A spiritual chapel is built in a Bulgarian orthodox mass

I visit the Bulgarian Orthodox Church "Archangels Michael and Gabriel in The Hague."
A friend of mine is having her icons blessed, which she painted for herself. *. Students of her painting class have displayed together over 40 icons, the one even more beautiful than the other.

We're early, and four hours later, we are leaving!

I've been too busy the past week, and I am having too many appointments this weekend. I'm a little bit tired and not very focused. And I am not at all into this endless religious stuff, not yet.

But gradually I get more and more impressed by the appearance of the church, the atmosphere, the beautiful icons throughout the whole church. I read somewhere "As the truth of faith is revealed to the ears, so she reveals herself to the eye via the icon" (Holy Basil, a church father from the 4th century). All those images and icons do have such a strong appearance!

The wonderful casual and unpretentious attitude of the pretty young priest making jokes in between and not performing holy-like at all, but in fact being very humble, is very special.

There is a lot of singing, by a small choir of men and women, and the priest for himself is doing a lot of singing as well.
And it seems as if the power of this little church is gradually growing.
Would You like to comment on what is happening spiritually?

What you have experienced is the building of a powerful spiritual chapel, touching all those present and in the wide surroundings with the energy of humility, devotion and trust. And know that the number of spiritual beings in the chapel, allowed to quench themselves, is many times bigger!

Because these churchgoers together are taking the time and because there was much singing, and because the priest was extensively taking the time to perform a large number of rituals, the spiritual world is able to continuously build the spiritual chapel.

After all, the more time and attention one spends, the more likely God has the possibility to reach you. And the rituals and all the stuff and all the walking and the opening and closing of the doors and curtains separating the altar from the people, alas, that’s what churchgoers need, We don’t. It's okay with Us. It is all about the time and attention and the dedication and the surrender of the people who call Us.

In this Bulgarian Orthodox Church, one allows one selves the time for it.

Isn’t this necessary for everything?
Does a good conversation not request time?
Should one not take extendedly the time for a big job as well?
Requires a subtle job not time and attention and concentration as well?

And that's what you are experiencing.

You are too tired and bring a lot of worrying and worldly problems with you, but even you have to surrender at some point. Everything is thoroughly and completely washed away and you too can physically and emotionally experience what God and Its helpers can do for mankind on earth.

And the atmosphere of the Orthodox Christian churches testifies like those in the Islamic mosques a great devotion and humility. That’s what God really likes.
The Bulgarian church in the Netherlands is blessed.
All the even recently painted icons are blessed.

My blessings to you all

 See http://www.bgorthodoxekerk.nl/

* The icon displayed in this blog is painted by a female friend. It’s showing Mary Magdalene         and the archangels Michael and Gabriel.

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Humor of life is based on the humor of God

 

I do not believe you really know God if you do not recognize His sense of humor (Robert Brault)

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In the spiritual world is much laughter.

We love humor.
The spirit of humor is powerful and is almost always invited.
And why?

Because life is wonderful.

Because creating is wonderful.
Because meeting each other  is wonderful.
Because mutual understanding is wonderful.
Because life is a party.
Because everyone in the house of God is happy, can be happy.
And I do not refer to singing hallelujah all day long, that’s deadly boring.
But because joy is so easy.

And of course in the spiritual world, there are serious, important, complex issues and meetings.

Of course, laughter is not always there.
We are not a cabaret.
But We see more than you do on Earth humor everywhere.
We see more than you do on Earth an opportunity to take life lightly, to keep life lightly.

And on earth bigots, rigid fundamentalists and orthodox bookworms almost invariably have banished the spirit of humor.
Therefore, they have life against themselves.
Therefore, they have mankind against themselves.
Therefore, they have the spiritual world against themselves.

Because humor is life.

And anyone who makes someone laugh on earth, is very blessed by God, despite the fact they are believers or not.
Robert Brault is blessed.
 
My blessings to you all

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The most personal bond between God and each human being

God has no religion (Mahatma Gandhi)

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Once the time will come churches, religions, ministers and priests, imams and pastors will have disappeared from the face of the earth, such as the ink pot, gas lanterns and wooden bicycles.

But in the meantime in this world in the here and now this can be said:
Nowadays religions and churches, mosques and temples are a necessary link for people to experience faith, to share faith, to be encouraged and to get a better relationship with God, Allah, Brahman, Yahweh etc.
That’s allright because it’s the reality. And the time has not yet come for a religion-free world, not yet. But Mahatma Gandhi, a great son of man, made a visionary statement that will be experienced by everyone once.

And more and are more men will follow their own personal path in their search for God, for the eternal life, for what is hidden behind the scenes of life, in their quest for the spiritual world on earth and in the spiritual spheres .

It does not seem so.

Because one sees fanatical orthodox Jewish believers, dogmatic Christians who expect an end time and the return of Jesus Christ, one sees Muslim terrorists and earthly caliphates.
Yet they all are oldfashioned, even though they will still shock the world with their fanaticism, their orthodoxy, their callous image of God.
They proliferate only just for a short time. Because mankind must heal his own cancers, willingly and later on unwillingly.

After the coming transition period, the New Man will stand up,  after a natural purification of the earth, after the temporary crisis in the field of economy, society, religion and the environmental pollution.

This man will have a different relationship with nature, with the inner self, with society, with God, a most individual band, where no one can interfere. But a band that shows respect and compassion for all.

God will be experienced exactly as Mahatma Gandhi has provided, namely in the inner self, in the heart of man, without the intervention of religions and ministers.

God has no religion

Mankind will be finally and massively have come to realize that God is not only residing in the distant universe, but also in one’s own heart.

And for the record, I sketch not heaven on earth, for the evolution of man, of the earth, of nature will require a much longer time before a heaven on earth will emerge. Man is not straightaway holy.
But very soon indeed the My God, the Spark of God, the Atman, the Adjuster will have acquired Its rightful place in the consciousness of almost every human being.

My blessings to you all

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Laugh at yourself at least once a day!

 

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It just seems funny, but I think there's more into it?

Doing this exercise, showing this to others, applying this in all domains of your life is taking the wise line.
Why?
Because God is behind all, because this helps building up and nourishing the new spiritual personality.

Because doors and windows will open up to the outside world.
Because you will become lighter in your mind.
Because then you are getting detached from identification and distress .
Because the ego is not appreciating this at all.
Because laughing at yourself is the ego driving from the throne.
Because one of the characteristics of devilish behavior and of the little ego, of rigidity, of orthodoxy, of rigid thinking, of dogmas, of character structures getting stuck, of dead ends, of psychic darkness, of identification, of the evil  is humorless, especially concerning oneself.

So I would say:

" Do not laugh at yourself once a day, but try to do it as much as possible. Look at yourself in the mirror, when you are frowning and worrying. Laugh all away (just for a moment). And then become so light in your mind you are ascending to the angels. "

And do know you all the angel of humor, the spirit of humor will become one of the leading spirits of the new time.
And in this time of transition she is essential, and can be invoked always, always.
And you all will experience visible and tangible results.
Just try it.
For she is God's right hand .

My blessings to you all

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