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		<title>Is there a God?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a &#8220;God&#8221;? Simply put : No. And, there is an answer. Only one answer. Turning a searchlight on a &#8220;God&#8221; event: An overview: To know with absolute certainty if a &#8220;God&#8221; exists or has ever existed, it is necessary to go back to the days when a &#8220;God&#8221; came down to earth and made [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there a &#8220;God&#8221;?<br />
Simply put : No.</p>
<p>And, there is an answer.<br />
Only one answer.</p>
<h4><span style="color: #003366;">Turning a searchlight on a &#8220;God&#8221; event:</span></h4>
<p>An overview:</p>
<p>To know<br />
with absolute certainty<br />
if a &#8220;God&#8221; exists<br />
or has ever existed,<br />
it is necessary<br />
to go back to the days when<br />
a &#8220;God&#8221;<br />
came down to earth<br />
and made his existence, his presence,<br />
known to humanity.</p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">But Who Was This &#8220;Visitor&#8221;?</span></p>
<p>During the last decades,<br />
a number of serious and dedicated researchers<br />
have gone back to the point of origin<br />
when, in a far away past,<br />
a &#8220;God&#8221;,<br />
(many gods),<br />
(it is written),<br />
&#8220;came down to earth from the heavens&#8221;.</p>
<p>The researchers have<br />
unearthed, deciphered, analysed,<br />
studied,<br />
the world over,<br />
thousands upon thousands of clay tablets,<br />
legends, stories, holy books,<br />
and<br />
observed, measured, weighted,<br />
&#8220;impossible&#8221;<br />
megalithic superstructures.<br />
Structures<br />
invariably dedicated or connected<br />
with one god or another.</p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">The Conclusion:</span></p>
<p>The evidence<br />
showed that,<br />
at one point in human history,<br />
there has been a time when<br />
a very advanced people,<br />
&#8220;Watchers&#8221;, &#8220;Lofty Ones&#8221;,&#8221; Overlords&#8221;<br />
&#8220;gods&#8221;,<br />
- of flesh and blood -<br />
were here on earth<br />
in the midst of mankind.</p>
<p>Then<br />
they were gone.<br />
Awaiting the return of their celestial overlords,</p>
<p>the people of earth lifted their eyes to the heavens.</p>
<p>Days turned into years.<br />
- Remembering -<br />
they continued<br />
to obey, serve, worship,<br />
and pray.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #003366;">&#8220;Religion&#8221; was born.</span></h3>
<p>For millennia,<br />
various religious &#8220;fellowships&#8221; flourished.<br />
Then, most faded away.</p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">Except for one :</span></p>
<p>Raised above all the other gods,<br />
the overlord god<br />
of an ancient people of the desert<br />
was reformatted into a</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Supernatural Divinity&#8221;.</p>
<p>This &#8220;divinity&#8221;<br />
became known as :<br />
</strong></p>
<h2><span style="color: #003366;">- &#8220;God&#8221; -</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">Which Means:</span></p>
<p>An ancient<br />
&#8220;god&#8221; / person / being<br />
issued from the womb of nature<br />
has existed.<br />
but,<br />
(however great the &#8220;celestial visitor&#8221; was),<br />
he is not<br />
the universal<br />
&#8220;Source&#8221;.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>And<br />
it changes everything.</p>
<p>***<br />
For more&#8230;<br />
See :  &#8221;A God or Nature&#8221; above.</p>
<p>And go to:</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Philosophy-Albert-Forcier/dp/1419695355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1228268660&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></h4>
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		<title>Why am I an atheist?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In very few words : Because history and nature tell us with absolute certainty &#8211; without a qualm of a doubt &#8211; that there is no &#8220;God&#8221;&#8230; but that&#8230; Existence originates&#8230; in the breath of this instant. * To read further, see: &#8220;A God or Nature&#8221; above. *** Amazon.com ***]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In very few words : Because history and nature tell us with absolute certainty &#8211; without a qualm of a doubt &#8211; that there is no &#8220;God&#8221;&#8230; but that&#8230;</p>
<p>Existence originates&#8230; in the breath of this instant.</p>
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<p>*</p>
<p>To read further,<br />
see: &#8220;A God or Nature&#8221; above.</p>
<p>***</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Philosophy-Albert-Forcier/dp/1419695355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1228268660&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></h4>
<h3>***</h3>
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		<title>Being an atheist and death.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;God&#8221; of antiquity no longer lives on earth&#8230; and Heaven is the physical sky above our heads. No matter who is doing the underwriting, the selling, the giving, the asserting, the promising, the threatening&#8230; if you have bought a ticket for your next life&#8230; THE TICKET&#8230; IS INVALID. After you last breath on this earth&#8230; what [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8220;God&#8221; of antiquity no longer lives on earth&#8230; and Heaven is the physical sky above our heads.</p>
<p>No matter who is doing the underwriting, the selling, the giving, the asserting, the promising, the threatening&#8230; if you have bought a ticket for your next life&#8230;</p>
<h2>THE TICKET&#8230; IS INVALID.</h2>
<p>After you last breath on this earth&#8230; what will happen to you, your energy, your memory? No one&#8230; absolutely no human being&#8230; knows what happens when she/he dies. Period!</p>
<p>The only valid ticket you have&#8230; is for this life.</p>
<p>——————————–</p>
<p>See :  &#8221;A God or Nature&#8221; above.</p>
<p>And go to:</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Philosophy-Albert-Forcier/dp/1419695355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1228268660&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></h4>
<h3>***</h3>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is morality good or bad for you? (The bottom line, it is not good.) Morality is said to be the greatest achievement of mankind. Morality gives human beings &#8220;laws&#8221; to live by. Laws given by a &#8220;God&#8221;. Without these laws, it is advanced, we would quickly become derelicts incapable of sustaining a viable &#8220;self&#8221; or society. As individuals, we would [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is morality good or bad for you? (The bottom line, it is not good.)</p>
<p>Morality is said to be the greatest achievement of mankind. Morality gives human beings &#8220;laws&#8221; to live by. Laws given by a &#8220;God&#8221;. Without these laws, it is advanced, we would quickly become derelicts incapable of sustaining a viable &#8220;self&#8221; or society. As individuals, we would fall into depravity and as a society we would be at each others throats. It would be the end of civilization.</p>
<p>But there is a problem:</p>
<p>At the moment of conception, nature inscribes in each and every human being its own laws. (Laws: patterns formed by the &#8220;raison d&#8217;etre&#8221; of nature). No matter what is said&#8230; no one&#8230; has the power to change these patterns.) They are incorporated into the very fabric of your existence&#8230; moment by moment, day by day, dream by dream, though by thought, and action action. And they are inscribes in every external occurrences you encounter during your entire life.</p>
<p>They are the same through out infinite space. And their duration spans eternity.</p>
<p>But religious ideologies teach that these natural laws make human beings wicked, corrupted, and defective&#8230; and that they go in opposite direction to the will of the &#8220;God&#8221;. Human natural laws are to be eradicated and replaced by divine laws: morality. But as everything in you is genetically stamped, you continuously fail in your obedience to &#8220;change&#8221; and follow the will of the deity&#8230; thus&#8230; you are proclaimed a sinner.</p>
<p>To moralists, what is&#8230; &#8220;good&#8221; and &#8220;bad&#8221;&#8230;. &#8220;right&#8221; and &#8220;wrong&#8221;&#8230; and how you should think, want, act (react), and be is set in &#8220;absolutes&#8221;; to nature &#8220;judgement&#8221; is relative. Morality&#8217;s rules come from &#8220;outside&#8221;; they are implanted in people&#8217;s minds after birth. Most human beings and societies on earth are under the domination (in one form or another) of an artificial &#8220;moralistic&#8221; implant.</p>
<p>Yet, morality&#8217;s attempts at your de-naturalization is a futile endeavor. All you get is confusion, guilt, and the destruction of your self-esteem.</p>
<p>As you divest yourself of your birthright &#8211; your in-born nature &#8211; you forget that you are a natural being living in a natural universe. You become a &#8220;fake&#8221; being. You walk your life in a daze. In a dream-trance. Unable to make heads or tails of who you are.</p>
<p>Many say that without morality, you would fall. Actually, you would rise. You would feel a sense of belonging, a sense of oneness with the cosmos, with the earth, with the forms of nature, and with people. You would learn about your true nature.</p>
<p>You would become real.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>See :  &#8221;A God or Nature&#8221; above.</p>
<p>And go to:</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Revised July 2011) Let no one diminish you. Because the universe is infinite and limitless&#8230; everywhere is the center of the universe. Thus, at conception, your form took residence&#8230;  at the center&#8230; of the universe. You are a center/form at the center of the universe. That is your position, your cosmic space. And by decree [...]]]></description>
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<p>Let no one diminish you.</p>
<p>Because the universe is infinite and limitless&#8230; everywhere is the center of the universe.</p>
<p>Thus, at conception, your form took residence&#8230;  at the center&#8230; of the universe. You are a center/form at the center of the universe. That is your position, your cosmic space. And by decree of this central &#8220;placement&#8221;, no one is above, or greater, or higher &#8211; or below, or smaller, or lower than you.</p>
<p>But you are not alone.</p>
<p>And, as the universe feeds from the universe, forms from forms, all centers are in constant &#8220;battles&#8221; for survival. To accomplish this feat, they battle, attack, subjugate your center (body, mind and &#8220;soul&#8221;).</p>
<p>Enter religions&#8230; looking to attach you to their space. To place you at their service. To feed from your energy. At the head: A demanding &#8220;God&#8221;. The &#8220;God&#8221; is above. You are below. Far, far below. And then, a whole hierarchy of people take precedence over you. And everyone reminds you of your infinitesimal &#8221;place&#8221;. You learn to exist below the feet of &#8220;God&#8221;&#8230; below the feet of humanity. It is the abdication of your value. Of your self. Your worth becomes the worth of others. You bow. You submit. You obey. You serve.</p>
<p>And, for your self-denial, the promised of a better life&#8230; in a Heaven.<br />
But&#8230; once dead!</p>
<p>*</p>
<p>Yet, it is now that you are given form and breath.</p>
<p>It is now that &#8211; life &#8211; is available to you. It is now that you are alive. This is your moment of &#8220;beingness&#8221;.</p>
<p>If (when) you have been rejected, devalued, diminished&#8230; regain the consciousness of your original space.</p>
<p>You have the power to rebuild your self-worth through knowledge. The path of self-recovery begins in the acknowledgement that you exist. That you are alive. That you are &#8220;life&#8221;. All of the universe&#8217;s energy flows &#8211; in/ out/ through your space. You are the beholder of all the laws, the forces, and the powers of the universe. You are, as well as millions of other centers, the space that creates the moment, that keeps the time/space in existence.</p>
<p>You are the reason the universe exists.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>See :  &#8221;A God or Nature&#8221; above.</p>
<p>And go to:</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Philosophy-Albert-Forcier/dp/1419695355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1228268660&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></h4>
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		<title>What is sin ? Or – in nature, there is – no such thing – as sin or sinners.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;- (Revised June 2011) Sin (the idea that you can sin) is the single most destructive force implanted into the human mind. It assumes that you were born defective. Nothing can be further from the truth. * There are two reasons why there is no such thing as sin: 1).  There is no “God”. (For more [...]]]></description>
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<p>(Revised June 2011)</p>
<p>Sin (the idea that you can sin) is the single most destructive force implanted into the human mind. It assumes that you were born defective. Nothing can be further from the truth.</p>
<p>*</p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">There are two reasons why there is no such thing as sin:</span></p>
<p>1).  There is no “God”. (For more info, see: “A God or Nature” above).</p>
<p>2).  Your natural nature corresponds 100 %  to the way the whole of nature is everywhere. You are not defective in any way shape or form.</p>
<p>*</p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">The problem: Religious indoctrination has replaced the laws of nature with the laws of a “God”.</span></p>
<p>Long ago, the first human beings created had been place by a &#8220;God&#8221; in &#8220;paradise&#8221;. Tempted by “Satan”, Adam and Eve disobeyed a command of the “God”. This caused a split (a fault line) in &#8220;human nature&#8221;. Human nature became defective. Sinful.  On that day, their sin became your sin. And your mind, your life, became a battle field for a war between the said “God” and the said “Satan”.</p>
<p>A “God” is the foundation of what is “good” and what is “right”.<br />
A “Satan” is the root of what is “bad/evil” and what is “wrong”.</p>
<p>When you follow the will of the “God”… you are good and righteous. When you fall into the ways of  “Satan” you are bad. You sin. Satan tricks  (you) in wanting forbidden “fruits”… forbidden knowledge… forbidden thoughts… forbidden acts… forbidden sensations… forbidden desires. And you are told to fight.  Always fearful of displeasing the “God”, of succumbing to “Satan”, you fight. And you struggle. Even though you try your best to be  God like, good, righteous, your natural nature overruns your good intentions. You sin. Fall. Repent. Fall again. The game never ends.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">You are caught in a nightmarish illusion.<br />
The nightmare, consumes your existence.</span></strong></p>
<p>Till death, the battle goes on.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>But it is a false battle.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>Your natural nature cannot be undone. It follows its own rules. You can transgress the laws of man and gods/&#8221;God&#8221;, but not the laws of nature. It is impossible. You cannot change, alter, modify, deny, reroute, the laws of nature. They enact you, you enact them.</p>
<p>Instead of sensing (being aware of) the real life /death heartbeat of the real universe being created or crashing within and around you,  you subject yourself to a game of hide and seek with a &#8220;God&#8221; and a &#8220;Satan&#8221;.</p>
<p>But, of the real game you are told nothing.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Sin twists the mind. Sin makes you hate your own &#8220;self&#8221; as well as the world around you. Sin blocks your intelligence from perceiving your true nature. Yet nature demands that you walk your existence awake, aware, and conscious.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>To understand why there is no &#8220;God&#8221;&#8230; and what are the laws of nature, see  &#8221;A God or nature&#8221; above&#8230;</p>
<p>And go to:</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Revised June 2011) HOW CAN YOU FREE YOURSELF FROM RELIGION. There is only one way. But there is a way. By knowing. By knowing who the &#8220;God&#8221; asked to be believed in, worshiped, served is (was). To understand this, you need to go back to the origin of the God story on earth. There is a &#8220;God&#8221; story. It [...]]]></description>
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<h3>HOW CAN YOU FREE YOURSELF FROM RELIGION.</h3>
<p>There is only one way. But there is a way.</p>
<p>By knowing. By knowing who the &#8220;God&#8221; asked to be believed in, worshiped, served is (was). To understand this, you need to go back to the origin of the God story on earth.</p>
<h4>There is a &#8220;God&#8221; story. It has an origin. It has a root. It has a time. It has a place. And there are traces leading back to that &#8220;event&#8221;.  You need to know what was this event. Without this understanding, you will fumble in the dark. Your life through. Never certain. Never sure.</h4>
<p>That door is not easy to open.</p>
<p>After millennia of control over humanity, religion has mastered the skill of hiding the door behind massive walls of indoctrination, dogmas, doctrines, and&#8230;. fear.</p>
<p>Every inquiry, every question, every hole, every opening, every glimpse of enlightenment&#8230; is quickly plugged&#8230; with words and with swords.</p>
<p>Every second of the day, society &#8220;normalizes&#8221; in your body, mind, and soul an imaginary realm. What you are taught about nature, the world, and yourself reflects this fictitious &#8221;empire of the unreal&#8221;.</p>
<p>To free yourself from religion is not easy. But it can be accomplished.</p>
<p>Those who don&#8217;t want to know&#8230; also don&#8217;t want you to know. They have a last line of defense: &#8220;No one can know <span style="text-decoration: underline;">for certain</span> that there is no &#8220;God&#8221;". But it is a fallacy:</p>
<h4>- You can absolutely know for certain -.</h4>
<p>To find the exit door: Click on: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">&#8220;A God or Nature?&#8221;</span> at the top of this page&#8230;</p>
<p>or go to&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Unhappiness and a jumbled ideology.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Revised July 2011) &#8220;We are not meant to be happy on earth&#8221;. (This statement is erroneous.) How do we get to accept such a consequential statement? How do we get to internalize that we are not worthy of feeling pleasure and happiness? How do we get to feel so ill-at-ease with the &#8220;life&#8221; side of existence? Because [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;We are not meant to be happy on earth&#8221;.</p>
<p>(This statement is erroneous.)</p>
<p>How do we get to accept such a consequential statement? How do we get to internalize that we are not worthy of feeling pleasure and happiness? How do we get to feel so ill-at-ease with the &#8220;life&#8221; side of existence?</p>
<p>Because we are soaked at birth in a &#8220;disfunctional&#8221; bath.</p>
<p>That we admit it or not, we are, from birth on, taught, educated, indoctrinated &#8211; brainwashed - that we are lowly beings created by a powerful but insatiable &#8220;God&#8221;. A &#8220;God&#8221; that we cannot please. Our imperfections, sins, impurities, offends Him to no ends. Thus we accept to live in &#8211; suspended animation &#8211; till death.</p>
<p>(And somehow misery &#8220;Blessed be the poor, the meek&#8230;&#8221; is a virtue.)</p>
<p>But, at roots, we are natural beings.</p>
<p>Happiness is one of the ingredients that is included in the natural act of being human. Happiness awaits in us to be triggered, to be received, to be felt. Happiness is a natural essence. But over and over, we are told to rid ourselves of our natural essence. &#8211; As we do not and cannot succed in disconnecting ourselves from our natural &#8220;nature&#8221; &#8211; we feel guilty. We, trying to please ourselves and not &#8220;God&#8221;, sin. Then we fear the wrath of &#8220;God&#8221;.</p>
<p>We have constructed around ourselves and around our minds a bubble so thick, so opaque, that we cannot see the real world. From our bubble we keep the world at a safe distance&#8230;  We make it the purpose of our existence to denaturalize the &#8220;Source&#8221; out of our soul. And, we are absolutely convinced that that has no concequences.</p>
<p>We pound (or have it pounded) in our head a book of instructions (morality) that has nothing to do with the real nature of our lives and find it &#8220;scary&#8221; to open nature&#8217;s real book of instructions.</p>
<p>The trap is well laid.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
Happiness comes from an act of consciousness. And thinking. And, the courage to un-brainwash ourselves. It is awesomely worth it.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>See :  &#8221;A God or Nature&#8221; above.</p>
<p>And go to:</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Philosophy-Albert-Forcier/dp/1419695355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1228268660&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></h4>
<h4>***</h4>
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		<title>What is the purpose of life – in the absence of a God?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Revised July 2011) You exist in a self-creating nature-universe-source. The &#8220;Source&#8221; is infinite. As it is everywhere, everywhere &#8211; is its center. All form that exists within it, exists at its center. You are a center at the center of the &#8220;Source&#8221;. Like all centers, your center holds within its core all of the forces of [...]]]></description>
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<p>You exist in a self-creating nature-universe-source.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Source&#8221; is infinite.</p>
<p>As it is everywhere, everywhere &#8211; is its center. All form that exists within it, exists at its center. You are a center at the center of the &#8220;Source&#8221;.</p>
<p>Like all centers, your center holds within its core all of the forces of the universe. Using these forces, your primary function is to sustain yourself in existence. (To take a deep breaths &#8211; and to think)</p>
<p>Your - being/center/form  - is composed of a mind (a data processing unit) made of senses which expand into a body (substance) and a consciousness/ soul (essence).</p>
<p>With the senses of the body, you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch the universe around you. Then with your senses of consciousnesses/ soul, you are conscious of  - and learn the ways &#8211; of your inner &#8220;self&#8221;. With body and &#8220;soul&#8221;, you map your own space, the world around you, and the vast universe;  you make plans, you formulate desires, you act.</p>
<p>Using your senses of body and of soul, you walk among the many forms of the world. This is existence.</p>
<p>As a center you are &#8220;potentiality&#8221;&#8230; in a human form. Your function is not only to survive but to bring into form (to create) other centers. You are a form performing a cosmic dance. A dance of the self. A dance of the many. A step at a time. A thought at a time. A dream at a time.</p>
<p>In you is written the way to access the &#8220;Source&#8217;s&#8221; potentiality. You can, within nature-universe-source, be a follower, a leader, an originator of forms and of ideas.</p>
<p>Every moment you design your accomplishments &#8211; from small to large. From doing very little to accomplishing a lot. From taking care of your cat to saving the planet.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>As you reflect&#8230;  as you absorb&#8230; as you define&#8230; as you plan&#8230; as you participate&#8230; as you dream&#8230; as you do&#8230; you receive meaning.</p>
<p>Natural consciousness, once awaken, is limitless.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>See :  &#8221;A God or Nature&#8221; above.</p>
<p>And go to:</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Philosophy-Albert-Forcier/dp/1419695355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1228268660&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></h4>
<h3>***</h3>
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