Simple Wisdom: Jesus is the example of what we can become

Jesus was placed upon the earth as an example of what mankind can be, what mankind will be. He is an example of what we are evolving towards.

His love and his energy is perfect and pure. By opening our hearts, we too are capable of becoming perfect and pure with love for one another and for the other species of the earth that is without limits or conditions. It is what we work towards. When we speak of “perfect ourselves for God” we are speaking of feeling love for all without conditions. This involves the total surrender of the ego. How could it not?

With the ego in place, we perceive attack. We feel that those whose behavior is a bother to us are acting such to cause us pain, irritation, and bother. This is most often not the actual case though. This is only our perception of the case. We are conditioned to believe that we are number one, the center of everything, the most important object in our own universe. When we accept oneness, wholeness, we glimpse how much this is not true. We discover how our actions affect others. We become mindful.

Likewise, we discover that the bothersome acts of others are not geared towards or directed at us. They are simply the reaction of our ego trying so hard to maintain a status quo. We invent ourselves in such and such a way. We tell ourselves that we are only truly true, only truly authentic when certain conditions are in place. Then these conditions are upset, disrupted, so we view those doing the disrupting as a problem. But this is false. We still are who we are. We are now only reacting to this other situation.

Go inside and hold tight to that core you within, and no outside influences will affect you. We are only affected by our reactions. Our reactions are from the mind. Our mind will tell us this and that about a situation. But this is only our mind. In our heart and our spirit, we know something different to be true.

But as long as we give our mind control, we will be at its mercy. Remember, our thoughts create our reality. As long as our thoughts create a reality of attack and of battle, we will live an existence of attack and battle. If we shift to an attitude of harmony and balance, our thoughts will create a reality of harmony and balance. If we have trouble with this, if it is hard for us to do, we need only ask for help, we need only pray and then silence our mind to hear the guidance we are being provided.

This is to appreciate Jesus beyond the narrow constraints of religious dogma. This is to appreciate Jesus in your own way, on your own terms without any expectations being placed on you by any forces that be. This is the true Jesus. This is Christ Consciousness. This is to be the best you can be through the example set by Jesus.

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Simple Wisdom: Finding God from within or with-out

Some people speak of finding God. This is well and good. I speak of finding yourself, which by my definition is the same thing as finding god. Where do you search for God- from with-out or from within? He exists everywhere, so one is just as good as the other. If you start from within, you can radiate outward from there. If you start from out, you can draw inward. It matters not where you begin the search. You will find God wherever you look for him. Once found, you will notice all the other places he is too.

-Jim Larsen

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Knowings From The Silence: Religion helps us make sense

Religion is nothing but man’s attempt to make sense of his/her own personal connection to God, the Universe, our own higher self within the context of human form.

How can we be a part of God when we are separate from him here on the earth in these human, very limited bodies? Religion is man’s attempt to answer that question. The truth is, we are not separate. We only feel that way because of the boundaries and limitations placed on us by human form. Religion is but an organized way of feeling this connection.

Religion can also be a celebration of this connection. It is an opportunity to come together as humans and celebrate the spirit within, celebrate our connection to God, The Divine, The Universe, however you choose or have been conditioned to define it. In its best sense, in this way, religion can be a positive and good thing. When it becomes co-opted by those wanting personal glory and power and seek this by instigating mind control in the name of God that religion can be corrupted.

When thoughts of God and views of God become so rigid and unbending, troubles arise. We must remain open to new ideas and new approaches to our relationship with God. Then, religion can evolve along with humanity and more peace will be evident on the planet.

– Jim Larsen

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Simple Wisdom: Pain can be beneficial to our progress

One true purpose of our life, our presence in human form upon the earth is to learn lessons. We all do, our spirits, strive to attain perfection. So, we create situations, both painful and joyful, to facilitate those lessons. In this way, our spirits crave pain.

They crave this pain that we may work our way through it in order to become more perfect, to appreciate the true perfection we all possess.  For people to understand this will change the perspective they all face in the world. No longer will they be “victims” but rather “students”- students of human form.

Our bodies are but vehicles of the spirit. It is our spirit that drives the body. The trick is for the mind to fully surrender to the spirit and allow the spirit to have the experiences it has set out to have. If the mind interferes too much, it only causes difficulties for the spirit in accomplishing what it set out to accomplish. If the mind interferes too much, it will damage the spirit’s chance to learn the lesson a particular situation was designed to teach. What happens then?

An opportunity must be created whereby the spirit will have the opportunity to experience this lesson again. This can only slow down the spirit’s progress as it goes back to redo this lesson when it could be putting energy into learning and experiencing something new and different. Imagine that the spirit has a checklist of experiences and lessons it wants to accomplish in its current human form. The sooner it can check off that it had one experience and learned the lesson, it can move on to another.

Is this check list presented in a chronological order that it must go through? That is doubtful. More likely, it is presented in a nonlinear fashion. Each lesson represents a piece of the puzzle. The objective is to collect as many pieces as you can. Of course, our guides and our angels are guiding us towards the pieces. We must only open ourselves to their guidance and to follow.

When faced with pain, be mindful of what benefit it has for you as you learn life’s lessons.

-Jim Larsen

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Simple Wisdom: A short visualization for Enlightenment.

Visualize the sky. See yourself flying through it. Feel yourself unshackled and light. Imagine yourself floating upward, ascending lighter than air. Become one with the clouds, unconcerned with earthly bothers.

Above it all.

This is perfection, grandness, happiness and contentment.

This is feeling right. Feeling good.

This is to be unconcerned with those things that simply do not matter. This is getting over it. This is embracing perfection. This is accepting your higher purpose, your karmic duty, your birth right and your birth vision. This is to achieve enlightenment for only when you are made light, can you ascend, can you float, can you become as a cloud, unconcerned with all that is petty and mundane upon the earth. Visualize this. Become it. Integrate it into your meditation. In time, it will simply be who you are, what you are, as you are.

Come back to the visualization often, and incorporate it into your meditation.  It will help you remember your grand purpose on the earth and appreciate your presence on the earth all the more.

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