CONCEPTS

The Bowl Lesson

No doubt many of us are experiencing difficulties in our spiritual - psychic learning. I have come to the conclusion that the greatest difficulty we have to surmount is the releasing of CONCEPTS which have been accepted as truth.

A CONCEPT of God does not make me aware of God. I might think I know an awfully lot about God but is not necessarily God. Every CONCEPT I might entertain about God does not make REALLY give me God. If I am not careful I might have to admit to myself that the God I am claiming to know could be but a fantasy God. Think with me for a moment -- Have the concepts of God be they Protestant, Catholic, Oriental, Jew, etc. brought peace on earth? NO CONCEPT OR IDEA OF GOD WILL GIVE MAN HIS FREEDOM. It is only thru the EXPERIENCE of God that the sought for understanding and freedom can come.

Can you now begin to see why the development of the psychic has become the HOLIEST thing I do? IT IS THRU THE PSYCHIC THAT THE CONCEPT IS RELEASED AND THE TRUTH IS REVEALED. There is, at least to me, a rather insulting phrase making the rounds and has become quite popular. It is, "I have found it." I firmly believe when man thinks it necessary to place a “God experience" into such terminology he is declaring that he has not grown beyond the "idea" or "concept" of God.

Of course "prayer" is a very important element in what I am talking about so now a word about this.

Whether we want to admit it or not many of us are still living within the paganistic approaches to prayer. "God, heal my illness, God, destroy my enemy, God get me a better job, God, save me." This sort of praying is again dealing with a CONCEPT of what we are told prayer should be. TRUE prayer HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE PSYCHIC! TRUE prayer sees Infinite Wisdom IN ALL THINGS. Infinite wisdom already KNOWS of your need (prayer) before it is even asked so all that is necessary is to GET "IN TUNE" by releasing preconcieved ideas and concepts regarding prayer and then simply allow the answer to be given you as it should be given - THRU YOU not TO YOU. This then is TRUE prayer.

I fear many of us continue to struggle to discover WHAT GOD IS instead of realizing the simple fact that GOD IS!

Critcize me if you must but I believe that for hundreds of years even to the present day our religions are failing to teach how to attain a GOD EXPERIENCE. Man is taught lofty concepts, ideas and methods but ignore the FACT that GOD IS WITHIN. There are many wonderful religious works of art, beautiful religious music, structured ritual, varying CONCEPTS of the Bible, rigid formalities, but have these things given man God?

Many CONCEPTS of meditation, prayer, hypnosis, etc. are being taught in order for man to discover more about HIMSELF and therein could very well be his weakness. When the motivation is for SELF EXPRESSION ONLY its purpose can very well defeat itself. All motivation should be toward the EXPERIENCE of a ONENESS WITH A CREATOR which has nothing to do with the OUTER forms of attaining the experience.

The CONCEPT of God stems from man’s lack of a desire to RELEASE SELF and to simply experience and in the experiencing comes the KNOWING that the self, the God we worship is no longer a CONCEPT but is a REALITY.

Man’s psychic being is his most HOLY expression of the fact that GOD IS which goes beyond the concept and becomes his REALITY WITHIN. So many times we want to improve certain conditions but we see no reason to improve ourselves so we, of course, remain in a constant state of confusion, doubts and bewilderment.

So many people I know are constantly praying to THEIR CONCEPT OF GOD and refuse to relate in any way to THE WAY GOD WORKS. I have watched many who have told me that they actually feel and see "spirit" around them and they relate to it only in fear and see not God "in action" within the experience. God does NOT discriminate between the seen and the unseen but man sure does. Why? Because most want their help, their prayer, their answer to be given to them ONIY IN THE WAY THEY WANT IT - certainly NOT THE WAY GOD WANTS IT!

The psychic REVEALS a Divine Intelligence IN ALL THINGS and this intelligence does not discriminate - man does a good job of this and then wonders why he is constantly seeking and searching for that which is WITHIN HIMSELF. The moment I pray TO God I have separated myself from the act of Divine Intelligence which is ALWAYS READY, WILLING AND ABLE to help me. If those "in spirit" see that I am floundering and try to intercede on my behalf in order to help me (oh yes, they are also a part of Divine Intelligence) then I ask you, what is so demonic about it? Man seems to love his concepts and let just one try to lead the way to the Truth and he is ostracized, condemned and declared to be not of God. Isn’t that exactly why Jesus was crucified? Of course.

Think on these things, please.

God Love Ya

Jack