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38. You can't go further unless you're willing to do the Will of God

Saturday, Oct 29, 2016 309 words 1 mins 22 secs

At some point, in order to progress further in awakening, we have to realize that we're going to have to willingly do the will of God, rather than our separate will.

We can only go so far holding onto individuality and...

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37. The ego is an idea of darkness, God is the light

Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016 305 words 1 mins 21 secs

When you try to go into the light, while still holding onto ego in any way, you are trying to bring darkness into the light.

What that means is, you believe the darkness can 'stay dark' while you enter the light....

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36. Receiving from God requires believing that you have received

Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 621 words 2 mins 45 secs

It's not that God isn't sending, giving or sharing. God is automatically doing that all the time.

But are you receiving it?

In order to receive it you need to get yourself to where you deeply BELIEVE that you HAVE RECEIVED. Right...

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35. There are two truths. God's truth, and ego's truth

Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016 287 words 1 mins 16 secs

Know this. It is not possible to objectively and neutrally try to determine what the truth is, using the ego, without avoiding the truth.

There is no 'innocently seeking for the answer'. There is no mode that you can be in...

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34. God's nature is not like this world

Monday, Oct 17, 2016 354 words 1 mins 34 secs

God's nature is not alluded to by the nature of things in this world. We are incredibly used to this world, conditioned in believing that everything does and must change all the time. Even time and space possess properties of...

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33. I'm learning today to trust God

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2016 762 words 3 mins 23 secs

It's not just a matter of me taking back responsibility for everything in life, and then sitting there all by myself.

There is instead a shift away from ego-self and towards being aware of and TRUSTING in God.

It's not just a...

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32. About the Son of God

Monday, Oct 10, 2016 249 words 1 mins 6 secs

The Son of God is causal and creative.

The Son of God paints brand new pictures on a blank canvas.

The Son of God does not paint pictures on top of old pictures.

The Son of God does not ask old pictures to...

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31. Trying to create without God

Friday, Oct 07, 2016 569 words 2 mins 31 secs

We are meant to extend God's reality, as the Son of God, to extend His Kingdom.

When we deny Him and deny we are His Son, we stop extending Him (as source of everything) and instead have to 'make up' stuff...

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30. Going to God to receive unconditional love

Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 600 words 2 mins 39 secs

I went to God and opened myself up on the topic of unconditional love. I wanted to find out how to be unconditionally loving, and I started to inquire whether God loved me unconditionally.

Then I started to regurgitate all of...

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29. The way that the sons principle separates from the father principle

Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 883 words 3 mins 55 secs

Originally, God created us and flowed all of His love to us. We were completely open to receive it and we flowed it onward, completely naturally, extending the Kingdom.

When the 'separation' happened, we put various forms of distance between ourselves...

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28. Opening to receive God's love

Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 971 words 4 mins 18 secs

God just wants to love us.

But we fight it. We fight by trying to be in control of our lives. By trying to manage our own minds. By thinking. By directing things. By figuring out. By wanting to be in...

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27. A simple exercise to receive God's love

Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 101 words 0 mins 26 secs

An exercise in receiving...

1) Just be where you are (sit, stand, lay, levitate)

2) Close eyes

3) Be aware of any effort whatsoever to make anything happen, and stop it. This is not your time to DO anything. Its time to receive...

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26. Thank God and receive, instead of begging for help

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 474 words 2 mins 6 secs

Sometimes when I am upset and I am asking God to help, I am in a state of begging, and that's because I believe there is such a tremendous distance (separation) between where I am and where the solution seems...

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25. Your life is shared with God

Tuesday, Sep 20, 2016 565 words 2 mins 30 secs

You think your life is your own life. It is not. Your life is belongs to God.

It is God's life, living through you. You are His extension, created by His Will, for His Purpose. Not that you are some kind...

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24. You need to let go of trying to be God

Tuesday, Sep 20, 2016 548 words 2 mins 26 secs

Last night I was talking with Jesus about letting go, and I was thinking the words "I need to surrender" ....and Jesus interjected and changed the word 'surrender' to "let go" .... so then I repeated the modified words. ......

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23. All healing comes from Love, which is God

Sunday, Sep 18, 2016 1219 words 5 mins 25 secs

God is the state in which there is perfect healing all the time, not that there is 'something to heal' due to there being sickness, but that there is `pro-active healing` which PREVENTS there from being sickness, all the time....

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22. Here is a simple practice in exposing yourself to God

Sunday, Sep 18, 2016 780 words 3 mins 28 secs

It is based on two simple ideas:

1) God knows everything about you and sees everything you do (there is nowhere to hide so you might as well admit it)

2) God is always unconditionally loving you in spite of what you...

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21. Just thank God a lot and receive

Sunday, Sep 18, 2016 134 words 0 mins 35 secs

Part of miracle principle 31: "You should thank God for what you really are."

Try this....

Just say to God (optionally out loud) over and over again many times...

"thank you God"

"thank you God"

"thank you God"

"thank you God"

"thank you God"

etc...

As many times as...

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20. Would you like to come and be with God now?

Wednesday, Jul 13, 2016 229 words 1 mins 1 secs

ngel: Would you like to come and be with God now?

Person: No, I've got to get the dishes washed.

Angel: He's ready for you.

Person: After I've done the dishes I've got to go fold some paper and put it inside some...

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19. What does it mean to be worthy of God?

Friday, Jul 01, 2016 450 words 2 mins 0 secs

There are two versions of this answer.

One relates to conditional love. If God has certain conditions which must be met in order for you to be worthwhile loving, then if you don't meet those conditions you aren't worthy enough. This...

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