Oh, The Humanity

Our humanity puts blinders on us to the life that God has given us. From the dawn of time our free will has led us away from God through distractions and thinking that we know all the answers. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a prescribed way of categorizing this manner of thinking.
As we can see from the diagram, the first two levels of Physiological and Safety are basically what we need to survive. The third level of Love could be included in our basics needs, which I would say separates us from animals so I would include it as a basic need. Since the time of Adam and Eve, mankind has applied their own intellect to achieve these levels of need and as a human conglomerate, we can point back to the fact that, though it hasn’t been easy, we have survived and in our survival we have collectively made our lives transcend survival to levels of luxury. Aren’t we an incredible species?

When the blinders come off, we can see that God created the universe for us. He created the raw materials and resources and he gave us our intellect and physical abilities to use these resources to survive and better our living conditions. I don’t doubt that in reading this that there isn’t a little voice telling you that this is true, and yet we’d rather not listen to it because that might open doors that we’d rather not. If we did, we’d have to change the paradigm by which we live our daily lives. And after all, we’re happy with the way things are, aren’t we? Sure we live by extravagance, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride because in our intellectual free will we perceive that this is what is necessary to retain the higher levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy. This is the way the world operates; however to achieve spiritual transcendence, which would begin at the tip of Maslow’s triangle, we need to reconnect to God on a personal level through the assistance and guidance of the Holy Spirit. God is everywhere, in everything whether we want to see Him or not. I urge you not to set your sights too low and settle for what the world has to offer. Make the joyous choice to build a relationship with God and open the flood gates to the energy of the universe—it was created for you.

So what if I do, what’s in it for me? Good news; for starters, peace on earth and goodwill towards men.

God speed!