January 9 Message - Flashes of Light
There are rare moments in life when a light from beyond the veil reveals itself to our consciousness.
This flash of light imparts a new wisdom or insight that a was previously beyond our comprehension.
Some call these experiences "intuition"...or gut instinct...or a synthesis of the sub-conscious.
The scripture also has a name for this type of knowledge. It is called wisdom. It is an understanding that comes without the aid of reason. It is imparted directly to our spirit from the Spirit. Today's message is about nurturing these flashes of light.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. - Albert Einstein
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
Call to Worship
Click below. Listen and recite the invocation in Hebrew along with the cantor. Let the words resonate within you and prepare your heart to worship.Opening Prayer
and will guide us to a closer understanding of you.
Opening Hymn
Scripture Reading
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or swerve from them. 6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you. 7 Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding. 8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you. 9 She will set a garland of grace on your head
and present you with a crown of splendor
Proverbs 4: 5-9
6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. 7 Stay away from a foolish man,
for you will not find knowledge on his lips. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
but the folly of fools is deception.... 33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning
and even among fools she lets herself be known
Proverbs 14: 6-8, 33
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5 God is within her...10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
Proverbs 46: 4-5,10
28...I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days. 30 I will show wonders in the heavens
and on the earth,
Joel 2: 28-30
Message
There is a place most human beings rarely visit. It is the place in which Wisdom resides. It is the throne of God...the seat of the presence of the Divine. A fountain of living water flows out from the throne bringing healiing and life. Father God...the Source of All...is the one on the Throne. Our Holy Spirit Mother is the fountain flowing from the Father making the Source...the Wisdom of God... available to all. Yeshua said that those who drink from this fountain will thirst no more. One does not have to travel far to find this place. It is in close proximity to every person all the time. The throne of God is within everyone of us. WE are the temple of the living God. Our spirit is one with the Spirit.
Each one of us was created in the image of God and a spark of the Divine was instilled in our spirit. God is there, readily available within each of us all the time. Yet, man rarely avails himself of this Wisdom. Humanity has contented itself with occasional glimpses of the Divine. In fact, momentary flashes of perception are often treated with suspicion rather than accepted as Wisdom from the throne. We are suspicious because we have been told a lie for thousands of years. Power hungry people have place themselves in positions of authority by making others believe that God is not readily available.
By pretending to provide exclusive access to God, religious leaders throughout history have been able to hold firm control over their congregations. As children of the Divine, it is our nature to want to commune with our Father and Mother. Fear of permanent separation from God, motivated the masses to provide offerings, favors and unending service to the religious elite. So the people were told that God only lived in temples or on specific religious sites. The priest were the only conduit...the only access to God's presence.
This was not the Divine plan. In fact it was not even truth. The original Essenes separated themselves from the religious authority of their day precisely because they refused to believe the lies. They did not accept the Priesthood or temple worship. They continued instead to individually seek a personal knowledge of the Divine known as the Way.
Once an elite upper class has established power, however, is difficult to fight them. The lies that are perpetrated to keep them in control, become irrefutable and accepted as fact. Yeshua's mission was to bring humanity back to a personal relationship with their Mother and Father. Through his life, he gave an example for all of us to follow. He called himself Son of Man because he taught that what he did was available to every human being. He said, " I and my Father are one".
So, too, we all are one with the Father. The Light, the Knowledge, the Wisdom is within us all. But too often, we wall off the temple of God within us and do not access ourselves to the treasures provided there. We have only ourselves to blame. As Yeshua described in the story of the prodigal son, we separate ourselves from our Father and do not listen to our Mother. It is our own choice to go after the things of this world... the rational physical realm...rather than feast at the table of God.
Most people today want to validate their "hunches" with rational data. They are not comfortable drinking freely from the fountain and eating at the table of Divine knowledge. We have separated ourselve because we have been told a lie...we have been told that we must find our own way. Our Father and Mother are still waiting for us, though. They are ready to take us back. Yeshua's mission was to help all the lost souls wandering along the various paths and guide them to the Way. Yeshua reminded us the search is over. The Father is here. The Way is within us. No wandering needed. At the death of Yeshua, they say that the veil in the temple that separated the holy of holies was torn from top to bottom. The symbolism was that now every man had access to God's presence.
The truth was that the veil was an illusion created by man. Man always had access. The separation was his own. Instead of being content with flashes of light peeking out from the veil, we can live in the light. We do not have to wander down any paths. Just be still. The temple is within. Listen and KNOW
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