Monday, January 30, 2012
A New Jerusalem
The New Jerusalem is not a place. It is not a city, or a state, or a country or a people. It is a consciousness. It is a universal consciousness. It is the elevation of our spirits, of our souls. It is our communion with God. We create and become the New Jerusalem within ourselves by our realization of God. Then we help others create the New Jerusalem within themselves. THAT is the calling of God. THAT is the Law that Jeremiah prophesied about.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
"I think we are dead..."
"I think we are dead, and are already in Hell." a friend of mine's Facebook post read. I really wanted to tell her how close to the truth she actually was.
We sleep. We sleep the sleep that is spiritual death. We sleepwalk, as the walking dead through this Hell that is disconnect from the Holy Spirit. From God. From ourselves as Holy (and wholly) spiritual beings. So yes, in a way we are dead. We are in Hell.
Until we wake up. Until we find that thing that kindles the spark of the Divine in ourselves, until we find it and nurture it into a blazing fire that consumes our entire beingness, we run the risk of that spark becoming an ember, and that ember becoming ash. That is, we have an opportunity to reconnect with God. With the Divine. With the Holy Spirit. With the Source of all that is. The door is there, but we have to open it. We have to walk through it. We have to begin the journey. All of the churches, and wise men of the world cannot do it for us. It MUST begin with OUR realization that there is more to life than this world. Once we have had that realization, once we make that decision, we can begin to wake up from our slumber.
We sleep. We sleep the sleep that is spiritual death. We sleepwalk, as the walking dead through this Hell that is disconnect from the Holy Spirit. From God. From ourselves as Holy (and wholly) spiritual beings. So yes, in a way we are dead. We are in Hell.
Until we wake up. Until we find that thing that kindles the spark of the Divine in ourselves, until we find it and nurture it into a blazing fire that consumes our entire beingness, we run the risk of that spark becoming an ember, and that ember becoming ash. That is, we have an opportunity to reconnect with God. With the Divine. With the Holy Spirit. With the Source of all that is. The door is there, but we have to open it. We have to walk through it. We have to begin the journey. All of the churches, and wise men of the world cannot do it for us. It MUST begin with OUR realization that there is more to life than this world. Once we have had that realization, once we make that decision, we can begin to wake up from our slumber.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Forgiveness Part II
The Scripture says to forgive a person seventy-seven times, or, by another translation "seven x seven" times. Seven in Hebrew numerology is a powerful number. It is the number of God's perfection. So to forgive someone "seven x seven" times, is to offer infinite forgiveness. This does not mean be a doormat to the inequities of others. It means to seek to correct their behaviour out of pure love. And if the behaviour cannot be corrected, to dismiss them from your lives. "Cast them into the outer darkness." What that means is, remove them from your place in in the light of goodness, and allow them to dwell in their own separation from goodness, and therefore, God. But once you have let them go, let IT go.
Sounds easy, right? Try it. It is hard sometimes to let go of our ego. Sometimes we allow the hurt that someone else has caused us to define us (or at least a portion of us.) We tell ourselves that IT is over, that we are over IT, yet occasional IT raises its ugly head, even if only in our innermost thoughts. Sometimes during the quiet times.
I struggle with this every day. There are some things in my life, and a couple of people that I am having a hard time forgiving. I want to. I want to let IT go, because the suffering it causes me in no way effects the person that I am suffering over. I am doing it all to myself, and it gets in the way of things that I would rather be contemplating.
An even harder thing than this (and the point of this post) is forgiving yourself for something that you have done. Even when the victim(s) of your actions have forgiven you. A while back, I had an incident where I lost my temper and and hurt someone that I love. We all freaked out, then grieved over it, then talked about it, then, in the end, I was forgiven. Yet, to this day, several years later, the specter of this event rears up out of the mists of my subconscious, and I find myself replaying the incident over and over again, and remorsing over it in my mind. This usually happens in the wee quiet hours of the morning, and it seems to come out of nowhere. Then I pray to God, over and over again, time and time again, to allow *myself* to forgive myself for this. I know that I am forgiven, but I myself have a hard time letting it go.
So you see, while it is infinitely important to forgive others, it is even more important to be able to forgive yourself. If you cannot forgive yourself, that is tantamount to saying that you don't believe that your loved ones can forgive you, and that God cannot forgive you. That can cause quite a snarl in ones spiritual advancement, don't you think?
Sounds easy, right? Try it. It is hard sometimes to let go of our ego. Sometimes we allow the hurt that someone else has caused us to define us (or at least a portion of us.) We tell ourselves that IT is over, that we are over IT, yet occasional IT raises its ugly head, even if only in our innermost thoughts. Sometimes during the quiet times.
I struggle with this every day. There are some things in my life, and a couple of people that I am having a hard time forgiving. I want to. I want to let IT go, because the suffering it causes me in no way effects the person that I am suffering over. I am doing it all to myself, and it gets in the way of things that I would rather be contemplating.
An even harder thing than this (and the point of this post) is forgiving yourself for something that you have done. Even when the victim(s) of your actions have forgiven you. A while back, I had an incident where I lost my temper and and hurt someone that I love. We all freaked out, then grieved over it, then talked about it, then, in the end, I was forgiven. Yet, to this day, several years later, the specter of this event rears up out of the mists of my subconscious, and I find myself replaying the incident over and over again, and remorsing over it in my mind. This usually happens in the wee quiet hours of the morning, and it seems to come out of nowhere. Then I pray to God, over and over again, time and time again, to allow *myself* to forgive myself for this. I know that I am forgiven, but I myself have a hard time letting it go.
So you see, while it is infinitely important to forgive others, it is even more important to be able to forgive yourself. If you cannot forgive yourself, that is tantamount to saying that you don't believe that your loved ones can forgive you, and that God cannot forgive you. That can cause quite a snarl in ones spiritual advancement, don't you think?
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Still afraid sometimes...
Have you ever been so excited about something that you wanted to share it with the world, and equally afraid to do so, because of your own preconceptions of how the world (in particular, your friends) might react to you about it?
New Early Christian Discovery
For more thorough research soon:
British archaeologists are seeking to authenticate what could be a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE, which may include key clues to the last days of Jesus' life..
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/could-lead-codices-prove-major-discovery-christian-history-20110330-083631-867.html
British archaeologists are seeking to authenticate what could be a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE, which may include key clues to the last days of Jesus' life..
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/could-lead-codices-prove-major-discovery-christian-history-20110330-083631-867.html
Sunday, January 8, 2012
In the Beginning...
Here is my reality altering thought of the day:
At the beginning of the Universe, there was a singularity. That singularity became the universe in a nanosecond, and is expanding at an exponential rate, creating its own space at it grows. Every bit of energy that is in the universe right now, has been every bit of energy in the universe since the words “Let There Be light!”
That coffee you are drinking right now? Not real.
It is made up of atoms that were created 14 billion years ago. It is made up of energy from the center and beginning of all time and space. It is made up of God. Everything you see, hear, touch, smell, feel, and think, is, of the Breath of God. It is made of His Being.
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RESPONSE FROM C.:
Just a note-
Not a single Big Bang theorist (and therefore Darwinists) has dared speculate on what caused that Big Bang.
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ANSWER:
That’s because it is an anomaly. The Source Singularity Event cannot be explained by science, or even religion. It is so unfathomable, as to be nearly unworthy of consideration, yet is the most important spiritual truth there is. It is: BE!
At the beginning of the Universe, there was a singularity. That singularity became the universe in a nanosecond, and is expanding at an exponential rate, creating its own space at it grows. Every bit of energy that is in the universe right now, has been every bit of energy in the universe since the words “Let There Be light!”
That coffee you are drinking right now? Not real.
It is made up of atoms that were created 14 billion years ago. It is made up of energy from the center and beginning of all time and space. It is made up of God. Everything you see, hear, touch, smell, feel, and think, is, of the Breath of God. It is made of His Being.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
RESPONSE FROM C.:
Just a note-
Not a single Big Bang theorist (and therefore Darwinists) has dared speculate on what caused that Big Bang.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
ANSWER:
That’s because it is an anomaly. The Source Singularity Event cannot be explained by science, or even religion. It is so unfathomable, as to be nearly unworthy of consideration, yet is the most important spiritual truth there is. It is: BE!
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