My New Age Philosophy

by Warren Smith.

Solomon said of God, "He has also set eternity in the hearts of men..." In our hearts
we are aware that this "here-and-now" is not all that there is.

Introduction:

After a long lifetime I believe I understand the reason for my existence. I pray to God to
forgive me for my misunderstanding and provide me with enlightenment. I do not wish
to convert anyone from their beliefs or non-beliefs, start a new church, or write a book. I
just want to document my own thoughts based upon my life experiences that might
benefit other souls. I have tried to ignore the theories and influences of teachers and
others, and have tried to develop my own personal philosophy independent of traditional
or modern teaching and thinking.

I am an engineer who has tried to apply experience, logic, science and reason to all
things. I cannot just have ‘faith’ and believe in something I do not understand or have
not experienced.

Figure 1.

A short history of Mankind (with each year converted to one inch):

• More than 15 billion years ago something (‘God’) created all known matter and
energy in an instant (the ‘Big Bang’).
 • 14 billion years ago (221,000 miles) – the first galaxies form after the ‘Big Bang’.
• 8 billion years ago (126,000 miles) – Our ‘Milky Way’ galaxy forms.
• 4.5 billion years (71,000 miles) – the age of planet Earth.
• 3.5 billion years ago (55,000 miles) – oldest bacterial fossils.
• 900 million years ago (14,000 miles) – first fossils of worms.
• 4 million years ago (63 miles) - Hominids, early ancestors of humans, develop
very slowly. They did not advance beyond using stone tools for millions of years.
• 50 thousand years ago (about ¾ of a mile) – the human brain suddenly exploded
in size and intelligence. See the sudden jump up in brain size from Monkey to
Human in red on the right edge of Figure 1.
• 10 thousand years ago (277 yards) – The dawn of civilization.
• 80 years (80 inches). – Typical human lifetime.

We once thought that our local neighborhood was the whole world. How stupid we
were!

We once thought that our planet was at the center of the universe with the Sun and stars
revolving around us. How stupid we were!

We once thought that out Milky Way galaxy was the only galaxy in the universe. How
stupid we were!

We still believe that the human ape is the only intelligent life form ever to evolve in a
universe of millions of galaxies and billions of stars and trillions of planets over the
billions of years since the ‘big bang’. Is this also stupid?

The known ability of life forms on Earth to easily evolve and survive in extremely harsh
environments leads me to believe that it is highly improbable or even mathematically
impossible that intelligent life has not evolved on other planets in the universe. It is also
highly probable that other intelligent life could be billions of years more advanced than
the human ape.

Spirits, Angels and Demons – a reasonably probable theory:

Billions of years ago intelligent life evolved on a planet in a galaxy far, far away on a
planet called Heaven. This was at about the same time as early bacteria were developing
here on Earth.

These intelligent beings are many billions of years more advanced than we are. Think of
how much our technology has advanced in only the last thousand years (83 feet), and
then consider that these beings are at least 2 billion years (32,000 miles) more advanced
than the human ape. We could not possibly understand them or their technology. They
have conquered time and space. They can be anywhere in the universe at anytime. They
have developed beyond material physical bodies made of flesh that can get sick and die
and rot; they have developed into immortal ‘spirits’ without restrictions of time or space.
They can be anywhere in the universe at any time, past or future. They have become so
advanced that they understand God, the original creator, and some have become His
servants and messengers and we call these good (God) spirits ‘Angels’. Some spirits
rejected God and we call these evil spirits ‘demons’ or ‘devils’. Perhaps these evil spirits
came from a fiery planet called ‘Hell’.

These intelligent spirit beings can move through time and space. They can be here with
us but since they are not physical, or they inhabit other space-time dimensions, we cannot
see them. The scientific “String Theory” of sub-atomic forces strongly suggests the
existence of ten or eleven (in M-theory) space-time dimensions in the universe. I know
from many personal experiences that Angels and Demons do exist. I have not seen any
spirits, nor have I seen atoms, but I have experienced their effects.

I believe we can communicate with these spirits in prayer. Many times my prayers have
been answered – more than could be statistically expected and sometimes in unusual
ways. Unfortunately, one prayer even resulted in an unexpected but short stay in prison.
I have also experienced that evil spirits try to influence what we think and make us do
bad things and even possess us. Many religions have tried to develop rituals and prayers
to remove (exorcise) these evil spirits from people, objects and buildings. The Christian
Bible describes how Jesus cast out demons and told his disciples to cast out devils.
Demons like to tease us (have you ever had a ‘bad day’ when everything seemed to go
wrong?), bring us misfortune and make us unhappy, make us hate, and make us reject
love and goodness (‘God’) and try to block our path back to Heaven. Pray that evil
spirits are kept away from you and they don’t tempt you into doing wrong. (‘…lead us
not into temptation but deliver us from evil...). Of course, not all of our misfortunes are
due to evil spirits; most are due to quite natural occurrences such as accidents or just the
frailty and limitations of our physical bodies.

I have experienced many times that we have authority over demons and devils and we
can order them to depart from us. Try this sometime to prove to yourself your authority
over demons: when trouble is upon you or when you notice that you have evil thoughts
just tell the evil ones, in no uncertain terms, to leave you alone. Just say “go away devils,
I believe in God!” (No special prayer is needed, but whispers it quietly so others won’t
think you have gone crazy). You will be surprised at what a change it can make
immediately to your evil thoughts or worries or problems. Your evil thoughts will leave
you and things will seem to get better for you right away. It might sound stupid and not
in line with modern teaching but just try it sometime. I dare you. You will immediately
notice the difference it will make. Many such experiences have proven to me that these
evil spirits do exist all around us but we have authority over them. “The devil made me
do it” might not be too far from the truth on some occasions.

Mankind throughout the ages and all over the world has believed in good and bad spirits
– might there be a reason for this? Were they all wrong? Are all religions wrong? Is
everyone else stupid? For thousands of years we have always thought we were so
advanced and intelligent but we have been mistaken many times. Modern teaching is that
possession by evil spirits is just a mental or physical illness such as Epilepsy, but if you
have ever met a really evil person or witnessed an exorcism then you will not dismiss
spirits so easily.

The sudden expansion of the Human brain:

What happened to suddenly expand the human brain over only a few thousand years?
(See the sudden vertical jump on the right hand edge of figure 1). Scientists have many
different theories.

There is much speculation within the scientific community for this sudden expansion of
the human ape’s brain. Anthropologists and evolutionary biologists usually point to
‘opposing thumbs’ to explain the sudden expansion of early hominid brains. Some
respected anthropologists think it was due to our need to become smart so we could catch
frogs to eat. Some anthropologists believe that when our ancestors came down from the
trees we could spend more time thinking about things instead of just swinging from
branch to branch and this has caused the explosion in our brains and our intelligence over
other similar apes. Some think that tool making and cave painting and the need to
socialize and communicate caused our brains to expand. Question: Which came first –
the larger brain or tool making and cave painting? Did other apes not need to
communicate? The human brain and our intelligence have exploded in size compared to
the development rate of other ape families or other animals. The brain cavity size of other
apes has changed little over the last million years. Do not mistake the tricks we can teach
a dog with our intelligence or consciousness. You can teach a chimp to point to a number
when he is shown a certain pattern of objects but this is not the same as human
consciousness.

I believe the only scientific answer lies in a major genetic modification to our brains by
unusual external intelligent forces. We suddenly evolved from apes to humans in only a
few thousand years and realized we were naked and clothed ourselves; we began painting
on cave walls and to use language to communicate ideas and concepts. We were given a
conscience and could understand the concepts of ‘good’ and ‘evil’. We ate from the tree
of knowledge. It will take the ape, our closest ‘flesh’ relative, billions of years to evolve
to the intelligence we were suddenly given. The intelligence of our closest relative apes
have not advanced much over the last million years; most other apes cannot even write
their own names (just kidding) while we have advanced so much over the same period.
Why have other apes not evolved at a similar rate?

Our ‘Spiritual side’:

I believe the only reasonable theory for the sudden explosion in our intelligence and brain
size is that some of these external intelligent forces (spirits) visited Earth about 50
thousand years ago and genetically modified the most advanced species they could find
here on Earth to be more like themselves. We ‘inherited’ our consciousness, intelligence,
imagination and creativity from genetic modifications by these ‘spirits’. They provided
humans the ability to develop into non-flesh ‘spirits’ like themselves (Bible quote: Let Us
make man in Our image, according to Our likeness . . ." – this does not mean
physical likeness since they were not physical beings). We developed into a
combination of both flesh from our ape ancestors and spirit from our spirit ‘ancestors’.
Our evolution suddenly jumped billions of years, most noticeable in the explosion in our
intelligence sometimes referred to as the ‘Brain Big Bang’. Our brains suddenly
expanded ("The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil . . .") so
fast that the human female pelvis has yet to evolve to comfortably pass the enlarged brain
of the human baby (I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth; in pain you shall
bring forth children”). We still only use a small fraction of this sudden brain expansion
that God, through his Angels, gave us. Scientists say we only use about 5% of our brain
power. Perhaps in another billion years, we will develop and learn to use this dormant
brain power and become fully spiritual beings like the Angels.

Animal and Spiritual.

We are a combination of animal ("..because he also is flesh..”) and spiritual beings.

Our sexual instincts come from our animal ancestors, but our Father, God, through his
Angels, gave us Love and Beauty ("God is Love.”). We must develop this non-
animalistic part of ourselves (our ‘spirit’ or ‘soul’) to be able to become immortal and
join the other Angels in Heaven. ("An evil spirit will not attain Heaven”).

(Jesus said “…and fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the
soul”).

Our spirit (‘soul’ or ‘character’ or ‘psyche’) is constantly evolving and being developed
by exercise and testing during our lifetimes. We are constantly given choices between
good and evil. We are tempted by evil spirits to see if we will reject God (Good). Our
spirit is tested by riches and troubles in our lifetimes to break it or make it stronger.

Reincarnation.

If our spirit proves to be strong and good then it does not die but will be reincarnated to
be tested again after our mortal animal flesh dies. Only the spirit that sins and is not
forgiven will die and not be reborn in new flesh. Jesus died for our sins so that we (our
spirits) shall have everlasting life! Flesh cannot be immortal, only our spirit can be
immortal. Since Jesus died for our sins, our sins can be forgiven and our spirit can have
everlasting life. He died for our spirits or souls. But spirits that die in sin will not have
reincarnation and rebirth ("The person [soul] who sins will die” and "the wages of sin
is death..."). Each of our very short (only 80 inches) lifetimes is another test for our
‘spirit’, ‘soul’, ‘character’ or ‘psyche’. Sometimes we are born into hardship, sometimes
riches, sometimes black sometimes white, our spirit is tested many ways in many
lifetimes to see if it will stay true to God. (Jesus said "Ye (your spirit) must be born
again" and “whosoever believeth in the Son of God shall not perish, but have eternal
life” and “shall be passed from death unto life”. Jesus was talking about your spirit, not
your flesh which must, of course, die and rot into dust).

Jesus said “He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world;
the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares (weeds) are the
children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is
the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. The Son of man shall send
forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and
them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. Then shall the
righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to
hear, let him hear.” I believe the ‘seeds’ Jesus is describing in this parable are our
spirits or souls.

Your evil thoughts can damage or destroy your spirit. We can sin and destroy our soul
with our thoughts (God knows what is in our hearts).

Why do bad thing happen to good people?

Why does God let little Johnny die with cancer? What are we here for? Why are some
kings and some paupers? Each time we pass a test in these lifetimes and do not forsake
God (good) our spirit is reborn and becomes stronger and we get nearer to returning to
our home in Heaven. The evil spirits are our testers and God does not interfere with our
free will or our testing. He awaits our return as Angels to Heaven.

Do you see the beggar on the street or the king in his palace? This could be you in your
next lifetime. I believe your next lifetime is selected at random and not due to blood,
location or as a punishment for your previous lifetimes. You do not bear the sins of your
ancestors. Your flesh or blood is not your ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’ or ‘character’. I do not believe
you can be reborn as an insect or a cow since they do not have the Holy Spirit. Help lift
the spirit of your neighbor towards Heaven. Your neighbor could be you in another
lifetime. Do you understand? ("Love your neighbor as yourself"). Help his spirit to
love and not hate. Help each other toward Heaven and you will also be helped.

Have you ever noticed that each baby is born with his own individual ‘character’? Even
the character of twins in the same household and environment can be so different. This is
proof that we are born with a pre-existing ‘character’ or ‘spirit’. You can be of good
character or bad. You are constantly being tested and given the opportunity to choose.

During your first few days after birth you forget the trials and tests of your last lifetime so
that your spirit can be retested without being affected by past tests. You are reborn and
everything is fresh again. Your spirit is not weighed down with past troubles since this
might influence your decisions in this lifetime.

Have you ever had an instant like or dislike for someone? I believe this is because your
spirit does not completely forget past lifetimes and can retain a subconscious memory of
previous lifetimes and can recognize other spirits and places your spirit has known. This
is similar to your spirit’s memory of its original beautiful home in Heaven and its
constant yearning to return.

Beauty.
Have you ever wondered why we find some things ‘beautiful’? Did we learn this from
our parents? Did we learn at school what is considered ‘beautiful’ and what is not? Did
you have to take Art Appreciation 101 at college before you could enjoy a scenic view or
a beautiful sunset? Why do we like certain combinations of vibration frequencies
(music)? There is no evolutional necessity for this. Our genetic modifications by our
spirit ‘ancestors’ also gave us a subconscious memory of the beauty of Heaven, our
spiritual birthplace and the place our spirits yearn to return to. Have you ever noticed
other apes staring transfixed at the beauty of a ‘heavenly’ sunset? Nor have I.

Conclusion.

All this is beyond our present understanding. Today our best scientists still only have
unproven ‘theories’ on how a simple thing like gravity works. Perhaps, if we can
survive, the human ape will begin to comprehend God in another billion years.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries,

Confusions of a wasted youth;
Forgive them where they fail in truth,
And in thy wisdom make me wise.

- Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1849.

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