Over the centuries and millennia the words of the prophets of all faiths and religions have been compromised by various rulers of all sorts all over the world. They did indeed add words to the sacred text of all religions. Kings Pharaohs, dictators of all sorts have trampled on the transmission of humanity's innate wisdom, forever it seems. It is up to us to see the truth of the wisdom from the past for ours and to shed the rest. Here I offer my DISTILLATION of the world's religions. I beg you to imbibe. And to offer yours. Seriously.

This is a philosophy that is truly for everybody, regardless of race, creed or religion, or lack thereof.

No matter who you are or where you come from, we all want one thing, and that is simply to be happy with our lives and not to live in fear of mortality.

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I'm here to convince you, first and foremost, that this is actually possible in reality. I believe that by the very rules of nature with which we are presented within this physical universe we inhabit, there is room for valid logical optimism concerning the issue of our apparent mortality. Perhaps I can't promise scientifically that over-coming mortality is within our reach, but I can prove scientifically that it is clearly a possibility and that it is possible for us all to find peace of mind and loving comfort in a perfectly well managed world.There can be heaven on earth, realistically, and it would take a lot less effort on everyone's part than the way we run the world today.

I put down a road map that gets us to where we want to go. It's short and it's all for free so you have no excuse not to read it if you can read.

I offer you, as a flawed and mortal man, a set of ideas, that I think can lift us from the state which we consider to be natural into a life that we may well consider supernatural, but I guarantee they would make things a hell of a lot better than they are now. For, too much of earth resembles Hell, presently. We have proven that we can be more cruel than we had imagined, but we have never tried simply getting along and getting passed our basic land ownership disagreements in key parts of the world.

If we could remove ourselves from these ancient but simplistic flaws we could rebuild the world in the image God intended and do it gloriously and together...and we have seen miracles despite our own poor social development!

In our history....

Fire was amazing, writing was mysterious to the uneducated, electricity and the telegraph and telephone and radio and television were magic upon magic and still most people never saw the future impact of computers.
We are still waiting for sociology to catch up with the physical sciences. This is our key to advancement, because Sociology is the boss of Science.

I personally believe in a spiritual element to the universe. I call it god, but I can't define 'God' any more than I can weigh the universe, but I do have faith that we can all understand what God wants us all to know if we search deep enough inside ourselves.

Infinity

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From everything we have observed from the start of human history, the universe is apparently infinite in three capacities,

Space, Matter and Complexity of Design.

The universe is truly infinite in space (or size) extending infinitely on past the bloom of matter created by the big bang, which we call the 'known universe'.

This infinite space appears to contain an endless amount of matter, which by law equates to infinite energy.

We also continue to discover ever more complex elements of material design in the structure of matter and the rules governing it in this infinite space.

These three elements of infinity combine to create a truly ‘godlike’ nature for the universe, scientifically speaking.

This does not mean that 'anything' can be accomplished here, but it does prove that an infinite number of things can.

Should we not assume that any goal may be accomplished and any problem overcome, eventually by one means or another?

I think so and therefore optimism is logical in this reality of infinite potential.

Love 
Love is the ultimate efficiency formula.

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It is really that simple. When we take each others well being into our own, then there are fewer collisions of interest which lead to wasted energy on everyone’s part. These clashes are always sadly counterproductive and stall and stunt our progress and could even destroy us save for some unforeseen intervention.

Until we embrace Love as our core personal and social philosophy then we are forced to greet the birth of every new technological advancement with dread, knowing full well that despite the potential for good it will be used for selfish and hateful purposes as well.

What a shame to take such a chance when salvation is within our grasp if we deal efficiently within this infinite universe.

Love gives us peace and in turn prosperity through efficiency. In an angry world, even the queens and kings are in danger, while in a peaceful world even the poorest can have a good and happy life. The efficiency of love yields far more benefits to the most wealthy or poor than are lost by any individual to generosity.

Our technological achievements to date are like miracles to those who lived centuries before us and yet the one thing which has always been most important to us is still out of reach, even though it is the simplest thing of all and has always been within our grasp...Love.

Individuality

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This is the most common and ancient form of rule for social interaction, to define and defend the sanctity of the body. The consequences for society invading the sanctity of the body of a person are great as it turns that person into an enemy to all.

'Do not invade the space my body is in'. For rules of social behavior, it is the most common of common sense.

All people and even animals, naturally recognize this 'natural law'.

But governments and bureaucracies can easily trespass this natural boundary in the name of what is 'good' for the individual and society. It is not good for either to cross this line with social law, because that only leads to corrupt and unenforceable laws that hollow out a society from within. Rules and laws which violate the body of individuals are insidious and will only and always sicken a society until they are righted and erased.

If one believes in God, as I do, then one must understand that some laws are for God and some are for man to enforce. There are many ways in which a person may be irresponsible in the eyes of God, whether in destroying themselves through diet or drug abuse or being irresponsible in the care of a child in the womb...but these laws are for God and not human kind to enforce. Even if a woman destroys the life within her womb, that is between her and God.

Democracy

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True democracy, with full and fair access for all to representation on the ballot and to each person one vote and to a true tally of the votes cast, with freedom of speech; this is the ultimate social representation of the rule of Love.

Let all voices be heard. Democracy is nature that takes nurture. We should always remember that Democracy is there, as the highest path for society, but it must occur from within to be valid.

Environment

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People and animals naturally understand the need for simple personal hygiene. As society and technology advances, we should still follow this rule, not to ruin things in our environment.

If we work within our natural system, with our access to the infinite avenues of potential progress, we can find ways to make the things we need, without damaging our environment and our health.

We should never cease to strive for this goal.

Monogamy

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This one is a tough sell, but I’ll give it a try.

A happy and consensual, monogamous sexual relationship is the greatest thing on earth. It makes two people one and it gives them the strength of ten. It is a daily reaffirmation of life. It is a spiritual bond in the flesh. To dally with that is disheartening.

It may be fun to be casually sexual, but it leads to sadness, as each chapter ends, because it brings on thoughts of the real bond of love not existing.

The natural proclivity towards the spread of
sexually transmitted diseases through careless sex is a sad, added incentive, for us to embrace Monogamy.

Nothing taxes the mortal soul like confusion in intimate relationships, while even more sexual pleasure can be found through Monogamy.

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Animals

It is unhealthy for us to eat flesh, that is a scientific fact. Children and adults cringe in horror at the sight of animals being slaughtered.

It gives us heart attacks to eat it, but we do because it tastes good? It doesn't make sense.

That said, we can only do the best we can, but the better we do, the better off we are. I am not capable of watching for every ant on the ground as I go about my day, but if I see one, I don't step on it and I am better for it.

To finish…

I see a logical path to reach beyond our dreams, if we are together in our hearts and purpose.

chip@chipshirley.com