Mystical Spiritualist Church

Will we have anothe financial crash or won't we?  What can we do to "profit" from one, if it does happen?

Financial "crashes" happen when people loose confidence in the economy that they have, as life, sickness, health and even your financial condition are created "according to your beliefs". So it is that, even in the midst of destruction, you do not need to be destroyed, personally!

What really matters is your own confidence in your own abilities. (The Living Spirit lies within you) This is the only way to learn our "Personal Self Response Abilities" ... by responding to life itself - personally! In this process, we also learn more about our Creative Abilities (and that we truely are made in the likeness of Creator).

Yes, there are those worried about lack, not having enough and not being enough. These are the "stepping stones" (not stumbling stones) we use to step forward with faith, trust and belief which are our way out of those conditions; just as a seed uses the soil around it to grow,  sprout, point its head to the sun and bloom where it's planted. So, another financial crash just may create the long rumored "uprising" ... of the middle and poor classes against the chosen few upper and super rich classes corporations and individuals who "run" our government the way they like with their political campaign contributions and legions of lobbyists. April 12 Tax Day (the day before Friday the 13th) 2012 just could be the date.

I have heard from different "channeled" sources, just this week, that 2012 will be a time of "speeding up the changes", "extremes in weather" will be part of this, so we can "appreciate" what we do have!  There may be many leaving their bodies in this process and spirit says, " we'll be here to catch them".

Lots of people want change, don't they; on both the right and the left, rich and poor? We just may have 3 years of ups and downs, as well as sides to sides until we get "adjusted" to a better way of life.

This won't be the end of humanity and it won't be the end of the world ... it'll just be the end of the world as you know it. Many would say "YEAH" to know this!  So, as we rebuild, let's rebuild for the better, for all of humanity, so life may continue with love, peace and joy for all ... not just the "chosen"!  God loves us all; thus there are no one "chosen" group ... we're all chosen, so let's work together.

So, keep your attitudes, beliefs, thoughts and being "positive" and don't let the news casters or nay-sayers get you down! They do not "know" YOUR Future, do they?

Inspired Sermon for December 2010
by Rev. John M. Kohlenberger, HHP

"Jesus King of the Jews?"

He came, not as a king or emperor or even a master over anyone or anything but himself.  His mastership was to become master of his way in a free and happy life.  Thus, he showed humanity that indeed this is achievable, as a human walking the earth in a physical body.  For, indeed, Jesus had a physical body, born of man and woman with the spirit of God-Goddess alive within him, like all of us.  The difference is the He Knew of His Divinity and we doubt ours.  This is why and how he was and is the "master" of his life and yet we do not believe that we are even on his level!  Take Him off the cross and off the pedestal and meet him as your older brother and your life will change ... for the better.  This is all that He would want from and for you.

In your life, certainly you have encountered and will continue to encounter masters of many things.  Some are painters, some brick layers and some are just pleasant to be around.  This later group are much like the master, Jesus, for he was a master of love, brother to all, and thus was very charismatic. So, just by his beingness (always BEing in Love with everyone and everything, as God is) he was Being His Higher Self, so people around him believed this was who he was, even though he was acting through a human body living a physical life.

And, so it was the guiding energies that ushered his soul into this world, often called "Angels", knew that as we each "love our neighbor", this brings "Joy to the World", through our hearts united in love, thus transcending our illusions of separation.  As this energy spreads it can and will bring "Peace on earth" through the practices of "good will to all peoples".  But, it takes an example, a human, to show us the possibilities of actually living in that way.  Thus Jesus was a way shower for humanity; for all those who have eyes to see, ears to hear and hearts that open to others. 

The message, brought to the world in those moments, lives on forever, but only as it becomes a part of our thinking, beings and beliefs, thus becomes exhibited in our actions by simply loving one another.  In this way, the energies He brought not only become a part of our minds and hearts, but also of our beings and bearing upon life lived, Loved and ENJOYED!

Thus, this man from history becomes an archetype, a model, of who we might become, in our own unique way (not as a carbon copy of Jesus), as we choose to ... if and when we do.  Upon that day, you will know that Kingdom within that he spoke of ... the kingdom of His Heaven, of which he was and still is both master and king, as you are of yours.

The good, the bad, the beautiful and ugly are all "out there" in this world.  But, as God said to Adam and Eve, we must each, "Choose Thou".  As we each create our perceptions and make our choices, we build the life we have ... and the life beyond as well.  In that way, you are already "master" of your life - just as He was!

Certainly, you've heard that "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that who so ever shall live shall not perish".

I come, now, to give you a New Statement, a new look into the energy behind that statement, so you may personally find new life and meaning in that Old Message:

As we are each "made in the image of Creator", which is Love, we are love.  And, the Divinity that we are and are a part of, loves this world so much that He-She-It and They gave us each other to love and be loved by, each other.  This is so that we may find the love of God-Goddess deep in oureselves, so that we ashll know that we are a part of that divinity and can never be apart from it.   Thus, it is the Divinity that we each are and our Greater Love that we celebrate in this Month of Valentines.

So it is that the love between two or more people even exists and draws us together , here and now, in the Spirit of Love for one another.  "Where two or more are gathered ... The Spirit of Love exists, whether in the personhood of Jesus or felt in that spirit that draws people together - as the unseen Spirit of Love .    This is so that you, I, we may each and all feel our worth, glory, and joy of being.   In this way, you are enabled to know the love that you are as you feel joy within, alive and vital as it is.  This warm glow of life itself is the love that never dies, for it is guaranteed to exist as long as there is life, which is the energy of God-Goddess that we all feel at some level.  We are a part of that energy and being, at every level of reality, whether you are personally aware of this or not.  It is us and we are it, inseparable even beyond  the end of time. 

So it is that our physical bodies can never be separate from the energies and elements of which they are created.  And, part of this is Your soul, which is the God-Goddess alive within you.  Thus, you are never separate from The Living Spirit, that IS, was and ever shall be.  That spirit is deep within your heart and keeps you alive forever ... even when your soul not associated with a body.

So it is that we celebrate, and must honor, love on a grand scale, this day and this month; between people, between nations and around the world! 

(Thus, today, we have north meeting south, with the presence of our honored guest Reverend Michael Chalmers who came all thye way from from Australia, to be here with us.)

IN CLOSING, let us now give a WORLD BLESSING:
So, now as we are aware of this energy of the love that is in each heart , that brings people and nations together in love, peace and harmony, Spirit invites you (each one hearing this or reading this)  to fill your heart with this love.  As you feel your ever-loving hewart beatimng with life and love, hold out your arms to embrace the world with that same divine creative energy and see it ... feel it radiating around the world feeding all those with love-starved lives.  Now, see, feel and know that it is also expanding throughout the universes.  This Grand Energy we call Love is never lost in this process.   So it is that, what you are giving out right now shall return home to its creator, YOU, in its own time and in its way.  Thus, you lose nothing, but only gain, as you give your love unto others ... and we can all use a little more love, couldn't we?

So now, you know a little more about who you are, the progression of souls and why you're here.     

Namaste, and so it is!

Then after two marriages and divorces, some 39 years later, I was single again, so my options as to my next "life partner" were again, "open". 

So it was that I joined a Singles' group and later became a "Facilitator".  During this time, I had a couple of girls who were friends and dance parteners, eventually finding a "girl friend".  We had been "together" for about 3 years when we had a "break up".  Thus, I began thinking about "what other kind of lady would I like for a possible wife".

Soonn we were back together, but that did not last, so after the second break up, I started advertising my availability in a Singles' newspaper.  This brought many prospective ladies my way, but after meeting one after the other and having coffee with them, I found I was not meeting the kind of woman my heart desired.  So I began changing my advertisement in the newspaper. 

I changed words then added a picture and finally added the word "metaphysical" to my description.  Now, I was beginning to have longer conversations, some just over the phone.  All this was creating the energies that were needed for the "chemistry" reaction I was hoping for.

Meanwhile, there was a French born lady that was invited to the Singles' group by another Facilitator.  Eventually she came, on a night that I was giving the "presentation" for the evening.  The first one she heard was about using "love" in your business.  After the presentation, the group (20 to 50 people) would break up into small discussion groups to talk over the presentation - or to deal with anybodies pressing issues.  Participants in any particular discussion group were always chosen by lottery.  On that particulay evening, a French lady ended up in my small group.  Remembering my boyhood dream, I thought, "That's interesting".

This "occultation" was happening on many levels, in many ways.

A month later, when I was giving a presentation on "Open Heart Surgery" (telling these singles - and myself - that they must open their battered, bruised and even stabbed hearts in order to find the love that they were seeking.  And there was this French lady, again ... and again she ended up in my small discussion group.

As a result of the newspaper ad, a week later I received a letter in the mail from a lady that lived in the next town, saying tyhat she would like to meet me.  So I called her and we met at Denny's Restaurant a few days later.  At tyhe time I had renters in my home and they told me that it was "dangerous" to meet strange ladies this way, but I was confident and noe in fear.

When I walked in the door of the restaurant, I recognized tyhat this was the French lady tyhat had been to the discussion groups, and in my small group two times.  She realized the same thing and said, "Oh it's you, thank God".

Martine and I have now known each other for 20 years and married for 16 of those years.

Most often we forget or choose to ignore these "occultations" in out lives, because "society" says that there is nothing to them and they are random or happenstance.  However, as there are several other parts to this story that I cannot tell, due to limited space and time, I am convinced otherwise. 

Thoughts are things and they are ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, thus drawing or pushing away things, people, events and situations that help us shape our lives, each and every day!

Birth, New Beginnings and Birthdays ARE times for Joy and Celebration !

Celebrating the beginning the 4^th Year for the Mystical Spiritualist Church in Prescott Valley!

Back in the '70s I read a book titled "Mutant Down Under" in which the author claimed that in the aboriginal tribe she was staying with, they did not celebrate birthdays just because a person got a year older, instead they celebrated the path that the person had taken and the fact that they are now a year, or 2 or 3, wiser with all of that experience  stored in their soul library (Akash).

I would like to believe that we are celebrating that same sort of process for this church today, as August 5th marks the beginning of our 4th year of services in Arizona and as we had our first church service in Costa Mesa , California on this same date in 2001,it is also been in existence for 9 years. (Completion)

So, this church is not just turning a year older, it is progressing - to become better, as we kick it up a notch in its 10th year; of 2010 and 2011, and every year, lighting the way to 2012, 2017 and beyond!

Beginnings create endings, but endings are also new beginnings, as all life is one!

Each love is unique, each relationship is unique, so enjoy them while you can, for all things change in time, whether short or long.  So, I invite you to enjoy this church as it is and as it shall be, if you so choose.  As you change so does this church, as both you and this church ire a part of the Living Spirit of life, light, love and change, as all things are!

However, Meditation may bring you to your quiet center.  So, while you may find God-Goddess in that quiet contemplation, the God of All-That-Is may be also be experienced in the explosion of joy; for the energy of life, light and love is all these things and more!  My hope is that you may find your own Freedom and Flight for Your Soul in this environment, as we give you  enabling inspiration with which to grow, instead of a disabling environment that is so common in traditional orthodox religious circles.

Thus, in the rebirth of this church with your commitment, our supporters, we create growth and joy, bringing newness and freshness ; the same traits alive and active in God-Goddess ... not that they are any less active in what we call "death"; for even death, darkness and disease are just other ways of experiencing the God and Goddess that is alive and well in you and all things and situations.

May I leave you with this thought: the energy God-Goddess is present with you in your  life, love, light, joy and inspiration.  This energy  is with you always ... hiding inside you and everything else as the living spirit of life, love, beauty inspiration and truth.  It is the energy behind and within everlasting creation, which helps everything grow, evolve and become what it was not before - as it's next greatest view of self!  So this church is a part of that same living energy and your attendance and support is helping shape what this church is becoming.  In that sense, it is intended to be, like the "protestant" churches that moved beyond the Catholic church and its restrictive and constrictive policies during the Reformation as well as during and after the French Revolution.  This church is intended to be a "people's church", your church,  not just that of Martine and John or some great out of touch heirarchy.  So, with your help, we will kick it up another notch this coming year!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Now, there is an aspect of complete freedom, given as well as received, that we often ignore.  And that is of allowing for individual choice; which may even include the choice to live under a dictator.  Some people actually make this choice, "freely", because they believe that having someone else telling them what to do or not do "allows them the freedom" to not have to think about their actions.  Many "righteous" nations have fought wars to impose freedom on other nations especially when kings and dictators, as heads of state, follow their own ideas of "freedom" and think that everybody should live under their rule.  Besides, putting fear in people's minds is a way for a "quick power grab"!

IN CLOSING:  What you've heard today is just one view  of the Infinite Expanse called  Freedom.  There are many other truths to be found in each version of freedom.  Thus, no one has the one and only truth - not even me.  NOW, the only question is which truths do you want to believe and thus be living?  Which ones help you Be and Become Who You Really Are or dream to become?

Next year, learn more about the Divine Dichotomy: All is individual and all is unity! - in a 2011 class that will explore Donald Neale Walsch's  Conversations with God, Book III as a part of the  OLLI program at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona.   

"My Mistake" by Rev. John M. Kohlenberger, HHP
 This short talk was inspired by a comment by Bill Gates, on NPR, 2010-01-25  (for February 2010)
Talking of overcoming Polio, on a world-wide scale, Bill said, "I am always an optimist. My mistake (what I did not understand) was how difficult this was."
We, like Bill, all too often take the word "mistake" as being some sort of personal failure or defeat; and then believe that we fell short of some unspoken goal.  However, if we take that word "mistake" and pull it apart, we find that all we did was mis-take a situation as being something other than what it really was or is.  We often do this with people, too, by the way ... leading to many mis-understandings of friends and fellow human beings.
I am suggesting that when we think we've made a mis-take, it is time to readjust our thinking, or as Donald Neale Walsch suggests, "think again ... think a new, higher thought".  This is an opportunity to become "born again", by looking at life in new ways, with new eyes, shifting our minds, thus creating a changed heart and direction. 
Did you notice, many of the old directions aren't working anymore?
If we knew all the answers, we would not be living lives of having questions and seeking the answers; learning specifically because of our lack of knowledge and growing into better human beings through this whole process!  The only "error" in the "trial and error" process is that we did not understand up front that this was a learning process, complete with new lessons we had not encountered before!  If we understood this, there would be no "error" at all, only opportunities for growth and learning so that we may become more and better than when we started this whole process.
If we would approach life with the attitude that we really don't already know it all, that it is impossible for any single human to know all the answers, life could be a wondrous journey of discovery, surprise and adventure.  Instead of being a constant pain, life would be a joy!  We could open ourselves to new adventures, through our hearts and minds; adventure of understanding ourselves and life itself better, rather than being so closed in and trying to protect ourselves from failure and ridicule!  This is, I believe, what Jesus spoke about when he said, "only as a little child do you enter into the kingdom of heaven". 
As we open to life, like we did when we were little children (at least I did), enjoying every new day as an opportunity to discover another new person, thing or situation, we would not be so hard on ourselves and not harden our hearts and minds so.
Believe it or not, every day, life is presenting you with your personal steps to your enlightenment and your own personal fulfillment - if you would merely become open to them rather than fighting them and then blaming yourself for failure and then believing that you are somehow "imperfect".
We are each, perfect students of The Divine that lives inside us.  We have come to earth as volunteers to learn something new, that we did not already know.  Thus we are incarnated spirit having an earthly experience in this School called Earth.
ALL READY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW, RAISE YOUR HANDS!
Now, maybe you can even take criticism and blame without resentment ,  These, too, are a part of our lessons, so that we may grow in stature and strength, in our wisdom and love - as did the boy Jesus!

You, as Creator of Your Life ... by Reverend John M. Kohlenberger HHP & Artist
A Sunday Sermon for 6 December 2009

Today, I speak as a Spiritualist that sees value in both religion and science, as a metaphysician and as an Artist.

 This thing, energy, force, being, that we call God-Goddess or Creator  loves to create!  Thus we often refer to God as First Source, Creator, Life, Light, Love or Spirit.  Being "in the spirit" of anything is called "Inspiration".   Plus, this energy or God that seems to come into being from nothing, transcends  all beginnings and endings.  Thus He/She/It  seems to  be always becoming.   What a Grand Creator!  And as we and the universe around us is descended from or created out of this Creative Energy, we all possess creative genes, creating our lives accordingly!

As a creative artist, I can tell you that a true creator would not be satisfied with just a single creation unless it was "forever".   Creative Artists simply love to create!  This kind of being always wants to create new and create more, such as a dream, then putting that into real life upon the earth within a solar system within a Galaxy ... in clusters and groups , like we see around us.  A true Creator would  even be recreating variations on one or more, even an infinite number of  themes.  If you haven't noticed, this is pretty much what the creative energy on the earth and in the universe does in our neighborhoods.

Thus, an infinite God has to be infinitely creating and expanding in all directions, at an infinite range of speeds and vibrational frequencies.  Creation is a single on-going moment.

So, what is Infinite Immortality?

 Life creates death and death creates the conditions that create new life, again and again. forever.  The energy of our souls go on and expand, like light or radio or TV waves.  Since God is in all things, this immortality and our life force, called "chi" in some healing modalities, both expands and evolves as life goes through the many metamorphosis that support everlasting life ...or Forever Creative Processes.  Nothing is ever lost in spirit or within the Energy Domains.  As Einstein described, matter is easily converted to energy, and back again, into new matter with new properties.   Some have claimed that we blink into and out of life, like blinking Christmas Lights, then merge all of our "on" states together psychologically.  This is why we separate "life" from "death", even though tyey are both part of the same energy - of who we are ... Love blinking on and off.

Love, Life and God-Goddess are Eternally creating, transforming and "morphing" into and out of the many realities that exist, and many that have existed or soon will.  This is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end of creation all rolled up into one grand moment called "now"!  Jesus even described this in his statement, "In my father's house are many mansions".

Again, as an Artist, I see that the universe is full of beauty - Universal Beauty.  To the ancient Greek philosophers  beauty was one of the "truths" to be sought.  And, of course, since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it can be found where ever you go, where ever you are - if you seek it. "Seek and ye shall find".   Finding beauty is a matter of adjusting your inner perception so that the beauty in any situation, or even in self, may come into focus.   These Greek philosophers also felt that God is love (before the time of Jesus).  Thus, Love is another  one of the truths and beauties they were seeking.  Humanity is always seeking, new perfections, truths and beauties, forever.

Creator loves creation so much that He/She/It has created co-creators to help create even more and better possibilities.  This is where humanity, even YOU, fit in to the Divine Creative Plans of All That Is.  And so you see  varieties of humanity upon the earth creating an infinite range of experiences.

 EXPERIENCE, by the way, is another creation that this not only 3-D, but also "created" with multi dimensional energy.   So, we as off shoots of Divine  Energy also have, need of and desire of experiences, to taste and touch what we ourselves have cooked up.  In Oriental cultures this  is called, "karma" and/or "dharma".  Thus, some have said that we are God-Goddess experiencing various versions of self!

Part of our being creators includes exploration into new realms of creation.  So it is that, a small part of humanity is still living in caves as small families in Paleolithic style, some are also still living in tribes,  and have no idea of our modern way of life - nor we, of theirs.   Many of us, in this nation,  interact  with the world, whether on the internet or shopping at Wal Mart, even though we may think we or our nation is separate from the rest of the world.  There are many alternative forms of life and living, despite what some people who don't want change  might advocate. 

The bottom line is that all may seek and find an intimate friend with whom to bare their heart, soul and body to, as Adam and Eve did once upon a time.  This love was not a "sin", but rather a creative act of God, working through humanity.  And, so the basis of human  relationships has not changed over time, despite the directions these have taken; for the true basis is love and companionship - the same reason that the One God created so many portions of Him and Her Self ... as human beings, animals, plants, minerals, skies, clouds and even Galaxies.  An infinite Creator requires creating and becoming Infinite expressions, in shapes, forms, colors along with infinite ways to sense and enjoy its reflections, as the Grandest Artist of ALL.     

Do we create our lives?  Made in the image of Creator, how could we not? 
How do we?  Simply by our perceptions and choices. 
Change your perceptions or your choices and you'll change your life.

"GOD IS Alive and hiding in Eachoneofus", helping us create wonderous adventures!

Like the animals in the circus, sometimes we just need to jump through the hoops of life.  Then, there are those who feel that life is mean to them, or that their life doesn't measure up to somebody else's lofty Ivory Tower standard.  Some of these people will act like wild animals as they feel fears and frustrations and that the world is, or they are,  not as "perfect" as the "shoulds"  they have heard.  Thus, these humans act like animals themselves.  However, as William James (posthumously ) said, "Your beliefs are the lens of perception that you look through to view life.  You then make your choices based on those perceptions, whether your lens is rosy, blue, green or even black."   This is why the man Jesus talked so often about beliefs.

SERMON for 4 October 2009
was given by Rev. Patricia A. Murphy, PhD

There was no written text to post in this column.

However, you can get some sense about her views on life by reading her books:

     "Pets, Canines Can Communicate" - Learn more about your pets
     "Talking With The Angels" - Yes, you do have Guidance 
     "The Carragan Adventures"  - Journey to the 3rd dimension
          (A Trilogy, in recent publication)

NOTE: For a small donation to this church, some of these books are available from this website ... Under our Donation subheadings.

Most of these books can also be found at:
Authors Den.com
Barnes&Noble.com
Amazon.com
EBay.com

Saturn in Virgo From September 2007 to October 2009.  What then?

Saturn is an outer, slow moving planet which stays an average of 2 1/2 years in each sign of the Zodiac. Saturn entered the sign of Virgo  on September 2, 2007. The recession started officially  in December 2007. Saturn will exit Virgo and enter Libra on October 30 2009. That relationship will last to April 7 2010, then Saturn will go retrograde and revisit Virgo and stay there until July 21,2010.

Saturn represents businesses, and is the teacher or the challenger. He will give you what you earn after giving his challenges. Saturn represents a time to pass tests, and be successful  or you will do it again.

Between 2005 an 2007 Saturn has been in Leo, sign of the boss, father, leadership, authority, recognition, respect and ego. It has brought out issues around these ideas. Some of us have grown more responsible and accountable to our passion and creativity.  Others have faced ego reducing challenges.

Saturn represents the hard work we are doing, and as Saturn moves into a new sign the focus of the work we are doing and the lessons we are learning shift to a new level. Virgo marks a critical evolutionary shift from the most developed relationship with the creative self (Leo) to an initial opening of individual consciousness into its communal/transpersonal responsibilities; shifting the focus away from the personal (Leo) toward the transpersonal (Virgo) is a critical part of our spiritual evolution.

Virgo rules science, medicine, health, healing,  engineering, working for the common good, and aiding the poor and sick through research, development and humanitarian aid programs. Virgo revolves around a desire to clearly comprehend in order to better educate, serve, heal, and solve problems not for personal gain but for the uplifting of society. Virgo does not take information at face value, but searches ever deeper to find the truth. Virgo requires discrimination, testing and analysis to draw informed conclusions. Saturn rules fear, Virgo rules clarity.

When Saturn was in Leo we got clear on what was in our hearts, and what passion we wish to serve in our lives. Now that Saturn is in Virgo it is time to roll up our sleeves and make it happen. Saturn in Virgo challenges us to get our act together. The upside of Virgo is efficiency. We will all be looking for ways to simplify and make better use of our time. The downsides of Saturn in Virgo are criticism, worry and perfectionism. We want to get our act together, but not too much together.

Virgo rules the human body and its relationship with Earth, the planetary body we rely upon for our existence. Saturn in Virgo will be a tough taskmaster when it comes to environmental  issues. Saving our planet and its inhabitants will rank high on the agenda.

One of the most intense Saturn transits will be the opposition of Saturn in Virgo with Uranus in Pisces. This opposition will be exact during Nov 3 & 4 2008, Jan 30 to Feb 11 2009. Sep 10 to the 17 2009 and Apr 23 to 30 2010

Virgo rules the body, Pisces rules the transcendent mind and deep psyche. Virgo uses classical physics, while Pisces uses quantum physics. Virgo is healing the body with medicine, surgery, healthy lifestyle habits, and diet. Pisces is healing through energy medicine, the development of the conscious self and love. Virgo fosters engineering and technological advancement through research and development. Pisces inspires the intuitive brilliance of revelation and abstract mathematics. Bringing the Virgo/Pisces duality together and you get the mind/body connection. The periods of opposition with Uranus in Pisces will stimulate leaps in technology to deal with global warming and help strengthen the global move toward alternative energies throughout 2009 and 2010.

Saturn in Virgo can see reasons and Uranus in Pisces wants to love and heal all beings. If we allow ourselves to be serious about taking care of all other beings, then the next 2 years could bring the dawn of an age of enlightenment , where we deal with our illusions of separation with love, only.

Humanity now has a choice : Live in fear or live in love.

If we continue to live with our mind and eyes closed to new possibilities, holding on to the past as we have done when Saturn was in Leo, we will continue in ignorance and continue to act as agents of pain, trauma, drama and destruction in the name of righteous judgments that promote fear, hate , separation and greed. All this holds back our progression toward the brighter future we all hoped for as children.

The choice is ours, today and in the coming months, to use our mind to question our old assumptions about life and other people and allow ourselves to open to the awareness in our ever loving hearts.  Though this is a quantum step, it is shift in consciousness that is attainable through daily relaxation and meditation, to bring compassion and love to all of our interactions as we forgo judgment, anger and hate in favor of love, understanding and forgiveness.  

Open your eyes and your heart to the beauties of the natural world, spend less and give more to those in need of your energies of healing love.  Be a light, a beacon, to those in the dark.  Love yourself and everyone else, completely, without the old "shoulds".  Life and people are what they are.  Can't we accept them, just the way they are, with our love?

Pythagoras was the first person to call himself a "Philosopher" ... "A lover of wisdom".  He was a world traveler, just like many other God-Like teachers and masters who were actually people.   Interestingly, the Pythagorean Theorem was known to the Babylonians 1000 years earlier, but he may have been the first to prove it.

Pythagoras began to travel at age eighteen. He traveled through the Gauls and learned from the Druids. He went into India and learned from the Hindus, learned of Buddha. In India and Babylonia he saw early forms of democracy in action. He traveled into Nepal and the high mountains and learned of the energy in China. He traveled in Egypt and sat at the foot of the temples of Memphis, Isis and Osiris, asking for entrance to initia­tion. After sitting for six years he was allowed to learn the secrets within.

This Essene community provided a fertile environment where each individual was provided for and did not need  to worry about where their next meal would come from - thus, even though each contributed to the whole,  each could grow in body, mind and soul.  This was a peaceful society, full of light.  Many of the Biblical characters and families in the New Testament stories were Essenes, including those of Jesus and John the Baptist.

SPIRITUAL GRADUATIONS

© 2009, Rev. John M. Kohlenberger, all rights reserved

Awaking from a Dream the morning of 30 March 2009, I heard “And John said, ‘I shall die and I shall change’".  This was the inspiration for what follows.

Some people have asked recently, “Is this change we can believe in?”

Your belief is yours and yours alone.  You may believe that any change is believable or not, or you may even believe in the labels, such as “good” or “bad”, that you give to people, events and things.

God gave us Free Will to believe what ever we choose so that we may learn of our Personal Response Abilities – and change when we need to.  Coming from the same source, we are all made in the image of God and are also therefore creators ourselves. Thus, your present beliefs are exhibited and experienced by how you are found to be living.  (I was told this by spirit in 1956)

By your beliefs are you made whole, but your beliefs can also make you sick, or a butcher, a baker, a beggar or even the rich person who gives love and money  to these folks.

All of Living Spirit is alive, thus exhibits growth and expansion.  This is what creates change and thus evolution of all that is.  If we did not change, we would be “dead”, wouldn’t we?  And if we were not creators, how did this building and the chairs we sit in take shape and find their place in “reality”, here and now?

The universe is constantly changing, growing, evolving and being created and recreated – and is not separate from its creator, or God-Goddess.

And, so at Easter time we again celebrate the birth of new life, with colored eggs, symbolizing the birthing of many kinds (or colors) of life.  We also use the symbols of ducks and chicks and rabbits, giving even the little animals meaning and respect. Beyond the animal kingdom, we celebrate the blooming of the flowers of spring, as we see life all around us renewing, renewed, refreshed and new and vital.

In parallel with this, in the Christian Traditions, we have a story of death.  While many focus, at this glorious time of year, on the story of the death of Jesus, it is really a greater story of renewal.  While they miss this greater story, many try to justify that death of a man whom they did not know or understand, with further stories of a vindictive God who created sin and forgiveness, while in fact, these concepts were invented by the leaders of the early church.  Jesus never taught “sin”; only “Love thy neighbor”.

The man, Jesus taught that life is everlasting, thus here is no death.  He willingly took on this role of seeming punishment by death, because he believed his teachings absolutely, in his heart.  Should the body die, his soul would be released and renewed to live another day, in yet another way, for he knew that he is a part of it all.  (God in me, I in Him)

Further he knew that through the process of death, life is again reborn and relived in different terms and different realities, that the evolution of the soul into greater and greater experiences would take place.  He had memories and understandings of and from “past lives” that gave him a greater understanding of life lived and understood – in love, rather than in fear.

This message of love was his legacy to leave with this world – “for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear”.  Living in love, with respect for all life, is an ages old message, that even our American Indians knew long before Jesus came to earth to remind us Westerners about what we already know in our hearts.

The totally loving kingdom of heaven is within each and every heart, whether the mind realizes it or not.  So, as we spread love by living love, that kingdom comes as alive here upon the earth, “as it is in heaven”.

So, now, in this springtime, let your heart open up and bloom like the lotus flowers so that you and all those around you may find a new birth of love, peace and joy as well.

Let this season, too, be the season to let your heart sing “Joy to the World” as you let your Genie, the Christ consciousness within you, come out to play and love the world, people and life, just as it all is!

After all, have you not heard that God made this world and all that is in it? 

A MESSAGE FROM THE SPIRIT SPONSORS, GUIDES AND ANGELS OF THIS CHURCH:

“This is a message of love, which has been given so that you might live life more abundantly.”

ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM SPIRIT:

“You know, beloved, the most important thing, the most astounding thing, is that you, as humankind, are the unlimited potential for love.” - P'taah through Jani King

A NEW BIRTH of LOVE – learning to embrace IT ALL
The Adventure of reawakening to your heart and soul in this month of February!

 “Where ever two or more are gathered, there am I.”  What I believe this to mean is that the spirit of love is there!  It is here, too!  Birds of a feather flock together and so those of like heart and like mind are attracted to each other, thus we have all gathered here today.

BIRTH

Before anything is birthed, it must be conceived. When they happen, insight, invention and conception seem to come out of nowhere.  They only happen when openness is embraced.  A feeling of openness allows movement and thus creativity and birth. Only an open mind can receive new concepts and ideas.  An open heart lets self out and others in, which is the beginning of a communion.

Now there are many who would claim that a child born out of wedlock or because of a rape, is not a worthy child of God and should not come into this world.  Quite to the contrary, as given in the beginning, here, when two or more are gathered, rest assured that God, Living Spirit and the light of Creation are there! The movements that cause even human conception are the work of God … always!

Whether you look at this physically, as when two people see physical beauty in each other and come together; or mentally, when two people are on the same thought wave, in the same synchronous thought pattern, or emotionally as people need to feel that spark of love, even for just an instant, or even spiritually when souls are attracted by the love light generated by the love, beauty and joy of even a single moment – Life and the Living Spirit is all about love being alive or brought to life!

You are a spiritual, emotional, mental and physical manifestation of spirit, and of love – in all respects.  This is the love that you represent and the love that you are.  This is a love that you have been given, energetically and in physical form, to share with the world.

February is the month of love, with the heart of a Valentine at its center.  That heart, depending on which story you like to believe, started beating when Pope Valentine (a very short lived pope – of only 3 months) let two lovers out of prison so they could be together … so that the spirit of love could manifest.

Certainly, there may have been times of feeling hurt by someone you love or that you thought loved you. We have all had those times.  But, when you take the time to look back, with insight, you will realize that they were doing the best they could in that moment, based on their unique background of experience.  In another moment, with further experience, they (and you) would have acted differently.  And, so, life is a series of stepping stones, each one a little higher than the last.

And, so, today I invite you to feel the birth of love within your own heart, beginning with your love for yourself given to you through the love of others.  And as you let that love-light grow and fill your heart and your life, you too may become the Light of The World!

A CLOSING QUOTE FROM A SPIRIT NAMED SETH (Channeled by Jane Roberts):

“Now, those who look upon physical life and existence as somehow inferior to some other state may be doing themselves and physical existence a great injustice.  One experience is never superior or inferior to another, as all are God given and each one takes the consciousness one step higher in its understanding of its own totality and the totality of All-That-IS (or God).  So physical life, as also the spiritual life, is everywhere filled with the universal energy (which I believe to be Love) that is its source.  And so it is that, no existence can (ever) be inferior to its own composition.”

THIS IS A STORY OF LOVE

Inspired by a Dream, 6 November 2008

“And the angel said unto them, fear not for I bring good tidings of great joy and love, which shall be unto all nations”

Jesus was born with an open mind and heart thus he knew about honoring The One God, The God Within, from his mother Mary, and she learned it from her mother Anna.  This family showed us, through this story of the love, that our human family is able to pass love and devotion from generation to generation.  As we do this, personally, we come to know that we are sons and daughters of the most high God.  We are all family!

The man, Jesus, lived love and showed us how to not only love our neighbor, but also our enemy.  His was a message and an example of love shown to all peoples, races, nations and religions – not just to a certain “chosen” few!  God loves all his children!

This is the story of the love that you and I not only carry in our hearts, but in our cells and our genes, even in the subatomic and quantum energies of our beings.

In this season, we may each catch that germ of love, become infected by it, and let it grow in our hearts, as Mother Mary did.  That spark of light, that seed of love from creator, is planted deep within each one of us.  It is our birth right and personal response ability (our ability to respond to life) to nurture it! 

In this season, nature is now planting seeds deep within her bosom that will sprout and grow to feed us in many ways. So you may be like Mother earth and Mother Mary as you “ponder these things in your heart” so that you may nourish that seed of love and help it come to birth, come to earth and live in the light of these coming times of hope.

All of nature knows that this is the season for taking refuge from the cold world around us and going within to find that love and warmth that we are and then to share it with family, friends and foreigners, alike.

JOY TO THE WORLD!

Now each one of us can take this message to heart and live it – no need to proselatize – for love comes from the heart, not the head.

P.S. How do angels fly?
They know how to lighten up!

Let us know that as we love, the light within turns on, so we can liven up and lighten up in the New Year.

A New (but old) Covenant … of Unity

OUR ‘COVENANT’ IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN -  UNITY

“Hear oh Israel, the Lord thy God is One”… “If you will be my people I will be thy God”.

These phrases summarize the unity of all things.  They were not said to create religions or divisions between peoples.

Within the infinity of the many things (All-That-Is), there is a unity of love that connects us all with all that is.  But this is seemingly buried deep within life where it is well protected and preserved, not right on the surface,  Thus, we often miss our opportunities to observe that unity.  And so we see ourselves as separate from each other and from God.

As we accept this covenant of unity of Trinity (of body, mind and soul) we will find moments of laughter, moments of sadness, and moments which beg our forgiveness. In resolving those issues you will need and find the compassion to understand self and others. And last but not least, we will discover that love is who WE are. For only by the power of love could the vital connections be made and the condition of oneness be achieved, – paraphrased from “Love Without End”, by Glenda Green

 ILLUSIONS OF SEPARATION WITHIN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF STRUCTURE

Our consensus reality of the past has promoted the views of the intellect and science which have focused not only on the physical world, but as it being random and out to get us.  Other views of life have been generally discounted and thus ignored.  Ignoring things leads to ignorance, which is far from the path of true science.  However, within all that we now “know” today is more to discover about how our consensus reality spills over from spiritual worlds into the physical.  Those spiritual worlds are full of order and love; even if we don’t yet understand them well.  That is why science needs to again study, survey and investigate the worlds beyond the physical; as it did thousands of years ago.

So, in our lack of understanding, some see the world as evil, threatening, with a lack of safety, security and sanctuary. Thus, humanity tries to make connections with structure instead of making connections with the safety, security and sanctuary founs in life lived to the fullest; with our own nature and The Living God Within. Thus, our problem in our perceptions of the duality of all things has become one of trying to serve two masters, our inner love and the outer structure.  Is it any wonder that we feel pulled here and pulled there; almost pulled apart?

Buried within structure. however, are some of our greatest understandings of the way life works.  Our willingness to be dominated by structure and not looking within has blinded us to the ways and greater powers of love ... the love that we are - the love of God Manifest upon the earth!

STRUCTURE AND THE ENERGIES THAT IT COMES FROM

Our illusions of separation help us create and support the perceived dilemmas between physical life and spiritual life; love and structure.  This very division of the Unity within all things usually costs us the clear perception of how to include love as we go through life. Structure taken by itself would deceive us into postponing love or dispensing with it altogether, often under the pretense of waiting until it can "make a difference."

The wholeness of Love commands the universe and motivates everything into action. Thus, a new and powerful factor is at work when you include introspection and love in the program and process of Living Life.  Witin this context, Life is Love Lived.

BEING LOVE

!t is very difficult for a storm or the world around you, to become violent and in upheaval when you are being love.  However, since we often wait until we’re desperate before opening our hearts, nature uses that desperation to come to the rescue to help us find the love in our hearts for people, life and living.  It is in these very moments of desperation that we find ourselves honoring the God within that is also all about us. This is one of the many "Spiritual Values" of calamities such as storms, earthquakes and other natural disasters.  The Love that you are and can show is better honored this way than not at all.

COMMUNITY: 

       “Beyond the human context, you will find that community extends forever throughout time and space. Creation unfolds as an endless web of support. What you nourish now is God’s Covenant for your future, your community and the pathway for your own return sustenance and fulfillment. To this expanded view, you may add the many ‘communities’ within yourself. Each person is an integrated whole of many microcosms. How do you nurture your physical body, your heart, your mind, your emotions and honor your being as a part of God-Goddess? There are patterns within you to be discovered and supported or evaluated and changed. Every choice you make is about community on some level, and the support in which you invest it is the basis for all you will ever have or create.” This is not only your Covenant; it is your Chosen Fulfillment.   

 - inspired by “The Keys of Jeshua”, pg 213, by Glenda Green.

AND OUR REDEMPTION IS: Finding ourselves, our God, guidance within, our True Value and our many response abilities! We are Divine Energy, Alive upon this earth.  Let us respond to that!

GOD IS Alive and hiding in Each one of us!  So let us love simply; simply love one another.

SUNDAY SERMON
6 July 2008

• Greeks & Etriscans – 500 BC – Phlosophy went to  to Florence (Paris)
  
• Greek Philosophors (Plato Aristotle, etc) 35 BC  (One man, one vote)
  
• Dark Ages - The Arabs (Moores) kept writing and preserved “history”
  
• Age of Enlightenment (Rennaisance) 1400-1500 Rebirth of Western Light
  
• French Philosophors (Victor Hugo)
  

United States Independence Day (commonly known as the Fourth of July ) is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4 , 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain . Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks , parades , barbecues , carnivals , picnics , baseball games, and various other public and private events intended to celebrate the history, government, and traditions of the United States, but is often also viewed as simply a summer festival.

This physical world is a part of heaven, God and All-That-Is.  This it is not, nor ever can it be “separate” from life, love and spirit.  Thus, freedom of expression is something we all seek - as portions of The Infinite Creator.

- Rev John M. Kohlenberger

BE to Live, Live to DO

Since this is Father’s Day, I want to begin by acknowledging the passing of Tim Russert, TV Host of “Meet the Press”.  Tim loved his own father so much that he wrote a book about him, called “Russ”, a few years ago.  Tim had a heart of love, so much so that he was heard to say, more than once, that until he had his son he never knew a father could love a son so much!

It has been said (by Seth) that as each person comes to their transition time, as Tim did this past week, they choose their time and method of moving their focus from this world to the next.  Often, they leave this world so that their so-called death is an “exclamation point” to others.  I believe that Tim did exactly that, by 1) publishing his book just before Father’s day a few years ago and now, by being in the public mind on this Father’s Day.  And all this was done with love!

Further, by that time of transition (according to Old Chinese) each person has done, been, experienced or became aware of what they came to earth for; even if, for some, it is at the moment of passing.  Clearly, the man Jesus fits this description and I believe that Tim, another teacher of Love, also did.  One of Tim’s dreams was to see his son grow up and become an adult.  His son graduated from college this month, as well.

What we call “death” is really a graduation from this reality to a greater one, and God is here and there with us all the way.  Thus, we are given the opportunity, in death, to graduate into greater awareness, abundance and light.  And, without the physical vehicle to weight us down, we also feel lighter, even able to float and fly.  Thus, these are common descriptions of “heaven”.  This is a grand and creative event for all.

Now, in this world, we all believe in something or we would not be living.  Dreaming and believing are the seeds of being.  Being, however, is dynamic and thus creates becoming and thus experiencing and doing.  This is the process of living life itself, mystically and spiritually as well as physically.  You are spiritual energy, recognizable electro-magnetically, and thus affect your world and cellular structure accordingly!  We all dreamed this existence, even this moment, and so it is that we are here together, tuned in on a similar vibrational channel! (And, you are hearing this or reading it.)

I was told many decades ago, by a wise man (a Guide of mine), that “You can tell the way a person is believing by the way you find them to be living”.

You, I, we are first and foremost Human BE-ings not human DO-ings.  Thus, our being creates our living, doing and experiences.  This magic comes from our inner being, that is the flow of energy of The Living God, so that life is experienced around us.  As you give, so shall you receive.  What you send out reflects back.  Think of that the next time you hear beautiful music, see a beautiful painting or photo, smell a wonderful fragrance or are in the beauty of nature!  This is your inner nature, being reflected back into you!

Last week, I heard someone comment that instead of leaving his church of 20 years that “Barak Obama ought to fight for his church”  In the coming years humanity will discover that instead of fighting for what we believe in, we simply need to BE what we believe in and live it!  With this discovery, people will find a new personal honesty and closeness and wars will become a thing of the past.  Love of self equal to others will abound.  Believing and being needs no defense!  These things are like God – they just are!  No proof, No defense needed!

Souls know that they come from being before becoming, or coming into being in human form, so that they may actually do what it is they imagine and then imagine what to do next in this creative dance we call “life”.  However, it often seems that fear and frustration lead one by the scenic route. However, though the logical mind doesn’t want to believe it, as this puts it out of control, one is always moving towards one’s dream.

Doing always comes from Being!  It is a part of becoming.  Fighting ordinarily comes from fear and frustration that ones singular utopia, disconnected from the world AS IT IS, is not coming about fast enough.  And then judgment sets in!  Judgment is distrust that 1) there is a God, 2) that this God knows what is happening and 3) that good will come of all this. 

All of Life is birthed from the inside out.  Imagination and dreams help create your reality.  Every scientist had to at least imagine a new possibility before discovering the possibility, probability and discovery of that new reality.

BEILEF IN SELF

I believe that the Christ brought us great teachings and living examples of what it is to become and BE Love.  Along with this message of love, belief in self is critical, as the spirit of love – called The Christ - lives within each of us.  Without some belief in self you would not even be.  Did He not say, “All that I do, ye may do also, and even greater things …”!  Believe it and it shall be!

He believed in himself and his connection with all wisdom, power and knowledge.  You may do the same, for if you were not already connected, you would be without that power and you would not move or even exist.  But you Do believe that you exist, thus you are a Being made of DNA (Divine Natural Awareness) and you are Alive, just as He!

Now you may realize the possibility, probability and discovery of that new reality that even you may BE LIVING – as He was!  Believe in your dreams and you shall be living them in time!  Maybe not tomorrow, but it will become reality in time.  Why later rather than sooner?  There may be Spiritual Inertia to overcome!

As a co-creator with God, as Jesus was and he told us all that we are capable of; BELIEVING IS SEEING.   Those who think that they must see to believe are followers, not believers, be-ers, live-ers or even do-ers … yet.

IN CLOSING

Dream your dreams, reach for the highest star.  Come alive from the inside out and lighten up! Then, allow yourself to lift your spirits with love and joy so you may become the star that you are!

The fact that You Are: the unique portion of the everlasting energies of God-Goddess and All-That-IS; You Are Love and Worthy of love without limits!

Namaste - Rev. John M. Kohlenberger

New Realities for Increased Wisdom

Thus it has been said that "The Kingdom is within" and the world is only an illusory mirror of those choices and perceptions that we have made.  And, this is how God comes to know self ... and change for the better.

Namaste 

SERMON for Sunday, 1 July 2007
Inspired by religious literature left for passers by to pick up. [in Prescott, AZ]

THE ULTIMATE QUESTION 

Rev. John M. Kohlenberger

SERMON FOR SUNDAY, MAY 20th, 2007

YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN

Oh ye brethren, why does it need to be ancient to be taken as true?  Why is the “traditional” taken to be truth before what is here today?  Is not life as you have it, today, this second, just as valid as it was two seconds ago, or two minutes ago or two days ago?  So why do you take old information from two millennia ago; words od f wisdom, certainly they were to those people, and put it upon the pedestal of “truth”, when more properly it should be put upon the pedestal of “TRADITION”?

So, today, I would have you know that first of all, there were no sins and there is no sin.  The concept of doing things bad and wrong and “sinful” were old control mechanisms, implemented by politicians, many of whom were in the pulpits of churches, synagogs, temples and cathedrals.

The word I taught in days gone by are as true today as before … there is no sin.  There never was a sin, except that which allows you to “shine”.  For both Creator and Creation come from love.  How can you offend an all loving Creator?  It cannot happen!

The Loving Creator who created you created you in His/Her image, so how could you be flawed?  Creator would certainly not create something bad or wrong, or even create you so that you could do “bad” or “wrong” things, would He or She?

When Paul said that you need to "follow me", he meant that you should follow my example and the freedom of our teachings, the teaching that there is no sin.  Despite what mans laws say, Gods Laws will not be put asunder; they shall triumph, for they come from Infinite sources even if they may see “weak”.

You don’t need to be Christian or Muslim or associate with any world religion, for the true temple is in your head and the true alter is in your heart.  And it is there that you will find the inspiration to follow my example – and not just the words of those who would have you follow them.  Follow the words of your own heart.  That is the key or keys to the kingdom, that you are already within.

For those who rely on ancient teachings, read your Bibles; read John 3:16 and then read John 10:17.  You will see the wisdom of these words.  You will see where the writers of your “modern” book inserted the word “only”, which is a distortion of the truth of you; which is that you are love, too.

Given by The Master of Love

SERMON for Sunday, 5 November 2006
from notes from a "Philosophy of Religion class"         [3 NOV 06]

FREE WILL                     By Rev. John M. Kohlenberger        
 

My dear friends; because many of us do not believe that we know if there is a God or not and if there is, exactly what that might be; we are all students, seekers, searchers and researchers of The Divine; exploring life, light, truth and love to find that glimmer; that spark, that will enlighten us as to answer or solve this age old quest.  And, I believe that I have finally found a sense of God everywhere, including within.

My God desires, wants and needs “Thankfulness”, Not “Worship” and no “sacrifice” – for we are One Energy experiencing this universe in many ways. And, so we see this in physical life, as one individual experiencing many facets of life in one body and one lifetime.  However, because God and Creation are Infinite, it takes an infinite number of individuals and/or lifetimes to experience it ALL, in its many fascets!  And, since we are One, loving self also Loves God; and thanking God brings appreciation to self; for there is no separation here … even though the “divide and conquer” folks would have us believe otherwise!

We are always a part of God; never apart from that energy; for it powers and empowers us – even physically.  Thus, if we were apart from it, or God; we wouldn’t even be.  So, living life AUTOMATICALLY “Devotes” you to God. As a result, you don’t need a church to worship Him/Her in or to give sacrifices in; though you may if you find joy in that.