Chapter
15
Spectacles
of Confusion
Let’s start with a simple
question.
Why can’t people see God?
Most of the world is spending at
least part of their waking hours searching for God. Why can’t we see Him?
For all intents and purposes,
mankind is blind.
Mankind wears several layers of
spectacles which blind them to seeing almost anything clearly.
Each and every person has a set of
soul eyes that can see God and all of His wonderful works. Think of your eyes as a pair of divine gifts,
through which you can see everything clearly, like Superman’s super
vision. You can see through walls,
across time, into other dimensions, and even catch glimpses of possible
futures. Your innate visual abilities have
no limitations and are controlled by God Himself, because He determines what
you should see and when, in order for your soul to grow at its proper rate.
You don’t believe me, do you?
You think, “I’ve never experienced
any of these abilities and so I don’t believe that they exist. They are mind tricks, or ploys of the devil
to ensnare my mind.” If a person says,
“I just saw my grandmother who died yesterday,” our general reaction is along
the lines of, “That’s freaky,” although we don’t usually share that thought at
the time.
There is a reason why most people
are blind and afraid of the sighted.
You are unable to see with your
divine eyes because you have serious vision impairment, caused by the layers of
spectacles that we wear over our divine eyes, blocking our vision.
The first layer that blurs our
vision is the layer relating to our body or race. The first thing that we all learn is that we
are contained within a body, and that body is a type, and each type of body
teaches us to see its way.
For example, I am a Caucasian male,
so the first two natural layers of spectacles over my eyes would be a layer of
tan pink, my skin color, and then a layer of light blue, because I am a
male.
You may think that I’m merely being
metaphoric, but I’m not.
Our skin color teaches us how to
view our world, and so does our sex. Everyone
that I have ever known in my life has reinforced how wonderful it is to see the
world through tan pink spectacles. Those
who wear other cultural spectacles, like caramel for Negro, golden for Asian,
or brick red for Indian, might be well aware of what a tan pink’s view of the
world historically seems to be.
Conversely, tan pinks are notorious for being challenged in the area of
viewing through other cultural colors.
We see and interpret the world
through our skin color.
Next we have the sex color: pink for
girl, blue for boy, and lavender for a body/psyche mismatch. Before someone mentally takes me to task for
the lavender metaphor, please be reminded that we are all a ball of God’s Light
about as big as a large marble, and we really have no sex – our sex merely
being an assigned role to learn life’s different perspectives.
Anyway, a boy filter alters
perception in additional ways. A boy is
expected to be tough and macho and should keep his feelings under control
and…well, you’re all smart enough to recognize the pattern of this
silliness.
Girls have a pink pair of spectacles
and they are supposed to view the world in a Barbie-esque fashion.
Lavenders view the world uniquely
too, and it’s usually with an extra scoop of apprehension and fear because many
of the blues and the pinks have decided that lavenders are somehow evil. I could tell you all about the life missions
of lavenders, but that would just muddy up this story, and so let’s just accept
lavenders with Love and move on.
Now let’s look at the myriad other
layers that block our view.
We all belong to a family.
Slap on another
layer.
We feel we honor our parents by
adopting their views.
Slap on another
layer.
We all live in a country.
Slap on another layer.
We all have our cultural roots
somewhere.
Slap on another
layer.
We all have a personal view on God.
Slap on another
layer.
We discuss how to convert the
unenlightened.
Slap
on another layer.
We watch the news.
Slap on another layer.
We read the newspapers.
Slap on another layer.
We value politics.
Slap on another layer.
We pick sides.
Slap on another layer.
We value money.
Slap on another layer.
We acquire possessions.
Slap on another layer.
We value power.
Slap on another layer.
We are afraid to be powerless.
Slap on another layer.
We seek position.
Slap on another layer.
We have fears.
Slap on another layer.
We have insecurities.
Slap on another layer.
We have failings.
Slap on another layer.
There are things we do well and are
prideful of.
Slap on another layer.
There are things that we don’t do
well and avoid.
Slap on another layer.
We’re afraid that we don’t matter.
Slap on another layer.
We’re afraid that life has no
meaning.
Slap on another layer.
We’re emotionally confused.
Slap on another layer.
We’re spiritually adrift.
Slap on another layer.
We are jealous.
Slap on another layer.
We are hateful and resentful.
Slap on another layer.
We realize that we know nothing for
certain, except for life’s illusions.
Slap on another layer.
We are afraid to stand alone and
seek truth for ourselves.
Slap on another layer.
We need to be loved and accepted by
others.
Slap on another layer.
We are afraid that we are not loved
and accepted by God.
Slap on another layer.
We are afraid that God is dead.
Slap on another layer.
Can anyone see through this endless
collection of overlapping spectacles that blurs, influences, adjusts and limits
our sight?
I challenge you to ask God to peel
these things from in front of your eyes so that you may see the world as God
meant you to see it.
God’s Love is always there, patient
and attentive.
You have merely to open the door and
let it into your life.
If you don’t embrace Love, you will never
see God.
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