OMG

Why do people declare: Oh My God?

I hear it all the time. 

Who is their God, that they are so earnestly calling for?

I propose their God is their biggest past-time.

What do we think about the most? What grips us? What preoccupies our thinking and consciousness? What is our greatest attachment?  That is our God.

I don't believe it's a turn of phrase, or it's just an expression. Words don't just fall out of our mouths, they come from somewhere inside. It would be good to be mindful of what comes out of our mouths. If I can't control my tongue, then who can?

How many people do we know who,  on entering their homes,  the very first thing they do, is turn the Telly on.  This is then on for the whole day, sitting in pride-of-place in the middle of their home,  a shining, bright, dominant Shrine,  where both children and adults  sit or kneel in front of,  and offer up their allegiance and their time,  and sacrifice their intelligence and their creativity.  They believe everything they see on TV, everything they hear. Can they do without this for one day?  No.

That is their Altar. That is their Shrine. That is their Devotion. That is their preoccupation. That is their God.

Perhaps our God is  where/who/what  we turn to when we are low, sad, needy. Some people turn to alcohol, others to drugs, others to gossip, others to comfort food.

Any addiction is a God.  Anything we can't do without.  OMG, that's what they call for, and that's where they turn to. My opinion is that ANY dependency is unhealthy. Any addiction is a trap, be it food, wine, clubbing, TV Soaps, washing the car - anything that we are unable to do without, has become our God. 

Other people's God is facebook.  OMG, I must post this onto facebook they declare. If they were to be deprived of facebook,  the cold turkey they go through is proof that they hold this platform as an unhealthy object of worship and devotion.

OMG, I must go and eat something un-healthy.

OMG, I must watch this un-edifying programme.

OMG, I must read this damning article.

OMG, I must do some retail therapy (shopping).

OMG, I must tell my friend this juicy bit of gossip.

OMG, I must read about celebrities in this trashy magazine.

OMG, that makes me SO angry.

Let's not be Slaves to our emotions.

Let's be careful what we worship.

Let's be wary of anything that we can't do without.

Hearing: "I just need a glass or two to relax", makes warning bells ring in me.

Oh, your God is calling - off you go like a good little dependant.

Wherever our dominant thoughts go, that is our God.

Anything we can't live without, that's our God.

Any addiction makes us weak, vulnerable, a dependant.

How wonderful it is to be strong and independent,

masters of our State,

rulers of our emotions,

not governed by any desire,

free to follow our own destiny,

with the ability to consciously choose our own actions,

to be mindful of the words we use, what they mean, and what they reveal about our insides.

OMG, I'm not saying that again.