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A Taste for
Giving
The Prologue
It really is possible for there to have been an
evolution in which a being, or maybe even many
have developed to become what we could actually
call gods. After all, if the possibilities are endless;
why not? In a couple billion years, many gods
could have advanced to be able to corral the
elements so that they could populate such places
as this beautiful earth, full of variety and wonder.
If there are natural laws, were they written, or
were they discovered?
Many humans on planet Earth are convinced
that evolution is the cause of all existence. They
say that because there are seemingly an infinite
number of possibilities; we humans may be here
by chance, and in other parts of the universe,
other things and other beings may or may not have
popped into existence and evolved in whatever
way chance would have it.
Other humans say that it is preposterous that
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Chapter 1:
In the Beginning before Seedland
Many eons agone, there was an outward burst
of energy the brightness of which defies all
description. That burst was the premier event in
the universe of the Seeds, who are the beginnings
of awareness. It was felt by all of them, to one
degree or another. They had no tangible reference
to any reality whatsoever, but they witnessed the
grandest demonstration of the outward quest that
will be called charity. The Seeds did not even have
knowledge of their location or size or shape, but
only a sliver of a notion of their own existence.
These countless seeds had greater or lesser
longings and potentials to become players in the
process of creation. In the beginning there was
nothing to picture, nothing to be noticed by the
Seeds except hope itself and the first effect of
charity, which is light, the first principle of
creation.
After about 400 million years, a few Seeds
stumbled upon a means to embellish creation. This
allowed them to progress. This means of creation
was due to an evolution. They began to care about
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Chapter 2:
The 2 Key Rivals of Charity
The Antigive
One of the Forgives, Izhehtin, (izhAtin), came to
the front of the Giving Council and said, I know
that these Forgives cannot ever get to where we
are in the levels of perception without our Giving
them with cloned senses combed from our altered
DNA codes. Let me just shower them with a
blessing of super powers from the Give Council. I
want to Give them with happiness and I want them
to thank me for it. It will take too long for them to
understand this plan. They are too ignorant. You
are all just hiding from them.
Izhehtin did understand the value of charity,
but it was his natural tendency to bring things to
himself for his aggrandizement. He would want to
see that Charity would benefit him so that he
would become the most powerful Forgive. He
refused to see the big picture of creation. He
convinced many Forgives to follow his plan to
prove that creation would only diminish his power
to rule and control the Seeds. He told his followers
that if the Seeds would become free, that they
would be out of his control.
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Chapter 3:
The Famlia
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Abrila
Bloka
Darcita
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Chapter 4:
Flux and Opposition
The way that things fit together is not seen
well by mortals. There is an opposition in all
things:
Success and Failure
Light and Dark
Without failure, success would have no
meaning. Without light and dark, there would be
nothing to see because there would be no contrast;
so forever there will be this balance as part of all
reality. In the universe of the Gives, Charity is
creation and Tirachy is its opposite, selfishness. In
the beginning, charity was a brilliant flash of
creation, and so Tirachy, like a bottomless pit, is
an implosion from which there is no return. No
return at least until the next explosion of charity.
The entire universe of the Seeds is in flux, or it
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oversees.
The logic of Givelings uses similar triangles to
attempt to show the Final Condition to be like the
present condition. The lines of the so called similar
triangles are straight, but that is only true if there are
no other forces involved. The force of charity is
incomplete. Give Himself discovered that the Giving
force does not always work, but in many instances it
can work.
Chapter 5:
A School for Learning
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Experiences
Senses,
Chapter 6:
An Advocate
Things become more plausible and more clear
and do have more meaning when you put them into
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your own words. And when you share these things and
get some kind of affirmation, that magnifies your
confidence even more. It is particularly Luap Selims
problem to accept the idea that The Giver Susej is so
much a part of the plan of Give Himself. Mr. Selim
pleaded with GastonWhitsitt to give some input on that
question.
It was put in this way by Mr. Whitsitt, Give
Himself cannot be understood at all by Givelings
because He is outside the realm of possibility for the
mortal point of view on Seedland, so in order that
Givelings could approach the concept of Gively
charity, they would have to do so in the context of a
perfect Giveling which is not possible to find among
any candidates who would all have to be enhanced
Seedlings. Give Himself even from the beginning of
his plan knew that he would have to employ literally
his own physical offspring in the creation of Seedland
and in the turning of the Givelings who would dwell
there toward any amount of Gively countenance. As a
matter of fact, Susej would have to in a sense; pull
the worthy Givelings into Giveland with his Gively
Powers after the final condition. Givelings on their
own have no power over such things as rebuilding the
physical housing of any Seed great or small, even as
small as a kernel of corn or even the leg of a flea.
Chapter 7:
Invention vs. Discovery
It is implied in the universe where Seedland
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Evidence:
Diversions:
Chapter 8:
The Components of Creation:
In order to create something that will last
forever or for very long, the motive must be
charitic; otherwise the entity would collapse out of
existence, but that cannot be understood
completely on the short term of anyones lifetime
on Seedland. The following are the parameters for
creation from a Gively perspective. Some of these
parameters are similar to mortal ones, but the
whole picture requires the mobius map of eternity.
The following are the important characteristics of
creation and attributes of any creator necessary for
Gively progression by any and all Givelings who
are on the mobius road to success:
Diversity:
Organization:
Perseverance:
Eternal
perspective
only
Foresight:
Insight:
Humility:
Furthermore,
The
development
of
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Chapter 9:
The Motive
All things need to be created because of a
positive motive. Selfish motives lead inward
toward nothing. Creation is synonymous with
charity and hopeful Giving. Selfishness leads not
only to nothingness, but to ignorance and
blindness to all positive possibility.
In order for one to obtain a positive motive
when one is not present in the Seed, he must
search away from himself through the needs of
others to find a spark of useful direction.
Any negative motive is by definition,
immaterial.
Without hope there is no motive, so things
have been created because of motive. If there were
no hope, there would be nothing at all. Hope is the
beginning and there is no end to it.
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Chapter 10:
Patience
Many Givelings feel that the ignorant
Givelings should be reminded of their ignorance.
Over thousands of years, eventually all Givelings
will come to a point of understanding sufficient
for them to be able to see the path most favorable.
Those Givelings who feel so strongly that they
know better than the ignorant ones will be made
low because they themselves are ignorant to what
is happening in the great sphere of Give Himself.
Long suffering may be forever, so the
suffering must be the joy that motivates toward
more creation and more possibilities.
Over millennia the least deserving Seedlings
and the least capable Givelings could become
noble and great Charitors because of the powerful
potential of hope.
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Chapter 11:
Are We On Dromeda
All things need to be visible for what they
are, but the problem could be that some do not
have eyes to see and ears to hear. All things in the
world of the Givelings are footprints of everything
else.
On planet earth in the 15th Century, it was
thought that the earth was the center of the
universe.
On planet earth in the early 20st Century, it
was thought that the Milky Way Galaxy had all of
the stars in the universe.
On planet earth in the 21st Century, a
discovery was made that there just may be more
than 100 billion gigantic groups of stars and
planets, each group containing perhaps many
millions of stars. On Seedland, this dreamer, Luap
Selim was just speculating as he looked into the
night sky about what had been discovered on
planet earth about the vastness of the heavens.
Who knows if there is a bridge from the fictional
world of Seedland to the real world of planet
earth? Who knows if the Giviverse may be
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Chapter 12:
Potential Drop
On Dromeda, the electromagnetic spectrum
is the same as in the Milky Way. And there is an
analogy that applies in order to explain the Giving
Force. The longer the wire, the greater the
potential drop in current. The long wire represents
a greater spiritual distance from Give Himself to a
Giveling on Seedland. The wire represents a
connection that exists because of the Giveling
understanding the value of charity. The current
represents the creative force. Hope is the potential
to create the same way that voltage is the potential
to apply the power of electrical current. The word,
current is perfect because creation is always done
in the present.
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Chapter 13:
Passion vs. Calculated Conclusions
To be confident because you know you are
right is one thing, but another is to be passionate
in favor of a particular outcome that is in the heart
of the Seed. One contradiction that exists in the
Giviverse is that Give Himself is always a
charitable entity, but he is passionate about his
purposes. Usually passion is considered to be self
indulgent, and it is the natural tendency, but Give
Himself has devised a method of turning outward
the normally inward passion. He does this by a
discipline known as the Denying of UnGiveliness
for the sake of charity. Try it, oh Giveling, if you
have not done so. It requires a learned discipline
invented by Give Himself. It was mentioned
earlier that the injected altered DNA codes might
not take hold. The Eloh Stoga can supply the
needed boosts of outwardly directed passion to
make it possible for a charitable nature to develop.
Some of the Givelings believe that when the
truth is known, that the motivation for progression
will automatically be instilled into the Seed of the
Giveling; but without passion for another Seedling
there is no hope for the Gively direction.
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Chapter 14:
Why Rules?
There are many rules outlined in the
Giveliotheca. They are guidelines for the
performance of charity. Givelings resist following
all of them because the motive to enhance self and
to satisfy the inner Seed is the natural tendency
usually in the front of their consciousness. Many
will say, What does that have to do with
charity? in reference to the rules.
These rules are:
1.
Study and copy what The Giver has done and what
he recommends, as recorded in the Giveliotheca.
Do not misrepresent the truth.
Do not gratify only for self.
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Chapter 15:
Similar Triangles
When The Giver said words in the language
of the day in which he lived on Seedland, they are
symbolic of the actual message. Not only the
words as sounds represent ideas, but those ideas
are representative of larger ideas. One important
example is his saying, Love your enemy. This
saying in itself is an oxymoron. In language there
are synonyms for words that can be substituted,
but some that cannot. The small triangle is, love
your enemy, the larger one is: Involvement with or
regard for lazy bums, losers, selfish pigs, red
necks, sinners, fools, etc. The small triangle is
what I do; the large triangle is what Give Himself
does. How do I involve myself with the lazy
bums, and how does Give Himself involve himself
with them? There are literally hundreds of
synonyms for the word: love and the word:
enemy.
Obviously The Giver did not mean that we
should honor or worship a murderer or a terrorist.
The Giver wants the Givelings to extrapolate to try
to see that Give Himself started by providing
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Chapter 16:
Perception and Reflection
Just think of how wise Give Himself must
be after billions of years of evolution following
the rule of charity on beings that will only have a
small inkling of what reality actually is, and about
80 years, or so, give or take, to figure out that
charity always yields the most perfect evolution.
Give himself is the best example of perfect
patience. Those who just watch the perfect virtual
play without any painful effort will be damned to
remain fixed in the mirror of comfort and bliss.
Those who serve others and fail and try and fail
will create, because eventually Gively evolution
will triumph.
When the Givelings come to Seedland, they
feel as if they have everything right there for them
to observe so that they can judge what is right and
what is wrong, and some even feel that there is no
right and wrong. If they had millions of years of
experience to learn about how evolution happens
and in the context of their time, then they would
know that the best outcome would occur when
those rules are followed. That is what gives
authority to Give Himself that he can bestow on
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Chapter 17:
Gively Traits
In the Giveliotheca there is a list of Gively
traits which are the ones that allow Givelings to
evolve to a Gively condition, but it must be
understood that in most cases, the natural state
will prevail. Only when the Giveling perseveres
throughout his sojourn on Seedland fitting the
Gively traits into an eternal commitment that he
can enjoy the ability to create in an eternal round.
Here is a listing of some of those traits:
Realizing limits equals humility.
Being committed to creation equals charity.
Denying natural tendencies equals shunning the
Tirachy.
The most important Gively trait is love. Give
Himself as supported by the Giving Council was
responsible for instigating the invention of the
solution to the problem that the Seeds in the
Giviverse could never enjoy his level of happiness
without the construction of Seedland as a place for
the Givelings to learn about charity and its effect.
One of the Givelings, Luap Selim said, There is
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Chapter 18:
Inconsistencies Resolved
Any heaven that is hoped for by a Giveling
would only be valid if it is like the so called
proving ground which has been called Seedland.
The gift for Giving should be known by now to be
the ability to Give or to give forever without
turning inward. There may be those who believe
that heaven is a place for eternal rest: a place
where Givelings dont have to do anything
anymore except sing in the choir and be
entertained by Give Himself. If ones idea of hell is
to have to work forever, it seems that he would not
have to worry about going there, because
Izhehtinland is a place where Seedlings do
absolutely nothing.
One problem with the model of the
Giviverse is that one must receive in order to give.
A reciprocal relationship exists in all things as
demonstrated in the mobius strip analogy. So it is
with giving. It must be an eternal round. Nothing
makes sense unless it is part of that round: that is:
no beginning no end.
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Chapter 19:
Honesty and Concealment
All things need to be visible for what they
are, but the problem could be that some do not
have eyes to see and ears to hear. All things in the
world of the Givelings are footprints of everything
else. There are many different languages of
speech, but the understanding of truth requires
experience, hard evidence, and concepts which in
some way cannot be conveyed without a purer
language like mathematics or music. The Gives
have a more pure language than mathematics or
any written language. The language of the Gives is
like thought itself, which is not speech, or signs,
but it is pure sounder stream with high definition.
Without receptors sensitive to the wavelength,
there is no understanding. With the right receptors,
though, Givelistics is the most open and honest
form of communication. It appears too many
Givelings that the Giveliotheca is in some kind of
primitive code making it almost impossible for a
student to understand content. The Eloh Stoga is
necessary for the ultimate communication to
happen between Give Himself and any Giveling
needing understanding.
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Chapter 20:
What would you do on Giveland?
Would it be better to rule in Tirachyland or
serve in Giveland? A lazy bum or a selfish pig or
Izhehtin Himself would say, If I have to serve, I
dont want to go there. Who is the servant of all
and who loves his enemy?
The Giving Council knew that most
Givelings would not ever want to do anything
unless there was something in it for them, so it
looks from the surface that the plan could not
work, because no amount of convincing would
persuade a Giveling to adopt Gively traits. Many
Givelings even feel that when they go to Giveland
they will be rewarded for Giving. They do not
realize that a good deed is its own reward, plain
and simple.
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Chapter 21:
Reverence vs. Acknowledgement
Cause and effect, and evolution cannot be
denied. There is an opposition in all things.
Things have happened and will happen forever.
These truths which are self evident make it
impossible to deny significant inevitabilities.
Because these truths cannot be denied, many
conclusions can be drawn:
There either is a being capable of being Give
Himself or there will be.
We are all part of eternity.
If there is a forever in a positive sense there is
eternity in a negative sense also.
There are an infinite number of possibilities and
directions.
With these acknowledgements, the question
comes up: Is there a higher power making choices
for us about some of those infinite possibilities?
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Chapter 22:
Questions and Riddles
1. Why strive to improve, when it will
always end in defeat?
Why serve others unless the result is favorable to
you?
How can anything good come from something
bad?
The questions can have incorrect assumptions
in them which make them seem like riddles or
improperly loaded questions.
In response to:
1: The journey is an eternal round in The
Giviverse.
2: Charity always eventually comes back to
improve the Giver.
3: Experiments must have negative outcomes in
order that direction can have meaning.
4: Giveliness is a goal, but has no end because it
requires the endless pattern like the mobius band.
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Chapter 23:
What will Never End?
It seems that things would never end only if
they have always been. The cycle of life appears
to be one which includes rebirth the way it
happens every spring on planet earth. On Seedland
it is the same. It is the same on all worlds. There is
a cycle which continues. Patterns of life and death
occur in every part of the Giviverse. Rebirth
appears to be a miracle, and it is, but one which
brings joy to all who have hope. Things can be
reborn into a positive or a negative state. In order
to progress toward a charitable state, Giving is the
mode and attitude of any giver. In order to
continually hide in the bottomless pit of Tirachy,
any Seed would remain a slave of selfishness.
Either way it all goes on forever. It is your choice,
oh Giveling.
Cause and effect is an eternal principle.
Eternity itself is also an eternal principle. One
thing leads to another and there is no beginning
and no end. Therefore: whatever can be, either is
or will be. Evolution is also an eternal principle.
Whatever can improve, will. Therefore: either
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Corinthians Chapter 2
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of
the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet
he himself is judged of no man.
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Chapter 24:
Awareness of more
Self awareness is a clue of a Givelings existence,
and it is an undeniable thing, but ironically points
nowhere, but back to self. It would seem then that all
one can know is himself. It is the nature of the
Givelings to be selfish because of this undeniable fact,
but it is possible that one can see beyond himself by
extrapolation and by using tools of observation that are
certainly available to all of the Givelings on Seedland.
Abstract but nonetheless true principles can be
employed to become more aware of the bigger picture,
but it is unlikely because of the nature of Seedlings.
Givelings though, have been Given a chance to plan
ahead, to set goals, to project, to extrapolate, to look
forward to eternity. The following graph shows many
abstract things. One thing to keep in mind is that in the
universe of a mathematician as well as in the fictional
Seedland, the charity vector has no beginning or end.
The same is true with the time line. The only real
truncation is the triangle of known experience. A
Giveling can only know things beyond the known
experience triangle if he pushes away by taking a
chance, and trying and failing and looking outside his
self awareness Seed to become Gively, as Give
Himself has tried to show all the Givelings by the
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vision they see all around them coupled with the ways
of perception like extrapolation and analysis and
mathematics.
There is a piece of advice on Planet Earth to
help things along: Return good for evil. Actually it is in
positive alignment with the principle of evolution on
Seedland which states: For every action or cause, there
is an effect whose consequences are judged and
accepted or rejected and the result is either
improvement or annihilation. So, improvements always
triumph eventually.
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Chapter 25:
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Knowledge
To know something by experience or
acquaintance is most important, but some things
cannot be directly measured by the senses.
Truth, simply put is what exists in reality,
but to complicate the matter of knowing the truth,
what really is desired is understanding the truth
and how it relates to things. The understanding of
words is part of it, but words are not always useful
as understandable symbols of truth. Putting that
aside for now as a separate caveat, consider this
first:
The following picture shows that things can
be believed which are not true. It also shows that
there is truth which is not known and not even
believed. Propositions are shown to include things
which are not true and not known and not
necessarily even believed. This picture does not
demonstrate the whole paradigm. Give Himself is
not real. He is an imaginary being, but He has
features which may or may not resemble a being
who really exists.
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never
penetrates
an
unwilling
mind.
J. L. Borges.
Robert J. Ringer
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Chapter 26:
The Undeniable Truth
The standard that can be used to measure truth
can only contain undeniable evidence. The best
Givelings to make the judgment are actually the
ones who doubt everything. The Agiveist is one
who has no beliefs at all, but one who relies only
on reality itself, not even history, because history
is a story about what has happened. As many have
heard justice is blind, but truth is all eyes. Truth
itself is not a statement, but it is simply a proper
reflection of what actually exists. Words can paint
a picture which can well be in some cases a good
reflection of what actually exists. Those pictures
can be interpreted by the Eloh Stoga and can be
enhanced to make the picture clearer, but on the
other hand, Izhehtin can paint a picture to
camouflage the truth. There is a Seed in every
Giveling which can recognize truth when all
language is purified and when all vision is
clarified. The problem is that the language of the
Givelings has been confounded in many intricate
ways. If enemies agree, if the lamb lays down with
the lion, if all confess that The Giver is the one
who Gives; then truth is on the horizon or is even
in the foreground. Truth has characteristics that
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Chapter 27:
Another Chance
Most Givelings do not understand that
selfishness always has no positive outcome. The
Giver knows this and has taught that a Giveling
needs to Forgive 7! (7 factorial) or 5040.
There is a vast gradient of the intensity and
focus with the trait of Giveliness in the Famlia of
Addman. Some appear to be completely selfish by
other Givelings, but in fact are at a stage of
gathering experience or acquiring a bank of
unearned blessings so that they have something
from which to draw strength to be given to another
Seedling at a later time. A little baby obviously
thinks he is the center of the universe. He is shown
by his parents that he is just that, but he will learn
on his own and in his own time from The Eloh
Stoga the value of Giving. It is in opposition that
we are taught that we are important from the
beginning, but that in reality we are as
insignificant as a grain of sand. It is only when we
begin to understand that charity is what makes us
important. So, if it takes 10 years of experience for
one and it takes 70 years for another; so be it. Give
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Himself and the Giver and all the noble and great
ones have infinite patience. They know that
eventually if a Giveling is converted, he will be
rewarded forever with the Gift for Giving for his
positive attitude.
Give Himself cannot break his own laws or
rules. He cannot go against his discovered
principles or waiver from his invented plan. He is
not stubborn, but he cannot contradict himself; so
in order to allow his Givelings to successfully
regoal, he must send an advocate. That is why The
Giver is involved in the way that he is. The Giver
is not redundant or superfluous, but a necessary
entity in the process for the refining or the
Giveling into a condition of Givehood which will
ultimately occur on a transformed Seedland to be
renamed Giveland.
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Chapter 28:
Individualism vs. Unity
Opposition is necessary and intrinsic in
every facet of existence. Each feature of every
component in an assembly must be what it is and
must not mimic for the sake of unity. Many
Givelings make the mistake that fitting into a
famlia means to be simpatico with all, but this
yields an insipid result. The strongest result is to
be seen in the atom itself. Matter exists only
because the opposition of the electron and the
proton are in balance but oppose. So opposition
holds everything together. The concept that unity
is a trait that yields the best atmosphere for the
creation of things is a false one. This exposition
proves that the language on earth and on Seedland
is flawed or as it has been said, confounded. So
Gaston Whitsitt, oh Giveling. Dont give in to the
power of Izhehtin to confound you, but sense for
yourself your role in creation by doing the thing
that propels you to create.
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Chapter 29:
The End of the Beginning
There is an expression used on planet earth,
to go down with the ship. It is considered to be
noble to die for a cause; but when the ship is
destined to sink and the fruits of labor are
outwardly fruitless, one must look beyond the end
to an ethereal continuance in order for there to be
any value at all in any doings at all. Hope is only
the operative word if there is an eternal round in
every sense. Hope should spring eternal, but does
it?
When there is no hope, there is no ambition.
No energy can be exerted toward Giving or
creation or the meeting of goals or the fulfilling of
dreams by hard work.
The empirical evidence shows that false
hope is an oxymoron. All hope is what the seed of
reality is. Hope leads to action which leads to
creation.
The same way that DNA codes can
reproduce rebirth like a miracle, hope of various
intensities exists in the Seeds: intensities from
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Chapter 30:
From Symbolism to Reality
From ideas to actions, from seeds to fruition,
and from hope to creation. These are the steps to
eternal progression. The Givelings from planet
Seedland cannot ever transcend their state of
smallness unless they connect with Give Himself.
This is true because their arms cannot reach
around the planet, and their ears cannot fully hear
through the almost infinite vacuum between them
and the distant realm of Giveland; and their hearts
cannot pump nourishment except to their own
bodies.
Give Himself knows how impossible eternal
progression is even more than any Seedling or
Giveling. The Give Council made it clear to as
many as would listen on Seedland, that 4 isms
could facilitate the bridge to the infinite. Isms are
concepts that have no actual substance. They have
no life without actions to bring them to life and to
fruition. Isms are symbols of language which can
result in action, but if they do not, they are as
dross.
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2.
3. Beginnism is
4.
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Chapter 31:
No Time Limit?
According to many of the Seedland
philosophers, there is a time limit for the
Givelings to regoal, because there is an end to a
Givelings mortal existence on Seedland. We will
not disappoint the reader. Luap Selim, Seedlands
least recognized thinker, suggests that: Give
Himself and The Giver and The Eloh Stoga and
the Give council all have the kind of patience that
comes with millions of years of experience with
the evolution of things and the regoalance of
Givelings. They know it can take a very long time;
longer than impatient Givelings can understand.
But The Giver can sense whether a Giveling will
take hold of the truth of how the Giviverse
progresses. The Giver will Forgive a stubborn
Seed of a Giveling, but if the Giveling does not
take hold of Gively attitudes by the end of his
sojourn on Seedland, it is unlikely that he will ever
resound with charitable behavior. He will
probably strip himself of hope and will parish into
Tirachy. The Give Council does not play
percentages, so Selim says that conditions will
always be favorable for charity, forever.
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Chapter 32:
No Conclusion?
According to the Seedland philosophers, there is no
conclusion, because there is no end. Sorry to
disappoint the reader. Luap Selim, Seedlands least
recognized thinker, suggests that:
Our future is determined by our attitudes and
our doings. Even our mistakes will teach us if we pay
attention and take corrective action, but in The Lathe
of Heaven, a science fiction novel written by Ursula K
LeGuin on planet earth, there is a notion suggesting
that our dreams alone can change the future. There is a
strong thread of truth in the idea, because our dreams
can become motives and reflect attitude and they can
bring us to act. The crux of the difference between The
Lathe of Heaven and A Taste for Giving is that Give
Himself is motivated by giving and the process of
creation cannot be stopped. It is similar to the
mathematical concept of the absolute value. The
negative disappears as in this formula:
l-Xl =
X
Evil is simply the absence of good. Tirachy is
the bottomless pit. All Giving is positive. The force for
good is forever accelerating in all of the cosmos and
there is no conclusion except that things are endless
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Chapter 33:
Keys for Success?
Guidance toward any goal requires sensors
which can identify the proper direction and forces
and ingredients. It is a common problem that
Givelings have that they cannot sense exactly
what to do toward meeting their goals. The goal of
Give Himself is to provide a way for the Givelings
to become eternal beings dedicated as he is to
Giving so that an outward burst of creation can
shine with brilliance forever for them as well.
There is no way that Givelings can picture such a
vast and endless goal, so he provided keys which
can direct the attention of the Givelings to the
Gate to Giveland. The Givelings need permission
to enter this gate into the realm of Giveland
because Giveland cannot be corrupted by any
Tirachic attitudes or it will not sustain the Gively
countenance required for continuance. Give
Himself has evolved to a level of understanding
such that whatever presents itself can be turned in
the direction of Giving and cannot be stopped; but
newly converted Givelings must be protected from
negative influence as they enter Giveland. So it is
then, that Izhehtin is to be silenced for a necessary
period during which all Giveland dwellers can
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Chapter 34:
The Language of Give
On planet earth there is a book that refers to
what is called the confounding of the languages.
On Seedland there was not only an evolution of
life, but an evolution of language among the
Givelings just like what happened on planet earth.
Certain things cannot be communicated until there
is a point of reference or common ground or basis
for understanding. Languages evolve as a result of
matching observations with symbols. Until things
can be observed, they cannot be described or
named. The limited senses that Givelings have has
led to ambiguous communications. Give Himself
has a language that eventually can be granted to
the Givelings. Millions of years have passed since
the Give Council began the Goal of Give with the
plan for Seedland and other planets on Dromeda.
The extraordinary senses beyond the sight and
sound and touch and three dimensions is called the
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Chapter 35:
Were We always Like This?
Give Himself and his counselors noticed that
Seeds were all different in brightness and color
and polarity, so, as they calculated the way that
they would be born on Seedland, they had to
account for this. They knew, too that the Givelings
would not have the same experiences or features
to propel them to Givehood at any predictable
rate, but they all agreed that they could instill any
traits, rewards and features that would allow for
any missing links. The council noted that some
would not even know what the desire to know the
truth would have to do with happiness.
Give Himself in his infinite wisdom knows
that the seed of Givehood is in the inclination
toward unselfishness. But it is such a primitive
beginning to being able to create anything of real
substance that the Seed would die from
discouragement without a boost to propel him to a
state of happy usefulness which, ultimately is to
be on Giveland.
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Chapter 36:
The Allegorical Thesis
Eternal Things are memories, connections,
conclusions, and direction. Things are created or
discovered. Atoms and energy are the tools of the
Gives who are living physical beings. A few Seeds
became Forgives and then Givelings and finally
Gives themselves. All things over the span of
eternity will evolve for the good of all Seeds great
and small.
The Gift for Giving is unrecognizable by
those who cannot make the connection between
charity and life. Without charity, Tirachy or in
another word, death is the result. If the Givelings
would know that evil is the absence of good, then
they would see that all there is, is good. Then they
may graduate as Give Himself has done and they
may then be in line with Give Himself their
eternal Father in the Mobius Dance.
This picture of Seedland was intended to be
encouraging to the reader, but not toward any
particular theology. What does life mean to you?
Pondering what might be beyond our senses can
yield hope for an eternal existence for anyone who
hopes for and works toward something more than
what their physical senses have recorded. Write
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Chapter 37:
Doubt is Necessary
We are all prisoners of time here in this
reality that we call our physical life. The future is
never fully known in our mortal perspective, but
there are hints here and there that can allow us to
predict the future in some important but limited
ways.
During this life we can be quite accurate in
our predictions on a theoretical basis. If certain
measurable conditions are met, the outcome can
often be predicted quite well, but sometimes
accidents happen.
There is a saying that discourages us from
speculating or writing anything at all: Write what
you know. and there is one which encourages a
stab in the dark: Do not go where the path may
lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a
trail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Hope is the beginning of a stab in the dark
because if you knew the outcome of any endeavor,
it would not require any hope at all.
In order to create, the wonder about the
unknown and ability to recognize failure and the
ability to persevere are the motives for success.
Success is the progress toward any positive
direction which is called charity by the Givelings
of Seedland.
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The Destiny of
the Seeds
Chapter A
Looking Forward
Right after Edward died, he found
himself as if awakening from a long sleep.
He felt well rested. He didnt sense any
pain at all which was unusual for him
because he had been on Seedland almost
70 years. In his last years aches and pains
were almost always a distraction. He
remembered though, that when he was
young, he took for granted his youthful
energy and lack of pain, and he
remembered looking forward to a long life
and didnt think that one day he would
actually be done with his mortal life.
Now he noticed almost right away
that he couldnt really do anything
couldnt open his eyes, or stretch the way
he usually did after a long sleep. He wasnt
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Chapter B
Cause and Effect
The Steward asked, Edward, looking
back on your life, do you remember what
caused things to happen, and do you
remember the attitudes that stopped your
progress? If you had hope for your future,
you found a way to progress, so the hope
was useful. That hope was not tangible; but
it was a driving force the same way that
light is an energy that transfers to matter an
excitement that causes a change.
The Steward continued, On the other
hand, do you remember what caused things
to fail. Whenever you failed, you may have
known that it is inevitable that all corporeal
substance collapses over time, so no matter
what you accomplish, its physical part
cannot stay, but your attitude and hope can
last as long as you can hold it with your
spirit.
Whenever you cannot have a need
met, that need remains a motive for action
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believed in eternity.
Then the Steward actually asked a
question that for now was impossible to
answer by a mortal who had just lost his
body to death, Edward, how do you think
that things are created? Are the materials
gathered first? No! An idea comes to your
mind. Is there any substance to that idea?
No! All things are ideas first. No substance
at all. Smoke and mirrors? No! Some of
those guys on Seedland and on a planet
called Earth call that idea, the spirit, but a
lot of people dont believe in that sort of
thing. They think its bunk, but no, Edward,
if you have an idea, thats great, so go with
it now! But wait a second; you have no
body to implement your idea, but you will
eventually, if you fulfill certain criteria.
Many eons agone you were in the
same hopeless state, and so was I, your
Steward, but my Father millions of years
ago discovered a way to connect us to the
physical dimension. He met me and knew
from my demeanor of spirit that I had a
passion for sharing all of reality with you
and with everyone.
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Chapter C
The Tour of Eternal Perspective
When you lived on Seedland, you
were under the impression that destroying
evil is what clears the deck for creation, but
that is not the case. It is clear, but the evil
ones want you to think that we need to
destroy in order to create. The path toward
creation is not a confrontation with evil,
but an adventure away from it, not arguing
with its supporters, but moving in the
opposite direction demonstrating the
positive or if possible moving at right
angles maybe side stepping the effects of
the mischievous destroyer. The Steward
invited Edward to venture through a
quantum accounting.
Come along Edward, I will show
you. The Steward said again as he led him
on an odyssey that could only be done in
Edwards current state in which the
Steward had to be the eyes and ears for
Edward Everyman.
In this excursion, of course, time was
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Chapter D
Destruction is Easy
The Steward brought Edward to feel
the presence of one of the destroyers so
that he might sense the difference between
the plan of vengeance and the plan of
charity. It seemed unsafe to Edward and
that the philosophy of vengeance would be
contagious when the Steward brought him
to the spirit of vengeance whose name was
Abaddon. The Steward asked Abaddon,
What is your plan? Do you hope to create
a world that brings happiness to its
inhabitants?
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Chapter E
Point of View
One must believe in himself before he
can believe that his seed is capable of
interpreting correctly any answer to any
kind of prayer directed toward Give
Himself who is said to answer prayers from
givelings on Seedland. The voice that
Edward hears is his own seed translating
the truth expressed by the Eloh Stoga.
Edwards senses when he was on
Seedland
revealed things to his
consciousness from the outside in. As he
had experiences, he recorded them in his
mind so that he could use the information
as wisdom which could either be used for
self indulgent purposes or to help in
building someone elses character or his
own. Edward learned early on that he could
only give if he took first from things
around him. That which Edward obtained
from outside himself, he considered to be
ingredients that could be processed so that
eventually the product could be shared
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Chapter F
Caution
Edwards impression of caution has
been that the courageous proceed without
caution, but with boldness and the belief in
an outcome that is favorable. The Steward
explained that planning and studying is the
first and best part of beginning any project
of creation or service to anyone.
Edward remembered Twain, a man he
knew when they were both in their prime.
They both worked for a company in his
hometown Coreville, Kernel County,
Seedland. The name of the company was
Buds Farm Machinery Service. It was a
highly specialized company out in the
plains territory where all of the farming
was done on the planet.
Twain was the chief analyst and
routed all the repairs. Of course he was
outspoken at his job, but he never said
anything about his personal life. Edward
admired him because he was so good at
studying the incoming farm equipment
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Chapter G
Honesty
Edward had always believed in
honesty as a principle, but he never put
enough importance of actually being
honest with himself.
Right now during this quantum journey
as a seed after Seedland, he began to see
that he needed to know who he is before he
could become anything more. He said he
loved his children back on Seedland. He
tried to cover up his selfish attitude by
acting as if he was charitable by going
through the motions to please his wife so
that she would reciprocate and do things
for him. He actually hid from himself that
he was a natural man, but his wife actually
knew it all along that he didnt really care
about their children. She would always
take the lead in doing things like taking
family trips, or getting gifts for the
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Chapter H
Self Control
The opposite of restraint is freedom.
Freedom is a word revered by many as a
precious right and privilege, especially in
The Allied Territory on Seedland, in which
the founding principles that made it
possible for that country to flourish were
liberty and justice for all seedlings and
givelings who were citizens of that great
land.
The Steward said to Edward, Restrain
yourself to do what is right. If you would
like to hear it said another way: put
yourself in shackles and chains to protect
yourself from your own natural tendency to
be selfish. You will free yourself from your
selfish beginning and then may become
worthy for Givehood, a state in which you
can create endlessly for all whom you
touch.
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Chapter I
Justice
It all seemed to Edward like a game was
played in life on Seedland, and now this is
the tally or the scoreboard at the end of the
game, or maybe not the end of the game,
but a juncture to the next level. Justice has
been said to be a mean or balance between
selfishness and selflessness.
Edward felt entitled to a reward of some
kind because he thought he had fulfilled
certain requirements that he had read about
in the Giveliotheca, so, selfishly, he was
inclined to expect a stipend for his good
deeds. Feeling that way about what would
be a reward administered by The Steward
was even troubling to him, but he wanted
justice.
The Steward asked Edward, Who is
the centerpiece of justice? Is it you? Is it
me? Is it everyone else? Is it all relative,
which side should have the advantage, or
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Is it just
Chapter J
Prudence
Restraint is a word used to describe a
certain economy in behavior, but the
question arises: Why restrain yourself
when Expedience should dictate action
toward a goal?
The Steward wanted to teach Edward
about the virtue of prudence. In order to do
that, this is what he said before he took him
on the continuing Journey. Edward, if you
have no goal, you are motionless and dead;
so you must in order to remain alive, work
toward a positive goal which is creation
which is charity. Moving away from the
goal is counterproductive, but tempting
sometimes. The natural tendency is for a
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Chapter K
Courage
It didnt take courage for Edward to live
in the moment when livin was easy, but
when he lost his job working at Andrews
Hardware, he was forced to, either take
courage, and look hard for work at every
opportunity; or be content with begging for
money near the grocery store and
scrounging through the garbage can for
things like day-old bread or out of date
Twinkies.
He tried the easy route at first for a few
days, but he wised up. He knew that there
were no jobs out there for him because he
tried so hard to get the job that he just lost,
and of course he heard on the news like
everybody else, that jobs are scarce. He
remembered being told by his Father many
years earlier that he should stop at every
store in the mall, and ask if they needed
their windows washed or their floors swept
or dishes washed or stock organized, so he
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Chapter L
Faith
The Steward said, Many givelings on
Seedland say that all things are not
knowable. They say this because they
believe that the brain and the senses of
sight and sound and touch are all that they
have to allow them to experience a
confirmation that a principle, an idea, or
anything is true. Edward, you have none of
those things right now, but you can hear
me speak. What you have right now is
what you had before my Father and I gave
you your senses. You have yourself, which
is more profoundly important to you than
even your senses. You have the power to
know that you are and that I am, but it is by
your own will that you may know me or
that you may know yourself, or that you
may know my Father.
Believe it or not, Edward: my Father
and I over two billion years ago were in the
same state with no body and no senses, but
we had faith that somehow we could reach
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The internet:
3.
4.
The 3D printer:
5.
The transporter:
a way of producing
objects from information stored on a flash
drive.
fictional teleportation machine used in the Star
Trek universe. Transporters convert a person or
object into an energy pattern (a process called
dematerialization), then "beam" it to a target,
where it is reconverted into matter
(rematerialization).
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Chapter M
Hope
The Steward sensed this quantum
journey that Edward was traveling with
Him was not appreciated enough, so he
asked, Edward, what is it that you hope
for? I know that you would say that you
hope to know the truth, and that you want
to know what is going to happen now in
your realm; so, I can show you, but you
need to be specific. Your future is mostly
up to you. What do you want to believe;
what do you want to accomplish; what do
you want for others that you can bestow on
them by your efforts?
Edward gave pause to consider. He
finally said this. To be completely honest,
I want to be happy forever, plain and
simple.
The Steward said, Exactly, Edward.
My goal is the same. I have been trying to
teach you what you need to do in order to
be happy forever. I wonder if you can
fathom that here in this Universe, the one
that I call My Fathers Giviverse, that on
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Chapter N
Charity
The Steward was impressed to bring
Edward to two very different individuals
who were in the ethereal state. Rockefeller
Johns and Oliver Turner had completely
different perspectives, but they both had an
attitude to be considered.
Mr. Johns worked his whole life on
Seedland to accumulate wealth. Oliver
Turner was poor his whole life and was
exploited by his employer if he was
working and was just down and out if he
was not working. The Steward wanted to
introduce Edward to these two individuals
because the principle of charity was
actually more basic than sharing wealth
and more important than giving from an
excess.
The Steward introduced Edward to the
seed of Rockefeller who said as Edward
appeared, How are you now after your life
on Seedland is over; I learned a lot there
about how people often dont understand
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Chapter O
The Time on Seedland
The Steward asked Edward, Is it
possible that Seedland could be a better
place because you were there for 70 years?
What did all that time there do for you, and
what did it do for those around you? What
was gained what was learned what was
lost what was earned?
Somehow Edward could remember
everything that happened when he was on
Seedland, and now in contrast, nothing was
happening except retrospection. It was a
powerful lesson to learn that every event
had a consequence during the moments
that passed away on Seedland, but the
result of those events all became
completely nonphysical. So, every moment
seems as if it lasts forever, but on the other
hand, all things vanished from Edwards
physical senses.
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Chapter P
Looking Forward Again
Right after Edward finished his
interview and quantum journey with the
Steward, he found himself awakening from
a long sleep. He felt well rested. His whole
quantum journey was a dream, a good
dream which woke him up to the infinite
possibilities. He sensed a little pain
because he had been on Seedland almost
70 years. In his last years aches and pains
were almost always a distraction. He
remembered though, that when he was
young, he took for granted his youthful
energy and lack of pain, but now he was at
last committed totally to the plan that the
Steward reviewed with him. Now he knew
for sure that if he remained true and
faithful that he would someday be able to
be a part of an everlasting eternal
adventure.
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Chapter 38:
The Actual Conclusion
Mortality is a fact. Eventually, adversity
conquers the mortal body, and physical death is
the result. We humans are equipped with an ability
to perceive abstract features of reality, not just the
three dimensions and time; but the fifth element.
Maybe we even perceive spiritual features which
may be what holds reality so that it can exist
forever. When our minds carry us to a more full
understanding of things, we can see that many
things cannot end. We see patterns in nature that
must apply to the unseen universe of eternity. But
we usually learn that we are powerless to join an
eternal world physically, so we just hope that a
higher power can transform us to heaven or
whatever place that does not ever end. Some say
that we have made up God so that we can hope for
life eternal; but I say that we have discovered him
because of our ability to see eternity just by gazing
on such as the mobius band which does go on
forever.
I have found what has been discovered by
many lucky people. Joy can be tasted by any
giver. It is hard to give, because the senses are
attached to the giver. Communication is never
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Addendum 1
After each chapter of a Givelings sojourn on
Seedland, he may draw different conclusions
based on the evidence of his experience. What
becomes more frustrating is that he sees less and
less, the more experience he has because he
becomes more aware of his limitations; but he
goes on none the less so that he may feel as if he is
making progress in terms of his understanding of
things. On earth, humans stumble because they
think they are wise because of their experience,
but they had a profit who tried to explain to them
that the way to understanding was through simple
procedures that could enlighten and uplift the soul
forever. These procedures are: service and
thanksgiving. We humans and Givelings alike
should ask, Who do I serve and who do I thank?
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Addendum 2
Givelings do change by noticing the examples that
are set by others, when those examples are a
fitting analogy.
A candle that has three wicks immersed in
wax in a glass where the rim of the glass is above
the tops of the wicks will burn quite well. If one of
the wicks is blown out it cannot stay unlit for long.
It will reignite spontaneously as long as another
wick is burning and there is an ample supply of air
to fuel the flames. This analogy supports the
saying from the Bible:
Matt. 18: 20: For where two or three are
gathered together in my name, there am I in the
middle of them.
It is my hope that with careful matching and
fitting of analogies and experiences to the Gospel
taught by Jesus Christ, the puzzle will eventually
fit into a picture of the Masters Plan for
happiness.
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Addendum 3
The direction toward a positive goal is progress
even when there is no finite distance traveled. It is
hard to keep going, but it is easy to change
direction. The effort is in the doing of things, not
in the turning around, but ones direction is more
important than the distance traveled. If the
direction is changed, though, the progress is
stopped toward the original goal. The ideal is to
know in the beginning, what direction is the best,
but that is, of course, impossible.
Perspective is obtained by going the wrong
way and discovering that it is the wrong way by
observing consequences.
Addendum 4
Trying is the beginning of failure and the
beginning of success as well, so never give up.
Addendum 5
Evolve by striving. Failures teach and
successes propel to the next level. An eternal
round grows with charity.
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Addendum 6
The patriarch in the home often feels the
responsibility for the decisions that those in his
family make when they are the wrong ones for the
welfare of the individuals in his quiver. It grieves
him when his wisdom allows him to see the
mistakes that his family members make when they
do not listen to him, but mock him. He has to
remind himself that it is their decision that they
make without sufficient foresight to see the
consequences; but in time, a long time perhaps,
they will be able to move in the right direction. He
needs to be patient, perhaps beyond the grave in
order to enjoy his family completely. It is his
prayer that his posterity will bask in the Gift of
Giving. That is the hope, even though he himself
may fall short of the goal.
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Addendum 7
The goal of my brother Grant was to do as
little as possible. His life ended with an overdose
of cocaine in 1987 when he was 44. His wife
Margie died of cancer about a year before that.
Grant had an amazing 200 IQ, but he chose the
path of least resistance, the path of Tirachy. He
seemed to believe that when it is over, it is over,
and that it is pointless to create or to accomplish
anything because as has been said, Ashes to
ashes and dust to dust. Some say that we should
live to be entertained or to become important. I
want the hope for life eternal to be in the hearts of
my posterity, because nobody, in my mind can
ever be happy unless he can catch on to the idea
that charity is the way to eternal life. We must
know it by doing it, and that is the ultimate
conclusion of this book, but the main problem
after knowing the truth of the principle is knowing
how to apply it to every situation:
When someone is being stupid, should you
squash him when he mocks you for pointing it
out? Should you try to turn all his mistakes
around? Should you ignore him until he destroys
you or himself? When someone is being selfish,
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Addendum 8
The expression, Love overcomes defeat,
suggests that even when loved ones of the human
kind are defeated, there can be an uplifting aspect
of the relationship which cancels the negative
aspect of the defeat. Perhaps over a span of 50 to
100 years, this may not be observable. Maybe the
soul resurrected can repair defeat somehow.
Perhaps hope itself is the engine for progress and
for happiness and positive direction.
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Addendum 9
When I see the earth and its beauty and the
animals and plants in their variety and splendor, I
am at peace even when I see the so called defeat
of death and destruction that occurs in nature,
because I see the so called circle of life that is
replenished; but as a human, I see a wider gamut
of motive in me and my brothers. We are
sometimes self serving and at other times,
philanthropic. I also want to live on personally
whereas when I see nature, it is an impersonal
observation for me to see the circle of life. So is it
just wishful thinking for us to hope that we are
immortal?
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Addendum 10
Some religions believe that this life is a test
to see if we humans can endure the rigors of
eternal creation as if there will be a mantle placed
on the ones who pass that they may continue
forever in charity, but it seems to me that if one
catches on to the way things happen, according to
this book, he will automatically reap the reward of
his doings anyway without a necessary boost from
the creator. So, could any of us create even a
gnats whisker without the support from The
Creator? Maybe it should be included in the
puzzle where everything fits, an emphasis that we
humans are really less significant than we had
hoped. Maybe he is a pompous ass who thinks he
can do anything, ever, without support from the
greatest of all who pulls the strings and holds
everything together.
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Addendum 11
Here is an analogy of what I believe our
Heavenly Father has been up to for the past
several thousand years or so:
He has seen many seeds of almost infinite
variety in his immense purview, from those which
he saw could become plants and animals to those
which could become humans. He has had hope
that all those seeds could reach the full measure of
their potential. In other words, he loves them all:
He saw a bottle cap, and said, I will fashion
a physical housing for it so that it can become a
useful way to seal a bottle. He saw a series of
components which could potentially become a
hand held calculator, and said, I will fashion a
physical housing for it so that it can be useful in
helping humans calculate their doings. He said
that he knew that the bottle cap could never be a
calculator and that the calculator could never seal
a bottle.
It requires humility for a calculator to admit
that he could never seal a bottle like a simple
bottle cap. To interpret what is meant by, You
will inherit all that my Father has. As said by
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Addendum 12
It seems that many people dont know what
they are doing, but they hope that the pie in the
sky will come upon them with rapture anyway.
Are they just wishful thinkers whose hope is really
a complete falsehood? Why cannot we see enough
for us to know the direction to travel for a positive
trip into what would be the real heaven? Maybe
we can see through a glass darkly by an allegory
constructed by a mere mortal who has stretched
his beam of understanding by doing things
suggested in the age old scriptures supposedly sent
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Addendum 13
It just may be true that as we do what the
Master suggests, we can just appreciate more what
he has done, and that in and of itself is the
complete embodiment of heaven; and that is why
humility is the first and last component of our
makeup that will allow us to be happy. We will be
eternally grateful for our talents, borrowed from
Him. Many are blessed without doing anything at
all to earn the pleasure of having talent that can be
appreciated by others, but some are without any
glorious abilities or talents at all. There is great
pity for them, but as they are humble, that in and
of itself is their joy, so for this life I believe that
the 4H slogan is important to accept. Humility,
Hopefulness, Helpfulness and Happiness are in
order and the most important traits for all
Givelings and humans alike. It is my prayer that
we can all accept that most important concept now
while we are alive here on this beautiful earth.
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Addendum 14
It is your decision what is important and
what you will do next. Change is an essential part
of progress and creation. You decide what the next
step is, or you are only a puppet. There are
stepping stones in place only up to a point where
there are no more until you place them for your
footing and direction. If you do not put them down
as you decide what to do next, you will either fall
forward into reckless oblivion or backward with
retrogress or stop dead in your tracks.
Addendum 15
There is a great deal of symbolism in Jesus
Christs carrying his cross to the hill at which he
was crucified. It seems that, if he is the son of an
all powerful god, that if he had to die for us, he, at
least could get his disciples to carry it for him. I
think Jesus was teaching us, not only that we
should accept our mortality as the inevitable, but
by his carrying his own cross, he was showing that
working hard toward putting away the things of
the flesh was a positive effort toward the next
level of the existence of his soul which would
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Addendum 16
Many humans are skeptical about the idea
that truth encompasses both sides of an argument.
If people are dogmatic, I believe they are wrong.
Some would say that an open minded person talks
out of both sides of his mouth. Well the mouth
has both sides. Be at peace, and accept that
opposition is an essential part of everything, every
idea, and every experience everywhere except in
hell.
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Addendum 17
The most challenging part of trying to have
a wide enough perspective to be selfless in this
physical life is denying self satisfaction from the
pleasures of life. It often seems unavoidable to be
motivated by what seems to be comfortable or
pleasurable in some way. This is true because our
senses, our physical senses, are attached to our
bodies and we are alone in our perception of such
senses that seem to satisfy. We learn over time,
though, that these senses fail to be a record of our
doings after all. We should learn this then and
deny ourselves in order to better see the bigger
picture which can include everyone but our own
self awareness seed.
If there is a loving god who has put us all
here on this earth, he must have done it because he
has mastered the ability to deny any self
aggrandizement by leaving us alone here without
much evidence of him. He has not done it for
himself, but for us who do not deserve to be here
anyway. Our God, then, would be the ultimate
example of how to be.
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Addendum 18
Many events that occur on this earth are full
of contradictions. That is par for the course,
considering that there is opposition everywhere
according to the theme of this book. In spite of all
the hate and evil and injustice and unfairness that
apparently taints the value of Gods creation here;
light always, eventually triumphs. I believe that
we humans are encased and inhibited by time. The
adverb couplet, always, eventually, applies only
to us mortals, so we are frustrated and do not see
justice satisfied in mortality. Well we will see,
eventually and then feel at ease that God really
does take care of things, or really just watches the
inevitable cause and effect of all things, which is
the ultimate justice.
Addendum 19
What seems to be a paradox is that God
actually is said to love all of his children even
though we are not really good enough to be valued
as we are. Maybe He does something like holding
up a lump of coal while He says, This may
become a diamond with the proper forces applied
to it. We will see.
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Addendum 20
Are justice and freedom both essential in the
cause and effect universe? Swiftness is seen by us
humans as a necessary part of justice, but perhaps
effects do not materialize on the term short enough
to satisfy what we as humans call vengeance.
When one commits an obviously evil act such as
murdering an innocent little child, we say that he
should be put to death for his heinous act. On the
long term of a million years, the perpetrator will
punish himself and the victim may live again if
life after death is actually a reality. If the victim
lives again, then maybe there was no crime
anyway against the little one, but only against the
perpetrator by himself.
So, we are free to do the wrong thing, but
the consequence is our own doing in the long run.
We should be free to damn ourselves by our
misdeeds or to be uplifted for the positive things
that we have done. If we are not free, we would
deserve no reward at all for doing something that
is positive.
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Addendum 21
Whenever you fail, remember that it is
inevitable that all corporeal substance collapses
over time, so no matter what you accomplish, its
physical part cannot stay, but your attitude and
hope can last as long as you can hold it with your
spirit.
Whenever you cannot have a need met, that
need remains a motive for action toward reaching
another goal maybe even higher.
Whenever you lack understanding or insight,
that void can give rise to a greater perspective
when you are open to it.
Whenever you realize that the end of the
road is inevitable, another road can appear in your
imagination. The end of the rainbow is often seen
in a vision, but it is always ahead of you.
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Addendum 22
My understanding of charity has evolved. In the
beginning, when I first learned about the concept, I was
caught up in the need to give something up for the
greater good, but it was often pretence because my
senses are attached to my body which receives no
direct satisfaction from giving. Eventually after
considerable practice, vicarious sensing by my soul of
the feelings that the one receiving feels; the senses are
expanded. Empathy takes over as I widen my
perspective to include more and more real individuals
with real trials and real frustrations belonging to those
around me. The pretending to care, in itself does not
transform me to a godly state, so a gift from God
himself is necessary for that ultimate joy which should
be felt by godly giving. I hope for and expect to be
given the gift from the Master Altruist. My potential is
and will never be as great as his, but I believe that if he
truly is that Master, he can create a way by which I can
enjoy doing charity.
We have been told that charity never faileth. If
that is true, that would mean that if any endeavor fails;
it is not charity. In the short term, many things appear
to be failure, but perhaps with an incessant follow
through, positive directives do not fail.
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Glossary of terms:
Agiveist: One who believes that Give
Himself is not a reality.
Beginnism: the belief that starting over is
paramount, not just every year or even every
week, but every moment. This is not only
possible, but necessary in order to have a true
direction toward the awesome eternal adventure.
The Eloh Stoga: The one who asked to be
an influence on the Givelings on the ethereal level
while on Seedland.
Final Condition: A misnomer to describe
the end of a chapter in the eternal round, implying
that we can always move forward forever, but true
natures and true potentials are identified at this
final condition, and cannot be changed.
Forgives: Seeds with a longing to serve
others
The Giveforce: Difficult to define, but it is
a force of caring. It is a force for happiness from
knowing the value of building, creating, striving
for excellence, beauty and order. Giving is
enhanced Charity. It is charity with a Final
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