It always seems, at least for me, the closer I get to actually knowing God, the more of a conspiracy everything seems. I seem to doubt everything, because of the ways we have been taught to search out truth. But, if one accepts Mormonism, then with that comes the freedom to just accept things you cannot know like others thoughts.
A thing I do not have and exact references for, but the scene plays out in my mind where a prophet of God is being questioned by a king, and the king thinks something but does not say it, and the prophet "percieves his thoughts". That is what I would look up cause I can remember those exact words.
Almost constantly I am picking up on patterns, and it is only natural to try to make sense out of things, sometimes, my mind even forms associations and conclusions without me, but when I later try to understand why a thing is, my only explination ends up being a fantastic story. You know, I think that is where writers get incredible ideas, even Greek mythology is pretty fascinating.
Whomever I am mentally fixed on becomes the hero of my ever evolving plot, but to seriously make some sense out of a bigger picture the impossible figures or heroes could only be described as a God. I knew there was alot of power involved, but naturally, I figured that power was money.
Seriously, I cannot even count the times I have wondered how Lucifer was banished and is repelled by... WHAT? With my own kids I do not even have the ability to force them to do a thing, although my legitimacy comes from encouraging them to do go and them seeing that when they do what I say they get the results they want.
Power interests me. There is a movie that I simply adore. The movie is called "Anonymous". It has a scene where several Earls discuss the power that words have. The one explains how having one's ideas shared in thousands of minds is power, referring to plays. The one says that no war was ever won with words so he chooses might or his sword.
(Like the end of "The Mission" where the missionary dexlares that if might is right than love has no place in this world."
LDS beliefs are that we existed in a premortal existence (world) where there was a counsel and a "war". But, what sort or war was it?
Anyway, I think of another movie "Contact" where what one experiences as real is not believed by others to the point that it was all explained as the work of one very powerful man. It is funny to mearn that who people are is so fluid. We base so much value on our ability to perceive but, what if you perceive differently that someone else?
I need to "work in" another line I love from Disney's "The Incredibles" a lady who is employed by the villain is asked why they chose to live in a volcano, I think. Anyhow the character's name is Mirage (mom and dad's band's name) and she says, "I am drawn to power."
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Ha ha ha "drawn" to power. Just what you would expect an animated character to say.
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