Spirituality
“Christianity and War” with Pastor Laurence M. Vance
0Vance is a pretty impressive guy; holding degrees in theology, accounting, economics and history. His busting of “Bush Doctrines” politics is solid, although his speech does get a little “sales pitchy” at times for his book. Can’t blame the guy, hard to make a living as an author.
The Origin of Words
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What is the origin of our words? Where is the headwater of our thoughts? Even if we have pure intentions, how much do we allow them to be polluted by the agendas and attitudes of others who are in bondage to their own dramas and destructive patterns?
Surely we all experience difficult situations and struggle to react to them in an honorable way (or at least we should) and are pulled in different directions that challenge our hearts and minds to find the right words that express what we feel, think and believe so that we can remain as forces of good, peace and love to those around us.
But how we do access these often-hard-to-find emotions and thoughts in the midst of chaotic, traumatic and confusing situations?
Should we tell ourselves that some people just “good” and others just “bad”? Do we ignore a “log in our own eye while trying to remove the speck from another’s“?
Do you ever wonder about the spiritual dynamics at work around us? Do you believe that there are non-physical but REAL entities of good, mischief or cruelty that can influence us?
To add to our confusion, the body also has it’s own distinct and powerful consciousness that impacts our lives. Scientists like Bruce Lipton and Candance Pert have done remarkable research on this subject; and although any teenager will surely attest to their findings, we often forget that we are often under the will of our reactionary, foolish bodies that drive us into anger, fear and wickedness.
So, how do we escape? Will we ever “put all works of the devil under foot” to allow divine thoughts, words and actions to flow through us?
If you look into your present, past and future and see far too much anger, sadness, anxiety, and fear you have the power to transcend these influences and be resurrected into a new form, under new management, with great authority and power to cast down the cruel spirits at work, shed off our heavy flesh and bones shell, and move into a walk led by The Spirit unencumbered by these forces.
In my experience this is done by communion and conscious pursuit of God and his perfect Son, Jesus Christ.
Surely this “transcending” is a ladder that we climb and fall on, up and down, every day—sometimes closer, and sometimes farther away…
Crazy interview from L. Ron Hubbard’s son
0If accurate, scientology looks a lot different now…
The biggest kicker: the man thought he was Satan himself.
Penthouse Interview With L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
“Scientology and all the other cults are one-dimensional, and we live in a three-dimensional world. Cults are as dangerous as drugs. They commit the highest crime: the rape of the soul.” L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
Originally published in Penthouse, June 1983
For more than twenty years L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., has been a man on the run. He has changed residences, occupations, and even his name in 1972 to Ron DeWolf to escape what he alleges to be the retribution and wrath of his father and his father’s organization– the Church of Scientology. His father, L. Ron Hubbard. Sr., founder and leader of Scientology, has been a figure of controversy and mystery, as has been his organization, for more than a generation. Its detractors have called it the “granddaddy” and the worst of all the religious cults that have sprung up over the last generation. Its advocates– and there are thousands–swear that the church is the avenue for human perfection and happiness. Millions of words have been written for and against Scientology. Just what is the truth?
L. Ron Hubbard, Sr., and the very few who have worked at the highest echelons of the organization have never spoken publicly about the workings and finances of the Church of Scientology. Firsthand allegations about coercion, black-mail, and just how billions of dollars the organization is said to possess have been accrued and spent is lacking: that is, until very recently. In an extraordinary petition brought November 10, 1982, in Superior Court in Riverside, Calif., by L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., to prove that his father is dead and that his heirs should receive the tens of millions of dollars being dissipated from his estate, some of the mystery about Scientology has begun to unravel. Some of the details are shocking.
Emotional authority, my 666th post
0I’ve been confused by a strange mental block I’ve had recently. Getting a new post out has been impossible–couldn’t even sign onto WordPress. Looking at my admin page I now see that this is my 666th post….
To me this is a message—but more like a clarion call—to transcend the physical realm and “the beast” symbolized by 666. Along with this are the negative, destructive emotions, thought patterns and “beastly” actions that are brought on by the chaos of our physical reality and the spirits at work within it.
It’s easy to get excited, scared or anxious when we see the incredibly disturbing events taking place around us. It’s tempting to fall into rage, become jaded with cynicism, or be shaken by fear. But we are made to walk in another Kingdom, a world in which those emotions—and the spirits that produce them—are put under foot, forever.
If you’ve been dealing with these emotions and are ready to be delivered from them, now may be the time.
A very powerful yet simple prayer can produce an incredible effect for you: “The spirit of anger/regret/sadness (or other emotions for which you seek relief) that is affecting me is hereby bound by the Spirit of Jesus Christ (that’s the important part) and removed from my mind, body and spirit!”
Be careful though, you are not the powerful one in this equation, Christ is. If your ego lights up and you decide to start playing spiritual wizard you could get into real trouble. CHRIST and HIS NAME are the important parts here, HE is the one doing the work.
Jesus is distilled Spiritual Perfection; and as previous posts about cymatics, reality and vibrations have theorized, when His Spirit and the PERFECT VIBRATIONS that accompany it are present, then other physical/spiritual forms are eliminated by both the laws of Spiritual Authority and simple physics—like oil and vinegar they cannot co-exist.
Hopefully I’m not the only one for whom that makes sense.
The Forging of Faith and Our Cymatic Reality
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There’s a story that you may find to be the Word of God or just another tale of yesteryear in The Book of Daniel that tells a story of Daniel praying for 21 days for God to help him. 21 days straight he patiently waited on The Almighty and Benevolent Father in Heaven to make his will known and evident in “reality”.
Daniel records that during this time, the Angels Gabriel and Michael had to fight past The King of Cyprus to get to him. But how could an earthly King resist a spiritual being?! To me and many others, this “King of Cyprus” is not a man, he/it is a very powerful demon.
If you choose to debate whether such entities exist or not is up to you—it’s been my experience that evil is real; and there are beings (demons) totally possessed by it that are like computer programs designed for one purpose: to wreak havoc and chaos in our lives.
It has also been my experience that these demons have left me, my fiancé and other people when they are commanded to do so in The Name of Jesus Christ. My prayer in such situations, “Any spiritual entities of wickedness are hereby commanded to leave and are bound by the Spirit of The Lord Jesus Christ.” Sleep paralysis victims have incredible testimonies about their experience in calling on Christ to help them during their afflictions.
If we take a tangent into the world of cymatics, and ponder about how different vibrations manifest different physical forms, an opening in our imagination can form that allows for a visualization: if a certain vibration aka a word can impact reality directly and change it, do you see the connection to the word “Jesus Christ” and why demons must flee from the area?
That concept is a long bridge to cross, I admit it freely, but take a quiet moment now and think about it. If Everything around us in energy (aka Spirit) condensed into matter, and matter reacts to vibrations by changing its form—as proven by cymatics—the core of my belief here is that when we say The Name “Jesus Christ” we are radically modifying the vibrations around us by tuning into the power of most spiritually anointed name in all of Creation: Yeshua, Jesus Christ The Messiah.
So, back to the “slow forging” of Faith and the role of Angels and Demons: it’s been my experience that there is a “Spiritual Spectrum” of reality that ranges from a very high vibration (resulting in emotions of joy, love, gratitude) to a very low (when we are possessed by anxiety, fear, hatred, regret…), and that we are constantly being pulled “up and down” in it by various good or bad forces around us: food, spiritual entities, music, other people, etc.
When we fall into negative thought patterns and low vibrational states doors are opened into the spirt world “beneath” us and allow creatures of the deep to take hold of our minds, bodies and actions and influence us in dreadful ways.
Our task at hand is to strive towards remaining in the gentle love that we have been called to be and forge the slow-building Faith of Daniel to find that even in our most anxious, angry, and ego-centric states of being Angels are fighting on our behalf and Grace is on the wing to deliver us from our emotional and physical problems.
How do we appear to the world?
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Dale Carnegie’s famous book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” is one of the most profound business and interpersonal texts in history. Among its key tenants is the need to see things from another person’s perspective. So, how does the world see us? Perhaps more importantly, how do people who would seek to harm us see us?
When we hear that radical Muslims want to destroy us we often visualize them as being evil religious fanatics who “hate us because we’re free” and little more.
But, when we view ourselves through a lens that has the below facts etched upon it, perhaps we can see why our society is viewed as something evil and Satanic itself.
We are all God’s children, we all have the potential for greatness, and we are all subject to the abuses of spiritual wickedness in high places. This awareness can make us compassionate and kind to those who would seek to harm us. They are in spiritual bondage and have little or no sovereignty in their lives. Through prayer and intercession with the Authority of Christ on their behalf we can cut these cables and allow The Holy Spirit to return into our loved ones (the entire world) lives.
“But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44
From The American Dream
Monday, March 5, 2012
Is the USA still #1? Well, there are many things that America is still the best in the world at, but unfortunately a lot of those categories are nothing to be proud of. Once upon a time the United States was the greatest nation on earth, but now we are a nation that is in a horrific state of decline.
Just consider a few of the embarrassing things that America leads the world in: obesity, crime, divorce, teen pregnancy, child abuse deaths and government debt. The statistics that you are about to read below are incredibly disturbing.
Most people that write these kinds of articles about the decline of America hate this country. But that is not the case with me. I was born and raised in America and I love this nation deeply. It is time to realize that we will never be able to start fixing our problems until we take a really good look in the mirror and realize just how far we have fallen.
America is not the country that it once was. America is a complete and total mess and just “tweaking” a few things here and there is not going to return this nation to its former glory. We have forgotten the things that once made us great, and if we do not return to them we will continue to fall apart as a nation.
With that being said, the following are 40 embarrassing things that America is the best in the world at….
#1 America has the highest incarceration rate and the largest total prison population in the entire world by a good margin.
#2 There are more car thefts in the United States than anywhere else in the world by far.
#3 Of all the major industrialized nations, America is the most obese. Mexico is #2.
Spiritual authority and sleep paralysis
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It’s not about being saved because you are a bad person. It’s about realizing that we are all flawed, and that perfection cannot manifest itself through a flawed lens. If we engage our spiritual vision to see the forces of evil around us and be humble enough to admit we are not infallible, the logical conclusion is that we need some help.
Through many profound experiences that must be more than my imagination it has become obvious to me that spirits exist, and that they are capable of altering our perceptions of reality and actions.
Have you heard of sleep paralysis?
According to Stanford University it is defined as, “a period of inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset (called hypnogogic or predormital form) or upon awakening (called hypnopompic or postdormtal form).”
Have you ever experienced this?
For a very long time I struggled with this malady and it was incredibly distressing. I remember dreams being in familiar places when I would come in contact with obviously evil beings in look and feel that would paralyze me, push me into the corner of a room, or push me off of a bed and nothing I did could break through until I said the name Jesus Christ and I immediately broke free and woke up. The exact same thing has been reported by innumerable people around the world.
Rational minded people might read the previous paragraph (or experience it) and say that this was jsut some kind of subconscious program that would trigger a response because we believed in a “fake” superhero and that belief triggered the action. Honestly, which one sounds more fanciful?
Why do so many people have the same experience? Have a look at the links for the testimonies, they are breath-taking.
Here’s a great vid from youtuber KnowWhereToRun1984 (check out his page for an array of solid videos on spirituality and politics):
In the place of perfection
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In recent posts there’s been a lot of talk about the golden mean, fibonacci sequences, and other profound patterns in our physical reality that add layers of tangibility to my beliefs in, and spiritual experiences with, a Divine Creator.
If we believe in—or even just consider the existence of—such an entity many questions come to mind.
One I’ve heard asked by some atheist friends: “If there is a God (or Heavenly Father as Jesus more affectionately described him), how could billions of people simultaneously interact with this being?!”
Well, if this Creator Spirit exists, then it should have some kind of energy, or BE some kind of energy, right?
Therefore, in addition to being a spirit, God would also be a field of energy and vibration, and if so, the billions of people in all of Creation can interact with Him on a macro level; with an infinite number of people able to experience a connection simultaneously. This is much different than trying to imagine a singular God figure as a white guy on a cloud somewhere communicating with us one by one.
Additionally, if we consider recent studies in DNA research that shows we currently use a tiny fraction of our DNA and overlay that with the scripture verse in the book of Luke stating that, “The kingdom of God is within you,” could it be true that our potential is lying latent within us until it is “activated” by a Divine Field of energy (The Holy Spirit) and the antennae-like structures of our DNA “hears” our Father in Heaven with more accuracy by being sensitive to the divine vibrations emanating from The Source?
With this potential reality in mind, I’d like to share my prayer and meditation from this morning:
I began by asking for an impenetrable field of divine energy to surround me and and begin to spin rapidly so that my body, mind and spirit would be scrubbed by the power of the energy and God’s spirit.
I imagined that this spinning would be similar to a wet tennis ball in the air and the aspects of myself that are not desired would be spun off like water droplets from the ball.
I prayed for all spirits and patterns of regret, fear, anger, anxiety and others to be scrubbed from me and bound by the heavy hand of Christ—and that His Spirit would take their place so that I could do what Jesus did: demonstrate perfect obedience to, and perception of The Will of God so that I would be able to manifest the healing, wisdom and Grace that Jesus did.
Shortly before this exercise I also did a session of jin shin jyutsu, an eastern healing system I’ve recently begun studying and have found profoundly beneficial. Alice Burmeister’s The Touch of Healing has been especially well-reviewed by my dear friend, David Weber at KingDavidsTable.com.
It’s interesting to integrate my Faith in Christ with these teachings; I’m sure many new agers and hard-line Christians will judge me, that’s ok….
They’re both often creating religion instead of fostering Divine Connection. These modern pagans, self-worshippers or neo-Pharisees may have lots of wisdom, but are likely missing out on the grand inheritance and spiritual purification possible by communing with the spirit of Jesus Christ.
I pray that these techniques and words lead you to the place of perfection that exists outside of our physical reality; The Place of Spirit that we can rest in; no matter what chaos is happening in our physical worlds.
Amen.
“Bloggers need God”
0From the brilliant Austrian school economist, Robert Murphy and his blog ConsultingByRPM. He’s also very funny and pretty good karaoke singer.
Such was the informal title I had given to the growing list of links on my computer’s calendar, and I thought it was sort of catchy so I used it here.
I recognize this particular Sunday post might sound more aggressive than my usual fare, like I’m now being more a stereotypical American evangelical who wants to ram my worldview down everyone’s throat. All I can say is that I used to be a “devout atheist” (my term at the time), so I don’t think the people I’m about to criticize are stupid. I used to hold views like theirs, in several of the examples. Yet now that I believe in God and am no longer trapped in the materialist mindset, it is amusing and alarming to me how such bright people (including my former self) could have so easily fallen for such fallacies. (And yes, I realize the immediate reply will be, “I know you are but what am I?”)
The point of this post is to go through several examples of the bloggers I frequently read, where they make very simple errors that are glaringly obvious to someone who believes in a God of the popular monotheistic traditions. In most of the examples (not all) even an atheist should be able to spot the error, but the point is that there wouldn’t have even been the slip-up had the person reflected on the nature and existence of God. It was the blogger’s agnosticism (or at least, lack of believing in anything like the Judeo-Christian / Muslim God) that left him vulnerable to the mistake.
Two caveats: (1) If I am wrong in assuming that each of these bloggers doesn’t believe in this type of God, then my apologies. I will correct the post if anyone shows me otherwise. (2) I’m going to move from my weaker examples to the stronger ones, so in the beginning even those of you who agree with me might not think it’s a big deal.
To get the ball rolling we’ll start with Bryan Caplan’s recent post on a former slave who wanted (perhaps apocryphally) back wages from his former master before he’d work for him again. Bryan quoted the former slave saying: “Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire.” Then Bryan commented: “Too bad the last sentence turned out to be wrong. Life is not fair.”
