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from Jesus:
There is quite a difference
between a young child and an adult who is not spiritual. The main difference
is that most children are very spiritual, a fact that is sadly overlooked
by most adults. Many adults tend to think that because children cannot
understand adult concepts and language, they are not capable of sophisticated
spirituality. This is a sad misunderstanding that I attempted to correct
with my statement that unless you become as a little child, you cannot
enter the kingdom of God.
Most children have an inherent spirituality that makes it very easy
for them to understand and accept God as a Presence who is always with
them. Therefore, I would say the following to a young child.
“Close your eyes, and you will feel that God is with you inside
your heart. When you go inside your heart, you will always feel God’s
presence with you. God is there to protect you. God is there to comfort
you. God is there to show you what to do. You can always find God in
your heart, and he will always guide you in your life. So God is like
an invisible person who is always there with you.”
When trying to explain God to an adult who is not spiritually inclined,
you face an entirely different situation. Your response must of necessity
be adapted to the person’s current beliefs or lack of beliefs.
However, as a general guideline I would use the following ideas.
Simply take a look at science. Albert Einstein proved that everything
is made from energy. Energy is vibration, and science has shown us that
there are many different levels of vibration. For example, we know there
is visible light and that there are many types of light rays that our
eyes cannot see. So what Einstein showed us is that the universe is
a continuum of energy frequencies, and some of them we cannot detect
with our senses or scientific instruments.
It is interesting to note that this world view is parallel to what spiritual
people have been saying for thousands of years, namely that there is
something beyond the material universe. They call it a spiritual world,
or spiritual realm, but you could just as easily call it a spectrum
of frequencies that have higher vibrations than the energies found in
the material world.
In other words, even modern science has now indicated that there might
be something beyond the material universe. Therefore, science has opened
up the possibility that there could be intelligent beings that exist
in a higher realm. These beings could be what spiritual people have
traditionally referred to as God or angels.
You can take this one step further by looking at the teachings of quantum
mechanics. This branch of physics has proven that whenever we make an
observation, for example of a subatomic particle, what we see will be
fundamentally influenced by our own consciousness. In other words, scientists
have now proven that everything we observe is influenced by our consciousness.
There are even scientists who believe that our consciousness helps to
create physical reality. In other words, some scientists speculate that
if nobody is looking, the moon simply isn't there. So scientists are
now beginning to realize that the consciousness of a human being can
actually influence the material universe. The reason being that consciousness
is energy and matter is energy. However, what if energy is really a
form of consciousness?
This is not difficult to understand when we realize that everything
is energy. The fact that everything is energy has broken down the barrier
between matter and mind. This means that the old concept of mind over
matter has now taken on a new meaning that is actually supported by
the most advanced field of modern physics.
Most people cannot quite accept this idea because they cannot accept
that the consciousness of human beings could have crated the entire
universe. Therefore, most people ignore the philosophical implications
of the discoveries of physics. Yet there is an alternative to rejecting
these ideas. That alternative is to recognize that consciousness is
simply a form of energy, and therefore consciousness must play a part
in the creation of the matter universe.
Obviously, the entire universe could not have been created by the consciousness
of human beings. After all, how could human beings have created a planet
that existed for billions of years before the first human beings appeared.
One possible explanation is that the universe was created by intelligent
beings who are not confined to a physical body. These beings reside
in a higher realm, a higher frequency spectrum. They are the spiritual
beings that some people call God.
Such intelligent beings could have used their consciousness to create
the material universe, including the physical bodies of human beings.
Our souls then descended into our bodies and use them as vehicles for
experiencing life in this universe and for learning more about ourselves
and our connection to our spiritual source.
So God is a higher form of intelligence, a higher form of consciousness.
God's consciousness might not be fundamentally different from our own.
However, God has a much greater awareness of who he is and a greater
capacity to create than we currently have.
Note: For further teachings on these ideas, click
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