On writing Science Fiction at the Ripe Old Age of 80 (cont.)

Welcome my dear friend. Before I finish the above story I will share with you that I am constantly asked why on earth I choose to write in the Science Fiction genre. As if it is somehow not as important as other literature. I write Science Fiction because it lets my imagination run free and I can be very creative in building new worlds and inhabiting them with wonderful people (some call them aliens). Science Fiction is the literature of change and I can propose whole philosophies and economic systems and test them against human nature. I love all manner of Science Fiction story and if you also have the crave for fresh, new sci-fi short stories then I recommend to you: http://dailysciencefiction.com/ ........................................................................................................................ This is my philosophy that I share with you for a moment. I feel like I need to write down my thoughts for my family and friends. IT is all about LOVE. The great truths are that we are love and that we are one with the entire Cosmos; God. I have begun to understand that we are all one. That what hurts you; hurts me also. That what brings joy to you; brings joy to me. I am responsible for treating you with loving kindness, for treating you with respect and dignity. For when I honor you, I honor my own self. We are one, my friend, and we are also one with everyone and everything in this universe. We are love, and love is not a weak, ephemeral feeling, but the great FORCE, the great energy, that runs the Cosmos. That is the Cosmos. I do not "own" anything spiritual alone, for all belongs to all. You may hold a fine object in your poessession all of your life and believe that you own it. That is quite different from owning its essence; its spirit. God loves you just as you are right now. He loves all of his children and hears them, is with them, at all times. He cares deeply if we choose him, but he loves us so much that he has given us free will and freedom of choice in all that we do; he has given us our freedom. There are no rules to God's love. It is free and does not quantify or qualify. It is boundless as the skies. It is infinite. All of us are one with God and we are his representatives of love. The concept of guilt is a bunch of bunk. It gets in the way of our recognizing who we are. Of course we feel remorse when we hurt another person, and we repent and mend the situation, but once we have shown love and compassion to the person we hurt we must let go of the negative feelings in our heart regarding this subject. To do else is to subtract time from more worthy pursuits. The worthy pursuit is to grow in love and in expressing that love. Once you realize that you do love, then you realize that there is no fault in you that has not been overcome by the greatest love of all, God. You know that you are a part of the whole, the one; that there is nothing that cannot be forgiven. If we hate something it is because we sense in it some part within ourselves that we have hidden and not faced. Hate has to be worked at, it is not a natural reaction; our natural response is to love whatever comes into our lives; indeed to love ourselves and all that is around us. Each of us is a single frequency in the grand opera of existence: unique, but one part of a complete whole. I have made so many errors in thinking and acting in my lifetime. Sometimes I am mortified at the amount of hurt I have managed to inflict upon my family and friends, the thought makes me shiver with sorrow and pain. Too often I have judged my fellow brothers and sisters and have had to live what they have suffered in order to understand their feelings; this is a hard way to get through life and finally you come to a point where you accept folks just as they are because you are the same and know it; maybe a little different story is all. Have a fine day and evening my friend, and tomorrow I will start to bring you Chapter Four of "THE GOD GAMES: Heaven and Hell.