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I realized that the void inside can’t be filled; not because it’s too vast, but because it’s an illusion. It’s not really there. And if you open your heart and mind and come with me on this journey, this truth is awaiting your discovery.
Each of us must remain vigilant over our need to be right and convert others to our belief system or worldview, and instead offer them the chance to decide for themselves, free of our judgments over whether they accept it or not.
When we look at a given area or place, instead of seeing all there is to see there, we are actually seeing a tiny frequency range within the electromagnetic spectrum called “visible light.”
Quite literally, at least 96 percent of “reality” is simply invisible to us.
it has been calculated that if you took the entire population of the Earth, all seven billion of us, and removed all the empty space from all of our combined atoms, the entire human race would fit into a single sugar cube. 4
All that we do see and touch is not as it seems, having no solidity whatsoever when examined at the smallest levels. Instead, matter seems to act simultaneously as waves of energy and as seemingly solid particles that are continuously popping into and out of material existence at a rate too fast for us to detect.
In reality, quantum physicists have discovered (much to their shock) that everything is connected as one thing that is merely appearing to be many things.
we now know that our eyes deceive us. What we see as solid and separate is not actually so, but rather seemingly separate waves of energy within the ocean of universal energy known as the “quantum field.”
It is this quantum field that is the source of all things in material reality. It is known by many names, including the “Source Field,” “Superstring Field,” and “Unified Field,” but essentially refers to the same thing: the place from which the seemingly solid material world springs and in which it resides.
But the key to awakening to the true nature of reality is to realize that perception, when taken at face value, is in fact a prison.
on the “physical” side, ultimate reality is simply that everything is pure energy.
Unity. Everything is unified. Everything is One. Separation is the true illusion.
We tend to think that the physical brain is what gives rise to the mind, and yet as we’ll explore later, nothing could be further from the truth. In short, the brain is nothing more than the physical decoder/transmitter mechanism used by the nonphysical mind.
what is the mind? It is the universal consciousness that we’ve been talking about.
you pray over your food, being thankful for it and feeling a sense of love, then it somehow accepts its role as providing sustenance for you, and the intense electrical reactions on the polygraph charts disappear.
Earth’s astral realm (energetic duplicate of the physical Earth)
Many quantum physicists can now tell you that the tunnel
of light is simply a wormhole that transports a spirit (i.e., energy) from this dimension into another that vibrates at a higher rate and is therefore invisible to us in this realm where we see only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum called visible light,
all souls appear simply as energy with a distinct color. The colors denote their level of spiritual advancement, or scientifically speaking, their vibrational frequency.
we often spend what would seem to be hundreds of years in the spirit realm in between lifetimes, but we can then choose to incarnate into a physical body only nine months after our last body died.
the one common element of the spirit realm is its heavenly nature.
It is fundamentally understood that physical life is nothing more than a theater of sorts in which we play out varying roles and learn from our mistakes and transgressions so that we can become more loving and advance spiritually.
we are taken to a life selection place where we are given the choice of one of several bodies and lives that we can choose to live.
The purpose is simply to have the opportunity to learn the lessons that we failed to learn in all of our previous lifetimes so far. And the lessons center on nothing more than love, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion.
We are not “unlucky.” We do not get “punished” for our transgressions. We need not cry out “God, why me?” when unexpected or unwanted things occur. We need only to understand that we, with the help of more evolved beings, set it all up this way for a very specific purpose.
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife.
Dr. Gariaev performed experiments in which he changed one species into another by manipulating the DNA with light. Basically, he sent a green laser through salamander eggs and then redirected the beam into frog eggs, with the astonishing result that the frog eggs transformed into salamander eggs.
When we become disheartened when we watch the news and see all the negative things happening around the world, we can remember that this is not an accurate reflection of the state of the world. Earth is a much more positive environment than we think it is—we simply get only the negative stuff shoved in our faces night and day.
To transform our lives and the world, we need to come from a place of love and compassion, even as we act to “fight” injustice. We need to let our being inspire our doing.
Each of us has chosen to come into this life with a certain set of talents that can be used to be of service to others. It could be something as simple as being a patient and nonjudgmental listener.
no natural talent or skill is fundamentally more important than another, even if one skill seems to touch thousands of people and another only a few, because the reality is that separation is only an illusion anyway, and there’s really only One of us here appearing to be many.
our greatest service and primary purpose in life is to be our true Self. That’s it.
The ultimate reality is that we are already whole and complete.
We are not humans who have temporary spiritual experiences. We are Spirit having a temporary human experience.
In reality, we exist in all states in the eternal now, which is all there really is. And because of that, there’s really nothing to strive for or to feel inadequate about. You are worthy of unconditional love just as you are now.
While we can have the intention to put being our true Self first, there are some subtle traps along this path, and if we’re not careful it’s very easy to fall into them.
TRAP #1: HAPPINESS VERSUS TRUE FULFILLMENT
we give complete power to anything outside ourselves to make us happy, then we are at the complete mercy of circumstances to decide if we’re happy or in endless suffering.
the essence of the awakened life. It’s a life wherein you’re not the victim of circumstances. It’s
TRAP #2: POSITIVE THINKING AND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
we are not here just to manifest our heart’s every desire and get what we want. We are here (especially within the third-density plane of existence) to learn how to make the choice to love unconditionally within the very convincing illusion of separation.
We can only understand the true meaning of love (which is what we are), and expand the essence of that love, by learning how to be loving despite every reason not to be. And these reasons not only extend to others who may upset us but also to ourselves.
how can we use this vehicle for the deep learning it was meant to provide? We do it by continually forgiving and having compassion for the imperfection.
We need to differentiate between the physical and spiritual levels. On the physical level, if someone is perpetrating a crime, they need to be punished.
these actions can be taken while continuing to hold compassion and forgiveness in our hearts to the best of our ability.
We cannot have an orderly physical world without a certain amount of laws and justice.
Some people assume that living out your life’s true purpose necessitates giving up all desires, especially on the material front, and living the life of a monk. The reality is that we’re not here to shun the physical but to use it to learn the deeper lessons of love.
We have to be careful not to practice a sort of spiritual arrogance, where we unconsciously (or even consciously) believe we are superior to others because we are “more spiritual.”
try thinking of yourself more simply in two ways: physical self and Spirit Self.
The physical self feels separate from its Source. And because it feels so small and alone and fears for its existence, it feels a massive desire to control its life and destiny. In fact, when the physical self doesn’t connect to the Spirit Self, everything we think and do is, consciously or unconsciously, driven by fear.