In this world every issue or idea is full of both darkness and light. There are both positive and negative dynamics in the make up of everything in our earthly experience. We have the option to focus on one or the other. The beauty of this truth is that Darkness and Light have a cyclic dance that they are constantly progressing through. One or the other will always be apparent to the human perspective at any given moment. In this world, it will be the darkness that naturally manifests existentially, until the light overcomes. This plays itself out in every detail of the Genesis account of the Hebrew Torah. It is also evidenced in the Hebrew culture in the fact that Darkness (sunset to sun up) begins every day. The western culture has lost the transmission of this truth with the adoption of a different calendar system. The Taoist tradition also utilizes the Yin and Yang, which symbolizes not only the presence of light within the perception of darkness and vice versa, but also the cyclic nature to how this plays out. No matter the ancient recognition of many religions of this truth, the follower of Christ has a colossal responsibility to its revelation in his or her life. The follower, by faith, must REALIZE that the light exist in EVERY situation and issue, and do this at EVERY point in the playing out of the thing. The challenge lies in first RECOGNIZING, and then, by faith, CLINGING to the principle of light from the BEGINNING to the END. All things will pass away, but the Word of the Lord stands forever (continues right on through and past any situation, including life as we know it).
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Eye of Compassion
The eye of Compassion will always see the outstretched arms of the needy and suffering, and be invoked to action.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Deception 11-13-07
This present realm that we occupy is made up wholly of a fractionalized and incomplete display of reality. At no time does a person consciously or unconsciously perceive every possible combination of dynamics that are interacting even within one foot of them, let alone on a global scale. Although this reality is not hard to comprehend, the human consciousness is not comfortable at all with this fact. Luckily, the human awareness, in its most awe-inspiring power, is able to push this fact far from any person’s attention, allowing them to gain a sense of “understanding” or “grasping” of any situation, idea, object…. The only problem is that while this does bring comfort to the present consciousness, it is a false sense of comfort, as it inevitably means that we are in a constant state of being deceived. Everything that we see and hold to be true can, by definition, be nothing more that a fraction of truth. Or, in other words, everything that is perceived as true is merely a thread in the fabric of a much larger truth.
Strongholds: 12-17-07
A strong hold is a place of refuge for something or someone. In a historical sense it is a military construct. It is the safest place for one’s army. Also it is the place of last resort that is safe and yet able to also be utilized as a position for attacking. This symbolizes the ultimate in defense and offense at the same time.
With this last statement in mind, let’s transition this thinking over to the psychology, or religion of one’s thoughts. In order to excel with our understanding we must bring the stale negative connotation of a stronghold into the perfect dichotomy that we see in the “historic” sense of the word. Most will acknowledge the negative aspects of the idea as being the religious clutching of wrong and ‘self-damaging’ concepts. Any lie that is believed strongly will be acted upon as a second nature. This is classified as a stronghold because the lie is so foundational to our behavior that we scarcely realize the origins of what manifests in our conscious state. Simply put; the lie is safe to do harm while our subconscious protects it.
Unfortunately, this is usually where traditional thinking leaves off. Left with imbalance, all man can do is hope to scope out these disrupters of peace and keep from acquiring and building on new ones.
On the other hand, we could find a prosperous balance if we identify the true dichotomy offered us through the covenant with the Almighty God. Let’s examine the positive connotation of a stronghold now. Just as in the negative sense, the foundation building is initiated by believing a lie, in the positive sense, we experience true prosperity of being by the simple act of believing the Truth. One that can receive the Truth of God’s promises, whether that be through written transference or oral (Rhema) transference, and clutch to it as foundationally as he does to the lies that present themselves everyday can build a prosperous subconscious, whereby they will definitively see it’s manifestation in the conscious.
No man will deny that believing that one is hopeless will lead that person to experience life in total contradiction to one who foundationally believes that they are of great value to every one around them. This is carnal understanding, and yet there are so many things that God wills for man that go beyond ‘common’ sense, that manifest themselves just the same.
Where this positive side becomes a stronghold is in the everyday experience of man. He will only be presented with two opportunities; both a paradox of the other. If man believes that which is Truth, he can make this a ‘standing ground’ against the ‘enemies’ of Truth; Lies. And just as in the historical sense, man is not only guarded from the effects of believing the paradoxical lie, but he also is seeing the benefits of the offensive strategy involved in the concept of a stronghold. He not only has avoided experiencing the ‘weeping and gnashing of teeth’, but also has guaranteed he will experience the holistic prosperity of “battles won without loss of Life”.
In this, I must proclaim that every promise and dynamic of God’s covenant with man is the exact trumping countermeasure to every possible lie that the ‘world’ is waiting for us to believe.
Build quickly, or be taken…..
With this last statement in mind, let’s transition this thinking over to the psychology, or religion of one’s thoughts. In order to excel with our understanding we must bring the stale negative connotation of a stronghold into the perfect dichotomy that we see in the “historic” sense of the word. Most will acknowledge the negative aspects of the idea as being the religious clutching of wrong and ‘self-damaging’ concepts. Any lie that is believed strongly will be acted upon as a second nature. This is classified as a stronghold because the lie is so foundational to our behavior that we scarcely realize the origins of what manifests in our conscious state. Simply put; the lie is safe to do harm while our subconscious protects it.
Unfortunately, this is usually where traditional thinking leaves off. Left with imbalance, all man can do is hope to scope out these disrupters of peace and keep from acquiring and building on new ones.
On the other hand, we could find a prosperous balance if we identify the true dichotomy offered us through the covenant with the Almighty God. Let’s examine the positive connotation of a stronghold now. Just as in the negative sense, the foundation building is initiated by believing a lie, in the positive sense, we experience true prosperity of being by the simple act of believing the Truth. One that can receive the Truth of God’s promises, whether that be through written transference or oral (Rhema) transference, and clutch to it as foundationally as he does to the lies that present themselves everyday can build a prosperous subconscious, whereby they will definitively see it’s manifestation in the conscious.
No man will deny that believing that one is hopeless will lead that person to experience life in total contradiction to one who foundationally believes that they are of great value to every one around them. This is carnal understanding, and yet there are so many things that God wills for man that go beyond ‘common’ sense, that manifest themselves just the same.
Where this positive side becomes a stronghold is in the everyday experience of man. He will only be presented with two opportunities; both a paradox of the other. If man believes that which is Truth, he can make this a ‘standing ground’ against the ‘enemies’ of Truth; Lies. And just as in the historical sense, man is not only guarded from the effects of believing the paradoxical lie, but he also is seeing the benefits of the offensive strategy involved in the concept of a stronghold. He not only has avoided experiencing the ‘weeping and gnashing of teeth’, but also has guaranteed he will experience the holistic prosperity of “battles won without loss of Life”.
In this, I must proclaim that every promise and dynamic of God’s covenant with man is the exact trumping countermeasure to every possible lie that the ‘world’ is waiting for us to believe.
Build quickly, or be taken…..
Pure Sacrifice: 12-10-07
The point of salvation is that a man comes to God ONLY in Spirit and in Truth. Jesus gave many parables about the variance in efficacy based on the depth of the display of faith. I have constantly told people that had been 'saved' for decades that to actually have your heart tell God the truth about anything is the most fearful and powerful thing that could happen in a man's existence. To stand before the Lord for real is to see yourself as you really are. God is the consuming fire, His presence presents the phenomenon of peeling away all of our socialistic and 'self'-ish state of 'being' so that we can feel the contradiction between ourselves and His purity. This is why Jesus said that the publican BEATING on his chest, and realizing out loud before his God, had found justification in God's eyes; and conversely not the man who could only see his polished religious reflection.
These moments that God allows us to talk the truth with Him are still very few and far between for the average Christian. This is mainly due to the all out fear of the consuming Truth that God speaks back to us, and the fact that we subconsciously know that God could leave us unveiled permanently by revelation, to the travail of our 'self' made 'LIFE'. Christ said that to gain a hold of LIFE, we must lose OUR lives.
So…. The Law states that God would only accept unblemished sacrifices in the Old Testament. This is without a doubt not to make the 'pure lamb' business prosperous in Jerusalem. But more to symbolically tell mankind that their offering, or conversation with God was blemished with self interest, the grip of lust, deception, and unwillingness to let God really shine the light of Truth into our innermost parts; the areas of our hearts that we share with no flesh.
I have spent many hours in prayer asking God to grant me the faith to speak TRUTHfully with Him, knowing full well that this could obliterate all of my expectations of existence itself. Consequently every time that He has granted me this Faith, it has led to a major shift in my own personal paradigm of existence itself.
As you also see in the Old Testament account of those that offered sacrifices to God, He would consume them with fire from above, Consuming Fire. The natural conclusion of a petition or conversation untied from 'self' is the revelation of Truth back to us.
The American Church has understood this efficacy and jokingly told 'the Body', "Don't pray for Patience or you will have trials". What is this? The 'face of Christ' to the world, would joke to its followers about avoiding the actual genuine will of God in their lives? All for the sake of sustaining the charade that the way of life in America is because of God's blessing on the country. This is one indication why there is no genuine spiritual power within the majority of the 'American' Body of Christ. We will go around showing face before one another about wanting to know God more, when truthfully that is the last thing on the agenda, for the sake of the Pride of Life. America has pacified the Church with a superficial material wealth, which has brought about much false comfort. A time of AWAKENING is coming, as God begins to "shake the foundations" of American thought.
These moments that God allows us to talk the truth with Him are still very few and far between for the average Christian. This is mainly due to the all out fear of the consuming Truth that God speaks back to us, and the fact that we subconsciously know that God could leave us unveiled permanently by revelation, to the travail of our 'self' made 'LIFE'. Christ said that to gain a hold of LIFE, we must lose OUR lives.
So…. The Law states that God would only accept unblemished sacrifices in the Old Testament. This is without a doubt not to make the 'pure lamb' business prosperous in Jerusalem. But more to symbolically tell mankind that their offering, or conversation with God was blemished with self interest, the grip of lust, deception, and unwillingness to let God really shine the light of Truth into our innermost parts; the areas of our hearts that we share with no flesh.
I have spent many hours in prayer asking God to grant me the faith to speak TRUTHfully with Him, knowing full well that this could obliterate all of my expectations of existence itself. Consequently every time that He has granted me this Faith, it has led to a major shift in my own personal paradigm of existence itself.
As you also see in the Old Testament account of those that offered sacrifices to God, He would consume them with fire from above, Consuming Fire. The natural conclusion of a petition or conversation untied from 'self' is the revelation of Truth back to us.
The American Church has understood this efficacy and jokingly told 'the Body', "Don't pray for Patience or you will have trials". What is this? The 'face of Christ' to the world, would joke to its followers about avoiding the actual genuine will of God in their lives? All for the sake of sustaining the charade that the way of life in America is because of God's blessing on the country. This is one indication why there is no genuine spiritual power within the majority of the 'American' Body of Christ. We will go around showing face before one another about wanting to know God more, when truthfully that is the last thing on the agenda, for the sake of the Pride of Life. America has pacified the Church with a superficial material wealth, which has brought about much false comfort. A time of AWAKENING is coming, as God begins to "shake the foundations" of American thought.
In The Beginning
I am beginning this public journey, in an effort to offer words of Wisdom to everyone that will hear. I am sure there will be things said that are controversial at times, but nothing can be more controversial than this existence. We as humans, live in contradiction to our own interests most of the time. It is this dichotomous experience, spiritual and carnal, that is usually the focus of any of my writing efforts.
I hope you all enjoy, and feel encouraged to participate.
Grace and Peace
Loren
I hope you all enjoy, and feel encouraged to participate.
Grace and Peace
Loren
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