Listening to God

What can I say about what I have learned while pondering this...

The first step in hearing God is: you must invite God into your life and, to be more specific, your heart. 

Science would tell you that the heart is just an organ that serves the body with blood by pumping it throughout. Yes, the heart does this, but it also serves another spiritual purpose being the house of the soul.

The soul is the spiritual representation of ourselves. Though it resides in the same body as our mind, the two are not interchangeable. The mind is connected to the brain, which stores our memory files like a computer. It lists our experiences and recalls learned information like not to pour boiling water down your pants. It stores connections, and by this I mean names, numbers, colors, favorites... blah blah blah.

The soul is connected to the heart, emotions and the arguably present energy fields inside and outside the body. The soul is also linked to memories of a different sort, the way things make us feel. How that favorite song makes us feel. How that woman/man makes us feel. Our parents, siblings, friends, work, the emotional energy connected to those things, that is the soul. 

Now because the soul is connected to our feelings, it is connected to our desires, hopes, fears, dreams... and this can pose a problem. This problem being the sin nature that lives within us. Sin is desire... and by that I mean the desire to do things that are against God's intentions. All sins are more or less connected to desire. Why does a person steal? Why does a person cheat? Murder? Name any of the millions of ways that we disrespect each other and God and it typically comes down to desire.

Not, of course, the desire to do evil per say but to serve one's self.

So sever the soul, right? Yeah... So if that were to happen, we would be computers. All we would know is the information that is stored in our memory bank brain. Anything that exists there would become routine and completely irreversible. That includes the good and the bad. And also there would be no sense in either of those words because there wouldn't be a moral compass. The soul is transcribed with all of God's will inside, the problem is we live in a broken world with broken people and some don't want to be fixed.

I suppose that really doesn't tell you how to listen to God in the best of detail, but this is getting pretty long and I have obviously not finished this subject matter at all.

First step: invite God into your life and specifically into your heart.

God wants to interact with you but being a infinite being, He is hard for the mind and body to comprehend. The soul, however, already has a connection with God that many are unaware of. All you have to do is say, "Hey God..." And just talk. He wants to hear from you and he wants to talk to you.

The US Constitution: Article 3, Section 3

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

Treason is serious! America at war with You!

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

Corruption of Blood- the inability to pass along inhertitance. All ownership is striped and possessions taken by the government.

The US Constitution: Article 3, Section 2

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;--between a State and Citizens of another State;--between Citizens of different States;--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

The US Constitution is the law amongst all US citizens, and extends to Americans even out of country

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

 American citizens, American jurisdiction. Regulations are deemed by Congress.

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.

Depending on where the crime was committed, trial will be held in that state. Jury shall be present except in cases of impeachment. If crime was not committed in a US state, Congress will decide where trial will be held.

The US Constitution: Article 3, Section 1

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.

Congress gives power to other courts across the US.

The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

They get paid.

The US Constitution: Article 2, Section 4

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

 It makes you wonder if getting a quickie really counts as a high crime or misdemeanor... I suppose it was really the fact that he lied... Whatever...

The US Constitution: Article 2, Section 3

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

 He/she will give information regarding the State of the Union and recommend actions to Congress on what should be done.

The US Constitution: Article 2, Section 2

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

 President has power over the US military and all of its factions. He/she has the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the US (But only if you have friends in high places).

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

 President may make treaties as long as he has senator support. He/she may also appoint ambassadors, public ministers, consuls, judges of the supreme court and other officers with the support of senate.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.