This Is the Truth

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 Entwined 
(c)2020 Rev. Linda M. Rhinehart Neas
 
This is the Truth...
All beings that draw breath on this planet are connected.
We all come from the same Whole.
We are diverse and ever-changing.
We are Family - a dysfunctional family - but Family, nonetheless.
Some of us have lost the insight of our connectedness.
Some of us have become so mentally, emotionally, and spiritually sick that we can no longer remember who our true Parents are.
Some of us have been so oppressed, abused, diseased, tortured, and forgotten that we live in constant pain, fear, and terror.
Some of us enable the dysfunction.
Some of us make excuses, find loopholes, look the other way.
Some of us have nothing, yet understand the Truth.
Some of us look evil in the eye, daily, yet understand the Truth.
Some of us sacrifice everything for the Truth.
Some of us see the Light within other beings and kindle their flickering spark of Truth.

 This is the Truth...
You are Loved.
You are never alone.
You are part of a great Mystery that is still unveiling itself.
You are powerful and prosperous and blessed.
We are all Family.
We are all Connected like the threads of a fine tapestry.
We are all Sparks of Light from the Big Bang.
We are all made of the same matter found in the Stars.
We are all entwined in the lives of All that is, which means that when one of hurts, we all go out of warp.
We are Love, even when we are blind to the Truth.

 This is the Truth...
We must remember who we are.
We must remember who our Family is.
We must LOVE, RESPECT, and HELP ONE ANOTHER before this world, this life we hold precious is taken from us.

This is the Truth I tell you. 

(This is written in the style of the Ancient Gnostics.)

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