God as Santa Claus

Adults have their own version of Santa with varying preconceptions of behaving ‘good’ to get ‘treats’.  The Golden Seat takes the (masculine) position that you have earned nothing in life.  You earn it when you go back Home.  How can you earn something when you made a Contract for?  Belief in a benevolent ‘Santa Claus’ type God gets one to think if you are a “good girl” or a “good boy” you will get all types of benefits.  That is not true spirituality.  So we say, “But she, he, they had such a horrible life.  Wouldn’t it be great if they could have been rewarded?”  The Golden Seat takes sympathy in that emotion, but argues that reason must reign over emotion and that type of query is simply ignorance of the meaning of life.  This place, this planet is a ‘concentration camp’.  It is concentrated, fast learn.  So you say, “I paid my dues!”.  Sorry. On the positive side, we all should be proud in our bravery to come here to spiritually learn and grow.

In the screwball comedy, 'A Night at the Opera', the contract scene between Driftwood (Groucho Marx) and Fiorello (Chico Marx) gives us a humorous take on 'Santa Claus':

Fiorello: "Hey, wait, wait. What does this say here, this thing here?"

Driftwood: "Oh, that? Oh, that's the usual clause that's in every contract.
That just says, uh, it says, uh, if any of the parties participating in this
contract are shown not to be in their right mind, the entire agreement is
automatically nullified."

Fiorello: "Well, I don't know..."

Driftwood: "It's all right. That's, that's in every contract. That's, that's
what they call a sanity clause."

Fiorello: "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!"

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