The Playboy Who Turned Into A Sage

Of all the positive auguries of faith – those drawn Spiritually – there is always the ever-present nemesis; the source of the flesh. Every human being, including Jesus, has felt the deriding sting of temptation. Yet, those succumbing find themselves realms further stung.

Have you ever set a goal and then wondered why it never happened? I am an ambitious person and I get really excited about the idea of creating a life that is inspiring, fun and abundant with success and opportunities. I’m sure you are too.

If we want to change the world, if we want to embrace a new understanding of spirituality; a spirituality that reduces violence in the world, then we have to begin by changing the ourselves. We can only change ourselves by embracing a willingness to change the way we think.

Happiness and authentic spiritual growth require courage… the courage to look into the shadows and darkness that dwells inside our own psyche… the courage to become self-aware. Only through self-awareness will we discover what we are searching for.

Indeed, there are many stories to tell. One student took several courses and flunked. One entrepreneur made a huge investments and later realized that the company is a scam. One basketball player risked the last minute by attempting to shoot the ball for 3 points and missed. One company utilized a new software which unfortunately deleted the company’s valuable files.

We have all read of occasions when a leader tries to impose his will, not God’s will on the church. This mindset of making them, his congregation, do what is right, (or making them do what he wants) is the foundation to many extremist sect like David Koresh and the Branch Dravidian, or Jim Jones and the People’s Temple.

The following writing contains explicit expressions, as it relates to the crucifixion suffered by Christ. While discomforting, the brutal reality of sins penalty reveals the wondrous depths of God’s love for us.

Balance in life is sometimes a hard thing to find. It is especially hard to find as a single person. Most of us, if we will be honest, really do not like being single.

Hebrews 11:1 tells us that “faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do no see” (NIV). If you are growing in your faith, your personal relationship with God is becoming stronger and you are becoming more and more certain that God is at work. There will be a deep trust between you and your Creator and a powerful knowledge of His will for your life. There will also be a hunger for constant communication with Him.

Even when it appears that someone’s energy is extremely dark and negative, the Spark of Divinity resides within regardless of how dim it may be. It may not be possible to completely deflect all negativity from you. This is not about you accepting mistreatment; it is about offering non-resistance.

There are remarkable similarities between the detailed eighteenth century reports of Emanual Swedenborg of his visionary experiences and the numerous modern accounts of the near death experience and by psychic mediums regarding the nature of an after-life. These include for example that a soul body exists, time means nothing, the environment appears created by thought, we gravitate to the shared environment of like-minded spirits, there is a self-evaluation involving how we lived life on earth, one’s inner character does not change because of death, there is no pain or alarm during the dying process and because of the similarity of experience to life, new arrivals do not at first notice they are dead.

The story that is told throughout Human Evolution is our need to; discover, reconnect and reunite with’ The One’ that created us. Our story of struggle and growth through the millennium about us learning that there is a plan and a final destination for the Human Race. It began in ‘The Dreaming’ and ends in us finally reuniting with our ‘Creator.’