Jubilee, twelve years of revelations

Around 190,000 visits from more than 100 countries. Where am I after reveiving about 550 blogs in twelve years? So twelve years ago today, It began. It's what. Why don't I just call it messages and use the word revelation now?

Well, good question. I don't know the answer although when I read a blog again I am always impressed by the original, the simple, the uplifting or the amazing of the content. Just revelation.

And I stand by the statement in one of the first blogs (October 22, 2011) that the truth does not exist on earth and that there are gaps, errors and subjectivities in every revelation. I understood a maximum of 90 % truth. Well fortunately. If it ever turns out that there are serious errors in these blogs, I can say:

"Hey hello, I'm just a human, a messenger. My God is innocent, I just didn't listen hard enough, or I was in a groove on that subject, or I had a blind spot." 

In short, let everyone see for themselves what they do with the texts. I did my best.

I had resolved to quit after 12 years. Hasn't it been enough? Isn't it becoming a habit? Doesn't the concept get a little worn out? Hasn't everything been said? Shouldn't I do something else? Isn't it just getting stale?

Hey hey, it's something, and a female friend told me when I suggested it: "Frenkie, how can you say that, every blog is a great thing, a grace, a not obvious revelation. How can you say, stale? Aren't you a little too complacent about what you're going through here?"

And maybe she has a point. Maybe I should squeeze my skin and be surprised again at what is happening here. 

Would You like to  comment on this?

My son, I want so.

Your female friend is right. You have become complacent, you take everything for granted. You have come to think that everything is very ordinary, and no longer realize that you live under a great grace and are very blessed as a human being and that you are chosen. Yes, I use that word consciously. And obviously do not take life for granted, certainly it isn't. But that applies to the whole life of all people.

In that respect, you are just like all other 7.8 billion people. You take a lot for granted, which is not. Your health, your food, the abundant water, the functioning of your body and the beauty of nature. And by no means self-evident is the service of the spiritual world to your small and simple consciousness. You are living in a great miracle of grace and blessing.

And I ask you, My little friend, what do you want? To go on without Me, without My words, without sharing them with your fellow man? Do you think that will make you happy? Are you going to develop other hobbies, more fun hobbies perhaps. Do you have any wishes about changes to God's plans for man? Any suggestions?

By the way, don't think that this beautiful life task is a hobby of yours.  

Ah, My God, I say no more. I'm sorry. Behold Your servant. 

Be blessed, My overconfident child. Just go on.  

My blessings to you all

No 553

The message of Ascension Day: we are pilgrims

My God, may I ask You?

Today in church during the sermon I heard these words. Although I haven't taken any notes, so I can't quote the priest* verbatim, it comes down to this:

The message of the Lord's Ascension is that we are pilgrims. We are on our way, we are in this world, but not of this world. Man has the promise of Christ that He will always be with us until the end of the world. But that man must regard this whole world as a place of pilgrimage, that we must not lose ourselves in the delusions of the day, that we are on our way, and that the promise of Christ is that spiritual life, eternal life, is the goal.

It is precisely during this period that it touches me very much. Around me and in myself, I see us losing ourselves in the fears and anxieties of life, the war in Ukraine, the destruction of the environment, the discord in society, and so on. And suddenly through these words of the monsignor that we are pilgrims, I make contact with You again, with the example of Christ, with the promise of eternal life. I realize again that this earthly valley of tears, which lasts only a maximum of 90 years for every human being, is only a path and not the goal. My heart is touched in this sermon, in this mass, and I reconnect with our real purpose on earth: never, ever forget that we are children of God, that an eternal and special life awaits us, that all this is only temporary and that we must remember it every time. 

Would You like to comment on this?

My son, man is a pilgrim, life on earth is only a beginning. The promise of the beauty, happiness, and perfection of eternal life make up for everything, truly everything you experience in difficulties, misery, and sorrows. Once you have arrived in the spiritual world after this temporary and brief phase on earth, all negativity, all sadness, all imperfections, all blockages are swept away. And your long and beautiful path is then perfectly paved to the house of God.

Ascension Day is the most beautiful holiday on earth. The Christ has lived for your future, lifted up the earth, paved the way to eternal life. The son of God has triumphed over the evil forces on earth and belittled them, enslaved them, dealt them a very great blow. Ascension Day is the greatest success experience of the greatest spiritual being that the earth has ever visited and was truly a great sacrifice. A son of God who immerses Himself in man and is willing to become the son of men. 

Great commission, great task, great sacrifice. 

And the priest calls you to remember that on this day.   

The monsignor is blessed.  

My blessings to you all

*Monsignor Ad van Luyn, Emeritus Bishop of Rotterdam

No 552

How does one actually pray?

My God, may I ask You. I personally notice that people struggle with prayer and what they can and cannot ask for, especially when it comes to war, difficulties and misery. A friend said to me, "I'm not going to ask God to take care of me when I'm struggling, just like God doesn't take care of me though and like I'm rebuking God." Well, then I ask You, I of course want to respond to that.

Respond first, my son. 

I said to her, no matter how hard your life is at the moment, and how you pray or what you pray for, in all cases you open even more of a window to the spiritual world through which the spiritual world can better reach you. And God is certainly not offended if you ask “take care of me”, and will not say "Am I not already doing enough?"

Kind of.

So it is, my son, and although there is much to say about it, and in the blogs the subject of prayer has been discussed before, and some things may be repeated endlessly, this is it. 

When a person prays, he opens a window to the spiritual world, and thereby the spiritual world can serve him better, reach him better, influence him more strongly, achieve more than if a person does not pray.

And that is not because God does not know exactly when what is needed on earth, but because man, from his free will, then contributes more to the cooperation between God and man. Prayer is strengthening this cooperation. Shorter and better and more powerful We can't bring it. So you have spoken to your female friend well and honestly and purely. Keep up the good work, my Son. 

My blessings to you all

No 551

The love for fellowmen

My God, a columnist in my newspaper* wrote:

 "Blessed are those who have people around who suffer from their suffering"

Well, this man is a rabid atheist who can't resist fulminating against faith. At the same time, as a nursing home doctor, he has a very big heart and a lot of love for fellow human beings. And writes beautifully about  life and suffering of man and he does so with great compassion. This article is about the suffering person and ways to relieve or shorten that suffering. And he ends with this sentence, which really moved me.

Would You like to comment on this?

My son, I love to. For the spiritual world loves people who have their hearts in the right place and are listening to it as much as possible. This doctor witnesses a lot of suffering and especially among sick and old people. And because he does not believe, he seeks comfort insofar as there is in earthly and human matters. And this is one.  

"Blessed are those who have people around them who suffer from their suffering"

The man who is allowed to experience this in his suffering experiences the love of people who care about him. A great good and a great happiness, which not everyone has. There are many people suffering who have no one who feels sorry for them.

Yet this can also be a merit of that person himself: if one gives a lot of love to one's fellow man, one may also be able to get a lot of love back in need. 

And there's another important thing this columnist isn't working on. One can also sympathize and pity someone by praying. And especially people who have no one and yet suffer can benefit greatly from people who pray for them.  

And fortunately, there are also many people on earth who pray for the suffering man in general and thus leave it to the spiritual world for whom that prayer is then intended. And in previous blogs I have already explained 

(see https://watchthegod-english.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-influence-of-praying-on-world-and_30.html)

 that it is not the case that God only takes action when prayers are offered. But more that prayer creates an extra channel through which the spiritual world can mean more to those on earth who need it.

In response to a quote from an atheist columnist, God says: give love to the other. And I also say: pray, pray, pray, even if it is for strangers, for disasters or unknown misery. Each prayer is an additional tool for the spiritual world to relieve and to  support earthly man.

And for those who pray may know: every prayer is a flower on your path after death to your spiritual destiny. 

Blessed is Bert Keizer.  

My blessings to you all.

No 550

 

*Bert Keizer, Trouw, 31 March 2023

Love for oneself

I had a nice meeting with a very good therapist/psychologist. I struggled with nightmares and a tendency to live more unhealthily than I know is good for me (alcohol, sweets, meat etc). And after my introduction of my problems, she asked me, "How would the spiritual world receive you if you arrived upstairs now?". I was stunned by her question because I was far from ready for that. Despite the inspiration of the blogs and my conversations with a living God, I still had so much to learn and unlearn. I thought. Because of her question, I suddenly made full and total and also almost physical but certainly in my heart contact with how I would be received. I realized in total love and acceptance.

Without reproach, without judgment, in total love. Suddenly I felt again what it is like to come home into yourself inside. I was good as I was, I didn't have to change anything, I certainly didn't have to be perfect. The days after, oh certainly not every day, but when I recalled this conversation and especially her comment, that it was a choice, an attitude aspect, an attention to myself, which I could choose at any moment, then it was there again: the peace, the silence, the acceptance, the love for myself,  The space, not anymore having to, not wanting anymore, realizing that I was so good enough. Good enough. That I could be there, as I was. That I could stop striving for perfection. Oh what a wonderful realization. I found myself humming inside, with pure satisfaction. Boy oh boy.  

Would You like to comment on this?

My good faithful naïve son, isn't all this contained in My words "Be assured"? This meeting has given you a final nudge in the right direction. This is how a nice meeting with a wise person can turn out.  

Total acceptance, total reassurance, total love. For yourself, and automatically for others. And know that you are then very close to Me. And that I can be so very close to you. Because with that acceptance and that love, God looks at man. 

Your therapist is blessed. 

My blessings to you all

No 549

Fundraising for publicity and publication book

FUNDRAISING for publicity and publication first book blog 1-100, and blog 101-200 in Dutch and English. Blog 575 is yet published on the internet.

My name is Frank van Rooij and eleven and a half year ago I experienced an epiphany. In 2011, during a visit to a small chapel in Leiden, I suddenly heard a voice. It was not my conscience, or a guardian angel, or a guiding spirit. The voice claimed to be God, the God in my inner self. And the experience didn't stop at this revelation. After my visit to the chapel, the voice came back and I started having regular conversations with It. Because I realized that the words might be coloured by my own thinking, I called the presence behind the voice "My God". However, the voice regularly assured me that "My God" and God were one.

The answers to my questions, and the reflections I received on events of my life were so intense, striking, and surprising that pretty soon I started to turn every conversation into a report, as I didn’t want to forget anything. A few months after the initial revelation, "My God" suggested posting the reports on the Internet. I hesitated, because at the time I held a certain social position and was reluctant to burden it with possible criticisms.

Still, after some time I started a blog and a twitter account, using the pseudonym Frenkie Oosterveen. My dear mother's maiden name. I also came up with the name "Watchthegod", which also became the title for my blogs. Initially I wrote and tweeted in Dutch, but after about two years I started a separate blog in English. The number of page visits increased steadily. After eleven and a half years, the counter of the Dutch blog is at 128,229 and that of the English one at 78,235 visits. The blog was accessed from more than 100 different countries.

In the meantime the blog has grown to more than 575 reports of conversations with "My God". In short, they are about the meaning of life and the difficulties that a person may encounter on their life path. The various topics include life on earth, life after death, the guardian angel, the power of prayer, the spiritual support of man, what happens during a church service, God Itself, of course, and Its servants, the state of Mother Nature, and many other subjects.

The blog can be read freely by anyone. From the beginning it was clear to me who the texts are meant for, and I have also received confirmation about this from "My God". The texts are meant not for those who are satisfied with what they think and believe, but specifically for those who are seeking, who have become disappointed in the servants of God on earth or in the religion of their youth. They are for people who know there is something, but cannot always find it in their own faith; for people who are dissatisfied with the way their environment deals with things; and for those who like to read between the rules of life. Finally, they are intended for those who still have questions based on their faith or beliefs, and who may be able to find the answers to these questions in these blogs.

Given the widespread interest in the blogs, I decided to assemble the reports of the first 100 conversations in a book. This first series has been edited with the greatest respect for the original texts into which those conversations were converted. The Dutch texts were edited by a scientist of religion. After that, two translators, one of whom is a native speaker of English, edited the English versions. In the meantime, the redacted texts will soon be posted on the blog instead of the original texts on the internet. This will be mentioned at the end of the blog.

In my sincere experience, I am only a messenger. The messages of My God are full of tolerance, wisdom, love, and open-mindedness. If this book offers the reader even one new insight, one new thought, or one new subject worth considering, my dearest wish will have been achieved.

In the meantime, I have invested € 13,750 out of my own pocket on PR and paying the editors. Fundraising can help me take the next step. 

In addition, I worked an average of eight hours a week on the blogspot for almost twelve years, but of course I did it for free. This has been an honour for me to be able to do this. Still about 5000 hours.

Will you help me with further PR and the publication of the first book, please?  And if you do this, no matter how small your contribution, please send me an email so that I can thank you personally. You are amazing. 

Frank van Rooij  

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No 548

Guard and cherish your inner self (2)

My God, I woke up last night and knew that the previous blog was getting a sequel. It’s up to You. 

And a not insignificant sequel.

Because things are sometimes very black and white, what about this:

This inner temple, to be guarded by yourselves, gives access to God. God reaches you better when you build a pure temple, for actually this temple is the house of God within you. And if the temple is polluted by social media, I say, you will weaken something substantial and lasting in your lives. This is about the access to God, the relationship with God, the possibilities of God to reach you, to work through you. After all, this is how you can be the working hands of God on earth. How necessary.

And this strong temple is different from the ego. The temple is your eternal spiritual body that survives after death. While the ego is just a tool that has been spoken of enough in other blogs, I now let that rest. 

The stronger and more beautiful and sustainable the temple, the greater your resilience, the more independent your choices against the issues of the day. And that is why the actual communication to you in this blog is the following. 

Social media are a revolution in the world with unprecedented potential, but this potential can go into a sacred and into an unholy direction. Here we are briefly tuned into the unholy side, this one aspect of confusing turmoil. Social media then become a burden for all of you. A penetrating, viral burden, an unconscious disturbing influence. And as mentioned, they often weaken your temple and therefore your inner security.

And so the incarnated unholyness, call it the devil, wanders around on your earth.

He poisons not just the youth with materialistic influencers, addictive games, with sometimes wicked raps, with confusing and superficial fake facts, with often nonsensical conspiracy theories. And so the devil is more powerful than ever. And he has greater influence than you realize, also and precisely because you no longer believe in his existence.

Devilish madness, of which parents have no realization, which tempts young people to carry weapons, to outdo each other in suicidal games, which throws depressing delusions around, and ideal images that no one can live up to anymore.

The devil has been released on earth for a while, haunting, and hardly anyone sees it. He will have his time, but fortunately his power is temporary. God takes care of that.

But know what is happening and be vigilant.  

My blessings to you all

No 547