Healing Abusive Models Of God

[Guest guest]

Healing Abusive Models Of God In

sharing spiritual awareness with so many wonderful people over the past

10 years since my own lucky, Grace-filled gift of suddenly one day

realizing that we are literally made out of God's Love and Light and

Peace and Joy (an entirely unexpected event that instantly changed my

life forever). I have time and time again noticed that a

remarkably large segment of our population has a very negative sense of

this powerful little word "God." I have actually had some people

ask me (usually in private) if it would be possible for me not to use

this three-letter G-word, because "I really don't like it," or "it

gives me the creeps." Early on, I realized that far, far too

many people have been religiously abused in the name of "God," and my

use of the word God, interspersed with frequent reference to Spirit,

Awareness, the Absolute, Divine Reality, Brahman, Tao, Buddha-nature,

the Self, and so forth, is a red flag for these abused people. Indeed,

the apparently innocuous word "God" actually triggers stress and

emotional pain for them—in severe cases, a full-blown syndrome of PTSD

or Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder. This brings up the entire issue of communication itself: What we mean by a word is not necessarily what other people think or feel it means when they hear it. The

plain fact is that, in the name of "God," multitudes of people have

been disturbed, frightened and in more serious ways abused by

well-meaning—let alone really abusive—parents, grandparents, older

siblings, aunts, uncles, teachers, ministers, priests, nuns,

televangelists, rabbis, mullahs, et al. It can start innocently enough: a little child's goldfish dies and s/he is told, "God took your little fish up to heaven." When

another pet or a grandparent or friend dies and the child is similarly

told, "God ended their life here and took them away to be with Him up

there in heaven," the child begins to get the disturbing impression

that "God" is the invisible bogeyman who suddenly and arbitrarily

cheats us out of the precious company of our beloved kin and friends. When

terrible things happen locally or on the world-stage, a child

eventually hears from religious-minded persons that this is "God's

will." In the impressionable minds of young persons, "God's

will" usually soon takes on the quality of being an unpredictable,

frightening, fickle force, a big "Somebody" or "Something" that feels

adversarial, oppositional and destructive, rather than being Someone

infinitely near and dear. With such conditioning, it's not

evident that God and I are teammates on the same side. On some level,

the youngster sooner or later begins to think: "God's interests and my interests are not aligned." It gets much more complicated and perverse: At

a certain age, the young person in our western monotheistic culture

starts hearing and being psychologically conditioned by the notion that

God is watching you, meticulously and obsessively examining everything

you do and think, "writing down black marks in His big heavenly book

concerning your sins and demerits." For this "God" is quite

intent on eventually judging you to be a good person or a bad person, a

person destined (even predestined!!) to go either to heaven or to hell

after you die and pass into your "eternal reward." Some 20-30

million Americans alone have evidently bought into—and, alas, are now

subjecting their hapless children to—the really barbaric and quite

aberrant "rapture theology" of rightwing, rigid forms of evangelical

Christianity. Based

on that horrible mistake appended to the New Testament—the dementedly

dualistic, even diabolical Book of Revelation or Apocalypse—rapture

theology holds that our evidently not-so-"loving" but all-knowing,

almighty, and quite vindictive Lord has created every soul already

knowing that likely well over 80% or even 90% of them (for various

reasons foreseen by God) won't exclusively accept Jesus the Christ "as

their personal Lord and Savior" in the prescribed way. And therefore all these souls not partisan enough to join in God's exclusivist game are going to be damned to eternal hell. No

wonder that so many people reject their religious upbringing and

God—and everything having to do with religion—and, from their

felt-sense of emptiness, "act out" their deep disappointment.I

recall one night, as a little Catholic girl of about 9 years old,

running into the arms of my loving parents who were watching TV in the

family room. I was sobbing and crying, because there, in the darkness

of my bedroom, rather than peacefully, contentedly falling asleep.

I had been filled with horrific agitation, angst and fear over the not

so unlikely prospect that one day I might commit a bad sin or two (or

three, four or more!) and thereby be banished from God and heaven and

all loved ones to burn in hell, forever and ever…. This

thought was excruciating! Lying and squirming in my darkened bedroom,

racked with emotional pain, I could tolerate only so much before in

desperation I finally went running to my dear parents for some

kind of relief. I don't remember particularly what they said, but I

think my caring mother responded to the effect that, if I had good

intentions and tried my best, even if I failed, God and the saints (led

by all-forgiving Mother ) would still love me, save me from hell,

and help me come into heaven. Whatever my mom and dad said, it

sufficed to alleviate the existential fear so that I never had that

overwhelming type of hellish "hell-dread" again. Where exactly I

had picked up such a disturbing notion of a wrathfully judging God and

eternal hell in the first place, I don't know. Perhaps it was from

something on TV (e.g., one of those fire-and-brimstone preachers) that

I might have heard while playing within earshot. Maybe

it was something I heard in church or at school. The bottom line for me

is that I was very fortunate to be around people who lived their

religion and spirituality in a relatively healthy manner. I don't

recall being subject to any "serial abuse" in the name of religion. But

listening to or reading about so many people over the decades who have

experienced significant and even severe forms of religious abuse,

threatened with eternal damnation by a judging, petty, punitive

"God-the-father" critical parent run amok, I can easily see why many

persons would like never ever to hear the word "God" again. A

dear friend of mine, deeply spiritual in her own way, when reading

through most of the books and articles in her collection has actually

blackened out the word "God" with her marking-pen wherever she finds

it. She just doesn't like to see a word that, to her psyche from

childhood, is a signifier loaded with pain. Given

that the term "God" can be so negatively-loaded for numerous people, at

one point 20 years ago I briefly wondered if it might not be better to

drop it altogether from my vocabulary. But in the next instant

I realized that this would be a silly thing to do, for God as a word

and a notion is simply too widespread in our society and, for the

majority of our population, still has an overall positive connotation

and meaningful content. Instead, over the years, as part of

the multi-faceted "ministry" I've been graced and privileged to enjoy,

in my conversations have opted to help heal participants of any

negative connotations or content around this potent term God. I

realized long ago how powerful the subconscious mind can be—and how

easily the subconscious can be rendered full of "glitches" due to "bad

programming." It is obvious that many, many people have been

conditioned and programmed by an unwholesome, petty, threatening,

punitive—in short, toxic notion of "God." This unholy, bullying image of "God" sits in people's subconscious mind, literally haunting and disturbing them. Even

atheists and agnostics who have long ago consciously rejected and

renounced the idea of God can still be affected subconsciously by an

insidiously subtle, inner "God-program" deep within their psyche. A

disturbing, unsafe sense of God (or whatever you regard as the Source

or Power behind our life and the manifestation of this universe) will

almost invariably lead to feeling that our cosmic situation is

disturbed and unsafe, and that we can't trust the Source of the

universe. How

can we have faith in a Divine Being who, our subconscious mind

intimates to us, is not faithful to our best interests and eternal

well-being? All such "bad religious programming" characterizing

our deepest-rooted impression about the nature of God or the Universal

Power or Fate is enervating. It is guaranteed to render us

restless, fearful, unhappy, imbalanced human beings. We will feel "at

odds" with life, the cosmos and its Source at the most basic level of

our being. Hence, we do well to investigate—through an inner

psychological inventory—any unhealed, unwholesome, unholy notions of

"God" floating around in our conscious, pre-conscious, or subconscious

minds. Furthermore, having uncovered such pseudo-God notions

masquerading as the Real God within our hearts, we can inwardly,

meditatively invoke the actual Infinite Divine Being (Absolute

Spirit-Love-Light-Truth-Beauty-Goodness-Kindness-Fullness) to purely

affirm this God-Self within every aspect of our being. In

other words, we can let the Real God, the God before/beyond our

dysfunctional human notions and projections about "God," spontaneously

blossom forth within our body-mind-soul-consciousness. We can let God, the authentic living God, be fully and truly God in us. * * * * * * * * * Here,

finally, I have written up this "God-clearing" exercise as something to

explore whenever you wish to turn to it for inner Divine healing. This

exercise, I find, is very helpful for people not only of a devotional

religious temperament but also for those who are involved in "nondual"

or "mystical" spirituality and the path of formless, imageless

self-inquiry into the real nature of the transpersonal Self. Such

self-inquiry will not proceed very deeply if somewhere in the

subconscious mind there is a lurking sense of a rival power

contaminating our being with toxic energy. To paraphrase and "heal" the old Biblical commandment: "I am the Lord your God-Self; you need not have any other `strange gods' within you."

Some of you may wish to record onto tape/CD a meditatively-soothing,

reading of the following visualization, so that you can subsequently

listen to it while in a more meditative state with eyes closed and body

fully relaxed. Alternatively, you can have a gentle companion

read this aloud to you from the computer screen while you sit nearby in

a relaxed, inwardly focused state. And then you can both trade

places—you read the text while your companion meditatively listens. I call this experiential process: Letting God be fully, truly God in your heart. Try it—you'll like it! * * * * * * * * * * Meditation Exercise: Healing Our Model of God Letting God be fully, truly God in your heart * * * * * * * * Alright we can allow ourselves to become naturally and fully relaxed…. We

can easily maintain a gentle, inward focus as, with each breath, rising

and falling, breathing in and out, we allow ourselves to unwind and

relax and open up more and more. There's no need to grasp or hold

onto anything. We're simply allowing the breathing to happen and

feeling the wonderful and interesting sensations and energies that

arise and pass away, moment by moment… It's so very easy to relax and let go and open up fully and completely…. Now: Let us check to see or feel if there are any old, unneeded images or tensions in any part of us around the idea of "God." When we hear the word "God," is there any feeling of discomfort in any part of the heart or mind or body?… If anything unpleasant arises, let us fully feel the sensation or the energy and then utterly let it go. Just

like letting go the string on a helium balloon, we just let go any

threatening images or toxic notions of God that might be cluttering our

being, and they just fly away and disappear…. Completely letting

go, we find ourselves feeling wonderfully clear and clean and fresh and

new…. So much more present and vital and alive…. Now: Right

here within our heart, emptied out of the old, unneeded images or

feelings about the Divine One, we can allow the REAL GOD, the LIVING

GOD of healing Love … and beautifully luminous Light… and clarifying

Truth… and enchanting Beauty… and blissful Sweetness… and dazzling

Goodness…—we can allow this glorious Divine One to affirm this Divine

Love, Light and Truth, this Divine Beauty, Sweetness, and Goodness

fully within us…. It feels so good to have this God of healing Love in us and around us. Right

now and right here we fully feel the wonderfully dear and delightful

Presence of the True God gently yet powerfully filling our heart to

overflowing with all wonderful qualities and virtues… so that now we

feel tremendously well and happy, majestically peaceful and content,

and perfectly nurtured and loved. We feel filled up with so much power to love and serve and be helpful and creative… God

is expressing through us such a wonderful power, a blessed power that

fills us up ever more completely so that we can receive and give so, so

much… Again: we can check to see if any aspect of our being, any

part of our heart or corner of our mind is disturbed by any old false

messages or unnecessary feelings about the human-projected "God"-idea

lurking inside us…. And, again, we can this very instant allow the

REAL GOD to powerfully and completely dissolve any such false notions

about the Divine One, the Source or Power behind our life and world, so

that here and now the true God of pure, Self-shining Spirit and

delightfully Divine Presence and Fullness and Goodness washes through

and fills our being with only God…. … "All is well, and all shall be well…" The

true God of astonishingly beautiful LOVE and gloriously gorgeous LIGHT

is radiantly shining within every cell and fiber of our being, filling

our body and mind and heart with so much wonderful healing and

empowering energy…. … Alright. You may slowly open your eyes … … and see the One True God, Infinite, Vast and Formless, beautifully manifesting as everyone you see and meet! Love~All~Ways*~Karma*

[Guest guest]

Dearest ,

Such a lovely post! I shall definitely try to have someone

read this to me or put this sage wisdom to audio. You certainly are

always such an inspiration to me and for me with your abundance of

love and gentle reminders of how some of what we have learned needs

to be re-learned. I do feel that God is something the I do feel that

twinge of uncertainty and have that spark of negativity does well up

inside me at the mention of " God " also unfortunately from certain

dogmas that have sadly been turned into something that was not

intended to be cruel but has turned a loving spirit into a scary and

omnipotent cruel being/belief system. Thank you dear sister for you

are definitely right on with this post. *Deep and loving bow of

respect to you, dear sister* Love and light, Luna

--- In , " karmarqu69 " <karmarqu69@...>

wrote:

>

>

>

> Healing Abusive Models Of God

> [Healing light]

>

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>

>

> In sharing spiritual awareness with so many wonderful people over

the

> past 10 years since my own lucky, Grace-filled gift of suddenly one

day

> realizing that we are literally made out of God's Love and Light and

> Peace and Joy (an entirely unexpected event that instantly changed

my

> life forever).

>

> I have time and time again noticed that a remarkably large segment

of

> our population has a very negative sense of this powerful little

word

> " God. "

> I have actually had some people ask me (usually in private) if it

would

> be possible for me not to use this three-letter G-word, because " I

> really don't like it, " or " it gives me the creeps. "

>

> Early on, I realized that far, far too many people have been

religiously

> abused in the name of " God, " and my use of the word God,

> interspersed with frequent reference to Spirit, Awareness, the

Absolute,

> Divine Reality, Brahman, Tao, Buddha-nature, the Self, and so

forth, is

> a red flag for these abused people.

>

> [healing]

>

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> Indeed, the apparently innocuous word " God " actually triggers

> stress and emotional pain for them—in severe cases, a full-blown

> syndrome of PTSD or Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder.

> This brings up the entire issue of communication itself:

>

> What we mean by a word is not necessarily what other people think or

> feel it means when they hear it.

>

> The plain fact is that, in the name of " God, " multitudes of

> people have been disturbed, frightened and in more serious ways

abused

> by well-meaning—let alone really abusive—parents, grandparents,

> older siblings, aunts, uncles, teachers, ministers, priests, nuns,

> televangelists, rabbis, mullahs, et al.

>

> It can start innocently enough: a little child's goldfish dies and

> s/he is told, " God took your little fish up to heaven. "

>

> When another pet or a grandparent or friend dies and the child is

> similarly told, " God ended their life here and took them away to be

> with Him up there in heaven, " the child begins to get the disturbing

> impression that " God " is the invisible bogeyman who suddenly and

> arbitrarily cheats us out of the precious company of our beloved

kin and

> friends.

>

> When terrible things happen locally or on the world-stage, a child

> eventually hears from religious-minded persons that this is

> " God's will. "

>

> In the impressionable minds of young persons, " God's will "

> usually soon takes on the quality of being an unpredictable,

> frightening, fickle force, a big " Somebody " or

> " Something " that feels adversarial, oppositional and

> destructive, rather than being Someone infinitely near and dear.

>

> With such conditioning, it's not evident that God and I are

> teammates on the same side. On some level, the youngster sooner or

later

> begins to think:

>

> " God's interests and my interests are not aligned. "

> It gets much more complicated and perverse:

>

> At a certain age, the young person in our western monotheistic

culture

> starts hearing and being psychologically conditioned by the notion

that

> God is watching you, meticulously and obsessively examining

everything

> you do and think, " writing down black marks in His big heavenly book

> concerning your sins and demerits. "

>

> For this " God " is quite intent on eventually judging you to be a

> good person or a bad person, a person destined (even predestined!!)

to

> go either to heaven or to hell after you die and pass into your

> " eternal reward. "

>

> Some 20-30 million Americans alone have evidently bought into—and,

> alas, are now subjecting their hapless children to—the really

> barbaric and quite aberrant " rapture theology " of rightwing,

> rigid forms of evangelical Christianity.

>

> [Reiki healing]

>

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> Based on that horrible mistake appended to the New Testament—the

> dementedly dualistic, even diabolical Book of Revelation or

> Apocalypse—rapture theology holds that our evidently

> not-so- " loving " but all-knowing, almighty, and quite vindictive

> Lord has created every soul already knowing that likely well over

80% or

> even 90% of them (for various reasons foreseen by God) won't

exclusively

> accept Jesus the Christ " as their personal Lord and Savior " in

> the prescribed way.

>

> And therefore all these souls not partisan enough to join in God's

> exclusivist game are going to be damned to eternal hell.

>

> No wonder that so many people reject their religious upbringing and

> God—and everything having to do with religion—and, from their

> felt-sense of emptiness, " act out " their deep disappointment.

>

> I recall one night, as a little Catholic girl of about 9 years old,

> running into the arms of my loving parents who were watching TV in

the

> family room. I was sobbing and crying, because there, in the

darkness of

> my bedroom, rather than peacefully, contentedly falling asleep.

>

> I had been filled with horrific agitation, angst and fear over the

not

> so unlikely prospect that one day I might commit a bad sin or two

(or

> three, four or more!) and thereby be banished from God and heaven

and

> all loved ones to burn in hell, forever and ever….

>

> This thought was excruciating! Lying and squirming in my darkened

> bedroom, racked with emotional pain, I could tolerate only so much

> before in desperation

>

> I finally went running to my dear parents for some kind of relief. I

> don't remember particularly what they said, but I think my caring

> mother responded to the effect that, if I had good intentions and

tried

> my best, even if I failed, God and the saints (led by all-forgiving

> Mother ) would still love me, save me from hell, and help me

come

> into heaven.

>

> Whatever my mom and dad said, it sufficed to alleviate the

existential

> fear so that I never had that overwhelming type of hellish

> " hell-dread " again.

> Where exactly I had picked up such a disturbing notion of a

wrathfully

> judging God and eternal hell in the first place, I don't know.

> Perhaps it was from something on TV (e.g., one of those

> fire-and-brimstone preachers) that I might have heard while playing

> within earshot.

>

> [HEALING JOY]

>

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> Maybe it was something I heard in church or at school. The bottom

line

> for me is that I was very fortunate to be around people who lived

their

> religion and spirituality in a relatively healthy manner. I don't

> recall being subject to any " serial abuse " in the name of

> religion.

>

> But listening to or reading about so many people over the decades

who

> have experienced significant and even severe forms of religious

abuse,

> threatened with eternal damnation by a judging, petty, punitive

> " God-the-father " critical parent run amok, I can easily see why

> many persons would like never ever to hear the word " God " again.

>

> A dear friend of mine, deeply spiritual in her own way, when reading

> through most of the books and articles in her collection has

actually

> blackened out the word " God " with her marking-pen wherever she

> finds it. She just doesn't like to see a word that, to her psyche

from

> childhood, is a signifier loaded with pain.

>

> [healing]

>

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> Given that the term " God " can be so negatively-loaded for

> numerous people, at one point 20 years ago I briefly wondered if it

> might not be better to drop it altogether from my vocabulary.

>

> But in the next instant I realized that this would be a silly thing

to

> do, for God as a word and a notion is simply too widespread in our

> society and, for the majority of our population, still has an

overall

> positive connotation and meaningful content.

>

> Instead, over the years, as part of the multi-faceted " ministry "

> I've been graced and privileged to enjoy, in my conversations have

> opted to help heal participants of any negative connotations or

content

> around this potent term God.

>

> [Healing energy]

>

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>

> I realized long ago how powerful the subconscious mind can be—and

> how easily the subconscious can be rendered full of " glitches "

> due to " bad programming. "

>

> It is obvious that many, many people have been conditioned and

> programmed by an unwholesome, petty, threatening, punitive—in short,

> toxic notion of " God. "

>

> This unholy, bullying image of " God " sits in people's

> subconscious mind, literally haunting and disturbing them.

>

>

> Even atheists and agnostics who have long ago consciously rejected

and

> renounced the idea of God can still be affected subconsciously by an

> insidiously subtle, inner " God-program " deep within their

> psyche.

>

>

> A disturbing, unsafe sense of God (or whatever you regard as the

Source

> or Power behind our life and the manifestation of this universe)

will

> almost invariably lead to feeling that our cosmic situation is

disturbed

> and unsafe, and that we can't trust the Source of the universe.

>

> [Angel healing]

>

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> How can we have faith in a Divine Being who, our subconscious mind

> intimates to us, is not faithful to our best interests and eternal

> well-being?

> All such " bad religious programming " characterizing our

> deepest-rooted impression about the nature of God or the Universal

Power

> or Fate is enervating.

>

> It is guaranteed to render us restless, fearful, unhappy, imbalanced

> human beings. We will feel " at odds " with life, the cosmos and

> its Source at the most basic level of our being.

> Hence, we do well to investigate—through an inner psychological

> inventory—any unhealed, unwholesome, unholy notions of " God "

> floating around in our conscious, pre-conscious, or subconscious

minds.

> Furthermore, having uncovered such pseudo-God notions masquerading

as

> the Real God within our hearts, we can inwardly, meditatively

invoke the

> actual Infinite Divine Being (Absolute

> Spirit-Love-Light-Truth-Beauty-Goodness-Kindness-Fullness) to purely

> affirm this God-Self within every aspect of our being.

>

> In other words, we can let the Real God, the God before/beyond our

> dysfunctional human notions and projections about " God, "

> spontaneously blossom forth within our body-mind-soul-consciousness.

>

> [Healing aura]

>

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> We can let God, the authentic living God, be fully and truly God in

us.

> * * * * * * * * *

> Here, finally, I have written up this " God-clearing " exercise as

> something to explore whenever you wish to turn to it for inner

Divine

> healing.

> This exercise, I find, is very helpful for people not only of a

> devotional religious temperament but also for those who are

involved in

> " nondual " or " mystical " spirituality and the path of

> formless, imageless self-inquiry into the real nature of the

> transpersonal Self.

>

> Such self-inquiry will not proceed very deeply if somewhere in the

> subconscious mind there is a lurking sense of a rival power

> contaminating our being with toxic energy.

>

> To paraphrase and " heal " the old Biblical commandment:

>

> " I am the Lord your God-Self; you need not have any other

> `strange gods' within you. "

> Some of you may wish to record onto tape/CD a meditatively-soothing,

> reading of the following visualization, so that you can subsequently

> listen to it while in a more meditative state with eyes closed and

body

> fully relaxed.

>

> Alternatively, you can have a gentle companion read this aloud to

you

> from the computer screen while you sit nearby in a relaxed, inwardly

> focused state. And then you can both trade places—you read the text

> while your companion meditatively listens.

> I call this experiential process:

> Letting God be fully, truly God in your heart.

> Try it—you'll like it!

> * * * * * * * * * *

> Meditation Exercise: Healing Our Model of God

> Letting God be fully, truly God in your heart

>

> * * * * * * * *

> Alright we can allow ourselves to become naturally and fully

> relaxed….

> We can easily maintain a gentle, inward focus as, with each breath,

> rising and falling, breathing in and out, we allow ourselves to

unwind

> and relax and open up more and more.

> There's no need to grasp or hold onto anything. We're simply

> allowing the breathing to happen and feeling the wonderful and

> interesting sensations and energies that arise and pass away,

moment by

> moment…

>

> It's so very easy to relax and let go and open up fully and

> completely….

> Now:

> Let us check to see or feel if there are any old, unneeded images or

> tensions in any part of us around the idea of " God. "

>

> When we hear the word " God, " is there any feeling of discomfort

> in any part of the heart or mind or body?…

> If anything unpleasant arises, let us fully feel the sensation or

the

> energy and then utterly let it go.

>

> Just like letting go the string on a helium balloon, we just let go

any

> threatening images or toxic notions of God that might be cluttering

our

> being, and they just fly away and disappear….

> Completely letting go, we find ourselves feeling wonderfully clear

and

> clean and fresh and new…. So much more present and vital and

> alive….

> Now:

>

> Right here within our heart, emptied out of the old, unneeded

images or

> feelings about the Divine One, we can allow the REAL GOD, the

LIVING GOD

> of healing Love … and beautifully luminous Light… and clarifying

> Truth… and enchanting Beauty… and blissful Sweetness… and

> dazzling Goodness…—we can allow this glorious Divine One to affirm

> this Divine Love, Light and Truth, this Divine Beauty, Sweetness,

and

> Goodness fully within us….

>

> It feels so good to have this God of healing Love in us and around

us.

> Right now and right here we fully feel the wonderfully dear and

> delightful Presence of the True God gently yet powerfully filling

our

> heart to overflowing with all wonderful qualities and virtues… so

> that now we feel tremendously well and happy, majestically peaceful

and

> content, and perfectly nurtured and loved.

>

> We feel filled up with so much power to love and serve and be

helpful

> and creative…

>

> God is expressing through us such a wonderful power, a blessed power

> that fills us up ever more completely so that we can receive and

give

> so, so much…

> Again: we can check to see if any aspect of our being, any part of

our

> heart or corner of our mind is disturbed by any old false messages

or

> unnecessary feelings about the human-projected " God " -idea

> lurking inside us….

> And, again, we can this very instant allow the REAL GOD to

powerfully

> and completely dissolve any such false notions about the Divine

One, the

> Source or Power behind our life and world, so that here and now the

true

> God of pure, Self-shining Spirit and delightfully Divine Presence

and

> Fullness and Goodness washes through and fills our being with only

> God….

> …

> " All is well, and all shall be well… "

>

> The true God of astonishingly beautiful LOVE and gloriously gorgeous

> LIGHT is radiantly shining within every cell and fiber of our being,

> filling our body and mind and heart with so much wonderful healing

and

> empowering energy….

> …

>

>

> Alright. You may slowly open your eyes …

> … and see the One True God, Infinite, Vast and Formless, beautifully

> manifesting as everyone you see and meet!

>

>

>

>

> Love~All~Ways

> *~Karma*

>

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