As an artist people have often asked me, "how do you come up with all these ideas?" and the best answer I can come up with is that it doesn't come from me at all. I'm the conduit, it comes through me, from somewhere/Someone else. This is why the "ideas" begin to flow after I've sat down to work and not before. For me it's more like tuning in to a frequency, than it is about "thinking things up." It requires being open and quiet and in my own energy, which is probably why I like being alone a lot, because connecting with these frequencies feels good, it feels strong, as you said.
This is how I know that AI will never be able to take the place of a human, especially art, because that would require consciousness and love, not merely calculations. And consciousness IS God. Love IS God. We are swimming in the Love frequencies, it's everywhere all around us with a new opportunity every moment. It's up to us to recognize that and tune in. This is called being IN love: with God, with ourselves, with each other - what a wonderful place to be. To live and work in love.
These people with their copies and approximations and manipulations, trying so hard to be God, to mimic God. They can't see it, they don't understand it. They twist and pervert nature because they don't know how to tune in - they cannot create. They can only destroy and subvert, twist and lie. They apparently can't see the Love they are swimming in, they cannot see the bright energy of the real live people around them, and they really can't see how utterly boring it is to be always and forever trying to rationalize the dark.
Our enemies cannot create what you’ve just described’. They can only destroy and we’ve seen that in all elements of the artistic world...but, they cannot get it all, nor, as you’ve beautifully stated can they replicate the source!🙏
This must be why [they] crave works of art so much. The Nazis were famous for plundering artwork. They can destroy it, they can steal it, they can buy it or sell it; but they are unable to create it. From what I can tell, this is true of the Cabal worldwide, and it has been so as far back as you look.
Exactly what I’ve been able to determine! Take a look at how blocky and ugly Rockefeller Center architecture is in NY. Completely different from other NY architectural of the day. It reminds me of the architecture used in the Stalin era. No surprise there.
Excellent point. Everything they try to create is evil. Have you seen the horrible statue someone created for MLK and was uncovered last week in Boston, that was supposed to look like MLK embracing his wife? It is ugly and dirty; I can't even look at it.
Exactly, and I think I've mentioned it before that it was a huge revelation for me when I discovered that modern art was made ugly on purpose, as part of the tenets of implementing Communism. Until that moment I was just perplexed as to why that ugly, soulless crap was so "popular" with other human beings... turns out it's not at all popular, it's just another one of [their] many lies. It was really nice actually, to find out that truth. :)
❤️ Indeed, and most especially the knowledge of that truth - for instance that Loving Truth surrounds us all, and yet we have this Cult of Liars who are utterly blind to it! Either that or they completely misunderstand it, lol.
That's right, and I would go even further that we are all creators, although many of us don't believe that about ourselves, due to all the lies we grow up with of course. :)
If we believe we are made in the image of our Creator, we were created to emulate that Divine attribute. Whether it's by directly creating a new human being, or devising/building something; even something entirely new.
Artists/designers, crafters, builders who do so with our hands and hearts, or writers who use their souls and minds.
Well stated. There simply just aren't any shortcuts in achieving this. It seems they create these tools as shortcuts and they will never truly experience giving birth and life to a concept from within their soul.
We are all echos of God. I loved that line. The Holy Spirit leads you. I really enjoy your lyrical style. It’s wonderful to see someone using and sharing the gifts God have them. Thank you for sharing.
Yes, BB, I believe that as uniquely created persons fashioned in the image of GOD, we are offered the thrill of discovery of all that is true and noble and beautiful. Everything worth living for carries a sense of the Divine.
Keep going. We, your readers, find strength in your work.
We hunters are many, but you have found the weapon that is most valuable in the hunt-- clarity of thought and the voice to shout it out to the world. Inspiration, I think, to many. Carry on.
“All the power we need is inherent in our creation and in the recognition of our true natures, rendered Bright as the dawn we hope to coax over the ashes of the false world [they] would have us inherit.
We contain the echoes of God. We are the echoes.
And that is an encouraging thought.” My favorite part of your exceptional piece! God is the Creator and we are His creation and this is why AI will NEVER replace humanity! 🙏🙏🙏
No surprise that our brilliant tiger managed to tie it all together in this excellent essay! Those of us who believe in God, or without that specific belief, understand there is a ‘higher power’ that is the author of creation, realize even within the human creation there are many symbiotic universes that maintain that creation. I’m not a writer, but am an artist and can often not describe how I came to the idea of a specific painting, therefore, can understand we are made creative beings without understanding the specific source of that creative process. Like you, I am not terribly worried about AI, even though I understand why people are. I, too, believe this ‘God-spark’ at our core can never be replicated. I also believe God uses that spark in all of us to accomplish the roles He has established for us in this ancient battle between good and evil and you may be absolutely correct that it is our role to discover it within us. I look forward to each of your posts as you never let us down! God bless you, our fearless tiger!
I am an engineer, and never had much artistic talent (my sister got that!)
But engineering work also requires creativity, and I have felt inspiration in my life as well, solving problems with ideas that I know did not come from my own experience or education.
I believe that not only can God create us with a 'bank' of discoverable truths or inspirations, He can also give us such ideas in real time, maybe when we're sleeping on an idea or concept.
It's also of course possible that He knew all along what gifts we would need. This is one of those dichotomies that Rev. Leslie Weatherhead (who wrote the book 'The Christian Agnostic') called 'awaiting further understanding.' There are some things that we don't and likely can't understand at this time, but perhaps with further understanding, sometime we will.
Wow Bill, extremely well said. People underestimate not only their own creativity, but also just how much creativity plays a part in everything we humans do. We are such natural builders. We are tinkerers and tweakers and "let's try this" and inventors and curious about everything, especially when we are young and express it naturally. I know men who can build a computer from scratch and still think they are "not creative." I know women who say they aren't creative while they have a hundred "craft" projects going on around the house. And I would say anyone who is a parent has learned some serious creative-on-the-fly tactics too.
"Awaiting further understanding" perfectly mirrors my own recent hard-won understanding that I am learning to live with ambiguity, with the discomfort of not-knowing...
Ambiguity is also, I believe, a gift from God. After all, if we knew everything already with certainty, what would there be left for us? Thinking, learning, understanding that we will be 'works in process' until the day we die, that is our mission, our purpose. Every day is a new day.
Don't let it make you uncomfortable; embrace it and accept it as a natural part of human existence. Every bit as natural as the sun coming up in the morning. It gives us all something to look forward to, every day when we awaken.
I think I probably didn't articulate my words well enough. The fact that it is uncomfortable is really the point, and we all have fearful and anxious feelings we must deal with if we are honest with ourselves. We are taught that "happy" and a "good" life is a by-product of having faith - that if we believe the Right Things strongly enough that God will reward us. But when we come to realize that rather than blind trust, knowledge is the real path to a higher understanding (consciousness), we inevitably will go through frustration and fear, always learning, always expanding our horizons. It is difficult to wake up to the truth and it takes courage to face those fears. I prefer to think of that discomfort and difficulty as a natural consequence of a road chosen for spiritual growth - even that we choose our incarnations in order to learn our lessons. Learning to live with ambiguity is a way of deprogramming those beliefs that tell us that we are powerless, that we need to always be following rules, that certitude is indeed desirable. That need for certitude gets us in all kinds of trouble.
Hi Bill, I think it's pretty clear that you and I don't have the exact same beliefs, but of course that is perfectly fine by me. I do not require you to agree with me. :) I don't think this has much to do with persecution - more like consequences - the consequences of natural law. Much like the law of gravity - if I step off a cliff I will receive consequences. If I climb down the cliff, I will receive different consequences. My discernment and knowledge helps make the difference between those kinds of choices. Also, in my view the physical world, being incarnated into a body, living here with all the physical conseqences, is part of it, not separate. In my view, Nature is God showing us how it's done. We have the free will in our response to that, and therein lie the lessons we learn. I am not looking for rewards later - I am not looking for "reward" at all. I am looking to elevate my consciousness and understanding of what we are, what life is, what God is, and how to respond to all of it in the most loving way I can. I don't always succeed, but the concept of the word "reward" introduces judgment that I think is unnatural - not nature. I do not subscribe to the idea that I am either "worthy" or "unworthy" - the natural law of God does not shame or condemn, but simply shows us the consequences of our choices.
WOW guys not only to I get to read my now favorite author BB, but I get to read wonderfully written insights from other readers of my new favorite author. What a wonderful time to be alive! Thank you BB and to all of your readers.
I worked with engineers for a long time and I realized they definitely have a creative side, just as I have an analytical one. It will be a great ‘day’ when we curious types will have answers to all the questions. I can’t begin to imagine the God that created this wonderfully complex universe and the day we meet our creator will be the beginning of learning those answers! I so look forward to your posts! Our gifted tiger has attracted many inquisitive people….that, too, is another gift!
God does indeed work in mysterious ways. When BB first published 'Righteous Russia #0' last January 10, I doubt he could have imagined what it would turn into, just a year later.
All of them. In print Off my shelf & in my hand. The first of Mr. B. Bright’s many volumes to come: The Collected Short Works of one Mr. B. Bright of Siberia — Volume I: Echoes of Echoes.
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I want to be able to meander through the pages, write notes in the margins, underline. Flip back and forth.
(THIS Substack form is great for sending the piece’s url and excerpts, but it aint like a book.There aint nothin like a book.)
Ok, Mr. Bright, Tundra Tiger, you have been cordially invited to think about it.
Wish I could split myself to get even more done, but then I'd be splitting my mind. Hopefully I can share my works of fiction with this community under my human name, once I feel stable enough to do so from a financial perspective. Can't risk the day job under present family circumstances.
Haha thanks Gary. My published writing is fictional, and not everyone likes that, but someday I will share, once I have enough support to consider the risk to my day job less significant.
I truly love what you have written. God loves echoes. If you look back through time, you will see that He echoes His truths generation after generation. From what I can see, you are doing exactly what you were created to do. Whether you knew it or not, you said "yes" and God said "Let's go! It's going to be fun". It is an interesting feeling when you find yourself writing or speaking thoughts that are not necessarily your own. It happens to me. It is always surprising. There are those that speak of Prophets in an otherworldly manner - maybe think of Gandalf that way. Yet, the very word Prophet means one who utters divinely inspired revelations. I believe that you, Jon, Kyle, et al., are prophets of this generation and time. I'm not talking about "holier than thou" elevated on a pedestal personages. I am speaking of people who literally utter divinely inspired revelations. Each of you in this community -- each one who reads BB's articles and comments can be doing the same thing. We each speak what comes to our mind. Which in the "good" realm means God-inspired thoughts. Evil also inspires thoughts which we see on a daily basis. YET -- this is a prophetic movement. We are prophetic people. The processing and discovery of new information is a result of the willingness to utter. Continue in the direction you are going. I believe you will come to the place of "knowing" more. That, too, is an odd place to be. But it is also awe-inspiring to think that the creator of everything chooses to use me, you, this community to utter His truths. Keep walking the road you are on. You are leading and yet you are also following at the same time. Remember to be the follower and let the rest join you in following. Thank you for saying Yes!!
It's a humbling and overwhelming prospect to consider. I don't know if I've been chosen for any purpose, but I'm just trying to follow my instincts (tiger AND human,) and being as intellectually and spiritually honest with the Bright Army as I can be, and every time I am, this community responds in lovely and encouraging ways.
I love what YOU have written too. Speaking of echoes and words, I have recently begun learning about healing with specific frequencies and it occurred to me one day that the phrase "In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was God" is perfectly describing the same thing: word = spoken = sound = frequency. The Word = Frequency = Creative force = Creation. And I'm not even a Bible person, lol. :)
I love that you are talking about God...humanity or as you say your esoteric beliefs. We are all created w/ that "spark" that makes us unique. That is, let's say, our purpose. Like in the movie City slickers, Curly says "only one thing in life matters, just one. You have to figure out what that one thing is". I have no idea why I have "figured it out" and why some people never seem to. It seems that those people are the ones easily manipulated, easily bent to the will of the Cabal...the followers, the compliers. That I do not understand. "Why me, Lord". An "old soul", experience beyond my years when I was very young, for as long as I can remember. Truth, discernment, positivity and inspiration...we are all connected, we have always been connected. We are just starting to realize it and say it out loud.
Thanks a lot, Sally. Every time I think one of my pieces is going to land with a dud or a shrug, you folks are here to show me how well-received these thoughts can be.
Beautiful writing as always. I've always felt satisfied if just one person has been positively affected by anything I've created. The best compliment I ever received was from a 10 year old who remembered one of my poems I read to his class when he was in Kindergarten.
WWG1WGA! And yet the really wonderful thing about being human is that we are both - we are also individuals with free will. What an amazing gift we have been given.
I’m crying tears of joy and amazement at the truth that I’ve just read. My soul responded to the echo of the truth that was spoken. Our wavelengths overlapped. And the beauty of your words is so profound! it was the best soul feast I’ve had in a longest time.
Thank you my friend, you are truly a very beautiful soul! It is clear that you’re a pure echo of God’s beauty.
Splendid writing BB. I am reminded of how grateful I am for the gift of faith. The good fortune of loving parents and religious community. The Proverbs and Psalms direct us and guide us to Wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One. "No one in the world can change truth ", Saint Maximilian Kolbe. I pray that everyone in our community can draw someone to Him ✝️🌹. Let's allow ourselves to be instruments of His peace. Be well and stay Bright ❤️✝️🌹
The consciousness of God flowing through his earthly vessels connecting the hearts of creation. Thank you BB for offering up your gift of gab to these awakened ones.
Beautifully written BB. We are each created by God and born clean, innocent with a light inside. This light from our creator shines bright initially but over time is diminished by the obstacles on earth. Dark souls seek to douse this light, and the beauty it brings. As children we draw from our inner light, our intuition, our gut. Especially if born into a turbulent environment. I know, my light, burned brightest on the darkest days. We are never really alone, God would not leave a baby, his creation, his gift, alone.
Your light, your gift, has become bright inside, we each feel your light. Burning Bright keep writing, I have a feeling there is much you have yet to discover!
My husband and I just now had a long discussion about that spark we have as children, and how society and the school system in particular turns a fire hose on that spark. This Cult society we have been living in has been targeting our young spirits for centuries - they know how to teach people to doubt themselves, how to tell ourselves we aren't worthy or "talented", how to make us all think that we need to FOLLOW THE RULES OR ELSE. All that crap. It's time to do some de-schooling. It's beginning to be very evident that every edifice of society was created with some kind of darkness in mind and I look forward to the day that every death-camp hospital, every indoctrination-camp school, every power-mad "authority" falls in ruin.
Rules from a rule less they call themselves an administration, I call them an illegitimate crime spree. First step, civil disobedience. I don't mean riots, just don't follow rules. Another, schools aren't helping your children at all, until they are, take them out and homeschool. They think that they are so powerful but believe me, they aren't.
Most people don't understand how right you are, Rob. The belief in authority is one of the most insidious of all, and keeps so many of us bound in chains unnecessarily. "Authority" doesn't even actually exist: it is only real to those who believe that it is. Nobody has the right to rule over another - no masters, no slaves.
As an artist people have often asked me, "how do you come up with all these ideas?" and the best answer I can come up with is that it doesn't come from me at all. I'm the conduit, it comes through me, from somewhere/Someone else. This is why the "ideas" begin to flow after I've sat down to work and not before. For me it's more like tuning in to a frequency, than it is about "thinking things up." It requires being open and quiet and in my own energy, which is probably why I like being alone a lot, because connecting with these frequencies feels good, it feels strong, as you said.
This is how I know that AI will never be able to take the place of a human, especially art, because that would require consciousness and love, not merely calculations. And consciousness IS God. Love IS God. We are swimming in the Love frequencies, it's everywhere all around us with a new opportunity every moment. It's up to us to recognize that and tune in. This is called being IN love: with God, with ourselves, with each other - what a wonderful place to be. To live and work in love.
These people with their copies and approximations and manipulations, trying so hard to be God, to mimic God. They can't see it, they don't understand it. They twist and pervert nature because they don't know how to tune in - they cannot create. They can only destroy and subvert, twist and lie. They apparently can't see the Love they are swimming in, they cannot see the bright energy of the real live people around them, and they really can't see how utterly boring it is to be always and forever trying to rationalize the dark.
Our enemies cannot create what you’ve just described’. They can only destroy and we’ve seen that in all elements of the artistic world...but, they cannot get it all, nor, as you’ve beautifully stated can they replicate the source!🙏
This must be why [they] crave works of art so much. The Nazis were famous for plundering artwork. They can destroy it, they can steal it, they can buy it or sell it; but they are unable to create it. From what I can tell, this is true of the Cabal worldwide, and it has been so as far back as you look.
Good point about the Nazis. They feared art, which is why they coveted it.
Exactly what I’ve been able to determine! Take a look at how blocky and ugly Rockefeller Center architecture is in NY. Completely different from other NY architectural of the day. It reminds me of the architecture used in the Stalin era. No surprise there.
Now that's interesting...I'm going to visit my son in NYC in March, and will look for myself...thanks Altab!
Excellent point. Everything they try to create is evil. Have you seen the horrible statue someone created for MLK and was uncovered last week in Boston, that was supposed to look like MLK embracing his wife? It is ugly and dirty; I can't even look at it.
I did. Obscene and definitely planned to be so.👎🏼
TRUE. Because art is a creation from what we are within, and they are hateful beings and are envious of beautiful creations that express love.
Wow!!! I never thought of that Wild Bill....but YES! That must be the reason why they crave art so much....
Exactly, and I think I've mentioned it before that it was a huge revelation for me when I discovered that modern art was made ugly on purpose, as part of the tenets of implementing Communism. Until that moment I was just perplexed as to why that ugly, soulless crap was so "popular" with other human beings... turns out it's not at all popular, it's just another one of [their] many lies. It was really nice actually, to find out that truth. :)
Apparently there is a truism to the ‘truth shall set one free,’ isn’t there?
❤️ Indeed, and most especially the knowledge of that truth - for instance that Loving Truth surrounds us all, and yet we have this Cult of Liars who are utterly blind to it! Either that or they completely misunderstand it, lol.
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Sarah,
When the Communists set out to destroy God, they destroyed beauty. Modern art exemplifies that.
To bring beauty into the world, imho, is to bring God in the world.
Being a creator is to echo God in His Creation.
That's right, and I would go even further that we are all creators, although many of us don't believe that about ourselves, due to all the lies we grow up with of course. :)
True.
If we believe we are made in the image of our Creator, we were created to emulate that Divine attribute. Whether it's by directly creating a new human being, or devising/building something; even something entirely new.
Artists/designers, crafters, builders who do so with our hands and hearts, or writers who use their souls and minds.
I agree 100/100 but people must first believe in God ...!
Many people in our western countries are now purely materialist, secular, pushing God and Jesus far away from their sad tiny lives ...
So sad, but too often true !
I enjoy knowing I belong to this worlwide group of believers :-)
Amen.
Very well-said, Sarah. I completely agree. Glad you enjoyed the piece.
Amen 🙏
Well stated. There simply just aren't any shortcuts in achieving this. It seems they create these tools as shortcuts and they will never truly experience giving birth and life to a concept from within their soul.
100%
Now that’s a true statement! Ask any creative type - we’ve all had our slow starts!
We are all echos of God. I loved that line. The Holy Spirit leads you. I really enjoy your lyrical style. It’s wonderful to see someone using and sharing the gifts God have them. Thank you for sharing.
Much appreciated, Diane. Glad the writing style is to the taste of more folks than I would have expected.
Those of us who would much rather read vs listen are likely the very ones attracted to your exceptional work!
Yes, BB, I believe that as uniquely created persons fashioned in the image of GOD, we are offered the thrill of discovery of all that is true and noble and beautiful. Everything worth living for carries a sense of the Divine.
Keep going. We, your readers, find strength in your work.
Thanks so much, Heidi!
We hunters are many, but you have found the weapon that is most valuable in the hunt-- clarity of thought and the voice to shout it out to the world. Inspiration, I think, to many. Carry on.
Great and perceptive comment.
Thanks so much, Randall. This is encouraging.
So well said, thank you, Randall.
“All the power we need is inherent in our creation and in the recognition of our true natures, rendered Bright as the dawn we hope to coax over the ashes of the false world [they] would have us inherit.
We contain the echoes of God. We are the echoes.
And that is an encouraging thought.” My favorite part of your exceptional piece! God is the Creator and we are His creation and this is why AI will NEVER replace humanity! 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for reading, Kelly!
We, mankind, are the creating creations of the Creator. We were created in His image. Nothing else creates; just Him... and us.
Talking to and of God is not a "third rail". It is the very nature of truth and reality.
Thanks for the encouragement, Wayne.
No surprise that our brilliant tiger managed to tie it all together in this excellent essay! Those of us who believe in God, or without that specific belief, understand there is a ‘higher power’ that is the author of creation, realize even within the human creation there are many symbiotic universes that maintain that creation. I’m not a writer, but am an artist and can often not describe how I came to the idea of a specific painting, therefore, can understand we are made creative beings without understanding the specific source of that creative process. Like you, I am not terribly worried about AI, even though I understand why people are. I, too, believe this ‘God-spark’ at our core can never be replicated. I also believe God uses that spark in all of us to accomplish the roles He has established for us in this ancient battle between good and evil and you may be absolutely correct that it is our role to discover it within us. I look forward to each of your posts as you never let us down! God bless you, our fearless tiger!
I am an engineer, and never had much artistic talent (my sister got that!)
But engineering work also requires creativity, and I have felt inspiration in my life as well, solving problems with ideas that I know did not come from my own experience or education.
I believe that not only can God create us with a 'bank' of discoverable truths or inspirations, He can also give us such ideas in real time, maybe when we're sleeping on an idea or concept.
It's also of course possible that He knew all along what gifts we would need. This is one of those dichotomies that Rev. Leslie Weatherhead (who wrote the book 'The Christian Agnostic') called 'awaiting further understanding.' There are some things that we don't and likely can't understand at this time, but perhaps with further understanding, sometime we will.
Interesting way to think about it. We discover truths in our own minds that have been placed there.
Wow Bill, extremely well said. People underestimate not only their own creativity, but also just how much creativity plays a part in everything we humans do. We are such natural builders. We are tinkerers and tweakers and "let's try this" and inventors and curious about everything, especially when we are young and express it naturally. I know men who can build a computer from scratch and still think they are "not creative." I know women who say they aren't creative while they have a hundred "craft" projects going on around the house. And I would say anyone who is a parent has learned some serious creative-on-the-fly tactics too.
"Awaiting further understanding" perfectly mirrors my own recent hard-won understanding that I am learning to live with ambiguity, with the discomfort of not-knowing...
Ambiguity is also, I believe, a gift from God. After all, if we knew everything already with certainty, what would there be left for us? Thinking, learning, understanding that we will be 'works in process' until the day we die, that is our mission, our purpose. Every day is a new day.
Don't let it make you uncomfortable; embrace it and accept it as a natural part of human existence. Every bit as natural as the sun coming up in the morning. It gives us all something to look forward to, every day when we awaken.
Without challenge, there would be no accomplishment. No point.
Btw thanks for the tip, I am going to order the The Christian Agnostic, as I am always interested in non-mainstream points of view
I think I probably didn't articulate my words well enough. The fact that it is uncomfortable is really the point, and we all have fearful and anxious feelings we must deal with if we are honest with ourselves. We are taught that "happy" and a "good" life is a by-product of having faith - that if we believe the Right Things strongly enough that God will reward us. But when we come to realize that rather than blind trust, knowledge is the real path to a higher understanding (consciousness), we inevitably will go through frustration and fear, always learning, always expanding our horizons. It is difficult to wake up to the truth and it takes courage to face those fears. I prefer to think of that discomfort and difficulty as a natural consequence of a road chosen for spiritual growth - even that we choose our incarnations in order to learn our lessons. Learning to live with ambiguity is a way of deprogramming those beliefs that tell us that we are powerless, that we need to always be following rules, that certitude is indeed desirable. That need for certitude gets us in all kinds of trouble.
Yes. Remember that God's rewards are to be found in heaven and not on earth. Matter of fact He told us to expect persecution for our beliefs.
The old saying 'the only things certain in life are death and taxes' still rings true.
Hi Bill, I think it's pretty clear that you and I don't have the exact same beliefs, but of course that is perfectly fine by me. I do not require you to agree with me. :) I don't think this has much to do with persecution - more like consequences - the consequences of natural law. Much like the law of gravity - if I step off a cliff I will receive consequences. If I climb down the cliff, I will receive different consequences. My discernment and knowledge helps make the difference between those kinds of choices. Also, in my view the physical world, being incarnated into a body, living here with all the physical conseqences, is part of it, not separate. In my view, Nature is God showing us how it's done. We have the free will in our response to that, and therein lie the lessons we learn. I am not looking for rewards later - I am not looking for "reward" at all. I am looking to elevate my consciousness and understanding of what we are, what life is, what God is, and how to respond to all of it in the most loving way I can. I don't always succeed, but the concept of the word "reward" introduces judgment that I think is unnatural - not nature. I do not subscribe to the idea that I am either "worthy" or "unworthy" - the natural law of God does not shame or condemn, but simply shows us the consequences of our choices.
WOW guys not only to I get to read my now favorite author BB, but I get to read wonderfully written insights from other readers of my new favorite author. What a wonderful time to be alive! Thank you BB and to all of your readers.
I love seeing the conversations the Bright Army engages in in the comments.
I worked with engineers for a long time and I realized they definitely have a creative side, just as I have an analytical one. It will be a great ‘day’ when we curious types will have answers to all the questions. I can’t begin to imagine the God that created this wonderfully complex universe and the day we meet our creator will be the beginning of learning those answers! I so look forward to your posts! Our gifted tiger has attracted many inquisitive people….that, too, is another gift!
Truly, this is a wonderful community.
God does indeed work in mysterious ways. When BB first published 'Righteous Russia #0' last January 10, I doubt he could have imagined what it would turn into, just a year later.
Thanks so much, ALtab!
I would love to see some of your art sometime if you ever feel like posting a link!
I will PATIENTLY WAIT, for a list of your books. I have reserved an entire shelf in my library. You!, are an incredible writer
Ditto. And I want these writings in a book too.
All of them. In print Off my shelf & in my hand. The first of Mr. B. Bright’s many volumes to come: The Collected Short Works of one Mr. B. Bright of Siberia — Volume I: Echoes of Echoes.
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I want to be able to meander through the pages, write notes in the margins, underline. Flip back and forth.
(THIS Substack form is great for sending the piece’s url and excerpts, but it aint like a book.There aint nothin like a book.)
Ok, Mr. Bright, Tundra Tiger, you have been cordially invited to think about it.
Wish I could split myself to get even more done, but then I'd be splitting my mind. Hopefully I can share my works of fiction with this community under my human name, once I feel stable enough to do so from a financial perspective. Can't risk the day job under present family circumstances.
Haha thanks Gary. My published writing is fictional, and not everyone likes that, but someday I will share, once I have enough support to consider the risk to my day job less significant.
I truly love what you have written. God loves echoes. If you look back through time, you will see that He echoes His truths generation after generation. From what I can see, you are doing exactly what you were created to do. Whether you knew it or not, you said "yes" and God said "Let's go! It's going to be fun". It is an interesting feeling when you find yourself writing or speaking thoughts that are not necessarily your own. It happens to me. It is always surprising. There are those that speak of Prophets in an otherworldly manner - maybe think of Gandalf that way. Yet, the very word Prophet means one who utters divinely inspired revelations. I believe that you, Jon, Kyle, et al., are prophets of this generation and time. I'm not talking about "holier than thou" elevated on a pedestal personages. I am speaking of people who literally utter divinely inspired revelations. Each of you in this community -- each one who reads BB's articles and comments can be doing the same thing. We each speak what comes to our mind. Which in the "good" realm means God-inspired thoughts. Evil also inspires thoughts which we see on a daily basis. YET -- this is a prophetic movement. We are prophetic people. The processing and discovery of new information is a result of the willingness to utter. Continue in the direction you are going. I believe you will come to the place of "knowing" more. That, too, is an odd place to be. But it is also awe-inspiring to think that the creator of everything chooses to use me, you, this community to utter His truths. Keep walking the road you are on. You are leading and yet you are also following at the same time. Remember to be the follower and let the rest join you in following. Thank you for saying Yes!!
It's a humbling and overwhelming prospect to consider. I don't know if I've been chosen for any purpose, but I'm just trying to follow my instincts (tiger AND human,) and being as intellectually and spiritually honest with the Bright Army as I can be, and every time I am, this community responds in lovely and encouraging ways.
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Agreed.
I love what YOU have written too. Speaking of echoes and words, I have recently begun learning about healing with specific frequencies and it occurred to me one day that the phrase "In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was God" is perfectly describing the same thing: word = spoken = sound = frequency. The Word = Frequency = Creative force = Creation. And I'm not even a Bible person, lol. :)
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I love that you are talking about God...humanity or as you say your esoteric beliefs. We are all created w/ that "spark" that makes us unique. That is, let's say, our purpose. Like in the movie City slickers, Curly says "only one thing in life matters, just one. You have to figure out what that one thing is". I have no idea why I have "figured it out" and why some people never seem to. It seems that those people are the ones easily manipulated, easily bent to the will of the Cabal...the followers, the compliers. That I do not understand. "Why me, Lord". An "old soul", experience beyond my years when I was very young, for as long as I can remember. Truth, discernment, positivity and inspiration...we are all connected, we have always been connected. We are just starting to realize it and say it out loud.
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Thanks a lot, Sally. Every time I think one of my pieces is going to land with a dud or a shrug, you folks are here to show me how well-received these thoughts can be.
Where's Defected...I'm going thru withdrawal!!!!
My MERELY Human co-host was "sick."
DEFECTED shall return on Sunday night ... if Kyle sacks up.
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I hope he feels better soon
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Many people seem to believe in God, even without having any knowledge about Him; just because they live "innocently", "naturally" the right way !
I prefer living my belief, but I enjoy those who live the God way of life just because it's nice to them :-)
God bless them, and God bless US ALL !
Beautiful writing as always. I've always felt satisfied if just one person has been positively affected by anything I've created. The best compliment I ever received was from a 10 year old who remembered one of my poems I read to his class when he was in Kindergarten.
We never know the sort of ripples our creation can have on those around us.
We are all one.
WWG1WGA! And yet the really wonderful thing about being human is that we are both - we are also individuals with free will. What an amazing gift we have been given.
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I’m crying tears of joy and amazement at the truth that I’ve just read. My soul responded to the echo of the truth that was spoken. Our wavelengths overlapped. And the beauty of your words is so profound! it was the best soul feast I’ve had in a longest time.
Thank you my friend, you are truly a very beautiful soul! It is clear that you’re a pure echo of God’s beauty.
I'm glad this writing had a positive effect on you. Thank you for reading.
Splendid writing BB. I am reminded of how grateful I am for the gift of faith. The good fortune of loving parents and religious community. The Proverbs and Psalms direct us and guide us to Wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One. "No one in the world can change truth ", Saint Maximilian Kolbe. I pray that everyone in our community can draw someone to Him ✝️🌹. Let's allow ourselves to be instruments of His peace. Be well and stay Bright ❤️✝️🌹
It truly is a gift. I'm beginning to see that, now.
The consciousness of God flowing through his earthly vessels connecting the hearts of creation. Thank you BB for offering up your gift of gab to these awakened ones.
Much appreciated, Suzanne.
Beautifully written BB. We are each created by God and born clean, innocent with a light inside. This light from our creator shines bright initially but over time is diminished by the obstacles on earth. Dark souls seek to douse this light, and the beauty it brings. As children we draw from our inner light, our intuition, our gut. Especially if born into a turbulent environment. I know, my light, burned brightest on the darkest days. We are never really alone, God would not leave a baby, his creation, his gift, alone.
Your light, your gift, has become bright inside, we each feel your light. Burning Bright keep writing, I have a feeling there is much you have yet to discover!
I'll keep writing as long as you folks care to read!
My husband and I just now had a long discussion about that spark we have as children, and how society and the school system in particular turns a fire hose on that spark. This Cult society we have been living in has been targeting our young spirits for centuries - they know how to teach people to doubt themselves, how to tell ourselves we aren't worthy or "talented", how to make us all think that we need to FOLLOW THE RULES OR ELSE. All that crap. It's time to do some de-schooling. It's beginning to be very evident that every edifice of society was created with some kind of darkness in mind and I look forward to the day that every death-camp hospital, every indoctrination-camp school, every power-mad "authority" falls in ruin.
I was never very good at following rules.
Rules from a rule less they call themselves an administration, I call them an illegitimate crime spree. First step, civil disobedience. I don't mean riots, just don't follow rules. Another, schools aren't helping your children at all, until they are, take them out and homeschool. They think that they are so powerful but believe me, they aren't.
Most people don't understand how right you are, Rob. The belief in authority is one of the most insidious of all, and keeps so many of us bound in chains unnecessarily. "Authority" doesn't even actually exist: it is only real to those who believe that it is. Nobody has the right to rule over another - no masters, no slaves.
I will stand with you.
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