Pipeology - The Fine Art of Pipe Smoking and Thought

 My experience with my angels taught me that I don’t have to shop around for a religion.  I’ve found mine.  I practice my religion through quiet meditation.  Quiet is best for me.  We went out to dinner Saturday night to a very noisy steak place.  It was so noisy that when I came home my heart was pounding and I was a little worried about it. My chest was pounding and my heart rate was 110, which is very high for me at rest.  After a few hours it was down 99, but still too high for me.  I checked it the next morning and was down to about 70.  My heart shout be about 65 at rest.  This morning it is at 70, which is about normal for me at rest.  Calm is between 65 and 70.  110 is a brisk walk for me.   Another thing I have learned is that after sampling hundreds of tobaccos, I have found THE one I like best.  Some pipers might find their “go-to” tobacco, but I’m tired of sampling.  Sure there are many I have not tri...

 My Angels are in many ways controversial enough.  Back in 1993 I was more into smoking pipes than I am now.  These days I just grab a pipe without giving it too much thought and settle down with my favorite pipe tobacco.  I asked my Angels whether I had to give up my pipes.  They said it was up to me.   I’m primarily an English tobacco smoker.  I’ve tried many aromatics and now have just a couple I’ll smoke.  I smoke aromatics primarily for my wife to enjoy as she joins me while I smoke my pipe.  I enjoy seeing what others are enjoying as I now have my favorites.   But back in 1993 I was still learning a lot about smoking a pipe.  My pipes are tools for meditation as I feel I have all the pipes I need.   Pipes are more than a hobby for me.  They are my lifestyle.  I’ve tried all the old codger blends, as they are so-called because they’ve been around so long.  I’ve learned I’m not a big fan of Burley and Perique...

 Maybe I know all I need to know from my Angels.  They expect me to do the rest of their work.  I keep saying to God that my voice is too small.  And not many are going to believe that I know there is only one judgment for all humanity and I know HOW He will judge.  Maybe this is something I am not to share because I had no witnesses to my experience with them. But then too, the Angels knew what I would be against.  They said Jesus had it fifteen time harder than I have had in my life.  They knew how hard it would be to convince others.  Maybe I am to do it alone in my own way.  The Spirit will guide me in all I do.  So, yeah, I find this world very stressful at times. My computer crashed yesterday after working with a new OS.  I thought maybe if I unplugged it and let the battery die and then plug it back in the hard drive might boot to the old system.  It did.  It works now.  I won’t mess with it any longer.  I...

 I wasn’t sure when to post this.  Miller was a preacher who around 1849, I believe, told his followers to sell all they had and meet him on a hillside from which they’d all be raptured into heaven. It was called the Great Disappointment.  False prophets are doing this today.  They have a date in mind and then broadcast that date.  I am different.  I believe in the Second Coming and the Judgment of both the living and the dead to go along with it.  That Judgment will be God asking only one question:  Have you ever intentionally taken a Human  Life including your own life?  He will then separate the sheep from the goats.   Once Satan and His followers are removed from this world, He will establish His Kingdom of Peace.  That Peace begins with each one of us.  The problem is, for me at least, is that I can’t prove this.  But it is what I accept.  In answer to the age old question about soul sleep, the answer is yes...

 I know the Messiah is coming.  I’ve waited patiently through the years, but sometimes waiting drains on me.  I’ve never set any dates for a time when it will happen.  I don’t believe in a rapture, but I do believe in the Judgement, but even though I know HOW He will judge I try like crazy to make sure I do not judge—even the dead.   Today, I was thinking I just wish He would come.  It’s not about wishing for death.  God forbid I ever do that!  No, I see the world as it is and just wish.  But again, I never set dates as to when it will happen.  I just don’t know.  I never claim to know more than I do.  I was hoping it may have been on His Birthday, but I always wish for something great on His birthday.   But I wait like everyone else.  I hate when so-called prophets say this or that will happen in such-and-such a date.  They pretend to know and get their followers all worked up.  I’m not like that.  I t...

 I have time to just sit and smoke my pipe and there are times I just don’t want to think.  Today is one of those days.  I was thinking this morning that I have all the pipes I need.  I’ve smoked all my cellared tobacco and buy what I need in bulk for a month at a time.  I smoke about 16 ounces a month.   I have tried all the famous ropes, coins, and slices that many pipe smokers like.  I’ve had many aromatics and always keep some around for my wife to enjoy the aromas.  I guess in my old age I’m kind of tired of thinking about what’s in my pipe.  These days I just want to light what I have, sit back, relax, and not think about what’s in my pipe.   I used to anticipate opening that new bag or that new tin and think about a review I might write about such-and-such tobacco.  But these days my old pipes are my best friends and I just want in them what I know I like.   I’ve found my favorite affordable bulk tobacco.  I think h...