It is Christmas time, a festive season for Christians
and non-Christians alike. But what is the occasion for the celebration? Does it matter? Shops are doing brisk business and people are generally busy, buying and giving Christmas presents and singing Christmas carols, having parties and enjoying themselves. Just as well that they are not aware of the Reality of God, that time and space is an illusion and what they are doing is merely energy in motion. Though many Christians may believe otherwise, Jesus is not truly the begotten and only Son of God and Virgin Mary is not truly the mother of God. When he said that God is in me and I am in Him, Jesus was stating the universal truth for every one of us, for every man, woman and child. Christianity talked about the Ten Commandments and yet killed nonbelievers with impunity just as the Muslims are presently doing fighting for Allah. Christianity resorted to words like mystery, miracle, and faith. to brainwash their followers and the threat of last judgment, punishment, and hell to retain them. There are differences among the Christian denominations. Just like every one else, I was an impressionable person when I was young. Reflecting back to the time when I was in a mission school, the time when I became a R.C. convert. I now realize that I had been brainwashed by the teachings of an organized religion in school; yes, brainwashed by Christianity in my case, believing everything like a dutiful Christian.
In fact, we had been brainwashed since we were
young by our parents and elders with their human concept of duality. This was when we started to create our false EGO in our subconscious mind. We have all along been spiritual asleep according to Anthony de Mello, the author of Awaken. No human mind can fully understand God, an unknown ever-evolving entity which is ALL THERE IS. Nor can we truly understand the illusion of time and space, of physicality and the universe, of each of the different dimensions, etc. etc. From bits and pieces I have gathered here and there, our soul, spirit, or consciousness is never born (as a human birth) and therefore does not die. We are not our body nor are we our present egoic mind. Death is another term for birth. We actually do not have a separate soul as it is an integral part of the One Soul of God. God is eternal life and so are we. Life is God and God is life. In human language, numerous terms and phrases mean the same as they refer to what is commonly known as God. Remember.. God does not need our worship or adoration (so religious people can stop their acts of illusion).. God cannot be damaged (so humanity has no need to fight for God).. God is absolute (negativity does not exist in the Reality of God).. be open-minded to new understanding and let our consciousness be elevated (to dispel the ridiculous notions about God).. God is impartial (as no one is special).. what we do unto others (even in speech) will be done unto us (our karma).. commune with
God (listen and talk to God).. and many, many
more. My advice to those who would listen: Be spiritual, not religious. Reflect on what you are. All human problems are spiritually based and can be spiritually resolved. How do we interact as human beings? Our body (energy in essence) is a created reality (a creation which we call an illusion), entirely different from the Reality of God, (our source or Home in God). The interaction and control of the body is determined by the mind which arises from the brain. It is the brain that decodes the light frequencies that it receives through the lenses in our eyes. It is the brain that sees our outer world and not our eyes. What the brain could not see (often up to 50%), it makes up what we see. That is why our perception is based on our beliefs and not seeing what it truly is. Seeing what is not there has given rise to many misunderstandings. Our body will, one day, return to dust. The Trinity of God. We are generally encouraged to dream, to focus on our dreams and to make (manifest) them as our (created) reality. The mind is the power of God. But it is inevitably influenced by our belief in the Ego in the pursuit of physical possessions and of things that are negative. We must learn to tame the ego or let it die off. One way to achieve this is not to engage in idle
gossip on negative comments about others or try to
speak less and listen more. There are still a few of us who would not let their ego go. The ego is generally referred to as the lower self while the soul (God) is regarded as the higher self. In practical terms, heart should be used in preference to soul in the Trinity of God Heart, Mind, and Body not the Christian way of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The heart does not denote the physical organ. The Heart is the very nature of the Soul. The mind's worst fear is letting go of control. All that we need to do is to let go of our preconceptions and beliefs of how life "should be" and to meditate on the heart. Let God be in control. Focus on unconditional love, Oneness, peace and support for humanity, and all life. Let the heart guide you - instead of letting the mind keep you on the "Island of The Known." Tap into the true essence of your heart and allow your mind to "go on vacation." Let this be the purpose of our human life: To express and to experience the nature of God. It has been said that the heart is 10,000 times more powerful than the mind. Everyday to me is as special as any other of my living days while on earth .. as a celebration to God in gratitude for all that we have been given. The above is my Truth. Your Truth is within each of you.