| Jesus did not 'heal' anyone. anyone who received a healing was healed through his or her own willingness to accept the 'illness' as his own and to forgive himself or herself for not honoring his or her own nature and start living in alignment with his or her True Self from then on. Not a victim, Jesus was a radical! he knew that his flagrant "violations" of the tenents of Jewish law ("working" on the Sabbath) would bring about arrests and punishment & he continued, anyway. |
| in some cases, the people who have harmed you have no idea that their actions are held by you as transgressions, so you punish mainly yourself with your grudges why not approach them instead of resenting them? why not forgive them instead of torturing yourself with hate? |
| die to yourself die to your unmet needs die to your unfulfilled dreams die to your hurts die to your righteous anger die a little more each day so that you may live a little more each day |
| The next shift in human awareness will come not from any builder (or carpenter as the character of Jesus portrayed), but from a "gardener," one who tends his own garden, nurtures his own soil, shares the fruits of his labors with another. It is up to me to become my own gardener. in this way, I take time for myself and give myself the nurturing that I need; what I have in abundance I can then share with another. there is no need to "save" anyone, no expectation to deplete myself or give something that I don't have. after my own needs have been met, "how can I serve another?" is the question that begs to be answered, not the traditional, "Have you been saved?" query of misguided, Bible-toting, fear-inspiring 'Christians.' If you find yourself being described in this paragraph, or claim Jesus as your Saviour, or feel inspired to ask any of us unsaved heathen, "Have you been saved?" It is my sincere plea that you replace that sentence with "Have you been served?" with the mandate that you intend to follow through on serving that person who says "No." |
| peace is not an absence of war, that is only a cease-fire. peace is accepting that wars happen and seeing how each side believes it is right. peace is not remaining neutral always, that is just abstaining from participating in life. peace is joining one side and making a place for Enemy, knowing treason hangs over your head. peace is not owning no weapons when Enemy has them and uses them, that is stupidity. peace is giving of what you have and being prepared to cut off the hand of one who takes from you what is not offered. peace happens when heart and mind get together harmony happens when a person shares his peace with andother. songs and singing are encouraged. peace is an internal event, harmony is external. |