Bob Couchenour the first years

Most of what we receive as external information and ingested in our minds can become mental and psychological terrorists in us. The only real absolute is the indwelling nature of God that is in you. You come to know this relation, by first coming to know yourself. In Christ - You (and I) are in God and are ONE with God. This is the Good News or Gospel. Until we come to realize this inner relation and live and experience life in this, we rely on doctrine, dogma, tradition and religion. These, "doctrine, dogma, tradition and religion" are all man made creations and formulations and as any creation of man can dominate and terrorize the Spirit of God in us. To be sure, some doctrines were devised for specifically no other purpose but to control. This is not spiritual life. This is not being in Christ. In You is God's nature. You can feel it, although most have been taught to suppress it. And being taught thus, have forgotten. So we live in ignorance of God in us. The hidden treasure we search for, but look everywhere except where He is. And that is right inside us. I am learning and realizing there is power in coming to experience this "God in us". To be sure - I am a novice. And considering the infinitude of what it is that dwells in us I don't believe realizing His truth as an actuality can ever be said to advance beyond that of a novice. I am finite, but the infinite dwells in me (and you). But I can only experience a minute drop of that ocean at a time. Yet it is ALL accessible to me, and to you. And it is already there. But we have been taught wrong. We have been taught "religion". We have not been taught to experience the actual manifest relation in the divine. It is not unbiblical. It is not, in a broad sense, unorthodox. It is not common or usual. It is misrepresented by so-called experts in their ignorance. And in the church this preferred ignorance has become the self perpetuating religious machine, assuming a relation with God, but never actually experiencing it to be able to even recognize and judge in Spiritual categories as opposed to the humanly devised assumed religious ones. And not experiencing the "Spirit" - the indwelling "Word" - the "Logos" - "Christ", religion terrorizes us.

Most of what we receive as external information and ingested in our minds can become mental and psychological terrorists in us. The only real absolute is the indwelling nature of God that is in you. You come to know this relation, by first coming to know yourself. In Christ - You (and I) are in God and are ONE with God. This is the Good News or Gospel. Until we come to realize this inner relation and live and experience life in this, we rely on doctrine, dogma, tradition and religion. These, "doctrine, dogma, tradition and religion" are all man made creations and formulations and as any creation of man can dominate and terrorize the Spirit of God in us. To be sure, some doctrines were devised for specifically no other purpose but to control. This is not spiritual life. This is not being in Christ. In You is God's nature. You can feel it, although most have been taught to suppress it. And being taught thus, have forgotten. So we live in ignorance of God in us. The hidden treasure we search for, but look everywhere except where He is. And that is right inside us. I am learning and realizing there is power in coming to experience this "God in us". To be sure - I am a novice. And considering the infinitude of what it is that dwells in us I don't believe realizing His truth as an actuality can ever be said to advance beyond that of a novice. I am finite, but the infinite dwells in me (and you). But I can only experience a minute drop of that ocean at a time. Yet it is ALL accessible to me, and to you. And it is already there. But we have been taught wrong. We have been taught "religion". We have not been taught to experience the actual manifest relation in the divine. It is not unbiblical. It is not, in a broad sense, unorthodox. It is not common or usual. It is misrepresented by so-called experts in their ignorance. And in the church this preferred ignorance has become the self perpetuating religious machine, assuming a relation with God, but never actually experiencing it to be able to even recognize and judge in Spiritual categories as opposed to the humanly devised assumed religious ones. And not experiencing the "Spirit" - the indwelling "Word" - the "Logos" - "Christ", religion terrorizes us.

Most of what we receive as external information and ingested in our minds can become mental and psychological terrorists in us. The only real absolute is the indwelling nature of God that is in you. You come to know this relation, by first coming to know yourself. In Christ - You (and I) are in God and are ONE with God. This is the Good News or Gospel. Until we come to realize this inner relation and live and experience life in this, we rely on doctrine, dogma, tradition and religion. These, "doctrine, dogma, tradition and religion" are all man made creations and formulations and as any creation of man can dominate and terrorize the Spirit of God in us. To be sure, some doctrines were devised for specifically no other purpose but to control. This is not spiritual life. This is not being in Christ. In You is God's nature. You can feel it, although most have been taught to suppress it. And being taught thus, have forgotten. So we live in ignorance of God in us. The hidden treasure we search for, but look everywhere except where He is. And that is right inside us. I am learning and realizing there is power in coming to experience this "God in us". To be sure - I am a novice. And considering the infinitude of what it is that dwells in us I don't believe realizing His truth as an actuality can ever be said to advance beyond that of a novice. I am finite, but the infinite dwells in me (and you). But I can only experience a minute drop of that ocean at a time. Yet it is ALL accessible to me, and to you. And it is already there. But we have been taught wrong. We have been taught "religion". We have not been taught to experience the actual manifest relation in the divine. It is not unbiblical. It is not, in a broad sense, unorthodox. It is not common or usual. It is misrepresented by so-called experts in their ignorance. And in the church this preferred ignorance has become the self perpetuating religious machine, assuming a relation with God, but never actually experiencing it to be able to even recognize and judge in Spiritual categories as opposed to the humanly devised assumed religious ones. And not experiencing the "Spirit" - the indwelling "Word" - the "Logos" - "Christ", religion terrorizes us.

I believe there is only “one true God”, but, who or what that “God” may be is subject to a great deal of conjecture. And it is in our conjecturing and deductive analysis that we come to inferences that become graven mental images carved in stone in our minds. And as these “images” become assumed as absolute, though they actually be but constructs of our own mental resources, their assigned presumed absolute nature elevates them and grants them the “power” and influence as though they were the “one true God” in our lives.

I believe there is only “one true God”, but, who or what that “God” may be is subject to a great deal of conjecture. And it is in our conjecturing and deductive analysis that we come to inferences that become graven mental images carved in stone in our minds. And as these “images” become assumed as absolute, though they actually be but constructs of our own mental resources, their assigned presumed absolute nature elevates them and grants them the “power” and influence as though they were the “one true God” in our lives.

I believe there is only “one true God”, but, who or what that “God” may be is subject to a great deal of conjecture. And it is in our conjecturing and deductive analysis that we come to inferences that become graven mental images carved in stone in our minds. And as these “images” become assumed as absolute, though they actually be but constructs of our own mental resources, their assigned presumed absolute nature elevates them and grants them the “power” and influence as though they were the “one true God” in our lives.

I've wanted to do this for several years, but I am just now finding the opportunity to put things together. I started gathering things in October and the process, I am finding, becomes more involved than originally anticipated. These recordings are my 2006 Christmas Collection. I hoped to have twice as many completed, and probably could if I was content to push back the deadline to December 24 - but I wanted this out by Thanksgiving. Guess I should have started back in August. Oh Well - Christmas Collection 2006 -Part One. Part Two will be the Christmas 2007 Collection. I'll release them all as One CD at that time. Between Thanksgiving and December 31 (New Years Eve) individual MP3s may be downloald for free on my SoundClick page at http://www.soundclick.com/bobcouchenour. After that - they are for sale. Individual videos will be posted on my YouTube page. Enjoy and God Bless you through this Holiday Season and into the New Year. - Bob, Bogart and Leyna

I've wanted to do this for several years, but I am just now finding the opportunity to put things together. I started gathering things in October and the process, I am finding, becomes more involved than originally anticipated. These recordings are my 2006 Christmas Collection. I hoped to have twice as many completed, and probably could if I was content to push back the deadline to December 24 - but I wanted this out by Thanksgiving. Guess I should have started back in August. Oh Well - Christmas Collection 2006 -Part One. Part Two will be the Christmas 2007 Collection. I'll release them all as One CD at that time. Between Thanksgiving and December 31 (New Years Eve) individual MP3s may be downloald for free on my SoundClick page at http://www.soundclick.com/bobcouchenour. After that - they are for sale. Individual videos will be posted on my YouTube page. Enjoy and God Bless you through this Holiday Season and into the New Year. - Bob, Bogart and Leyna

I've wanted to do this for several years, but I am just now finding the opportunity to put things together. I started gathering things in October and the process, I am finding, becomes more involved than originally anticipated. These recordings are my 2006 Christmas Collection. I hoped to have twice as many completed, and probably could if I was content to push back the deadline to December 24 - but I wanted this out by Thanksgiving. Guess I should have started back in August. Oh Well - Christmas Collection 2006 -Part One. Part Two will be the Christmas 2007 Collection. I'll release them all as One CD at that time. Between Thanksgiving and December 31 (New Years Eve) individual MP3s may be downloald for free on my SoundClick page at http://www.soundclick.com/bobcouchenour. After that - they are for sale. Individual videos will be posted on my YouTube page. Enjoy and God Bless you through this Holiday Season and into the New Year. - Bob, Bogart and Leyna

I am a musician - But more ...an artist. A few years ago, an elderly retired minister looked at me and made the simple statement, " You are filled with music". Yes - I am - It is a struggle, a passion and some may even call it an obsession. I just think it is what God made me and wants me to do. This piece was written last year around Sept and October and recorded in December. "Dan MacIntosh, in the Indie-Music.com review states "One called "After The Flood" is a little eerie, quite honestly. It causes one to envision what the world must have been like after all the turmoil caused by divine global flooding". Well - I guess that fits - I actually put this piece together right after Hurricane Katrina and the images of the suffering and devastation of that time was the primary mover for "After the Flood". Not specifically a Christian message - but I think it will work.". I just gathered the images off the flickr! database and threw this together this afternoon. Video arts and editing is not my forte - but I think it delivers the message.

I am a musician - But more ...an artist. A few years ago, an elderly retired minister looked at me and made the simple statement, " You are filled with music". Yes - I am - It is a struggle, a passion and some may even call it an obsession. I just think it is what God made me and wants me to do. This piece was written last year around Sept and October and recorded in December. "Dan MacIntosh, in the Indie-Music.com review states "One called "After The Flood" is a little eerie, quite honestly. It causes one to envision what the world must have been like after all the turmoil caused by divine global flooding". Well - I guess that fits - I actually put this piece together right after Hurricane Katrina and the images of the suffering and devastation of that time was the primary mover for "After the Flood". Not specifically a Christian message - but I think it will work.". I just gathered the images off the flickr! database and threw this together this afternoon. Video arts and editing is not my forte - but I think it delivers the message.

I am a musician - But more ...an artist. A few years ago, an elderly retired minister looked at me and made the simple statement, " You are filled with music". Yes - I am - It is a struggle, a passion and some may even call it an obsession. I just think it is what God made me and wants me to do. This piece was written last year around Sept and October and recorded in December. "Dan MacIntosh, in the Indie-Music.com review states "One called "After The Flood" is a little eerie, quite honestly. It causes one to envision what the world must have been like after all the turmoil caused by divine global flooding". Well - I guess that fits - I actually put this piece together right after Hurricane Katrina and the images of the suffering and devastation of that time was the primary mover for "After the Flood". Not specifically a Christian message - but I think it will work.". I just gathered the images off the flickr! database and threw this together this afternoon. Video arts and editing is not my forte - but I think it delivers the message.