The Practitioner of Life

Fate or Free Will?

One might say that there is plenty of evidence in support of the theory of fate, as well as free will. So, how do we come to our own personal understanding of what is true regarding these two theories of belief? Before going further, let’s state the question clearly; are we beings of “free will”, or subject to fate and the grand design that has been established for all to experience during life?
There are certain main events in each life that must come to pass. This is part of the plan and purpose of life. These events and changes are inevitable, and it is hopeless to fight against them. While these things, which constitute what we call fate, are inevitable and therefore cannot be avoided, it rests upon us, within ourselves, to meet these adversities and disasters.

Let’s be clear…

How can a plan be in place, yet human beings consider themselves free will beings? Is the contractor free to build any house that he wishes, completely disregarding the plan that was set before him? Of course not! Yet, no one monitors the contractor nor his workers moment by moment, attempting to limit or restrict his every decision. So, he has the freedom to accomplish the end desired and may make mistakes along the way, yet the end goal remains the same and the plans must be fulfilled.

Like the contractor, human beings have freedom, yet the promise to all will not change. What promise? “Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” John 10:16

Yet, despite the clarity of this promise, many believe that God made some for heaven and others for hell, based on their personal efforts and their choice of beliefs. However, many can accept that God has a plan, and many will acknowledge that He has the power to complete His plan, but again, do we have free will, or is it fate that binds us to His plan?

As with the contractor, human beings have freedom of expression that is God-given. But, with freedom can come consequences if one is operating outside of the plan. What plan? “Let us make man in our image and likeness.” That plan…

We see other human beings attempt to limit or restrict the expressions of others based on their own beliefs. They think they are honoring God by doing what they feel and believe is “the right thing, the godly thing!” But does God need help from His creation to accomplish His end objective? The claim that you are fighting for the birth of a fetus, for example, while restricting the rights of the woman to make mistakes and have successes, just like the contractor, seems naive or purposefully contrived to fit a narrative that sponsors an end objective of control over others. Without failures, how do we learn what is best? Why do Christians teach and preach a punitive God and ignore the greatest of all commandments to love God with all of one’s being, and his neighbor, in the same way, thus fulfilling all of the law and message of the prophets as the scripture declares? Yet, many pick what they will enforce, abandoning the greatest commandment that leads to the fulfillment of all principles of God’s commandments.

The answer to the question of fate or free will is that both are true, partially. Any plan that has been implemented suggests that there is an end objective that has been predetermined. For those that read the Bible (Christian and non-Christian alike), that believe it offers insight and guidance as to the purpose of life, these readers should know that the world was designed for the fulfillment of a plan. “In the world, you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” To be told that yes, YOU WILL have trouble, BUT… makes it clear that there are things that can be done to overcome the tribulation. And herein lies the golden egg.

The “I” that has overcome the world is the creator Himself. Therefore, belief is important, but not the belief, however, that man preaches and teaches. If you believe in a God that died on a wooden cross, not realizing that the cross is your own flesh, and failing to realize that “Your body is the temple of the living God”, you are trapped in “the traditions of men” that have been created and deemed to be precepts and commandments of God, yet they are not. The Bible clearly tells the reader that their body is a temple of a living God. It also tells every reader, not just Christians, that “Your maker is your husband”. Christian leaders want to convince women that, according to the Bible, they must submit to their husbands. Well, yes, but your husband is your maker- Isaiah 54:5. If I make your husband your mate on earth, and not what Isaiah 54:5 is declaring, then I have created an entirely different experience to which women will submit, thinking they are doing God’s will. Slightly twisted, wouldn’t you say? But what is true?

Let's look at something else that has been “slightly twisted”. To accept a belief that Jesus (God) died on a wooden cross and ignore that the cross He inhabits is your body, is a matter of personal belief and stems from traditional teachings, but how is it “slightly twisted”?

Well, who or what is Jesus Christ? What does the Bible actually say about accepting Jesus Christ as one’s personal savior?

To accept Jesus-Christ is to acknowledge that Jesus is God, and “Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God” - 1 Corinthians 1:24. Jesus Christ is in you, as the apostle Paul declared as follows, “5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus-Christ is in you— unless you actually fail the test?” 2 Corinthians 13:5

To fail the test is to believe in a God that is on the outside of you, and to see “Christ”, not as Paul stated in 1 Corinthians as “the power of God and the wisdom of God” in you, to help you overcome the world! No, to see Christ as a man that died on a wooden cross and not understand that this view is what man traditionally teaches, is to be trapped in tradition, honoring tradition over the power within. Do you see the difference?

The man that believes in Jesus Christ as a man that died on a wooden cross can say, “Jesus Christ is Lord, and be correct in his declaration, yet fail the test! The man that says, “Christ is Lord of all”, but is acknowledging that God’s power and God’s wisdom have been claimed by him to use to cushion the blows of life, thus overcoming the world, is a very different concept of God. Both claims sound the same but are totally different beliefs about the concept of God. So, what is your concept of God? Is He within, or without?

Remember, Jesus declared, “I and the Father are ONE”. This is what they wanted to stone Jesus for, right? He, according to the priesthoods of the time, made Himself equal to God.

So, yes… Man is fated to experience the tribulations of this world until he realizes that he has free will to believe that “I and the Father are one, yet He is greater than I”, just as Jesus declared. This freedom leads to the greatest form of flattery. What is that? Imitation! Therefore, men are told to “1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, and walk in love”. Ephesians 5:1

When we repent from the error of false beliefs, change our concept of God, and begin to “Examine and test ourselves” to discover experientially, knowing firsthand that Jesus-Christ (God’s power and wisdom) is in us, this is the “truth” that leads to free will and sets us free to express God’s will in our lives. This is the free will that is available to all. Without truth, fate is your fortune until you experience so much tribulation that you too cry out, “Lord save me!”

So, the answer is, that every man is fated to be transformed as God has promised. And every man can resist this by denying who and what God really is. Every man can misuse the gift of God’s power and wisdom to kill, destroy, love, and do all that he wants to, suffering the consequences of all the evil actions that are undertaken. This means that God does not need men to hold other men accountable for their beliefs. No, the Bible says nothing about transgender. Nothing about gas or electricity either. It does tell us all to love, so picking something different more than likely, means you have an agenda of control where God allows freedom.

And do not make the mistake and think that you have one life for God to complete what He started. Your belief will not limit God’s plan. Consider re-defining lifetime to mean the time it takes to finish what God has started as promised. Whatever that means to God, does not require our permission.

Fate is the experience of all, by design, until the truth is embraced. It is in the moment that truth is embraced that free will becomes the gift that leads to expressing life freely and honoring God. Anything less must be questioned.

When the son sets a man free, that man is free indeed, and not until then! It is a wise man (man being both male and female) that seeks to set himself free from the tribulations of this world. And, one other thing of great importance...

The priesthood was attempting to trick Jesus and asked a question of Him. In the resurrection, whose wife shall the woman be? He first told them that they were in error in their understanding of the scripture. Then, He said something of great significance.

Luke 20:33-36 “And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage: 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.”

Do you think your beliefs are the only things that God requires of a man to be “accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead”? Well, look at the politics of America and see what many are doing under the name of “Christianity”.

Don’t be fooled! God has a plan that far exceeds personal beliefs alone.

Fear! Fear! Fear? Is God a punitive God? Is He out to get some of His creation and not others?

When you keep hearing “the Bible say’s”, you are hearing another person’s interpretation of the word of God. Remember that!

If I tell you “the Bible says to fear God or He is NOT your friend”, YOU must decide if my interpretation is true.

I believe the word fear in this message actually means “respect” and reverence. Respecting God, our creator, is the beginning of acknowledging that there is a power greater than ourselves, that loves ALL of us. “Believers” were once “unbelievers”.

So an unbelieving person that doesn’t know God, but suspects that there is something greater than himself, pursues a relationship by getting to know who and what this power is out of RESPECT, REVERENCE and gratitude for the gift of life.

Fear is NOT what God uses to compel us towards Him. It is love. Which is better, fear of parents? Fear of a husband or wife? Or, respect, reverence and gratitude for those in your life.

If a message of any man makes God out to be a punitive God, that loves some and not all because “they like Him” or “they are believers” be careful of that message. Be mindful of the messenger, not against him, but listen carefully to all messengers.

God loves all of us, even when we were yet sinners. God’s words, not mine.

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The reason the Bible message stresses there is only one God, one Spirit, and one Power and no other, is to tell mankind that evil only exist for man because man believes evil to be a self sustaining power all its own, when it is not. Man mistakenly makes evil exit and persist because of his own belief.

The perfect example of this is worry. To worry is to misuse one’s own imagination against oneself. Worry gives power to fear and can do so only by abandoning faith in one’s own mind, refusing to trust God within.

What is feared can come into existence because Gods power and wisdom is inadvertently directed towards an undesirable end.

Think carefully about this. The difference between fear and faith resides in you give attention and belief to.

Belief therefore, becomes a bridge or barrier to experiencing and expressing this truth, and stems from the proper use or misuse of God’s power gifted to all men.

It is not that we are normalizing the abuse associated with this process. We are recognizing how the methods of one demographic, particularly white males in charge, have put forth extra effort, striving to under mine others that seek to equally express themselves, attempting to add value to society by using their own talents, skills, abilities that arise from the inalienable God given rights to do so.

It is very clear what those in charge have behaved this way throughout the history of America.

Fortunately, our society sees that all people from all walks of life can make a difference if given the chance.

Lastly, and more importantly, we all witnessed poise, grace and the evidence of a character that has been established, not by chance, but by a commitment to excellence in a chosen field that serves humanity more than self.

Those in charge see their dominance slipping away and there is nothing they can do about it.

The cat is out of the bag. All men are truly created equal, and any claims to race superiority is foolishness as we see.

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Failure is not permanent. It is a path to success, though rocky it may be. This is why faith is required.

A woman came out of the house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard.
She said “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry.
Please come inside and have something to eat”
“Is your husband home”, they asked.
“No, he’s out.” she said.
“Then we cannot come in”, they replied.
In the evening, when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
“Go tell them I am home and invite them in!”
The woman went out and invited the old men in.
“We do not go into a house together”, they replied.
“Why is that?” she asked.
One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth”, he said, pointing to one of his friends, and then pointing to the other “He is Success, and I am Love”.
Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband, which one of us you want in your home.”
The woman went in and told her husband what was said to her. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice”, he said.
“Then let us invite Wealth. Let him come in and fill our home with wealth.”
His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”
Their daughter in law joined in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home would then be filled with Love!”
Her in-laws agreed. The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”
Love got up and started walking towards the house. The other two also got up and followed him…
Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, why are you two coming in?”
The old men replied together: “If you have invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Success and Wealth!”

Believe in your heart and soul that you are capable of big things in your life.
The only thing that is standing in your way is yourself.
Remove your glass ceiling.

Imagine…
Imagine coming into a world, not of your own power, but a power that you do not know after you enter. But, it is possible that you knew the power from the beginning, yet divorced yourself from the knowledge of being one with this power, for the purpose of having a human experience. The only way a spirit can have a human experience is to give up the knowledge of what it truly is. “Ye are gods, yet you will die like men.”
You enter as perfect innocence, unconditioned consciousness, unadulterated, untainted, pure consciousness destined to be infected with falsehoods, which become a part of your belief system, and you cannot defend yourself from this indoctrination. Yet, your true essence is the spirit of your creator, which is hidden from you for purposes that you do not know. So, you take in what you are given. All truth, all lies, all things are given by your caregiver, and all you can do is say, “Yes Mommy, yes Daddy”, not realizing that they can give you only what is within them, nothing more. Or, imagine being left on someone's doorstep. Then, what would life be?
So you grow up becoming what you have been directed to become. When the spirit in you feels free, it soon is dampened and forced to conform to the world of Caesar, and all of its beliefs and trappings. You soon realize that Caesar's world has kings, queens, rich people that control all things, and they are not going to let anyone have too much power and control, because they themselves lose power and control. So, you are taught religion, educated into the system of things by being given lies about gender, race, religion, hell, a devil, and all things to instill fear, for the purpose of control and conformity. So, as you age, your beliefs have been given to you, and you rely on the authority of others without the personal confirmation needed for self-verification. You adapt to the generation you came into, the times, the civil unrest, the beliefs of us versus them. You accept a Jesus that lived long ago, believing that some man will come back to save you. You don’t even take the time to read the Bible for yourself. You just spout the beliefs of others.
One day, things change. You suddenly realize that there are numerous messages on this planet, any of which you can believe. You read the Bible, listen to pastors, but you know deep down something is wrong. You discover that people fight over Jesus, and He actually never lived on earth. You discover that He is within you, the very life energy that animates you and all others. You discover the “Christ” is actually defined in the Bible as God’s power and God’s wisdom within every man, acting on the behalf of each human being. You discover that the Bible is not a historical record of secular history, but a record of salvation history that tells you what will happen to each of us. You discover that every man has God in him, and God’s heaven is in the midst of each of us. You are blown away! You have been duped into believing the lies of others, and it has kept you from actually using and experiencing God’s power and wisdom.
You tell others in your excitement. They condemn you, tell you that you are wrong. They discredit you because you become a threat to power and their own self-worth. You are not an authority, don’t have a doctorate, and they cannot believe that YOU can know God better than they do. Some want to kill you before you can convert others. Yet, you tell all that you can that God loves all of us. He is the very life of each of us. Our bodies are the flesh He bears, it’s not a piece of wood, as tradition says. Christ is God's power and God’s wisdom that is operating in each of us, yet we do not understand it. Yet, we know something is not right with what man traditionally teaches. Some of us become atheists, some ignore religion, some conform, pick sides, and choose their tribes.
Once a person realizes that God is the very flesh of each of us, and the true gift is dying to Himself to become us, and giving us His power and wisdom to experience life until we figure it out, we will “live-die-repeat”. We are told to “be imitators of God” for a reason. Once this reason is discovered, you will realize that God is the very consciousness that we all share. And, the imagination of man is the power of God that subjected itself to evil so we can experience ALL that God is, and return to Him, becoming one with Him, when His plan is complete in each of us. Think about it. How does a creator, a Spirit that has power and wisdom beyond what we can fathom, have children... or expand itself?
Jesus is the face Hidden behind yours. Jesus is the Father, not the son. Yes, I know... That was a shock to me too. Here is another shock. Your imagination is the power of God that must be learned how to use, and control. One day, all will understand this. And, it is in that day, that every knee shall bow, and give glory to God that made us all one with Him from the beginning, put us through this thing we call life and restored all of us to Himself. Of course,
you can believe whatever you want to believe, and no one can stop you. But be careful, "As you believe, so it shall be unto you", because you are using the power and wisdom of God given to you. Yet, you don't understand this.