MARCH TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
Dateline: Lake Geneva
February 21, 2018
You cannot hear my drummer and I don’t always either. My drummer beats two snare drums, one of fiction and one of fact. I cannot tell the difference between the beats and I think the drummer knows this. I studied sociology when it was about group relations and measurements until the real powers of the world saw the danger in reality revealed and got rid of that science. I then studied anthropology and taught it until I could no longer tolerate all the anomalies that were set aside, each and every “set aside” disproving a popular theory, but to no effect.
So, I went into physics, only to arrive at the quantum theory. Nothing in physics was anything more than considered beliefs in theoretical ‘facts,’ and those theories changed as much as the ‘facts’ did, with the discovery and application of ever more powerful technology. Nothing was truly real or fact in physics either. Nothing is real unless it is something you are saying or writing that you really need somebody else to believe. There is no real news, for example. There is only fake news about everything.
Writing is merely a physical expression of thoughts on paper or here on the computer. And those thoughts are generated from the result of our bodies measuring different vibrations that we call sight, sound and the rest. We experience nothing directly. We experience an analyzed result of mentally considered and studied vibrations. We don’t even all see and hear the same things when they are right in front of us standing or sitting together.
There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The New York Times knew that when they agreed there were, as did the news networks and cable, as well. Yet, that was not fake news because of the credentials of the news-givers. There is no terrorism ever committed by the military. After 911 all governmental and news outlets agreed that only civilians can commit acts of terrorism. The military and police cannot ever be termed terrorists for doing anything. Who knows that? Not nearly enough people. I march to a different drummer. My observations are all opinion. By definition of what is the human observation that means all my observations involve interpretation, and so do your own, although most are never going to admit it. And so are all of those ‘facts’ presented by the media and governments of all the world. But you won’t believe that, and they sure as hell don’t want you to. I march to a different drummer.
God does not settle human problems, and I get that from my reading and from my rather newfound beliefs about Him. He makes us in his own image and gives us free will to settle those things He thinks we need to settle. He sent his son to provide us with a guide if you will. Most do not follow the teachings of that guide; Jesus Christ. Not by almost any indication of behavior, anyway. They only do so using a reference to written words, and then spoken words on Sundays, to bask in the expression of mostly phony platitudes and beliefs. Minister to the sick. Visit the prisoners. Feed the poor. He said nothing about giving other people money to do that in your place because you don’t have the time, or don’t want to associate with the disenfranchised. If you read these words and wait just for the shortest period of time, those humans in trouble will come to you. Will you recognize them? Will you help them? I will. And I believe some of you will. There is no tough love. There is only love.
Marching to a different drummer means not marching backward, blind to the future by depending upon ancient emotions, vendettas, and non-science-based belief systems. The future is right in front of us all and the rise of civilization has been a reaction to many human beings figuring that out. We work to make the future better by slaving away in the present. We depend on the past to allow us to know what we got right and what we didn’t do so well on. Recognizing both success and failure is vital to continuing this species-specific monumental undertaking. There’s nothing like humanity anywhere we’ve been able to look, and we may well be alone in the universe. As far as we know, we are the only animal life that contemplates the future, and the only life that can articulate that thoughtful conclusion. We are special, but we can be ‘special bad’ as well as ‘special good.’ March to a different drummer than the one placed right in front of you to follow.
I march to a different drummer, and I would prefer not to do it alone.
Your thoughts always appreciated
James, first thought when reading your comments about marching to a different drummer. Have you ever considered the fact that you are on a very short journey here on earth as a mortal? The God you referred to, tells us we have an unending eternal journey ahead of us, when we leave this mortal life!
What He is truly saying, is that we all should be marching to the spiritual drummer that resides in all of us.
Well, it is good to hear from you after a respite there. I am working on the next segment tonight. A few days behind.
Marching to my drummer, which may well be spiritual…we don’t get to know that while we live though, we have to guess it.
thanks for the comment and the applied concern.
Semepr fi,
Jim
To the contrary my dear friend, we can get in touch with our spiritual nature here on earth, when we are ready to do so. I speak from personal experience and all I had to do, was to seek the truth about God and His Word.
His spirit fell upon me and was with me an entire year, while I was studying the Holy Bible from cover to cover. The spirit opened up many mysteries within Scripture that I had never heard taught by men of the cloth. I can attest that the Spirit of Almighty God is very real and present, when you call on Him!
I am not going to argue with you J. I have come to believe but I am not a student of the scripture because I cannot make the conversion
about those words being written by men. And, by and large, I do not trust men one whit. Religion is as powerful a tool in controlling humans
as government. So many use that good book for just that purpose. A great preacher dies and his fortune is 17 million dollars. That to me is a pure
travesty and it does bother me. I like my straight to the heart relationship I have with the Lord right now and I am much interested in watching
His works that I did not recognize before as his works. I don’t think he talks or writes. I thin the acts.
Semper fi, and god bless you my friend,
Jim
Agree with your comments about how controlling religion can be, when improperly used by mankind.
However in dealing with the validity of Scripture on the basis of distrust of mankind, you might want to consider this one fact. First and foremost, that which was written in Scripture, was from the inspiration of God’s Holy Spirit, which cannot be denied by man! As Jesus has said, denial of the Holy Spirit is the only unforgivable sin, think about that.
The other thing that needs to be considered Jim, is the fact that God is the Creator of this wonderful Universe as we know it. Do you really believe that He could not have influenced chosen prophets to write the Scriptures? Have not those words of those prophets in the Holy Bible, been proven to be true? I do believe we are seeing ample evidence of their validity, even unto this day.
I personally went through the same distrust of mankind that you speak of here. However, while spending a year with the Comforter as my teacher, the Lord impressed upon me to keep my eyes on the Savior of Mankind and not those unsavory preachers that you are talking about. He totally resolved that spiritual issue for me. The bottom line Jim, was to seek the Spirit of God and not that of mankind!
Semper fi my friend and keep searching as you are headed in the right direction. If you are seeking the truth, you will only find it in Almighty God and His beloved and only begotten Son.
I don’t think a human being of intellect can ever stop searching for the ‘answer’ to why we are here, what this all is and
how we came to be. The concept of a supreme being is born out of our inability to answer those questions rationally.
Thank you for your encouraging words and your example. At your point in life to be thinking and feeling the way you are,
and expressing it, is an example and a guide for all of us struggling with faith.
Semper fi,
Your friend,
Jim
jin]i have a habit of picking up
hitchiker.i once picked up an older gal it was cold so i
took her home for the night.the next night was are bible study and it was about angels unaware.judie told the groupe about the lady an the possipility she was an angel.are son spoke up and ask mom why she spray disinfecton every where if she was an angel.
That is just funnier than shit, Omer! Disinfectant. Was she an angel with an attitude or
maybe just weird personal habits. I don’t know. I don’t know much about angels except for what I saw
in that John Travolta movie. Thanks for the neat message.
Semper fi, my friend,
Jim