How
this website might help you
Human beings have created numerous images and doctrines describing God,
Jesus and the spiritual side of life. These images have led to much
confusion, conflict and suffering. They have caused some people to abandon
all religion, and they have caused others to feel that God doesn't make
sense.
The
purpose of this website is to help you make peace with God and Jesus
through a new approach to spirituality. This website will NOT define
a new image or doctrine to replace all others. Instead, it will help
you see beyond all man-made images, so you can develop a personal relationship
to the spiritual beings who serve as our teachers.
By
applying the tools found on this website, you will discover that God
always made sense. It was only the man-made images and doctrines that
made it seem like there were no reasonable answers to your questions
about the spiritual side of life. When you look beyond the outer doctrines,
you will discover the true, inner spirituality that has been known by
mystics from every walk of life.
This
website will not give you standard answers to your questions. It will
help you get personal answers from a source inside yourself.
This website will help you:
- Find better ways to solve
the many problems you face in these changing and challenging times.
- Find meaningful answers
to your unanswered questions about yourself, God, Jesus and the spiritual
side of life.
- Resolve negative feelings
concerning yourself, God and Jesus.
The basic message on this
website is that God really does make sense. This website
contains many teachings that truly can help people find meaningful answers.
However, the real question is,
Can
the teachings on this website help YOU?
The answer depends on what
you are willing to do to improve your current situation. Are you willing
to look beyond your current knowledge and beliefs—your current
world view?
Life’s fundamental question
As we grow up, we all come
to accept certain ideas and beliefs that are passed on to us from parents,
teachers, preachers, experts, the media and society. These beliefs give
us a foundation for dealing with life, and they often give us a sense
of security, even a sense identity and belonging. However, such beliefs
can also form a mental box around our minds, and this
box can prevent our growth.
Some people never want to look at anything beyond their mental box.
Yet others recognize that they have unanswered questions or face some
kind of crisis, and they are willing to do something to improve their
lives. The key to improving any aspect of our lives is the saying,
With
all thy getting, get understanding.
To resolve any problem, you
must begin by increasing your understanding of the problem. Where should
you look for such an understanding?
The equation is simple:
If
you have unsolved problems, unanswered questions or unresolved feelings,
there can be only one reason: Your current world view cannot give
you the answers you need. In other words, the answers are not inside
your current mental box!
The question now
becomes,
Are
you willing to look for answers outside your current world view, or
will you close your mind to answers that go beyond or contradict your
current beliefs? Are you willing to think outside your current mental
box, or will you cling to the box?
If you are not willing to
think outside the box, it is likely that this website cannot help you.
However, if you are willing to expand your mental box, this website
has much to offer. Let us begin by considering where true answers must
come from.
Where to find true answers
You live at a time that has
been called the “information age.” In reality, it should
be called the “information overload age.”
The problem is that there are simply too many competing and conflicting
ideas and belief systems floating around. There are too many experts
who claim that they have the only true answers.
If you step back from this confusing picture, you might notice a clear
trend. As we grow up, we are bombarded with ideas from experts in the
fields of religion, science, education, media, politics and economy.
The underlying message behind what these experts are saying is that
you cannot know truth on your own. You need some kind of expert, some
kind of outside authority, to tell you what is true and what to believe.
Most people deal with this programming in one of the following ways:
- They accept what a particular
authority figure is saying and use it as a foundation for their mental
boxes. They believe that this authority can tell them everything they
need to know and thus they have no need to think for themselves.
- They reject all of the
authorities and believe nothing.
- They become confused
and doubt everything they hear.
- They shut out the world
and become self-centered.
Is there an alternative?
What is the obvious alternative to letting an outside authority tell
you what to believe? It is to recognize that you have the ability
to know truth from a source inside yourself!
One of the central messages on this website is that all true spiritual
teachers have pointed out that we human beings have the ability to know
truth. For example, Jesus often rebuked those who took a dogmatic approach
to religion and refused to seek truth in their hearts.
Jesus talked about a way that seems right unto a man, namely the idea
that following an outer authority will take you to Heaven. Jesus stated
that the kingdom of God is within us. Saint Paul told us to,
Let
this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.
Is it possible that the key
to finding true answers is to get them from a source inside ourselves?
The
inner source
The central message on this website is that you can find valid and reliable
answers from a source inside yourself. This source is a higher part
of your mind, and one might call it your higher self
or Christ self. It is the mind that was in Christ Jesus
and in all other true spiritual teachers. That mind is also in you.
Jesus often rebuked those who wore their religious beliefs as an overcoat
and did their alms in public. It seems clear that for Jesus the spiritual
path was an inner path. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is
he.” The conclusion is that Jesus did not want us to accept what
an outer authority says. He told us to go within so that we could truly
integrate his teachings.
Only
an understanding that comes from inside ourselves will truly transform
our lives.
We all have the ability
to access a higher mind, and the key is to expand our intuition.
This website will not present you with “infallible” or “absolute”
doctrines. It will present you with teachings that will help you look
beyond your current mental box and find answers from within. This leads
to an obvious question, “Where do the teachings on this website
come from?”
A man-made truth or a higher truth?
We have now seen the following:
- The key to improving
your life is to find a higher understanding.
- To find this understanding,
you must look outside your current mental box.
- True understanding must
come from inside yourself.
This gives us a new perspective
on religious or spiritual teachings. We now see that the purpose of
such a teaching is NOT to give you an absolute or infallible doctrine
that prevents you from thinking for yourself.
The true purpose is to give you teachings that will help you see beyond
the limitations of your current mental box. By expanding your mental
box, you will establish a better foundation for getting insights from
the inner source.
Take note that your current mental box is built from many man-made ideas
and beliefs. So what is the best way to expand your mental box? Is it
to look for other man-made ideas, or is it to look for ideas that come
from a higher source?
You can take two approaches to life:
- One is that life is static
and that everything you need to know (or is allowed to know) is inside
your current mental box.
- Another approach is that
life is a journey, an ongoing process of discovery that leads you
towards a progressively higher understanding.
If you accept life as a journey,
the question becomes,
Where
does the journey end?
The essence of all spiritual
teachings is that there is something beyond the material universe. There
is a spiritual realm above this world. In this spiritual realm are intelligent
beings who serve as our teachers. As you build a conscious connection
to your higher self, you will also build a connection to your spiritual
teacher(s). This is demonstrated by Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration
and in many other instances.
As you build this connection, you might be called to witness
to this connection by serving as a messenger for bringing forth new
spiritual teachings. The person creating this website followed the inner
path of establishing an inner connection to his higher self. After many
years, he discovered that his personal Master is Jesus, and he was called
to bring forth new spiritual teachings for this age.
Obviously, this website is only one example of such progressive
revelation. It does not claim to be the only source of teachings
from the spiritual realm. However, it is one such source, and the answers
on this website are not man-made. Therefore, it can provide you with
better answers than the many man-made theories and interpretations floating
around in the spiritual supermarket.
Always remember that the answers on this website are not absolute or
infallible doctrines. They are meant to give you a foundation for expanding
your mental box and getting personal answers directly from
your higher self and your spiritual teachers. Do not take the teachings
on this website as gospel.
Accept
only what is confirmed in your heart.
All true answers come from
within, but outer answers can serve as a shortcut for finding the inner
truth. This website has answers. Use them!
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