment in finishing any. It might sound simplistic, but I think my analogy of a kid, and his cat seems apt.

What is driving our hurried life-styles? Desire to satisfy a need. Where do these needs come from? Mostly from consumerism. Who sells this consumerism? Illuminati Bankers! Why do they sell it? In order to tie everyone into debt! Who can we blame? Ourselves.

God told us that we do not need all that stuff. We only need, “Our Daily Bread” and for that, he said “I will give it to you if you ask me in prayer”

“Our Father In Heaven, Hallowed Be they name, they Kingdom come, They will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread” The words are “This Day, Our Daily Bread”

Not “Our daily car” “Our fat bank account” Our Mansion” “Our Jewels” Our New Fashionable Clothes” etc. etc. So, who can we blame if we are used as playthings by Illuminati? Not God! Each one of us must stop dancing to the Illuminati crazy tunes.

We are all a herd of Dimwits, who have been driven mad by Illuminati lies! And as Mackey stated; “Men think in herds, go mad in herds, but recover their senses one by one”-Charles Mackey

James C said (September 4, 2019):

It sounds as though you're describing what Hinduism calls the "Atman." The Atman is "that which sees," not "that which is seen." Just what the hell the Atman is, nobody really knows. IMO, "that which is seen" is somehow recorded on or in our DNA. Apparently, our DNA is our "Rap Sheet." All the deeds of our ancestors, whether good or evil, are somehow recorded in our individual DNA, our genome, all the inheritable traits of an organism. In other words, we are NOT entirely responsible for the way we are. Are we the "seen" or the "seer"? The Hindus believe we are the "seer," that which sees. "That which is seen" is merely the crap we and our ancestors have picked up along the way to God only knows where.

Javier said (September 4, 2019):

One more day, I have to infinitely thank your message, Henry, for me and for as many as I do that we read to you every day without corresponding to you in this way.

But today I want to remind you of a small fragment of the message of Luke (which comes from Lux-Lucis: the one who brings the Light, in a dark time, as the creator of Luke Skywalker knew well), in chap. 14: 12-14. Rejoice when you do good (and you do a lot, without waiting for a refund) and they don't pay you: you will ALWAYS be repaid from above ...

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12 Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Essel said (September 4, 2019):

Although I don't have much time this morning (LOL!), I take the time to answer at the very least.

You say "I am always in a hurry. But I'm not late. There's nowhere I need to be."

This answer clearly shows that the materialism that you denounce "verbo" (in words) but that you practice "in opere" (in action), you even practice "cogitation" (in thoughts) since your only goals seem to be concrete acts (to go, to do, etc.) (I used words from the Confiteor).

I too never have time because I pursue a spiritual goal: to go to Heaven and save as many people as I can from hell, starting with my loved ones. I have to do everything I can to make them understand that they have been deceived with their own collaboration (which you do on a large scale without you seeming to be aware of the objective).

This, for the material part, which is minor and without much effectiveness without the spiritual part: to pray, not an abstract god, but the true God, who is the Being itself. And to receive the sacraments that He has instituted so that our weak nature, which by itself is nothing and without strength, can achieve it. Without being "in a state of grace" ourselves, our prayers for others are in vain.

Rony said (September 4, 2019):

The ego turns humans into insatiable wanting machines. We're lulled into incessantly seeking more and chasing happiness without. As Tolle put is in A New Earth, however, "seeking is the antitheses of happiness."

So long as we unconsciously identify in unison with our materialistic-oriented egos, we stand no chance of letting go of that bottomless entrapment. Hence individual and collective human suffering thrive on.
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On a personal level, I feel more at peace with myself having started a few years ago to grasp it. Alas, the vast majority of people around me do not seem to be on the same wavelength. Let alone finding a soul mate that reads from the same page.

But there is no turning back. It is, if nothing else, an "individual" journey worth taking.

JG said (September 4, 2019):

As that old Eagle song says, "don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy".
Unfortunately technology has accelerated the pace of life. We now have to try to keep up with time where as before we waited on time.Technology has also depersonalized our character and behavoir. It's our new immoral compass.
All the answers to all life's problems can still be found in the Holy Bible if you make the effort to read and study it. What scares me today is this latest round of apostasy by once believers who have given up on the faith. The problem is that the world has gotten so corrupt and away from the truth that the Holy Bible is out of place and not in line with the perverted doctrine of "political correctness". They fear being persecuted for what they once believed. Their courage has been depleted because they are man fearing and not God-fearing.

Old Salt said (November 15, 2016):

Well that was interesting.
I live home alone – never married or had any family.
Stayed with Mom until she passed away.
Always in a hurry to do this or that even though I’m the one doing it for me.
I like to check up on my neighbors to see how they are doing.
But they never check to see if I still here or moved out or gone to God’s country.
I grab the wine bottle for a slurp after I finish something.
I stand in front of the mirror and brag to myself.

Then I get into act of the day; Now whut duz I haz ter diddy did fur meself?
I wants tu be gotted so I kan be normals. Udderwize, I ain’t bin haddy-hadded!
See a pretty lady, an’ I sez to meself:
I ain’t az yungers az I dun thunk I uzed ter wuz!

Mike in Maryland said (November 15, 2016):

If you truly believe that God is Omnipresent, then you need to slow life down and heed some simple truths in this article. I find myself also rushing to get through everything when in reality I should be enjoying the journey and listening for God to speak to me. Noise and mental clutter obscure what He may be trying to tell me. If God has appointed a certain day for me to leave here and challenged me with His Word to grow, then why am I rushing through the process?

Greg P said (November 15, 2016):

About rushing through life. As a poorly practicing Catholic I find nothing wrong with this article as God is love and Jesus Christ is the manifestation of that love.
Peace

Sif Green said (November 14, 2016):

Very true! Even while doing the utmost acts of leisure, the mind wants to be done with it! The funniest part is when the monkey gets what it most wants (sex) it still wants to be done and move on. It can take pleasure in nothing. What's the next hit after sex? Already in my mind before its over.

The monkey is a pure junkie. It needs a hit every second. It needs to die.

Only pure excess can appease the monkey. The monkey wants to make itself sick.

It's as if the body is sick by its very nature. Going with the flow is hard with a part time job, its hard with a full time job, and it s hard unemployed. You hit the nail on the head. I am tired of this Monkey's cravings and depravity

Annette said (November 14, 2016):

If your other Christian readers really reject this then they don’t know anything about the true depth of Christianity. After all, what do they think all those Christian monks were doing out in the desert and in the monasteries? . The “inner work” that you mention is easily the same thing that Christians call purification, with the difference that it is not turned into a narcissistic navel gazing.
I turned my back on the New Age because it is filled with so many falsehoods like, you can have it all, that everything you experience is your own creation, blah, blah, blah. Tell that to the Ukrainians that died in the Holodomor, the Native Americans who were driven to the point of near extinction, or for that matter the poor child who was injected with a toxic vaccine and is now autistic.

Al Thompson said (November 14, 2016):

You said, "mostly we belong to the monkey we inhabit." I think that if I were a monkey I would be absolutely insulted with being compared with men and women. Have you ever seen a monkey strap explosives on himself and blow up another group of animals? Of course, the answer is no.

Monkeys and animals do not exit the natural order, whereas, men and women do it on a daily basis. People think they live on a higher level than animals when the opposite is true. People start wars, hate each other for no reason, and work likes slaves and then they die.

But animals can be weird too. My dog pukes and then eats it again. I've never seen people do that but my dog is much friendlier than most people. And he doesn't strap bombs on himself and yell Alahu Akbar...or whatever it is. But overall, my dog's behavior is much more in line with the natural order. This is why I think evolution is really stupid. If the theory is true, there would be a much better behavior of men and women than we have now.

As far as rushing through life, try being put in a jail cell for over six months 23 out of 24 hours. This was an experience that I didn't like but it taught me how to think because there was nothing else to do. It was an interesting experience because I didn't have all of the normal distractions.

http://verydumbgovernment.blogspot.com/2012/11/i-can-think-defeating-mental-slavery.html

Roman said (November 14, 2016):

Christian enlightenment is when your mind is possessed by or controlled by or is aware of the Holy Spirit. When you have realize an absolute faith or a knowing that God is real and had a blueprint of you since before creation and created and moved every particle and force in the universe so you would come into being, you experience bliss. Deep repentance, surrender, then a sense of forgiveness and love usually trigger the knowing or vice versa or it happens simultaneously. You become fearless and everything becomes effortless and makes sense. A feeling that everything will go your way, that nothing in the world can touch you, that you don't and can't really own anything, everything is a gift.

You perceive yourself being moved by an organizing power. Like you are not making things happen, they happen automatically through you. Your thoughts become coherent, full of understanding and non repetitive. Mind leaves chaos and becomes ordered. But it's possible to fall from that state if it is not established. Also the state could lead to pride which makes you fall. I think the state is a gift for the ones who are willing and able to receive it, something that cannot be reached by ones own efforts.