🌴 Inspired words …are that which reach the soul and engulf the spirit as a beautiful thought. Home is where the mind can rest…and the spirit can soar! My thoughts move with the proverbial wind. (Mattered and scattered comes to mind.) When I was young, words were boring. I would “read” books by studying the… Continue reading Contents
Month: September 2024
Life
An artist’s blind path. 1969 was the year I would have graduated high school but had different ideas. Over the years I’ve had a number of favorite music artists. Many reaching the depths of my soul and lifting me out. The Moody Blues captured it the longest with this song. Celebrate with me this beautiful song I… Continue reading Life
God Package
I was introduced to Christianity at an early age. I was a typical wacky kid with a wild imagination. While I was growing up, I maintained God’s image from the seed in my little child’s brain as a beautiful, older than anybody, white haired, white robed, bearded, distant, brightly glowing super Man with a tall staff… Continue reading God Package
Feeling
I thought I would write about God. I’m always writing about myself, so it’s high time I wrote about someone else. But I have to write about God from my own perspective. So I reckon I can’t get away from that. I have never seen God unless you count what I can see of the… Continue reading Feeling
Unique
If you’ve aged, you’re physically not the same person that you started with… A long time ago, I read a science magazine article that claimed every cell in our body is replaced about three times in a lifetime. And everyone changes their mind at least a “little bit” over the course of living. But our… Continue reading Unique
The Road
Decisions, decisions, decisions… life is full of them. “The Road”inspiration comes from motorcycle touring adventure in the southern Appalachian Mountains. There decisions unfold with the mountain curves and breezes. Riding airs out the soul leaving serenity in place of stress. Mountain roads and views put everything in proper perspective. Problems tend to loose their weight,… Continue reading The Road
Heaven
“He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.” Job 9:8 NIV God doesn’t reveal how we will appear physically in Heaven. Jesus wasn’t easily recognized by His friend Mary Magdalene or His followers after the resurrection. God does not reveal EVERYTHING to us at once. Sometimes he waits a lifetime. Some of us need… Continue reading Heaven
StarShip
God meant for us to be observant. He loves attention. The above image features our natural starship nestled in its familiar orbit. Which, according to Wiki, is leading our solar system at a speed of close to 500,000 miles per hour around the Milky Way center. Which is heading at roughly 300,000 mph towards merging with… Continue reading StarShip
God
God wants a personal relationship with each one of us. Private and personal because we each have a unique mind and spirit. But we also have the potential to be of the same heart. Whatever feeling we get when we contemplate God stems from our own personal collection of experiences. No one else but us… Continue reading God
Jesus
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for [some] evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it… Continue reading Jesus
Matter of Color
James was the half brother of Jesus Christ. Of all the Bible authors, he may have had the most intimate mortal relationship with Jesus. I think we learn from James what it was like growing up with Christ. “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to… Continue reading Matter of Color
Inside❤️Out
Ed’s Website is meant to help all of us interested in mental healing. I hope to be remembered as someone who got God’s message and passed it on. 💙 I have self esteem and delusional issues. Inferiority feelings go back to my childhood. At first light, I thought I was perfect. Then later on came… Continue reading Inside❤️Out
Simply Put
The world could use a little Prozac. Especially the people that are hooked on always watching the mainstream news. It’s unhealthy mental digestion to constantly eat up the negative headlines. A better diet consists of more interaction with family and friends in a fun way. If your family reminds you of mainstream news, then perhaps… Continue reading Simply Put
Mental Health
When I was growing up in the 50’s and 60’s we hid our mental illnesses. It was something to be ashamed of. We haven’t changed much. Now we just have a greater population of the mentally unstable. So it makes the headlines more often. In my layman’s opinion, mental illness is a physical brain disorder and… Continue reading Mental Health
Satan
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 NIV Satan is the great divider. The more we resist life’s evil temptations and make ourselves aware of Satan and his evil ways, the weaker his influence on us. Satan wants us… Continue reading Satan
Overcoming
I think humanity’s worst enemy is moral division. The Devil doesn’t like it when we’re kind to each other. He throws fear, jealousy, envy, pride, egotism, narcissism, paranoia, apathy, discontent, worry, inferiority, superiority, and especially greed at us. And everything else he’s got to combat kindness. Satan is a master of moral division. That’s how he operates.… Continue reading Overcoming
Help
A librarian’s life is a humble life and all about helping others. So should ours be. But it seems the Devil is taking over these days. Trying to pummel the humble helpers into the ground. It has always seemed to me that the Devil is in need of restraint. Today’s counter culture activity is just… Continue reading Help
Works in Progress
The Bible teaches us that we should not expect to be perfect, but we can improve and we can love! There are three essential requirements for living a healthy spiritual life; love God, love others and love yourself. see Matthew 22:37-40 1. Loving God Loving God is easy, especially when we try and take in all of Creation.… Continue reading Works in Progress
Dear Audience
Occasionally, we’re faced with challenges that help us grow a more stable, stronger sense of self and spirit. My assertion that the Bible is not entirely perfect is blasphemous to some. I think we’d been confused by a scheming Devil preying on our somewhat narcissistic (self focused) nature… “glory to men”. Bible referencing and God worshipping appears… Continue reading Dear Audience
God Speak
High hopes… Sometimes, I can “hear” God more distinctly in my mind. He has to correct me a lot. Because I tend to make a lot of mistakes. I’m a stubborn human. Sometimes it takes me a while to write God’s message. I’m possessed of a busy disordered brain. Lots going on in there at… Continue reading God Speak
Moonstruck
if the moon were to speakwould it not be humbling… all our howling rebounding… Out of the primordial storm into the postmodern light, some romance the moon with loving eyes and inquisitive feet… but not Ann. 😉 The rest of us collectively know a little something of what it’s like to leave footprints on the… Continue reading Moonstruck
Love ❤️
…is God’s message I like to imagine myself as a today’s “Elihu”. He was a commonologist. We are one human race made up of billions of INDIVIDUALS. We each have unique thoughts, so having different detail beliefs about God is expected. If we think rationally about one another’s cultural inheritance and respect that we each… Continue reading Love ❤️
Friends
Friends happen when you make them. God’s church is within each one of us. Whenever we gather in spiritual love… we’ve built a church. We’re always in church. We’re never outside the love of a spiritual church. A physical structure simply provides shelter. We’re in church when with a friend. We’re in God’s presence when we’re… Continue reading Friends
Minds
Maybe you want the world to be a better place. You could write down your thoughts for what you think would make a difference. Even if you help just one person with your efforts, you will have made positive progress. Especially if that one person is yourself. Jesus Christ spoke in parables. He told us… Continue reading Minds
Blueprint 💙
Worship Herein, is an approach to worshiping God. I’m not a prophet or clergy, I’m a commonologist with no credentials other than I love God… same as a lot of other folks. The best way to worship and serve God…is to do what you love. We honor our Father when we love. I grew up… Continue reading Blueprint 💙
Nested 😇
A new path… My wife and I discovered a bird nest in our fern hanging basket next to the front porch swing. Susan had noticed that the fern leaves were in disarray and wanted to straighten them out. So I grabbed the basket and handed it to her. We soon got an earful from a… Continue reading Nested 😇
Off Grid
An old/new perspective “Off grid” is a term indicating non conforming. It’s used for example, to describe a CAD datapoint that’s outside the established computer design coordinate system. It’s also used to categorize people who live in the wilderness independent from mainstream society. In Words, I write a bit about my spiritual thinking. My thoughts… Continue reading Off Grid
Dust
M42 Image from Cloudbait Observatory Many believe that we were created from star stuff. And that stars were born from the very hot and super compressed matter creation event science calls the Big Bang theory. Many believe that the Big Bang was caused by God. And that everything that’s been created since the beginning, is… Continue reading Dust
Web Friends
I’m blessed with a beautiful audience. Thank you for gracing my website. We share a spiritual connection through the ether. I’m overwhelmed by the kindness and humor found in Sean’s blog. Sean and his commenters have taught me that it’s possible to love others and them love you back even over the metaphysical aspect of… Continue reading Web Friends
Sean of the South
Truth is the MOST important ingredient of Ed’s Art Net… Heck, the whole Universe! I don’t struggle with truth but I struggle with fluid and uncluttered thinking, especially when writing. It’s a gene thing but it’s okay! I think that I’m getting better at writing and I’m feeling better mentally these days. Probably because I… Continue reading Sean of the South
Angel
I believe God’s got interactive helpers. There’s been numerous times when I felt that I have an angel looking out for me. Three stand out. 1. I was with my two young friends, Stanley and Butch. We were “swimming” in Lake Allatoona. My swim skills were limited to getting wet, so we were standing neck… Continue reading Angel
Growing Up
I was born in the same year that the original sci-fi movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” was released. Being bipolar disordered, this knowledge triggered mild temporary delusional mania in my grand little illusionary brain… It’s soon squelched after a quick smile. This website effectively documents a child’s unanswered prayer.I walk under God’s wing.… Continue reading Growing Up
Bipolar
I’m like the 9 year old in your family that wants to gain your interest by banging his own little wacky doodle head with a soft plastic toy bowling pin.🤪 My grandparents made an 8mm movie reel of me doing just that. I’ve known for a very long time that my “attic” is full of… Continue reading Bipolar
Suicide
Suicide is the mental equivalent of a terminal physical disease. It’s not a willful act to “commit” suicide. “Commit suicide” is a misnomer because it indicates that the victim was in control. At that emotionally extreme point, the victim is not in control. The illness is in control. Suicide is the triumph of a disease… Continue reading Suicide
“AllSpark”
Harmony When I was young, creating art and music was all consuming. I painted on my bedroom walls, ceiling and anything else that was handy. I played my second hand black Harmony 1950s model semi hollow body electric guitar every available moment. Music and art flowed from me like rain off the Appalachian Mountains! As… Continue reading “AllSpark”
Audience
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 NIV God has a plan. He loves us all. His plan is proof… His good and perfect plan! He spells His plan out for us many times over. His messaging is broadcast multiple times throughout Scripture and Nature. Sometimes we miss… Continue reading Audience
Death
As far as I know, nothing is as inevitably constant as death. We cannot bank with any assurance on any of “life’s” adventures. Most often we haven’t a clue what’s around the next corner. We frequently wing it when it comes right down to it. Discovery is inspiration for the wandering soul. Not so with… Continue reading Death
The Twig
Is God real? At first, God doesn’t speak or show Himself in a clear and precise way so we have to figure out on our own whether He is real. We figure this out from living and thinking about what it means to be alive. And studying the natural world. If we’re enlighteningly fortunate, we… Continue reading The Twig
Life Choice
There’s something incredible about life Since the first humans were formed, we have been propagated from a mix of the male and female. A brand new human life starts inside the mother as soon as her fertilized egg begins to multiply cells. We learn this at a very early age. Life is hard Our western… Continue reading Life Choice
The Plow
“When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil? When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field? His God instructs him… Continue reading The Plow
Guns
Why are some folks empowering criminals? That’s irrational. Criminals are dangerous and destructive. Social misfits. Doesn’t everyone know that? They do evil things to others. Criminals hurt others. Many criminals cannot be rehabilitated and giving them freedom from deterrents gives them more power to do evil. Why do I feel the need to spell out… Continue reading Guns
Why on Earth
if the moon were to speak would it not be humbling… all our howlingrebounding… For the benefit of anyone who would like an explanation, the above poem suggests what we might collectively feel like when an advanced intelligence physically visits our mostly self focused little “pale blue dot” of a planet. They could be from… Continue reading Why on Earth
OuterSpace
Have you ever gazed into a clear atmosphere nighttime star filled sky? It’s quite a humbling experience. Not unlike the self awareness that life breathes into us. You may have to study the naked-eye depth of the heavens for just a bit to gain its full affect. So many stars. So far away. Unreachable by… Continue reading OuterSpace
Memories
Memories are made up of what we don’t forget! That’s a basic simple truth. And if your past the age of twelve you understand what I mean. Love begets love… another basic simple truth. The best thing about growing up is the fond memories. The worse thing is the arthritis. One of my favorite memories… Continue reading Memories
Birds
work, sing and playlike the songbird greets the sunwith thanks for a new dayand grace from an old one I’ve mentioned that I have a knack for the obvious. So this post is not going to surprise you. Of all the creatures I’ve personally encountered, birds are the most spiritually inspiring. First off, they personify… Continue reading Birds
Perfect
Jesus, in speaking about children, told us that the kingdom of heaven is meant for “such as these”… Maybe because kids are too young to keep themselves out of Heaven. I take it to mean we don’t need to worry about their soul. God has them covered. <<<<<<>>>>>> When I was a child I thought… Continue reading Perfect
Connections
Like an electronic circuit board, Ed’s Website is full of connections. Lots of links from this to that then back to the other thing. It’s enough to make you dizzy and a qualify as a global health hazard. You may not see how anyone can tolerate so much connectivity for any length of time. But… Continue reading Connections
Knowing
What do we know? For one, we know that people love to know things. People love knowing things so much that sometimes they will PRETEND to know something that they virtually know nothing about. Unfortunately, pretending to know something that we know nothing about leads to even more people unknowingly not knowing what they think… Continue reading Knowing
Crisis
I don’t watch the news much, but I watched a popular news channel show yesterday evening. There were some noticeably disturbing messages. Paraphrasing… ”We are on the verge of global nuclear war. Our USA government is lying to us. Some people believe that cheating and lying is okay. Men are in the process of losing their… Continue reading Crisis
Culture Twists
BEHAVIOR I – I’m not always “here” in the true sense of the word “here”, but I’m always some “where” due to the restrictive nature of physical laws. However, at some point, I may be forever anywhere at anytime due to the nonrestrictive nature of spiritual laws. (Learned the spiritual part from my religion studies and the physical… Continue reading Culture Twists
Cosmic Twists
SPACESHIP I – We sail on a ship without sails courtesy of the Big Bang and are collectively perpetuated through space by cosmic forces beyond our control… Thank God!… I can’t even control my cat… Can you imagine if Earth had a “steering wheel” where we would wind up! VANTAGE POINT I – If civilization had first developed in the southern hemisphere… Continue reading Cosmic Twists
Well Spaced
Sometimes I think I would make a good spaceman… I enjoy being alone as much as being with others because I have my Art brain. The Internet is well ‘space’ suited for “alone” remote audience commonology oriented work like Ed’s Website. Because the Internet is crowdless. Nobody physically goes there. The world wide web exists only within the electronic ether. … Continue reading Well Spaced
Water
I learned a long time ago that water is what causes babies. It explains a lot, because there’s lots of water most places on the planet. Ergo there’s more babies and “grown up” babies than you can shake a stick at. I think shaking a stick wouldn’t hold up because either the stick would break… Continue reading Water
Fleas
If you love your pets, you hate fleas. I sometimes wonder what the good purpose is for fleas. Mosquitoes fall into a similar perplexity. Why did God create fleas? Maybe it was to provide a livelihood for the good people that fight them… The chemist, the exterminator and the retail clerks that sell flea treatments.… Continue reading Fleas
Mosquitoes
The Bible tells me that I will make it to Heaven. I look forward to that! There’s a ton of things that I would miss from this world but there are a few things that I wouldn’t miss… Mosquitoes for example. I won’t miss mosquitoes. In fact, I expect Heaven to be void of mosquitoes.… Continue reading Mosquitoes
Beyond
When I was very young, I wanted to be an artist. I loved drawing and painting. I did finally become a professional artist and eventually became interested in animation. I have lots of story ideas. This is one of them. The opening scene is a sunny day at Rodin’s, “The Thinker”. The camera focus begins… Continue reading Beyond
Here
I’m not always “here” in the true sense of the word “here”, but I’m always some “where” due to the restrictive nature of physical laws. However, at some point, I may be forever anywhere at anytime due to the nonrestrictive nature of spiritual laws. (Learned the spiritual part from my religion studies and the physical part from… Continue reading Here
Life Support
Rotate Rationally The End is just as real as the Beginning. SUNDAY AM – It’s a good thing we can’t feel the Earth move. If the Earth were to abruptly stop rotating tomorrow morning, we would all go flying into outer space at an approximate 1,000 MPH… (if we were to be standing near the equator… closer to the poles… Continue reading Life Support