If one were to ask a random bystander "What is love?" it is likely more often than not that the answer would start with "It is a feeling of ...". When we think of love we often first think of the emotion of love. The feeling. But love can also be found in our thoughts … Continue reading The Feelings of Love and Hate →

In an earlier post I described the different types of love as they were defined by the ancient Greeks. I noted however that every one of our relationships borrow from many of the defined types and to different degrees. So to compare two different loving relationships, no two of which are the same, can quickly … Continue reading The Equality of Love →

I believe The Greatest Love is the same god which revealed Themselves to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. There is but One god and Their Plan has not changed since before time began. But we have. And so Their messages, and the peoples to whom they have been delivered, have needed to change over the … Continue reading The Nature of Their Message →

In an earlier post I asked why The Greatest Love allows suffering to take place. That certain types of suffering, such as that caused by natural disasters can be especially hard to understand. A global pandemic fits into this same category for me. Such grievous, and widespread suffering in the World. My heart weeps for … Continue reading The Pandemic →

I have an eclectic taste in music. From rock classics, to country ballads, to soulful blues. One of my favorite artists is Tim McGraw. He sings from the heart with clarity and purpose. I was pondering this blog post, thinking about what I would say about systems of government when Mr. McGraw came on my … Continue reading Governance →

A few years ago Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk had a well-publicized disagreement over the potentially destructive consequences of future generations of artificial intelligence (AI). Mr. Zuckerberg felt AI would in large be a net positive to society and any doomsday scenarios were alarmist. Mr. Musk believed the doomsday scenarios should not be discounted and … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence →

I have been struggling with an eighth message. It came between the sixth and the seventh messages. It is the only other message I have received to date. I did not share it earlier because it was different. It was a demand and it was directed at others instead of me. My god, a loving … Continue reading The Eighth Message →

I have spoken before about how the World needs to come together. For one, to combat climate change. But thereafter we need global efforts to deal with other environmental issues such as endangered species, habitat loss, and pollution, but also to end wars, intolerance, poverty, and extremism. One World does not mean the assimilation of … Continue reading One World →

It is often said that "to err is human, to forgive divine". But I now believe there is another truism: not only is it divine to forgive, but to ask for forgiveness is also divine. For I believe I received a seventh message from The Greatest Love: I’m sorry. Please forgive me. But it had … Continue reading The Seventh Message →

Why the suffering? I do not know why people suffer. Yes it can build resilience but some suffering, for example that inflicted by natural disasters, can seem particularly harsh, even cruel. Are such examples of suffering tests of our love? Perhaps. But if they are a test then they are a test of our collective … Continue reading Suffering and Future Thoughts →