BEFORE THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS NOTHING

The picture you see here is the Jollibee Mascot, of the Jollibee Food chain which started in the Philippines and now it is all over the world. This mascot was the creation of my friend whose name is Manny C. Lumba. Manny Lumba was hired by Tony Tan and his brothers to manage the simple ice cream parlor called jolly bae in Cubao in Metro Manila. Manny went to work with soaring and searing imagination. One of his famous inventions in Jollibee is the famous Chickenjoy. The point that I want to make is that before the existence of Jollibee in the Philippines, there was no Jollibee to be found anywhere. But there was Manny Lumba and his mind. It was not Tony Tan who made Jollibee, although he was the owner and financer. It was Manny Lumba who made Jollibee. It was his mind. It was his imagination. It was his creative mind. Before Jollibee, there was no Jollibee. Now, Jollibee is all over the Philippines, and all over the world.

The act of creation is the act of creating something from nothing. You do not have to have materials to create, then, as you create, material substances will come into existence. In life right now, there are material subtances that abound which we can use to create anything. You just have to be a creator. You just have to be an imagineer. You just have to be a dare-r. And you just have to be a do-er.

The story of Jollibee is the same story of any enterprise anywhere. Take Cocacola, the store clerk, Asa Candler in Atlanta, Georgia who challenged his imagination to tinker with the pot of concoction a certain doctor brought to him one evening. Before Cocacola there was no Cocacola. But there was Asa Candler. There was that genius mind of Asa Candler, that godly mind, that ruler mind, that inventor mind. Cocacola is here to stay until the end of times. Asa Candler, though dead for a long time now, is always here to stay. Another example: take MacDonalds. The two brothers in San Bernardino, California invented a humburger that attracted Ray Crock of Illinois to buy the business. Ray Crock, with his imagination, and the creative force in his mind, turned MacDonalds into a global phenomenon. I can mention all enterprises in the world and the beginning is still the same. The fact is, before the beginning, there was nothing. And then the mind of God in man began to work in the act of creation. The mind of God is in the mind of man, and the mind of man is Gods mind. That is pure Ayudtudism philosophy being that God is integrated in all things. And that brings to our attention that God is God-ly, and not religious. God is not religious. God is not somebody who lives in the church and is afraid of the world. Religion is the greatest machinery created by man to use God. It is not God that uses religion, but it is religion that is using God. Religion is a trap. And the world will be a better world if it only knew that religion was not a necessity. God is the God of the world, and He is definitely in control, and up to this time His mind is creating in the magnificent inventions in cars, movies, telephones, and the Internet. God is the God of knowledge, and He is so victoriously happy as He sees that knowledge now is in the world. When the first camera got invented, the angels must have been scared about it because they knew that people would be using it to expose the nakedness of people. But God said, after the angels got His attention, Let them do it. And now the camera is here. The cell phones are here. The movies are here. And God said, What an Invention. Was it man alone that made that inventions? No. How can man do it alone? God empowered man, it was the mind of God in man that empowered man to do the invention. It's the same token that Manny Lumba had the mind of God so that Jollibee could be created. It's the same mind of God that was in Asa Candler so that Coke would be invented. And it was the mind of God in Ray Crock that MacDonalds was brought to the whole world. What an awesome God we have. And He is not a religious God. He doesn't pray, He doesn't read the Bible, and He is not even Christian. What an awesome philosophy. Ayudtudism philosophies introduce godliness in the world to the world, and making people understand that you can really and truly live a godly life if you do it in the world. A godly mind rules, like God. A godly mind is good, like God. And a godly mind invents, like God.

While the world is reeling in economic collapse in real estate and high price of gasoline, the religious bark in the world that the end of the world is near. However, God is great and he is in control. And what kind of a God would it be if He forsakes the world simply because it is already irreparable? Is there anything God cannot repair? Is there anything God cannot handle?

Just watch, like the olden days where there seemed to be no way out, God came with provision through the intelligence of man, God again will use man's imagination and the ability of creation to make the world even a better place. God can do it, and God will do it.

JR

INVEST IN YOUR YOUTH

Youth is beautiful. Youth is strength. Youth is perfect body and a mind that dares. Youth is a threshold for growth and positive changes. So, your youth must not be wasted.

The problem in youth is ignorance, and it is ignorance hidden in pride and arrogance. Moreover, there is rebellion in youth because of its strength and beauty. And, so, the threshold that the youth is in can result to early destruction. So, you've got to know this danger. Don't listen to the whisper in your ears to dare to be rebellious and obnoxious. You can either self-destruct or self-construct. Remember, at the juncture of your youth, you don't like to listen to anyone. Therefore, the decisions that you have to make are your very own responsibility. So, be careful. Ask yourself: "Do you want to have a better life ahead of you?" In Ayudtudism philosophy, Dr. John E. Ayudtud teaches in JASE Lectures that "If you don't die in ten years, you will live." If you follow a way of rebellion, you are disregarding life's goodness that it will bring you over the process of time. Instead, you will reap a bad harvest, so to speak.

In Ayudtudism philosophies, "Life is good-based, present-based, and development-based." Do you want to live a good life in the many years to come? If your answer is yes, you must build only on the good. You cannot carry evil in your bosom and expect to live good. You cannot be lazy and expect to live good. You cannot harbor hate in your heart and expect to live good. You cannot live in anger and then expect that life will be good. To be good, you must follow every good thing. And the top on the list of the good things that you need to do is you've got to be a hard-worker. And you must be faithful to yourself first.

While young, do not waste your time mongering in things and activities that will not make you a better person. In other words, while young, you must follow and do proper activities. Don't ever think that your youth will be forever. And don't ever think that the road you will travel ahead is the road of ease and pleasures. To think so is naive and deceptive. To be on the road of ease and pleasures will get you to the years of your maturity poor and miserable. At your juncture now, you must undergird yourself with discipline and humility. Yes, you can be proud but never be arrogant. You can be humble, but don't be timid. You must take responsbility of your future, so you must become responsible of every action that you undertake.

Dr. John Ayudtud always tells his students in JASE Lectures that he will make all of his students better than him. Every lecture Dr. John makes, every inspiration that he gives, is toward the building of a good future of the youth. In Ayudtudism philosophies, it is all about culturizing a culture about true godliness in the world, not godliness in the church or religion. Every young follower of Dr. John E. Ayudtud is assured of a better future and along life. And, don't forget that in Ayudtudism, money is the lifeblood of existence and it is God's means of supply. Dr. John Ayudtud teaches that "you get the means rather than aim for the ends." Money plays a major role in Ayudtudism. Therefore, the followers of Ayudtudism will be taught to be a ruler, and to be a ruler of huge riches. It's all the way upward spiral.

JR