Those persons who endorse the first or physical method of pursuing Truth or complete self-definition, are evidently convinced that it is possible for a person to KNOW. They feel that the great riddles of the cosmos and the invisible forces can be analyzed and their analyzation can be verbalized.
Jewels are many but gold is one.
Cows are many but milk is one.
Beings are many but breath is one.
Castes are many but humanity is one.
We have to set a limit to our aspirations in this world. Only then will we have peace. God is omnipresent. The entire universe emerges from truth. The entire creation reflects collectivity. Wherever you see, it will only be equality. Do not imagine that God is somewhere far away in a niche of his own. You are all embodiments of Divinity!
The earth is God’s gift,
not the property of the rich,
If you attack us with your might,
God is there for us;
Great souls there are, charged
with the feeling of brotherhood,
Awake! Awake! Rise up from the slumber of Maya.
Our good and our bad are contained in our qualities. For all these things, the factor which is responsible is one’s selfishness. So long as this selfishness is present, man cannot experience any kind of happiness. The quality of selfishness is of a demoniac nature. It does not take into consideration the happiness or the well-being of others.
Having taken birth as a human being, one has to realize the divinity within. The primary duty of every individual, as a messenger of God, is to practice and propagate the principles of truth, love, and peace and to experience the bliss and share it with others.
Give up body attachment. The body is bound to change and will ultimately perish. God is the embodiment of Truth. Truth is that which does not change in all the three periods of time. One has to follow the path of truth to propagate the Principle of Truth and Divine Love. God loves those who follow the path of truth.
Every human being is a messenger of God. Man should not waste his life in merely eating, drinking, and sleeping. In fact such a life is a blot on human nature itself. Every activity of man should reflect the divine message. Unfortunately, this is not the case today.
Pain and pleasure coexist.
It is impossible to separate them.
Pleasure does not exist separately.
The fructification of pain is pleasure.
This message of truth must be taught to the entire world. Without pain, one does not realise the value of pleasure. The value of light can be realized only when there is darkness.
Never feel depressed when you are weighed down by difficulties. God will never impose on you ordeals that you cannot bear. He tests his devotees in various ways. Test is the taste of God. Never fear any test. Be ready to sacrifice even your life for the sake of God. Only then will God protect you.
This stage is attained when the principle of unity is realised. When Jesus
reached this stage, He had no suffering at all. He was always blissful and was prepared for anything. Even at the time of crucifixion, he was smiling, because he realised that He was not the body. Body is bound to perish, but the indweller has no birth and death. Truly speaking, the indweller is God Himself. Jesus understood that the body was merely a vesture and He was the indweller.
Man is in search of God without realiZing that He is all-pervasive. He is the embodiment of love and can be attained only through love. When you realise that you are with God, for God, from God, you will find God everywhere. Strengthen the feeling that God is in you, with you, above you, below you and around you.
Love is My form,
Truth is My breath,
Bliss is My food,
My life is My message, expansion is My life,
No reason for Love, no season for Love,
No birth, no death.
Seen from an ethical and spiritual viewpoint, society today is on the decline. We observe that neither the individual, the society, nor the country is satisfied with its current state. In fact, it doesn’t even know what it really wants or where it is headed. Ignorance of the true goal of life and delusions regarding the means to achieve it lead to confusion about one’s direction in life.
There are only two options that are faced by the traveller on the path of devotion: an awakening or a downfall. There is no room here for stagnancy and
complacency. As an individual, Man will always remain incomplete during his entire life and he should endlessly strive to make himself complete.
Unless Man, who has been blinded by the dazzling brilliance of science and
modernism, does not embrace the sages’ perspective of life, his wandering will never end. It is only by abandoning the materialistic perspective that we can purify our personal, social and political lives. The thirst for pleasures has greatly influenced the youth of today. Many so called thinkers, by trying to establish the appropriateness of material desires, are adding fuel to the fire.
Man can make full use of his capabilities only when he stops following others blindly and becomes introspective. It is our good fortune to have been born as humans and we should therefore utilize our human body for purposes that cannot be achieved by other forms of life. The human body is God’s best creation. He has blessed us with it and we must always keep in mind that human life is like a quivering droplet of water on a lotus leaf, which can slide off the leaf at any time.
“The path of truth is for the brave alone, never for a coward.”
This path has always been for the brave because a much greater effort is required to go up the steep slope of truth than to climb the Himalayas. If at all, therefore, we want to work in this direction and serve ourselves, we should give the first place to truth and march forward with unshakable faith in it. Truth is God.
Though all the people in the country, when they suffer from a disease, may not know the remedy, it is the duty of the man who knows it to apply it; in the same manner, any person who knows the remedies for this disease of slavery ought to apply them, even if he is the only one.
All dharma culminates in truth. Truth is God. There is no dharma which is above truth. Undoubtedly, truth is difficult to follow. If a man can be truthful both in thought and word, he will need nothing more. He will find in truth everything else. The path of truth is only for the brave. “Truth” is a simple word. Anyone who fails to follow it in his dealings will lose his honour and his credit. If some dirt mixes with a quantity of milk, all of it is considered impure; likewise, the value of words otherwise unblemished is diminished if falsehood mixes with them. Thus, it is not only for an ill-spoken word that one has to pay; even win innocent things are regarded as evil when mixed with evil.
Spiritual freedom involves being free from false ideas, seductive theories and perverted thinking. Spiritual freedom involves the ability to discern evil affections, destructive loves and selfish motives. To discern and identify these allows us the freedom to decide whether or not we will be swept up by them and carried away by them to certain unhappiness and slavery.
If we can hear and know THE VOICE of God, then we can move to new dimensions, creating the ability to operate on a supernatural level that we previously had thought impossible. We’ll go to places we’ve never been, do things we’ve never done, meet people we’ve never met, start things we’ve never started, finish things we’ve never finished. In short, it’s possible to operate at a level that we’ve never operated at before.
“And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance—I hope you dance.”
Every person born into this world is immersed in spiritual warfare. Having been plunged into the conflict of the ages, we cannot be exempt or neutral. We will either be trampled by malign forces or we will be victorious, winning souls, changing society, influencing history, and helping establish the Kingdom of God through spiritual warfare.
Satan is real. His evil nature, his intentions, and his participation in our affairs are real. When we enter his territory, we are making friends with a remorseless thief, a diabolic destroyer, and a monstrous murder. His full intention is to destroy our minds, our reputations, and our relationships.
As intercessors, we are to stand between the devil and the people for whom we are interceding. This hinders what Satan would otherwise be able to do on earth. We turn away his attacks, foil his schemes, and diminish his effectiveness. This is why the devil expends so much energy in trying to keep us preoccupied with ourselves. The powers of darkness would have us so focused on our own problems that we don’t intercede for others. Satan would have us bound by fear, depression, lust and materialism. He probably doesn’t even mind us praying, as long as it is only self-centered. But at all costs, he wants to prevent us from interceding and obstructing his work in the world. We must see the threat we are to Satan as intercessors and recognize our significance in the earth as agents of god.
Our diligence in prayer is not to wake God up, nor to beg Him, negotiate with
Him, nor convince Him. He is already convinced and willing to help, to bless and save us. This is His character. He is trying to wake us up, and convince us!
While we are fighting our leaders because they aren’t doing what we want, while we are fighting our brothers because they believe differently, and while we are fighting our co-workers, Satan is running rampant on the earth. It’s okay to fight issues, but not the people behind issues. We can never win if we battle other human beings. All our struggles with one another, our fleshly battles throughout history until today, have only strengthened Satan’s grip on the earth, on the lost, and on the people of God. We can be so earthly minded, fighting our fight in the earthly realm, that we are of no value in the heavenly battle. We fire our canons in the wrong realm. If we are not fighting in heavenly places, we will fight in earthly ones. Fighting people never advances the Kingdom of God, no matter how right the issues. God’s Kingdom is advanced through God and His response to our prayers, and through Spirit-led actions!
Only God is God. He is the great uncreated Creator. He is eternal and infinite. He is omniscient (all-knowing), omnipotent (all-powerful), omnipresent (everywhere at all times), and sovereign (having supreme authority). Lucifer is only a fallen archangel, created, finite, and extremely limited in knowledge, ability, and space. He doesn’t know everything. He can’t do everything. And he can only be in one place at one time.
When leaders do not live and lead according to biblical principles, and in agreement with the will of God, the walls of their authority crumble. Satan is allowed to rule through them. Godless leadership breaks down the walls and allows rulers of the unseen world to rule. And they never miss an opportunity. Every authority is under attack because the enemy wants to rule. We have a leadership crisis in much of society. We need to strengthen the walls of leadership. We need to intercede for our leaders! And as leaders ourselves, we need to be strong and lead with integrity.
Spiritual warfare deals with two levels: the big, or cosmic level, and the individual, personal level. In dealing with the kingdom of darkness, we stand against the rulers, principalities, and powers in nations, in people groups, and in authority structures. And we must bring freedom from bondage to individuals through prayer, intercession, and personal ministry. We stand against evil influences in their lives, and in ours as well. We must be resolute in our efforts to share the Gospel and bring light wherever there is darkness. It is not too great task, if we go on to learn how strong we can be in the Lord. We can become men and women with God-given authority, winning victories on every level.
The authority is complete in man as long as man is in relationship with God through Jesus Christ. With our authority comes the responsibility to use it for God’s purposes. If we don’t rebuke the devil, he will not be rebuked. If we don’t drive him back, he will not leave. It is up to us. Satan knows of our authority, but hopes we will stay ignorant. We must be as convinced of our authority as the devil is. We need to go ahead and exercise our authority in Jesus name. Five important methods for exercising our authority are: 1. The name of Jesus as weapon. 2. The Word of God in warfare. 3. The power of the Holy Spirit. 4. The blood of Jesus. 5. Telling the truth.
We must deal with the enemy. He is a defeated foe, but will successfully hold
his ground, until we exercise our God-given authority against him! Victory is
ours, but the price is faith and persistence.
You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons. "Through you I am saying to the
prisoners of darkness, ’Come out, into the light’! I am giving you your freedom!". Here we are facing the battle between the Light and the dark spiritual world to release prisoners (souls).
My dear friends, those who are familiar (or have spiritual eyes) with the dark spiritual places (dungeons and prisons) do know that there are millions of these places around this world and they are close to where you are living. Some of these places are common known as cemeteries , or places from which everyone knows “it is spooky there”. Among the Satanist and modern paganism people, the so called “strongholds” of Satan are well known and very often these places are higher places as mountains (God is for instance on the mount Zion, and Satan is the big imitator). These places are still frequently used by humans for ritual ceremonies to worship Satan and to please the “spirits”.
We break bondages over territory only as these bondages relate to people, preventing negative influence over individuals in that area. As we become watchmen for our cities, nations, or institutions, we can daily cut off evil influence in society: Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, so as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.
We are called to be overcomers, not avoiders. We are called to establish the Kingdom of God on planet earth and resist the powers of darkness. God could remove us from the planet as soon as we’re saved, but He chooses to leave us here to become spiritual warriors. We must live through suffering with right reactions. We must grit our teeth and endure adversity righteously to defeat
the enemy attacks.
When people give, it totally frustrates Satan’s attempts to influence people towards selfishness. Giving is contagious, undoing the work of the devil far beyond the act of a single giver. It ripples outward: With every gift comes a grateful heart, and with a more grateful heart comes a greater willingness to give. Giving initiates a cycle which can influence many.
Aspire to inspire ... before you expire! Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, and leave the rest to God. Happiness keeps you sweet, trials keep you strong, sorrows keep you human, failures keep you humble, success keeps you growing, but only God keeps you going.
I was sent forth from the power, and I have come to those who reflect upon me, and I have been found among those who seek after me. Look upon me, you who reflect upon me, and you hearers, hear me. You who are waiting for me, take me to yourselves. And do not banish me from your sight... For I am the first and the last I am the honored one and the scorned one, I am the whore and the holy one...I am the silence that is incomprehensible and the idea whose remembrance is frequent. I am the voice whose sound is manifold and the word whose appearance is multiple. I am the utterance of my name...
As the energy of the universe is shifting into the feminine aspect as the basis from which we observe, experience and perceive our reality, understanding our divine nature can help us to transition with the changes. There is an undeniable, determining force that we cannot ignore or deny in the feminine divine- the Great Goddess, bringing us a new vision of the sacredness and unity of life.
The old patterns of masculine rule is breaking at the seams while the feminine is pushing forward to be seen, heard and known. The new will prevail as the old is shattered, released and dissolved. We have been trapped in a world of darkness ripe with lies, deceit, manipulation, control and disdain for the feminine. This way of living can no longer exist with the divine feminine charging in to bring much needed change to the way we live, communicate and evolve as people and societies. The light will prevail, for darkness is simply the absence of light and the more the divine feminine is brought into the world, the brighter darkness will become eventually disappearing altogether.
“When principles that run against
your deepest convictions begin to win
the day, then battle is your calling,
and peace has become sin; you must,
at the price of dearest peace, lay your
convictions bare before friends and
enemy, with all the fire of your faith.”
A vast army of fallen angels is deployed to watch for opportunities to influence people in a deceptive manner to increase the population of hell. They all saw how effectively deception worked when Satan employed it in the garden. We can be sure when Satan intervenes directly in human affairs that his principle underlings are being instructed to watch and learn. God shared this scene with us for our enlightenment and instruction. Never forget who opposes us. Never underestimate his cunning. Doing so is gross pride. We who are born again were bought with a heavy price. Satan wants to trip us up because of God’s love for us. If he is unsuccessful in killing us before our time, the next best thing is to take us captive through our passions or through addiction.
Evil can be stopped cold in its tracks by a knowledgeable believer. All the
fallen angels banded together are no match for two or three sons of God in
the will of the Father. We are too close to The Return to be silent spiritually. The ‘politically correct’ laws now in place do demonstrate the power of the anti-christ spirit. But the “restrainer” hasn’t yet been removed so we can take control over the very spirit that under-girds the enforcement of many of these unholy laws. We have the power to bind the strong man working against us and to loose the power of Godly declarations into our situation. Where Satan has control in tactical areas of our natural lives we need to recognize our power to walk right through the trap that has been set. Those who control what is said do control the direction society goes in but we can make a difference by taking charge in the spiritual realm to interfere with the enemy’s plans. When we fail to do this a stronghold is gained by the enemy. There are hidden plans working against us.
Lying is now acceptable for many if it helps them to achieve their intended objective. It is perfectly alright. The end now justifies the means in our country and not just under communist rule. An increasing number of our leaders hold to the truth that there are no moral absolutes.
The rapid growth of pure evil in the world and lack of power in much of the local church to even slow it down is of concern. We all can observe evil’s progress. It definitely explains what is happening when you factor in the supernatural factor. Too many pastors never teach about such matters. It is quite obvious there seems to be no demonic labor shortage.
It is hard to pinpoint a properly trained frontline soldier when he is in hiding. To defeat the enemy you must first find him. This is far more difficult than it might seem to an untrained civilian. Soldiers are trained to blend in with their surroundings through the use of camouflage techniques and the use of undetected movement. Our natural enemies camouflage and use stealth when on the move. We can safely assume such techniques are also used by supernatural foes to make them hard to detect when operating against us through our thoughts, emotions, wills, conversations, friends and circumstances.
The people of God need to continue to exude an attitude of trust and
confidence in their God in the midst of their daily activities in the general
population which is coming more and more under Satan’s influence as we
careen toward the one world government, economy and religion all controlled by the mark of the beast. All demonically controlled cultures are operating in a growing spirit of fear and suspicion with the governmental hammer being the use of brute force when needed to control the outcome. Non democratic counties don’t allow a free press. But they adroitly use our free press to gain a strategic advantage over us.
Satan and his evil troop are so effective in their camouflage and undetected
movement techniques they are seldom ever seen to be the primary problem. They are highly adept at switching the blame to us, the fall guys. Our own lack of understanding is the major problem in our lives. We have “ears, but do not hear and eyes, but do not see.”
The majority seem bound up by personal fears and anxieties, and just go with the flow whatever direction it takes them. Few are willing to step out from the crowd and do the right thing when the crowd starts to cross the line, when their conscience tells them its wrong to go along. Most of us who have good tendencies hope someone else will do the right thing and lack the courage to take the lead in resisting evil. Evil is seldom as strong as it appears. The nature of boldness is that it often carries the day no matter whether for right or for wrong. Evildoers count on fear in the opposing camp to cower potential opponents into silence. There are real dangers involved for those who do resist evil. It requires a level of trust in God above what is ordinary.
Real fighters in the spiritual realm are rare in the body of Jesus Christ.
This is sad. God has given us all the tools we need to wrestle through to victory with or without the help of others. It is natural to want human empathy from those that should care for us. But often we will have to fight alone. Such tests are an opportunity to draw closer to the Lord. He is the only one who can ultimately effect the change needed.
Considering the wiles of our supernatural foe, the devil, and his fallen angels, it is apparent something more is needed than judgment and revival to shake us awake and keep us awake to get us on purpose which is supposed to be about helping to bring in a larger harvest of souls.
We have a brilliant strategist and tactician who commands the supernatural forces of darkness who are adroit at using our own human nature against us. Men and women in high places given over to the kingdom of darkness are even now setting traps for the children of God to fall into. God warns us not to trust our human nature. We must put this human nature to death to overcome the world.
Only the most wounded person can’t see the evil things being done around the world with the hidden blessing of many of our appointed leaders: economic, governmental and religious. Some live in a dream world they have created because of deep woundings while a young child. This dream world is a filter that effects how they look at the world as adults. It should not be that way, but is. Such people have a great need to control and work hard to get into controlling positions. On the other hand mature adults have the capacity to adapt to changing circumstances, can function more effectively.
At some point we are going to lose our free, uncontrolled use of the internet. It is too great a check against the anti-Christ spirit, and those whose ambition it is to control the world.
The first purpose of the Church is to get saints trained for Combat. The present church structure is not a combat structure. It should be a place where the true fighting units of the church come together to get properly motivated, organized, trained and equipped for combat before being sent back to their neighborhoods for battle. The real work of the ministry is to fight the good fight.
A major difference between leaders and followers is that leaders feel a burden to get something accomplished to change a situation. Those who aren’t leaders don’t feel a responsibility. Many will agree with the leader that something needs to be done, but few are willing to take on the burden necessary to cause the change that many agree needs to take place. Leaders take a lot more personal risk than followers in effecting necessary change in society and in personal relationships.
Humility is an absolute must for sustained leadership success. Only a victorious battle over self will obtain this remarkable attribute and be able to hang on to it. God is very clear. If you won’t humble yourself, He will humble you. This is the great battle, the battle against self, those chosen by God for greater works must fight. It may not be evident to those watching the rise of a leader who walks in an ever increasing anointing his quiet, continuing battle against self. The opposite of humility is pride. God is very clear about pride. “it comes before a fall.”
Sunday, June 16, 2013
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