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<\/p>\nI found this in my notes today, written some time ago.<\/p>\n
There is no such thing as coincidence. No leaf falls from a tree, no insect crosses your path, where behind it does not exist a spiritual element directing even these smallest of occurrences. All things in the physical realm have a counterpart in the spiritual realm. All things in the physical realm are created by, guided by, spiritual beings – of which the type is manifold.<\/p>\n
One does not have to experientially “touch” a relic of the ancient world to know that it exists. One can deny in the depths of one’s being that such a relic exists, however doing so does not negate the truth of its existence, nor the history stored within its essence.<\/p>\n
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It is a fallacy to make the statement, “Unless my hand does touch it, unless my eyes do see it, I will not believe.” Whether one believes in something or does not, does not make it either true or false. Truth is the only reality. Falsehood, especially in the form of lies, does not affect, nor effect, any change in the Truth whatsoever.<\/p>\n
We are free to believe whatever we wish in this life of Maya – that is the purpose of such illusion and the pursuit of (real) freedom. We are, whether we choose to believe so or not, spiritual beings whose real life exists in those places not of this world. We are here to learn, to grow. We are given manifold polarities in each of our lives in order to have available the blessing of opportunity for growth. We can choose to study for a test when in school, or we may instead choose to spend that same time required of us to study in vain pursuit of sentient pleasures. God will not intervene, but we subject ourselves to the consequences of our decisions and actions – even our very thoughts.<\/p>\n
In our physical state we have come to “believe” – because our only “proof” is that which is before us in life – that each of us is a true individual. However, this is a fallacy, a na\u00efve belief if you will. What I think, what I feel, what I “do” in any given moment effects more than just myself. I may “think” that engaging in this “little sin” affects no one but myself – and that thought in and of itself may be a noble one. However, what we do “in public” as well as what we do “in private” reverberates an impulse of effect across the whole of humanity. Why? Because, though we do indeed possess to a great extent our “individuality”, we are bound by Divine “Law”, which is the Law of Karma, to one another. This is not a human “law” whereby some arbitrary soul can shout “It’s the law!” Such Divine Law is simply the reality in which we live, move, and have our very being. We do not have to like, much less “enjoy”, the facts, the reality, of our being. That is part and parcel to our freedom. What we must do, however, is exist within the framework of what God has created us for according to His Will, not our own.<\/p>\n
The “name” or “title” or “description” contained in the term or label “God” is simply a moniker for what is meant in its entirety by Divine Love. Whether we know, or realize it, or not, whenever we say “God” in reference to that Divine Being that looms above all that we are, what is being said is “Love”. Such Love, in all its purity and truth, looms in care, concern and forgiveness above each of our lives far more than even the Theotokos (the Mother of God, the Virgin Mary) loomed over and cared for her Son as He was tortured and crucified.<\/p>\n
Though the story and historicity of the suffering and crucifixion (and resurrection) of the Christ stands in recorded history (confirmed in the Book of Life, the Akashic Record) as utter Truth, it serves also as an allegory of the struggle each of us faces in each of our lives as we learn and (most hopefully) grow. As an allegory, certainly our challenges and struggles in life pale in comparison to the challenges of Christ’s struggles. But to whatever degree we feel we are subject to both inner and outer struggles, He has been “there” – He shares our pain. Such sharing of our pain need not be accepted by us as “individuals”. He does so whether we believe, or even desire, He does so. Why? Because, as stated above, we are not the “individualities” that we tend to believe we are. As much as we are part of one another, all the more are we a part of Him – and He a part of us!<\/p>\n
Christ IS the manifestation of Divine Love on the physical plane of existence. He IS a God that acquiesced to the humility of living three years among our destitute, degenerate, kind. He did this to make manifest in our hearts the Divine Love that is He. Do you sense it? No? No matter – the reality is that It IS there.<\/p>\n
Because the Impulse of the Christ now exists in each human being, we either repay-in-kind or utterly reject His sacrifice in all that we think, feel and do in life. Every thought, every feeling, every action is not only recorded, each rises up into the Spiritual Heights and serves to either help or hinder the evolution of humanity.<\/p>\n
The choice, in all the freedom you possess, is up to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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