Goodbye "Religion"

Finished With Religion
I have said goodbye to "religion"!  I need to make it perfectly clear though, that I have not said goodbye to Christ, or to God, or to any of my brothers and sisters who choose to follow the religious system.  I have said goodbye to the institution of religion, its belief system, and its man-made, and ritualistic practices that keep millions of people around the world, blinded to the truths that Jesus, the Ascended Master was sent to teach and demonstrate, and lay down his life for.

I have been "in church" for most of my life. I have experienced and have been exposed to several christian denominations that believe and teach all sorts of things that have nothing to do with a relationship with God. They do acknowledge God, and the existence of the Divine Spirit; however, this is mostly a part of the marketing campaign to get people to "join church", and be a part of the cycle of powerless routines and rituals that take people totally in the opposite direction physically, mentally, and spiritually, than what Jesus taught and lived! This is what has defined religious systems; it's a religious game of "bait and switch", and I am finished with them!

I have not made this major shift in my life without much prayer, meditation, thought, and inner-reflection. This decision will likely change some the relationships with people I know, and am affiliated with in one way or another. This decision is hugely life-altering, and I am going to express now, why this change is necessary for my life.

I must say that religion has not been a waste of time for me; rather, it has been a teacher and instructor, giving me lessons that help me SEE beneath the surface of this physical experience we know as "life".  Therefore,  I am not criticizing those who still cling to religious systems and doctrines, because they too are learning, growing, and evolving at their own pace. For me, religion has run its course, and I am moving forward into a life of spiritual relationship with God, and without religion!

The Bondage of Religion
Religions' emphasis on physical behaviors, outward appearances, and feeding of the ego, negates and diminishes the teachings of our Ascended Master...

"he whom the Son sets free is free indeed!" ~ Jesus of Nazareth

Religion at its core promotes bondage of the body, mind, and spirit, through endless rituals, rites, rules, creeds, and doctrines, created by men to "earn" the acceptance by God.  People try desperately to win the acceptance and favor of God, by following the rules of man-made religious institutions and denominations, that demand that certain practices be performed "religiously", and that certain rules be followed "religiously".  Failure to comply with these religious demands, is all the indication needed, to identify you as someone who is either "unsaved" or "out of the will of God".  Then, you are labeled as a "sinner" or a "backslider", one who is "going to hell" if they don't begin to follow or return to the dictates of the religion!

Many people fail at religion, because the natural, and divine tendency we have to be free, stands in strict opposition of religions' attempts to keep us bound!

The Great Contradiction of Religion
Religion is a very self-contradicting concept as we know it today.  On the one hand, it speaks of the unconditional love of God for us; however on the other hand, it teaches that you cannot have this love without meeting certain conditions!  Either Gods' love is unconditional, or it isn't; it cannot be both ways.

The reality is, we are all loved by God without condition!  Man uses religious systems to create separations, and distinctions between us, that our Father does not make!  Gods' arms of love are ALWAYS open, and outstretched toward us ALL, bidding each of us to REALIZE and accept the love already granted to us!

Religion teaches people that they must "do things" in order to be loved by God; while in reality, because we ARE loved by God already, we should desire to love others in return.  This is the true message of Christ!

Remember this, there is only one thing God requires of EVERYONE, that is, that we LOVE as we ARE LOVED!

Don't Follow Religion, Follow Christ!
Jesus WAS NOT a Christian, he was and IS the Ascended Master of God's Love, he was and IS the Christ who came to teach us ALL how to become masters too!  Religious institutions and denominations cripple, and handicap people by failing to teach them how to become masters of the love of God.  I am not surprised, because you cannot teach something you don't know, and you cannot share something you don't possess!  This is what Paul meant when he said...


Hebrews 5:12
King James Version (KJV)
12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.


Everyone must start somewhere, but we ALL are supposed to graduate to masters at some point! People go to church for years and years, and they never grow beyond their critical, judgmental, negative, and condescending attitudes! Yet, they take communion, pay tithes, and do all the church stuff that makes them feel that God is pleased with their self-righteous ways.  It's time to stop deluding ourselves.

The whole reason for having teachers is so they can teach others to become teachers as well!  Take a look at this from the bible...


Ephesians 4
New International Version (NIV)
11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.


You see, we are ALL supposed to attain the mind of Christ, and become masters as he was/is so that we can teach others to become masters as well! As long as we have pastors and teachers who are nothing but "babes" themselves, those congregations they lead, will reflect the nature of those pastors!  They will either dwindle as people leave to find truth elsewhere, or they will grow into huge mega-churches, full of people who do church stuff, and talk church stuff, but demonstrate no power of Love!

Of course, there are some people in these churches who have the same calling I do as a Light-Worker on the inside, but the general population of these churches are starving for truth, and have no idea of what they are capable of as the offspring of God!

If you are following a religious institution or system, you need to STOP immediately, and FOLLOW CHRIST, who taught Love, lived Love, and commanded that we only Love God, and one another, and to do so with the love of God!

My Positions and Conclusion
Yes, I am an ordained minister/pastor on the Christian path, but here is what that means for me:

1. I AM a follower of Christ, and his teachings of love for God and one another. Jesus is my master teacher, whom I love and adore for the sacrifice he made for the entire world.
2. I DO NOT espouse ANY creeds, doctrines, or denominational requirements from any church or organization.
3. I AM commissioned by Christ, whom I personally met and received instructions from, to teach the truth, and live a life of unconditional love and complete forgiveness.
4. I do attend church services, because I love the people who are there, and the truth they are seeking. It is my calling in life, to be the light of truth, so that others may also do the same.
5. I DO NOT use the "fear tactics" of telling people they are going to "hell" if they don't join church! 
6. I DO NOT teach that God is somewhere "out there" looking down; rather, I teach that God IS, and always has been "WITHIN" us waiting for us to awaken to His presence and be revealed through our lives!
7. I teach that "being saved" is being awakened to the truth of Gods' presence within us, and the knowledge of who we ARE because of who our Father IS; the opposite of this is being "lost"!

That's enough for now. There is so much more I can say, and I will do so in other posts, tweets, and Facebook updates.

Peace, Love, Light, Joy, and Grace to you all!

God Is In The Temple!

When viewed with the spiritual EYE, the bible reveals many principles of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.  This provides a powerful framework from which a person can begin to build a spiritual life.  But, when viewed from the eyes of "Religion", the bible becomes a weapon that instills FEAR in the hearts and minds of people whose hardships in life have made them the easy targets of manipulative, capitalistic, dogmatic, racially biased, and dumbed-down organized religious systems.

People are systematically brainwashed into believing that going to church and following religious rules will "SAVE" them from the one thing they fear the most... going to hell!  What the people who are victimized by these religious systems don't know is that being manipulated by FEAR, is NOT a LOVE relationship with God!

People who live their lives at a low spiritual vibration and lower consciousness, are to be drawn to God from the LOVE-calling they have WITHIN!  The gentle whisper of a loving Creator, God is IN them, calling them to a higher level of consciousness, and if they respond, they must respond WITHIN!

Contrary to the popular religious systems' beliefs, you don't go to church to establish a relationship with God, or fellowship with God, you go WITHIN!

The human body was constructed with a built-in Holy Place, a sanctuary of communion with God - the Mind!  Deep inside the human brain, there exists the Pineal Gland (See Picture Above).  This gland is what is commonly referred to as the 3rd Eye and the "Seat of The Soul".  This is the location of your consciousness, and place where you can LITERALLY commune with God - WITHIN!

God is not some old, white-haired guy, sitting up yonder.  God IS WITHIN You, and you must look within YOURSELF to commune with God, because that is where God IS!  Why do you think the bible tells you that you ARE the TEMPLE of God? Because God can be found IN THE TEMPLE!  God is IN your spiritual Holy Place, located WITHIN your heart!  But if you never enter the Holy Place WITHIN, you never postion yourself to SEE God, because you think God is OUT THERE somewhere!

I'm sorry to have to shake up your religious be-LIE-fs, but if you are going to be LIKE Christ, and be ONE WITH GOD, then you must KNOW that God IS WITHIN YOU!  Don't believe the LIE that God is ONLY in people who go to church! God IS in EVERYONE, whether you go to church or not! 

If you have communed with God in the Holy Place of your heart, then your life reflects the qualities of the God nature.  But, if you have NOT communed with God in your Holy Place, then your life reflects your EGO nature, and you are held captive by the gatekeeper of YOUR OWN MIND!

It's very important that you KNOW, that whether you commune with God or not in your Holy Place, GOD IS IN THE TEMPLE - "You"! God is NEVER detached from you!  God is ALWAYS WITHIN! God IS in your Holy Place waiting for you to AWAKEN to the Divine Presence, and enter the Holy Place to commune, so that you can be set free ("saved" if you will) from the enslavement of your lower consciousness and low spiritual vibration!

I know these words go against the traditional belief systems of religion, and I AM GLAD that they do, because, this same truth is the reason that Jesus was CRUCIFIED!  Jesus was killed in the name of RELIGION for telling the TRUTH!  He KNEW what would happen to him if he continued to say things that were not "aligned" with the religious order of the day, but his unconditional LOVE for the world compelled him to TEACH anyway and ALLOW his life to be taken!  He taught powerful, spiritual lessons that made the "church folks" of that day cringe in ANGER!  And, the one that upset them the most was the FACT the he was ONE WITH GOD, and that EVERYONE could be just like him!  This is what really got the religious leaders fuming angry!  These "leaders" KNEW that what Jesus was teaching was correct, but they also knew that they would lose their CONTROL over the people if they accepted this teaching.  

Being ONE with God does NOT simply mean that "God is on our SIDE", it LITERALLY means that God IS INSIDE!  So, if you want to meet God for yourself, and have a TRUE relationship of LOVE, you have to look WITHIN yourself.  God IS IN THE Temple, waiting to commune with you!

Peace and Love to you all! :)

There's A Tree In That Seed!

In this post, I want to focus on a natural reality, that proves to be a spiritual principle we can all remember and apply in our lives.  I want to make a statement boldly, and then present you with some insights to help you receive the statements' truth.  The statement is: There's A Tree In That Seed!  Now, for the insights that I know will help you understand and appreciate the inherent power that is within you; the power of love, life, and creation, that defines each one of us as the offspring of God!

When you see a fully developed tree, you are actually looking at two things, 1) The Creative Source of Future Trees, and 2) The End-Result of The Transformation a Seed!  

Every beautiful, fruit-bearing, life-giving tree began as a tiny seed.  It was small, seemingly insignificant, and fairly bland to the eyes as a thing of beauty.  However, it's inner potential, and it's unseen ability to become more that just a seed, makes it a very precious commodity of great value; though it is not readily apparent!

The seed is carefully selected based on based on the type of tree needed or desired; which is an indication that each tree has a purpose.  The seed in carefully planted into soil, conducive to its growth.  The seed is watered for moister, and is exposed to sunlight for life-giving heat and rays of light.

The seed then enters the "Germination" process, where the transformation from seed to tree begins.  It is in the germination phase that seed responds to the influences of water, heat, light, and time, to cultivate the internal substances ALREADY INSIDE THE SEED, so that a tree will literally "burst out" from the encasing of the seed husk.

Once the breakthrough has been made, the seed is referred to as a tree from that point forward.  Then, continued watering, heat, light, and time, will cause the tree to become bigger and bigger; to the point where the tree is mature enough to produce fruit with many more seeds inside!

Now, let's apply this to our lives just a litte bit.  "You" are the seed of God.  A divine seed that has been carefully selected to fulfill a great purpose on the earth.  Right now, you may be small and seemingly insignificant; however, deep on the inside, you are FULL OF GOD-LIKE POTENTIAL!  

Life is the germination process that waters us with experiences, matures us with heat, inspires us with LIGHT, and prepares us over time!  This germination of the human spirit continues to cultivate the INHERENT and ALREADY EXISTENT divine nature placed inside us by our Creator!  When it is our time, the outer shell of our unenlightened mind breaks open, releasing the God within us, opening the spiritual vision of our Third Eye, and allowing divine, unconditional love to flow from our lives!  We then grow, mature, and become fruit-bearing, seed-producing, trees, in the image and likeness of God!

Now, this is part you DO NOT want to miss.  EVERYTHING an apple seed needs to become a fruit-bearing, seed-generating tree, is ALREADY INSIDE THE SEED!  What is in the seed, simply comes out of the seed to reveal what was hidden inside; therefore, There's a Tree In That Seed!

Now, you really DON'T want to miss this part.  EVERYTHING "You" need to become a fruit-bearing, seed-generating "god" is ALREADY INSIDE YOU!  What is inside you simply comes out of you, to reveal what Creator God put in you!  So if God is the tree, and you are the seed, then - There's a Tree In That Seed!  

Peace, Love, and LIGHT to you all!

The Gears of Life!

This post is a consolidation of a flow of tweets from my Twitter timeline. The thoughts were simply flowing from my spirit, and I thought I would capture them into this post so many others can share in its message. I pray that it is a blessing to you!

Everything in the universe is cyclical. This is the design of the Creator, and there is a rotational order to everything, and we, as human beings are no different. This life we live is a cycle, which happens to be part of an even larger cycle.

Consider the heavenly order of things. Galaxies, solar systems, stars, moons, and planets ALL have cycles they adhere to. The earth, our spiritual mother has a cycle that we ARE in the midst of right now. As she changes according to her cycle, we also change according our cycles within that larger cycle. This means that we are connected to the cycles of the earth. Think of 2 gear wheels. Their cycles depend on the two of them being connected. Movement in either gear, will cause a reciprocal movement in the other. Neither can complete their cycle without the other being connected. This is the same kind of connection we have with the earth. We need her; as she changes, we change. As we change, she changes. Right now, I FEEL this change! The cycles are in progress and the completion of both our cycles is VERY near!

Now, let's apply this concept. Each of us is a gear in this life. We are all connected to one another, and each of us affects the cycles of others we are directly or even indirectly connected to. Some gears are larger than others, so it takes more time to complete their cycles, while the smaller gears connected to them finish more quickly. Even though different size gears finish their cycles at different times, THEY ARE ALWAYS CONNECTED! The smaller gear finishes its cycle, and begins a new cycle, while the larger gear is still in its first cycle, yet... they are still connected!

People of lower vibrations and consciousness are LARGE gears. Their large mass is determined by all the baggage and negative karma they carry around. People of higher vibrations and consciousness are SMALL gears. Their small mass is determined by their freedom from negative karma and the lack of excess life baggage. So, the large gear people take a much longer time to complete their cycle of ascension to the next level of consciousness because there is more they have to work out. The small gear people will finish their cycle of ascension very quickly, and begin their next cycle. But even though these people are on different cycles, THEY REMAIN CONNECTED to complete an even greater cycle they are BOTH a part of!

Now that you know how intrinsically tied together we are, it is imperative that we Love and aid one another in life, understanding that even though we may be on different spiritual levels, we still need each other to survive!

Peace and Love to you all!

The Subtlety of Selfishness

In this short posting, I am going to share with you something I had to identify within myself and overcome, spiritual selfishness! Please understand that this message is for "Whomever it is for!" and, that it is not for everyone, so please don't take it personal. Thank you! :)

Awakening to Truth and Reality, is a life event that causes one to never be the same again. It is a wonderful time, a glorious time, and a time of great celebration of ones' self. But, as with any good thing, there is always a counter-measure waiting to manifest itself to drain you of the positive energy you have just gained! The counter-measure I want to discuss today, is that of "Selfishness".

Selfishness, is a very covert creature which is adept at the art of spiritual infiltration. In other words, one has to be very conscious and aware, because selfishness will sneak up on you, take you by surprise, and you will be none-the-wiser until after someone has been hurt!

Once we have received our awakening, the excitement drives us to want to share our newly-realized state of being with everyone we can. We speak to people directly, face-to-face or by phone. We send emails and letters. We post on Facebook and Twitter. The venue through which we share does not matter, but the way in which we share does.

It is perfectly fine to give out those beautiful pearls of wisdom and spiritual insight to all within your sphere of influence; this can be called planting seeds in peoples' lives, or gently shaking those who are asleep. Our words should be those of Love, Insight, Encouragement, and even Instruction. This is all good, until someone we are sharing with does not seem to appreciate what we are saying. Perhaps they disagree completely or, they simply can't get that particular light to turn on - right now. This is where spiritual selfishness "creeps" into the picture under the guise of "preserving our light"! We "disconnect" from those people, rationalizing that their negative energy will drain us! This is NOT good, because, being spirits of higher-consciousness, we have been gifted with not only perception, but also POWER! Our higher vibration and level of consciousness elevates us into positions of spiritual strength, whereby we are empowered to be resilient against negative attacks, if we are prepared through meditation, prayer, fasting, and other disciplines that increase our spiritual ability! This is why Jesus did not walk away from people who were possessed with dark spirits... he set those people free!

You see, in a very noble effort to protect our energy levels, we disconnect from the very people who are supposed to BENEFIT from our energy levels! We do this in a very selfish attempt to protect our SELF, and in doing so, we isolate the very people we are here to assist as Light-workers! It's very selfish because, when we do this, we are only thinking of ourselves, and not the person(s) being disconnected! Who, but a person of higher vibration and consciousness, can reach a person of lower vibration and consciousness? If we all disconnect from the people who need us, then how will they ever grow to ascension? Even more importantly, how do you disconnect from someone you are spiritually ONE with by means of the one SOURCE? To disconnect from even one of our brothers/sisters, is to disconnect from SELF! Can you see the madness in this kind of thinking?

So, please, be very "Mindful" of what you say to people. Don't criticize where they are in their life path, appreciate the fact that they are only passing through WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN! Therefore, we have no right to criticize them. Don't make statements of isolation where others are singled out because of their lower vibration - this emanates a spirit of arrogance because, you too vibrated low at one point on your path! Don't make statements on Facebook or use HashTags on Twitter that demean others because they are not "getting it" because, you too, didn't get it at some point on your journey!

Always remember, that when we vibrated low, and were of a lower consciousness, it was people who vibrated high, and who were of higher consciousness, who showed us Love, Patience, Compassion, and Tolerance! We were brash, and did not understand, but they loved us. We asked crazy questions and defended our being asleep as though we were awake, but they loved us. We may have been cruel and in denial but... THEY LOVED US!

Don't be selfish with the wonderful gift of being Awake.

Don't be "Afraid" of being negatively impacted by people of lower vibration. You say, "Hey, I'm not afraid!"; and my answer to you is this, taken from the 2011 movie, The Green Lantern: "Being afraid being afraid, is FEAR!". So, walk in the full power of your God nature, where there is no selfishness and no fear, only Love and Light!

Peace and Love to you all!

Be Careful of Being Competitive!

From our early youth we are taught to be competitive. Competition thrives in the third dimension because its energy is of a very low nature. Being competitive causes one to mentally focus all other energy toward selfish goals of being on the top of others, being better than others, exceeding others in greatness. This ok when preparing for a job, or training for an athletic event, or other 3D specific objectives like these. But when the spirit of competition is used to gain an emotional, spiritual edge on others, then the energy is extremely low and will generate negative Karma that will need to be reconciled.

There is a way you can stay away from the negative forms of competition. You do this by loving and appreciating others for their gifts, and who they are in this existence! This means we must not allow envy, jealousy, and the like to color our view of others. When we fail to appreciate a persons’ gifts, we put ourselves in a position of envy and jealousy. If that happens, then we allow this low energy to move us into competing with that person for the love and attention they receive naturally by flowing in their gift. We stress ourselves trying to be better than they are, and guess what? I never happens. We then become even more frustrated, and try harder and harder to be the best at something we were never created for! Yes, competition can be a very negative and low energy for you!

So, learn to appreciate others. Love people for their uniqueness and the beautiful qualities they add to this existence. And most of all, BE WHO YOU ARE! Bring your own uniqueness and special qualities to this existence, and watch how others will love and appreciate you for who you are!

I Have Something to Say About "You"!

Recently, I decided to give a non-scientific survey of a small sampling of people and ask a very simple question: "Who are you?". The answers ranged from what a person's name was to what a person did for a living. I asked the question because I dare say, most people have no idea who they are! They know their name, they know what they do for a living, they know their role in the home and they know their nationality but, they don't know who they are. Let me explain by asking you the same question. Who are "you"?

I am referring to the "you" who says things like: "this is my hand" or, these are my eyes or more emphatically, this is my body and mymind. Well, if these things are "yours" and they belong to "you", then, who are "you"? "You" are obviously not these things because you claim them as your property. If your body is "yours" and it belongs to "you", then, who are "you"?

Listen to this passage of scripture...

Psalms 139:14:

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

God is being praised because the psalmist recognizes the wonderfully, fabulous way he was made. He is giving honor to God for creating him in such a spectacular fashion! But, how was he made? Take a look at this very familiar passage of scripture...

Genesis 1:26:

And God said , Let us make man in our image , after our likeness : and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea , and over the fowl of the air , and over the cattle , and over all the earth , and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

According to this, man was created in the "image" and "likeness" of God and, not only that, but man was also given at the same time the authority to rule this planet and everything in/on it! So, my understanding of his passage is that God created us in His "image" which means we are created with the same attributes and qualities as God, and we were created in His "likeness" which means we have the same capabilities as God. Great! But there is one more question to ask: Who is God? We look like Him and have power like Him, so we must know and understand who He is before we can grasp in the slightest who we are! Take a look at this last passage for this sharing message...

John 4:24:

God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Ok, now we are getting somewhere! If God is "spirit" and we were made in His image, then, we too are spirit! Now, because we are spirit, we have the ability to do things "like" Him; hence, we are created in His likeness.

Therefore, we are spirit beings endowed with the attributes and abilities of God. We are NOT God! But, we are like God. So, when I ask the question, who are "you"? You must think about who you are from the spiritual perspective because spirit is what you are! "You" live in your body. "You" think with your mind. "You" exist in this physical world through the vehicle of the physical form. But the physical form and existence is NOT "you"!

You may be named "Tony", but who are "you"? You may be someones' father or mother, but who are "you"? You may work as an engineer or a public servant, but who are "you"?

Once you discover the real and spiritual "you", the door will be open for you to become everything you are capable of but up to now have not realized. I leave you with the question... Who Are "You"?