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The Beatitudes - The Truth - The Answer

The beauty of a blog versus a website like The Michigan Business Directory ( http://www.michiganbusiness.us/ ), is that you are allowed to expose a bit of who you are. This is markedly different than a public website.

With that said, I cannot align my beliefs with a particular religion because I believe strongly that a religion - whether it be Jewish, Christian or Buddism only brings concrete realism to what we all know is true - that people are intrinsically good and only the Ego forces the conscious mind to react in ways that do not align with the intrinsic nature of humans.

A tongueful, I know. No matter what your religion, The Beatitudes reflect the core "goodness" of the human race.

The Latin word for blessed is beatus, from which we get the word beatitude.
The beatitudes are found at Matthew 5: 3-12

• Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
• Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.
• Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice,for they shall be satisfied.
• Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
• Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.
• Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
• Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

I am going to talk more about the Beatitudes in the morning -but sleep with a smile on your face - as these can only bring solace.

Beatitude is a possession of all things held to be good, from which nothing is absent that a good desire may want. Perhaps the meaning of beatitude may become clearer to us if it is compared with its opposite. Now the opposite of beatitude is misery.

Misery means being afflicted unwillingly with painful sufferings.

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