One of the main concepts of Spirituality is to be logical. At some point you will ask yourself, “Where did God come from?” Or perhaps you will be asked by atheists or children. Let’s explore this question.

Let’s go back to the very beginning. We tend to think of time as linear with a cause and effect. See the philosophical concept, “Argument of the first cause.” If there was nothing, then there was no cause to have the very first effect. The very first verse of the Bible talks about God creating stuff and assumes the existence of God to be a fact. It does not go into how He got there or does it? The closest thing I could find in the new testament is Acts 17:27, “… he is not far from any one of us” If he isn’t far from any one of us, then he must be everywhere because there are over 7 billion people and 1 God. Those 7 billion people are here today. He was also with each of the people on this planet in the Past. He spans all time and space. God is omnipresent which is a fancy word for everywhere at the same time.

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In our last article about being Spiritual, we talked about How to become a Spiritual Person – 5 P Method. Here are some  more tips on becoming more Spiritual.

Past. Let go of the past. Forgive those that haunt you from your past. Holding a grudge against someone gives them power over you and your life. To quote something I saw in a meme, “Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”
Positive. Being positive raises your vibration. When you raise your vibration, you are closer to the things of the spirit world. Here are some ways to raise your vibration in Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)

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You can use the 5P method to become more Spiritual.

Protection. You have to be protected. Take a minute to close your eyes and see yourself surrounded in white light. Be sure that the white light goes all the way around you, above you, and below your feet. Spiritual Protection alone can change your life or ruin a string of bad “luck”. White light is the simplest form of protection. Seriously, if you haven’t taken a minute to visualize yourself Spiritually protected by white light, do it now. You can also put Spiritual protection around your home, car while you drive, or anything else you would worry about. Instead of worrying, you push the worry thoughts out of your head and just protect it.
Peace. You will need to devote some time to mediation each day. You can light a candle if you feel so inclined. We believe that spirits are drawn to candles like a moth to a flame. This is just you time. Put the kids to bed or get up before them in the morning. I know from experience, that in itself is a challenge. Ask anyone else around to give you some time or go to a peaceful spot where you can close the door. You might even be able to find a peaceful spot in nature.

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Am I Schizophrenic?

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. - James 1:17 (NIV)

The things you hear and see are a good and perfect gift from an unchanging God.

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. - Colossians 2:2-3 (NIV)

The gift you have been given is a gift from God. It is the greatest gift and it is a hidden treasure. You are not Schizophrenic. We believe that more and more people will start hearing and seeing these things as the end of 2012 approaches. We believe that 2012 isn’t going to be the end of the world but instead a great awakening or Sylvia Browne has called it a “Thinning of the veil”.

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You have probably already experienced getting messages from Spirit in the quiet times. Perhaps, when you are alone driving home from work or taking a shower. To receive messages from spirit all you really have to do is open yourself up to it. Then, when it is quiet the messages will come. You can create an opportunity to receive messages through meditation.

Here is an example of a message I received. I was walking down the rather long hallway at work on the way to the restroom. See how I am alone and it is fairly quiet just like I said above. This Spirit comes to me and I get a quick message. I basically see hands waving in three arcs and the word triangle. I think I responded like anyone would. I said, “What?”

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When I had my first child, I did a little bit of research on my family tree. I started asking around about relatives to my older living relatives. Sometimes I got responses like, “Why do you want to know that?” and other times they were happy to share what they knew. I got back a few generations and stored it away on paper in a binder.

A couple years later the TV show, “Who Do You Think You Are?” reminded me about the family tree. I saw it on TV one night and it sparked an interest in my family tree once again. I signed up for the ancestry.com trial and entered the information I had.

If you know how ancestry.com works, it pops up hints, aka leaves, for information it finds in it’s database that might be relevant for your family tree. In the time I had the free trial, I spent many hours upon hours checking the leaves and adding individuals. I also discovered that findagrave.com is a hugely useful free tool for ancestor research. You’ll commonly find birth/death dates, obituaries, and grave photos on findagrave.com. Another good resource for family tree research is familysearch.org.

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The fundamental disagreement between Plato and Socrates was the subject of what was Real. That was the most exciting element of my college Philosophy class. Plato believed that he had to feel it with our senses for it to be real. Much like our current scientific method, we observe with our senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. So it was real to Plato if you could sense it with one of those senses.

Socrates was a teacher of Plato. His Theory of Forms is covered in Plato’s Dialogs. Socrates seemed to believe that everything came from master molds or forms or ideas somewhere else. Socrates believed the forms were where you should devote your time.

My professor took off on a rant about the Matrix movie.

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