Theosophy 1: Harmony

By Ken Carter

I have watched and followed religion all my life and a summary will never happen it seems. My efforts have both opened and closed doors in light and darkness and fortunately the light never goes away. Once a lesson or point is understood it serves as a beacon during the worst times. When I decided to accept Gods words as truth and tried living them, His commandments became easier and troubles are now few and understood.

The doctrines of men that Jesus Christ refused stand in the way of our getting to know God on a more personalized experience. God created men and awe with reverence is expected but what we have are just various forms of religion. Most fade away as time passes. Jesus was taught from the Torah. The laws and the prophets was his mainstay but he declared a change had to take place.

Many modern religions no longer accept what is known as the old Testament while the new Testament plainly states that "All scripture is inspired by God and beneficial". It is the work of men that demands decision about religion. Its the reason I love the idea of tolerance. It is necessary to make way for tearing down walls that divide us and at the same time it urges us not to be misled by false prophets and teachings. I went through turmoil and stress while writing this book as spirits both of light and the dark bared reasons and insight. True students of bible may find themselves listening while people who just listen may get offended.

In all our dealings with God and men, there are differences due to upbringing and cognitive natures. Most of what we know and understand has been handed down and accepted without question or search. This book offers a reminder that we should examine what we are told closely, since pure worship is needed if everlasting life is the goal. Upon finding out what is truth or not, it is our duty as people to find the acceptable way that constitutes pure worship. They can't all be right with God and he does hold us responsible, plus we will be held accountable. Like the laws of the lands, ignorance has no place. Its a fact. God does have rules.

Gods Holy Spirit decides what is revealed, gained, or destroyed throughout all the times of our experience and existence. Minds can be opened and closed, depending on his purposes. He may use any of his creations as he chooses to complete any task or goal.

I prayed and asked him to let me serve him. It has not stopped. You may be surprised if you knew the changes that I have been through since I started working. Life's problems do not go away but they are much easier to understand and manage because answers and solutions are normally used to conquer in the physical world and space we occupy. Nothing happens right or wrong without us making steps in those directions while taking Gods warnings and words seriously. Isaiah 45:7 tells us this.

The spiritual sense and form we hope for has made confusion a master of men. Jesus is the closest example for Christians and all the other religions of the world have their own. Righteousness, I think, is what God looks for in a person. You should know that obedience leads the way to it. Thank you for reading.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 11, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514483435

Ken Carter

It takes many words to cover the various trials and times a person may go through in life. I think it's a very difficult task. We can forget and remember at the same time. I was born in Greenville, South Carolina, to Reverend Franklin E. and Vivian Elnora Carter on the east side of the city in a neighborhood called Fieldcrest Village. Five sisters and two brothers were here already. It was later named Jesse Jackson townhomes. I grew up around many preachers and teachers. I attended several elementary schools and high schools, finally graduating from J. L. Mann High. I went into the army during the Vietnam War but did stateside service. From that back to Greenville, where I went to Greenville Technical college. There is where my interest in writing began. During all that time religion, history and the sciences always kept me wanting to find out the truth about what I claimed I believed. Raw beliefs could never satisfy me. I studied, listened and tried my best to gather all the knowledge I could about God life and living. I found that not any could be mastered, only practiced. By way of books, street life and religion, here I am, relaying what I found out about this world and the systems of worship, for a being I couldn't see but was trying hard to understand. Most of the time, it’s what you make it out to be. The majority of the time, depending your relationship with God, it’s how he wants it. So I always remember to thank him. That's how I got this far in life.

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Contents

Introduction

1.   The Book of Theosophy

2.   Finding the Truth

3.   The Other Side

4.   The Game I Know

5.   A Matter of Choices

6.   Unwilling to Explore

7.   Culmination

8.   Offerings of Obedience

9.   Nine Hundred and Thirty Years

10.   Introspection

11.   Godly Relations

12.   Beautiful Gemstones

13.   The Lost Child; Life and Living

14.   When We Do Not Listen

15.   Love Thy Neighbors

16.   The Author of Relative Truth

17.   I Call Her Mother

Dedication;

To all people interested in a harmonic relationship with our creator.

In memory of family and friends whom have departed this life.

Introduction

Before I knew his name, I simply called him God. That was when I didn’t know that the word God was just a title because Satan is a god too. The big G to me is the good God. The big G is the first and the last. The little g or gods can pertain to a person as well. Yes, a man can call himself a god but not The God. No other, God or graven image before me. There are a lot of names for God and the gods. We separate them sometimes by their names. If you said the word God to me and since I’m calling myself a Christian, and claiming to be a Christian or a follower of Christ Jesus, I’m thinking of the Hebrew God in the bible. It has been erased from most of the scriptures except for in Psalms, where it has no choice but to be mentioned or spoken. They could not get around it in the book of Psalm 83:18. A lot of so called Christians still refuse to use Jehovah’s name. They will call his son God first.

Most people hate this name or do not really know what it means or understand it. In most dictionaries it is described as the Hebrew God, meaning creator or causes to become. That is what a creator does; he causes things to happen at will. If everything conceivable by us, and was created by us, then we would be gods. Who made the earth? Who created life, trees, water, flesh and all we know that was designed, especially for the conveyance and convenience of the living creatures on this planet? If you took anything apart on this planet you will find it was put together cell by cell and in different combinations to give us variety. The element chart shows that some molecules are used over and over again. Hydrogen is one of the main ingredients. It is too bad most of us do not know what light and dark consist of, when spiritual matters are concerned.

God, according to his word, reveals what he wants when he wants. I have seen so many people who thought they knew something, absolutely, and someone comes behind them, adds or completely dispel what they thought, making them look foolish. It may turn out to be simpler than what they thought. One of Gods traits is to make fools of non-believers; so those who know and love him and his name will see him more clearly. It really is a shame that he has to stay busy proving who he is all the time. He lives in a different realm where he can see in, but we can’t see out. We are like an ant farm. You have to provide for them. Our jobs as caretakers are serious ones. God expects for us to maintain this planet. We are expected to protect all lesser creatures, and make sure their struggle to survive is not hampered by us. We should not destroy other species. We have the power to completely ruin any we choose, but there is always a price for it. If we disrupt any eco-system it will have a reflection on us well. This goes for plants, animals, as well as elements that are vital to our ultimate survival. ‘Bring to ruin those ruining the earth’, would mean you have been singled out and punished for the destruction of public property. Men are not allowed to totally destroy what God has done here. It is his and his only to demolish.

Whatever God’s purposes are or whatever he intends for life on this planet will happen and no other god or man can change this. We are conscience elements of a Supreme Being’s will and anything that is conceivable could happen. There are about six billion people here and six billion ways to think on any subject. Our thoughts are like the roads on a map or the branches that extend from a tree. Our life and thoughts can take us in any direction God may think is necessary. If you however choose to know and understand our creator, you have chosen a different direction from most people on this earth. The best part of this is you have chosen a path and road in life that offers a more complete understanding of who made us and all we know. There is so much a person could learn about God or gods, our planet and this universe, that it would take literally billions or trillions of years to learn. I’ll have to eliminate a word or number for time, when talking about God because time can be considered as another one of his creations also. The way to know this is he can see the future, direct it and he has a clear recollection of everything in the past. He can move in and around it at will. Eternal is like an element word that may connect all other words that has anything to do with time. Could or do you think you could die and come back at a B.C. date or in the year 5050 or any time he may choose? Can you perceive this or do I stand alone in the way I understand God and his powers of being able to do all conceivable things known to man and time?

Do not be misled, God is real. He lives and wants to be known by all. What can any man conceive that a being with infinite power cannot do? You should understand this if you ever thought that with God, all things are possible. This is what I believe. I also believe that I have been instructed and commanded to tell what I know or understand about God. As it is his desire for all the people on this planet to know him, it is also mine.

He must know this about me too.

1

The Book of Theosophy

I wrote a book called Theosophy. The idea came like an inspirational storm of some kind. I started writing in the second week of June 2010. I stopped in the first week of April 2011. The flow was light and constant at first but it quickened and deepened with time. I really didn’t know what was happening to me, but by the time I thought I was finished, it had given me somewhat of an adverted affect, as to how I ought to feel about the religious aspects of me and life itself. It led to heartfelt notions about God and Christ. It gave me a sense of belonging and wanting to be part of what they seemed to want the people of this earth to know and understand. It gave me courage insight as to what a person should know about the relationship between God and man.

I had been so desperate to find purpose in my life and darkness and confusion was all I could ever get out of it until one day I prayed with all the feeling my soul could reveal at that moment. I was serious. My prayer was very sincere and in honesty and truthfulness. It gave me a feeling of renewed strength; I had never felt before then or ever in life. It was as if for the first time, God heard exactly what I said and I felt that things would change in my life and they really did. I don’t remember if I went back to sleep or not.

It was that morning or the next early morning around three or four. In the center of all I knew and wanted to understand, something told me to get a pen and paper and write. By the lamp in my living room I started to write down the things I knew about life, the earth, God and man. At first, I could only say they were observations, but as time went by, they became articles, then sermons. I did not know what was going on with me, but most of the time I would write and read what