THIS Rhett Butler Will Never Die

 I can honestly say that I do not understand what is going on in my life, or in the world right now. I have been swallowed into a void of disconnect where it doesn't seem how hard I try to devise a plan for new directions to follow, nothing sticks. Nothing I reach for to hold onto holds. No new visions or inspirations to chase and manifest are appearing. It's VERY weird right now and the only thing I can start to shine light on is that we are in a very intense astrological configuration right now where 6 planets are currently in retrograde. This type of configuration does not happen very often. 5 planets were in simultaneous retrograde back in the early 80s, but the last time 6 planets retrograded together was in 1943. I am only a fan of astrology so I can't explain in any clear sense what this all means, other than it's weird, complex, and rare. How anyone else is managing right now in their lives, well, I'd be curious to hear... I know that my closest friends are ...

 Continuing from the premise I established yesterday, the human mind perceives the outer world through lenses of perception that tint the actual reality we are experiencing with diluted theories that can lead us astray in many ways. Religion is such a lens of perception. It's also a rather dangerous one. In my experience, religion is what opened my eyes to a quicker way of remembering the divine . And that's really what I want to talk about mainly in today's posting. DIVINITY . I may end up stating that divinity  is also created by a lens. But for the most part of my experience, becoming able to recognize divinity in the world is one of the most tantamount achievements we as humans can attain. I need to be wary of causing a sense of separation to be construed. That those who practice religion do not necessarily experience the divine. This is possible, and not a hard or fast rule at all.  So basically, the material of religion, the bibles, the Sistine Chapels, the prayers,...

 I found God when I was 14 years old (1973). Or, God awoke my awareness of ITSELF when I was that age. I wasn't looking for God but somehow, I was ready to be awakened and flooded with God's love at that point in my life. Just 2 years after the death of my father, perhaps, this was God's way of interceding and protecting me before I could seriously get lost. Sadly, I still ended up getting seriously lost when I turned 18. 5 whole years of devotion to God, of being flooded with God's Grace, of developing visions of how I wanted to impact the world through becoming a missionary of God's love to the world, what a miraculous time that was. But it was shortlived.  When I turned 18 I went away to college and the shock of being out in the world on my own thrust the unresolved pain of the loss of my father back into my face. Despite all the associates I spent time with in high school, I was programmed to be a loner in this lifetime. (I'm still a loner to this very day.)...