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Daily Meditations And Affirmations - July 29, 2024

"Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 'repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.'" - Matthew 3:1,2

The Word of God demonstrates instances where men and women of God were used to bring heavenly interruptions. Think of David interrupting the broadcast of a ranting demonic giant with breaking news of victory, or the prayers and petitions of a king and a heavenly interruption of worship rising on the battlefield in 2 Chronicles 20 that ushered in confusion and defeat among the enemy armies.

Jesus' disciples were commissioned by Him to be heavenly interrupters. We are conduits for heavenly interruptions. We are designed to interrupt the regularly scheduled program of sickness, disease, poverty, bondage, and brokenness with breaking news of the fullness of God.

God deals with us on a personal level to interrupt someone's regularly scheduled program of sickness or depression outside the four walls of the Church and bring them breaking news of a Kingdom that is at hand.

The question is – are we willing to be interrupted by Heaven to bring a Heavenly interruption to those needing a touch from the Father?

Be a conduit for His glory. You were made for more!

Romans 8:13,16  -  "For if I live after the flesh, I shall die; but if I through the spirit to mortify the deeds of the body, I shall live.  The Holy Spirit bears witness with my spirit, that I am a child of God."

                   Affirmation:    

           I DOMINATE MY MIND AND MY BODY WITH MY SPIRIT SINCE I MAINTAIN MY SPIRIT PROPERLY - FEEDING, STRENGTHENING, AND DOMINATING MY INNER MAN WITH THE WORD.

LET US DECLARE:

That I will come into a greater revelation of the restored relationship I have with our Heavenly Father (God's PURPOSE for my life - my CALLING in Christ) and His Kingdom through the Cross!

That in revelation of my sonship I will occupy the full authority I have in the earth and bring all of creation back into subjection to the dominion of the King!

My environment will be forever changed as I pray, say, and do what the Father shows me and I see Heaven invade every place I go and everyone I meet.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

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Heirs with Christ

You haven’t received the spirit of slaves that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the spirit of God’s adopted children by which we call out, “Abba! Father!” — Romans 8:15 | Names of God Bible (NOG) The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group. Cross References: Mark 14:36; Romans 8:23; Romans 8:26; Romans 9:4; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 2:4

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More Than the Cross: Rediscovering the Fullness of Paul’s Gospel

When we hear the word gospel, many immediately think of 1 Corinthians 15:1-4—the clear and powerful declaration that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day. This is undeniably the core of our salvation message—the good news that justifies the believer by grace through faith. But is the gospel limited only to the cross event? According to Paul, the gospel is far…

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Compensation for Losses: Positive Bias | Disassociated from Pain & Troubles

Happy-Go-Lucky Joseph, "Is s/t bothering you?" The lower you fall, the higher you rise, same with Jacob in Egypt learning Torah under inhospitable circumstances & being challenged by students. . . the obstacle of questioning brings greater insight

Finding the Light in the Darkness | Dovid Vigler

[22:51] Joseph is always detached from his experiences

Matthew 20:8 "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers & pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first'"

The workday in JESUS' parable is complete. The MASTER of a Household has hired five different groups of ppl to work in HIS vineyard throughout the day. The first group was hired early in the morning. The last group was hired around 5 p.m. Now the time has come for the MASTER to pay all the ppl who participated in the work.

HE instructs HIS Foreman, person in direct charge of the workers, to line them up for their pay from the last hired to the first hired.

JESUS is telling this story, in part, to answer Peter's question about what he & the other Disciples will receive in the Kingdom of Heaven since they have left everything to follow JESUS. JESUS has assured them they will receive a rich reward, in addition to inheriting eternal life [Matthew 19:27–30]. HE then said, though, that many who are first will be last and the last first. This parable explains what that means.

Chapter Context

Matthew 20:1–16 is a parable illustrating what JESUS meant in saying some of the last will be first & the first last in the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 19:30). When a MASTER hires five groups of workers at different times throughout the day, HE pays the last group the same amount HE pays the group hired early in the morning. Though that group grumbles, they received what they had agreed to earn & had not been cheated.

The MASTER insists HE has the right to show generosity to whomever he wishes. JESUS concludes by saying, again, that the last will be first, and the first last. Themes found in this parable are echoed in the later portion of the parable of the prodigal son [Luke 15:25–32].

Chapter Summary

JESUS illustrates HIS earlier comments about how some of the "first will be last, and the last first" [Matthew 19:30] with a parable about hired workers. HE then tells HIS Disciples about HIS impending death and resurrection. The mother of James & John asks JESUS to make her sons number two and three in HIS Kingdom. JESUS tells the Disciples that true greatness won't come by flaunting authority as the Gentile leaders do. Instead, they will become great by serving each other, even as a slave does, as JESUS HIMSELF has done. HE then heals two blind men immediately before entering Jerusalem.

Photo: ioncrumb | via loftyangel | Chassidus on Chanukah

Chassidus, also known as Hasidism, is a mystical Jewish movement that emphasizes finding Godliness in everyday life. It is based on the teachings of Hasidic rebbes, or leaders, who often comment on the Torah and Kabbalah.

Origins: The Hasidic movement was started by Israel ben Eliezer, a charismatic figure who was active in Poland around 1700–1760. The Baal Shem Tov is another important figure in the Chassidic movement.

Teachings: Chassidic teachings often focus on GOD, the soul, and the meaning of Jewish commandments, and are based on Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah) and Orthodox Judaism. It often take the form of commentary on the Torah & Kabbalah.

GROUPS, Chabad Chassidism: A system of religious philosophy focuses on understanding the CREATOR through wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.

Repentance/Return

Teshuvah is the central theme of the time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, known collectively as the "Ten Days of Teshuvah." Typically, teshuvah is translated from the Hebrew as repentance, but it literally means return, as if turning back to something you've strayed or looked away from.

As I have learned from Tim Keller, the importance of sonship is the right to GOD's endowment provisions for an eternal inheritance; and there is an instance under Moses who had to allow a man's daughters to carry the inheritance since he had no sons to carry his namesake, which would effectively dissolve his clan.

Zelophehad's daughters argued that were they not to inherit, then Zelophehad's name would be lost to his clan. Moses took their case to GOD. GOD told Moses that the plea of Zelophehad's daughters was just, and they should be granted their father's hereditary holding. [Numbers 27:5-8,11]

What Is Chassidut? | Tzvi Freeman

Teachings from the core essence

Everyone agrees that around the middle of the eighteenth century, a movement began in Eastern Europe that had a far-reaching, even revolutionary, impact on Jewish practice and thought. What exactly that movement was (and is) all about, remains rather fuzzy. That’s not hard to understand, since the movement itself is by nature enigmatic.

Perhaps the most common description of the Chassidic movement frames it as a kind of social upheaval. Until this time, there was a pecking order in the Jewish world—scholars on top, the simple Jew at the bottom, and the illiterate boor only nominally Jewish. In the minds of many, a great soul and a great mind were practically synonymous. Then the Baal Shem Tov came and uplifted the status of the common man and woman, celebrating the heartfelt earnestness of simple Jews, declaring that this raised them higher than the cold, intellectual, and often self-infatuated scholar.

Certainly there is truth to this vignette—in fact, letters of the period demonstrate that the principal opposition to this movement was over just this issue: scholars felt their status was being diminished, and that the common people would no longer pay the respect due to the learned man of Torah.1

Yet it is far from sufficient, because the Baal Shem Tov and his students were themselves erudite scholars who greatly valued study of Torah, both its esoteric and legalistic aspects. Some of the greatest contributions of that era to Talmudic and halachic scholarship are from these men.

It is often said that Chassidut replaced fear and trembling with love and joy.

Another common description is that the Chassidic movement taught Jews to serve GOD with love and joy rather than fear and trembling, to sing and dance rather than cry and fast. What concerns GOD the most, the Baal Shem Tov would preach is:

You serve HIM with your heart.

Love GOD, even if you don’t always understand HIS ways;

Love HIS Torah, even if you can barely read the words; and

Most of all, love one another, even if that “other” doesn’t measure up to the expectations of GOD and HIS Torah.

And celebrate all of the above.

Yet, taken alone, this is also misleading.

For the chassidim were also known for their meticulousness in the details of Jewish ritual and practice, for extending themselves much further than the strict requirements of halachah, in consonance with the Talmudic dictum, “Who is a chassid? One who goes beyond the letter of the law.” Still another narrative describes the Chassidic movement as an outcome of the esoteric teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, “the Arizal,” the great sixteenth-century Kabbalist of Tzfat, whose ideas captured the imagination of much of the scholarly Jewish world. The Arizal’s teachings provided a comprehensive theology of Jewish practice that felt far more native to the Jewish soul than the apologetics of the philosophers. The Baal Shem Tov and his students were all deeply immersed in these teachings.

Yet still insufficient.

The teachings of the chassidic masters are not exclusively esoteric and kabbalistic. Kabbalah speaks in abstractions comprehensible only to the most elevated soul. Chassidut can do that as well, but it also speaks in down-to-earth, pragmatic terms for the everyman in his everyday world.

Obviously, the Chassidic movement as it embodies the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov is not a conglomeration of ideas, but one simple concept that shows itself in many facets. That idea is so deep, so essential, that we find ourselves incapable of iterating it directly with words. But perhaps, as the junction of two lines define a point, with some metaphor & explanation we can locate the essence-point of Chassidut.

Life at the core

Let’s start with a metaphor of the human psyche, which also has many facets. A person thinks, feels, speaks, does—and often all these things appear disparate, as though they come from multiple personalities within him.

And they do, for a person is comprised of many conflicting forces battling within.

Yet, hiding behind all that a person does throughout his life, there is a common theme, a thrust in a certain direction, an essence struggling to emerge. If he would find that essence & recognize it, all his life could be brought into harmony.

He would be recharged, filled with life.

Every aspect of his life, his deeds, his words, his thoughts and his emotions would glow brightly, having been wired in to their core, an endless reservoir of energy, and harmonized with every other aspect of his psyche.

So too, the Jewish People—a people as diverse as one could imagine any people to be in temperaments, sentiments, and above all, opinions. And yet, we comprise together a single people, as a single body, with a single essence breathing within.

Torah, as well, has many layers & facets.

There are the stories of the scriptures;

the laws and rituals prescribed by them;

the homiletical interpretations of the sages;

the deeper, esoteric meanings known only to the initiated

—yet all this is one Torah, single and united.

There is a tradition that lends significance to the Baal Shem Tov’s name. You see, the Baal Shem Tov wasn’t born with that name—it simply means “Master of a Good Name,” and was a common title for miracle-workers in those days.

He was Israel, son of Eliezer and Sarah. We, too, are Israel, each one of us, at our very core. When a person falls into a coma, tradition tells us, you may whisper his name into his ear to wake him. Why? Because the name of a person touches his essence, and the essence is always awake. At the time when Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov arrived on the scene, it was time for the Jewish People to be revived. Israel Baal Shem Tov’s teaching was GOD’s way of whispering the name of the Jewish people into their ear.

To put it another way:

When we were given a gift of the Torah at Mount Sinai, we were handed a big backpack to take on our hike through history. Over the centuries, we did just that, discovering within this Torah all the guidance and resources we needed for our many sojournings.

But then there came a time when the journey had become too wearisome, when the Torah appeared to be weighing us down rather than carrying us through.

It was a time when we stood at a threshold.

The violent pillaging of the Cossack revolt had disrupted the infrastructure of the major Jewish settlements.

Jews of Western Europe had begun to assimilate, &

The winds of secularization were blowing eastward.

It was only a matter of time before Jewish practice and belief would come face to face with its most inexorable challenge, the skeptical, free-thinking, socially mobile world of modernity.There came a time when we had to reach to the essence-core.

At this point, we needed not just another strategy, not just another secret of the Torah revealed to us. We needed a charge of light from its very core.

Our souls had to make contact & bond with the very soul of this Torah that we carried.

Bonding

This explains what I would say is the signature motif of chassidic teachings. If it is an authentic teaching, and it has been presented in a lucid form, then it resonates as no other teaching does. You absorb it not as “received tradition,” but as one who hears the song singing within his own soul.

Through Chassidut, no longer are the Torah and the Jew two separate beings, one instructing and one being instructed, one commanding and the other commanded.

Chassidut is life; as the body and soul fuse to become a single living being, so the Jew bonds with these teachings as though they were his own soul—and is carried by them through the most stalwart challenges, as an indefatigable [persisting tirelessly] soul carries the body through fire and ice.

Here, too, a significant detail of the Baal Shem Tov’s life comes into play: He was born on the eighteenth day of the final month of the year, the month of Elul.

Elul is the month when the Jewish soul begins to shine, in preparation for the “Days of Awe” at the beginning of the coming year. Eighteen, in Jewish numerology, stands for life.

Light from the future

There is yet one more reason why the teachings of Chassidut had to be revealed at that time.

The history of our world, the Talmud tells us, has six millennia, corresponding to the six days of the Creation. The seventh day transcends time, and must be preceded by the days of Moshiach:

when “the world will be filled with the knowledge of GOD as water covers the ocean floor.”

The Baal Shem Tov moved to Medzhibuzh, where he began spreading his teachings, in the year 1740. On the Jewish calendar, that is the year 5500. Lining up the millennia with the days of Creation, that would be high noon on the eve of Shabbat. At that time, the light of the Moshiach already began to shine.

In the last quarter of the sixth millennium, the light of the MOSHIACH began to shine.

Today, the teachings of Chassidut have embedded themselves inextricably within most of religious Jewish thought. Not a single major religious thinker since that time has not been deeply influenced by them. At Chabad.org, we attempt to present these teachings both in the form in which they were taught by their original masters, as well as in the language of the contemporary mind. The bonding, the living, the application into real life

—that we leave up to you.

“On Rosh Hashanah of the year 5507 (1747),” wrote the Baal Shem Tov in a letter to his brother-in-law, “I ascended higher and higher . . . until I entered the chamber of the MOSHIACH. I asked of HIM, ‘When, MASTER, will YOU come?’

“HE replied, ‘In the time when your teaching will become public and revealed in the world, and your wellsprings will burst forth to the farthest extremes.’”

JESUS is the MOSHIACH

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What Concerns God

Jonah 4:5-11 Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6Then the Lord God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine. 7But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so…

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Activate the Law of Life: being Led by the Spirit, Cry to the Father and Groaning

For us to enjoy the operation of the law of the Spirit of life, we need to activate this law by walking according to the spirit, setting our mind on the spirit, putting to death the practices of the body, being led by the Spirit as sons of God, crying to the Father, and groaning in the interceding Spirit. Amen! There is a spiritual law that operates in us spontaneously and automatically when we…

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Four Dimensions Of The Horror Of The Cross

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Sonship Edification

As I find this subject tremendously B-O-R-I- N-G, I admit, I do not give it much time, as it is just another basket case caused by those who misinterpret scripture, the conclusion of which states not all members of the Body are joint-heirs with Christ, so if not all are joint-heirs, it then means some are – why? Because there are some who say not all Saints suffer with Christ – which assumption…

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Ordo Salutis: Adoption

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry out, “Abba! Father!” — Romans 8:15 | Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. Cross References: Mark 14:36; Romans 8:23; Romans 8:26; Romans 9:4; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 2:4

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Romans 8: Progressing Towards Spiritual Sonship

As we have explored the transformative truths of Romans 6 and 7, we see the essential steps in the believer’s journey—being dead to sin and delivered from the law. These foundational realities pave the way for the joyous achievement found in Romans 8. When these truths become functional through obedience to the Word and yielding to righteousness, we experience freedom from condemnation and enter…

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2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

* (Romans 8:15) The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

* (Romans 8:14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

* (Acts 1:8) But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit comes upon you: and you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

* (John 16:13) When He, the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth.

* (Galatians 5:22-23) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance..

Prayer: Holy Spirit, oh how we long for You, come and liberate us, empower us, lead us, guide us, and transform us from glory to glory, so that, we can live that abundant life You have for us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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God's Perfect Love Casting Out Fear

Do you find yourself paralyzed by fear, wondering if God's love is really strong enough to overcome the anxiety that grips your heart?

Fear has a way of making itself at home in our hearts, whispering lies about our future, our worth, and our safety. It tells us we're not strong enough, smart enough, or good enough to handle what's coming. It magnifies problems and minimizes God's power. But 1 John 4:18 contains one of the most liberating truths in Scripture: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."

God's love isn't just an emotion – it's a force more powerful than any fear we could face. When we truly understand the depth, width, and height of His love for us, fear begins to lose its grip. Romans 8:15 reminds us, "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father.'" We are not slaves to fear – we are beloved children of the Most High God.

Fear often stems from feeling alone and unprotected. But Deuteronomy 31:6 declares, "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." You are never facing your fears alone. The God who created the universe, who holds the stars in place, who commands the wind and waves – He is with you in every frightening moment.

Jesus understood fear intimately. In the Garden of Gethsemane, He was "overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death" (Matthew 26:38). He knew the agony that awaited Him, and His human nature recoiled from it. Yet He chose love over fear, surrender over self-preservation, trusting the Father's perfect plan even when it led through suffering.

Isaiah 41:10 contains God's personal promise to each of us: "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Notice the progression – His presence eliminates fear, His identity as our God removes dismay, and His strength upholds us when we feel weak.

Fear often focuses on "what if" scenarios that may never happen. But God's love focuses on "what is" – His unchanging character, His proven faithfulness, and His eternal promises. Psalm 56:3 gives us the antidote to fearful thoughts: "When I am afraid, I put my trust in you." It's not about never feeling afraid – it's about choosing trust when fear arises.

The disciples experienced this transformation on the stormy sea. When waves threatened to sink their boat, they were terrified. But Jesus spoke three words that changed everything: "Peace, be still" (Mark 4:39). The storm didn't just calm – it became completely still. The same voice that commands storms speaks peace over your fears.

Perfect love doesn't just minimize fear – it drives it out completely. When you know you are unconditionally loved by the Creator of the universe, when you understand that nothing can separate you from His love, when you grasp that He works all things together for your good – fear has no place to hide.

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Authority Questioned: Reflecting on Holy Tuesday and Matthew 21:23

Holy Week is a whirlwind, a compressed timeline of Jesus' final days that pulls us through a spectrum of emotions and pivotal moments. Today, Holy Tuesday, often feels like a day of quiet tension before the storm. But within this seeming stillness lies a powerful encounter, one that challenges the very foundation of Jesus' ministry and our own understanding of authority.

Matthew 21:23 records this pivotal scene:

"And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”"  

Just the day before, Jesus had triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the crowds hailing him as the Messiah. He then proceeded to cleanse the temple, overturning tables and driving out those who were exploiting the sacred space. These were bold, undeniably disruptive actions. It's no wonder the religious leaders, the established gatekeepers of the temple, felt compelled to confront him.

Their question isn't a polite inquiry; it's a direct challenge. They aren't simply curious about his credentials; they are questioning his right to act in such a way. "By what authority?" they demand. "Who gave you permission to disrupt our system, to challenge our control?"

This question resonates deeply even today. We live in a world where authority is constantly being invoked, questioned, and contested. We see it in political debates, in social movements, and even in our personal relationships. Who has the right to speak? Who has the power to act? And what is the true source of legitimate authority?

Jesus, in his characteristic wisdom, doesn't directly answer their question. Instead, he poses a counter-question:

"I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?”" (Matthew 21:24-25)  

He cleverly puts them in a bind. If they acknowledge John's baptism as coming from heaven, they would have to acknowledge John's testimony about Jesus. If they claim it was merely human, they would face the wrath of the people who largely believed in John's prophetic role. Their fear of the crowd reveals their own reliance on earthly authority – the power of public opinion – rather than a genuine seeking of truth.

Jesus' response highlights a crucial point: true authority often stems from a source beyond human institutions and power structures. His authority wasn't granted by the Sanhedrin or Roman decree; it flowed from his divine sonship and his mission from God.

On this Holy Tuesday, let us reflect on the questions posed in this passage:

• What kind of authority do we recognize and respect? Do we blindly follow established powers, or do we critically examine the source and legitimacy of that authority?

• Whose voice do we listen to? Are we more concerned with the approval of others or with discerning the voice of truth and righteousness?

• What actions do we take based on our understanding of authority? Are we willing to challenge injustice and disrupt the status quo when guided by a higher calling?

• Jesus' confrontation in the temple wasn't just about cleaning a physical space; it was about challenging the corruptions within the religious system and asserting a different kind of authority – one rooted in love, justice, and divine purpose.

As we continue our journey through Holy Week, let us not shy away from these uncomfortable questions. Let us examine our own understanding of authority and strive to recognize and follow the one whose authority ultimately transcends all earthly power – the authority of the Son of God.

May this Holy Tuesday be a day of thoughtful reflection and a renewed commitment to seeking truth and acting with integrity, guided by a higher authority 🤍

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“awakened imagination” by neville goddard · a summary

this post is the first of a forthcoming set in which i summarise and simplify neville goddard’s book “awakened imagination”. you can read the original here, and you can check other summaries here. please note this book is heavily reliant on his religion and, as much as i will try to make it as non-religious and simple as possible, there are still passages and comparisons that i can't take out without hindering neville words’ meaning. take these posts as if i were taking notes for future reference during class.

❁ chapter I : who is your imagination?

“imagination” is the kind of word that has been used for so long it has gathered plenty of different meanings, which often oppose each other: thought, hallucination, suspicion... neville identifies “imagination” with the power that makes achievement of our goals inevitable. there is only one thing in the world: imagination, and all our deformations of it. imagination is the very gateway to reality.

according to blake, man is only a natural organ subject to sense; the eternal body of man is imagination: god itself, the divine body. by imagination we have the power to be anything we desire to be; only as we live by imagination can we truly be said to live at all.

with this book, neville wants you to function imaginatively, to open your “immortal eyes inwards into the worlds of thought”, where you have all of your heart's desires ripe and ready to harvest. imagination is the hidden mystery from the ages, the hope of glory.

“every man is mary and birth to christ must give”.

imagination's birth and growth is the gradual transition from a god of tradition to a god of experience. if the birth of imagination in you seems slow it is because you are unwilling to let go of that comfortable, but false, grasp to tradition.

man is the garden in which christ —imagination— sleeps. man is awakened by his imagination getting lifted up to heaven and being made god-like. in the moment of awakening, he meets the test of sonship, of his imagination being christ: the forgiveness of sin (“sin” meaning failing to achieve one's aim in life, falling short of one's ideal; “forgiveness” meaning identification of man with his aim/ideal in life). this tests man's ability to inhabit the nature of his opposite (go from the state of the undesirable self to the state of the desirable self), to perform the work of an awakened imagination.

is imagination power sufficient to, not only enable us to assume, but to execute the idea too?

suppose i desire to be in some other place, but i lack the social and financial resources to do so; could i, just by imagining myself in such place, cause the physical realization? would only my imagination be sufficient to incarnate my desire? does imagination understand what is deducted from the senses? does it recognise the outer world?

suppose i am capable of sustaining the feeling of the wish fulfilled, of acting with continuous imagination; will my assumption harden into fact? and if it does, will i find that my actions throughout this period have been reasonable? after assuming that i already am that which i desire, must i constantly guide myself by “reasonable” ideas and actions so as to cause the fulfillment of my assumption?

the answer to all these questions is that an assumption, though false, if persisted in, will harden into fact; continuous imagination is sufficient for all things, all of our “reasonable” plans and actions won't ever make up for our lack of continuous imagination.

“imagine that you are and you shall be”.

truth depends upon the intensity of imagination, not upon external facts. you become what you imagine. you have a self-determined history. imagination is the truth, the life revealed.

but the thing is, we cannot get hold of truth with the logical mind (stop thinking and worrying about the how! logic does not come into play here, let it go, you don't need it), it cannot be enclosed by facts: as we awaken to the imaginative life, we discover that imagining a thing is to create it, that true judgement doesn't need to conform to the outer world to which it relates (this means, the truth doesn't always look the same as the 3D does at that moment).

the imaginative man does not deny the reality of the sensuous outer world (3D), but knows that the inner world of continuous imagination (4D) is the force by which the outer world comes to pass. he sees the 3D and all its situations as projections of the 4D. to him, everything is a manifestation of the mental activity present in his imagination, without the outer, reasonable man being aware of it. he knows that everyone must become aware of their inner activity, and the relationship between the inner and outer worlds.

the moment you discover that your imagination is god-like, you accomplish acts that can only be described as miraculous. but until you realise that everything you come across is part of yourself, you won't accept that you are the one that has chosen the conditions of your life, that they are in affinity to your mental activity. you must firmly believe that reality lies within you, not without; although others have bodies and lives of their own, their reality is rooted in you and ends in you.

it is a marvelous thing to discover that you can imagine yourself into the state of your wish fulfilled and escape the prison of ignorance. embrace this new knowledge and let go of your past beliefs for they're untrue. live in continuous imagination and make your desires come to pass.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ© fairestar, 2023.

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Crazy to me that qtubbo just has all these mythical gods and demons and ghosts just. Following him around. And he keeps them in his presence, the horrors™️ most specialist boy.

I have the headcanon iskall is just a ghost that follows around Tubbo and is just like “you’re my son🥰” and keeps talking about their apparent father sonship. And at this point Tubbo doesn’t even question it because he’s just there and he probably isn’t causing any problems

Then there’s Tommy, who Tubbo has looked into many many ways of freeing himself of. He’s even considered trephination