chapter 07

vs. 1: Certainly you will understand what I am about to say, my brothers, because all of you know about law. EQ

vs. 6: Now, however, we are free from the Law, because we died to that which once held us prisoners. No longer do we serve in the old way of a written law, but in the new way of the spirit. EQ

Paul, the writers, are pushing through some clever concepts. The law. A scary thing. Making us into criminals.

vs. 7: If the Law had not said, "Do not desire what belongs to someone else," I would not have known such a desire.

This is a pretty serious statement. It demands, however, a creature that can find peace with him or herself. And it also demands that there is enough for all. For a man with an empty stomach will desire to eat. And if another creature has made this not possible. There is gonna be trouble.

And the law won't matter. Which is one of those Catch 22 things. Where one would have to guess that law is made by those who take far too much and leave others without.

And that is the case. Laws protect the rich and hold down the poor.

vs. 9: I myself was once alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life, 10. and I died. EQ

30 or 50 thousand years ago we were without law. We conducted ourselves in a way that would help our little communities survive. And we were free and likely a little more part of the eternity of life. We spent more time face to face.

vs. 15: I do not understand what I do; for I don't do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate. EQ

Ain't that often the case. The tragic case of Gold worship. Suckers.

vs. 25: This, then, is my condition - EQ

The condition is. Our egos don't wanna let go. And we don't need them no more. We need to commune. Redefine communism.

chapter 08

vs. 8: Those who obey their human nature cannot please God. EQ

This ain't necessarily true. First problem is the God thing. And we gotta agree that Life, and Gods are the story. And it is our nature to love and play and commune one with others.

The spirit is not a thing without Life. It's a thing that is resulting from life. Like language. And it is taking us to another level of wakefulness and understanding. Spirit is not a given. It is evolving with the evolving of our instinct. It is an extension.

vs. 18: I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. EQ

And Paul is right on here. I have taken the trip and communed with the gods and saw that I truly was, am, in heaven. And in 10,000 years, which is not a long time compared to 2 billion behind us. It will be clear that we are the gods that live and die and live and die.

"You can see the universe in a grain of sand." and Jim's favorite: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, man would see things as they truly are, infinite." William Blake.

vs. 22: For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. EQ

The same thing Jesus and Nietzsche said.

We are beasts becoming gods and it is no small event. It is a major evolutionary step.

The step is over a river of burning doubt. And it requires conscious attention.

And we need our beast bodies. So that we can be real. And commune. And play. Create.

vs. 31: In view of all this, what can we say? If God (Life) is for us, who can be against us? EQ

We need to pay better attention to Life, the gods. Learn to use our senses. It beats the shit our of TV.

Life is in us. We are in life. We can fight it and go extinct. Or love it and be the gods.

chapter 09

vs. 1: I am speaking the truth; I belong to Christ and I do not lie. My conscience, ruled by the Holy Spirit, also assures me that I am not lying. EQ

Now one must be careful with such statements. Mostly 'cause lotsa liers say trust me before they tell you lies. And it is impossible to be completely objective. On account, no matter how much you know and however wise you are.

Evolution thrives on mistakes. And we are not above evolution.

Paul tells the Abram story. And he says Rebecca had two sons from the same father. I ain't certain 'bout that. Ab whored her out to an Egyptian king and they did not have the pill back then.

Isaac whored his wife out as well.

"Your wife. You said she was your sister."

"She's my half sister."

"Take some goats and sheep and some silver, and go. With your now pregnant wife."

If you think your writer makes a joke, he don't.

Go read the Torah.

Anyhow, Esau was first born and Jacob took it all.

vs. 13: As the scripture says, "I love Jacob, but I hated Esau."

Ab thought Jacob was a sissy and loved Esau. Jacob connived everything out of Esau. And it very likely had something to do with who was the real dad of who.

And it don't matter no more. Esau was the great hunter. Jacob cut down all the forests and built shopping malls and hollywood.

I want some Esau back.

vs. 29: "If the Lord Almighty had not left us some descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah." EQ

The fuckin' Israelites destroyed many cites. And they paint their history black so we can think they deserved it.

No one deserves genocide. Not Jews not Sodom. Not Gomorrah. And there is nothing sinful about sex with bum holes.

Idiots. Murdering Morons. Let's take a step toward wakefulness and away from random hate. It's a tool of the greedy overlords of war and plunder. Love life and all that's in it.

The kingdom of heaven is here. Let it be.


romans chapters 10 - 12