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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-vet, 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-vet 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 whole-heartedly 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 wheat-grass 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 fore-thought 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 self-less 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 - becoming 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 hard-line. 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 -  "Since I said the sinner's prayer I'm saved no matter what I do" or "The heretical new-agers 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 whole-hearted 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 -  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-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 hundred-fold, 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-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: 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 worldover 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 - "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!

Daniel Rosenblit, copyright 1998, All right reserved

Email: lovetruth2005@hotmail.com

PS> 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 blue-print!  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 e-mail.