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from Jesus:
The most important realization
you can come to about the spiritual path is that it is a highly individual
process. Each human being is a unique individual. Each human being has
fallen into a lower state of consciousness and has therefore moved away
from oneness with the Christ self.
In the book Save Yourself
I use the illustration that the consciousness of a human being is like
a stream, a stream of energy and insights that flow from the Christ
self to the conscious mind. As the soul descends into the lower state
of consciousness, it inevitably begins to accept certain erroneous or
incomplete beliefs. These can be likened to throwing rocks into the
stream. When you throw rocks into a stream, mud and silt begins to accumulate
behind the rock, and it gradually fills up to stream.
What has happened to most souls is that during their many lifetimes
they have accepted a number of erroneous beliefs, which has caused them
to generate toxic or imperfect energies in their subconscious minds.
The beliefs are like the rocks and the misqualified energy is like the
silt that accumulates behind the rocks. This has literally dammed up
the stream of consciousness that flows from the Christ self so that
the person no longer has a clear connection to that Christ self.
The spiritual path can be seen as a process whereby the soul must overcome
its imperfect beliefs and transform the toxic energies, thereby clearing
the stream of consciousness. You can transform the energies by using
spiritual techniques, such as the one
mentioned on this website.
The essential part of the spiritual path is that you overcome your false
beliefs, and that can be done by accepting a higher understanding that
replaces an incorrect belief. One of the primary tools for acquiring
this higher understanding is to study spiritual teachings.
Because each person is a unique individual, you cannot give general
guidelines for which spiritual teachings should be studied by a particular
person. You need to find the spiritual teachings that will help you
resolve your particular blocks or false beliefs. I can assure you that
the sayings “Seek and ye shall find” and “Ask and
you shall receive” are true promises.
The reason so many people seek without finding is that they seek with
a closed mind. The basic dynamic is that the lower state of consciousness
causes people to cling to their existing beliefs because these beliefs
give them a sense of comfortability, security or even identity. The
essential ingredient on the spiritual path is that must be willing to
give up some of this sense of security in order to attain true spiritual
growth. Therefore, a true spiritual seeker is always willing to look
beyond his or her existing beliefs, even if it causes some insecurity
and discomfort. In other words, a true seeker always chooses growth
over comfortability.
If you keep this dynamic in mind, you will be able to seek with an open
mind and heart, and when you do, I can assure you that your Christ self
will direct you towards the spiritual teachings that you need at the
moment.
Please do not fall into the trap of becoming rigid and thinking that
you have to study a specific spiritual teaching (including this website)
for the rest of your life. Your current subconscious beliefs were built
up over many lifetimes. Therefore, you might need to study a variety
of spiritual teachings in order to find the particular ideas that will
help you resolve your erroneous beliefs. So I strongly encourage people
to always remain open to directions from within.
After you open your mind, you will be amazed at how you will suddenly
come across a new book or idea that seems to pull on you in some way.
When you learn to recognize this inner direction, this gentle tap on
your mind, you will be able to instantly pick up the new teaching and
find the particular idea that you need. In some cases, you might need
one particular idea in a book that has hundreds of pages. If you are
truly attuned to your Christ self, you might be able to flip the book
open to the particular page that you need to read. Otherwise, there
is nothing wrong with reading a long book in order to find one particular
idea that helps you move to a higher level on your path.
I would recommend that you start with the teachings on this website
and with the books that I have released through this messenger. However,
do not confine your studies to these sources. There is also a value
in studying many of the old religions because a religion does not survive
for long unless it has timeless and universal elements. I recommend
that all spiritual seekers have a basic familiarity with the concepts
presented by Taoism because they do explain the basic polarity of God,
as described in the following discourse.
However, once again do not become rigid. Allow your Christ self to show
you the next step on your path, and you will make the swiftest possible
progress. In other words, do not follow your outer mind—follow
your heart.
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