Eternal Life        By Sandy Jones

This gift is from St. Teresa of Avila

We bloomed in Spring.
Our bodies are the leaves of God.
The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer;
but our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright: they are God Himself, we will never perish unless He does.

And this from Gospel of Thomas:

Jesus said "I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began. Before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world."

The "I" that Jesus speaks of is the "I" of everyman---Jesus spoke of "I" as the One and I-That-I-Am, Awareness Itself and God's Self Awareness that is being the very Self of you and me. Fact is that there is only One “I” Am which is The Real Self, The Self-I-Am which is the same Self I Am that Jesus Christ spoke of.

The True Messiah is within you. When you find The Eternal Self, The Child of God that you REALLY Are---you will be 'born again' and 'rise again' from the dead (old belief, lie and belief in mortal mind) as the eternal One---The One Light that is God and all That God Is.

The second coming of Christ is that time when you find out that The Christ is Within You and not 'out there' as some other man. The Messiah is within you. It is The Christ Child and IT is the One who holds God's hand and Stands in The Light of Truth Always, Here, Now, and Forever.

It is and has been said for thousands of years---Now it is time to finally Listen and Live It.

Takuan Soho ancient Zen Master says this:

"--True Self is the Self that existed before the division of heaven and earth and before one's father and mother were born. This Self is the Self within me, the birds and the beasts, the grasses and the trees and all phenomena. It is exactly what is called 'Buddha Nature'--".

"O grave, where is thy victory? O death, where is they sting?!" (1Cor.15:55) 1 Corinthians 15

Buddha was asked by the angels how they can keep the Truth out man's reach.

One angel suggested they could hide it deep in the deepest part of the sea. And Buddha said no, they will find it there.

and another angel said, how about we hide it in the Pleiades. No, said the Buddha, they will eventually find it there.

Then the Buddha said, I know where we can hide it; let's clothe it in simplicity and hide it in their hearts---That way, I am sure they will never find it.

 

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