Pipeology - The Fine Art of Pipe Smoking and Thought

 I’d rather focus on my Angels than try to follow the news each day.  Charlie had his angels and every school boy knows about Victoria Secrets angels.  But my Angels are different.  Augustine once said he had a foot in heaven.  I have my whole essence in heaven.  I can’t help it.   I walk to the beat of a different drummer.  I’m happy I do.  I might be part Buddhist, but in my own way I know Jesus.  My Angels introduced me to Him.  But I like Buddhist philosophy.  I try to avoid the news of today, thinking this is Trump’s war—not mine.  I have no part in it except I pay taxes to pay for it.   My Angels take my mind off these things. I’m not sure where I’d be today without my Angels.  More than likely I wouldn’t be here today.  Where I’m spending eternity is a question that doesn’t even enter into my thinking.  I often wonder, however, what heaven is like.   Wondering about heaven and what it is lik...

 The war with Iran brings back flashbacks to the Vietnam War of the sixties and early seventies especially with talk of a draft.  I felt the Vietnam War was an unjust war.  We called it Johnson’s War.  My feelings about this war are the same.  I’m an idealist if I think there would be no more wars.  This war has kept me up at nights.  I feel this is a war of diversion to take our minds off the Epstein Files.   I felt the Vietnam War was to take our minds off the failed policies of Johnson.  He started it because he wanted to keep the Gulf  of Tonkin safe for Lady Birds shipping lanes.  No war today is localized.  The Strait of Hormuz needs to stay open for oil shipments.  But today many of those oil takers go to China and Russia.  It’s not our responsibility.   But the oil market is world wide with prices being controlled by the world market.  And like Vietnam many are wondering how we get out of it.  I...

 I’m far from being Jesus.  He says that if you know Him then you know God.  I say that if you know me, in a way then, you know my Angels.  I am but a poor representative of my Angels.  And if I remain calm, then perhaps, you will too.  But I have learned that others are only as calm as I am.  My problem is that I am not always calm.   Life gets to me in ways that it didn’t get to Jesus.  I have often said I am but a poor representation of Angels.  But I’ve never forgotten.  I have often wished my Angels in some way turned me into one of them.  But I had a human life before I experienced them and sometimes I forget in small ways.  But I have to remember that those who know me are only as calm as I am or at least try to be. But sometimes I am not always calm.  If I am the best the Angels could do, I’d hate to see the worst they could do; but maybe I am the worst they could do.  But I always try to think positively...

 I watch vids in the middle of the night when I can’t go back to sleep.  I watched a vid for sleeping that said that even if I weren’t calm I could go back to sleep.  Lately I have not been as calm.  I want to avoid all the news of the day, but I can’t.  I imagine a lot of people aren’t as calm these days.   But I just remember all the things my Angels told me.  I’ll be okay through it all.  Why will I be okay?  I’m not sure, but I keep thinking that God needs my voice for the Angels.  This has been my thinking for almost 33 years.  God needs my voice.  And there are those I need to help take care of me; not that I am needy, but just to make sure I am okay.   I don’t know all these people because there may be more or I might have enough now.  But I need people in my life.  And I know I can’t live in a bubble.  God always gives us what we need, but it’s not that I am not calm because I worry about them. ...

 Regardless of what you see, read, or hear, my advice is simple:  Remain calm.  Why can I say this?  I expected these things to happen.  The Judgment will be very very quick.  All those who intentionally take Human Life will be removed from this world so that the Messiah can set up His Kingdom of Peace in this earth.   You might say this is my belief, but it is belief based on knowledge.  Part is belief, but my knowledge is in how God will judge.  That is NOT a guess.  I can only guess when it will happen.  But knowledge says it will be very soon.  This IS WWIII.  But only to a point.  This is why I set the example to remain calm.   I can’t stress it any other way.  I have but a few who will read this post, but I don’t live for a few.  I am alive in this world for everyone—not just a few.  I do what I do and God has to do the rest.  But why me?  I was chosen for this very purpose.  I...

 Is there a dress code for one who has had an experience with Angels?  I have often thought about this.  My own dress code is nothing fancy.  Often I wear shorts, t-shirts, or some tropical shirt and tennis shoes or just tennis sneakers.  I once bought a monk’s robe I was going to wear with sandals and with a cross around my neck. I wore that outfit around the house for a day and thought it looked stupid to wear in public.  Then I wore jeans and a regular shirt up north, but here it has been pretty much shorts, t-shirt, and tennis loafers.  I very seldom wear socks, but I feel blending in is much better than standing out.  I own a suit and a couple of sports coats, but still being comfortable is much better for me. I own a couple of sweatpants I can wear with sweatshirts, but I seldom dress up to go out.  I’m an old retired guy who has no need for suits.  I don’t dress for success nor do I ever dress up these days.  I lounge around ...