God leaves behind “Self” when entering the world
As an avatar – like Jesus, Buddha, or Mohammed.
Teachers all –
Who taught us how to leave our ego-self behind
So as to meet God as our “true self.”
So where might this meeting – between God and her people – occur?
They’ll meet, of course, “in the air” –
That is, in an ecstatic marriage
Of spirit with Spirit.
What’s “good” would be to have a direct relationship with God –
That’s the ultimate!
Christianity, however, requires a relationship between its believers and Christ –
Who, in turn, has a great relationship with God.
Personally, I view Jesus as a “shining example”
Of someone able to achieve a direct relationship with God –
Not to sublimate to – but to emulate –
Especially since neither the Bible nor any church or other religious institution,
And not even Jesus himself (no matter what the religion says), is capable of substituting
For the real God.
In the Fifth Beatitude, Jesus referred to her:
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for she shall see God.”
And Paul, in his hymn to love, showed he knew what she’d be like:
“Now we are seeing a dim reflection in a mirror, but then she shall see face to face.”
Paul also says:
“Her body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.”
What a total surprise this young female avatar will be –
A girl from the Southern Hemisphere
Embodying God in ways no man has ever been able to achieve.
Jesus knew everything, spiritually, about being “born again” himself –
But, unfortunately, the Christians who came after him
Never became interested in their own “true selves”
Into which they could be born again (like Jesus) –
And live a life parallel to God.
Even though Jesus believed God was “Spirit,”
Christianity was founded, in large part, upon “spiritual materialism” –
Because that requires an external “savior” – in this case, Jesus himself –
This understanding of human beings as objects that need to be saved
Was in stark contrast to Jesus’ understanding of human beings as subjects
With an inherent ability to save themselves
By spiritually being “born again” into their “true selves.”
Christianity is a big city religion
Because Jesus, Peter, and Paul all went into capitol cities to die.
Cities are a domain of control –
The opposite of nature or God.
As a consequence, Christianity decided to place its God into an unchangeable canon –
And then closed it for good –
Whereas “spirit” is like an invisible ball
Children enjoy playing with.
Starting quite early, however, Christianity’s most serious games
Involved war –
Taught, derivatively, by its self-designated “13th Apostle” –
Constantine.
On the other hand,
Each individual could be like Jesus
Deciding to become a child of God –
And live as God would live
If God were human –
That is, completely “free.”
Anyone could do this – it’s what Jesus, Buddha
And Mohammed all taught –
But isn’t that the opposite of what the world religions are teaching us
Today?
When you tithe, you might buy a few more bricks for a new church annex,
But, unfortunately, you won’t be able to buy God
Through this kind of material agency.
And, even though thousands of people regularly assemble at a specific place of worship –
God will more commonly be found, waiting alone, out in the parking lot.
In truth, God resists being organized
By a committee, a denomination, or even a religious empire,
Nor can God be systematized by logic or complex mathematical equations –
In fact, it’s simply not possible to preserve a spiritually deteriorating civilization
By transforming a standard-issue, everyday God into a shibboleth
To be held in people’s mouths like a piece of butterscotch candy.
Even if we stand out in the street – shouting –
“Open, Jesus, Open”–
God will refuse to open
Because God doesn’t respond to “holy” passwords.
Usually, God is most likely to be found when we’re not really looking –
And, frequently, is discovered in the most surprising places.
The human heart has enough room for a miniature sky – sprinkled with surprises –
But the best one – by far – the one you’ve always hoped for –
Will arrive first thing in the morning
When, half-asleep, your hand reaches under your pillow –
And, there it is –
The pearl you’ve traded your entire life for –
The pearl that is you.
It takes some imagination to experience the Holy –
God can’t be “painted” solely in prose – it always takes a “good dose” of the poetic
To display God’s brilliant colors.
Love is humanity’s expressway to God –
Jesus himself merged into God through love
And then informed everyone what he’d accomplished
So they could do the same.
Jesus never envisioned establishing a major religion –
Rather, he saw himself as a spiritual teacher
Who taught everyone could achieve a relationship to God
Similar to the one he had discovered.
So, if you do happen to follow Jesus’ teachings –
You’ll be able to gain important insights into the Divine –
Yes, it’s true, ecstasy still remains a possibility
For those of us living in the Twenty First Century.
People imagine a cartoon God
Because, too much of their time, they are living cartoon lives.
If true reality ever touched them
They might simply disappear.
Historically, it was easier to believe in a cartoon god
As a “drum major” for cartoon selves – that is, for our “egos”–
Rather than engage in an earnest search for a “real” God.
Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed all taught God was “spirit,”
And, given that a “true self” also is spirit –
And in the same sense –
There always existed a possibility of ecstatic “marriage” between the two.
If we believe God is a material God acting in a material world –
Then that is a complete misunderstanding of who God is – and what the world is.
Instead, God is “love,”
And that’s how we meet God – in love relationships.
God is “truth,”
Another good way to meet God – when we have the courage to tell the truth.
God is “justice” –
We encounter God each time we take a just action.
Finally, God is “beauty” –
So appreciating the beauty in our lives is another excellent way to experience God.
God, and our relationship to God, really, have nothing to do with “egos”
Or materialistic searches for “wealth,” “power,” or “notoriety” –
Instead, God is spirit and only spirit –
And that’s what the “true self” is too.
Almost seven and one-half billion people are waiting for you
Little one –
Humanity’s morning star.
Are you, even now, a small child now running around in the grass and trees
Of Brazil, Argentina, or Peru –
Thinking about God
In your pure child’s mind?
As “the purest girl in the world”
You’ll be able to see reality – in other words, “God” –
You’ll “taste” love; hear the truth; and smell justice with your little nose –
Everything will come easy for your quicksilver mind
And no one will pass you on the street without noticing your intense beauty –
Your parents already aware of what a treasure you are.
Little one, we don’t ask too much –
Just tell us what God looks like through your clear eyes
And what God is whispering in your secret dreams.
You’ll have the confidence of the angels surrounding God’s throne
And be “born again” an infinite numbers of times – even as a child –
As many births as the number of stars in the sky twinkling in your dark hair –
Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed will all be in awe of you
Since you’ll embody Love, Truth, Justice, and Beauty –
A young South American woman as a true reflection of God.
Yes, God will soon send us “the purest-hearted girl in the world” –
To be the true Avatar for our age –
And who’ll explain everything to us,
Including how to get back to “Eden” – back before we developed egos –
Where it all began –
Back when we were still our “true selves.”
What will the purest girl in the world say
Once she’s arrived?
I think she’ll speak from the pure and loving heart of Jesus –
Be balanced and sane as the Buddha –
And “hear” God perhaps more clearly than Mohammed –
And more – she’ll tell us her own thoughts.
Pure as a tumbling mountain stream
Refreshing as first sight of sparkling ocean waves
Radiant as sun pouring through shimmering green leaves –
She’ll come – and refresh our hearts.
Our present society is reliant upon the continual creations of science and technology
To address any problems we believe may be unsolvable –
And resolutely looks to its ever-growing prosperity and magical-seeming inventions
To save us – but, intuitively, we know there will be no true salvation
Based solely upon material innovations.
Perhaps we need to start looking in another direction entirely –
For example, to the arrival of “the purest-hearted girl in the world” –
Who’ll be bringing us the spiritual gifts we need to survive –
And who’ll patiently explain the answers to our many unanswered questions.
She’ll be gentle, manifesting as Love (yes, with a capital “L”) –
Know just what we need –
And be willing to bring it –
Quietly and joyfully.
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