5. A Judgment Day
experience
*This essay is
a continuing work in progress.
Daniel Rosenblit
was not beneath ridiculing people who practiced religion or
believed in God. He believed that religious people were
weak-minded and that religion was their crutch. But all that
changed in 1978 when, after weeks of failing health, he died and
was forced to ‘face the music’. While dead, he was shown true
reality for the first time - from God's perspective. While dead
in body He was tutored by God Himself ... and taught . .
the “spirit of the law’ – the letter killeth, but the spirit
giveth life. Daniel returned from bodily death and his
private Divine tutoring session, and he was given a mission
from God.
This mission: Most importantly to first practice the holy way that
He was taught. Only as he was in the process of practicing this
holy way, then to share this testimony with others of what
constitutes ‘true religion’ (If one doesn’t practice what
they preach that is hypocrisy, and hypocrisy is a stench before
our righteous Creator). Today more than ever, Bible believing
Christians need to learn how to follow the ‘spirit of the law’
rather than only being disciples of the ‘letter of the law’ (as
most unknowingly are!).
The Lord moved him to write about his experience while he was dead
in body and tutored by our Heavenly Father. It is reprinted here
by permission. Throughout his entire testimony he purposely
peppered it with scripture versus in order to prove to everyone
that his entire experience with God was authentic.
Therefore, since he has proven that he was an eyewitness to the
TRUTH, just like the original Apostles, his testimony ought be
given comparable stature to theirs. Does that not make sense?
*Note: Everything that Daniel reveals through this death account is
in line with the teachings of Christ.
Especially important is that his death experience proves
some:
1) Misinterpretations by Christendom of some of Christ’s
statements!
2) Wrong perceptions concerning the spiritual validity of other
monotheistic Faiths
3) The priceless spiritual value of performing good
works!
Introduction
"He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant - not
of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives life."
If one sees the world from God's viewpoint (the big picture),
the mess we see from down here is not really a mess at
all ... It is perfection!
Through right thinking and right action you can radically change
your destiny for the better! The following information will show
you how to become more spiritual and less religious, and show
you how to make your life more rewarding ... and show you how
to become blessed ... forever!
Note:
To fully
comprehend my death experience, the information below must be
read completely from beginning to end (without skipping around).
I know that the Almighty One wanted me to display the details of
my death experience. I had heard about the recent popularity of
books on this subject and I thought to myself, "Maybe I should
write about my own personal experience. No one's death
experience could possibly be more enlightening than mine." Also,
I can remember most the details of it after so many years!
Then I thought of an old friend who edited and published a book.
I hadn't seen or heard from him in over six years. Then to my
great surprise he telephoned me the very next day! I took this
as a sign that I should proceed with writing down my death
experience.
Through my death experience, God totally transformed my life. He
graciously revealed to me the true purpose of life and
exactly how anyone could become successful in
attaining Heaven ... and even prior to bodily death! I learned
that we are not on earth by accident or by chance, and that
there is a higher, Divine purpose for our lives which most of us
are completely unaware.
Hopefully, the divine light that God shined on my life will also
shine on yours as you read this manuscript. I sincerely pray
that my death experience will act as a "Light unto your path."
In 1978, while in college, I had a death experience.
It was not a near-death experience, but a death
experience. Fortunately, I was given another chance by God to
live my life properly ... in the light.
Again, to paint the clearest picture possible for you of my death
experience, it is essential that you read the following
completely from beginning to end.
First, I must give you a little background information which will
help you understand this life-changing experience.
The Beginning
Note: The
information below will make the important spiritual aspects of
my death experience far more understandable, so please take the
time to thoroughly read this segment of the manuscript.
I grew up in a Jewish home and my family observed the Jewish
holidays. But they did this for tradition’s sake rather than for
the love of God. Through my innocent eyes, these practices
appeared empty and lifeless. As a young child I was taught by
my parents that we were the ‘Chosen people’. But through the
objective eyes of innocence I didn’t see my father acting nobly,
as a chosen one ought. On the contrary, I observed my father’s
preoccupation with chasing the buck ... and it looked grotesque
to me; like a dog panting for table scraps. It appeared that he
was acting not like a Chosen one but rather as one who is
insane. This contradiction bewildered me.
When I became old enough to attend Hebrew school I was at first
elated because I felt that I was going to learn about God. But
to my dismay all I was taught was Jewish customs and love for
the Jewish people. Because the spiritual side I was born with
was not affirmed by anyone, at this point it died (Public school
curriculum further buried it!).
(If I had contracted some physical disease my parents would have
rushed me to the hospital ... but my spiritual disease went
totally undetected. How many children do you supposed die within
like I did, and for similar reasons?)
In Synagogue I observed that most of the people who regularly
attended religious services were old men. I surmised that they
were merely afraid of death, so that it was just a fear-based,
self-interest trip for them. I saw that the few young people who
were religiously observant were considered the "rejects"
(those who did not fit in anywhere else). None of the
popular kids went to Synagogue unless their parents forced
them..
*Note: This was my
young Jewish experience, I’m sure this doesn’t mirror all Jews
children in America, but I’m quite sure it mirrors most!
After my spiritual self died, I was neither interested in God,
nor concerned about spiritual matters at all.. As I grew older
it appeared to me that religious people were weak and used
religion as their crutch. I considered myself to be a strong,
self-reliant person who did not need any crutch, so I felt
superior to them. I grew into puberty a purely carnal creature.
Pretty girls and squeezing the gusto out of life became
everything to me.
I was the type of person who was successful in everything I did.
I was a good student and an excellent athlete as a wrestler
and football player. Though I was short in stature (5'6"),
I won awards as a wrestler and was an exceptional running back
in football. God blessed me with being an excellent football
player and many of my classmates admired me for this reason. But
instead of acknowledging God’s hand in my skills, I was becoming
puffed-up with pride. I was not grateful to God, nor did I give
Him any credit for anything (At this time in my life I doubted
whether a Higher Power even existed).
I considered my friends and myself to be upper crust people, and
I looked down with contempt on people in school who I viewed as
physically weak. Additionally, I considered ugly or fat girls to
be utterly useless. A few of my classmates would regularly make
jokes directed at the mentally retarded and physically
handicapped kids, or racist jokes directed against blacks or
Puerto Ricans (I grew up in an all-white school). I never
laughed to their faces, but I laughed along with the crowd
behind their backs (except the time that I belittled a black
fellow who was in my boy scout troop). I believed that in life
there were a few winners and mostly losers, and I considered
myself to be one of the winners.
(Sadly, the path of the 'big ego' is the road that many
worldly and successful people travel. It is one of the main
roads to hell.)
Anyway, not everything in life went my way. My football coach was
known for playing favorites with guys he favored. Rarely would
he play an underclassmen in varsity. Frequently he would say,
"The cream will rise to the top," so I figured I would just bite
the bullet until I became a senior. Then I would get my chance
at glory!
The summer preceding my senior year, I worked out intensely all
summer long. By the start of the season, I was confident that I
would break many records. I was quite elated. But this elation
did not last long. A few days prior to our first game I was
sidelined for the entire season due to an injury. It appeared to
be a fluke accident. Ironically, it was the wimpiest and
lightest fellow on the entire team who felled me! When I was
returning a punt in practice, he grabbed me by one of my ankles
and it tore the ligaments. That same day I was on crutches! My
season was over; my shot at glory abruptly ended! I was furious!
I angrily shook my fist at the heavens and exclaimed, "Why me?
It’s not fair!"
At the age of sixteen I started having personal health problems
... but didn’t focus on them much till about the age of twenty.
At the age of twenty I went to doctors for relief, but they had
no solution. After having a brief "pity party" I made up my mind
I would one day cure myself. I was a confident fellow, so I took
personal charge of the situation. I got involved in many
different things: herbs, self-hypnosis, health foods, fasting,
etc. After a few years, I actually became grateful for my
problems! Despite the initial anguish, I actually became a
happier and more balanced person (I became happier because I
was forced to look within myself, instead of spending all my
spare time chasing my carnal urges.).
I began college by majoring in pre-veterinarian
science, but I couldn't make the
high grades required to get into veterinarian school. In those
days it was harder to get into vet school than it was to get
into medical school. Because I lost my career goal, I lost all
academic motivation.
I learned early upon entering college that this so called
higher education (bettering yourself) was a big sham.
Higher education, for the most part, actually meant higher
pleasure-cation. It was an opportunity for most of us big
kids to let it loose and party. For the first time in our
life, we were free from our parents protective umbrella. I hung
out with my new friends, smoked a lot of pot and drank a lot of
beer.
On campus, there were Christians whom everyone called
soul-talkers. They would diligently speak about Jesus and
try to get us to attend their Bible study meetings (Even though
I mocked them along with most of the other kids in the dorm, in
their presence I felt very uncomfortable – because I sensed that
they had an inner strength, which I did not have).
Nevertheless, behind their backs my friends and I would make fun
of them while we were drunk or stoned. Within our immature group
we dehumanized them; we laughed at them and joked about them
being brain-washed fanatics. Once I even went to one of their
Bible studies with the sole intent of arguing with them.
While in college I witnessed a lone Hare Krishna devotee with a
shaved head who used to chant and dance ecstatically in front
of the campus library. Most of the students (including
myself) would scorn and/or mock him. I figured this guy had
to be the most "whacked out" person I had ever encountered! I
was genuinely scared to get too close to him for fear I too
might lose my mind, shave my head, and become crazy like him!
I judged many other people and things that I did not understand.
Also, I viewed people who lived and worked in communes as being
"suckers" because they worked without being paid. I considered
all religious people to be weak.
The
ancient healing art of acupuncture had then just recently become
well-known in this country. Many people had joked about
acupuncture as being fraudulent (a myth that had been initially
perpetrated by the American Medical Association). I thought that
these acupuncturists had to be quacks since they claimed they
could heal people by sticking needles in them! What kind of
weak-minded people would go to them?!? In like fashion I would
laugh at or judge most everything I did not understand, or
things that made me feel uncomfortable.
Like some great Lord on a throne, I had my views on how others
should live their lives wisely. But in my own life I was doing
absolutely nothing for anyone but myself. I was such a
hypocrite, but I honestly did not see this truth about myself.
Indeed, I was a thoroughly selfish person! When I went to
Synagogue on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) I never knew what
to atone for. That is how jaded my consciousness was at that
time!
(At that time I had not yet learned that all forms of selfishness
are a big part of what sin is! Any thought or deed that is
contrary to love is a big part of what sin is!!)
By the time I dropped out of the pre-veterinarian program all my
distractions were gone so my primary focus and goal in life was
to deal with my personal health problems. I stumbled across an
amazing book entitled, “Survival into the 21st Century”
by Viktoras Kulvinskas. This book covered many subjects, but
what really caught my attention was the information it contained
concerning a "raw food" diet and the need for detoxification of
the body. The book touted this regimen as the "fountain of
youth" and after reading this book I wholeheartedly believed
it. It gave me the answers I had been searching for. Finally, I
believed that I had found it. After reading a small portion of
this book, I got so excited about the purification diet that I
converted from eating the typical American diet to a raw food
diet virtually overnight! Months later I discovered the hard way
that radically changing your diet, even for the better, can be
very dangerous for your health; especially, for people like
myself who don't fully know what we are doing! The old adage, "A
little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing" was certainly
true for me in this case.
But a raw food diet can be wonderful if it is implemented
properly.
Over a period of six months, I dropped from a muscular 145 lbs.
to an emaciated 105 lbs. My college buddies were always telling
me that I was now always irritable and I looked horrible! I
dismissed their comments. I didn't notice any changes in my
appearance nor mood. (I was not an introspective person at that
time in my life, as I am today)
As my health was gradually deteriorating I was led to another
book entitled, “Be Your Own Doctor” by Anne Wigmore.
Wigmore stresses that the critical part of the detoxification
diet was something called wheatgrass juice. I had failed to
incorporate this into my regimen which was one of my major
blunders. So, I started following the book's advice to grow the
wheat grass, but I couldn't extract the chlorophyll-rich juice
without a special juicer. So, I ordered one through the mail
because there were none sold locally at that time (1978 –
Tallahassee, FL). Intuitively, I knew I needed the wheatgrass
juice badly, and that it would rescue me from my failing health.
As the days passed as I was waiting for my juicer to arrive, I
began to become progressively weaker. As I neared the time of my
Death Experience I felt my vitality rapidly leaving me. It was
as if my life force became like dry grass in a field that
suddenly caught fire and burned all at once! During this time I
didn't visit a doctor for two reasons: First, I had no faith in
them. Second, I didn't realize how dangerously ill I was rapidly
becoming.
This downward spiral in my health happened at the worst possible
time ... around the time of finals week of my senior year! I
clearly remember returning from classes feeling exceptionally
fatigued. I looked in the mirror and was suddenly hit with the
reality that my body was emaciated. My skin and the whites of my
eyes were yellow. I looked at my hands and was shocked to find
that my fingernails were purple. I couldn't urinate and noticed
that my abdomen was so full of liquid that I could barely
breathe. Common sense told me that my kidneys must have
backed-up. I was now drowning in my own toxins! At that moment,
I was overcome with fear. A deeper reality hit me, I realized I
was dying!
Note: At the time of my death experience, I was your typical
narcissistic college student who was solely seeking personal
pleasure and personal goals. Like most middle class young people
in America, I had no responsibilities. With all my spare time
and energy, I desperately tried to squeeze the most fun and
pleasure out of life than I possibly could. Spiritual matters
meant nothing to me.
Before describing
my death experience, I must mention the format I used to
describe it. At that time I was spiritually and scripturally
ignorant. But after my death experience I’ve done much spiritual
studying. For the book God desired me to pepper my entire
experience with passages from the Bible and other sacred
teachings in order to prove to all that my visionary experiences
were authentic ... thus worthy of time you will have to invest
to read of them. I could have backed-up my entire experience
solely with Bible verses, but chose to also use wisdom from
other sources in order to prove to Christians that the Word of
God is bigger /more widespread than what is written down in the
Bible.
{The
Bible states, John 21:25, "Jesus did many other things as well.
If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the
whole world would not have room for the books that would be
written."}.
My Death
Experience
"Those with ears, let them hear!"
I knew I was dying, but I rationalized that I was too young to
die! I was only twenty-two years old but for once I understood
that the catastrophes that at times happen to our neighbor
(cancer, stroke, serious auto accident, etc.), can easily happen
to us!
(What happened next will not make sense to the rational mind
because the many revelations and experiences during my death all
seemed to occur at the same time, so please bear with me. I will
do my best to describe my death experience for you).
At that time, I looked up and saw God. Even though I was not a
spiritual person, something inside of me instantly recognized
Him. At that very moment, I knew beyond any shadow of a doubt
that even an atheist would instantly recognize Him. I looked up
and saw what looked like a ball of fire in the clouds.
Note: The
Bible teaches the following:
(1) Jesus will return with the clouds of heaven. (Matt.
26:63-65)
(2) God is a consuming fire. (Deut.
4:23-25)
(3) The Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles during Pentecost in
the form of fire. (Acts
2:1-4)
Immediately, I placed my hands over my eyes and wept. Instantly,
I knew that all the spiritual people my friends and I used to
mock were all right, and I had been 100% wrong!
DEDICATING YOURSELF TO BE FAITHFUL TO GOD IN ALL THINGS IS
THE ONLY PURPOSE OF LIFE!
{Jesus said,
“Those who save their live will lose it, and those who lose
their life for my sake will preserve it”)
Sadly, I had lived my entire life in disregard of God and His
ways. Now I was so painfully aware of this fact. It was like
this scenario: Imagine working hard all your life, then making a
gamble by selling everything you have to place one huge bet, and
betting on a losing team ... and instantly losing everything!
But this was far, far worse because this was not my
possessions that I was losing, but my very own soul!
The emotional pain/anguish I was experiencing was so awful it was
beyond human comprehension!!
{Bible
- When Jesus describes the emotional state of unfaithful souls
on their Judgment day when they are shut out of heaven, He
proclaims, "There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth."}
Also, I instantly understood that if I had built my life around
God and the things of God, I would have been overjoyed at this
awesome sight (it would have been far better than winning the
powerball lottery!). Sadly, since I had lived such a totally
self-serving (sinful) existence, I was now paying for it
by experiencing a hellish state of indescribable agony and
sorrow.
Next this great ball of fire descended upon me. This light was so
bright, that it totally blinded me. I attempted to dim it by
putting my hands over my eyes ... but this brilliant, blinding
light just could not be dimmed! It was like an all consuming
fire ... and more blinding than I can describe.
{Bible
- Saul encountered this same light during his conversion on the
road to Damascus. He stated later that, "This light was brighter
than the sun." Additionally, Eastern Mysticism – Describes the
light of God as being brighter than the sun.}
Again, I repeat that throughout this experience, I was in sheer
agony on account of the selfish (sinful) life that I had lived.
I still remember being on my knees while this brilliant,
blinding light broke and crushed my hard-heartedness (the
prideful nature that predominated in me), and had actually
made a home in me ... as a consequence of sinful
(self-centered) living. This crushing process was
extremely painful (but was God’s mercy!)
Next, I saw myself as though I had been living behind a curtain
my entire life ... that all my thoughts and deeds had I had
assumed had been performed in secret was actually noted by God
and all the Heavenly hosts. Also, I had believed that I was only
this physical body, and that this world is only physical, devoid
of Spirit (God). All of a sudden, this veil of illusion
(curtain) was lifted and the floodlights shone on me. For
the first time I saw Reality. Reality is that everything that
appears to be physical (devoid of spirit) is God’s
energy. Incredibly, I saw that I had been on display my entire
life. Every thought, word, and deed of mine that I had assumed
was performed in secret, had been recorded since my birth and
were now being fully exposed. Everything that I ever did in
secret was now brought out into the light for full review in
front of God and all the Heavenly Hosts! Now, my entire life was
being laid out bare before them. I knew they were all there. The
awareness of their presence was clearly felt by me.
{I believe that these are the same ‘Beings’ whom God is speaking
to in the Bible when He says, “Let us make man in Our image?”}
{Shakespeare describes it best when he declares: "We are all actors
on a stage." (he knew!)}
The truth that I experienced is that the finality of death is
clearly false. When "I died," I merely dropped my physical body.
My consciousness never died, but instead crossed-over into
another dimension. Though, since I had lived such a narcissistic
(sinful) life, this transition was extremely, extremely,
extremely painful!!!
{Bible states that for those who sinned out of ignorance (people
such as myself), that they will receive fewer lashes as compared
to those who sin and knew better} ... I can't imagine
how painful it will be on Judgment Day for those who, unlike
myself, knew righteousness and still lived a sinful (selfish)
life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
{I use so many exclamation points here to give you an idea of
how painful that will be for those people!}
{Later in life God taught me this: The spreading of the
gospels was called the “Great Commission” because the knowledge
of holy gospels was brand new to the world, and thus had to be
spread throughout. Since that has already been successfully done
throughout the western countries now the “Great Commission”
has been changed. The modern day Great Commission is all
Believers to
... WALK
THE TALK! To be the most concerned about reforming the flaws
within ourselves, over changing others.}
It seemed that all the cumulative actions of my entire life
happened all at the same time. (Strangely enough, though, my
brain had no difficulty dealing with this explosion of
experiences).
Yes, this was my JUDGMENT DAY!
(Sadly, it was something that I
had never given any forethought to.)
In this new Divine light, I saw more Reality. This Reality was
that:
MY ENTIRE LIFE HAD BEEN ONE HUGE TEST, AND I WAS NOW BEING
GRADED ON LITERALLY EVERYTHING! (EVERY WORD, DEED, AND EVEN
THOUGHT!)
Interestingly enough, my judge was not some immense being on a
great white throne. Something had emerged from within myself
(I believe that it was my soul), and “It” sat in Judgment of
me. I had never recalled ever being in touch with this part of
myself before. My soul showed absolutely no partiality towards
me, even though "It" had resided within me my entire life. My
own soul sat in Judgment of my entire life. It assumed a totally
objective and impartial role. (At this time I was fully aware
that this soul of mine would just as soon plunge me into Hell
rather than offend God.) "It" knew perfection, which was
God’s standard, and all of my actions were compared to this
standard (by "perfection," I mean pure, untainted Love).
Also since I had lived contrary to the God’s ways I
experienced that the entire creation considered me their enemy
and was poised to persecute me! I experienced that the entire
creation serves God, the only ones that do not do so is man!
This is the case because we are the only creature with
free will, and sadly most of us choose to misuse it!
I was shown that pure love was serving God and others without any
self-centered motives. Even if one was motivated to perform a
good deed in order to feel good about one’s own self or to
attain future treasures in heaven, this would be considered to
be a tainted act; totally unacceptable to God. I was shown that
God only accepts selfless acts of love
(God is Love, and
Love only recognizes love).
(Now, this does not mean that if someone rewards you, you are not
to accept it. It means that your actions are not motivated by
desires of any personal reward).
I saw that pure love is God’s Divine measuring stick, and that
all of my actions were compared to this Divine standard.
Pleasing God and doing what is right in His eyes must be one’s
sole motive. Also, God revealed to me that pure acts
done for love of Him purify the heart; thereby eventually
leading the one who learns to live right (living selflessly)
back home ... back to God (To become pure within is the way
back to God.
Until this point in my life I had thought of myself as being
basically a good person. (Though being a good person was
never the motivating force in my life.) After all, I used to
reflect that I had never robbed, raped, nor killed anyone. I
certainly was not a criminal. Merely because I had never done
anything horrible, I assumed that I was a good person! What a
stupid man I was!! When I compared myself to others around me,
I seemed all right. When I used to go to the synagogue on Yom
Kippur (the Jewish day of Atonement), I never knew what I
had done wrong to atone for. I honestly felt that I had never
sinned. This is how jaded my consciousness had been.
Now, for the first time, I saw everything from a totally
different perspective ... from God's perspective. For me this
was a most shocking and extremely painful experience.
Important: God
showed me that it is a grave mistake that we make by judging our
level of goodness by comparing ourselves to the
righteousness of our neighbors.
Since most of our neighbors (the entire human race) live
their lives in darkness, they are headed for exceedingly great
sorrow at the time of death. (A major reason for this is most of
the members of the human race refuses to extend their love for
themselves and their family, to everyone!). Thus, we are real
fools if we compare our righteousness to that of depraved
humanity! God showed me the wise alternative is to compare
ourselves to the holy ones ... the Saintly (people like the
Eastern Mystics, Mother Teresa, etc.). Truly, God expects us
all to become like these holy ones! I'm not kidding!!
Indeed, God's expectations of our character are far, far higher
than most realize or want to admit! {Jesus stated ”Be
perfect as your Father is in Heaven} ... my friends, that is
not a option, but a commandment! He fully expects us to
sincerely strive for it!
(Catholic teachings: The only way to go straight to heaven
(skip purgatory), is to die a martyr or become a living martyr
(a truly crucified man, totally selfless; a living saint or
apostle; no longer having the lower nature; becoming all good as
Jesus and His Father are!).
*Concerning these exalted expectations of God, please don't
despair. If one perseveres on the spiritual path like a
soldier, with God's grace eventually anyone can attain Sainthood
... even ME and YOU! {Jesus stated, “Humanly speaking it not
possible to become perfect, but with God’s grace all things are
possible!”} ... I saw the truth of this statement with my own
eyes!
*Note: Even if you don’t attain God consciousness in this life
God is merciful to all those who sow sincere effort (those who
try hard!).
Later in life I discovered that our holy efforts attract grace
like a magnet attracts iron filings! If you desire to reap
grace, then sow holy effort! Jesus declared, “Blessed are the
merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”
The Holy One showed me that throughout my entire life my ego had
occupied the center-stage of my life. I had lived solely
for gratifying myself. I was motivated by self-interest in
everything that I did (though, I had never consciously
thought about this before). The foundation of my life was
myself and all of my actions were performed to obtain some type
of reward for myself; either tangible or intangible. Either I
wanted money, sex, a pat on the back, a wink, a smile, someone
to think well of me, etc. Thus, all of my acts had been
polluted by selfish motives in varying degrees. Thus, until this
point all of my life’s deeds had been totally unacceptable to
God!
{Bible
- Our deeds and self-righteous acts are described as being like
"dirty rags" before God}
Actually, I was shown that I had not even performed one deed that
was acceptable to God my entire life; not even one! I was
shattered, speechless, and panic stricken all at the same time!
I cried, "I cannot believe it, I have wasted my entire life!" I
had absolutely nothing to show for all my entire time spent on
Earth!
Fun and pleasure, which were once everything to me, were not in
my mind anymore. At this point, all that mattered to me was to
find pure acts of love to offer up to God so that He
would accept them. I feverishly searched, but to my dismay I
could not find any! The huge importance of performing holy
deeds became obvious to me at this point.
> During this experience the Lord taught me the very great
importance of offering up to Him our acts of devotion.
If we don’t ‘offer them up’ we don’t receive the full credit
from God {this wisdom is in line with Catholic teachings}.
God showed me that if I would have put Him on the throne of my
life (living to please Him), that this would have been
the single most important thing that I could have done!
Then I surely would have produced some acts acceptable to Him!!
{The reason why groups like Alcoholics anonymous and Narcotics
anonymous are successful is because this is precisely what they
do ... among other good things.}
Totally submitting one’s life to the one God and striving to live
His precepts sets the foundation for a proper, successful life.
Previously, I had thought that people who had lived like this
were fanatics. But I now saw that this was what the Eternal One
expects from us all. It is not fanaticism, but the minimum
requirement to attain salvation!
Then, I saw that once God was on the throne of my life if my
actions I performed were motivated solely by a desire to
please Him, they would be acts of pure love. These acts of pure
love are not dirty rags, as the others had been.
God would readily accept these selfless acts as holy deeds!!!!
I must stress the point that this is the most important part of
my enlightening experience. Actions motivated solely by love of
God, or doing what is right are holy deeds (not "dirty rags"),
and have the power of "spiritual dynamite" that can be felt
right up in Heaven! (I saw this with my own eyes!!!!)
Note: One doesn’t have to be in the ministry or one who works for
a charity to please God. The Lord accepts any honest work as
a love offering!
(For example a few
years after my death experience I had the good fortune of
spending time in an Ashram (an Indian spiritual community). Life
in the ashram is centered around devotion to God. Everyone in
the ashram is given work. Work there is called seva. Seva is a
Sanskrit word translated into English means ‘selfless service’.
In the ashram all work performed is performed as a selfless
service to God. Ashram life trains a person in the art of
making your life sacred. When you leave the ashram the
holy intention is to take the disciplines that you have learned
by doing with you into the real world ... and continue
practicing this newly learned sacred lifestyle. Even though in
this real world you now work with a paycheck attached to it, you
now do your job as your seva and thus it becomes part of your
devotion to God! (the money will come in all the same ... whether you think about it or not!).
>In a documentary
video on Mother Teresa she made the statement, “I have to be
holy at what I do, and you have to be holy at what you
do.”
As long as we guard our lives from sin, God always remembers our
pure deeds ... forever!
Many people desire to leave their mark on the world when they
die. They desire to be remembered favorably. Many desire fame.
God showed me that if I would have dedicated my life to Him it
would bring Him great pleasure, and He would favorably remember
me ... forever! This is miles better than earthly fame! How
incredible! I anguished, "If I only had had this wisdom!" ...
BUT THANK GOD, NOW WE ALL HAVE IT!!!!
The Eternal One showed me how easy it would have been to attain
the kingdom of God. He gave me a bird’s eye view of my past, and
I saw all the effort I had exerted in my life toward the
attainment of worldly pursuits (money, glory, sex, and other
pleasures). I was shown that this whole creation was like a
rigged roulette wheel in a gambling casino. As much as one
tries, one can never be able to fully satisfy one’s selfish
desires. It is virtually impossible, because this whole world is
rigged against you!
(Though some people are very rich like King Solomon of the Bible. On
account of their wealth they have the opportunity to thoroughly
satiate themselves as he did. For example he possessed over a
thousand women and incredible wealth. He states, "I had
thoroughly satiated myself, and learned all is vanity, and like
striving after the wind.")
It is really not that difficult to attain the kingdom of heaven
in this life. If one acts like a spiritual soldier, disciplining
one's mind, thereby not becoming distracted by the fleeting
pleasures of life or caught in the cares of this life (which
bleeds ones light). Its essential to serve the Lord as
tirelessly as possible (devotions and labors) ... with zeal and
faith. A big problem most sincere Believers have is lack of
discipline. If we don’t perform regular early morning devotions
we become easily drawn to the enticements of this world, thus
giving our devotion (energy) to the things of this world
rather than the Creator of it. Thus, we do not grow spiritually
as we desire.
 St.
Francis of Assisi,
one of the
greatest Saints of all time, stressed the great importance of
living a life of "holy simplicity." Holy simplicity means to cut
everything out of your life that is not necessary for you to
perform your Dharma (Sanskrit for sacred duty).
By attaining the kingdom of God (God consciousness), I am
referring to something both very great and extremely rare in
this world. I am talking only about someone whose heart has
become purified, and who has thus become a living Saint
(A
person who has attained heaven while living ... a person who has
made it back home).
{Bible
- Jesus states, "The pure in heart shall see God."}
If I would have attained the kingdom of God, I would have passed
the most important test one will ever encounter. Compared to
this test, all other tests are worth less than nothing. Only if
you pass this test has your life been successful. This is the
test of your character or the "Test of Life." ( believe me
whether we like it or not ... the Lord is testing us all!).
Having an impeccable character is far more valuable than winning
the powerball lotto! It is the absolute prerequisite to
attaining God consciousness.
>Later in life I learned that God tests us to see what we are
made of ... whether we are worth saving. Many Christians say,
“Jesus knows my heart” and use that as an excuse for inaction.
The Lord wants me to respond to this way of thinking by saying
this: Just as Jesus demonstrated His love for us on the Cross,
God desires us to demonstrate what is in our heart!
HOLY ACTION IS WHAT HE DESIRES!
Note: Jesus
and the holy ones only know God only because they are/or became
one with Him (to varying degrees). To be one with God is
the only way to truly know Him ... that is how Jesus knew
Him. So for us, the two essential ingredients here are being
pure at heart and having an impeccable character ... so we can
become in the image of the Father ... like Jesus!
{The Bible states, "The purpose of life is to know God."}
... the only way to know Him is to become in His image. Note: You
don’t have to be a Christian, but you must strive to be a person
like Jesus! The Famous quote of Christ, “I am the way, the
truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father but through
me”, ... means to be in His image. . .my death experience will
repeatedly point to this truth.
At this point, if I had been in touch with my physical body, I
would have pulled out all of my hair in anguish and I would have
torn all my clothes to pieces in agony over the realization that
I had discarded this more than ‘golden opportunity’ (the pain I
experienced was greater than mere human words can convey). This
‘golden opportunity’ that I am referring to is to live a holy
life in this dark world. (A world that is full of temptations
and distractions at every turn)
{It states in Eastern Mysticism that all the angels in heaven
desire a human body. The reason being is to be faithful to God
in this carnal world demonstrates a higher love of God than the
angels can demonstrate. Unlike us, they perform their Dharma in
a temptation free environment. But if we can successfully
perform our Dharma in a temptation riddled environment as we
live in, we demonstrate a higher love of God than them! Thus we
are greater in God’s sight!! Now you know one of the main
reasons that unfaithful souls on Judgment day have such a great
gnashing of teeth ... on account of them seeing this golden
opportunity (human life), that they have squandered!}
{The Bible states, "gnashing of teeth (concerning Judgment Day of
the ungodly);" ... on the other hand for the godly ones it is
written, "No eye has seen nor ear heard, nor the heart of man
conceived, what God has prepared for those who love Him."}
Winning the Lord’s favor is far better than having the most
beautiful women or winning the lottery! If we follow God's
recipe, anyone can win! The good news is that your neighbor
winning does not exclude you from winning. In fact, God desires
everyone to win, and no one to lose! (That reveals how
greatly God loves everyone, but His love can't make you win;
though it can inspire and motivate! It’s only your own wise
actions that will be the deciding factor!).
{Bible
- St. Peter states, "Truly I perceive that God shows no
partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears Him and does
what is right is acceptable to Him."
Acts 10:34}
Sadly, because of man’s inherent selfishness and lack of interest
in the Divine ways, very few, indeed, win in life.
{Bible
- Jesus states, "The path to heaven is straight and narrow and
few there are that find it; the path to destruction is wide and
most walk thereon."] ... few find it is not because God is that
tough, but rather because hardly anyone is crucifying their
flesh and diligently walking the path (studying the scriptures
without walking the path makes you a worse sinner! {Bible - “For
him who knows righteousness and doesn’t perform it, for Him it
is sin”)
{Bible
- Jesus proclaims that the two most important commandments are
"To love God with all your heart, mind, and soul." and "To love
thy neighbor as thyself." He states that, "If you do these two
things, you fulfill the entire law."}
The key here is to always strive to live the Golden Rule.
Luke 10:25-28 - On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.
"Teacher," he asked, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your
mind, and, love your neighbor as yourself." "You
have
answered correctly," Jesus replied, "Do this and you will live."
Other
religions have very similar teachings ... but not exactly the
same (It appears God wants us all to follow this one!) Though,
Christ's "Golden rule" is the most excellent formula. Here are
the parallel teachings from other religions:
Hinduism:
This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause
you pain if done to you.
Mahabharata
5:1517
Buddhism:
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find harmful.
Udana-Varga 5:18
Confucianism: Surely it is the maxim of loving kindness; do not
unto others what you would not have them do unto you.
Analects 15:23
Taoism:
Regard your neighbour’s gain as your own gain and your
neighbour’s loss as your own loss.
T’ai Shang Kan
Ying P’ien
Judaism:
What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man: That is the
entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
Talmud,
Shabbat 31a
Islam: No
one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that
which he desires for himself.
Sunnah
Sikhism: I
am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me.
Indeed, I am a friend to all.
Guru Grath
Sahib, pg. 1299
Jainism:
One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to
be treated.
Mahavira,
Sutrakritanga
Baha'I
faith: Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be
laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would
not desire for yourself.
Baha'u'llah,
Gleanings
Zoroastrianism: Do not unto others whatever is injurious to
yourself.
Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
The more that my past was examined, the more tears and regrets
consumed me. In high school I had considered my friends and I to
be the best of the lot, but from God’s viewpoint we were among
the lowest of men! At one time I had considered most other
people beneath me, but in this new perspective I saw I was
beneath most others. Now, the entire celestial kingdom was
mocking me as I had once mocked others! Due to my prideful
attitude, I was among the lowest of sinners. Because I had
thought so well of myself and so badly of others (especially
less fortunate people and God’s devotees), I had sealed my
own hellish fate!!
{Bible
- Jesus states ,"Whatsoever you have done to the least of them,
you have done to me."}
I had actually been serving (albeit unconsciously) the
false god (satan). My prideful, self-centered attitude
had put me at odds with God. Since I had lived a totally
self-centered lifestyle, absolutely everything I did was sin!
Note:
Sadly, I never knew that living for self was sin, until this
moment.
My friend, the pain of these realizations was beyond words. Even
thinking about all this now, sixteen years later, is still
extremely painful.
In this divine light, I saw God’s heavenly barometer. I was on
the lower end. Because of my arrogant, puffed-up attitude (I
considered myself on the top) ... I was actually on the
bottom. Some of my bedfellows were the arrogant lawyers and
businessmen that most people despise because of their egotism. I
was spiritually as low as them because, inwardly, I was as
prideful and egotistical as they were.
I was shown that the masses of people (the silent majority)
were above me. They also were living in darkness, but not as
deep a darkness as myself ... because their love was greater
than mine (at least they served their families, whereas I
only served myself).
I saw that the handicapped and mentally retarded people (the
ones at whom I had once laughed at) were exalted above the
masses of people because they were humble and innocent.
They had remained relatively pure because they had not
looked down on others or thought badly of (never judged)
their neighbors. They were similar to cars idling in neutral.
They were not moving forward spiritually, but neither were they
moving backward. . as sadly most of the human race is! In
hindsight I have come to realize that spiritually they are
situated at the same level as the animals. Since animals do not
have free will, they cannot pollute themselves with sin.
Therefore, they also are innocent and do not live in darkness
like the majority of the human race.
{Orthodox Judaism teaches that if a man or woman does not serve God
in his life it would have been better for this person to be born
a worm; for a worm is only capable of being a worm. But a
person, because of free will, can either rise to great spiritual
heights (higher than an angel), or sink to degraded realms and
become like a devil.}
Unfortunately, since most people misuse the gift of free
will by not striving to be faithful to God in all things, it
would have been better if they never had been born! This is the
sad and shocking truth I saw with my own eyes!!
Note: And at
the time of death this God of love is stuck with the disgusting
task of being involved with punishing the overwhelming majority
of the human race ... billions of us!
{Bible
- In the story of Noah, it states God was sorry that He had
created man. Now you know why!}
Note: Today,
there are far, far more people on the earth than in the days of
Noah. One doesn't have to be a genius to realize that sinful
mankind has become a much heavier burden to our Creator than in
the days of Noah!
Next, above the innocent retarded and crippled folks were the
soul-talkers. Remember those brainwashed religious
fanatics that I had so often mocked in college? Well, I saw
that these people were so exalted in God’s eyes because they
were consciously using their free will to seek out God and
please Him with a total commitment of their lives. Even
though they were not as humble and innocent as the retarded and
handicapped people, they were more exalted in God’s eyes. I saw
that this was the case because their holy efforts were
appreciated by God and had made them dear to Him; earning His
respect …
Holy effort earns God’s respect!
{Bible
- Saint Paul proclaims, "Present your bodies as living
sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual
worship."}
Interestingly enough, when the soul-talkers witnessed to
me about Jesus, they had informed me that I would surely go to
hell if I did not accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.
On account of my upbringing, I hadn’t received their words of
life, but instead I had stopped up my ears to their preaching.
Understand that at the time the New Testament was written the
flawless reputation of Jesus had not yet been tarnished by those
who claim that they represent Him. That ‘tarnishment’ was a
problem that has only developed after the Bible was written. The
name of Jesus has been demonized in the eyes of countless Jews
the world over because of widespread anti-Semitism and
persecution that had been propagated for centuries in the name
of Christ (pogroms, inquisition, crusades, etc). Additionally,
most of the Christian nations didn’t lift a finger to help the
Jews during the holocaust. This is the reason most Jews have
been raised to block their hearts and minds to the teachings of
Jesus, and this is the reason why many are so unreceptive. I
know this because I was once one of those Jews. However, God who
is perfectly Fair and Just takes this fact into account. He
judges each soul individually, taking all factors into account
... thank God! Thus, I was never condemned for rejecting Christ
... a huge sin! But instead, merely slapped on the wrist!
Note: The
Word of God that the soul-talkers had previously preached
to me was now being relived by me ... this time, though, causing
me extreme pain and remorse.
{Bible
- God states, "My word will not return void"}
Nevertheless, God requires Jews, Christians and everyone else to
strive for perfection (perfect love), as Christ commands,
if they desire to be saved ... He expects all of us (including
atheists), to strive to live the most noble lifestyle that we
can conceive. For that reason those who study holy books or the
great Philosophers without striving to walk the path are
unknowingly paving their way to hell!
The thing that surprised me the most here was that the solitary
Hare Krishna fellow with the shaved head, who danced and chanted
God’s holy names on the college campus, was actually the most
exalted in God’s eyes! It was not that his religion was superior
to that of the Christians that made him superior, but rather it
was the fact that he personally had the greatest love of God. In
fact, this particular Hare Krishna fellow loved God so much,
that he was continually willing to publicly display his praises
to Him alone in the midst of unGodly people like myself who
continually mocked and scorned him. I was shown that this man
was so very much in love with the Lord, that he was oblivious to
those of us who mocked him. The soul-talkers had not
transcended their egos and were still on the mental platform,
but this Hare Krishna devotee was on a transcendental
platform of consciousness. Greater than the soul-talkers was
he, because unlike them he truly loved God more than his own
self (ego). As a result, he was in direct union with God.
For him, it was as if the very heavens had opened up, and I saw
him encircled by a glorious light. God was by far the
most pleased with this individual, and I had mocked him the
most! How shocking!!
The one whom I had thought was the most insane and whom I had
mocked the most was actually the most exalted in God’s eyes!
What pain in seeing this truth!!
{Bible
- Jesus proclaims, "Those who save their lives will lose it, and
those who lose their lives for my sake will preserve it"
...Note: That Hare Krishna fellow was the only one of the lot
who loved God more than his very life. Also the Bible states
that, "God is searching the whole earth looking for the man
whose heart is perfect toward Him."} ... Many Christians
believe that just because Jesus came God is not still weighing
the hearts of men ... but that is not so ... He still is! So
let this be a wake up call not to become complacent!
I saw that the retarded/crippled and the disciples of
the Lord were the only people living in the light. Myself
and the vast majority of other people were living in darkness
... places of great torment. It was clear to me that the vast
majority of people (including religious folk) are not headed for
heaven. I'm not saying they are going to hell either ( I don’t
know), all I saw was that the vast majority of people are headed
to a place of very great torment.
Additionally, the times I acted as a racist was a huge
sin. God especially detests racism because it is one of the sins
which is tearing apart the world ... there is never an excuse
for racism!
Favoring attractive people and making fun of or ignoring ugly
ones is also a form of racism.
Again: THE ONLY PURPOSE OF OUR EXISTENCE IS TO BE FAITHFUL TO
GOD IN ALL THINGS.
And the reason why most don't go to heaven is not that God is
unreasonable /unmerciful; He definitely is not. It is that most
people are disinterested in the spiritual path (living a life
of love/truth; working on correcting their own flaws so as they
can become better human beings). Most people love their own
life, comfort, and habits more than molding themselves into
becoming Christ-like beings.. As a consequence, they do not
have the power or motivation in their lives to overcome the
enticements of this world. Thus, they serve the flesh, thereby
many unknowingly living their lives in total darkness. By living
for self (flesh), they place their priceless souls in
great peril!
You can proclaim that you are a Christian till you are blue in
the face; but if you live a life of selfishness, He will
know you not!
I was shown that people who worked in communes were not
weak-minded as I had previously believed; but in actuality were
wiser than most because they were motivated by love, sharing and
altruism ... not selfishness (as is most of us).
Also, I saw that acupuncture was a gift given by God to benefit
mankind. I still remember seeing God literally drop this wisdom
out of the heavens.
{Bible
- "Every good and perfect gift comes from Above ... from the
Father of heavenly lights."}
I was shown that, unlike the times of the ancient Hebrews, God is
behind all the monotheistic religions that we have in the world
today (within these paths often truths and falsehoods are
mixed). I was shown that if great multitudes of people have been
using a certain healing practice or following a certain religion
for several hundred to thousands of years, such as acupuncture
or many of the monotheistic religions which we have today; they
are obviously receiving some benefit from it or the practice
would not endure. They are receiving some benefit because God
has His hand in it. Therefore, practices which are foreign to us
or ancient wisdom should not be routinely discounted. The reason
that people are getting help in any healing method or spiritual
practice is because God has His hand in it. Wherever the Lord is
involved, know that mercy and healing are there! Know that
the merciful Lord has His fingers in countless things in this
world ... outside of the Bible experience.
{Bible - “You
shall know them by their fruits” ... if their fruits are good
it is of God}
I have learned that just because I do not understand something,
it does not mean that God is not somewhere within it. Also, it
is not necessary for one to understand the validity of all the
spiritual paths (unless, of course, you desire to become
personally involved with one). So, I learned that it is
always wise for us to bow the head low and be humble, and to
think carefully before passing judgment on some practice which
is foreign to us.
Sadly, in my past, too often I have mocked the works of God!
I saw that I had to repent for all of my mocking. In fact, I saw
that I had been mocking God and his friends (servants)!
To even recall this grave error of mine makes my knees shake in
fear. What a huge sin!
Though, if you are positive that something is of
Satan don’t hesitant to say it!
As we walk in the light, God by His grace gradually removes our
sinful (selfish) nature and we become gradually purified.
In this purified state, we become more and more innocent and
less and less carnal; more like an angel and less like a beast.
Thereby we become more Godlike. When we fall short and sin, God
is more than willing to forgive us if we repent, clean up our
mess, and then return to the narrow road. This is the path to
perfection.
With His help, I actually saw that we are capable
of becoming perfect. God is perfectly Fair and Just and would
not hold us accountable to His high standard if we were not
capable of attaining it! He wants us to be sincere in our hearts
and be willing to back it up with the commitment of our lives
(through deeds). God is really not that hardline. It is
that we, the human race, who are soo selfish (sinful).
Note: Its important that you understand the essence of this: God is a
pure and holy God. Most of us are so filthy in our sinful ways
we don't even know what holiness is. Being aware of our
extremely fallen state and the paramount importance of
holy humility on the spiritual path, it is wise to only come
before the Lord in the name of Jesus or some great Saint ... not by yourself! (For this same reason the Muslims wash
themselves before prayer, and the orthodox Jews reserve a
special name for God only to be used in prayer).
Also, God revealed other aspects of my life. Remember the times
when things did not work out for me and I used to get so angry?
This was God, Himself, who was protecting me by stopping me. In
my football days the most insignificant, wimpiest fellow on the
entire team felled proud me. Often, God uses the humble, base
things of the world to fell the proud; This is one of His
signatures. God used the wimpiest man on the team to fell proud
me!
{Bible
- "God uses the foolish things of this world to confound the
wise."}
Examples: - The Shepard boy David felled the seemingly invincible giant
Goliath with two smooth stones.
The proud evil king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, was humbled by,
for many seasons, eating grass as the oxen
God at his weakness, Jesus on the cross, demonstrated his
greatest power over evil.
Only truly humble, God-fearing people in this life have the
eyes to see His hand at work in their trials ... what a
rare gift this is for the person who has developed it!
God had shown me that He had blessed me with being a gifted
runner. But since I had no spiritual foundation, I did not
attribute my skill to God’s grace. Therefore, I did not give God
any credit for my success; thereby I was robbing His glory.
Therefore, my success was gradually swelling my head; I was
becoming puffed up (though at the time since I was such a
shallow person I was not aware of how this talent was negatively
affecting me).
{In the Bible God warns, "No man shall rob my glory."} Now you
know the reason. Because it swells your ego ... thereby makes
you extremely difficult to become saved!
By that injury which abruptly ended my high school football
career, God was further protecting my immortal soul by keeping
my ego from further swelling, as would have occurred when fame
would have knocked on my door ... if I wasn’t stopped
(injured)!
Remember my health problems. This is God’s mercy again! How
incredible! God’s mercy for me was at its height when I felt I
was the most unfortunate. Who could figure it?!? All this time
God had actually been protecting my soul from my own
self-destructiveness; I just did not have the spiritual eyes to
see it. Even though I had never cared at all about God, He cared
deeply about me!
If God favors you and you do not submit to Him voluntarily; He
will personally break you. His intent is to humble you ... so
that your soul can be saved; so this is His very great mercy.
Though, God would much prefer that we humble ourselves
voluntarily since He loves us and therefore takes no pleasure in
making us suffer; but would prefer the sinner voluntarily humble
himself, so he can be saved.
{Bhagavad Gita, Krishna (an incarnation of God) states, “To my
most beloved devotees I give poverty, disease, and dishonor”}
Also God showed me that this entire creation > plants, trees,
and animals is groaning in pain over its separation from Him.
Also, He revealed to me that He is behind all monotheistic
religions that submit to His laws of sacrificial love. They are
all dear to Him, even though few people truly practice
them in the proper spirit, which is what the Eternal One
requires.
Also, God revealed to me the kind of love that He has for people.
He looks at all of us through the eyes of eternity. His
overriding desire is to remove the darkness from our souls; to
purify us. The suffering He has to put us through to achieve
that end is secondary (to atone for big sins we have to
experience great suffering). However, it will greatly minimize
our sufferings if we learn to accept and see God's hand in the
painful things in our life that we cannot change ... learning to
see the "silver lining" in our troubles (Also if you desire to
minimize your suffering voluntarily humble yourself, do penance
for your sins, and walk the spiritual road).
Many of us, myself included, have looked at the seeming
injustices of the world and said to ourselves, "If I were God, I
would run this world differently" or "If there is a God, then
why is there so much suffering in the world?" Many things in
this world appear to us to be unfair. Well, God straightened me
out (and now hopefully you also). He took me on top of
"His Holy Mountain," where I saw the whole creation from His
viewpoint. It was as though I were sitting on the cornerstone of
eternity and for a moment in time my mind merged with God's! In
that moment I saw the timeless journey of each soul, not just
this present short life. I was shown that we have all lived
before! That everyone born in this world is born with a
debt; some with small debts, and others with a large debts. I
saw that this entire creation was perfect! It only appears
imperfect because we as humans have limited knowledge that
prevents us from seeing its perfection. If I had the wisdom and
power of God, I would not change a thing! Indeed, I saw that God
is perfectly wise and just.
{The Bible states, referring to God, "He is Just; all the angels
proclaim it." Also it states in Eastern Mysticism that at the
time of death the spiritual Master brings the disciple before
the throne of God and all disciples leave with the same
conclusion on their lips, “If I were God I would not change a
thing!”}
>Important:
Its very important that I educate you on the fact that in these
modern times the ancient teachings of reincarnation have been
tampered with by heretical 'new agers' who refuse to accept the
fact that the awful severity of divine justice is hanging over
all our heads if we walk the sinful road. Thus, these heretical
new agers have taken reincarnation as their own philosophy, but
‘conveniently’ omitted an uncomfortable portion of the
philosophy called 'transmigration' (A half-truth has the same
terrible effect as a lie. Isn’t this true?)
This
philosophy of ‘transmigration’ teaches: “People who don't
make good use of their human birth (live as they please, refuse
to bend the knee to the Eternal One and live the sacred
way he has ordained for us to live), usually in their next birth
lose this 'blessed human form and become lower life forms ... rats, bugs, trees, etc. As a result of this ‘transmigration’,
the souls' journey back to its heavenly home is very greatly
prolonged, as are the terrible sufferings it must experience!
As you
can now see the true philosophy of reincarnation is not
represented by the 'new agers' who refuse to face the truth
concerning the great perils of all souls born into this
creation.
Sadly, humans by nature are seeking a painless and
discipline-less way to attain heaven. So we want to believe
the lie whether it is this: "Because I said the sinner's prayer,
I'm saved no matter what I do" or "the heretical new ager's
candy-coated version of reincarnation."
Bottom line is the whole
world despises the cross! (By the Cross I am not referring to
Christ’s cross ... but our own cross).
Adherents of the Catholic teaching on purgatory,
or the ancient teachings of reincarnation both
develop the priceless virtue of fear of God {Bible – “The fear
of God is the beginning of all wisdom”}. Thus, devotees of
both these philosophies are equally motivated to get off their
lazy, pleasure seeking butt and do something for God in their
lives (to overcome themselves). (Actually, the philosophy of the
Catholics and the Eastern Mystics on how to deal with sin are
far closer ideologically than that of the Protestants and the
Catholics!). Followers of the ancient reincarnation or purgatory
philosophies both understand sanctity, whereas sadly most
Protestants have only a very shallow understanding of it.
Additionally, it appears that the Jews at the time of Jesus
believed in reincarnation.
{Bible - Math17:12-13, "I tell you that Elijah has
already come and people did not recognize him ... Then the
disciples understood that He (Jesus) was talking to them about
John the Baptist".
Also John 9:1 - The disciples asked Jesus: "Teacher whose sin has
caused him to be born blind? Was it is own or his
parents' sin?" (How could his fault be considered, when he was
born blind?}
Next, I felt myself in God’s arms. I did not actually see Him at
this point, but I felt incredible comfort and His divine love.
(This feeling of God’s divine love is so wonderful that it is
virtually impossible to describe; so I will not even attempt to
do so. Though, I will say it makes the greatest pleasures of
this world seem pale by comparison.) At this point, I knew
beyond any doubt that I had been granted forgiveness for my past
sinful life.
Interestingly since God had now totally forgiven me, the
door to heaven was swung wide open. But since I hadn't performed
any good works, my very own soul prevented me from entering
therein!
(Therefore a
death bed conversion does not insure a repentant will attain
heaven ... it merely will save them from going to hell! Note:
The good thief on the cross had the honor of demonstrating
compassion to Jesus in the Master’s final hours ... this was a
priceless honor! Perhaps for that reason Jesus personally took
him to Paradise.)
So, now, the pain I was experiencing was purely emotional in
nature ... no more physical pain as I previously had felt from
being punished for sins (now I was only punishing myself ... but this was plenty bad enough!).
Now, at this point even if God had taken me to heaven, it would
have still been like hell to me because I was living in hell
within myself ... since I hadn't performed any good deeds! I was
most painfully aware of the fact that I hadn't any good works
credited to my account. Because of this, I was in
enormous, seemingly endless, emotional pain (and the real hell
is much worse than this!!!).
{Bible
- "There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth"
additionally it states that, "The one who didn't know he was
doing wrong would receive fewer lashes"} I can't even image
the pain backsliders experience at the time of death ... those
who know the truth and don't return to God!! ... the pain that
they will experience is incomprehensible!!!!!! (My pain was
incomprehensible, and theirs will be far worse than mine!!!)
Still, my entire being was intent on remembering everything I had
learned just in case I was given another chance. I was begging
God to give me another chance; but in all honesty I did not
think that I would get one.
Then, I felt as though my entire being dissolved and then merged
with the atmosphere of the room. I do not know exactly how much
time elapsed. Then I heard a knock at the door which stirred me
out from my trance-like state.
I struggled to answer the door. It was the mailman with a
package. I opened this package, and found to my surprise it was
the wheatgrass juicer for which I had so long been awaiting!
I immediately assembled it as I had a few trays of the wheatgrass
growing that were ready to be juiced. (I had needed this
special juicer in order to extract the life-giving juice from
the grass). I then juiced enough grass to fill a 7/11 Slurpy
cup (approximately 16 oz.). This juicing process zapped
all of my strength, as this wheatgrass juicer was manually
operated. Then, I held this cup up to the heavens and exclaimed,
"God, I don’t know if this will help me, but I will try
anything." I drank the glassful of juice. (Those of you
familiar with wheatgrass juice, know that 16 oz. in one sitting
is far too much!)
About twenty minutes elapsed when suddenly my heart began
pounding uncontrollably; I thought I was having a heart attack!
I laid down on the floor as my entire body began to tremble.
After about 45 minutes, I stood up and amazingly felt strong and
clear-minded. Miraculously, I urinated ... instantly!
(something that I could not do prior to drinking the grass
juice). However, shortly thereafter I started feeling weak and
sick again; so I juiced more wheatgrass, drank the juice and was
buoyed up once again.
From this point on my health took a gradual turn upward. All
told, it took me about a full year for my physical body to
adequately recover from this trauma; since all my muscles had
atrophied (during only the last few hours!). Even today my
health is not what it used to be. However, what I have lost in
strength and vitality; I gained in wisdom. It was a worthwhile
trade. As you can clearly see, this experience was both
incredibly painful and incredibly blessed at the same time.
(Words cannot adequately describe it.)
After this experience, I was what Christians call "born again." I
began to perceive life from a totally different perspective.
Now, God was on the center-stage of my life, and my desire to
please Him was the motivating force in my life. I knew I was not
perfect, but I could sense the kingdom of heaven for the first
time since early childhood.
{Bible
- Jesus proclaims, "One must be born again to see the kingdom of
heaven."}
Like the song Amazing Grace proclaims:
“Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like
me
I once was lost, but now am found was blind, but now I see”
Everything that I had previously learned or believed before this
death experience, I accounted as being worth less than nothing.
Now my mind was like a blank slate and I was beginning life
anew. I literally felt as though I had just been born;
everything was brand new. To me, my life was now a gift. Now, I
was not taking it for granted as I previously had done.
God had truly blessed me beyond imagination. He showed me
everything I had done that was wrong, then it was as though I
was given a divine spanking for it (and it really hurt!).
Note:
God is a big dude. When He blesses ... its incredible pleasure.
But when he punishes, its soooo painful. When you are on the
other side, the feelings of either blessings or punishments are
beyond the comprehension of our finite, earthly minds.
Next, He graciously showed me how to live in a selfless
(sinless) fashion. Then, He gave me my life back and said in
a wordless way, "Now live it; but in the proper way!" (As you
also have been now taught as well!). God had personally taught
me the basics of spirituality (and now you as well) and
then gave me a fresh, new start; in order to practice it.
>So now hopefully you will make a brand new start as well!
Interestingly enough, I now thought that since I had committed
myself to live entirely for God, my whole life would be boring;
and I humbly accepted that fact. It seemed that way because I
did not think that I was going to get anything for myself
anymore.
(At that time I was so spiritually naive that I didn't even
know the well known spiritual precept, "It is in giving that you
receive").
I had just made a deal with God to strive to serve Him in all my
actions, and at the same time resigned myself to what it
appeared to be a living an extremely boring life.
To my amazement I have discovered that my expectations were
completely wrong. My life has been anything but boring! I will
not tell you what happens when you commit your life to living
totally for God, because I do not want to rob you of that
personal discovery that you need to experience for yourself. It
is the mystery of spiritual life that worldly people can never
comprehend ... it is something which must be directly
experienced.
Something mysterious happens when you jump off of that inner
cliff and totally submit your life to God; striving to live out
His teachings daily in every aspect of your life (it must
become your lifestyle). If you have not yet done so, I urge
you to consider making this lifelong commitment (Though, once
you make it you can never break it ... under any
circumstances. Breaking vows to God are gigantic sins. For that
reason Jesus advised us to "Count the cost" before making the
commitment).
Note:
There is no rule which states that you can not live the
spiritual life without making a vow. Though, the commitment to
God that one makes is not a one way commitment either, God
commits Himself to us as well! God always reciprocates.
If you have served God in the past and have fallen away, you
must repent and recommit yourself ... or more than
enormous sorrow awaits you at the time of death. Remember, we
are dealing with the Creator of all the universes ... He is not
a mere man!
[Bible
- "For whom much has been given much will be expected" also
recall "The parable of the rich man giving out talents"}
Life does have a higher purpose, and this total commitment
to God (with or without a vow), is only the first (but
absolutely necessary) step to becoming a man or woman of
God.
Just as in a bees' hive, the sole purpose of the worker bee’s
existence is to serve the Queen Bee; the sole purpose of our
existence is to serve God in all that we do. By refusing to do
this we act against the purpose for which we were created. Thus,
we become "lost souls." And most people are "lost souls." So
please act wisely by not wasting anymore of your precious life!
Most of us have already wasted too much precious time!!
Through my experience, I saw that nobody gets away with
any of their evil actions. Many times we hear of people who
seemingly escape punishment for terrible crimes. We say that
“its not fair" or they are "getting away with it." Maybe you
have done evil or dishonest things in secret and never got
caught. I will tell you for sure that no one gets away
with anything ... not me, not you, not anyone! I have seen this
with my own eyes!
For the benefit of my dear readers who consider themselves part
of any religion I must explain what I know to be a fact: ONLY
THE PERSON WHO LIVES GOD’S TEACHINGS IS A TRUE CHRISTIAN,
JEW, BUDDHIST, MUSLIM, ETC.
Mother Teresa states "I’m not trying to convert others to
my religion; I’m trying to make them into human beings."
My friend, Mother
Teresa understands the sole purpose of religion. Anyone who
preaches contrary to this is deceived.
If you are not really trying to reform yourself and become all
good like HE is (Christ-like), you are deceived.
BOTTOM LINE: YOU DO NOT NEED THAT MUCH BOOK KNOWLEDGE. To get close to God
you do not have to study your brains out as many seem to
believe. The Jews of old took God’s simple teachings and made
them complex. Jesus came and made it all simple again and easy
to understand, and today's Christians have once again
complicated it! It is good to study the scriptures as the
Apostle Paul admonishes us; but it becomes as sin if this
knowledge is not practiced.
{Bible
- "Whoever knows what is right and fails to do it, for him it is
sin". - James 4:17
Many are wrongly taught to spend all their time going over the
same scriptures again and again, thinking they will obtain the
ultimate truth from the words. The scriptures only point the
way. One must strive to fully live the teachings in their
day-to-day life; only then do our spiritual eyes open and wisdom
comes. When you become one with the teachings through walking
the talk, only then you begin to understand the heart of Eternal
One.
{Bhagavad Gita (Krishna) states: "Out of great number of people,
only a few sincerely seek Me, out of a great number of those who
sincerely seek Me, it is a rare soul who truly knows Me.”}
It is far wiser to learn what we must do, then instead of
continuing studying ... spend the bulk of our time obeying God
and developing those virtues that the scripture speaks of. This
famous saying is good advice:
"An ounce of practice is worth tons of theory."
Bible
- Jesus states "Let your light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and give glory to your father who is in
heaven." Matthew 5:1
Also, St. Francis
of Assisi said,
"Christ preferred action above teaching."
When one lives the holy teachings that the scriptures admonishes
us to follow, our religion becomes alive (real) and it
becomes a direct link to the living God. However, if a person
only quotes scriptures parrot-like, his religion is dead. So if
you are not willing to give your religion a wholehearted
effort, you are wasting your time because you cannot fool God,
you only fool yourself.
SALVATION IS NOT EASILY ATTAINED AS MOST ARE TAUGHT; IT
ENTAILS STRIVING TO SACRIFICE ALL OUR SELFISHNESS IN ORDER TO
LOVE GOD AND WHAT IS RIGHT MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD ...
EVEN MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF!
{Jesus said: "Those who save their life will lose it, and those
who lose their life for My sake will preserve it"}
Paul was a great man who spoke many great truths, but with all
humility I’m sorry to say that ‘a few things’ that He was
purported to say were contrary to the teachings of Christ! Here
is one: “There is no name under heaven and earth where a man
must be saved!” That goes directly against the teachings of
Christ! When Jesus spoke about salvation the Apostles were
shocked at the level of commitment to God that it required. They
said things like, “Who then can be saved?” Here are a few of the
requirements for salvation that Jesus gave us: “Those who save
their live will lose it and those who lose their life for my
sake will preserve it” and “If you don’t do the will of the
Father I will know you not!”
I wholeheartedly agree that the name of Jesus is above all other
names, but you can never say to God that He must save
you...“Only those who preserve to the end” have that salvation
guarantee ... none others!!
Additionally, it is written that Paul said, “We are saved by
grace, and not by works lest any man boast.” My friends that is
a half-truth. True, the salvation experience is grace, but after
that spiritual awakening if we have not have fitting works we
will not be saved! {“Faith without works is dead”}
Some of the teachings Jesus gave us are the following:
• Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of
God.
• Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven
• Blessed are the merciful, because they shall obtain mercy.
• Blessed are the pure at heart, for they shall see God.
• Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their
trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive your
trespasses.
• Pray for those who persecute you so that you may be sons of
your Father who is in heaven; for He makes the sun rise on the
evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Here, Jesus is teaching us principles. He never said you have to
first accept Him as your personal Savior for these principles to
work. If you follow these principles in your life, they will
work for you; and you will receive the desired results, even
if you have no religion at all or are an atheist!
(Christians say that being a good person will not get you into
heaven, but I’m not so sure about that! Recall the parable of
the Good Samaritan – Jesus was telling us to be like that man.
According to what was written of the Good Samaritan we don’t
know anything about him except that he had a great love for his
neighbor. My question to you is this: Do you suppose that Jesus
would call the Good Samaritan one of His sheep or a goat? > I
believe that that Parable speaks for itself!)
It has been said that "knowledge puffs up but charity builds up."
Many intellectual fools waste their precious time playing with
scripture verses instead of developing inner purity and being
fruitful in good works.
A 13th century saint, St. Francis of Assisi, possibly the greatest
Christian of all time said, "Christ preferred action above
teaching"
Sadly, most of Christendom makes a terrible mistake by following
the very opposite path by placing ‘teaching above action!’
My dear friend, if you study the lives of a Saint named St.
Francis of Assisi and his companions, it will definitely deepen
your understanding of what it takes to be a good Christian; I
guarantee it. It has me!!
Truly, I tell you that many pastors, rabbis, and spiritual
scholars will go to hell because they do not practice the holy
teachings that they preach to others to practice, and do not
follow themselves (hypocrisy). Especially bad if one is a
hypocrite and subsists, off the charity of others (tithes).
Their punishment will be far worse!
Sadly as we saw, most members of mankind are not interested in
God and His ways. For them, it would have been better if they
had never been born! And remember, the Religious who are
hypocrites are far worse than them! Woe to them!! (Now you
know the reason that Jesus reserved his harshest criticism for
the religious leaders of his day)
If secular people only understood the fact that God is not on a
power trip ... all His laws are designed by Him, when obeyed, to
make us into better human beings (To restore our character
and purify our souls). Through His holy laws, He is trying
to teach us to live nobly ... so we can become like Jesus and
the saints ... who are in the image of our noble Father in
heaven. God wants us to act in a humble and righteous fashion. As He Himself acts! Since we are created in His image, God
expects us to act accordingly!~ If people only realized these
simple truths, I believe that all good people would be willing
to take up the cross of self-denial.
For the benefit of my Christian readers, I must inform them that
"There is no assurance of Salvation!" Yes I have said the scary
thing; now let me explain: If someone truly repents for their
sins and accepts Jesus on his or her death bed ... no problem.
If they are sincere, God will show them mercy (though, as we
saw, it doesn’t mean that they will go to heaven, though it will
save them from going to hell). But for those who call
themselves Christians, I must tell you it is worth nothing to
call yourself a Christian if God does not consider you one.
Please stop reading and think about this for a moment.
Christ is the one who separates the faithful from the unfaithful;
the sheep from goats. His great sacrifice on the cross will
ultimately only benefit His flock. And my friend, when you die
you might just see people from all different religions accepted
in His flock, and many who professed to be Christians turned
away. His flock consists of only those who
earnestly strive to live God’s sacred teachings ... thereby
becoming noble human beings.
{Bible – The only guarantee of salvation is this: “Those who
persevere to the end will be saved”}
{Bible
- Jesus said, "In my Father’s house there are many mansions."
Some of these mansions are created for people in other spiritual
paths.
During the days of Jesus, the Pharisees assumed they were God’s
children because they had Jewish blood. They claimed their
father was Abraham. However, their hypocrisy revealed what they
were really made of. Therefore, Jesus said of them, "Their
father is really the devil." Please, make sure you are not like
them! I’m sorry to say that most of religious people of today
are just like those depraved Pharisees!!
You Must Walk the Talk!
If you are sincere there is no need to fear for your Salvation.
Your ultimate salvation is assured if living to please God is
the greatest desire of your heart. God wants us to sincerely
strive to put Him and His higher principles first in all things.
Trying is winning in God’s book! God is extremely merciful and
patient to all sincere people who desire to live noble lives. As
I previously said, since we are all made in God's image the
Father expects us to act as He acts ... like Jesus. Think about
it ... don't you think God is being reasonable here?
Though, even if a man be very sincere, if that man does not also
cultivate discipline, he cannot bear much good fruit. But, with
sincerity and discipline a man can even become a spiritual
giant ... and bear much good fruit.
{Bible
- "Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Matt. 13:8}
Though, if you are not sincere, you ought to fear greatly because
you are gambling with your very salvation. Salvation is not
cheap. It is a great honor reserved only for those who are
sincerely striving to love God and what is right more than
anything else in this world. You must be very sincere about your
spiritual life or the pleasures of life and cares of the world
will draw you away from the right road.
When a student studies for a test, it helps him pass that test.
In this same way but far more importantly, when you read the
holy scriptures or the teachings of the Saints, it will give you
the wisdom so that you can pass the all-important tests of life.
The enemy of our soul lays many hidden traps, and humility and
wisdom is needed to defeat him or he may very well defeat you.
Just remember that studying is not an end in itself. If it has
become that for you, you are following a false path.
A Franciscan saint gave the parable, "Sometimes a ship appears on
the sea that is beautiful, large, new, and full of rich
treasure. But some disaster happens to it and it does not reach
port safely but sinks miserably. What good did all its
excellence and beauty do it? Again sometimes there is a ship on
the sea that is small, ugly, old, contemptible, and not full of
treasure. And with great difficulty it escapes the dangers of
the sea and safely reaches port. That alone is worthy of praise.
This happens also with men in this world. So it is right that we
should all fear."
{Bible - For that same reason St. Paul admonishes us to, "Work out
your salvation with fear and trembling."}
Its best if we repent for our sins, making restitution whenever
possible. This way we can clear the black spots from our souls.
Otherwise, if we die with black spots on our soul, we will
suffer more horribly than your mind can conceive. The Christians
talk about "Getting right with God." I will tell you truly that
this is by far the most important thing that you can ever do!
Please, do it straight-away, making it a priority ... that way
you are proving to God that you honor Him as Lord of your life
... and that is what He desires from us.
{Jesus states,
"Unless you repent, you shall perish." plus “Seek the Kingdom of
Heaven first and all these things shall be added unto you”}
God’s mercies are greater than our sins; so no sinner who is
sincere about reforming himself should ever despair of God's
mercies. Though, the greater your sins the more you will have to
sacrifice and suffer to come out.
{Bible
- "Return to me, though your sins be as red as scarlet, I will
make them white as snow."}
God loves us more than we can conceive. He truly desires to
forgive and bless those who both repent for their sins, make
restitution whenever possible, and strive to walk the right road
... the path of humble and righteous living. This is the experience
of countless servants of God.
God has one huge problem ... the free will He has entrusted to us
human beings. When we misuse it, even He cannot help us. As
merciful as God is, He is also righteous. He will punish sin. So
your salvation to a large extent is in your own hands; so be
wise about how you use your free will!
God does speak through the holy scriptures and His holy servants
(the saints and prophets), to show us the way back to
Him; that is our true home. Some people believe that the great
scriptures were only written by men, but I have learned that
they were written by God through men.
{Bible
- That is why King David, speaking of the word of God,
proclaimed in the psalms, "Your word is a lamp unto my feet and
a light unto my path."}
Speaking about Peter, Jesus said, "Upon this rock I will build my
church." In this example Jesus is not glorifying the physical
man, but rather the spiritual gift of revelation that Peter
possessed. In the same vein, when Jesus proclaimed, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life, no man comes to the Father but
through Me.” Jesus was not speaking of His outer man (which is
not different from other mortals), but rather of us becoming one
with His inner man.
Having that same purpose in mind, St. Francis of Assisi (the
most Christ-like mortal of all time), labored at maximizing
every Godly virtue within himself (great love, compassion,
humility, selflessness, purity, obedience, courage, etc.).
In a very practical sense, dying to self and perfecting these
virtues within oneself is what it means to become Christ-like.
To a large extent, this is what is meant by making Jesus the
Lord of your life (and you cannot have Him as Savior without
having Him as your Lord as well).
Just as Jesus is one with God; as we become like Jesus we
automatically become one with the Father as well. All the truly
saintly people of any spiritual path are Christ-like (Of
course, though, not as perfect as Him). Again, the greatest
love of Christ or any true spiritual master is to die to self,
and with God's help, to remold yourself into their image; as
they are in the likeness of God.
{Bible - Partly that is what it means when it states ... "To lose
your life for His sake." Additionally, Eastern Mysticism states,
“The highest love for the Spiritual Master is to become as the
Spiritual Master.” Also, Ghandi (probably the most Christ-like
man of this century) stated, “The greatest flattery is
imitation.” ... that is because becoming Christ-like, like the
early Franciscans strove for, is where it is really at!}
Hear this: If you consider yourself a Christian you must truly
strive to please God with your entire life; otherwise you might
not get saved.
Note:
Sincere people in other monotheistic religions that teach and
practice sacrificial love are your brethren also; just like
fellow believers in your own faith, understand.
Now I feel it is necessary to smash another Christian sacred cow.
– The blood of Christ is the only way for man to atone for His
sins. This statement is FALSE!
The Bible itself
attests to other ways. The Master Himself stated," Blessed are
the merciful for they will attain mercy.”
Also, a couple of the other things
that Jesus said in the Beatitudes, "Blessed are those who
suffer for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven" plus "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven..” What we have here are different formulas
to attain heaven. (If one was already going to heaven because
they were a Christian [the elect] ... what is the reason to
mention these other ways?)
Thus, these Bible verses show us that the shedding of the blood
of Jesus was not the only way for fallen man to become pure of
his sins; though it is the only gratuitous (free) way.
According to Jewish teachings
there was always three different ways to atone for sins; the
sin sacrifice (blood; known in the Jewish scriptures as Korban
Chatat), repentance, and charity. In Christianity's zeal to
glorify Jesus, some passages of the original Hebrew Bible have
been re-interpreted and taken out of context, and these
‘falsehoods’ have been passed down from generation to generation
till they have been institutionalized! By taking God’s word out
of context we have inadvertently covered over and buried for
dead other mercies of God the Father (other than the blood). The
Lord through me intends to raise these other mercies from the
dead for all Christians to see. To receive more in-depth
knowledge on the atonement subject, visit
www.outreachjudaism.org.
Read their response to Jews for Jesus. If you
investigate you will find that, the blood of Jesus is the only
purely gratuitous way (free gift) to atone for sins. The other
ways to atone you have to pay a price. (Didn’t Jesus
say, “I’ve come for the sick, the well don’t need a doctor?”).
The well do penance for their own sins!
More
ways: 1 PETER 4:8 - "Above all, love each other deeply,
because love coverith a multitude of sins". . yet, another way
to atone!
JAMES 5:20- Remember
this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his ways will
save him from death, and coverith a multitude of sins" ... still another way!
Plus,
King Nebucanezzar, in the Book of Daniel, got saved by eating
grass like the oxen! (Recall what kind of person he was before
his penance, and how doing that penance transformed him). Plus
there are other ways not listed in the Bible! God’s mercy book
is bigger than what is displayed in the Bible!!
.Wake up! Christ never said one
had to be a Christian to get blessed by practicing these
spiritual principals. Anyone
who practices the spiritual principals listed above will receive
the blessed promised results ... whether you are a Christian or
not.
(Some Believers are afraid of
stepping out into unchartered waters as I have done ... afraid
of heresy. This is a valid concern. Even though I am a man who
fears God, I do this work fearlessly. Why? Because I know that
TRUTH is Jesus (I am the way, the truth and the life),
therefore as long as I stand on what is true, I am always in the
center of God’s will.
What I am now going to say is common sense, please ponder this:
Selfless love put into action through hard work gradually
purifies the sin-darkened heart. Proof of being inwardly
cleansed is that you begin to see with your own mortal eyes the
Divine everywhere!
{When one walks the hard road for God’s sake it purifies one even
faster!!}
Bible
- "The pure at heart shall see God."
Additionally, Mother
Teresa stated, "I am grateful for the poor, because without them
I would have never found Jesus" ... Mother Teresa definition
of finding Jesus is lots different than your average born again.
She is speaking of seeing the Divine everywhere!
When the psalmist
made this statement concerning God, "The entire earth is full
of His glory" ... that was the personal experience of the
writer, he was a man who was pure at heart. Now, when one walks
the hard road, the road of penance, it takes a greater
love. This greater love purifies the sin-stained heart much
faster than performing easier services to God. Aren’t I making
sense?
Here is a parable that illustrates why the born agains are
misguided ... please receive this (Note: this parable is vile,
but it had to be!): “The entire world is like a big toilet and
all us vile sinners are sitting in the stool on the bottom of
the toilet. Then we accept Jesus and have a spiritual rebirth
(born again). Now we rise a few inches out of the stool! Since
we are used to lying directly on the stool, and now it merely
smells real bad, we think we have arrived! But as we walk the
path we started coming out of the toilet, and as we do the bad
smell get less and less nasty. The entire time we think we are
free in Jesus, since we have nothing to compare our new levels
of freedom to except our lying on the stool! Finally, a rare
soul makes it out of the toilet and for the first time that
person breathes fresh air. That person has become a fully
sanctified Christian (Living Saint), and is the only person who
is really free in Jesus (just like the spiritual state of the
psalmist and Mother Teresa!) The others are covered in darkness
to varying degrees ... but they don’t realize it. Now do you
understand?
Note:
God wants me to say everything that I said. I’m not trying to
take anyone away from Jesus; I am merely opening people’s up
minds to God’s larger spiritual providence.
Now, even after
all I have discussed here some may still call my views heresy.
The real heretics are those who believe and teach that a
Christian is saved no matter how hypocritical or evil he is;
this eternal security doctrine is pure baloney! This eternal
security doctrine is not only heresy; it is the ultimate heresy!
This lie is the devil’s crowning achievement, and because of it
millions of souls who call themselves Christians will go to hell
(In large part,
it is for the benefit of these souls that the Lord wanted me to
write this manuscript.)
Sadly, it is uncommon to find people holding to the true spirit
of the scriptures in any religion. Though, you and I have the
opportunity to practice the true spirit. The truth is in the
sacred teachings for all to learn and, most importantly, to put
into practice. The true spirit can be observed within the holy,
saintly people in every true religion. So ... "Read the holy
teachings and LIVE IT!!"
Bible - "Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it,
for him it is sin."
Finally, do not be impressed by leaders who are popular, smart,
good looking, highly educated, charismatic, or even gifted
preachers. If they don't have a good character ... don't even
receive their words!
This book was an instruction manual on "The art of living". When
you couple this wisdom with regular daily spiritual practice
(praise & worship, chanting, mediation, prayer, etc.) they
enhance one another. When both of these disciplines are daily
strictly adhered to, they work together as two wheels work
together to move a chariot, to bless your existence.
Additionally, its absolutely imperative that you be learn to
become greatful to God for all the good things He has given you
in your life (material or spiritual).
God really does honors a greatful man. When you think about
it all the praise and worship in Church, and all the Eastern
religions chanting is greatfulness to God!
Note:
A great Sikh Saint named Kirpal Singh said, “The biggest sin
is the sin of ungreatfulness” ... I don’t believe that it is
the biggest sin, but it is definitely pretty bad.
(The grammatically correct way to spell ‘Greatful’ is ‘grateful’,
but the reason I have changed its spelling is because God
taught me to be Grateful to God should be spelled ‘greatful’
because to be greatful to God is something truly GREAT!)
When God speaks to you about something that is important for your
soul, its important to put the time aside and praise Him for the
revelation that He has just blessed you with. Next, immediately
write down to preserve this “holy instruction” ... because if
its important the devil will try to make you forget!
God showed me that the most important thing is to live the good
things our religion teaches. Even if you follow the greatest of
religions; it will do you no good if you do not put it's
teachings into
practice.
{Brother
Giles a great 13th century Christian Franciscan saint said,
"A man has only as much wisdom as the truth he puts into
practice and no more."} I find that hardly a soul in the
western nations practice the deeper things in Christianity. God
desires to create a new way ... a higher way. . ..that is
centered not in a building ... but in the streets.
The Bible speaks of God's most important anointing on the planet
... what He did through the ancient Hebrews and the advent of the
Messiah. ... then the subsequent spreading of the gospels
throughout the middle east and parts of Europe. The Bible does
not even address those ’good things’ that the Lord was doing in
other regions of the world, such as India, China, or Tibet in
those ancient days.
The point I am making here is that the Creator blessed us
westerners with Jesus and the gospels ... but He did not forget
about His other children in other lands. He shed His grace on
them in other ways.
Note: Since
this death experience of mine I've been involved with many Bible
believing Christians and the Hare Krishnas. Sadly, many are
know-it-alls; believing they are experts on spirituality.
Even though many speak with authority, and I’m including Hare
Krishna Gurus and Christian Pastors, many dispense some
(certainly not all) faulty spiritual advice. Many are like
those Pharisees who came against Jesus in His day! Now, I
haven't been involved in all the spiritual paths, but I'm quite
sure this problem exists in all organized religions.
Before we go any further Our Eternal Father wants me to comment
on people who do horrible things in His name, or in the capacity
as His representative; for example the Muslim terrorists or the
Catholic priests who molest children (or those who refuse to
resign who are caught in the cover-up of these terrible sins
against the innocent ones). When we have religion, anger,
people pleasing (group pressure), and politics get mixed
together ... it creates a real perverse outcome.
Those perverse and deceived ones who purposely murder innocent
ones while proclaiming ‘Allah Akbar’ are giving a
horrible witness to the secular world of God, and their awful
witness is chasing many good people away from God. By publicly
performing evil deeds in His name, they are making an all-good
God look as Satan. They are slandering the holy reputation of
God throughout the entire secular world. To slander God’s
flawless reputation the world over is such a huge sin, that it by
comparison makes all my worst sins look like holy deeds! Sadly,
these terrorists actually believe that they will receive a
Martyr’s reward!
You may reply that Israel is their land ... and I only speak this
way because I am Jewish. My response is to give you the simple
answer God told me to give. Both Jews and Muslims believe Moses
as a prophet. Its common knowledge that 3000 years ago Moses
brought the Hebrews out of Egypt and led them into a land given
to them by God ... the Promised Land. Since God gave them
that land how can any devout Muslim claim this is Muslim
property? It's an affront to common sense (I’m writing a letter
on this subject entitled, ‘Revelations and common sense on the
Middle East’ – request it if you like!). Additionally, the Jews
are willing to share their God-given land with their
anger-addicted and violent neighbors. Yet, do you hear any
Muslim religious leader standing up and speaking this simple
truth. No. Because their God is not the God of heaven, but
instead they worship their people (yet sadly, they don't
realize this about themselves). How disappointed God must be
with most of this insane humanity!
IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS DRAWN
Shortly before I wrote this section of the book God spoke to me
through a good lady who was picketing an abortion clinic. God
desires that I grandstand the statement which she made
"WE WERE MADE FOR HEAVEN"
Through this JDE of mine I am convinced of the
truth of this statement. God created man because He wanted
children ... children to bless. Our soul is made in the
likeness of the Father ... but in miniature. {This is what the
Hare Krishnas teach}
When the Eternal One created man it was a
massive experiment whereas He trusted us with the gift of
free will. Free will is something outside of His control. He
assumed that most of us would choose the right road by
striving to live lives of humble-righteousness, that being the
purpose for which we were created. That way He (God)
would be able to bless our lives and we would be greatful to
Him. Just as love wants to share, God loves to bless ... to
share His glory with those who merit it by consciously choosing
to walk the right road. But God is a righteous being and will
only bless right action, and punish selfish actions ... actions
which violate the way of Love.
Sadly for God, His massive experiment turned
into a massive nightmare! Most of humankind chose to misuse
their precious gift of free will by rejecting the right path;
the path of taking up the cross of denial-of-self, and for His
sake living humble-righteous lives. Instead, most of mankind
chose to live their lives for their own enjoyment ... this being
against the divine order of things.
As a consequence of the vast majority of
mankind's selfish living, God’s all-seeing eyes have to observe
billions of deceased souls punishing themselves for their sins
and observe this 24/7, and only blessing a small percentage
(along with the job of being a judge, coming the dispensing of
punishment). Plus sinful mankind keeps procreating thereby
forcing a God who was once only experienced unceasing love and
bliss to punish more and more countless multitudes of souls!
Certainly, God is not a sadist! This disgusting task of
punishing sinful man is like a good Father having to
continually rear spoiled and ungrateful children ...
continually without end.
[Bible - "For that same reason it states that
in the days of Noah God was sorry that he had created man,
thereby He resolved Himself to destroy most." And we have far,
far, far more sinful souls on earth today compared to that
time!]
Through this Judgment Day Experience (JDE) we
learned that God expects us all to attain the platform of
perfect love ... ultimately to become living Saints; like the
Prophets and Apostles.
I don't like using the word saint because most
Protestants falsely assume that they become saints as soon as
they commit their life to Christ. Clearly, they are deceived
because most Christians have never had the good fortune of
meeting real live saints as I have. Sainthood is when someone
reaches their full spiritual potential ... becoming a son of
God.
Additionally, when speaking on this subject to
wrongly discipled Christians (most) I say this, "Is a
caterpillar a butterfly? Most of us are caterpillars, very few
cocoons, and almost no butterflys!” A Saint is like a
butterfly ... one who has become pure, and who has entered and
resides in heaven prior to bodily death.
[Bible - Jesus states, "I give you power
to become sons of God." He didn't say you already are one.]
If you realize how very few living Saints we
have the world today it doesn't take a rocket scientist to
understand what a very great disappointment and burden sinful
man is on the Lord. Before God created man His joy was complete
and unceasing; now He has constant, undeserved pain. Even though
God's bliss is so high it is far beyond our mortal
comprehension; stiff-necked fallen man has become as a constant
low level pain (perhaps as an infection that one might have
in one's foot).
Instead of consciously manifesting love, which
would bring God great joy, most of the human race lives for self
(selfishly) ... which really bums God out ... in the same
way that one really depressed person can hinder the joyful
atmosphere at a party. Plus, the more that sinful man
procreates, the more countless multitudes of people God has to
witness dying in their sins ... and thereafter these souls
putting themselves through unspeakable horrors to make amends
for the sins that they created during their earthly existence.!
The holy all-seeing eyes of God has to continually witness this
hellish drama!! He has to watch billions suffering 24/7!!!
God is getting tired of having to continually
watch this mega-tragedy. So if you love God, discipline your
life and punish yourself for your sins (doing fitting penance);
thereby you will let Him (God) off the hook, thereby He most
happily will let you off cheaply, understand?
Note: When you punish yourself for a
particular sin, as long as you are fair with God (being not too
lenient with yourself), God most of the time honors it! A great
example of a big sinner doing penance for his sins is depicted
in the movie called "The Mission". This is a deeply spiritual movie,
much can be learned from watching it. Whomever produced this
movie should get a medal. God, Himself, loves this movie!
P.S. The Lord desires to birth a mega-massive interfaith
spiritual revival that will bless the entire world! Big claim I
have made ... but if you request more info. I will gladly show
you the blueprint! If you would like to help make this
manifest (donation of time or finances), or to learn more of it,
please contact me and I will send you info via email.
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The first directive came through a man
named Brother Giles, who was one of the companions of St. Francis of
Assisi (13th century Saint). Brother Giles was a man who
attained the sanctity of the original Apostles! He was even taken
up to the 3rd heaven like St. Paul. In the middle of
an especially powerful spiritual encounter that he was experiencing
that lasted a couple of days he came out of his cell, weeping and
lamenting about a certain sinful way that he saw about himself. Here
is what he said to his companion, “How can I not weep when I have
come to see that I am an enemy of God, when He has been so merciful
to me and given to me such a great gift? Until now I have gone where
I wished and done what I wished, laboring with my hands. But now and
henceforth I can not do as I used to, but from now on I must do as I
feel 