We are all Passengers onboard Planet Earth
Posted: Thursday, September 08, 2011
by David Tanguay
“Reexamine all that you have been told in school, or in church or in any book. Dismiss whatever insults your soul.” Walt Whitman
Nurtured in society, we learn a great deal about the world and ourselves. Our entire educational curriculum derives from other people’s teachings and experiences. Religion can play an important role in our lives for clergy can teach us about a God and other phenomenon and beliefs in a higher power.
I do believe in God today however my beliefs did not come from my upbringing in fact during my teenage years I didn’t believe in God yes going through adolescence alienated from believing in a God as an omnipotent being I was.
Yes, if we let our heart and soul do our research for us i.e., let our conscience be our guide as we discover more knowledge about life in general. There is no doubt in my mind today that God is real and a part of our lives and that he is the creator of the entire universe.
As human beings we are separate from the animal kingdom for being human we have the capacity to use our minds in a superior manner over animals.
With so many different forms of life, the human species is the superior being to all of life here on earth. We as humans have the privilege to think for ourselves and to create material wonders in the world.
The information we collect on a daily basis we must not accept what does not agree with our philosophy. We have a mind of our own and must heed to its calling
We are all passengers onboard a hurtling planet we call earth, our fellow man being our siblings through life. We must treat each other with love and respect as we travel through time and space.
“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” Robert Louis Stevenson
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)There you go. That's a great observation of RL Stevenson. It is good for me to think of this planet as a "space ship", and us as "passengers". It alters consciousness a bit, and sometimes more than a bit. Good article.
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ChristoferPlease log in to respond to this comment.Yes Christofer, we are all on board a space ship traveling through space, thanks for commentingPlease log in to respond to this comment.
You seem to intermix the spiritual and the material. There is a good presentation in Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy that helped me see the difference between mortal and immortal consciousness. "If we let our heart and soul do research for us," is a great statement. It is the basic principle that led me to the Society of Friends, where we dispence with teachers and look directly to the Light for guidance. Nice one, David, thanks.Please log in to respond to this comment.
This organization you speak of Jack "the society of friends" sounds like a good place to belong to. thanks for commenting.Please log in to respond to this comment.
Truly, we are passengers on this planet earth. The question is what would be each person's destination?Please log in to respond to this comment.Well Ngozi, I suppose that depends on our religious beliefs. If we believe in God our journey as human beings would probably be heaven as our destination. Thanks for commentingPlease log in to respond to this comment.
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