Jesus Christ - My Divine Spiritual Master and Inspiration
Divine Spiritual Master.
I was approximately four or five years old when I began to develop a deep awareness of Jesus Christ. My mother, who was a faithful devotee of Jesus, taught my brother and me to love and respect Him.
As far back as I can remember, my mother always kept a medium-size picture of Jesus, a gift from her mother, hanging on the wall in her bedroom. On many occasions, I watched her sitting in front of the picture as if in a hypnotic state. When I would ask her if she was all right, she would always smile and say, "I am fine...I was just praying."
I recall, as a young child, contemplating my mother's picture of Jesus and talking to Him as if He was a member of the family. At such an early age, when children were oblivious of spiritual matters, things of a spiritual nature intrigued me. In addition to loving Jesus, my mother taught us the significance of prayer. Through prayer, I am able to connect to God-the father, Jesus and other spiritual beings. Prayer has become a valuable communicative tool for me.
Although I was raised a Catholic, it was the teachings of Spiritism that established the core of my belief system. The concepts of life after death, spirit world, reincarnation, and so on were and continue to be the principal factors of my spiritual ideology.
Growing up, my experience with organized religion was not very meaningful. The nuns and priests, at that time, were very unforgiving. Misbehaving, according to their strict guidelines, meant you were destined to go to hell. You automatically got a one-way ticket. They were great manipulators and tormentors. Their God was very vengeful and mean-spirited hiding in dark corners waiting for you to do wrong. The worst thing for a young child is to be told by a religious representative (priest or nun) that he/she will burn in hell for eternity. Their God was neither loving nor compassionate.
"Love one another as I have loved you"...........Jesus
As I got older, I began to move away from the church, and gravitate toward a spiritual path that was more conducive to my way of thinking. I am not saying that Catholicism or any organized religion is ungodly. I believe that the foundation of all religions is good. The religious fanatics are responsible for destroying the true meaning and beauty of religion. They alter things for their own benefit or cause, and obliterate the true essence of God. They preach about God, but their hearts are empty or full of hate.
Having established a strong spiritual foundation, at a young age, the nuns and priests' demeanor did not affect me. My faith in God was not shattered. He remained a loving, forgiving and compassionate God. I do not fear Him. I love Him. I do not need someone to help me find God. I know where He is. He resides in my heart.
Throughout the years, I have traveled around the world and been exposed to different beliefs and divine figures. Even though I am a faithful believer of many of them, I find myself reaching out to Jesus first whenever I am in need. He was my first divine spiritual master, and will always be the first in my heart. I dedicate this page to my mother for being a wonderful person and introducing me to Jesus- divine spiritual master. Mami, I thank you for showing me the path to spiritual enlightenment, and being my inspiration. I will never forget you.
COMMENTS This is a written comment from a woman named Judy. It is about one of many experiences she has had with Jesus, her divine spiritual master and teacher. "This is a spiritual encounter I had with my divine spiritual master, Jesus. I've had several over the years, all beautiful... but this one had a surprising element in it that is very relevant to my spirituality... I started out walking in a beautiful pine forest, soaring pines overhead, the smell of pine very heavy in the warm air. Sunlight slanted down from the pine boughs overhead, and the ground was soft and spongy with pine needles, as I looked down at my feet. It was beautiful. I was aware of myself sitting in my chair, but also of being completely in this wooded environment. Eventually I came out into a field of very green grass, blue sky overhead and sunshine. A good ways away in the field I saw Jesus and he was working with something with his hands. I knew he was known as a "carpenter," but as I got nearer, I was surprised to see that he was carving wood. It was a full sized deer. He was carving the antlers, for it was a buck. I approached him and he stopped and looked at me. Think of all the things I could ask him! Yet, what came out of my mouth even I don't really understand. I asked him "don't you want people to know the truth about you?" and he said "They already do." Everyone has the truth inside of them, it is the Eternal Truth." That satisfied me as an answer, even though now I puzzle over what that means. I then looked at his face, and his hands and I said "I've always wanted to be with you." and he looked at me with such love and put his hand on the side of my face and said "You have, my child. You have always been with me." and then, even though I wanted to ask more, to be with him, the vision started to fade, and I found myself moving "backwards" until I was back in my own consciousness in my chair. It is because of visions like this that I KNOW I am on the right path. That knowing the Divine as both feminine and masculine, that revering and knowing the Christ as my divine spiritual master and teacher, is right for me."
Divine Spiritual Master - Go to Jesus Christ -My Guiding Light
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