Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hi Everyone, namaste:

We are now on paragraphs 12-15 in chapter 11 of the First Letter to the Orinthians from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."

"There is no question about you being saved.  Everyone is saved because everyone is a part of God.  The question is what are you going to co-create with life.  That is, with God, other sentient beings and with nature.

The word of God is not contained in any one book or any book in its fullness.  The word of God comes to everyone, every day, every moment.  We just need to hear it.

What you do for or to others, you do for or to yourself because there is only one of us.

When you come together my friends, go over these fundamental truths and talk about how you can realize them and use them everyday.

Commentary:  Some people take exception to the idea of universal salvation  They say that the justice of God demands some sort of punishment, but most such people don't believe in or understand re-incarnation.  We all reap what we sow, sooner or later, but it's all part of the learning process.  Some people who do understand reincarnation say a soul only gets a finite number of chances to come back to God, and if totally incorrigible, is reabsorbed back into the universal energy.  The question we really need to answer is:  What are we going to co-create with the love and beauty and wisdom of God?

Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hello Everyone, namaste;

We are continuing with chapter 16, paragraph 5 in the Letter to the Omans from the book Gospel of One; Letters of Aul.

"There has never been any question about your honesty in these matters. I know you have a true understanding about the oneness of all life, and I rejoice in that. I trust that you will make sure that every good thing is the real thing. Hold fast to the truth and don't fall back into the half-truths of the religionists. Stay alert to the presence of God everywhere and before you know it the peace and joy of God will fill your lives and you will see through the illusions of life. You will know how to live in the world without being crushed by the illusions. You will enjoy the best of God-Life."

Commentary: If you have the intention to do this, you can do it. If you are doing it already, you know the meaning of this paragraph. An example of a half truth is: Believe in this doctrine and you will be saved. Belief is just a step in the process of being saved. There is a lot more to the process. It isn't that simple or easy. We have to overcome our egos with all their quirks during the process of being saved. We have to see through the many illusions of life on this planet. We have to take full responsibility for ourselves. So it is not just a matter of believing something.

Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hello Everyone, namaste:

We are continuing with chapter 10, paragraph 2 of the Letter to the Omans in the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."

"However, this is all foundational work for us and everyone. Most people have been sincere about their religious beliefs, and now they may be ready to take the next step and realize who they are, and who God is. It is the words of faith in our oneness with God that actually welcomes the presence of God in our lives and begins to set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching. Say the welcoming words to God, "Thou and I are one." Embrace your God-Self in body, mind, and soul. You don't have to do anything. Just be. Be the highest and best being you can conceive and imagine and trust God to fulfill your beingness. That is salvation. God is the only doer. With your whole being you embrace God, and then you can say right out loud, "God is making everything just right."

Commentary: Christianity asks you to confess your faith in God and in Jesus as His only begotten son and savior of the world. But if you don't believe that Jesus is God's only son, and a lot of people don't, what are you going to do? Jesus is real and he can help you, but it is up to each one of us to realize our oneness with God. We can do that by accepting the idea of oneness and then living it everyday, gradually or quickly dropping the ego and regaining our soul identity. We control our own pace of realizing our oneness with God. If you believe this and are ready for this realizaton, you are in the homestretch.

Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hello Everyone; namaste;

We are continuing with chapter 9, paragraphs 7 and 8 in the letter to the Omans from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."

"Some of your religious scriptures do hit the mark when they talk about the unconditional love of God for everyone. Yet then they turn around and say that God must be just also, and so he sends most people to hell because they deserve it. It's only a lucky few who will make it to heaven according to them. A person has to meet the requirements, usually just a matter of believing the right way.

Let me summarize this briefly. All those religionists who thought they knew God and the way to truth missed the target. How could they miss it? Because in insisting their way was best they set themselves up as superior. And they set up requirements and conditions for believers. They judged and condemned people who did not measure up. They thought that God needed something from them and went to great lengths to make sacrifices to God, whereas is truth God needs nothing from us. We are not slaves or employees of God. God may be pleased to see us create in love and beauty, but he does not require anything of us. We decide what to do and who to be and take responsibility for being and doing. Those people who are so absorbed in their religious projects don't see God right in front of them. They stumble over the plain truth and run to their scriptures to see what it was all about, but they don't look within and listen to God within themselves."

Commentary: I just read a book about Jehovah's Witnesses. They seem to be a good example of people who think they are superior because they believe the right way. Everybody outside their cult is doomed because they don't measure up to the requirements. They are just an obvious example, but many other cults and religions have the same kind of viewpoint that their religion is superior. Everybody else could be saved too if they would just get aboard their gospel train.

If you want to know who you are and your connection to God, you can do it without thinking that your way is the only way or the best way for everyone else. And if your holy scripture says there is only one way for everyone, check to see exactly what that means. Scriptures are not infallible. It's up to each one of us to realize our connection with God.