Sunday Sermon: Insurance For the Soul???

Insurance.
We all either pay for it or feel guilty for not having it.
Car insurance, home insurance, renters insurance, health insurance, pet insurance....  I'm sure there's more!

But think about it.
What is insurance?

in·sur·ance [in-shoor-uhns] noun
1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
2. coverage by contract in which one party agrees to indemnify or reimburse another for loss that occurs under the terms of the contract.

So.....  Insurance is just a business term for "lack of compassion"....

I know, I know.... that's deep shit.
But render it down....  It's a business based on the possibility of tragedy.  
How many of you have ever actually "cashed in" on an insurance claim?
And how much "insurance" have you paid in?
"Well it's nice to know it's there, just in case............"  What is this...?  Fear.
Just in case what.....?  Well, let's explore some contingencies, shall we?
In case of.... Fire.  Your.... "house" catches on fire. Burns to the ground.  Everything you owned - gone.
No worries.  Call State Farm.  Like a good neighbor....!
How long does it take to "get yo money"...?  
Wellllllllllllllll....... . . . . . . . . . .  .  .  .  .  .   .   .   .   .    .   
So in the meantime, who takes care of you?
Friends.
Family.
Neighbors.
Churches.
Charitable organizations......
Think of all the money you've paid the INSURANCE COMPANY in your lifetime, in fear of this one moment.
If you had put all that money into a savings account drawing interest...
If you had given that money to these community charities...
If you had invested that money into your local church....
Wouldn't that feel so much better than waiting on an insurance company to decide whether or not you qualify for your money to be given back to you?

Insurance is just a business term for lack of compassion.  It gives us a reason to not care about neighbors.  What happens after a hurricane?  We all take care of each other.  We freely share with our community.  And we wait forever and ever and ever on insurance companies.
Why?  Because "your money", once paid to an insurance company, is no longer "your money".  Now, you're paying overhead for the company.  You're paying for buildings, paperwork, salaries.....  You're paying to operate that business.  And that business is founded on the risks of your life.  Risk.  Just like buying a lottery ticket, or shooting craps, or playing poker, or spinning the roulette wheel.  Risk.  Chance.  Gambling!!!  When you buy insurance you're gambling with your hard earned money.
Or... in the case of health insurance, you're counting on the fact that you will be sick and need insurance to pay for your medical bills and prescriptions.
Seriously???
Why not invest all that money in being healthy?

And of course, no conversation about neighborly compassion would be complete without mentioning the Amish.  
What.....
It is their very purpose for being to help one another. The end.

I recently watched a documentary film about two families that were "shunned" from the community because they took the bible literally and began to preach the gospel. (you heard!)  But even having been shunned their families and friends still looked after them...  Because they couldn't help it.  They couldn't stop caring.  
(for those truly interested - Trouble in Amish Paradise)
The Amish have no insurance.... and in this particular film, one family "needed" it!  Watch the film to see what happens.

So what is insurance for the soul?
Love.
That's it.
Give a shit.  Give a damn.  Care.
You are your brother's keeper.  And your mother earth's, and your father spirit's.
Whatever you have to freely share with others should be their insurance, and yours as well.  Think of how much money we would save if we learned to love. Think of insurance company employees being put into a position of finding better purpose for their lives!

Back to that house fire...  Not only did you lose all your possessions, you lost Fluffy, and Goldie, and Rover.... and maybe you lost Nana too.  How much money will it take to replace them?  And... Who's there for you now?  Not the insurance company.  But your family, your friends, your neighbors, your church...

Life begets life.  Help someone live!

Sunday Sermon: Killers

Why is everybody so afraid of killers?
Jesus wasn't.

Jesus never stopped anything bad from happening, he just let things happen.
All he did was talk and show folks what truth is by the life he lived.

This world will pass away... let it pass.  Let the dead die.

"What's real - can't die..." Gregg Alexander.

Jesus didn't stop it.  They begged him to stop things, change things... but he wouldn't... he didn't.
Gotta feed the chaos.  Let it happen - we're not here to change the world.  
We're here "to be".  Be the change.  Be the truth.  That's all Jesus was... an example of embodied truth!
Let go.  
Let it happen.
Therein lies your eternity. 
Just Be.

Those who can, should.
Those who have, should.
Those who don't... well they're the yin to the yang.
Let it spin till it balances itself out.

Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." Mat.10:34

Amen

This Morning's Juice -The Tropical Suave

Half Pineapple
Quarter Papaya with seeds
Whole ripe Mango
Handfull Mixed Salad Greens
3 Kales

Juice.

Courtesy counter wipe. 

Juicer jar should not be full.  Fill jar with SoDelicious Vanilla Coconut Milk.

Stir vigoruosly.

Give thanks.

Share with love.

DAMN!!!!!! It's good!!!

Politics.... For Idiots

We all know there is no honesty in politics.
Don't we?
Are you that die-hard moron who still thinks "good men" (women?) can survive a thousands year old system of greed, corruption, and coercion??
Of course.... and that explains why a system of such ill repute is still thriving - you're the only idiots stupid enuff to still VOTE for these imposters.
You feed them with your blindness.
It's rite in front of your faces and you refuse to see that you're being led to slawter by the very ones you idolize.
Romney or Obama....?
Which one is lying?
Which one is telling the truth?
I overheard an upper-middle-aged woman in the grocery check out line last week talking with the cashier about politics... and she kinda softly said, 'I don't know if we're gonna vote!'
Now I could tell that she felt ashamed/afraid to say that too loud.
Why?  Because we've been brainwashed to believe that NOT voting is repulsive, anti-American, blasphemous, ungrateful and downright communistic!!!!
So what would bring a well brainwashed American to say such a thing in publix... I mean public... :)  ?
Desperation.
It's that bad yet many of you still hold on to something that is TOXIC!
We are not free anymore!!!  And YOU KNOW THIS.... MAN!!!
YOU sit on your ass and criticize people who are in the streets trying to make things better... YOU brave American who went to your public school and didn't learn Jack SHIT about history... Because if you did, you'd know that REBELLION is what won the freedom that you all think you still have!

Freedom from WHAT!?
What did our forefathers "fight" for?
What freedom.... freedom from WHAT???
I can hear Lee Greenwood singing now....  Can't you?  Are you proud to be an American?  Do you KNOW that you're free?  Then why are so many American's rites being completely stripped from them... right in public.... peaceful, intelligent people.... who just want to be heard, who want to participate in democracy... they don't have guns and bombs for gods sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  They have food, and books and they share....  And you may think they're weird and stinky.... but since when is that a crime in America?
You don't feel safe from your own government and you KNOW IT.
But what do you do about it...........?  You keep following.
Politicians make "campaign promises" year after year after year... generation after generation after generation.... Which one was the honest one...?  Which one???  Because as per the Constitution of The United States of America none of them has the power to change anything.... they only have the power to represent and vote.  That includes your precious President!
The system is too big!  Its too complicated!  You don't understand it nor can you!  So you follow blindly while you're raped, stolen from and used for slave labor.
Are none of you smart enough to figure out that the whole system is rigged! Intentionally!  For failure!  

Rain....

Sometimes.... when it rains so much... and it never seems to stop....
You lose your vanity.
You lose your pride.
You re-examine why you think you need to stay dry at all.
You grow tired of trying so hard to stay dry.
You don't mind getting wet eventually.
Because the rain never stops for long.
You never get sick.
You never die.
It becomes obvious that the rain is part of your world.
You embrace it.
You adapt.
You change.
Because no matter what you do, how hard you try to see from other perspectives, or how vivid the memories of the time it didn't rain so much are... you can't stop the rain that's falling now.
You give up trying.
You can't even drown.
You stay drenched, soaked, you look strate up into the pouring sky... but nothing changes.
You can't die.
You can't slip off into insanity.
You can't stop the rain.
So you live with it.
What does it all mean?  No one seems to know.  Not even me.
Many speculate.... but the rain just falls harder.  And nothing changes anymore.
Just you, the rain, your sanity, and breath.
That's all you've got.
You lay down to die, but you bounce back up.
Nothing works!  Not even quitting.
Some fools would have you believe its as simple as what you think.
There's obviously more to it than that.
What if I begin to hate the sun....?
What have You done...?
What have I done.....

Ok.... I Get It....

With a blog title like "....Wild Ass Menu".... It's no doubt that half my traffic comes from porn searches.

S
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Whatever.
You know they don't stop to read anything....!
Losers....!

So at this point....

It's all about nothing.....
No life, no energy, no momentum.
Everything is grinding to a halt.  Stillness.
I want to say....
I don't want to say....
..........................
something catastrophic this way cometh.  There I said it.
Something in me says everything's fine for you, but everything's not normal.  It's far from normal!  And it will never be normal again.
Sip spirits, have a smoke and pay attention.  There are no rules.  Wild Wild West.....
You are not here for you this time, you're here to serve others.
But what the hell does that mean when no one wants to be helped......?
I can barely fill one hand with the number of people who are even alive much less want help!
Whatever.  That's what the liquor and tobacco are for.  To kill time.
It's all nonsense.
Consciousness.... isn't really even consciousness anymore.  Zombies.  People think I'm cute when I say that.  I'm totally serious.  If you don't get it, you're probably totally a zombie.
Whatever.  That's what the liquor and tobacco are for.  To distract.
It's looking obviously ridiculous now.
Obvious.
Ridiculous.
Strawberry fields.... Nothing is real...
It's just not real children.
Learn who you are... and you're not any of that.
Just watching you all pass by.......