>>>#20/1/24 Come to think of it, God does love me

 In these wee hours, I cannot help but reflect on the path I took in life.  How God, with His mercy had chosen the right path for me.

Why I said, God had chosen the path for me?  Because on my own I would have chosen the path that led to the destruction of my family and me.

I don't want to get into details but I think God protects me because I have a good heart.  Or you can say, God gave me a good hea[d] (heart) and therefore He loves me because he gave his heart to me.

So what are the blessings?

• The number one is my wife and kids.  I cannot ask for anything better than my family.
• The next one is my house.  My house actually saved my skin when I was conned by the property scam.
• My car.  I owned so many types of vehicles in my life.  Finally, I found my dream car.  The MyVi is truly amazing.

Right, those are the physical things.  There are many more like watches, knives, and the CCC itself.

Those things you already knew.  What you don't know is God PREVENTED me from being a religious zealot TWICE!  Once when I was 13 and the other one when I was 35. 

When it happened the second time, I was heartbroken.  I thought God had abandoned me.

Truly this statement by Yuval Harari is a paradigm shift for me.  He said if God only helps those [] (who) help themselves, we don't need God.  That is a false statement and that statement is in the Quran (Ar Ra'ad). 

For a while, I could not figure out the verse.  Little that I realize then that it is a fallacy.  God only helps those who really need help.  Just like a baby bear (that's what comes to mind).  As long as you can still do it, he lets [] (you) figure it out on your own.

So in my case, he let me meddle with religion.  He knows I will be thorough.  Then he dropped the bomb; religion is just fiction.

Yuval Noah Harari might as well resonate with my thoughts all this while.  Those questions that I have been thinking about but don't know where to look for the answers are there inside "Homo Deus".

It certainly makes my life easier.  I am in no hurry to finish the book because I want to really enjoy reading it so that the ideas sink in like this Ar  Ra'ad verse.

I better sleep.  It is a liberating thought knowing that I am on the right path.  I am God and I am Man.

I wonder if Yuval had me in mind when he wrote the book.  Nevertheless, I found two books that I will read over and over again:  Sapiens and Homo Deus.

Avoir!

Sparta 4964

p.s. The certainty of knowing what you doing is right is a satisfaction in itself.