Revised: The New Scriptures by Sananda/Jesus, Chapter 3: God Does Not Punish

Chapter Three

God Does Not Punish

Punishment Is Cruel, Unacceptable and Ineffective

It has long been believed that God punishes those who do not believe in him, or that those who do not accept the concept of One God will be condemned to a terrible afterlife. Along with that belief system is often included the belief that those who do not accept me, Jesus, as their Savior will suffer a similar fate - burning in Hell or being cast out of the glory of Heaven.

I wish to state emphatically and without conditions that none of these beliefs is true. Let me respond to each part of these familiar and pervasive notions.

God does not punish, and neither do I. We see punishment as cruel, unacceptable and ineffective.

There is no place, Hell. You create your own life and the conditions of your afterlife by your own actions and efforts during your lifetimes on Earth and elsewhere.

Creator is the beginning and the Source of All. There is One Creator. The One we refer to as The Father of Creation is indeed our Mother/Father of Creation. They are One, yet they understand when you refer to them, Father/Mother/Source, as "they" or "them."

They do not require or prefer that anyone worship them. They are Source, the Creator of all Creators, the God's God, as you might say. They created me, and they created the Company of Heaven, the Ascended Masters and Archangels - who co-create with Mother and Father and who oversee the progress of Earth and every known Universe.

Mother/Father God have been known by many names: Yahweh, Jehova, Ra, Allah, Shiva, Alcyone, Mother Sekhmet, Isis, to name a few. Notice that most of these names are male. This will change, to reflect the truth of their equality. Father says, "Without Mother, there is no Father."

I do not think of myself as your Savior, and I do not wish to be worshipped. I am the one who is here with my Twin Soul, Kathryn. She is well-known in the higher dimensions. Kathryn and I are charged by Mother and Father God to guide and to oversee the Ascension of all humankind of Planet Earth. We work closely with the Ascended Company of Heaven as well as with the Galactic Federation of Light, headed by our brother, Commander Ashtar. It is our great desire to be of service, and to offer Love, comfort, healing and support to all, regardless of what religious practices they have aligned with in the past. I see all as my Brothers and Sisters.

The Soul Purpose of the Earth Project

Mother/Father God and I, along with The Company of Heaven and all humankind, designed this Earth Project to allow the greatest possible opportunity for growth as souls - those souls who come to experience the challenging learning environment which is life on Planet Earth.

God is Love. I am Love. Compassion, Forgiveness, Hope, Harmony and Joy are Love. When you feel and act on these feelings, you are One with Us, and We are One with You.
There is another common misconception I would like to address here. It is that what we expect of you as human beings is obedience to our Word. Your definition of obedience carries with it the idea of subservience to another. This is not what we wish for or desire. Human beings on the 3rd dimensional Earth plane have free will.

Human beings are intelligent and capable of independent thought and action during their incarnation on the Earth plane in its 3rd dimensional state. This dimensional condition has offered a special challenge. Without knowledge of what is past or future, or what exists outside your Earthy existence, you are required to find your way to the highest level of functioning of which you are capable. In the process, you also discover the innate connection in your hearts to your Creators, to me and to the other Masters and Angels who are your family of Light.

We celebrate your independent growth and exploration. We do not wish to suppress or to limit your discoveries or your learning opportunities. With this as the backdrop for your growth, we understand that all explorers will experience mistakes, mishaps, accidents and even deliberate deviations from what would serve the Greater Good.

We see that you use your mistakes to learn and to evolve to higher consciousness. This learning process on Earth has been a many-lifetime process, and we have willingly waited, watched and listened with patience as you have worked your way through trial-and-error experiences until finding your own inner guidance, your connection to God.

We do not interfere in your lives, even when things go badly, or when you indulge in what you might call criminal behavior or destructive actions. We are bound by our contract with you to allow you to work through your lessons throughout your lifetime until you find your answers by experiencing the consequences of those actions. We understand that this may occur either within a single lifetime, or during your afterlife review, when you see your own actions through the feelings and the eyes of those you affected.

There is no punishment for transgressions during any life. Even murder may be understood as self-defense and therefore forgiven. Those who have lost a connection to their hearts and to Divine Will, who have become Dark Hats by choice and by preference are welcomed back into the fold if they should desire to be in the Light. If not, they may eventually request to be un-Created, their molecules dispersed into the All That Is, but that would only be by their own choice, not ours. Also, in every case, we extend maximum support, encouragement, healing and incentive to aid every soul to return home to the Light after any harrowing or extended experience in lower or dark dimensions.

Because we understand and see that your lives here in human bodies are but a moment in the experience of your life as a soul, this existence is no more important or precious than any moment in your soul development. We value human life as a part of the Great Plan of Soul Ascension, not as an end in itself, because there is no end.

We see you as souls in Ascension, housed temporarily in the bodies you have accepted to carry you through this lifetime. The gender, environmental conditions and challenges you were to experience here were planned by you, your Higher Self, during your sojourn with us in higher dimensions. In spite of our deep compassion for your difficulties, if we were to intervene to prevent the pain or challenges you experience here, we would be breaking the first Universal Law which is upheld by Creator. The first Universal Law is that of non-intervention by one who has power or influence over others. It has sometimes been referred to in science fiction stories as the Prime Directive.

We know from our perspective and from own experiences that once this lifetime is over, pain and suffering are gone, serving only as the memory and impetus for greater depth of understanding, empathy and compassion for others. From this higher dimensional perspective, shared by all souls between incarnations, the greater the challenge - which may even include pain, starvation, suffering and violent death - the more powerful the learning experience.

We understand that this higher dimensional perspective is opposed to what you feel and think during your lifetime here, and we are sympathetic about the conflict you experience when you see others suffering. We encourage your efforts to alleviate suffering on the planet, but we have also cautioned you that individual contracts must not be interfered with.

Currently, because the soul of Mother Earth has ascended to the 5th dimension, and because you are expected to move with her as a group, all soul contracts that called for great challenges and difficulties are hereby suspended, provided your Higher Self is in agreement with this action. Any agreements that remain in effect would have been previously planned with the unique conditions of the approaching Ascension in mind. This does not mean the end of your learning process here. It is the responsibility of each soul to assess and to understand what this new freedom implies.

We admire and respect the progress a soul is able to make in the direction of feeling, seeing, thinking and knowing the Love of God during a life in 3rd dimensional reality. Rather than obedience, which would be imposed from without, we understand that to find our way to balance, clarity and Love by following our inner compass is a triumph of growth. The inner-directed ability to reach a high level of consciousness while still on the lower vibrational Earth plane is Universally seen as a triumph of soul development.

Because of the myriad of difficulties a soul may experience in one lifetime on Earth, this Project is seen throughout the Cosmos as a highly-respected endeavor - something like the Olympics of soul growth - and a much-desired opportunity. The privilege of being able to spend a lifetime on Earth has long been seen as a highly-prized test of one's mettle, resilience, stamina and Faith. Mother and Father ask only that you respect your opportunity to experience life here as the gift it is, and that you use it accordingly.

We ask that you consider these words carefully. Ponder them well, for in this message we give you the answer to your question: What is the meaning of Life? When you understand fully the meaning behind this Project that was of your own making, you will also know that there is no reason for complaint, no oppression of your Self by Us.

There is no reason for self-inflicted guilt for what you regret, what you have done so far, because at any moment, you can turn to the Light, join with Us in Love, and you will at that moment achieve Salvation, of your own accord. Salvation, from our perspective, means relief from delusion, darkness, anguish and pain. The result of such salvation is Ascension to a higher level of consciousness. This is the goal of all souls in the Cosmos.
Join Us in Love, Peace, Compassion and Harmony, and you will know the Joy of One.

I am your Sananda, in loving service to our Creator and to all humankind.

Transcribed by Kathryn E. May, 2015

© Kathryn E. May, PsyD. Permission is given to copy and share these message, providing they are presented in their entirety without additions or deletions, and credit is given to the channel and to the website, www.whoneedslight.org.

Alabama, US of A.
Thought Adjuster.
Subject: “Revolutions and Exemplary Lives – Part 1 of 2.”

Received by Oscar.

Thought Adjuster: “Many movements taking place in several parts of this world are just manifestations of higher consciousness that many are experiencing. Some things that had been accepted until now will not be tolerated anymore. The abuses and falsehoods that remained ignored before are being denounced now because they go against the new ideals that are arising in the minds of members of the civilization of this world.

“Many of these movements are considered only as ways to promote political, economical or social reforms; however, they all contain the seed of a desire to make this world a better place where all human beings have access to the same opportunities and all people live in a state of true equality.

“Many more “revolutions” may yet be needed in this world in order to overcome the many problems and puzzlements that have spread everywhere. It is advisable not to lose sight of the final goal in any reform movement that is promoted — the elevation and consideration of all people as members of the same planetary family, as children of the same Father.

“The only social religion that has to spread throughout the world is the one that states that we are all brothers and sisters — all equally children of the same celestial Father. The way each person calls that Father or how that person relates to Him is a private matter. The way in which each child finds his or her path to the Father is unique and individual.

“The world in which we live is a direct result of what we wish and desire as individuals and as a group. As our personal world improves, our world in general will improve. This is the key to the development of a better civilization in Urantia: your world will move closer to perfection at the same pace as human beings strive for perfection in their own life.

“The level of progress of any civilization is simply the sum of the individual progress of each individual. Only when each and every one of you endeavor to be the best you can be will your world be better as well. Strive to become better every day and to follow the inspiration your Father has placed within your being to keep progressing and growing. This is the best thing you can do for humanity and for your world. The changes you make in yourself and the experiences that make you attain new realizations and values will serve to illuminate others — even beyond your personal reach since all experiences of spiritual value are treasured by the Supreme Being.”

Edited by Linda Abell.

© The 11:11 Progress Group.
Faith is just curiosity tinged with hope — Thought Adjuster.

You pondered and pined for new you as soon as that title became part of your vocabulary. Now you are starting to truly experience new you in all it's fullness, including feeling differently towards those who once made you angry or frightened. The same is happening to many who have no idea they are part of New Earth.

You assumed that only those who understood or pined for new you/New Earth/New Age would shift during this time. That even though you were a beacon, it would take generations for the person down the street, who makes you furious, to become a loving part of New Earth.

You sense that New Earth is happening - resulting in a sort of heaven on earth. But most certainly that heaven on earth cannot include those so unlike you. A thought little different from the religious groupings many of you find abhorrent.

You cannot be a bit loving in New Earth.

Such was an Old Age stance. You loved someone a bit - including you - but not enough to create a personal sense of heaven on earth. That place, that piece was always out there or up there somewhere. Of course, those Old Age entities like Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha and a few others reached that nirvana, but you did not and could not.

If you are truly a New Earth being shining in all your glory after years or decades of tenacious work, how is it possible that your evil neighbor down the street can even attempt to be of New Earth? That most certainly there will be a layer of outcasts in New Earth much as was true when leprosy dictated total isolation for any afflicted.

Such thoughts return you to the Old Age of accepting pieces of you and others, but never their totality no matter how much you thought you loved them. Old Age love was always tainted with an edge of fear - and therefore, limited.

As is true now and was true then, if you do not love yourself fully you cannot love anyone fully. So it is you are beginning to love yourself more deeply everyday.

And you are starting to see and sense that love in others. Such feelings are a bit uncomfortable. For you expect others to hurt you as you have been hurt over and over in the Age of fear. But then, how could you fully explore Old Age fear if you trusted and loved all including yourself?

In the Age of Love, how can you possibly ignore the love that radiates from your being? You are beginning to put pieces together in terms of why and how you limited your love. You are beginning to see life through not only your own eyes, but those of your neighbor and anyone you labeled fearful or mean.

Not that you wish to spend time with them. Merely that your approach to them within your being is softening daily. The same is true for them. For you requested that New Earth be a safe and loving harbor for all who wished to be part of it. So it is that those you once feared or ignored are evolving to a different persona also, because they are starting to love themselves.

Such is a gloriously, joyful chain of love. You dare love you and because that self-love makes you stronger and wiser, you sense others beyond surface appearances - which encourages them to find love within themselves.

Of course, your media portrays a very compelling argument that earth is more evil than ever. And you do not yet have the global vision your media pretends to have. Sex and fear sold more broadcasts than love and peace - until now.

You have turned off fearful media in many ways from not believing, to not listening, viewing or reading. Not because you wish to be less informed, but because it does not feel good to access many of the materials your media controls. News of hate, anger and fear are repeated hour after hour - one disaster after another. Until you forget what tragedy happened last week, for this week your media introduced a new, hopeless fear.

Your media will shift to a love mode eventually. But for now, the media continue the drumbeat of fear. Something many of you no longer wish to encourage.

You are not alone. It is not just you shifting direction and perceptions. This is a global shift.

You are beginning to experience love radiating from your being for the "least among you." But not as was fashionable in the Old Age - to feel sorry for the disenfranchised knowing that without your help their lives could never improve.

What you are starting to feel is that the disenfranchised are as capable and interested as you in becoming a loving member of New Earth. And so they are. Does that mean everyone will be a millionaire tomorrow? No, merely that those who thought you needed to carry them to freedom are discovering their own strength. By doing so, they are also moving away from fear and anger to an inner need for joy.

This concept is perhaps difficult to understand for you are the one who has struggled upstream for decades to create New Earth - at least, that is what you believe. In truth, New Earth would not have happened without the input and love of all.

Just as you have worked diligently to discover and uncover new you, so it is that others who seem unlikely to ever do so, are starting to crawl out from under their rocks of fear and anger. Not because you are a New Earth missionary, but because you dare shine you light brightly so that those who wish (now most earth entities) will find their unique path - just as you found yours.

New Earth is a Universal shift that includes trillions and numbers beyond of entities that you lit the path for these many years hoping that others would find their way. So they are.

New Earth/new you is not a missionary process. It is a star system. And you are completing your brilliantly lit path role in extraordinary ways.

Allow yourself to believe that the world is shifting rapidly from fear to love because you dared to be you in all your glory. And so it is. Amen.

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Sivananda Daily Reading

9 June
Posted: 07 Jun 2015 10:00 PM PDT
Worship

An idol (murti or vigraha), sun, fire, water, Ganges, saligram (symbol of Vishnu), linga (symbol of Siva), are all symbols of God which help the aspirants to attain one pointedness of mind and purity of heart. A symbol is absolutely indispensable for fixing the mind. The Christians also have the symbol - the cross. A gross mind needs a concrete symbol; a subtle mind needs an abstract symbol. Even a vedantin has the symbol Om for fixing the wandering mind. In the beginning concentration or meditation is not possible without a symbol.
The mind is disciplined in the beginning by fixing the mind on a concrete object or symbol. Later, when it has been rendered steady and subtle, it can be fixed on an abstract idea such as 'Aham Brahma Asmi' (I am the infinite).
The devotee superimposes, on the concrete idol, the Lord and his attributes. He does sodasopacara puja for the idol - the sixteen kinds of respect or service of the Lord. This consists of padyam (water for washing the feet), arghyam (water to wash hands), asana (seat), snana (bathing), offering of clothing, applying sandal paste, offering flowers (arcan), burning incense, waving of lights and camphor, food offering (maha naivedyam), etc. The wandering mind is fixed now in this form of worship. The aspirant gradually feels the nearness of the Lord. He attains purity of heart and slowly annihilates his egoism.
He who has done puja (worship) with flowers and other articles of worship for some time, can take to mental worship. In mental puja the devotee offers all offerings to the Lord mentally. This is an advanced form of worship. It purifies the heart and steadies the mind. It fills the mind with pure love for the Lord and gradually transmutes man into a divine being.
Even in worshipping a small idol, he has to repeat the Purusha Sukta (a sacred hymn) and to think of the virat purusha (cosmic form) - with countless heads, countless eyes, countless hands, who extends beyond the universe and also of the Lord or Atman who dwells in the hearts of all.
The aspirant gradually begins to feel that the Lord he worships is in the idol, in the hearts of all creatures and in the names and forms of all in this universe. He begins to feel His presence everywhere.

Mother's Mini-Message #5: We are the Great Central Sun

Mother's Mini-Message #5:

We Are The Great Central Sun

Beloved Lightbearers, our own darling children.

Today I will tell you one of Father's favorite things to say to our dearest children of Earth, especially whenever you come to us seeking relief from the conditions of the often trying circumstances of your lives.

Father says...

"When you don't have cake, eat bread.
When you don't have bread, drink water.
When you don't have water, sit in Peace and meditate."

Father's words are encoded with uplifting frequencies of Light and Love to help you perceive and embody the profound and caring meanings embedded in what he says. What we say to you is always a transmission of energies perceivable on many different levels.

To gain the most from what we say to you, it is best to just relax and choose to let us in... we will always come. We will soothe, elevate, inspire, reflect and Love you, in order to support your valiant efforts towards being loving and for your Ascension preparations.

Father is encouraging you to be flexible. See things as they are. Let go of rigid beliefs and binding expectations. If you dare to fully follow Father's words in body and spirit, you will have instant, deep and lasting Peace. He shows you the doorway to Prosperity. Father shows you how to run free in the breeze through the meadow by the sea - no matter what is going on around you.

Your Father and I offer you this ease in many ways now. It is up to you to embrace what we offer, so you may come fully into the time of laughter and grace. This grace is the fulfillment of all you have experienced and learned. As we have been showing you so often in recent days, the portal from the old and decaying Matrix to the threshold of your New Earth is your willingness to see and release the dark and damaging programming which has kept you upside down and inside out.

Walk outside and turn your face into the sunshine. Invite the rays of The Great Central Sun to flood your body and warm your heart. Your Father and I are the Light of the Great Central Sun.    Let in the sunny rays which are comprised of uplifting codes, DNA upgrades and restorative love.

Bask in our warmth.

Be flexible, patient, kind and ready.

Your Father and I love you so dearly.

I am your Mother.

Through Christine Burk and Kathryn E. May, June 7, 2015

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Heavenletter #5309 Let the Sun Come In, June 8, 2015

God said:

Naturally, We don’t want to emphasize difficulties. Naturally, We want Our attention to be on all the Goodness the world offers, and that you offer to the world, and that I offer to you.

My beloveds, you are indeed aware that the past is something to let go of, the blessed past and the disagreeable past, both. To hold on to them means a longing that you cannot fulfill. The past is over, and now you want to be done with it and roam in new pastures. The past cannot come back to you.

Of course, it is easy to say: “Let go of the past.” Yet it is not so easy to do.

There are times you would give anything to have the past back. Perhaps Christmas or Thanksgiving at your childhood home in years long past.

There are times you would love to never think of again that were unhappy for you. One time could have been Christmas when you were left out. There could have been a Thanksgiving Day when you were hungry.

Recalling the good times and the bad times equally remind you of a sense of loss. A sense of loss is a sense of loss. When you relive the loss now, you make it present, and so your sense of loss makes you a victim. You relive and carry on a tradition of victimhood. No matter how sweet you may find parts of the past or how bitter, you set yourself aside as a victim. It is poor you who has such beautiful memories now and it is also poor you who had painful experiences back then and somehow now have held on to, perhaps as a badge you wear, perhaps a button that says: “Poor me. Woe is me.”

Once upon a time, you were young and beautiful and surrounded by loved ones, only you didn’t know then how loved you were and that the setting you were in was perfect. Once you were downtrodden, and you cried a lot, and mercy did not come soon enough to remedy the role you found yourself cast in.

What is the difference now when thoughts of the past linger and make you sad? How many times do you have to relive the past before you can be simply where you are now?

How many times must you star in the recalled past? How many times must you relive the kisses and the lashes of the past? They are all the same now. Beautiful past is painful. Unhappy past continues its pain. You were helpless then. You are helpless now. Perhaps what happened should never have happened, yet you continue to hammer in again and again the nails of the past that you wish had not been. Yes, you recall them to you dearly. And you find you still seem to be unable to stick up for yourself now in your reverie.

Oh, to be done with the past. Oh, to sail a new ship around the pale of the past. Oh, to throw off the shackles of the past. Oh, to weave a present without the weight of the past and without worry of the future. You play back an old record, and you fast forward to the future, and so you skip past the present and cry over the past the way it was or cry over the past because it will not come again. The present is not lived while the past is lived again and again, and the future feared even as I tell you that there is no past and there is no future.

Make it your turn to enjoy this precious moment that is here right now. When is it your turn? When will you pull up the shades in your mind and let the sun come in to brighten the world for the sake of all?


				*6-8-15 Messages*

Revised: The New Scriptures by Sananda/Jesus, Chapter 3: God Does Not Punish

Gloriously Bright Stars – Not Missionaries

Sivananda Daily Reading

Mother's Mini-Message #5: We are the Great Central Sun

Mother's Mini-Message #5: