HOW I UNDERSTAND GOD

I was skeptical about God.  I couldn’t understand how, if an all-powerful all-loving God did exist, he could create such a mess.  I concluded that if I were God, I would’ve done a better job.  Some ego, huh?   Actually, it was more than ego; it was a total misunderstanding of God.  But once I developed a new view of God, everything made perfect sense.  Here’s my present view.

God is the primary force underlying the existence of all things and expresses higher creative possibilities through us as our consciousness increases. To state it poetically -- God sleeps in earth and rocks ... dreams in plants and trees ... stirs in insects and animals ... and awakens in primitive man and humans.  And to the extent that we raise consciousness and become one with God, creates divine experiences through us; thus we all have an opportunity to experience life at its highest level -- as often as we wish.

This is our greatest possibility -- if we choose it. God doesn’t force it upon us. God gives us the potential of free choice and if we don’t actualize it doesn’t judge, condemn or punish us; we’re free to live and act just as we do.

Yet life is a special opportunity to realize our divine nature and immense creative power.  This is the great secret of life. So when not liking the life you’re having or results you’re getting, consider what you’ve been choosing. 

When I understand God, life, and myself in this way, it then seems that God has created a ‘perfect’ world.  Instead of a mess, God created an optimal condition of freedom and boundless opportunity for us to awaken to, and manifest our highest possibilities; what we choose -- or fail to choose -- determines the life we get. What could be fairer and more wonderful then that?

Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.

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SEE WITH FRESH EYES

Consciousness is the key to good living -- the more conscious we are, the more effective and successful and fulfilling our actions can be. 

This is a primary fact of life. Yet many people don’t even consider the possibility of developing their consciousness. They take their consciousness for granted and assume there’s nothing to develop, as if their consciousness were already at its peak.

his is an egotistical self-deception.  And those who get past it discover the possibility of a great new way of life -- one of continual self-expansion.

If you’d like to expand your consciousness right now, here’s an exercise to try: imagine yourself as you once were as a three year old child.  At that time you had no preconceptions. Everything was open for discovery and amazement.   You naturally saw with wide open innocent eyes. So now, see if you can bring yourself back to that earlier innocent childhood state.  And then take a visual tour of your surroundings from a child’s point of view.

Once you succeed at making this shift of innocent-seeing, try seeing the people in your life in the same way -- as if for the first time, with no judgments and opinions.

To get into an innocent child’s wide-eyed state of mind may take a serious effort at playacting. However, if you do it successfully, you may gain an improved perception, connection and interaction with all in your world ... and have some truly surprising and enlightening experiences.

Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.

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CREATING PERSONAL MIRACLES

Much is not possible just because of certain beliefs that we hold. But if we change those beliefs, then what was not possible can suddenly become possible ... and a personal miracle may unfold. The truth is that life itself is a miracle. And we don’t really know all that’s actually possible.

My life has been proof of this. I grew up poor with the beliefs that life is very hard and always lacking.  As long as these beliefs held, my life reflected it.  As I changed these beliefs (and many others), my life got better.  And now I have a better life than I could ever have imagined -- a solid love relationship; financial security; a home I love; good friends; and divinely-inspired work -- writing, creating art, leading Life Mastery workshops and spiritually guiding those who seek me out.  All yielding me great fulfillment and joy.

In early adulthood, I couldn’t imagine my life getting as good as it is now, but as I changed certain beliefs I felt and acted differently and my life possibilities opened up. 

Many self-limiting beliefs are formed in childhood. To free ourselves this is where we often need to begin to look. So reconsider some of your oldest and most cherished beliefs. Challenge their validity. Test them out. And then try believing something new and more positive about yourself, others and your life’s possibilities. If you take this path you may soon find yourself feeling and acting differently and accomplishing what you once thought was impossible for you.

Goodness and joy to all,  Joseph.

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ON KNOWING GOD

It may seem that we can’t know God directly, that God is too grand and mysterious. But if God is the supreme creative force behind all things, then God is plainly and constantly before us. And we could begin to sense God in all things -- in a flower’s bud gently opening or a jet scraping the sky.

What may actually keep us from experiencing God everywhere are our anthropomorphic projections and religious myths about God. Entangled in these egocentric projections, we may not perceive the obvious divine nature of reality ... just as it is. By believing such projections and myths, we lose sight of God’s many forms ... right there before us.

So, while God is always plainly visible and present, we may not be able to truly know it until we reform our mind and free our perception. Then we could see all things better and behold the wonder of God everywhere, even in ourselves.

God lives in all things and is closer than we may think ... not only everywhere  surrounding us ... but in every fiber of our being -- to be felt as a pure, loving and creative spirit to be released through our actions. And as we awaken to this higher spirit within, we can directly know God. Then we may be one with God and act as God ... producing all the good we need and seek.

I believe that to awaken to a new level of consciousness so we may often behold God and be one with God is God’s plan for us. And what could be more wonderful than this?

Goodness and joy to all,  Joseph.

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