In the beginning (Part One)

  What is the power of the mind, and what of mind over matter. What does that mean to you? Imagine if you can, the power of one thought in a sea of nothing. One thought, one entity, adrift in an ocean of darkness, a sea of death, bottomless fathoms of nothingness. 

  Now if you have that scene in mind, What would be the power of that thought, the only thought, the first thought. Thoughts of course are of the spiritual nature, Thoughts exists in all manner of human activity. Thoughts, your thoughts, my thoughts, all thoughts, float about freely in the reality of everyday. Why classify thought as spirit you ask? What other could they be, you can not see touch or smell them, and yet they exist. What if not spirit then? 

  The bible tells us that we were made in the image of God, but whether you believe the bible or you don't, either way you would have to agree that we humans are at the top of it all, masters of our domain. So we look to ourselves and wonder about ourselves, Who are we, what if I had never been born, what is the meaning of life. All of us has thought these same thoughts. It is human nature to be curios, we want to understand what and why things are. We want, and have, wanted to understand our surroundings, and adjust them to adapt to our needs. 

  Because of our superiority to all life, we are like gods in this world. We hold the power for life and for death of the earth. And we can create, we have the knowledge to build, and to change our world through our inventions. But because of our intellect, bolstered by the fact that we do indeed have power over everything, it is easy to think of ourselves as a type of god onto ourselves. But give us our do, we are unique in life, and we are capable of conquering what ever it is that we come together to do. Tomorrow we celebrate our walking on the moon. An incredible feat, as it was less than a century and a half ago since the Wright brothers took that first flight. We have long invented things that promise to make our lives easier, whether it was back when mom got her new washing machine, to the now computerized appliances who promise to make the chore even easier. But whether it be easier appliances, the first plane, or a moon landing, we truly are very smart and industrial by nature. The problem comes when we take this success and as assurance that we are gods, as all is answerable by our intellect, and so we have no need of God the Father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit. Many look to Science as a type of religion, and believe that by it we prove vicariously that we are not only superior to life on this planet, but are and will continue to be the be all and end all of everything. We are not. A quick note as we end part one. Computers are like all important inventions before them, the only difference, and hence the warning. In this mad dash for all the newest technology to which you give your allegiance by willingly giving your most private information to, that for the first time, this new tool will help us, but at what price. Because besides the staggering discoveries in medicine and other sciences, from a social standpoint, if we are not careful, soon we will work for them. 

  Forgive this little side note from the main point, but we will dig a bit deeper on thought on part two. Computers are great, but only if we remain the masters.