“…the Helper, the
Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all
things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I
give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid.” (Words of Jesus in
the Christ: John 14:26 & 27; NKJV). “For
the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11; New King
James Bible (NKJV). “Your ears shall
hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way,
walk in it, Whenever
you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.”
(Isaiah
30:21; NKJV). “If
you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.” (Words
of Christ Jesus in John 8: 31 & 32; NKJV). In
the midst of the turmoil of wars that swirl around us today, it is easy to let
our peace of mind and sense of safety in God’s divine Presence slip away from
our thoughts. The fearful, destructive
things that human beings are capable of makes us feel that there is no peaceful
place of love and refuge to be had in our present world. But people don’t have the last word
concerning anything; God does. Despite
all the evil, inhumane acts of hatred taking place among us, the human race is
still capable of rising above the reaction of fear and loathing that tries to
overtake us. This temptation to give way
to fear tends to make us forget the fact that God is here, too, right where evil is boasting the loudest, and
screaming the hardest. And that is all
we need to remember; for when our mind is fixed on the divine, loving control
over all that exists in God’s harmonious creation, our fears melt away, causing
the tides to turn back and give solid evidence of our safety in our
ever-lasting Creator’s hands. In
this human experience, fear can deceive us because the invisible Presence of
God cannot be perceived with the physical senses of perception. We don’t physically see, hear, touch, taste,
or smell God. Therefore, we may
erroneously conclude that God does not exist, or just doesn’t care. Nothing material points to God. But it is a great mistake to assume that only
materiality constitutes reality. In
spiritual fact, matter has nothing to actually do with reality; for all that is
real is spiritual in substance, and not material. In death, the spiritual identity survives;
but the temporary, physical form disintegrates into dust and vanishes from
existence. Spiritual
being survives because God’s children aren’t really trapped in finite, material
forms. God is Spirit in substance and
cognizance, and Spirit’s children (off-spring) must be spiritual in substance
and cognizance, also. Like produces
like. Yet, wherever God exists, all the
power, presence, and harmony of life exists also, in the Intelligence of this
all-inclusive Creator. Now,
it’s true, that in this human experience (where we seem to be cut off from our
God-Source) we have many trials and tribulations to overcome. But perhaps this human experience is a
school. Maybe it’s a place (and time)
where we learn how to live correctly; for one thing is sure: we can’t take
wrongful behavior with us into the kingdom of God, or we would pollute and destruct
the kingdom. In
the harmony of spiritual living, (when we have fully awakened or ‘learned’ not
to be destructive) nothing, and no one, will threaten creation. This, of course, was the main purpose that
Jesus died on the cross. He came into
the human ‘dream’ experience to awaken us to our higher selves—our own Christ
identity (our own spiritual identity). His
transition from the finite material man (Jesus) to the ever-lasting spiritual
being (the Christ identity) was shown by his resurrection from physical death
on the cross. He was showing humanity
that death isn’t as lasting as it seems to be. He
once said, “I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (See John 14:6; NKJV). Here he was telling
us to follow his example…to do and be as he was teaching us to be…to be God’s
true children of Spirit, rather than children of the flesh. To do this we must mentally ‘put on’ the
universal Christ identity. Christ
Jesus wanted humanity to change its collective thinking of ourselves by
shedding the faulty, finite physical sense of who we are and transform these
false identities by awakening us to our own awakened, immortal, spiritual sense,
just as he had done. Then we would
ascend (rise above materiality) in the same way Jesus ascended after he arose
from the dead. As
each one mentally awakens to our real (spiritual) selfhood, our true identity
will emerge in thought, outgrowing our false and limited materialistic sense of
ourselves. When the last soul has
emerged (awakened) into Christly being, the entire, collective dream-state of
life in matter will be ended for all time, and our underlying immortality will assert
itself, displacing any lingering sense of mortality. “So
when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death
is swallowed up in victory.” (1 Corinthians 15:54; NKJV). Therefore,
here’s the process and progression of the human saga, as I see it: the material chaos and evil may endure for a
time, but the turning will come, individually, when we remember who we really
are—God’s own off-spring. In the
meantime, when we remember the spiritual fact of God’s ever-present love and
control over all, the evil that the carnal mind may do will be quickly turned
around into victory and harmony for the sake of all who were victimized by any
and all dark destructions of mortal mind.
As
we, individually, act out our part in this mental state of materiality, there
is solace to know that God is always invisibly present, despite all physical appearances
to the contrary. No one need take my
word for anything. Within the divine,
spiritual consciousness of every child of God, there is an inner-remembrance
of ourselves as spiritual beings, rather than finite, material identities. In
fact, within this deeper consciousness lies our innate knowledge and
remembrance of God’s entire spiritual creation, and our own place in it. And in this spiritual creation, where we
really ‘live, move and have our being,’
there can be no war, anywhere, because universal love for all is the singular
principle of divine Love’s (God’s) ever-lasting, spiritual creation,
that unlies the deceptive, finite, material scene. The
heavenly (harmonious) realm of the Creator is not a mythical place. It is our true Home. We have forgotten this fact in this temporary
finite, material experience and false sense of things. But, although we have forgotten our true,
spiritual origins, we really are God’s forever children, still safe and sound in
that divine Spirit, we call God. As
God’s own off-spring (or children) we do not exist in physical forms, although
physical being certainly seems to be
our reality. Yet, spiritually speaking,
we are not children of the flesh…we just believe ourselves to be. Physical death is not the end of anyone. Our conscious being goes on. As
God’s own children, our true substance is not finite; it is infinite. Spiritually speaking, there is no death,
disease, injury, aging or lack of any good thing in God’s spiritual creation,
which underlies the physical scene of materiality (which, incidentally, isn’t
as perfectly beautiful as Spirit’s realm.)
So, we only experience these physical ‘conditions’ as long as we believe
in them, individually or collectively. To find our eternal lives, we do not
need to ‘die’ out of matter. Eternal
means, ‘without beginning or end’. We
don’t really die out of matter because we were never really born into it in the
first place. This human identity, based on materiality never really existed, as
such. No one ever, really, lived inside
a finite form. The material body substance and form is
more like a car we drive that takes us where we want to go, but whose parts can
wear out. The material body-form is not
our real substance; rather, it serves as a vehicle we use while in the human
experience. Spirit is our true, and ever-lasting,
substance of body; but the physical form can be destroyed, and reconstituted,
as both Jesus and Lazarus demonstrated after physical ‘death’ occurred with
them. So,
how are these meta-physical truths relevant to the hatred and wars among our
countries and societies? Consider these
three facts: 1.
Most wars (including so-called
religious wars) are the result of a sense of limited resources on the planet such as land, food, fuel, jobs, and
any other materially needed things.
These perceived limited resources cause fierce competition among both
individuals and nations. Wars ensue. 2.
When people conclude that any
current material conditions cannot be fixed, they fail to realize that new resources can spring up,
unexpectantly, in a moment, only waiting upon the right intelligent thought or
invention to dawn in thought. (Example:
new solar power techniques will probably make oil obsolete in the not too
distant future. When it does, that,
alone, could change things in the middle east, and thus, the whole world
community.) 3.
But when the collective
consciousness, around the globe, factors in the actual presence, power and
Intelligence of God, the Source of all good, whole nations can be saved. Why?
Because the infinite Mind isn’t limited to just what is being manifested
into physical form by people. This ultimate
Mind can bring forth into physical form whatever needful thing, or
invention, had not yet physically manifested in the human scene. The unexpected
can always occur. For example, God made a shepherd boy, David, a king once; no
one expected that. But that boy had the
faith to go up against Goliath, when an entire army quaked with fear. That’s because God’s sight can see around
corners, and we can’t. So, the point is that divine Spirit,
alone, is the only real creator of any and all rightful things. Physical worlds and forms are manifested from
this God-Source. Every person, place and
thing in the divine creation is spiritual in its essence, and unlimited in its
abilities to manifest, in form, whatever is needed for an individual, or a
nation. To know the inexhaustible ability of
divine Spirit (God) is to comprehend the resulting abundance that is available
to every single child of the Almighty.
God can always bring forth into physical form what currently seems to be
missing. Knowing this, Christ Jesus was able to
feed (with solid material food) what had been invisible to five thousand
people, just moments before. But until
God’s spiritual children begin to understand the importance of belief
in our divine Creator and Male/Female Parent, we will not bring forth the
riches of God’s kingdom into our earthly experience. In this human experience where we seem
to be on our own, but are not, belief
is everything. It is the key that opens
the door to the Kingdom of Spirit.
Why? Because in this material
dream of life in matter, it is our belief in materiality that keeps us in the
sleep. When we believe, instead, in God’s
presence and loving control over all, it awakens our sleep, ever so slightly,
but enough to let the light of reality replace the Adam dream of materiality
and an existence apart from God. It is only
the collective, mortal consciousness, (the shared, material dream of life in matter)
that keeps us in the human experience. When
we put on our Christ identity, we awaken to a newness of being. Even a minute of this realization can be
enough to handle whatever our Goliath may be. |
