In the adventures of reading one notes that Einstein could be working on two problems or things simultaneously this is then followed by somewhat amazement of the writer. This has puzzled me into wondering or pondering why it should be difficult to be multi-tasking in multiple areas at any one moment. Thinking as reported by Nigel Calder, “Two of the most self-evident characteristics of the conscious mind (are that) … the mind attends to thing at a time, (The Mind of Man, 1970, p.25).” Again my mind asks, “Why?” And then in common sense maybe to the layman, “How?”
First over the course of a plethora of reading is becomes apparent in the process of either of the two events above – Einstein’ ability and Calder’s findings – that speed is the most likely venue to allow all both to occur without violating either as a truth! The usage of the mind can be developed and adapted to one’s personal use – it has to as we are the result of our minds ability to function. Without the mind functioning we’d all be virtual zombies or vegetables enclosed in a mortal body. Therefore we must be able to control our own brains (minds) – or else someone else will.
First in Einstein’s case he thought visually – he would see things and then translate them into the ideas and writings required to communicate with others – in his case he always tried to uncomplicated things throughout his life when in the role of a teacher or writing. When acting the role of the ‘adversary’ (as in his jousting with Quantum Theory) he deliberately created difficult situations. However the most apparent relationship of his being able to accomplish two things at the same time are the instances of him playing the violin and working out solutions to previous unsolved problems. Again this is not unusual for a distraction from a puzzling problem – especially one which relaxes the ‘problem solver part of our mind’ creates an open air for freedom of illusions and illustrations to influx into the maze and sees the way to pass freely through. Einstein did this with his violin or walks in the mountains and other venues which he knew worked for him.
Another great scientist Edison did this while taking day time naps with his note pad close at hand. I’m sure if we enquired deeply into the lives of we’d find similar findings of one’s ability to solve one thought while working on others. Paul J. Meyer called this the talent of concentration or “The ability to work on many jobs, assignments, adventurers at one time, while always bringing things to closure. If they get stuck needing a part, information, assistance, they are able to go on to something else, until they get whatever it is they need to complete the other. They also tie in with moments above in that when they run errands they lay out a course to accomplish several things sequentially.” We all know many people who always seem busy but don’t seem to be accomplishing anything – this is the opposite to not only be busily engaged but to be actively accomplishing lots at the same time.
When one says that Einstein thought visually how would that differ in how we think? There’s a great rule, “If the mind cannot visualize something – it cannot achieve it.” Therefore to some degree we all can or should be able to visualize in our minds. Now the mind is a perfect camera when one has the gift of ‘sight’ – for anything a person sees they’ll remember forever – which is also why we need to be careful what items we choose to see. When one is setting tangible goals the use of photographs will speed the accomplishment and more realistic the goal. Is there then a reason Einstein’s ability to think in visualizations varies from ours? If there is it would be in what he put into his mind along the way as compared to what we’ve put into ours. This only makes sense in that what we read, watch, partake in – would then lead to what we know or have ideas about. If one only studies law and nothing else – reads nothing else – he/she should be a technical expert on the law – but not much else. The same could be true of a musician – or a scientist. It would be equally true of the person who only read fiction and nothing else. Then to continue this train of thought it would be true of those who spend hours in front of a TV full of ‘soaps’ and or someone who play video games all day long. Currently the thinking is that most of the application of learning is geared to successful completion for one to comprehend and operate at the reading and writing level of a fifth grader (and depending on the measure of a fifth grader this could now be even lower).
Whichever one chooses to be a lawyer, scientist, soap watcher or video game player they’ve restricted their visualizations of the world to just their realms and to none other. This then in turn restricts them to what they think about or how they live in the real world of everyday things. For some there is no relationship with anything outside of their ‘preconceived’ worlds. They don’t want to be bothered with information or facts or anything which would distract them from their comfort zones. This severely cripples the mind and it’s abilities to turn over information – to think – to reason – to commutate and function at a higher and higher level or allowing the mind to grow and blossom. They’ve got their minds made up and that’s final. A good case could be the way one looks at religion – truth – information – politics and other dividing grounds for contention and avoidance.
Einstein chose never to be isolated into one world – or one isolated area – he allowed his mind to blossom into multiple areas of life – and interests. When he was a child (till age 15) he was a veracious reader. He devoured books on technical and theoretical areas of science, space and mathematics. He read of the Philosophers most especially Kant. He worked though his course material for school usually two years ahead of his peers. Granted he did not go out and play baseball or involve himself in other normal areas of childhood. He was a very serious child! And also a very talented one – but not the exception to the rule – but a rule which could and was not isolated to him alone.
Anyone could do the same things Einstein did – but they haven’t! The same is true of us today – we could all do as he did – but most of us haven’t. However it would be safe to say also that most of us don’t spend the day watching the soaps or playing video games. Yet in both extremes some do! The distractions today are more and more prevalent to all – regardless of age. Thus it comes to what we choose to do! And the excuse for children is just that after the age of eight which is the age of accountability In the knowing right from wrong and good from bad.
Maybe too much discussion but let’s now look at what Calder said about the brain/mind and attending to one thing at a time. In trying to visualize this one must take a camera at normal speed watching an intersection in rush hour traffic and filming this intersection for ten minutes. After doing this we can then watch it at three varying speeds; slow motion, normal or hyper fast. Depending on which we choose to watch – will determine on what we will see. In any event our mind will digest all three speeds comprehending some of the material at all three modes.
When Calder speaks of one thing at time he doesn’t specify the time element involved for the word attending. How does this apply to us or to anybody? Being free hear to give my opinion – to me the word attending is reflective of speeding up the film taken at the intersection to an area of infinity and beyond to equate this moment referred to when attending for some. For others it could be taking the slowest mode possible and then making it slower yet to equate this same moment. Others will simply watch the film and totally ignore what they see and any application to attending or to a moment within their brain/mind.
Herbert Khaury was one of these who saw time in hyper-space as a child he could remember most everything presented to him a myriad of spectrums – and this he carried with him throughout his life. When he would share his findings or thoughts with others they’d mostly laugh him off. He foresaw the space program and much more while being able to give baseball stats with equal rapidity. Endowed with a wonderful basket of talents – he was not accepted – and therefore became a ‘buffoon’ to the public for acceptance while always maintaining in his personal life a love of all things. While performing in Prince Albert Hall before the Royal Family – he reverted to his natural talents and wowed the audience as never before.
The use of Mr. Khaury above has a purpose for many of those who’s brain/mind work in hyper-space are usually ostracized from the norm in school – social environments and even in their own homes. While on the opposite of the spectrum those who operate at slow motion in slower motion are the class clowns – bullies – looked down upon and have not’s which form into likeminded cliques. Those who go through life at normal speed are those who gain popularity – find favor with the teachers - and the most likely to become King or Queen of the class Dances and/or sports heroes. This last group represents the norm and most would fall somewhere within their sphere on the normal bell curve. Unfortunately those in slow-motion and slower are still within the normal aspect of the bell curve while those at hyper-speed don’t even relate to the bell curve.
While Dr. Calder is correct – as there’s no supporting evidence to the contrary – that the mind attends to one thing at a moment – I’m not sure whether he would agree with my description above – but there’s madness in my thinking. First one can (as I’ve said above) train their mind/brain to become more and more functional – and to take it from slow motion and slower to regular speed and then into hyper-speed.
We must clarify that none of this relates to what can earn in the terms of men or the world – but it relates directly to what we can become and are capable to become in relationship to Heavenly Father and his Son our Savior. Why then is this the relationship we must affirm with? In the Scriptures we can read, “But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!” (2 Nephi 9:27); “Be wise in the days of your probation; strip yourselves of all uncleanness; ask not, that ye may consume it on your lusts, but ask with a firmness unshaken, that ye will yield to no temptation, but that ye will serve the true and living God.” (Mormon 9:28); “And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.” (Luke 12:27); and “And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith. Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God; (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118-119).
We must affirm with this because we’re commanded to do so! But how do we do this and what does it mean? We do it by obeying what we’ve been commanded to – read, study, prepare, organize and learn what’s eternal and forever. Great! How does this relate to pondering about Einstein and Calder and Edison and whoever Herbert is? How does this relate to visual thinking – or thinking of lots of things – or of attending to one thing at a moment and as said above at hyper speed beyond infinity?
Good questions since as (Dr. Nibley liked to say in an essay or lecture he also asked the questions) – we’ll address them one by one.
1. How to do this: One for a mind to operate at hyper speed it needs a great data base! This means lots and lots of good – or even the best material available and one must remember this material might be slightly different for each person.
2. What does it mean: The mind/brain can only operate to the speed of the available material to reference. The brain needs data – the more data the faster it can go – the less data the slower it has to go – the time we’ll see is irrelevant. The mind operates so fast no one can measure it – thus the difference between those operating in slow motion – slower and those operating in hyper speed times infinity cannot be differentiated. What is able to discern is the data which the information the answer or understanding is pulled from.
3. Einstein, Calder and Herbert – fed data into their mind/brain and were able to access with greater discernment information which could and can help a greater number of people with relative ease of operations. They had – have put (Dr. Calder is still alive) information needful to accomplish not only their goals but to be able to generate solutions for others in mankind and also to generate questions and problems for others to discover and unravel.
4. Visual thinking allows us to understand who we are – why we’re here and where we’re going. Society and mankind has worked its hardest at making this non-important – impressing on as many as they can the importance of making money – social acceptance – power and being happy. By capturing the mind’s camera and force feeding their pre-scripted films seen on TV in the Movies, gross advertisements, dime store novels and scintillating magazines – what you see is not what will answer – who you are – why you’re here and where you’re going.
5. Thinking of lots of things – requires having lots of things to ponder or think about – with good references – good examples and excellent memory. Preparing oneself requires a balance of materials – but with the overall goals of the Celestial Kingdom setting the course outline. If one only has minimal material to choose from then their options are also limited. With limited options one puts themselves at the mercy of others who will take control. This leads to bullies – cliques – gangs – class clowns – kings/queens at dances – but seldom leads to the Celestial Kingdom – the worldly think will not and cannot ever lead to the Celestial.
6. Hyper speed accelerated to infinity and beyond – which is where we need to be striving for on a moment to moment basis – being found attentive to that’s what important for our salvation in the Celestial Realms. When one has a wonderful data base to draw from – the promptings of the Spirit can attend us moment to moment – we can easily discern right from wrong – good from bad and most importantly we don’t have to get into meaningless discussion on why we believe what we believe and or be tempted by the contention and confusion of the world.
Pondering all of this is important – many times others will ask why someone hears but doesn’t understand – sees but doesn’t see anything at all – feels but is only cold – and so on wherein we know it’s often a one-sided conversation with some who act the part of a wall or a chair.
Sir Winston Churchill used to give people between 10-30 seconds of his time – if after this limitation he’d determined they were not as smart or smarter than him he would dismiss them – either figuratively or actually. Many times when he felt no one in the room was his equal he would dominate the conversation for the duration of the dinner or whatever event was requiring his attendance. In affairs of State he would give the appropriate deference to those for the purposes of State. And as Einstein and others he had no clue sometimes as to how to get from a to b on a street car or train. His time was valuable to him and he used as he best thought for himself and his nation. Thus he had little time for things apart from these two pursuits. Were his goals Celestial – we do not know and cannot judge – did he operate at hyper speed plus – resoundingly yes – do we is the question we must each answer.
When we’ve been admonished to read and prepare for a class – do we? When we’ve been asked to give a presentation – do we prepare to meet the design of the presentation or do we simply primp ourselves to be presented? Can we without interruption of train of thought or without confusion clarify important doctrines so that a child can understand? If we’ve answered these questions in less than the appropriate way – we need to change – for we’re not operating at hyper speed plus – and working for the goals explained as Celestial.
Let’s be clear – we’re all at different points of progression – and development – but what are we doing to be better and better and faster and faster (not where the world gives recognition) but where we help others to grow and achieve – for we’re all equal in the eyes of the Lord – and we’re all his children – and we all need to return together if possible – not leaving any behind because we could bring them along. Some will choose to be left behind – dwelling in the worldly and deciding not to get up to the speed of the train – which has already long left the station. Where much is given – much is expected!
“For of him unto whom much is given much is required; and he who sins against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation” Doctrine and Covenants 82:3).
We indeed must and will be accountable as to where we decided to dwell in our minds – maybe a softer tone is needed – as I ponder, “Quickly I will obey.”
“Therefore, prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same,” Doctrine and Covenants 132:3).
“A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day,” (Deuteronomy 11:27).
May we each be found pondering and doing – helping lift one another – caring and sharing what we are able – nothing held back – even that what sometimes feels or sounds harsh – if it but lead each of back into the presence of our Heavenly Father and our Eternal Family forever and ever with Him and His Son. In the name of Jesus Christ amen – c/ork
First over the course of a plethora of reading is becomes apparent in the process of either of the two events above – Einstein’ ability and Calder’s findings – that speed is the most likely venue to allow all both to occur without violating either as a truth! The usage of the mind can be developed and adapted to one’s personal use – it has to as we are the result of our minds ability to function. Without the mind functioning we’d all be virtual zombies or vegetables enclosed in a mortal body. Therefore we must be able to control our own brains (minds) – or else someone else will.
First in Einstein’s case he thought visually – he would see things and then translate them into the ideas and writings required to communicate with others – in his case he always tried to uncomplicated things throughout his life when in the role of a teacher or writing. When acting the role of the ‘adversary’ (as in his jousting with Quantum Theory) he deliberately created difficult situations. However the most apparent relationship of his being able to accomplish two things at the same time are the instances of him playing the violin and working out solutions to previous unsolved problems. Again this is not unusual for a distraction from a puzzling problem – especially one which relaxes the ‘problem solver part of our mind’ creates an open air for freedom of illusions and illustrations to influx into the maze and sees the way to pass freely through. Einstein did this with his violin or walks in the mountains and other venues which he knew worked for him.
Another great scientist Edison did this while taking day time naps with his note pad close at hand. I’m sure if we enquired deeply into the lives of we’d find similar findings of one’s ability to solve one thought while working on others. Paul J. Meyer called this the talent of concentration or “The ability to work on many jobs, assignments, adventurers at one time, while always bringing things to closure. If they get stuck needing a part, information, assistance, they are able to go on to something else, until they get whatever it is they need to complete the other. They also tie in with moments above in that when they run errands they lay out a course to accomplish several things sequentially.” We all know many people who always seem busy but don’t seem to be accomplishing anything – this is the opposite to not only be busily engaged but to be actively accomplishing lots at the same time.
When one says that Einstein thought visually how would that differ in how we think? There’s a great rule, “If the mind cannot visualize something – it cannot achieve it.” Therefore to some degree we all can or should be able to visualize in our minds. Now the mind is a perfect camera when one has the gift of ‘sight’ – for anything a person sees they’ll remember forever – which is also why we need to be careful what items we choose to see. When one is setting tangible goals the use of photographs will speed the accomplishment and more realistic the goal. Is there then a reason Einstein’s ability to think in visualizations varies from ours? If there is it would be in what he put into his mind along the way as compared to what we’ve put into ours. This only makes sense in that what we read, watch, partake in – would then lead to what we know or have ideas about. If one only studies law and nothing else – reads nothing else – he/she should be a technical expert on the law – but not much else. The same could be true of a musician – or a scientist. It would be equally true of the person who only read fiction and nothing else. Then to continue this train of thought it would be true of those who spend hours in front of a TV full of ‘soaps’ and or someone who play video games all day long. Currently the thinking is that most of the application of learning is geared to successful completion for one to comprehend and operate at the reading and writing level of a fifth grader (and depending on the measure of a fifth grader this could now be even lower).
Whichever one chooses to be a lawyer, scientist, soap watcher or video game player they’ve restricted their visualizations of the world to just their realms and to none other. This then in turn restricts them to what they think about or how they live in the real world of everyday things. For some there is no relationship with anything outside of their ‘preconceived’ worlds. They don’t want to be bothered with information or facts or anything which would distract them from their comfort zones. This severely cripples the mind and it’s abilities to turn over information – to think – to reason – to commutate and function at a higher and higher level or allowing the mind to grow and blossom. They’ve got their minds made up and that’s final. A good case could be the way one looks at religion – truth – information – politics and other dividing grounds for contention and avoidance.
Einstein chose never to be isolated into one world – or one isolated area – he allowed his mind to blossom into multiple areas of life – and interests. When he was a child (till age 15) he was a veracious reader. He devoured books on technical and theoretical areas of science, space and mathematics. He read of the Philosophers most especially Kant. He worked though his course material for school usually two years ahead of his peers. Granted he did not go out and play baseball or involve himself in other normal areas of childhood. He was a very serious child! And also a very talented one – but not the exception to the rule – but a rule which could and was not isolated to him alone.
Anyone could do the same things Einstein did – but they haven’t! The same is true of us today – we could all do as he did – but most of us haven’t. However it would be safe to say also that most of us don’t spend the day watching the soaps or playing video games. Yet in both extremes some do! The distractions today are more and more prevalent to all – regardless of age. Thus it comes to what we choose to do! And the excuse for children is just that after the age of eight which is the age of accountability In the knowing right from wrong and good from bad.
Maybe too much discussion but let’s now look at what Calder said about the brain/mind and attending to one thing at a time. In trying to visualize this one must take a camera at normal speed watching an intersection in rush hour traffic and filming this intersection for ten minutes. After doing this we can then watch it at three varying speeds; slow motion, normal or hyper fast. Depending on which we choose to watch – will determine on what we will see. In any event our mind will digest all three speeds comprehending some of the material at all three modes.
When Calder speaks of one thing at time he doesn’t specify the time element involved for the word attending. How does this apply to us or to anybody? Being free hear to give my opinion – to me the word attending is reflective of speeding up the film taken at the intersection to an area of infinity and beyond to equate this moment referred to when attending for some. For others it could be taking the slowest mode possible and then making it slower yet to equate this same moment. Others will simply watch the film and totally ignore what they see and any application to attending or to a moment within their brain/mind.
Herbert Khaury was one of these who saw time in hyper-space as a child he could remember most everything presented to him a myriad of spectrums – and this he carried with him throughout his life. When he would share his findings or thoughts with others they’d mostly laugh him off. He foresaw the space program and much more while being able to give baseball stats with equal rapidity. Endowed with a wonderful basket of talents – he was not accepted – and therefore became a ‘buffoon’ to the public for acceptance while always maintaining in his personal life a love of all things. While performing in Prince Albert Hall before the Royal Family – he reverted to his natural talents and wowed the audience as never before.
The use of Mr. Khaury above has a purpose for many of those who’s brain/mind work in hyper-space are usually ostracized from the norm in school – social environments and even in their own homes. While on the opposite of the spectrum those who operate at slow motion in slower motion are the class clowns – bullies – looked down upon and have not’s which form into likeminded cliques. Those who go through life at normal speed are those who gain popularity – find favor with the teachers - and the most likely to become King or Queen of the class Dances and/or sports heroes. This last group represents the norm and most would fall somewhere within their sphere on the normal bell curve. Unfortunately those in slow-motion and slower are still within the normal aspect of the bell curve while those at hyper-speed don’t even relate to the bell curve.
While Dr. Calder is correct – as there’s no supporting evidence to the contrary – that the mind attends to one thing at a moment – I’m not sure whether he would agree with my description above – but there’s madness in my thinking. First one can (as I’ve said above) train their mind/brain to become more and more functional – and to take it from slow motion and slower to regular speed and then into hyper-speed.
We must clarify that none of this relates to what can earn in the terms of men or the world – but it relates directly to what we can become and are capable to become in relationship to Heavenly Father and his Son our Savior. Why then is this the relationship we must affirm with? In the Scriptures we can read, “But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!” (2 Nephi 9:27); “Be wise in the days of your probation; strip yourselves of all uncleanness; ask not, that ye may consume it on your lusts, but ask with a firmness unshaken, that ye will yield to no temptation, but that ye will serve the true and living God.” (Mormon 9:28); “And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.” (Luke 12:27); and “And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith. Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God; (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118-119).
We must affirm with this because we’re commanded to do so! But how do we do this and what does it mean? We do it by obeying what we’ve been commanded to – read, study, prepare, organize and learn what’s eternal and forever. Great! How does this relate to pondering about Einstein and Calder and Edison and whoever Herbert is? How does this relate to visual thinking – or thinking of lots of things – or of attending to one thing at a moment and as said above at hyper speed beyond infinity?
Good questions since as (Dr. Nibley liked to say in an essay or lecture he also asked the questions) – we’ll address them one by one.
1. How to do this: One for a mind to operate at hyper speed it needs a great data base! This means lots and lots of good – or even the best material available and one must remember this material might be slightly different for each person.
2. What does it mean: The mind/brain can only operate to the speed of the available material to reference. The brain needs data – the more data the faster it can go – the less data the slower it has to go – the time we’ll see is irrelevant. The mind operates so fast no one can measure it – thus the difference between those operating in slow motion – slower and those operating in hyper speed times infinity cannot be differentiated. What is able to discern is the data which the information the answer or understanding is pulled from.
3. Einstein, Calder and Herbert – fed data into their mind/brain and were able to access with greater discernment information which could and can help a greater number of people with relative ease of operations. They had – have put (Dr. Calder is still alive) information needful to accomplish not only their goals but to be able to generate solutions for others in mankind and also to generate questions and problems for others to discover and unravel.
4. Visual thinking allows us to understand who we are – why we’re here and where we’re going. Society and mankind has worked its hardest at making this non-important – impressing on as many as they can the importance of making money – social acceptance – power and being happy. By capturing the mind’s camera and force feeding their pre-scripted films seen on TV in the Movies, gross advertisements, dime store novels and scintillating magazines – what you see is not what will answer – who you are – why you’re here and where you’re going.
5. Thinking of lots of things – requires having lots of things to ponder or think about – with good references – good examples and excellent memory. Preparing oneself requires a balance of materials – but with the overall goals of the Celestial Kingdom setting the course outline. If one only has minimal material to choose from then their options are also limited. With limited options one puts themselves at the mercy of others who will take control. This leads to bullies – cliques – gangs – class clowns – kings/queens at dances – but seldom leads to the Celestial Kingdom – the worldly think will not and cannot ever lead to the Celestial.
6. Hyper speed accelerated to infinity and beyond – which is where we need to be striving for on a moment to moment basis – being found attentive to that’s what important for our salvation in the Celestial Realms. When one has a wonderful data base to draw from – the promptings of the Spirit can attend us moment to moment – we can easily discern right from wrong – good from bad and most importantly we don’t have to get into meaningless discussion on why we believe what we believe and or be tempted by the contention and confusion of the world.
Pondering all of this is important – many times others will ask why someone hears but doesn’t understand – sees but doesn’t see anything at all – feels but is only cold – and so on wherein we know it’s often a one-sided conversation with some who act the part of a wall or a chair.
Sir Winston Churchill used to give people between 10-30 seconds of his time – if after this limitation he’d determined they were not as smart or smarter than him he would dismiss them – either figuratively or actually. Many times when he felt no one in the room was his equal he would dominate the conversation for the duration of the dinner or whatever event was requiring his attendance. In affairs of State he would give the appropriate deference to those for the purposes of State. And as Einstein and others he had no clue sometimes as to how to get from a to b on a street car or train. His time was valuable to him and he used as he best thought for himself and his nation. Thus he had little time for things apart from these two pursuits. Were his goals Celestial – we do not know and cannot judge – did he operate at hyper speed plus – resoundingly yes – do we is the question we must each answer.
When we’ve been admonished to read and prepare for a class – do we? When we’ve been asked to give a presentation – do we prepare to meet the design of the presentation or do we simply primp ourselves to be presented? Can we without interruption of train of thought or without confusion clarify important doctrines so that a child can understand? If we’ve answered these questions in less than the appropriate way – we need to change – for we’re not operating at hyper speed plus – and working for the goals explained as Celestial.
Let’s be clear – we’re all at different points of progression – and development – but what are we doing to be better and better and faster and faster (not where the world gives recognition) but where we help others to grow and achieve – for we’re all equal in the eyes of the Lord – and we’re all his children – and we all need to return together if possible – not leaving any behind because we could bring them along. Some will choose to be left behind – dwelling in the worldly and deciding not to get up to the speed of the train – which has already long left the station. Where much is given – much is expected!
“For of him unto whom much is given much is required; and he who sins against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation” Doctrine and Covenants 82:3).
We indeed must and will be accountable as to where we decided to dwell in our minds – maybe a softer tone is needed – as I ponder, “Quickly I will obey.”
“Therefore, prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same,” Doctrine and Covenants 132:3).
“A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day,” (Deuteronomy 11:27).
May we each be found pondering and doing – helping lift one another – caring and sharing what we are able – nothing held back – even that what sometimes feels or sounds harsh – if it but lead each of back into the presence of our Heavenly Father and our Eternal Family forever and ever with Him and His Son. In the name of Jesus Christ amen – c/ork
“Hyper Speed Plus”
cji
11/02/08
An engine running
in slow motion stalling
failing to gain the hill
dwelling in valleys
mountains never tried;
An engine running
smoothly and grand
taking hills and valleys
but shifting laboring
in mountains tired;
An engine running
hyper speed plus
taking flight beyond
goals clearly seen
all things Celestial!
Copyright © 2008 – cji
cji
11/02/08
An engine running
in slow motion stalling
failing to gain the hill
dwelling in valleys
mountains never tried;
An engine running
smoothly and grand
taking hills and valleys
but shifting laboring
in mountains tired;
An engine running
hyper speed plus
taking flight beyond
goals clearly seen
all things Celestial!
Copyright © 2008 – cji
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