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Scott E. Rokely
Have you ever gotten tired of all of the foolishness and religious rules that bad religion inevitably adds to New Testament Christianity? If so, this is the podcast for you. Spotting bad religion, practicing the presence of God, New Testament Christianity, relationship not religion, love instead of rules, realizing who God made you to be, being the person God made you to be, tolerance, acceptance, love, enlightened, the keys of Christianity, open-minded, unlocking the power of God inside of you,
Contemplating suicide, I held the loaded 357 magnum revolver in my hand. I reluctantly put the gun down. I determined to find lasting joy whatever it took. After many years, I found the wellspring of Joy. And I want to tell you how to get lasting Joy in your life too.
God's Peace is pressing in on us from every side. Learn how to stop pushing God's Peace away in your mind. The key is changing your perception of yourself and others. The effects are monumental. God's recipe for Peace.
End your resistance to today.
I discuss: the most unused fringe benefit from God, how to feel right and be right today no matter what happens, are you experiencing all the benefits of the kingdom of God today? our overwhelming rightness from God, God’s high view of you, are you sinning against Christ by having a low opinion about yourself? and why other people's opinion of you is none of your business.
How to begin seeing others the way God sees them. Do one simple spiritual exercise and watch how much it changes how you see other people. But, it's better than that, because it will also help improve other people's self image, and help them to actually change themselves. The power of perception, allowing God to see out of our eyes, the way God sees people, how to create circles of blessing, what God sees on your personal highlight reel, how to use your faith when perceiving others.
Would you like to know a practical way to get over yourself, enlarge your consciousness, to stop being triggered by others, to become less reactive, to handle criticism better and to experience a little piece of Heaven right now? Get over yourself. I'll show you how. St. Francis of Assisi, the ego, the egoic mind, reactive mind, Michael Singer, accepting others for where they are.
The Christian Church often recites the Lord's Prayer verbatim. People have it memorized. But few people actually pray the way Jesus tells us to pray in the Lord's Prayer. Jesus was and is a revolutionary. And in the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches us a revolutionary way to pray that few Christians practice. revolutionary, revolution, spiritual revolution, radical thinking, eastern monism, passion, zeal, courage, agitation, disruption, persistence, idealism, grassroots organizing, charisma, sacrifice, rejecting limitations, agents of change, God's will, how not to pray, one way to hallow God's name.
When we stop reaching out to others, we pay a price that's much bigger than we could realize. Here are the last 11 ways we damage ourselves when we become an emotional island. Dropping off the social grid, losing connection with others, the price of detachment from others, becoming isolated, healing effects of community, A Man Called Otto, Tom Hanks, the clearly defined benefits of connectedness.
I discuss more proof that connecting more with others has surprising benefits. Take it from a lifelong introvert like me, I do much better when I make small efforts to connect with everyone I encounter during my day. And science now shows proof of socializing and human happiness. Plus, a story that might help cure you of more-itis. How to be happier, introvers, extroverts, benefits of socializing.
As a pop bottle will explode in foam when shaken, so do we all explode in anger when we are shaken by life events. Science says a very simple way exists to vent the emotional pressure we all feel at times, so we become less volatile in our temperment. I neglected doing this for 30 years, and paid the price. Listen as I share something that has helped me tremendously. UCLA study, how to calm your brain, Wayne Dyer, healthy way to vent anger.
18 good things will happen to you if you connect with the right people. And the sooner you do, the sooner you'll receive what you need. Don't wait! I'll discuss who the right people are, and I'll go over the first two of these 18 good things in this podcast.
It's now a scientific fact that loneliness will kill you. We can't make it through life alone. We need other people. I was a loner all my life until I learned the Power of Connection with others.
The parable of two arrows has completely changed my life. It has revolutionized my thought life. And it has eliminated a lot of suffering from my life. It can help you too. For your own sake, please listen.
Forgiveness, ending suffering, unnecessary suffering, parable of the unmerciful servant, mercy, taking offense, torment, torture, Buddhist parable of the two arrows, Buddha
I thought I had forgiven someone, but I had not. I failed the acid test of forgiveness. Listen as I describe the ultimate test of whether you have in fact forgiven someone. I am finally starting to understand what being "blameless" really means.
Sometimes we wait to see the total picture before we obey God. But hearing from the Holy Spirit is much easier when we simply take the next step he shows us. This next step may not seem related to the challenge before you, but often it is. Spiritual ties, led by the Spirit, hearing from God, recognizing the voice of the Holy Spirit, how to hear from God.
Stop trying to whip up your faith and learn how to flow with God's faith. Trying to get results in this world produces anxiety and worry. Instead of trying to whip up your faith to get the results you want, learn how to enter into the rest of God. I also discuss a simple but amazingly powerful way to read the Bible that is so simple, that you probably never thought of it.
Is your life filled with anxiety? Is it hard for you to find rest for your mind and body? I've got good news for you, I used to be like that too. But then I learned how to enter the rest of God.
Fear, anxiety, God resistance, faith resistance, hard heart, Putin, Xi, Keto, ketones, blood sugar, insulin, insulin resistance, fat, diet, Alzheimer's
The level of anger you feel inside does not depend on what happens to you. Instead, it depends on what you tell yourself about what just happened to you. Anger, hyperbole, exaggeration, label, labelling, exaggerated, Stoicism, Stoics, Marcus Aurelius, broke my heart, impulse control, controlling anger, temper, volatility, volatile, managing anger, we create our own suffering, anger management
Jesus the Christ, the Apostle Paul, and the Roman Stoics Seneca and Marcus Aurelius all agree on this point. To avoid absolute unending misery, you absolutely, positively, MUST NOT do this! Conversely, I will discuss the most effective way I have yet discovered how to control anger. This will work for you if you will do it!
Don't wait for your deathbed to start thinking about what you'll be known for in Heaven. I discuss two more ways to help people that you can practice most everyday.
How can you give mercy to other people? I discuss not only more ways to give a little bit of God's mercy away, but I talk about the blessing our doubts can give to us.
God wants Mercy to be in constant circulation. He constantly showers mercy on us and to keep it going, all we have to do is give just a little Mercy away to someone else, who may or may not deserve it. I discuss how to become more merciful.
Mercy is foundationaI to Christianity. I discuss the first 2 of 14 ways to give Mercy to other people. Mercy is NOT getting what you deserve. Mercy is getting what you DO NOT deserve.
American pop culture absolutely rejects this whole idea of repentance. The American Christian Church rarely talks about it. Jesus says Heaven is at hand, but nobody can get there unless they repent. Exactly what is repentance? It's not what you might think it is.
For years doctors told my wife Patty, "there is nothing wrong with you, you need to see a counselor." But they were all wrong. We hung in there as a couple and a wonderful healing occurred!
Just before he was dragged away and murdered, Jesus, God's Christ, uttered some words that the Christian Church still doesn't want to hear. Listen as I talk about how to see the way God sees.
In this season of Peace, I discuss how Patty, my wife, and I resolved a long standing conflict to a win-win resolution. We applied basic principles of conflict resolution that anyone can use to reduce conflict in their life. These principles will work for you!
This is the season of the birth of the "Prince of Peace" Jesus the Christ. I talk about Alfred Nobel who became a peacemaker after a lifetime dedicated to making implements of death and destruction. In his lifetime Nobel was called "The Merchant of Death." But in his death he is known as the founder of the annual Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize. Listen as I discuss his fascinating story, and how to be a peacemaker in this world of conflict.
What in the world did Jesus mean when he said, "Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God?" I give the answer in a parable I wrote for this podcast. Be blessed!
This episode is about my lifelong battle with depression and how I finally beat it with the help of God. What helped me will probably help you too. I explain how Narcissism and Depression have a lot in common.
Why is the world so messed up? Because it is largely run by the human ego. It is easy to see the well known egotistical personalities in American pop culture. But it's not so easy to see how entrenched the ego is in all of us. I shine light on the pervasive ego and offer a way out of the insanity.
We all, at times try to protect ourselves from being hurt by building walls in our mind to protect us from other people hurting us. But these walls will imprison us in a jail of our own making, and we have the key in our hands. I tell an amazing story of a lady who had to die before she realized what she was doing to herself.
I've changed my consciousness and my wife says I am a much different person now. Could my story help you improve your relationships? I think so.
Christ loves you so much that he went to hell for you. But He didn't go to hell to suffer. He went there to EMPTY it. I discuss the well established tradition of THE HARROWING OF HELL, by Christ.
I discuss a first step towards Loving others by learning why Highly Sensitive People act the way they do. And why so called negative charateristics of HSPs are in fact the core of their strength. Also, how to quickly get on God's plan for your life.
Five reasons God blesses humanity through Highly Sensitive People. I make the case for why highly sensitive persons are important, even indispensible for any society. Highly Sensitive People we appreciate you!
I discuss the last six of the 12 traits of Highly Sensitive People. Listening to this will help you to better RELATE to, better UNDERSTAND, and better FORGIVE the Highly Sensitive People in your life.
You either are a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), or you have one in your life you need to get along with. Getting to know their traits and why they act as they do may just mean they won't drive you nearly as crazy as they might otherwise. My wife Patty and I are both HSPs and we can help you to understand and accept yourself or someone else in your life.
You either are a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), or you have one in your life you need to get along with. Getting to know their traits and why they act as they do may just mean they won't drive you nearly as crazy as they might otherwise. My wife Patty and I are both HSPs and we can help you to understand and accept yourself or someone else in your life.
We agreed to our incarnation on this crazy planet? I believe we all do. Listen as I make my case for this idea. And I also end the podcast by delving into exactly who a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) is. When you understand HSPs, you will finally begin understanding why your spouse, child, friend, or co-worker drives you a little crazy.
One source for answering this crucial question, is a Christian doctrine that nobody seems to understand, the Trinity. I unpack this ancient belief of the Church that most Christians in America think is completely irrelevant. Actually the Trinity shows how God is intimately connected to every person alive, whether they are Christian or not. Also, why God is more a verb than a noun.
The Universe is leaving clues all around us how we should proceed. And the strange thing is that these clues are given to us from a Being who in some senses is in the Future. What are these Clues of Life? Where can we find them? Breadcrumbs of Christ from the Future? Listen as I discuss the LOGOS who ministers to us from both the Future and the Past, as well as the Present.
Do you see God as being a perfectionist? He's really not! God uses our imperfection to draw us towards himself. See what God is really looking for in any person. And are you living at God's pace or your own frenetic pace? I also show how insomnia pushes me towards God. I start with an awesome true story I heard this week.
Every day we fight a war inside our minds. And each day brings a spiritual curriculum we will be challenged with. To learn the lessons we need to learn today, we must side with the Spirit of Christ, not against him. Learn how to win the mental battle.
Every day we fight a war inside our minds. And each day brings a spiritual curriculum we will be challenged with. To learn the lessons we need to learn today, we must side with the Spirit of Christ, not against him. Learn how to win the mental battle.
People are often unaware of the war constantly going on in their mind. This battle is so common to us we don't even realize it is taking place. But to be unaware of the battle is to lose the battle. I discuss the first four of seven ways to win this war.
What are the warning signs of religious people who are opposed to what the Spirit of Christ is trying to do in every church, in every society? And exactly what kind of person does the Spirit of Christ want to be in leadership in any Christian group? It's not the type of person often selected.
All Christians have the Holy Spirit, but you would never know it. And most have no interest in any friendship with the Spirit or in being filled with the Spirit. Why? Why is that? And what exactly is the FULL message of Jesus the Christ anyway?
You may believe in Christ, but do you actually have the same consciousness that Jesus the Christ has? Believing in Christ and having the consciousness of Christ are two entirely separate matters!
I also discuss how we overcome the crucifixions life brings our way, and how we don't have to try to do things, but simply allow God to do things through us.
I discuss all seven rules, how to have a healthy relationship with a spiritual mentor, and the surprisingly tough love the Holy Spirit brings to help us all.
This is the most amazing true story I have ever heard. Listen as I tell Paul Dye's real life Impossible Flight to freedom. Here is a man who knew and obeyed the voice of God, and did what no pilot can do.
This exercise will teach you to both hear from and obey the Holy Spirit. If you can do this, you can do just about anything, because stopping when eating something tasty is one of the hardest things in life. Once you can do that, there are no limits in your life.
Avoid the extremes in spirit-filled life. Don't put out the Spirit's fire, but don't act like an idiot either! I discuss Paul's suggested balance between extremes, and I share a lifetime of experiences, good and bad, I've had as a Spirit-filled Christian.
Is that thought just my idea or is it from the Holy Spirit? We've all been there. I discuss 7 simple rules that can help you find out whether the idea you just got is from God. Also, why the fire of the Spirit is a good thing.
Tired of the way you've been feeling lately? In this episode I attempt to describe what it feels like to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The understatement of the year is: It feels wonderful! The good news is that you also can regularly experience this life changing event.
The Spirit has given me a new parable to tell. The "Universe" is one gigantic flow of energy. Through the Spirit, we can be carried where we need to be. All we need to do is "Get in the Flow of the Spirit" and remain there.
Scientists tell us everything in the Universe radiates energy. The Holy Spirit radiates energy to anyone who remains in His Presence. Discover a way to remain tapped into and filled with the Spirit's energy. You can access the energy God uses to create and maintain this world. This way is called "Sowing to please the Spirit," and it can literally re-energize your life.
It takes a little effort to remain in the Spirit's presence. Most Christians won't pay the price. Listen to the story of a church that didn't befriend the Spirit. Don't make their mistake.
What if God wanted to give you the most awesome gift imaginable. This gift would make you happy, and be an endless source of guidance and provision for your life. Tragically, 82% of the Christians in the U.S. don't want anything to do with this gift. I discuss God's incredible gift to every Christian, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit!
Wouldn't it be nice if the Universe was working for you and not against you? I discuss many ways people have sought to know God's will and to harness some of God's power. I know such a way and I'd like to tell you about it.
No one in 1st Century Judea did more to treat women equally than Christ, so it's ironic that many in the women's liberation movement have rejected Christianity because of it's historical attitudes towards women.
Friedrich Nietzsche once famously said, "God is dead." And if you look closely at the powerlessness of many churches today, it seems he may have been right considering how irrelevant bad religion seems to make Him. But it doesn't have to be this way for you. Listen as I discuss the Life giving, creative genius of God.
How many ways can the Spirit of Christ speak to us? I also discuss how incredibly sensitive the Spirit is and how to avoid hardening your heart towards the Spirit's voice.
Everyone wants more power, but few are willing to pay the price to get it. I discuss the basic thing every Christian must do for a victorious life, however, this price is too high for most people.
Hell in this life is refusing to cooperate with the Spirit of Christ who lives inside of you. And when you resist this Spirit, you experience Hell's half acre in this life! Good News, it's not hard to get out of your self-made Hell. Simply start cooperating with the Spirit of Christ inside of you, instead of resisting him.
My family has had two miracles so far in this Christmas season, and I share how you too can have miracles in your life. Also, I discuss King Louis XIV of France contrasted with Jesus the Christ, King of Kings.
I discuss Blaise Pascal's passionate plea to Christendom and his famous wager. Also why "Cheap Grace" so enraged Pascal. In addition, I offer a wager to you the listener, which will revolutionize your life.
I discuss Blaise Pascal's passionate plea to Christendom and his famous wager. Also why "Cheap Grace" so enraged Pascal. In addition, I offer a wager to you the listener, which will revolutionize your life.
We begin telling Luke's fascinating stories about what happens when Christians are filled with the Holy Spirit. Ordinary people do extraordinary things such as starting with only 120 people and less than 300 years later becoming the religion of the Roman Empire.
Luke strongly emphasizes certain themes in his gospel and in the book of Acts. The problem is, the Christian Church in America largely ignores his teaching. We also discuss why God bothers resurrecting Christians into physical bodies.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had an omniscient, omnipotent, all-wise helper that could help us in everything we endeavor to do? This isn't Hollywood, it's Spiritual Reality, and his name is the Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Spirit of Christ. He is the Real Equalizer.
I was introduced to this way of being filled with the Spirit by what I thought at the time were the craziest nuns in the world. Since then I have learned that they were not crazy, but that I was uninformed.
According to Jesus, Words are Spirits, and by simply speaking, we all create spirits that go out into the world, sent by us. These spirits will work to incarnate themselves into your world according to their nature. These spirits always bring something back to you. This Word-Spirit-Incarnation Machine works 24-7-365.
Jesus once said His words are Spirit. So not surprisingly, your words are spirits too which either tear you down or give more Life to your life. Your words are more than you've ever realized.
Some people try to get more power in their life through crystals. But Jesus tells us the key to wisdom, power, and good fortune. And not one Christian in ten believes what Jesus said!
I talk about the "S" word in Christianity, the Submit word. I talk about the only way to submit to others and keep your sanity. And I discuss how submitting to others the wise way actually helps to fill us, and keep us filled, with the Holy Spirit.
Ever wrestle with a decision trying to discern God's will for your life? We all have. But no matter how important the decision you have before you, it is not nearly as important to your life, as what I'm going to talk about in this podcast.
Would you like to receive personally tailored instructions for your life from Jesus the Christ? You can, through "The Friend" of Jesus, the Holy Spirit. Listen to the surprising words of Jesus concerning his ultimate solution for your life's problems.
I was taught by the Christian Church not to love myself. I was told loving myself was sinful. But I've learned over decades of experience that Biblical verses seemingly condemning loving yourself are not viewed in context and are often dangerously distorted by unloving interpretation.
Jesus said "Love others as you love yourself." In reality, you will inevitably treat other people the way you treat yourself. And John says if you hate your brother, you are a murderer. So if you dislike yourself, you are treading dangerously close to murder.
Science is now proving the power of Human Consciousness, Human Faith, over matter. Listen as I talk about six astonishing scientific studies that show the amazing powers of the Human Mind.
Science is proving the concept of mind over matter over and over again. I discuss amazing scientific studies that demonstrate the power of human consciousness to affect matter.
Sometimes organized religion has the notion that believing in Jesus requires a leap into the uncertainty of faith. Actually, Jesus asked for no such thing.
Jesus the Christ is the only great religious leader who ever claimed to have lived in Heaven and then agreed to be incarnated into this Earth to tell us what he saw there. No other great religious leader ever made that claim. Jesus is: THE WITNESS.
No great religious teacher in history ever said what Christ said of himself: "I, Jesus have lived in Heaven, I agreed to be incarnated and I came into this world to tell you what I learned in Heaven." No one, not Muhammed, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Confucius, or Lao Tzu ever said that.
16 million people in the US have likely had a Near Death Experience. Yet both psychiatrists and pastors routinely view them as psychosis or mere hallucinations. The fact is that NDEs almost always lead to greater mental health, not worse.
Near death experiences are fascinating. I've listened to hundreds of them, and I can tell you that when people experience the immensity of God's love for them, they are never the same again. Paul was completely surprised how different God really was compared to what religious people told him about God.
I discuss: how immaturity is the inability to see the bigger picture, why people worry, how to stop worrying in general, especially concerning your children, and why people who love refuse to worry.
I discuss the ultimate level of maturity, a level of life where you stop counting and keeping score. I also discuss: the immature vs. graduate level of Christianity, quality vs. quantity in your life as a Christian, and how unforgiveness kills.
Jesus Christ told his friends just before his death that they would do greater good works than he did! He made this claim because he knew God was in them. And God is in you too. I also discuss strong evidence from the New Testament that God's Spirit is in unbelievers as well.
The Spirit of Christ is in everyone and everything. The implications of this astounding fact are endless, and they affect every relationship you have in your life. Listen as I describe how God thinks, from the words of Jesus the Christ himself.
It's not your fault. Everyone is born with a dualistic mind that naturally damages and even destroys relationships. Listen how you can shift from dualistic to unitive consciousness, and thereby stop shooting your relationships in the foot. Listen how to stop emotionally crucifying others.
Everyone is born with a Dualistic Consciousness. A Dualistic Consciousness is great for survival and solving problems in the material world. But use it in your relationships and it will destroy them. And everyone does use it in their relationships. I discuss how to shift from Dualistic Consciousness to the Consciousness that God has, Unitive or Monistic Consciousness.
The so called Zero-Sum Game in which there is one winner and one loser arises from a distorted view of reality, called by some as a Scarcity Mentality. I discuss how the Abundance Mentality that emanates from God's very Consciousness, helps both sides in any interaction.
We discuss: the power of intensely listening to others, the most surprising trait of a humble person, a medical doctor who made one of the greatest contributions to human health you've never heard of, and the unexpected benefits of being a lifelong learner.
I discuss what people really want, to be listened to. Also, how to actively listen to others, how to progressively love your life, and how to live your life at 40,000 feet just looking down on it all.
I also discuss the widespread, but insane definition of Freedom (that will imprison you), why really listening to others is the smartest thing you can do, and why being humble will get you much farther in life.
Are you facing a difficult decision? If so, this podcast will give you all important perspective concerning your plight. Often the decision we face is not the most important decision we will make that day.
Humility is not what people commonly think it is. Listen as I discuss what humility really is. I also discuss: how veterans can be healed of the emotional scars of war, why Love is not envious, and why businesses run by humble people do better than those run by the arrogant.
We all want to avoid suffering, but we often create horrible suffering for ourselves and those around us until we learn the difference between necessary and unnecessary suffering.
America has one hope to get off the insane path we are presently on. We must begin to realize that no one is 100% good, and no one is 100% bad. I give my testimony of how Dr. Larry Nasser the former Doctor to the US Woman's Gymnastic team and internationally known pedophile, helped me to walk again.
I've already covered the default operating system of the 13 Biased Brain. But much of what you get from this brain is hatred and fear. I now discuss the 13 Biases of Love, and exactly how to install the Love Biased Brain that reflects how God operates.
I discuss: how constructive criticism can literally get us back into our right mind (of Love), why we all hate to be criticized and why that hate is bad, 13 biases all people have, a new operating system that can free us from our 13 biased brain, and I finish with great quotes from some great people regarding the value of criticism.
Everyone is prejudiced. In fact, science now shows us we all have 13 built-in biases. Social media skillfully uses our built-in biases to control us, and we don't even know it is happening. Also, the genius of the U.S. Constitution.
How I got through 8 days of Hell. When Adversity starts talking, don't passively listen to it. Learn to fight it, and yes, to win victory over it. Learn how to make Adversity pay, and you'll begin seeing the blessing inherent in all Adversity.
Jesus seems to command us to be afraid of God in Luke 12:5. What point was Jesus making here?
I talk about the only things God even cares about, and it is not how you stack up against other people. I discuss: religious hypocrisy, a surefire way to tell if a supposedly religious person knows God very well, and what really does impress God.
I suck at keeping religious rules. How about you? I've got news for you, God is more tired of religious rules than you are. "Christian" Bible studies, hypocrites, modern day Pharisees, and how horrible Christianity is when not filled with the Spirit of Christ are all discussed.
Jesus says if you don't champion the poor and help them, you might not make the cut. I discuss: how helping the poor makes you "clean" before God, modern Pharisees and Scribes, when tithing is missing the point, and how failing to help the poor is failing to love God.
I discuss: what the Kingdom of God really is, exorcisms, why the majority thinks the devil is more powerful than God, testing God, what it looks like when you Consciously live in the Kingdom of God, righteousness, peace of mind, joy, who the "strong man" is, and how to overcome all adversity.
How does someone start out good and end so bad? I'll use the example of Mao Zedong who grew into a person who would not tolerate any other human being who didn't think 100% like he did. Where did this attitude come from? I'll hazard a few educated guesses.
It's astounding how evil some people's behavior is. You can write this off to ignorance and superstition, but demonic activity is involved. Listen as I talk about the life of Mao Zedong. He started out trying to do good, and he ended committing the greatest atrocity in human history, the "Great Leap Forward." I also discuss the Cultural Revolution and the sheer terror it unleashed on the people of China.
Demons don't give people cancer physically, but they can tempt us to adopt attitudes which will make it much more likely we will develop cancer in our life. Also, Eddie Van Halen's legacy as a creative guitarist and problem solver.
The problem is, nothing satisfies us for long. Listen as I discuss the disease of "More"-itis, what both Christ and Buddha had to say about this, and then as I discuss the satisfaction that never ends. American culture, politics, Thomas Merton, Nirvana, Heaven, Zen Buddhism compared to Christ's teaching, and the empty place inside all of us are all discussed.
We all pray for a lot of different things, but no matter what you pray for, Jesus the Christ says there is one answer to prayer that will solve any situation you can ever get yourself into.
Hardly anyone prays the way Jesus teaches us. No, God is not thin skinned. There is Power in Persistence. And Yes, God is asking us to bother Him.
Believe in a harsh, unforgiving, wrathful, violent, and stern God? Then you believe in a God who doesn't exist.
The words of Jesus Christ have never been more true than right now. They can heal our nation. We must either listen to him, or we will destroy ourselves.
First a shocking quote uttered by Jesus the Christ along with two historical examples that back up what Jesus said to some religious fat cats of his day. I discuss imperial China, the Europeans vs. China opium wars, drug dealing as the policy of a so-called "Christian" nation (Britain), and the one thing that leads to salvation that many religious people don't know. Let's dive in!
I start with Jesus' two verse long summary of what life is meant to be, which was given to a crowd of religious people who wanted to kill him. I end with the warning signs of an unhealthy, disfunctional church. If you've had an uneasiness about your current church, listen as I discuss what happens to a Christian church when religious people control it.
Religion always works from a script. But God is the original Free Spirit who is not constrained by religion's scripts. No surprise that God's Son is a Free Spirit who regularly went off religion's scripts. Listen as I discuss two people who lead to Jesus going off religion's script. The first was a so-called immoral woman, the second a hopeless invalid, who meet Morality and Hope incarnated.
Jesus disregards silly religious rules. He constantly violates other people's religious rules, and He clearly has no regard for these rules. Jesus talks to the poster child for organized religion in Judea, and Jesus is not impressed with him. Listen as I discuss the type of "religion" God has in mind for the human race.
This is the ultimate cage fight: God vs. An Extremely Religious Person. Guess who wins? Nicodemus knew a lot, but he doesn't know God very well, and he completely missed what God was working to do in his country.
Jesus, God incarnate, "cleansed the temple," as some call it. But I call it a premeditated physical attack on bad organized religion. Resisting evil, God's heart, bad religion 2,000 years ago, bad religion today, religious cults, and religious bigotry are all discussed.
The bigger question is whether God sent the Black Plague in the Middle Ages, which killed 1/3 of Europe. Listen as I answer one of the biggest questions on Planet Earth right now.
Getting better at discerning the still small voice of the Spirit is the whole point of life. Listen as I discuss how to get to know the Spirit better than you do now. This just might save your life some day.
For 2,000 years the Christian Church has made little effort to teach the Holy Spirit. And this sparse teaching has been remarkably ineffective considering the person being taught. Listen as I discuss why the Holy Spirit can't really be taught, the Spirit must be caught.
No shortage of bad news these days. But I've got good news for you. I've got a solution for you, the Ultimate Solution.
Why do some people do things like hoarding? I explain from the perspective of a brain scientist. In fact, I explain why we are all so predictably negative.
God created the Universe through the Logos Principle. When we employ the Logos principle, our lives get more life. And when we do not employ the Logos principle, our lives unravel. Listen as I relate how I employed this Principle recently and hear how it changed my life. You, just as God did, can create your own Universe.
It's a whole lot easier to just go to church, than to develop and maintain an intimate friendship with God. Listen as I talk about how historical Christianity has almost completely misunderstood "faith" and what God really means by "faith." "Faith" is not so much what you believe, as who you trust in.
We are all prisoners in jails we have constructed in our own minds. Listen as I talk about one gigantic step we can all take toward more sanity for ourselves, and our world. Here's how we can all start our life over again.
We get upset when God tests us, but this week I remember that Jesus the Christ himself was tested by God before he began his public ministry. This testing is necessary, so listen why it is necessary.
What is your worldview? Your worldview is critical because it colors everything you look at and it determines what you see and what you can't see. Which worldview do you have?
I explain God's Great Christ Project which you have never heard about, along with: how to forgive your father, what is salvation according to the Buddha, the prevalence of contention in Christianity, and lastly a salvation that transforms people as opposed to simply giving them a ticket to Heaven.
I explain how to do Centering Prayer, which I've been doing for about 30 years. This practice has revolutionized my walk with God. I pray that it will help you too.
St. Augustine and the anonymous author of the classic 14th Century devotional book, "The Cloud of Unknowing" both recommend a type of prayer and intimacy with God which doesn't involve using words or thoughts. Listen as I discuss this revolutionary and life changing way to relate to God.
I begin working through the Dhammapada, a Buddhist scripture and compare and contrast it with my faith, which is Christianity. The ethical teachings are almost shockingly identical.
How exactly do you love God with your mind? Start taking some thoughts prisoner as St. Paul urges us to do. Listen as we talk about how to stop allowing the devil to rent space in your magnificent creation, the human mind.
Are non-resistance, non-attachment, and non-judgment Christian or "Eastern Religion"? Why not go to the ultimate source, Jesus the Christ to get the answer? And what about adversity, what is the point of it all? Listen to some more "zingers" from the lips of Jesus that hardly any Christians take seriously.
Why are the New Testament, Father Pierre de Caussade, Eckart Tolle, Buddha, and the Apostle Paul all saying pretty much the same thing? Find out as I discuss the classic Christian book, "Self Abandonment to Divine Providence," and how Eckart Tolle comes clean near the end of his marvelous book "A New Earth."
Whether it's the GREAT ME, or poor me and my sad story, we run through what the EGO loves and hates, it might surprise you. I end with a cure for your wounded heart.
You can have a slice of Heaven right now, on this Earth. Listen as I discuss how everything in the Universe is constantly connected and communicating, a spiritual lesson I learned from an atheist, salvation is more collective than we have ever imagined, and the beautiful way the Holy Spirit endeavors to connect everything and everyone into unity.
Some say it's a demon, some call it the ego. But whatever you call it, it's evil and it's out to control your thoughts, speech, attitudes, and behavior. Listen as I discuss what the ego wants. At the end of the podcast I give a simple way to vanquish the ego, that actually works.
I take a brief glance at an incredibly unselfish and honest person, Jiddu Krishnamurti. I hope you are as inspired by him as I have been. How meditation is misunderstood in both West and East, praying without ceasing, non-reaction, the poison of unforgiveness, and how wonderful it is to have a friendship with God are all discussed.
Something has got to die. It's either going to be our ego, or it's going to be God's dream for us. Listen as I discuss: doing the unthinkable, how to avoid acting like a Pharisee, one way to attack your ego, and how St. Francis of Assisi handled his ego.
When you first hear it, you won't believe it's true. But as time goes on and you look at your life, you'll realize how true it is. The strangest secret of life, name calling, labeling others, finding the lie, undisciplined discipline, and observing the Ego are all discussed.
There are real monsters. Every single person has this monster inside of them. One of its names is = Ego. Eckhart Tolle calls it the Pain Body. The New Testament calls it the devil. But no matter what you call it, this monster is real and if you keep playing its game, you will suffer. Listen as I talk about the only sane way to deal with your Ego, and the Ego of others.
What would happen in your life if you began seeing God everywhere, and in everything? It's happening to me right now and I can tell you it's the most wonderful thing. Listen as I discuss a new way of seeing Christianity, and the World, and why going outside might be a quicker way into the Presence of God than going to a religious service. I also discuss Eckhart Tolle's book, "A New Earth."
We all know about the second Bible, completed about 2,000 years ago. But hardly anyone knows about the first Bible, which is about 13.8 billion years old.
I also reflect that God has a vision for the planet that is big enough to include everyone and everything. Tribalism tends to destroy what God is actively building in this Earth. The choice is simple: God's plan for one world, or unending tribal warfare.
After God created the world, he looked at it and declared that it was "very good." And this original goodness which God has continually blessed must be the starting point for spirituality, not original sin or the so called fall of humankind. Because what happens when you focus on the negative is tribalism on steroids. And tribalism is destroying human society, as it always has.
Wouldn't it be nice if the powerful forces of the Universe worked for you as opposed to against you? I discuss something I've discovered that has helped me tremendously, and I believe it will help you too.
What organized religion doesn't seem to get, the destructive force of conformity, proof God doesn't care what name you call him, why life is like a simulator, and how God wants to recycle absolutely everything in your life, even the mistakes, are all discussed.
I talk about Father Gary Thomas who spends many hours a month performing exorcisms. The accuracy of the movie- "The Rite," is discussed as well as the close connection between Father Thomas and this movie. Ouija boards, the occult, exorcisms, a time I had a brush with the occult, and the Roman Catholic Church's exorcism school in Rome are all discussed.
Kills your soul, that is. Listen as I discuss how both Jesus the Christ and the Buddha warn us of the dangers of human desires. The reason desire is so dangerous is because it replaces God's Law of Perfect Love with another law, which is the law of "I want what I want right now!" How could 7 billion people operating under this law all at the same time ever make this perverted law work? They can't. Love, compassion, desire, selfishness, and the amazing similarities between the thoughts of Jesus the Christ and Buddha are all discussed.
Jesus words were for all people because they all came from the pre-existent Universal Spirit of Christ who made the entire Universe, and everything and everyone in it is filled with this Spirit. As Jesus himself said several times, he himself had nothing to say. Listen as I explain why some of Jesus' words, for example John 14:6, are so badly misinterpreted by some. Guys, this isn't hype: this understanding can change your life!
Up to this point in history, the Christian Church has pretty much ignored the concept of a Pre-existent Universal Christ which is plainly taught all throughout the New Testament. Listen as I discuss an exciting way to rethink Christianity.
The Christ existed before the Universe. Jesus of Nazareth existed starting around 0 A.D. The Christ created the Universe, and fills everything. Jesus of Nazareth did not create the Universe, but the Christ Spirit in him did. Listen as I talk about the drastic differences between "The Christ" and "Jesus of Nazareth." These differences have life changing global implications. And this is all easily provable by many verses in the New Testament.
As a child I was traumatized by a shocking event that taught me the crucial difference between Power vs. Force. Listen as I discuss the lesson I'll never forget.
In our own strength it is extremely difficult to open our heart to people outside of our own family. But with the help of the Spirit of Christ, you will be able to see others from God's perspective, and you will be able to meet every twist and turn of life with the overwhelming strength of God, not just your own resources.
Yes, if you give, you will get. But such giving has never impressed Jesus. Listen as I talk about God's preferred motivation for giving, one that really impressed Jesus. Selfish Christian ministry fundraising, so called "Christian TV," and the Giving To Get Gospel are all discussed.
Although Jesus based his entire ministry on non-violent resistance to evil, even Jesus was violent on one occasion. Listen as I discuss what made Jesus so angry that he cleansed the temple.
Didn't Jesus tell us to "turn the other cheek?" Yes, he did. But in his own life and ministry even a casual reading of the gospels reveals a person who is feisty, who regularly defended himself from verbal attacks, who seemed to prefer to turn other people's cheeks rather than his own, who was verbally assertive and even aggressive with people who opposed him, and who on one occasion used physical violence against those who were hurting other people. How do we sort all of this out? I offer one way.
General George Patton once famously said, "War is Hell." But almost everyone gets caught up in fighting our own mental wars with others in our minds. And the result of all this war mentality such as unforgiveness, hatred, impatience, prejudice, and constant criticism and judgment of others is HELL.
Heaven and Hell are not simply places you go to in the future. They are places people live in right now on this Earth. Listen how otherwise intelligent people choose to live in Hell, right now!
People can create their own Heaven or their own Hell through what they choose to think about all day. Hell is not so much a place God might send you to, Hell is a State of Mind you can send yourself to by what you choose to think about all day.
Are you sick and tired of having your mind filled with strife, and being upset, frustrated, angry, and feeling disillusioned with life? I've got good news for you. You can have peace of mind. There's only one thing you need to do.
Air France flight 447 teaches us four crucial life lessons. Listen to how one tragedy occurred to prevent a similar tragedy in your life.
All of the world is a living parable intended to teach us valuable life lessons. This week's podcast is a discussion of what life lessons can be learned from the crash of Air France flight 447.
Many world religions teach that God takes either human form, or other form to help us and teach us important lessons. Listen as I talk about someone who had to die to learn this important lesson.
It may come as a shock to some, but Jesus thought like, acted like, and spoke like, a raving liberal. He was shockingly liberal for his day. Listen as I discuss how liberal Jesus dealt with the religious leaders of his society.
Jesus Christ felt free to change the rules laid down by God in the Old Testament. Actually, he did much more than that. Listen as I discuss how Jesus interpreted and used the Bible of his day. And yes, God does change his rules.
Jesus picked and chose what he accepted in the Bible of his day. He definitely did not literally apply every verse as everyone did 2,000 years ago and the way many people still do. If you want to be Christlike, don't you think you should interpret the Bible the way Jesus did?
Jesus was not and is not religious. In fact, just about the only thing Jesus ever got angry about was the behavior of religious people. And what ticked Jesus off the most was when religious people made up non-functional religious rules.
It will shock you when you realize how Jesus interpreted the Bible of his day. He did not interpret it the way the religious crowd of his day did, and he did not interpret the Bible the way that you probably do.
In this episode I give you the ultimate religious challenge: I challenge you to read the gospels constantly asking the question: "What is Jesus' attitude towards the organized religion of his time, and towards the leaders of organized religion he interacted with?" The results will revolutionize your relationship with God.
Here is a New Years resolution for you: KILL GOD! You know, the false god who lives in your head, but who doesn't really exist, and start believing in the God who does exist. And this God is Love.
We spend our lives scurrying around looking in a thousand places for happiness. But we never find happiness until we finally find the one way to be happy that always works.
Everyone on the planet tries to work these three programs to be happy, and it can't possibly work. People end up frustrated, irritated, and unfulfilled in their lives. But there is one program for happiness that works wonders in your life.
St. Francis of Assisi knew that his own unrestrained ego was a thousand times more injurious to him than any other enemy. Do as he did, instead of feeding your ego, try starving it!
God is in love with everyone on the planet. When we criticize others in our thoughts, we are deliberately separating ourselves from God. Really.
If you view God as narrow, inflexible, and big on tradition, do I have a surprise for you. God is none of those things, and it's easily proven.
The Universe is constantly trying to send life to you, but you will push it all away from you until you literally become open-minded. All it will do is - transform your life.
Who are you? You might answer by telling me where you were born, who your parents are, or what your job is. But none of those things describe who you really are. Listen as I talk about the real you. This will surprise you.
There is a complete and perfect explanation why all adversity comes into your life. And you will never guess it in a million years. Listen as I discuss one lady's experience.
Religion has the concept of holiness all wrong. Holiness is not about fastidious rule keeping, it's about something much more important than that.
Most of humanity's religion serves mostly to entrench people's egos and selfishness. But there is another kind of religion, the kind of religion God is backing. Listen as I describe the kind of religion God has in mind. Why religion is boring, the function of religion, transformation, liberation from the ego, attempting to control God, and why Judaism was a big step forward for humankind are all discussed.
It is absolutely impossible to give thanks for everything until you know what I discuss in this episode. Adversity, giving thanks, gratitude, Near Death Experiences, Buddha, Jesus Christ, agreeing with your critics are all discussed.
If you focus on what is wrong, it gets worse. If you focus on what is right, what is wrong will improve. So say Jesus Christ and Buddha. An attitude of gratitude, thankfulness, life, prosperity, and peace are all discussed.
Do you think that God focuses on your faults and weaknesses? That couldn't possibly be true because God wants us to focus on other's strengths, and if He chose to focus on other's weaknesses, we would be more Godly than Him!
We all think we know better than to throw out the baby with the bathwater, but we continue to throw out the baby anyway. Listen as I discuss one of the worst mental mistakes we can make, and what simple understanding can help us tremendously. Judging the charitable way that God judges, transcending but including, American politics, humility, grace, perfectionism, and even Putin are all discussed.
What's the point of being optimistic? It's different than you probably think. Listen as I discuss a much different way of looking at the events of your life. Almost nobody looks at life this way, but if they did, they would enjoy it much more. Fate, Faith, Optimism, Adversity, Buddha, Detachment, Letting Go, Passion, and even Job Interviews are all discussed.
The greatest gift you can ever give is forgiveness. But forgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, it is a gift you give to yourself.
Forever wanting more afflicts almost everyone. The problem is, when you finally get what you want, it fails to satisfy for long, and you want something else. And none of it makes you happy. There is a better way.
God did not put me on this earth to gather a group of people who will love, accept, and support me. God put me here to love, accept, and support other people. And if you have any other attitude, you will suffer, suffer, suffer.
Our minds are the battlegrounds for two diametrically opposed forces. Listen as I discuss the way that spiritual masters such as Jesus the Christ and Buddha recommend fighting this battle.
It is subtle the way evil works. At first, evil whispers into your mind. And if you haven't learned how to discipline your mind, you have no chance against it.
Your life is perfect. But I don't mean that everything is to your 100% satisfaction. I mean it is perfect in a much more important way. Listen as I discuss why everyone's life is perfect when looked at from God's perspective.
If you will dedicate yourself to doing this, you will be much happier than you probably are now.
Buddha spoke of the "filth of human passion," and it seems Mr. Spock would agree. What do both of these personalities have to teach us on the subject?
There is only one way to be happy in this life, and it requires developing the ability to let go of things mentally so your mind, your spirit, and your body can relax into God's presence in your day. Listen as I discuss a myriad number of things we all need to let go of.
Science has done a lot of good for humanity, but it has also brought the world to the brink of annihilation. A somewhat skeptical viewpoint can surmount superstition, but it can't ever bring order out of the chaos of your life, or the life of the Universe. Listen as I share how transcending the scientific viewpoint has helped me to bring some order into my life.
Throughout her history, the Christian Church has mostly believed that God created the Universe "ex nihilo" or out of nothing. This has been disastrous for both the Church and the planet. In this week's episode, I discuss why.
There is one basic, foundational, and crucial question every person must ask themselves. And how you answer this question will determine the course and trajectory of your spiritual life. If you don't get this right, nothing will be right.
When you discover a teaching that both Buddha and Jesus agree on, you've got something. Listen to a story that will change your life.
Ever wished you had godlike power to create a universe of your liking? Good news, you already have this power. Problem is, you are using it to create a horrible place to live.
One man's story about what happens when you run out of excuses and do a life review with God.
Hi guys, I'm going to start recording new episodes again. This week's episode is about an amazing experience a lady had when she met God face to face in a near death experience, and it's awesome!
How we all can talk to, and receive help from people who are not dead, but more alive than we are.
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I bet you don't interpret the Bible the way that Jesus and Paul did. They both completely rejected large swaths of the Old Testament. Listen as I talk about how to see the Bible the same way Jesus and Paul saw it.
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How did Jesus interpret the Bible of his day? If we literally want to be Christlike, we will interpret the Bible the same way he did. And by the way, he didn't interpret it like most Christians do.
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Scapegoating, and how we can experience a little Heaven or Hell in this life.
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All too often the uneducated preach a very distorted view of God's nature. Listen as I discuss why believing these teachings can be toxic to your soul.
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Yes, Jesus once said to "turn the other cheek." But did Jesus actually practice what he preached? Listen as I discuss how Jesus acted towards those who opposed him. And he usually did not turn the other cheek! In fact, he commonly turned their cheeks.
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There are many religious people who claim to be serving God, but who are in fact mostly serving the demands of their own ego. Find out the difference between Religion 1 and Religion 2 and you'll easily be able to spot them.
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YOUR MIND NATURALLY CUTS EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN TWO. LISTEN HOW YOUR MIND REALLY WORKS AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS FROM THE WAY JESUS THOUGHT.
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What's your default response when life presents you with something new? Is it a yes or a no? Maybe it's time to open up the windows of your soul.
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You, like everyone else, talk to yourself, all day, every day, year after year, decade after decade. How would it change your experience of life if, instead of talking to yourself all day, you talked to God silently in your head about everything that happens moment to moment. All it would do is revolutionize your life.
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As we conclude this monumental essay, we learn that Emerson would not want to win the lottery. Listen as he explains why.
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Be grateful to your critics, thank your faults, see the advantage of adversity. These are just a few gleams of Emerson's radical faith in the goodness of the Universe.
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Emerson urges us to always pay the price to get what you want. Because if you don't pay the price to get what you want, you'll get something you don't want.
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Is there something in life that you want? Then take Emerson's advice.
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You can never get away with anything. Emerson explains why.
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Are you a "victim"? If you think you are, listen to Emerson as he tries to explain how the Universe is set up to work automatically either for you or against you.
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We all like to complain that life is unfair. But is it? Is it really true that life is unfair and that we won't get justice until the next life? Emerson, and I, think not.
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Although written in 1841, this essay is more true today than when it was written. Why don't we ever learn its lessons? Emerson knew there was no such thing as a free lunch before Milton Friedman did. This is another home run essay from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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I received some profound insight into why seemingly bad things happen to good people, from the agonizing death of my father.
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Jesus tells us what God is like in the so called parable of the Prodigal Son. The problem is, organized religion often does not know this God.
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God wants us to grow, but we resist change with all our might. How can God get through to us? Adversity, that's how. Hear about the real man whose actual experiences were behind the plot of the hit movie "Life of Pi."
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The pre-existent Christ made the material universe, and he made you. You are the incarnation of this Christ whether you know it or not.
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Those possessed by the Spirit of Religion insist John 14:6 is Jesus the Christ's edict that most of the people on the planet are going straight to hell. It is no such thing.
What did Jesus mean by this verse?
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What difference does it make? Let me put it this way - Jesus tended to be monistic, and religious people tend to be dualistic.
It seems our minds were made for counting. And we especially seem to enjoy counting other people's sins and offenses against us. It is amazing how much joy and peace floods into our lives when we stop counting.
You aren't stupid. You just don't know all of the facts that God does. That's why we all need to check in with the Holy Spirit before we make decisions, instead of blundering ahead and making a decision with the few facts that we know.
You aren't stupid. You just don't know all of the facts that God does. That's why we all need to check in with the Holy Spirit before we make decisions, instead of blundering ahead and making a decision with the few facts that we know.
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Turn by turn directions through life are available from God's GPS System. Problem is, it hardly ever gets used.
Adversity hits. You pray for help. But no help seems to come. It's at this moment that you must simply believe that God loves you. If you stop believing God loves you in these trying times, you open the door to all manner of mayhem in your spiritual life.
We've all heard about near death experiences. This one happened to an atheist. Listen how it affected him.
Until you accept your entire self, good points and bad points, you will never accept other people, and you will see God as angry, violent, and full of vengeance.
A spirituality of trying to be perfect, and demanding perfection of everyone else will drive you crazy. Instead, face reality and realize that all any of us can do is embrace a spirituality of imperfection.
The world is a neutral gray movie screen that you use to project your attitudes onto. What you see in your mind through attitudes is what you get in experience.
Thinking, thinking, thinking, it's what we compulsively do all day long. The problem is, it tends to drive us crazy. I suggest one way to think that will help you be less crazy and more sane.
Of course, God is loving and so He forgives us out of his nature. But there is another reason God forgives us that will probably shock you, and yes, it's in the Bible.
Others don't hear the words you say, they hear the consciousness you are in when you say the words. Listen as I explain how human beings actually communicate to others.
We continue to explore how St. Francis accepted people for who they already were. St. Francis was realistic about human nature and gave great grace to the people he met.
St. Francis thought 180 degrees from current American pop culture. I discuss one shocking thing that he said that was, and still is, so counter cultural and radical, that his followers refused to believe he actually said it.
Have an anger problem? If so, learn how St. Francis saw reality. For St. Francis saw the everyday situations he encountered very differently than most of us.
Being mad at people, the world, your car, and everything else is the worst life a human being can live. The reason we get so mad at life is because we forget what the purpose of life really is.
I conclude my book "Loving God," and then introduce the new format for my podcast. My first topic is St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis has helped me immensely in my life. I give a brief introduction to him at the end of the podcast.
When does a battleship captain have to take orders from a seaman second class? When do you, the captain of your life, have to take orders from God? Listen and hear a wonderful story that will change the way you view authority.
Humans have the strangest bad habit imaginable. This bad habit prevents them from having a much more enjoyable life than they do.
God does not think about time the way we do. To God, there is only "right now." When we begin to think about time the way God does, we ruin fewer present moments thinking about the future and the past.
Repentance isn't groveling on the floor before an angry, wrathful god. Repentance is different than any religious person has probably ever told you it is.
No one in their right mind would stare at junk mail for hours on end. So why do we think junk thoughts for hours on end?
Some governments use brainwashing techniques to manipulate their citizens. Satan uses these same techniques to try to control you.
Ever been mugged by your own mind? Until I started paying attention to what thoughts I was having throughout the day, I didn't realize how negative my thoughts were. Listen as I share how to monitor your thoughts and learn what to do about the negative ones.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me? Wrong. The wrong words can kill you. This podcast is how to conduct the mental War of Words that ultimately all human life really is.
I had a technical problem with the recording of episode 50 and it didn't record well enough to publish. No problem, I'll just go with the flow of life and publish episode 51.
Blessings to you,
Scott
Love is not a feeling. Love is union with a person, and that person's name is God. I examine the many New Testament verses declaring this wondrous fact.
EGO=the opposite of LOVE. Why was Jesus Christ so opposed to the human ego? Only one reason; ego always leads us away from LOVE. LOVE is the force in the universe that brings all people and all things together. All else is ANARCHY.
How in the world do you love God with all of your soul? Step 1 is changing the way you think about yourself.
Union with God! That's what all Christians have. Problem is, the Pharisees don't want you to know that. And Yes, it is clearly taught in Scripture.
Want to improve your relationship with God? Then listen and find out practical things you can do immediately to connect to God better.
What is the God you believe in like? Is your God full of warmth, love, and compassion or is the God you believe in a monster of vengeance and judgment? Listen to how the concept of the Trinity may help you relate to God a lot better than you do now.
Do you want to have an honest relationship with God? Then you are going to have to learn to express all of your emotions to him including anger. The Bible has many startling verses concerning this.
You must be completely honest in all of your dealings with God. That means expressing your anger to him at times. If you don't do this, then your relationship will remain shallow. Listen how I learned this the hard way.
Reading a magazine article about the Grand Canyon is not like standing on the South Rim yourself. Likewise, reading about God is not like having a relationship with him and experiencing him. Here is yet another way to love God.
One way to love God is to love him with all of our heart. But how do we do this? In this podcast we look at a few of Jesus' suggestions.
The modern Pharisees have so messed up "worship," that people don't even know what God wants them to do. God is not interested in song singing. Find out what really pleases God in worship.
God wants a close, intimate, and intense love relationship with you that is in some ways like the relationship between husband and wife. Don't take my word for it, read Song of Songs chapters 4, 6, and 7 for starters. And here is the best part, God can't remember all of your mistakes in the relationship. He can't remember one of them.
Loving other people is next to impossible if you don't change the way you look at others. Here's how to view others as Jesus has taught us. (I bet it's different than what you think)
Ever meet a Pharisee? They do everything right but the most important thing. And the most important thing is LOVE.
There is a lot more to loving God than saying you do. That's a good start, but there is much more to it. This is the first installment of my book "Loving God."
Much of modern Christianity would be revolutionized if we kept in mind some of Emerson's admonitions. The conclusion to Emerson's masterpiece, his essay on Self-Reliance.
What God has told others to do is interesting. What God has told you to do is life changing. Hear what Emerson has to say about this.
The most important thing anyone can do is to follow your intuition. The New Testament calls this being led by the Spirit. With this, there is life. Without this, there is death.
What a revolutionary idea Emerson has here, to say what you really think. Religion doesn't like this behavior, but Jesus loved it because that's how he lived his life.
Conformity is the common sin of humankind according to Emerson. Listen to Emerson explain why.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on Self Reliance presents many startling truths embraced by Christianity better than most Christian literature. This is amazing considering Emerson, by his own admission, was not a Christian!
We all need a break from our obsessive compulsive thinking, thinking, thinking. The most wonderful way for me to do this is SYMA.
Tradition is second hand religion. It is what was meaningful to someone else who lived long ago in a much different culture. The problem is, it can become outdated, irrelevant, and yes, BORING. See what Jesus Christ had to say about tradition.
Both Paul and Jesus made some shocking statements about exactly who we are in God's eyes. Find out who you are, and what your status is with God.
This is who you are! Not many Christians believe it, but it's true. Stop trying to be who everyone else wants you to be, and just be who you are.
Religion can be about hiding the real you from others so they will approve of you. Instead, why don't you decide to be the person God made you to be?
You'll be surprised at the one requirement Jesus had for his initial leaders. And this trait is not valued by most of the Christian church.
Religion often implies that God doesn't think much of you. But, Jesus Christ made several amazing statements about you that you need to know about.
In Jesus' day many religious leaders, in his view, did not know God. It's the same today.
God cancelled the law and nailed it to the cross of Jesus. (Col. 2:15) But many in religion don't realize that. God is not into the law, God is into grace.
The Jesus found in the gospels is a lot different than the Jesus often portrayed by some in organized religion. There were super religious people in Jesus' day that thought they were more holy than Jesus was. Imagine that!
It is amazing what Jesus said about some of the most religious people in his society. Find out what is crucial to God.
We develop our friendship with God exactly the same way we become friends with anyone. We are around them, we talk to them, and they talk to us. Learn how to develop an intimate relationship with God by PTPOG, Practicing The Presence Of God.
A sure sign you are in the grip of second hand religion is the presence of boredom. Learn how to shake off second hand religion and embrace first hand religion, which is a friendship with God.
The Gospels are not dead history. And Jesus' attitude towards the organized religion of His day is exactly the attitude He has today. Learn why.
Jesus' attitude towards the man made religion of the first century is exactly his attitude toward the man made religion of today. Are you tired of religion? So is God.
Religion can be a substitute for knowing God the being who created you. Religion has never saved anyone, but knowing God can!