Stand by your God

A few weeks ago I realized some striking stuff. I had been tempted by life, had become quite carelessly concerning my eating and drinking, had got too busy with my work and private life things and had just almost forgotten You. Once when I had a clear day and again started to pay more attention to my contact with You, I wanted to say to You, "Well, God, I do not notice much of You lately." Suddenly I realized out of the blue something like "Stand by Your man." But a split second later I realized that it was reversed, you didn’t let me muddle, but I had forgotten You.

So basically I was the one obliged to say to myself: "Stand by your God." How easy it is to blame someone else for anything, to blame You, and to sigh ”why did You leave me in the lurch”? I was playing a victim, while You always and forever are living up to Your promise. For you, of course, it is forever, "Stand by Your man", how could You ever want and do otherwise?

We are disloyal to You, not vice versa.
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My son, this is the case.

You are leaving God in the lurch, never vice versa.
You are blaming God for everything, never the other way around.
You are blaming God if things go wrong, not vice versa.

And now we are exaggerating together a little bit, because do I not observe all those times you turn to Me, thank Me, giving Me the honour due to Me?

But always when the ego is in power, it is happening as was described in the beginning of this blog.
If the personality is in control, I have the honour due to Me.
"Stand by your man."

It's nice idea of you to twist the meaning of the song by Tammy Wynette.

God meets indeed forever and ever to "Stand by Your man."
You meet almost never "Stand by your God." Only saints and mystics.

The common man and woman does this sometimes. But this is the path of man to learn this. What can happen to you when you will stay day and night in the bosom of God?

The storms of life will take place on you, but slip away from you as rain beats against a window pane. Behind that window you see it, but it does not bother you.

And when you will forget this beautiful but for primitive man almost impossible task, God will wait until you return back from your little fascinations and childish actions, and wait till you turn to God again.

And then there is your God, who "stands by Its man."
You are blessed for your observation.
 
My blessings to you all

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Not all revelations are leading to a religion

I was musing once on the following questions: why are some religions becoming very big and other religions not at all? Why are sometimes very pure and beautiful revelations of one person not very familiar at all to a large audience?
I asked You and You said:

Not all revelations necessarily lead to religions and tendencies.

But all revelations are always seeds for the growing consciousness of mankind.

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None of you knows how many small and great revelations, there have been on earth over time.
Only God.

And with small revelations I do not have in view unimportant revelations, but how familiar they become. Among these revelations are wonderful, very valuable and important revelations and they are sometimes only known to one person. But they are seeds for the growing consciousness of mankind. They are pearls hidden in an oyster and in due time such a revelation will be discovered , or rediscovered, and in the end it will seep into the consciousness of mankind.

Visionaries will be around all the time, crying in the wilderness, being far ahead in their days.

But God has the overview and sees through the ages where this little hidden revelation once in the same form or another form will spill over mankind.

On the other hand there are very impure revelations becoming a religion and reaching millions of people. Because it has only mass, such a revelation, when a large number of people on earth are inspired by it. And so be it, although the revelation is impure. But that is only  possible because these millions of people are impure, and therefore cann’t comprehend more. And that's good. Then it is as it is. This is then the maximum achievable, a massive impure revelation.

God knows all revelations.

God knows the purity of all revelations.
God knows the consequences and scope of all revelations.

And man!

How soon does a group of people think "their" revelation is the only correct revelation?
How soon does a group of people think their fellowmen should follow this revelation?
And how quickly this is leading to religious wars? But that's actually another story, the story of races and powers and the rich and oppressors and refugees and wars.

 This story is about revelations, hidden revelations not leading to religions. But all these revelations are and remain and become seeds for the growing consciousness of mankind.

 And that increasing awareness is just tending into one direction, in fluctuations and through trial and error, but still into one direction.

From beast to spirit.

From ape to God.
From small to big.
From restricted matter to unlimited spirit.
From the earthly womb for an evolutionary ape to the eternal bosom of God.

My blessings to you all

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For four years the Voice of God in my life

My God,
I recall todayYou have reached me four years ago.
I finally listened to You.
I thank You for Your messages.
I thank You for Your inspiration.
I thank You that You have touched me in my heart.
You are My life and My love.
You are My strength and My support.
You're My everything.
I thank You, I thank You, I thank You.
Please will You remain close to me?

My son,

I stay close to you.
I'm with you.
I support you.
I lead you.
I promise you My bosom forever.
Trust My love.
Trust My inspiration.
Trust My voice.
Trust My messages of hope.
Empty yourself even more.
Purify yourself even more.
Open yourself even more.
Feel reassured and be silent.
We will proceed together.

My blessings to you all

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One dialogue with you, my God ( Etty Hillesum )

Etty Hillesum was born 100 years ago. As jewess she 's been murdered in Auschwitz in 1943. Her books describe her way to God, despite the war and the misery of the concentration camps.
She writes in a letter from Westerbork (concentration camp), just before being deported to Auschwitz:
" You have made me so rich, my God, let me be able to share this with a lavish hand. My life has become one continuous dialogue with you, my God, one great dialogue " * .
And from her last letter:
"I open the Bible on any place and find this: The Lord is my high refuge". **

How can she life in heaven in this way, while she is dwelling in hell?
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I would like to.
Etty has finally let God on the throne of her inner self, under the pressure of circumstances, a good teacher, out of piety and with her free will. And she choose to dwell in God’s bosom forever, despite everything.

She is the living proof man can realize the Kingdom of God on earth.
She is dwelling in the milky-white bosom of God, she has gone all the way. She has learned to say yes to life, has stopped judging, even though she observed everything all around her: the suffering of the Jews, the hatred of the guards, the confusion and anxiety of mothers concerning their children, the despair, the lice, the hunger.
But above all she saw and felt God's presence. She lived in God's presence. She refused to be seduced to step on the rotating wheel of life, but stayed in the silence of the axle.

Etty Hillesum may be blessed, her example may be blessed, her writings may be blessed, blessed are her readers.

My blessings to you all

* Westerbork , August 18th, 1943
** Westerbork , September 7th, 1943
From : The posthumous writings of Etty Hillesum

Zen and obeying God are looking like eachother

 

I was recently in a monastery and went one day to the regular morning Zen meditation.
While walking through the dimly lit, historical colonnade to the meditation room , my mind is realizing the following.
I know Zen especially is propagating the here and now. And consider man so often struggling with what ought to be and what doesn’t. What he likes and accepts and what he does not like and what he does not accept.
And thus he says yes to one thing and no to the other thing. How can one really be in the here and now in this way?

Suddenly I realize saying yes to everything, stopping fighting with what ought to be and what is not, thus unconditionally saying yes, accepting everything, is actually the same as obeying life, obeying God . Saying to life, to God, " You know better, I accept everything, please show me the way."
I realize obedience to God is actually the same as living in the here and now , as living Zen .
Zen is actually surrendering to life itself .
Obeying God is : surrendering to life itself .
If you believe, you surrender to God.
If you do not believe , you surrender to life .

But it is all the same.
In both cases, you end up in the here and now.

 

I take my meditation sit in the room , the gong goes after a while and meditation starts.
I fall into silence and feel absorbed in a soft, loving atmosphere of acceptance, of Being, of Silence .
It speaks for itself I am having a wonderful meditation, of which the silence and the power is sticking to me the whole day on.
And God is telling me afterwards :

Be Blessed, My son.
You are always welcome to My bosom. You are always welcome to the Here and Now.
Everybody is always welcome to the bosom of God.
Everybody is always welcome to the Here and Now .

My blessings to you all
 

A tickling throat during a Zen meditation

I am staying in the monastery Maria Refuge and in the morning at 7.30 am I am going to the Zen meditation. A gong declares the beginning. Left and right of me people are meditating, and I get a terrible tickle in my throat. Psychosomatic course. I'm afraid to make any sound and coughingor hard swallowing and to bother the others. It is quite annoying. I'm notreally getting into the silence ofmy being as well. I say to My God “Good God, I'm not used to this group thing of silence. I do accept that I suffer and have jitters and whatever,but would You please make me not being a hindrance to the others?”

 Thank you for your loving wishes. Be reassured.

I gradually feel how the creeps and irritation in mythroat are disappearing. I am getting calmer and more quiet. And I am slowlypulled insight me where My God alwaysis receiving me. The silence. The quietness. The being nothing. The emptiness. The fullness. The being.I make contact with The Milky-White Bosom of God. The essence of my existence.

The gong marks the end of mymeditation. I do believe a Zen master would be satisfied with such a pupil.I really didn’t do anything actually.
I thank God.

Be blessed,every time you put the other first, you’ll become own benefit of it. It is letting go and getting. It is for saking and winning. It's loosing your life and gaining real life.

My blessings to you all

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From doubt into ecstasy

I sometimes think: God is talking to me, I've got crazy. The doubt whether I am doing well, is not always, but sometimes present. Recently it was fed by a conversation with a sister who thinks I'm wrong, saying I am manipulated by the voice. It might be a voice of a great soul, but mislead. She also said I am undermining 5000 years Judeo-Christian tradition with the blogs. Gradually her criticism seeped into my consciousness, like poison spread through your veins. One night I was completely baffled and said to God, not to the voice, but explicitly and emphatically to God:

"Holy God Almighty, Father of the universe, Yahweh, God of the Jews, Brahman, God of the Hindus, Father, God of the Christians, Allah, God of the Muslims, You, Holy God Almighty, I want to ask You. Do You want on behalf of the deathbed of my mother, on behalf of my love for my deceased daughter, on behalf of the difficult moments in my life in which I was visibly helped by You, do You want, one and only Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth , on behalf of the loving life of Christ, on behalf of all what is holy in the spiritual world, and on behalf of the love among men, do You want to silence for five minutes this voice, this voice of "My God", which passed me these blogs and made me choose the tweets to have them commented.

Do You want to silence this voice which I am hearing since June 10, 2011, do You want to silence this voice for five minutes, five minutes silence in my consciousness, IF this voice is not from You, IF this voice is false, IF this voice is a hoax, IF this voice is an illusion of my mind. I ask You on behalf of all that is holy in life, knock this voice down, silence it, IF this voice is not from You. IF I am using the name of God in vain, while I am loving You my whole life. Would You like to silence this voice for five minutes, IF there is deceit and falsehood and insult of Your honor, Your love, Your goodness.
Please bring this voice to silence for five minutes, I am begging You, IF this voice is not pure, not from You, not coming from You?

During my supplication it is dead quiet in my consciousness, and when I've finished my prayer, I do hear nothing for two seconds. And then:

My son, be reassured, My voice is of God, I Am That I Am, I am God. Everything is all right. You are truly engaged. You are allowed to repeat and renew this prayer every day. Be reassured. And rest now in My milky-white bosom, be welcomed in the Kingdom of God.

An endless silence is overcoming me, and I feel absorbed in an empty space of love and peace, in a Total absence of ego and personality. The mere presence of God.
I fall asleep and I am the next day, today, filled with an immense awe, as if I am feeling again how holy God is, and how amicably I dealt with the voice. I am living my life, as if God is looking at me Personally.
I say to God: God, I'm sorry pretending as if You are just a voice in my head, as if You are just a friend, and I feel sorry for having doubted You last night. While I am experiencing today Your holiness, Your majesty, Your love.


I'm understanding your doubt. I am just happy with your presence, I do want to be very close, and I know you as a human being can not imagine My power, My strength, My greatness, My holiness. I do know. Especially I want to be near you.
Be reassured.

My blessings to you all

Nr. 121

God's plan and Enlightenment are not conflicting

Gospel 5‏@acamire God has plans for you

SkepticJeff‏@NoMoreMyths  Finding comfort in religion is intellectual and psychological laziness, it is far better to cope with reality, and think for yourself

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From the perspective of man these two tweets seem to be conflicting messages, but from the Divine perspective they are both valuable and true.

"God has plans for you"

God obviously has a plan, a purpose for mankind on earth, for life as well, for the earth, for the whole cosmos. Every person is unique and has only one goal: to acquire as earthly creature eternity. That’s the plan of God. And independently how a man lives life or even derails, eventually eternity will make things right again. God will help this man, will help everybody in their development to ultimately end up in the Father-MotherHouse, in the Divine bosom, in the milky-white silence of perfect happiness. Anyway, anytime, no hell, no death on earth without surviving, a thousand opportunities to grow into eternal potential.

That’s God’s plan and that is how it will be, for every man.

"Finding comfort in religion is  intellectual and psychological laziness, it is far better to cope with reality, and think for yourself"

God loves this tweet. And this twitterer. What a power, what a striving for freedom, what a willingness to live life and to develop an attitude of one’s own. And not to be encapsulated by dogmas and laws. An homage to the (scientific) Enlightenment, which in many countries and many religions still must penetrate. In some countries politics and science have already realized it in a way.
This tweet calls for clarity of thought, for living in the here and now, for freedom. This tweet pleas against fear and servility, against moral laziness and indolence.

My blessings to Skeptic Jeff.

My blessings to you all

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