Welcome back to the Lighthouse

[Ali Quadir]

Belief is a choice, my friends.

Amen!

But while it is a choice, we should not ignore the fact that you offered him an opportunity to see his ideas from another angle. Over time this will have effects, large or small. In the spirit of being together, this is a service. The intent to convince doesn't do much... But the intent to share which is in there does.

Having this experience has given me context for the Confederation's lighthouse anaology. And that is exactly what I intend to become. A bright one, at that! I still intend to share my interests and thoughts with others, but on a much less serious basis, and only when I suspect highly that such a person would be interested to begin with. If I share any thoughts at all, I will not peruse the topic if mutual interest is not shown.

Ironically I think you just became a better communicator. The intent to convince often expresses itself almost as saying "believe this" and the response almost expresses itself as "I am my own being, I'll be the judge of that". In effect losing the message in a battle of ego's.

It's very zen like, move without moving. Convince without convincing.

What we believe on Earth is what our higher selves has chosen for us to know, so that we might utilize our lessons most fully. So essentially I think so long as it does not lead to harm of others, it really doesn't matter what you believe. If you choose to worship a ham sandwich or you choose to worship yourself and others as divine creator, we all go home to the same place at the end of our shifts.

Amen.