This is the continuation from Part 1 which can be read here.
The Fear of God Myth Debunked
When you put a stopper in the illusion that is fear, you allow the love to pour through. We are prime examples of how we love unconditionally when it comes to our children/family/friends and how, especially in the case of our children, we would never want anything to happen to them.
“God is the ultimate parent and we have put our limited and linear way of rationalizing upon this Force.”
Now, how could we even entertain the notion that God would send any one of us, God’s children, to hell?
Can you see how silly this is and how thin this illusion truly reveals itself to be?
Can you contemplate the idea of your child being in an eternity of pain and anguish? Now, can you imagine putting them there!?! God is the ultimate parent and we have put our limited and linear way of rationalizing upon this Force.
I feel this is a great insult and we should look towards remedying this repulsive idea as quickly as possible.
Man-Made Limitations
The condition that is the fear of God is man-made. It was never the will of God. It would go against all logic to assume so. So please, instead of thinking with your heads, feel with your heart and ask for the truth to be felt there.
Your child can do nothing to stop the unconditional love that you have for him/her. This is the framework of the analogy of God as the ultimate parent as this principle of unconditional love for a child works the same way for the Creator.
Your behaviours may not be acceptable in certain situations but you, as an entity – a child of God, will never be discarded, as in ‘sent to hell’. Be very careful though, because YOUR powerful intent and will may put you there…in other words, you may create your own version of hell.
Unconditional Love
Let’s take an example:
Your child does something wrong, something really bad – we’ll leave it to your imagination as to what wrong is in this instance – would you want to see them eternally punished for this deed or do you have space in your heart for reprieve?
Would you want to see your child repent and be given a chance to elevate themselves from that particular incident where they slipped into a lower vibration of thought and acted upon it? Yes?
So, why some people expect God not to have the capacity to forgive (as they would) is a complete mystery!
Hell is a Grim Fairytale
The vision of hell keeps us trapped in fear not to serve Gods will but mans will and want for power. Power is a double-edged sword.
On the one hand it is a beautiful gift when used from the heart but on the other extreme, if used with the head or ego, it is a destructive force.
“…there is a darker side which seeks to control and overpower with teachings of separation and fear.”
The game of power being played at the moment derives its power from fear – fear of hell is just one example of entrapment in this web of illusion.
The truth is that we are not damned, we are a part of God – a shard of the Divine. Not all religions are necessarily bad, many do indeed touch on the truth in their metaphors of unconditional love but, as with everything, there is a darker side which seeks to control and overpower with teachings of separation and fear.
You can still belong to a certain religious denomination and feel the connection to God and all that Is but try to steer yourself clear of any vibration or teaching that induces fear – especially fear of God.
Spreading the Light
It is everybody’s free will and choice to believe in whatever they will. All I am saying is that when you do subscribe to something, you do it out of love and not out of fear.
Nothing is black and white, there is so much gray area in life. We are so used to labeling everything in this world and we seldom have the time or inclination to look past the labels.
The Every Day Miracles we Seldom ‘See’
Try to take the time to see the world as it is – a pure miracle of creation.
“…a given reality cannot be set as different perspectives mean a variation of what is being perceived as reality.”
A tree is much more than it’s label as is a flower as are you. When we start seeing the world with a fresh approach we can start to see past the trappings of labels and we will start to rediscover and reform our ideas or concepts of certain things, situations or people.
It is vital to see things from a different perspective or angle as there are many perspectives to a given reality, so therefore a given reality cannot be set as different perspectives mean a variation of what is being perceived as reality.
What this means is, if we all have a different take on something, that thing cannot be labeled as our different views will give it different attributes or meaning.
Alice Adventuring in Wonderland
This always reminds me of Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole and finding herself in a completely different version of reality. A world where the characters seem bizarre, if not completely mad, and the world they live in seems utterly discordant to her.
“When we unravel the illusion that is fear, we will be cast into great doubt and will go through a process of rediscovery…”
She can’t see past her own labels and finds herself in an enormous pickle until she gains a broader perspective of what is really happening. When she starts to quieten the constant voice in her mind (her ego) telling her what to think and what to ‘logically’ do (we see a brilliant example in Alice of how ones mind/ego can control ones reality through being over critical of everything and extremely judgmental), she starts to unravel the metaphor of this seemingly parallel reality.
When she ‘awakens’ in her version of reality she gleans a certain knowledge from her undertakings in Wonderland that she can successfully use in her life to make ‘sense’ of her experience.
When we unravel the illusion that is fear, we will be cast into great doubt and will go through a process of rediscovery, just like Alice, this will take us on a journey to the truth.
This truth is found within — as is God.
To Truly Love God You’ve Got To Love Each Other
Here is where I will wrap this up by saying that God as the parent is likened to the human parent in as much as we are more willing to think out of the box with our own children or loved ones.
In other words, we are far less judgmental in the case of the people we know and love as opposed to ‘the others'(the illusion of separation). This is simply because we feel we know them.
“…God sees all of us in the same light”
So we are not judging them rather we are judging the action with a knowing that we all make mistakes and that our mistakes do not always represent the being behind the mistake.
This is why we always seek to blame another or the situation for our loved ones actions because we think we know them so well. But if everyone thinks this of their loved ones/children, you can now see how God sees all of us in the same light.
There is no ‘us’ and ‘them’ we are all one big family When we take this approach and apply it to all our human family we learn what it is to be compassionate and to see things from a different perspective or just from another persons point of view. When we do this we will move closer to our natural state of divinity.
Do not fear God, question who or what is behind the fear.
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We all know the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son (if you don’t click here).
God gives all of us many gifts, whether they be in the form of talents, love or friendships, etc. What we do with them is up to us but I don’t think He is going to be upset if we don’t use them.
It doesn’t really matter if your sibling is doing the opposite to you in their life and your parent still welcomes them back with open arms. The father in this parable was right and his son should have rather rejoiced to have his brother back instead of feeling hard done by because all his efforts weren’t rewarded. I think his reward far outweighs the ‘lost’ son in that he got to spend more valuable time with his father. The other brother may regret this for the rest of his life.
Cherie Roe Dirksen 