Expecting God to protect one person and not thousands of others when calamity threatens, makes no sense by itself.
But:
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1)”
REQUIRES DWELLING THERE !!!
“There” = where we no longer exist as a Separate Self, cut off from our Source, cut off from everyone else, cut off from God.
“Dwelling (verb in continuous mode – Robin’s definition) = hanging out there… permanently.
“As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” (Christ Jesus)
“Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you.”
(Christ Jesus)
… are known as Cosmic laws.
… aka Karma (Hindu).
… law of cause and effect.
All of the above are mental laws of the 3D Realm.
Jesus also spoke of dimensions where these laws would be superfluous.
Does your mind obsessively wander
to your past experiences?
Well, guess what?
I’ve got some really good news for you:
it’s alright!! Here’s why:
Assuming you’re not delving into
the false belief of a separated self,
it’s nothing more than “experiences”
of the past – could be anybody’s –
just playing out for entertainment
with no more attachment than that!
But we must with all diligence
refrain from giving our or anyone else’s
movie-like memories power in the present.
We want peace, joy and celebration.
as does everyone else!
So we read our holy books and realize
our minds have not yet caught up
to the level of awareness that we know
we already have!
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Ken Etter:
“So we read our holy books and realize
our minds have not yet caught up
to the level of awareness that we know
we already have!”
This is where the true “discovery” really exists on this journey, to find that what we have been seeking has always existed within. Unfortunately as we take this journey and often seek direction from “holy books” aka world view writings, I have found that we more often exchange one layer for another, when in fact all that we are seeking already exists within, laying in wait for us to remove all the layers, most often in our thoughts, and most often from the thoughts from the past, that so often almost dominate our heads. It is when we learn to quiet the thoughts, or maybe better said learn to stop responding to the continual flow of thoughts, of thinking within us that we then discover this amazing presence, awareness within, that has always been there and always will. American spiritual writer Adyashanti states this as merely being, to get to the level where all of the layers, especially that of continual thought, have been dispersed, removed and simply rest in that being, that awareness. In the Christian text this is phrased more simply in Psalm 46:10 – “Be still and know I am God”, understanding that the terms God, consciousness, awareness, being are all interchangeable.
Robin Starbuck:
That’s most illuminating, Ken, and exactly what I was alluding to [I’m going to copy it onto my website …]. One small point I’d like to add is that when we summarily dismiss the notion of ourselves as a Separate Self (separated from God), we no longer have to strive to quiet or stop our thoughts: they become like film flicks on a screen going hither and yon without our engagement whatsoever!
Manmade Religion presents the faithfulness of God like fragile broken eggshells beneath our feet
when in truth God’s faithfulness is stronger than anything
Stronger than Peter’s denial
Stronger than Thomas’ doubt
Stronger than David’s lust
Stronger than Moses’ murder
Stronger than Paul’s persecution
Stronger than life
Stronger than death
Stronger than sin
Stronger than shame
Stronger than your worst day
Stronger than your greatest mistake
Stronger than anything you will ever face
God will be faithful to you
He will never leave you
He will never forsake you
He will be faithful to you
Because he loves
And it’s his joy to rescue you
Even from yourself
~Jeremiah Johnson
OH, WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY . . .
when Separate Self has been put to rest.
What unspeakable freedom to explore
the highways and byways of God’s inexplicable Kingdom!
But that gosh-darned ego-maniacal self,
generated by the genius of mortal man
will not … no, cannot … loose its hold
coz it was never more than pure illusion.
We will never, ever see that
Glorious Day of awakening if we
first consult with our Rule Master, our
pre-programmed robotic Separate Self.
Get yourself indignant!
Stand for it no more! Say – and mean it –
“I Am (the image and likeness of) God
with the never separated mind of Christ!”
“21 Things I Did, Exploring Spirituality Beyond Institutional Religion:
1. I made peace with my religious past.
2. I took responsibility for my spiritual journey.
3. I stopped dividing up the world into “sacred” and “secular.”
4. I began listening to and trusting my inner voice.
5. I started looking past the externals, and relating to the deepest reality I knew was present in every human being.
6. I quit making my humanity the enemy.
7. I resisted the need to build a persona around being an enlightened person.
8. I opened myself to the rhythm and flow of life in nature.
9. I explored what the natural sciences have to say about the universe and my humanness.
10. I focused on addressing the root of my suffering.
11. I paid attention to my deepest desires and passions.
12. I sought to cast off my fictitious self, and be an authentic and fully-expressed me.
13. I questioned and applied critical thinking to my default assumptions and beliefs about the world.
14. I expanded my relational world beyond religious sub-culture.
15. I resisted creating a new religion out of my latest discovery.
16. I operated with the assumption that every human being knew something I needed to know.
17. I resisted latching onto the latest guru, and began seeing all people as my teachers.
18. I explored new fields and areas of interest that were largely unknown to me.
19. I shifted my focus from the question of life after death to making the most of my life before death.
20. I approached my life as a reality I was free to create.
21. I became interested and involved in the lives of people I encountered naturally along the everyday paths of my life.”
– Jim Palmer
The “I” that is aware
knows that it is aware.
I am that I am.
I am that which is aware
that I am.
True equality resides
right there!!!
It begins with this “I”
that is truly shared
among people.
True peace begins here
because the “I” we all have
in common is God.
IS YOUR ENTIRE BELIEF SYSTEM pretty much the same now as it was five years ago?
And do you really think that’s a good thing?
Don’t you know the Holy Spirit has been imparting tons of fresh revelation?
Can’t you see there are things He can tell us now that He couldn’t tell Peter, James and John?
God never intended for the Bible to become itself a religion.
Hey, He never intended for religion to become a religion.
When you reject religion as I do
Are you rejecting Jesus?
Are you rejecting the Christ?
Or, are you rejecting man-made Christianity?
That last one’s a tough one.
Isn’t there a biblical counterpart to
“Don’t throw the baby out
with the bathwater!”?
Or maybe the only way to clean up
the mess that religion has made
is to see it implode upon itself
and give mankind back their own mind.
I feel angry, I feel jealous, I feel lonely,
I feel hurt, I feel afraid, I feel abandoned, …
Who is this “I” that feels all these things?
Human Psychology saith:
“It’s all you. Feel your emotions, dear.
Let them flo-o-ow through you.”
They fail to conclude however
that they’re telling you to let negativity
do its maximum damage on your psyche.
Would that these well-meaning gurus
had a little more Godlike wisdom.
Your separated self is pure unadulterated delusion.
The “I” that pops up
and obliges these multifarious attacks seemingly from one’s own soul . . .
… shows you one thing only: a presence.
Your separated self is delusional:
Your Christ-self is there instead.