God at Yale

Here's the link to prof. Christine Haye's video lectures, from her Intro to the OT course:

some background religious studies, from an Ivy:
-http://academicearth.org/courses/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebrew-bible

My job

I have to say that being God is a full-time job,
my job is never done,
and there's always room for improvement.
1)I have to address all the dogmas of all the religions
(I treat comparative religion like a hobby though, out of curiosity; it's all good)
2)I have to be as politically active as possible
3)I have to be a happiness psychologist and spread the joy
4)I have to build and maintain my godly physique
5)I have to love everyone to the best of my ability
and
6)I have to both adduce evidence of my own divinity and convince you of yours, Gods and Goddesses.

All on a government disability paycheck. (it's called unearned income)
It's fun though. I can't think of a better way to give my life meaning, in my current circumstances. To life! L'chaim. A la vida! I want to praise you like I should. Busy, busy, as Bokonon says.

Divinity Student

Definition of Divine (from dictionary.com)

–adjective (9 definitions)
1.
of or pertaining to a god, esp. the Supreme Being.
(that could be nothing for an atheist, or everything for a mystic)
(S.B. makes me think of Sara Brown, my wife; this works for a mystic atheist)

2.
addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship.
(as distinct from the profane, presumably; I am antifane)
(remember, you're not supposed to use the word you're defining in the definition)

3.
proceeding from God or a god: divine laws.
(Love proceeds from Dog or a dog)

4.
godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity.
(I, Teshara, share uh...all the wisdom I find on my daily online excursions)
(I'm working on my godlike physique; a little oil to shine my heavenly body -& I'll be christened, to boot)

5.
heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom.
(heaven backwards is 'neva, eh?') Actually, it's right now.

6.
Informal. extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice.
(you can call me Swell, Nifty, or Most Peachy; His Peachiness)

7.
being a god; being God: a divine person.
(that's what I'm talkin' bout)

8.
of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine.
(golly, I don't know about that...I'm blushing. S is for superman or Sara)
(My name could be an acronym for Journal of Extremely Swell and Surpassing Excellence)
(In addition to guns, drugs...G-D could also stand for Gigantic Dork, lol)

9.
Obsolete. of or pertaining to divinity or theology.
(god was the word and the word is 'the'. The study of the. the christ -> thee)

–noun (3 definitions)
10.
a theologian; scholar in religion.
11.
a priest or member of the clergy.
12.
the Divine,
a.
God.
b.
(sometimes lowercase) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.

–verb (used with object) (6 definitions)
13.
to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy.
14.
to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod.
15.
to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture.
16.
Archaic. to portend.
–verb (used without object)
17.
to use or practice divination; prophesy.
18.
to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.

tbc

The Catholic God

The 3 Catholic definitions of God each apply to me. Here's why:

The Catholic encyclopedia says, "God can variously be defined as:

-the proper name of the one Supreme and Infinite Personal Being, the Creator and Ruler of the universe, to whom man owes obedience and worship;

-the common or generic name of the several supposed beings to whom, in polytheistic religions, Divine attributes are ascribed and Divine worship rendered;

-the name sometimes applied to an idol as the image or dwelling-place of a god."

Okay, here goes:
Def. 1
the proper name
-A rose is a rose by any other name. If I'm God, it's just as easily my proper name. I could even legally change my name to it, which I have no plans to do, however.

one supreme
-If a pizza can be supreme, well so can I. (supremacy can be plural) (one superorganism)

and infinite
-Maybe I have more than the whole world in my hands. Infinity extends in both directions. I don't see how physicists (or anybody else) could impose a limit on smallness. And, in fact, perhaps something about me extends universally outward into the infinite vast, as well, into what we would normally think about as the infinite.

personal
-I'm Jesse Lawrence Teshara. You can email me, etc. That's fairly personal. I love y'all.

creator and ruler
-Creator and Ruler of the Universe... I'm not sure about this one, lol. Do the c and r have to be capitalized? I'm in the universe, and I suppose the universe popped into being 13.73 (plus or minus 0.12) Billion years ago, like the scientists say, long before I was born. Maybe in the future we'll be able to affect the past or something. After all, the symbol for infinity is a sideways eight, which might indicate time is repetitive. A physicist on tv said the creation of a universe was possible. Was it something I said? How does one "rule" a universe? Everybody Be Good, okay? lol. organized chaos. I also heard information can time-travel. wudabout thAt!

to whom man owes obedience
-man or mankind includes women and the cruel, you know. Anyway, you owe it to yourselves to be happy in the one life you've got (and I'll consider that worship). As for obedience and that bible character Obed, the father of Jesse, to thine own self be true, because, like I said, everybody's God. Obey your conscience. Maybe I'm bestowing that on you, which might somehow give me some authority. Philosophically speaking, there is only the self, so you're the God of your own universe, I suppose.* Unless your possessed.

*I AM is all we really know. So reality is God. And that's your own personal subjective experience.

Def.2
Being with divine attributes in polytheistic religions.
-This is interesting for me, because I haven't fleshed out any limits to divinity in my system. That's probably because Everybody's Right. You're all Gods in your own ways. Everybody should worship everybody else. Everyone has the divine in them. And nothing but, perhaps. What do I consider divine? Well, actually everything seems kind of ultimately boring to me sometimes, so I made myself God of my own kingdom, lol. Keeps things interesting. God is love, of course, and I'm all about that. The more gods, the merrier. G or g, whatever. I AM doesn't care. Divine can be defined in a multitude of ways. Next post.

Def.3
An idol. Teens have their idols. There's Billy Idol. American Idol. That's cool. Whatever floats your boat. God is everywhere, right?

It's 7-8-09!

Watch your clock for 12:34and 56 seconds for a moment to remember!

The next time something like this comes around will be:
12:34:56.7 8/9/10
the moment then will be only a tenth as long.

Oh thank heaven....It's soon to be 7-11!

Mmmm, Jello!

God is a gelotologist.

A person who studies humor and laughter.
Don't believe me? Look it up.

God Loves Graffiti

I really do, too.

List of things I enjoy :-)

Happy!

a collection of happy things:

smile, good company, others' smiles, laughter, friends, blog feedback, happy eyes, happy dogs, interesting conversation, good food, books, movies, music, dancing, love, making love, sex, feeling strong, energy, vitality, finding something lost, looking good, exercise, elevated heart rate, positive frame of mind, comfort, bliss, nirvana, waking up rested and refreshed, acceptance, achievement, creativity, art, writing well, travel, beauty, bay leaves, Nature, gravel, flowers, trees, birds, wildlife... ,mental silence..absence of harassment voice, no pain or shocks, a good think, flirting, intimacy, hugs and kisses/ing, rollercoaster, "trippy" experience, satisfied contentment and well-being, swimming, beach sunning, concerts, galleries, art books, taking pictures, nudity, fast/weird/convertible cars, family, vivid dreams, redwoods, russian river, white water rafting, massage, kids, libraries, snowmen, fireplaces, being logical and knowledgeable, teaching, money, making a difference, mad magazine, weekly world news, internet, cooking (successfully), and last but not least Freedom (of thought, word, and action).

I hypnotized myself into a happier state of mind by thinking these things.
Did it, you?

Peace out,
Jess

Doctors, shloctors

Here's a quote from a Huffington Post article: "Unfortunately, most doctors are nutritionally illiterate. Worse, they don't know how to use the most powerful medicine available to them: food."

YIKES!

Here's the link to the article.

Happy eating.

Goodness.

Only God is good, the "good book" says.

hm.



a critical thinker must ask him/herself,

does God exist, is God good, is the "good book" good, and what do I really believe?

I believe love exists (!). I also believe love is good. So God exists.

Most people wouldn't say they're God. I'm trying to change that.

Islam, for example, means submission. I want people to step up.

Be God, for goodness' sake. Make life your after-life. Maybe it is. Make it a paradise. Just another day in Paradise, sings Phil Collins. Phil Collins is God, too!

If God is love, Be love (or if that's a bit intimidating, be IN love). Being a supreme being doesn't have to be such a crazy thing; on the contrary, it can be as everyday and common as making yourself as good as you can be, useful and kind, etc. You don't have to be Christ-like or Christ himself. Just be good, and presto!- Godhood.

If you still won't step up, as they say, you can worship me; I have no problem with that. I'm not seeking followers, money, worship, or anything- I have a simple, good life. I'm just saying, if you need one, is all.
Your conscience is God, but you probably externalize it to keep it intact better.

My name Jesse in Spanish is Isai, Chuy, or Jesus. Chewy sounded fun, and Jesus might be a bit intimidating at a Jesuit school, and Isai wasn't offered (Isa is the word for Jesus in arabic). Why think about being Jesus or Christlike (crucified?!) or eaten, when I can simply make myself God by being a good person. Chew on that! (Someone said my name could also be 'Chucho'. Me Gusta este nombre!

Just love everybody, everyone, all, todo (or whatever word you want to choose; they all mean the same thing, right?). Love believes all things... It seems I'm not being much of a biblical God. I have some pretty strong beliefs and opinions, as you may have noticed. These are MY preferences, and I don't demand they be yours, although I'd like that. (No, you're not going to hell if you disagree, but you can use the concept of hell as a tactic in psy-war to scare people into behaving morally/legally) Religion is all about social control. And my opinions are right. So just obey God, get it? That's the inside scoop.

The only way I'm going to believe the earth is flat, for example, though, is if I twist the saying into a meaning that I assume wasn't intended (such as the earth on my street is flat, etc.), or it's true for them (virtually), or maybe some strange mathematician can prove it is (lol), or it is for some, but not others, or it just as well might be, because I haven't been to outer space to look at the earthball-and the whole globe thing might be a conspiracy to keep me in my dreamworld and not wake me up in my pod or whatever, where the real truth is at. If I let my imagination think about some assertion, I suppose I can see another side to anyone else's opinion.

Does God show his love for you by making you scared of going to hell? Well, everybody's got to cowboy up and wear their No Fear t-shirts, because there are people that will tell you you're going to hell for virtually anything, I think. Everyone dies. No you to suffer. So relax.

Submission to God is just some weird psychology for giving your better half control over one's more rotten impulses. One's partner in a marriage is often referred to as "my better half." If you're single, I'm assuming there's still some internal dialogue and debate. Are you a pure psychopath? At least you're pure.

If only God is good, then all goodness is God.

I was tempted to say "then God is goodness", but that might not be quite right. There are different "goodnesses." What is absolute evil to one could be absolute good for another. Sadists, for example, might fit the bill. I wonder if there's anything like a balance between the number of sadists and the quantity of masochists.

Objective goodness might be different from subjective goodness.

In other words, what you see as good might not be the best a)for all, b) in the bigger picture, c)from an all-knowing perspective.

It takes a supremely morally selfish person, perhaps, to make their own subjective experience the Objective, that is, binding for all, in the present and the future, criteria for judging if someone is good. That's what I think Jesus did. Jesus is just alright with me, as the song goes. I mean, it's just a virtual reality, in my opinion. He's dead. People think they know him. He's the life, yada yada. His words and ideas live on, written. I'm saying whatever. There is no Objective goodness, some pie in the sky God, that was the father of Jesus. Jesus wasn't objectively good during his lifetime. And he's not objectively good now. This is what I believe. Unless I fathered Jesus. hmm. They say information can time-travel. Jesus.

And there's always the space aliens to throw us for a loop, right?

If you're not really willing to sleep comfortably in the bliss of knowing that you are God, well, you can submit to somebody else.

God made me write this blog....(!) The devil made me wear this dress, lol.

Religious band names

SISTERS OF MERCY
A tribute to the Leonard Cohen song of same name. There is also an order of nuns known as the Sisters of Mercy.

NIRVANA In Buddhism it means the state of perfect blessedness attained through the annihilation of the self.

MANIC STREET PREACHERS James Dean Bradfield was inspired by a manic street preaching tramp one day.

KING CRIMSON Their original lyricist, Peter Sinfield, thought of it as a synonym for Beelzebub, which is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'. Beelzebub was Satan's chief lieutenant among the fallen angels.

JUDAS PRIESTFrom the Bob Dylan tune "The ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest". Also a mild curse.

HEAVEN 17A fictitious band mentioned in the movie 'A Clockwork Orange'

GENESIS The first book in the Bible. The name was part of their first album title From Genesis to Revelation which was suggested by their original manager Jonathan King.

DOORS From a William Blake quote 'If the doors of perception were to be cleansed evry thing would appear to man as it is, infinite'. The Doors were originally called the Psychedelic Rangers.

CURE They were originally called Easy Cure.

BLACK SABBATH Named after a 1963 horror movie starring Boris Karloff. They released an album as Earth before changing their name to Black Sabbath.

ABBAAn acronym for the first names of the band members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad.

GRATEFUL DEAD
Refers to a series of Old English folk tales with the same basic theme. A traveler enters a village and finds the villagers desecrating, or refusing to bury the body of a dead man because he died owing creditors money. The traveler pays the dead man's debts and sees to a decent burial. Later in his travels the man is saved by a mysterious event, which is credited to the dead man's grateful spirit. Hence, the Grateful Dead. The band was originally the Warlocks, and picked Grateful Dead out of a dictionary after realising there was another band called the Warlocks.

STYXAfter the mythical river Styx that people crossed over to go into Hell.

XTC
Andy Partridge was inspried by a Jimmy Durante clip when he said, "That's it, I'm in ecstasy!

FAITH NO MORE
The band was originally called Sharp Young Men, but changed to Faith No Man when their front man was Mike 'The Man' Morris. After he left, 'The Man' was no more, so they switched to Faith No More.

Online stuff to explore

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Click and Magnify...

Pleasant diversions for an immortal God?

Depraved distractions for the demonic dealers of death?

Delights for all?

Aretha says "Respect" and 'just a little bit'.

(synchronicity can be fun)

Stung by the Spelling Bee

Eye M gawd ai sey

Ling gwiss sticks anned prawpr spel ng/ orethawgruhfee
Ownlee thiss blawg poststing wil yuse miss spellingz. Ai thingk it'z kinduh fuhn. Plz hewmore mee.

Thuh spelng b iz awsum!!
Eye allweighz whin
Ai'm thuh behst splr ov awl!

Casting "spells"? The word of gawd. Let there be lyt.
Owch, eye'v bin stungue! Murcee!

Wake Up, says Rumi

a voice out of this world
calls on our soul
to wake up and rise
this soul of ours

is like a flame
with more smoke than light
blackening our vision
letting no light through

lessen the smoke and
more light brightens your house
the house you dwell in now
and the abode

you'll eventually move to
now my precious soul
how long are you going to
waste yourself

in this wandering journey
can't you hear the voice
can't you use your swifter wings
and answer the call

----Jalaluddin Rumi----

kwoat A shuns eye N-joy

Mee gud spelr, know?

My blog would probably get a lot more hits if I wrote it entirely in misspell.
Anyway,

First things first, but not necessarily in that order. -- The Doctor, in John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch's 'Meglos'

The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made alot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. -- Douglas Adams

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. -- T.H. Huxley

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it. -- Tallulah Bankhead

Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution. -- Edward Teller

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of aprofound truth may well be another profound truth. -- Niels Bohr

We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret. -- Peter Greenaway

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God -- but to create him. -- Arthur C. Clarke

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies inthe final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who arecold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It isspending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes ofits children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under theclouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower


The more I have studied him, the more Newton has receded from me. It has beenmy privilege at various times to know a number of brilliant men, men whom Iacknowledge without hesitation to be my intellectual superiors. I have never,however, met one against whom I was unwilling to measure myself, so that itseemed reasonable to say that I was half as able as the person in question, ora third or a fourth, but in every case a finite fraction. The end result of mystudy of Newton has served to convince me that with him there is no measure. Hehas become for me wholly other, one of the tiny handful of supreme geniuses whohave shaped the categories of the human intellect, a man not finally reducibleto the criteria by which we comprehend our fellow beings. -- Richard Westfall, 'Never at Rest. A Biography of Isaac Newton'

(God doesn't have to be a complex idea. It could be a simple concept for simple people about a simple reality, and have nothing to do with genius)

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it. -- Alfred North Whitehead

The idea of an incarnation of God is absurd: why should the human race thinkitself so superior to bees, ants, and elephants as to be put in this unique relation to its maker?... Christians are like a council of frogs in a marsh ora synod of worms on a dung-hill croaking and squeaking "for our sakes was the world created." -- Julian the Apostate

(maybe the snurflettes of galacticon x or whatever think we humans are as puny and squeaky and inferior as worms (fish food!), if they exist at all. Maybe Douglas Adams didn't write fiction...)