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Symbolism of the Book of Matthew Introduction This guidance was received on June 18, 2005: The New Testament is a symbol, just as you are a symbol and the words I share through you are a symbol. What they point to is Truth.
In order to understand the symbol, one must accept the Love of Christ. One prepares himself to accept that Love by recognizing he does not understand the symbol, and then he asks for understanding. By opening up to receive understanding without judgment, he opens up to accept the Love of Christ. With that Love comes Christ's knowledge, for they are the same and inseparable. Then the meaning that is beyond the words is understood as a Light that shines for all who look to see.
Those who have ears now will listen. For others, salvation will wait. There is no loss in God. Ask and you will receive because it will be given you. It is a gift of Love given to one who recognizes he has forgotten Love, and so he asks that its remembrance be given him in Grace and Love. Love cannot say no to a request for Love.
Go now and ask. It will be given you.
Matthew, Chapter 1
Joseph had a question in his mind, and he was unsure about what he should do. He did have a thought regarding what he should do, but Joseph did not consider that thought to be decided. By not considering the thought to be decided, Joseph left his mind open. It was through this opening that wisdom was given him. Joseph recognized the wisdom and did as it asked.
Matthew, Chapter 2
The Truth is found through guidance. The route you are to follow is not revealed from beginning to end all at once. It is revealed to you step-by-step. Trust your Lord, the God within, which guides you. It guides you now. Do not question, “Where is this taking me?” Have faith it is for the good of all and the purpose of oneness, and it will certainly bring you great joy!
Matthew, Chapter 3
The story of John the Baptist as given in Matthew Chapter 3 is not to be read as a story of form. It is a story of mind. John is the thought within the mind that comes first. It is the thought that recognizes there must be another way. It is the thought that guides you to seek the other way, and that way is the way of Truth.
Matthew, Chapter 4
Seek with the Holy Spirit. It is your True Spirit, and it will guide you to choose truly.
Once the choice is made, the time of service will begin, for you are to be a Teacher of God until the time that teachers are no longer needed. The beginning will be a time of gathering. You will gather around you that which is needed to serve according to your path of service. The gathering shall be effortless and without planning or thought. Once the mind has been cleansed, following one’s path is effortless. First focus on the cleansing. Then in peace, you shall know that you are led truly. Peace is the end of doubt.
Matthew, Chapter 5 Listen to the words spoken by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. (AKA "The Sermon on the Mount") Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they are already one with God. (verse 3) Blessed are those who have tired of this world, for they will be comforted. (verse 4) Blessed are the peaceful and joyous, for they will see the real world. (verse 5) Blessed are those who seek Truth above all else, for it will be given them. (verse 6) Blessed are those who forgive their separate thoughts, for they will find the Light that is their true Source. (verse 7) Blessed are the enlightened, for they know. (verse 8) Blessed are they who share My word in Love, for they shall shine like beacons for all men to see, and they shall be recognized as the Son that Is. (verse 9) Blessed are those who see only Love in their brothers, for they know what they have found. (verse 10) Blessed are you when you place no value or concern in the world of illusion, for then you know where your Treasure Is. (verses 11-12)
The world is meaningless, and all that brings meaning to the world is you, for you are all there is. (verse 13) Your Truth is your light. It is your Truth that shall shine and be known, that all men may see their Truth within you and know it is within them too. (verses 14-16)
The laws of men are based on the laws of God, but the laws of men are a reflection of truth and not truth itself. One cannot find truth by following the laws of men if there is hatred or fear in his heart. The laws of men must be followed in true love and intent for a witness to occur unto you. For when you have discovered the law within your Heart and you follow the guidance of true law that is shared from within, you follow the path of righteousness that will lead you from a focus on this world to the Light of the Kingdom of Heaven. (verses 17-20)
The law of men is written to protect men and to teach them to behave, but the law of the Heart is beyond this world. It is like a path that you shall follow to higher ground. Its purpose is not to protect man from man, but to lead a man from his manhood to his True Self, which is beyond the self he knows when he limits righteousness to the laws of men. (verses 21-22)
Your brother is one with you in the Heart, and so it is the heart that must be healed. Do not carry a grievance against your brother within your heart regardless of what he may have seemed to do. Righteousness does not abide in the laws or customs of men. Righteousness abides beyond the laws and customs of men. Forgive your brother that you may love him again in the joy and happiness of the Heart, and in your dance with him, you will find what righteousness is. (verses 23-24)
The one that judges the hatred you leave in your heart is but yourself. You cannot find joy within the hatred of the heard, for hatred is like a prison and the jailer is but yourself. Free yourself from your prison of pain. Let go of that which you think your brother has done to you. [What he has done] is not important. It but keeps you imprisoned within a limited mind and away from the unlimited which is but your Self. (verse 25) Let go of all your grievances against your brother, no matter how large or small they seem. They are all the same, and each one has the power to keep you imprisoned from your Self. (verse 26)
The law of men is but a symbol for those who are not ready to accept the law of the Heart, for the law of the Heart is Love. One who loves his brother will not think a hurtful thought about his brother. When hurtful thoughts come into his mind, he will let them go, for he does not want any thought in his mind that is not the thought of Love. In this way, his mind shall live in accordance with the law of the Heart and the prison doors shall be opened, and he shall be freed, joined and dancing in celebration with his brother. (verses 27-28)
Letting go of your grievances towards your brother may seem to be letting go of yourself, for your own thoughts may tell you that you are justified in your anger or your caution for what your brother has done or may do to you. But I tell you that thoughts of justification are like poisonous prison food. Their purpose is to keep you sick and weak within the prison walls. Rise up within the Health of your heart and let these thoughts go. Your goal now is freedom, and you will succeed in your goal by letting go of every thought that would keep you imprisoned. For the hellish thoughts within your mind are your prison, and only by letting them go can you be free.
Listen to Me. I am sharing the secrets of your imprisonment and your freedom. It is not My Will that you be imprisoned. It is My Will that you be free. Listen to Me. Accept My Will as yours and open your prison doors. (verses 29-30)
Let not the law be confusing to you. To follow the law without understanding it is useless. The law is not a law of behavior. What you do or do not do in itself is not important. The law of God is written on the Heart, and it is a law that teaches there cannot be separateness. Only by joining with one Will will you know God, and only by knowing God will you know your Self. So do not go your separate ways within your heart. That is the way of the world. Walk together in your heart, joined and holding hands. In this way you shall walk into the Light and welcome yourselves into the Kingdom of Heaven. (verses 31-32)
It is not what you say or what you do that is important. It is what you mean by what you say or what you do [that matters]. Do you give to your brother because you love him and see him to be the same as you, or do you give because you believe that by your giving you will be made good? I tell you, there is nothing that you can do or say that will make you good within your own mind. Only by following the guidance within your Heart can you discover your Self, and the discovering will show you that you Are. With this vision, you will see your brother and the world with new eyes, and you will know that Love is all there is. (verses 33-37)
With your eyes of judgment, you see many brothers doing different things, and you judge the things they do as good things or bad things. And based on the judgments you have given to what they do, you judge your brothers as good or as bad. In your judgments of them, you separate them from one another and from yourself. So you see many sons where the Father of Heaven sees only one. For the Father of Heaven has declared that He has only one Son, and that Son is but an extension of Himself.
Stop judging your brothers as good or bad or different. Ask God within your Heart to show Himself to you. He will answer you by showing you that your brother’s Heart is the same as yours, and so you and your brother must be the same and one. (verses 38-45) For only by exceeding the laws of men to follow the law of the Heart can you find the truth that lies hidden there. God is Spirit, and Spirit is all there is. So you and your brother must be Spirit too.
It is your Heart that knows this truth, so it is by following your Heart that you will be led to see the Truth is true. (verses 46-48)
Matthew, Chapter 6
If you are to walk the path of righteousness, all things [must be] done for the reason of the Heart. To do anything for a purpose other than the purpose of the Heart (regardless of how righteous the act may seem to be), [is to] stray from your path. And you could become lost there.
Listen. Let the Heart that whispers Truth lead you in all things. Ask of It, and do as It guides. Let not actions blind you. It is not the action that matters, but the purpose that is given it. (verses 1-4)
Your time with your Father is precious and holy, so seek for this time in quiet. Search your Heart for what you would say to Him or for what you would ask. Be not afraid of what you find there. Your Father knows your Heart, my Son, and He leads you according to your Heart. But you may not know your own Heart, so it is useful to seek there in quiet as you pray. For if you do not know the prayers of your Heart, you may not recognize that they are answered. But when you seek out your prayers in quiet and ask of the Father based on what you find, you will see that your prayers are answered quickly. For the Father does not delay in answering the prayers of his Son’s Heart. The Father knows that it is the Heart that leads His Son to Him. (verses 5-8)
Pray like this according to what you find in your Heart:
“Father, let me know you. (verse 9) Let your Kingdom dawn upon my mind, that I may be led by Your Will and become as one with It. (verse 10) Let me hear Your Word within my mind. Let my lessons be given me, that I may be closer to You through the actions of my day. (verse 11) Let me forgive myself, as I know You have [forgiven me]. Let me see my brothers as innocent, as they truly Are. (verse 12) Let me watch my mind for evil thoughts that would trick me and blind me to the Light within. May I let those evil thoughts go, so they do not cloud my mind from knowing the Truth. Amen.” (verse 13)
For in our sight within the Light, we shall see the innocence of the Lamb. It is within our brothers’ hearts that he rests, as he rests also within our own. (verse 14) But if the clouds block the Light within, our sight is limited by a darkened vision. We cannot see what is there while our eyes rest surely on the dark. (verse 15)
And so remember your purpose in all things. Follow the guidance that comes from Within. It leads you not so your brother will see how holy you are. It leads you that you may discover the Holiness within, and that you may bow down at the altar there and let the Heart be your loving master whom you do not question. (verses 16-18)
Let your purpose guide you in all things, and let it be the True Purpose of the Heart. For the purposes of the world are like smoke screens that deceive you, promising rewards and happiness, but delivering not. For every purpose of the world brings forth yet another purpose to seek, and so you shall spend your life seeking and finding not. Empty, you shall die.
But the purpose of the Heart fills up your treasure chest quickly with joy, peace and hope. And you shall follow the twinkle within your own eye, and since it is with you always, you shall always be satisfied beyond measure. (verses 19-21) For it is the Light within the Heart that shines to show you your joy. Since it shines from within, you shall see your joy wherever you look. But if you do not trust your Heart and you try to find your own way to happiness, you shall be lost. For who can find their way without the Light? Who can be happy stumbling lost and aimless in the dark? (verses 22, 23)
No one can stand in both the Light and the darkness, for he will stand in the darkness and cannot see or he will stand in the Light and see clearly. But I say to you, he who stands in the dark may not know he is lost, because he cannot see. So do not decide for yourself where to stand. For you may think you stand on the path of righteousness when your feet are surely lost.
Ask for the Light and let It lead you without questioning where it takes you. Remember that until you see [the entire] world within the Light, you may be lost and letting the darkness lead your way. (verse 24)
Therefore, do not worry about which way you should go or what you should do next. Instead, ask now for the surety of the Light to light the way for your next step. Listen in quiet to the guidance of the Heart as it tells you where to place your step. Be concerned only with letting your steps be led. By following the guidance of the Light, you will surely be walking the way of Life, for the Light and Life are one. But if you let your mind be distracted by other concerns, and you begin to worry about troubles within the world, you will forget to step carefully with the Light and you will run frantically into the dark. Then you shall look around and realize that once more you are lost. You cannot find the path of Life without the guidance of the Light, for the Light and Life are one. If you have lost one, you are lost from the other. (verses 25-34)
Matthew, Chapter 7
Judgment is like a knife that cuts the Son of God into pieces, for what you judge as separate from you is seen as separate, and so it cannot be seen as one. I say to you, lay your judgment aside. Trust the guidance of the Heart by trusting God and His Word.
I tell you that God is Love and Love is Whole. Therefore, you cannot know God if you separate your brothers from yourself. Do not place them above you or below you in your mind, and do not place them above or below one another. For to separate them in your mind is to split your own heart, and a split heart cannot know love because it is split and not whole.
Look after your own heart that it may be healed. Lay down your judgments. Ask only for Love now. (verses 1-5)
Do not take My words lightly without practice. For to listen and to agree but not to practice is not to have heard. One who will not hear cannot be healed. (verse 6)
Seek out the prayers of your Heart. Ask your Father to make it whole again, for your Father knows that your heart seeks to be made whole and he awaits only your willingness to give what you ask. (verses 7-8)
Trust your Father to give as you ask truly, but know it is the healthy Heart He listens to. If your heart is sick and it asks the Father to grant it its sickness, the Father does not listen. He waits until His Son asks that he be healed, and then the Father reveals His gifts that they may be used for the purpose they were intended. The Father will not assist the son in maintaining his sickness, but the Father will point the willing son in the direction of his Health that he may be made whole through his own willingness. (verses 9-11)
Therefore, see your brothers as yourself. Know that their Heart is the same as yours. Although they may seem to ask for sickness, their heart knows it wants its Health. So do not answer their cry for sickness by returning anger for anger or hurt for hurt. Answer their heart’s quiet cry for health by giving as the Father would give. Give health for health, and it is Health you will receive. (verse 12)
I ask you for your help because leaders are needed among men. For a man who does not know that his heart yearns to be healed is lost indeed, and [he] needs someone to help him see that Health is his heart’s desire. Let yourself be healed that your brother may see your Health and recognize it is but his own. Then he will ask for healing, and it will be given him. (verses 13, 14)
Concentrate first on your healing that you may be used to lead your brothers to Health. An unhealed heart cannot lead its brothers to healing, for it knows not what Health is. The sick must be healed before they can heal. The lost must be found before they can lead.
Be not confused by those who say they can lead when you can see that they are lost. Hold not a grievance against them. Remember that a sick brother does not know he is sick. Forgive him his confusion, and pray to your Father that your sight may be made clear. (verses 15-20)
One who practices his own will is not practicing the Will of the Father, and it is the Father’s Will that brings healing. For it is your will that has made you sick. Lay down your will and ask only for the Father’s. By knowing and practicing His Will, you shall be healed. (verses 21-23)
Listen to My words and let My words reach into your heart. The Health of your heart may seem small [to you now], but its Will is complete. It wills with God.
Listen to the Health in the heart, and the Health will extend Itself making your heart new. Your strength will be rewarded with unshakableness that brings eternal joy and knowledge.
But listen not unto my words and you shall hear the cries of your sickness, and sickness cannot lead to health, so you shall not know strength. In your weakness you will suffer, for weakness is not the will of your Heart. (verses 24-27)
Authority comes from God because God is all that is. One who knows his own Authority knows God. Amen. (verses 28, 29)
Matthew, Chapter 8 The Holy Spirit's interpretation of the symbols contained within the New Testament book of Matthew, chapters 8-10: Jesus is the symbol of healing, for healing comes from the healed Son of God. The unhealed cannot heal his self, but he can ask in faith and willingness, and the healed Son may heal on behalf of the Father. And then the one who has been healed may be used as a witness so others will come to know their own desire to be healed. (verses 1-4) Jesus is the symbol of the healed Son of God, for the healed Son knows what healing is. It is oneness, where all are welcomed into the Kingdom as one and there is great joy. For from within the seat of the Kingdom, the Son knows who He is and He has not forgotten. But outside of the seat, the son is lost. And so he is crying for his Home but knows not where it is. (verses 5-13) Jesus is the symbol of the one Son of God, for as He Is, so you shall know yourself to Be. All will be healed within their time, for what is the Son of God with less than every part of His Self? (verses 14-17) This ministry is not a ministry of the world. Those who choose to follow will find what they do not expect, for what you expect comes from your will and your desire, but it is your will and your desire that must be laid aside if you are to be healed. Do not ask for what you want. Ask Me what it is that you need and I shall lead you to it. But follow Me in purpose and faith only, for if you seek anything else, you will not see what I am showing you. (verses 18-22) Peace is the sign of health, for the healed Son of God knows there is nothing to fear and there is nothing that he needs that is not given him. So he rests and does not fear, for he knows who He is. (verses 23-27) The thoughts that are in your mind that you think are yours are not yours. Let the thoughts go from your mind and then you shall see that they are but thoughts of death. They are not you, for you are Life. Let the thoughts of death leave you that you may know your Self and may live. (verses 28-34) Matthew, Chapter 9 Listen to Me. The authority within the Heart is the authority of God. Do not be confused. Your will is not the same as God’s, but when you lay your will aside and walk with God, you will know that you are one with Him. (verses 1-7) Forgiveness is for error. It is your judgments that must be let go, for it is your judgment that has been your error. When you let go of your judgment, you will see what Is. But if you hold onto your judgment, you choose confusion and pain. Let go and be free, or hold on and sacrifice your freedom. (verses 9-13) Let go of old habits and old ways of thinking. They have not served you. To hold onto the old is to [make] a future like the past. That is not useful to you now. Listen to My Word. Hear what I say. Practice it. Then you will know what to do. (verses 14-17) Miracles are not what you expect, for you expect only what you have seen. I am here to give you new sight, and with new sight you will see differently. Have faith in Me and trust in Me. Do as I say and everything different from what you expect will be given you. (verses 18-26) The blind cannot see. The dumb cannot talk. And so it is healing they must seek. Know that it is you I am talking to. You are blind and cannot see, so I ask you not to talk. For through your words you spread confusion. Listen to Me and spread My Word. By sharing what I give, you will recover your sight. (verse 27-34) Let Me heal you, that your brothers may see your Health and be healed unto [Self] through Me. (verses 35-37) Matthew, Chapter 10 I give you authority to teach through Me, but you are not yet the Teacher as I am. It is through sharing My Word that you shall come to know your Self, and so it is yourself that you teach through Me. (verses 1-6) Teach yourself but this: God is within, and it is from Within that I am led. To learn this lesson is true, do not focus on what is [in the world]. Do not worry about what you are to eat or what you are to wear or where you are to sleep. Focus only on the Word within and seek nothing else. Everything will be provided that you may do the work I ask. (verses 7-10) Remember always that it is you that you teach. If you find peace in fellowship with another, enjoy that peace and be thankful for it. But if you find agitation, let your agitation go. Do not keep your agitation with you, for agitation is darkness. All who will learn of glory will learn glory is found in letting agitation go. (verses 11-16) Remember that you are not alone. That is the lesson I send you to learn. The Spirit of your Father is one, and so you are one with that Spirit. Trust in the Spirit in all things, and do not fail on this account. (verses 17-20) What you will see in the world will confuse you, and so you must not look there for understanding. Look to Me. I am your Guide and the one who knows what understanding is. Look to Me in all things, and you shall know Me even within the world. (verses 21-23) By making your will one with Mine, you will come to know your Self [to be] the same as Me. So give your will to Me that I may give you Mine and we shall have one will. (verses 24, 25) Do not fear the world or what you see or hear there. I say to you, the world is not real. It will come to pass, but you are eternal, and what is eternal is real. Let your mind be turned from the temporal and fearful to the Eternal. For what is eternal can have no fear. (verses 26-31) You will know Me by choosing to be one with Me. Lay your temporal self aside. It is nothing. Your will cannot affect eternity. But My Will is eternity, and by knowing My Will, you will know the peace of the Eternal. (verses 32, 33) Remember that all things in this world are temporal, so hold not onto them. You will not find peace there. Hold onto Me, for I am the Peace of Heaven. (verses 34-36) Your function is letting go of this world and your will within it. Only by letting go of the temporal will you find the Eternal within. Be not distracted. I am your Truth. (verses 37-39) Let your Light shine that men may recognize the Eternal. For your Light is Me and I am your Light. (verses 40-42)
Matthew, Chapter 11 [When] I read Matthew 11 with the Holy Spirit.... There was a lot of resistance to the messages within Matthew 11, and I had to work very hard to put my thoughts aside and listen. Throughout the day, I took time to review the Holy Spirit's words and give my willingness to accept these words as they are. Then [that] night, I sat down to watch a Disney Channel movie with my daughter. The movie was about a girl who joined a girl's hockey team. At their first practice, the coach gave a speech intended to prepare the team for a season of hard work and dedication. The passionate speech that he gave was very similar (sometimes almost word-for-word) to the words I had heard as the Holy Spirit interpreted the symbols of Matthew 11. Many of us who are reading these words have asked for Awakening/Salvation. Through Matthew 11, the Holy Spirit takes on the role of coach and helps us to prepare our minds for the work/training ahead. John [the Baptist] symbolizes the search for Truth. Many become lost in the search because they know not where to look. Do not search for Truth in the symbols of the world. Nothing in the world can contain the Truth. The Truth is but reflected there. Let the reflection be as evidence that Truth Is, but do not put your faith in the evidence. Put your faith in the Truth. (verses 1-6)
The search for Truth is not Truth itself, so do not stop there. Many have heard the call to search and have accepted it, but then they have stopped, thinking themselves complete. You are not complete until you are the Truth, so do not stop at the call. It is your beginning, but it is not your end. To find the Truth, you must walk until your end. (verses 7-15)
Do not judge the symbols [in the world]. Do not look for Truth there. The temptation to believe the world and its symbols is great because you want to believe the world. You want the world to be true because you want to be right about the world. And this is why I ask for your faith and willingness. It is because I am asking you to turn away from what you believe is true, from what you have known until now and from where you have put your faith before. Let the world go from your sight. Let it be but a vision of dancing symbols with no truth in them. This is what I mean when I ask you to seek only Me. Let all that you knew before Me go from your thoughts. (verses 16-19)
Listen to Me. When I speak of Truth, you think of others and think that My Words are good for them. But if I tell you that I am talking to you, why do you think of others? I have already told you that Guidance comes from within and the world is but dancing symbols. Are you ready to seek only Me? (verses 20-24)
Give thanks that your Father knows how to heal you. Give thanks that he knows you must find willingness to lay yourself aside, and that it is upon this willingness that he patiently waits so that healing may be given you. (verses 25, 26)
All things are revealed to you when you are ready, for when you are not ready, you [will] not accept them.
You think you are a lofty being with thoughts that are real and worth holding onto. You will not learn that you are Holy as long as you choose to believe that you are lofty. It takes Holiness to see what Holy is, and so you must choose to know Holiness to see that you are Holy. (verse 27)
You carry your own burdens now. I did not ask you to pick them up, and I do not insist upon you carrying them. I am the one who asks you to put them down. There is nothing of value within the burdens that you carry. Truly, they are not worth their weight! Your burdens keep you from knowing you are free, and so they keep you from knowing your Self. For, how can a man know his self if he does not know he is free?
Listen to Me. Lay your burdens down. You will find no treasure there. (verses 28, 29)
Matthew, Chapter 12
The Holy Spirit uses the
symbolism of Matthew 12 to talk to us about the root of all our problems. Confusion is easy when you listen to the thoughts in your own mind, for those thoughts tell you that man is separate and guilty. As you look on the world with these thoughts in your mind, you will see separateness and guilt. But I tell you, that is confusion and not Truth. I am here to help you lay down your confusion that you may know Truth. There is no separateness and there is no guilt. There is only One, and so there is only innocence. What you see is not true, but I am here to show you Truth. (verses 1-8)
If you choose to be blind, you will be blind, but blindness is your choice. I come to help you see, if you are willing. There is so much I want to show you! I want to show you the truth of who you Are, the sweetness of your Freedom and the glory of Heaven. But you must choose to open your eyes. I cannot do that for you. (verses 9-14)
You cannot hear Me if you choose not to hear, and my words may be clear to you but meaningless to another. That is because you give meaning to all things by your choice, and you are free to choose the meaning of Truth or to choose another meaning. But know this as you make your choice: A meaning other than Truth is not truth. Therefore, can it be meaning?
Listen to Me. I offer you Truth. Share My words and know that they are Yours also. For there is only one Truth and the Truth belongs to All. (verses 15-21)
Through his words, Jesus demonstrated that separateness cannot stand. Through his actions, he demonstrated his words. What is one cannot be separate and live. This is why death has come upon your world. But the good news is that separateness is but illusion, and so death is illusion too.
Listen to Me. The Spirit of God is one. This is the Truth I would have you learn.
The destruction of God is the separating of Him from His Self, but God cannot be separated or He would not be His Self. Who could separate Him? Therefore, there has been no sin. There has only been the illusion of sin. This is the truth I would have you learn. (verses 22-29)
It is not bodies that are one. Do not let thoughts of confusion confuse you. Bodies are temporal and will not last. Yet you are eternal, so you must be One.
It is the Spirit that tells us who we Are. It is the Spirit that knows our Truth. Let go [of] what your eyes tell you, for surely your eyes will not last forever. What do they know of eternity? Listen to Spirit, for the Eternal knows what eternity is. (verses 30-32)
Your own thoughts condemn you and your own thoughts condemn your world. As long as you believe and love your thoughts, you and your world are condemned, for there is no escaping the thoughts you choose to keep. But let all thoughts of condemnation go, and you shall be given a new world and new thoughts. And it is through this world and these thoughts that you shall come to know your Self. (verses 33-37)
The truth is not something that can be seen except if one chooses to see it. But when one chooses to see what Is, he shall. And its sight shall be glorious to him, for it is the sight of Life and the overcoming of death. (verses 38-42)
The thoughts you think are your evil doing, and so you may choose to let go of them [as you decide to let go of your evil doing]. Let me tell you that it may not be that easy. For the belief that spawns the thoughts is like a deep root within you, and where you cutoff its leaves, more will rise up to take their place. Be prepared to let go of many leaves. But know they will come back until the day you have rid yourself of their root. (verses 43-45)
The belief in separateness and differences is the root you must let go [of]. For if there is more than one Will, the Truth is not true and death is all there is. Is this the final resting place of your faith? Or are you willing to put your faith in Life and Love and One?
If you will put your faith in Me, I will lead you to the end of your root. And there shall you find the Truth, and your Truth will Be You. (verses 43-49)
(Note from Regina: I understood the word “You” in this last line to be synonymous with “Me” and “Truth”.)
Matthew, Chapter 13
Your choice is the key to this scripture. All that you do you do by your choice. To deny this is to deny the essence of who you are. And yet, many deny and believe they are victims of their own distractions. I say to you, listen to Me. No one can keep you from your Self but your self. Lay your self aside that you may come Home to Me. (verses 1-9)
My words are clear to those who choose to understand them. For when you lay your self aside and ask to receive understanding, it is given you. But understanding can only be given if you choose to lay your self aside. For if you do not make this choice, it is because you believe you know, and so you cannot be taught. (verses 11-15)
Be thankful that my words are clear to you, for you have asked and it is given. This is the symbol of your Father’s Love on earth. Freely he extends Himself to you. Blessed are you who have chosen to receive. (verses 16-17)
Not everyone you meet will be ready to make the choice that you have made. Many will not, but you must love them. For love is the good soil you have chosen, and not to love is not to have made the choice.
Love your brothers. Give them as they ask, and do not judge. Think no evil thoughts about them. Do not worry about their choices. It is your choice you must guard. Make sure that you choose the good soil and that you do not let yourself slip onto the path, between the rocks or among the thorns. (verses 18-23)
The choice you make will seem to be made many times in complete sincerity and truth of heart. And then you will seem to slip and forget the choice you have made. Do not let this distress you. Simply make the choice again.
In any moment when you notice that evil thoughts and thoughts of separateness have crept into your mind, give them up in that moment. It is moment to moment in which the harvest occurs, and so it is in the moment that you remember that you must also make the choice. (verses 24-30)
Do not worry that you do not tend to your choice enough. For if you tend to your choice every time you remember, that is enough. For in the tending of your choice, the tending itself will extend until you are tending to your choice in every moment [just] as you desire. The tending is the mustard seed. Ask Me to rain upon your seed, and [you be sure to] tend whenever you remember. I will lead you to remember more. (verses 31-32)
It is through your choice, but not through your effort, that the Kingdom of Heaven is given, for the Kingdom of Heaven must be a gift given by the Father to you. In this way it is like the yeast. The yeast represents the choice, but the rising of the dough is the gift that is born of that choice. (verse 33)
What I tell you now is the truth of your salvation, and it is only through this truth that you shall be saved. (verses 34, 35)
The Son of God is an extension of His Father, but this he has forgotten. That he has forgotten does not change what is true.
When you see yourself in this forgotten state, you believe that you are guilty and [that] you live in a fearful world, [and] it is then that you suffer. In believing these thoughts, you believe the evidence of these thoughts, and you suffer more.
This is why I am here. I am here to bring clarity to replace confusion [and] Love to replace fear. But you must know that your thoughts are born of fear, and fear is the way of this world. To know My Gift, you must put down your thoughts of fear and turn away from its evidence. Through your consistent choice, I will give you My Gift. [But] I cannot give the gift of Love if it is fear that you choose.
Listen to Me now. You must trust Me above all that you think and hear and see. You must put Me above your self and your world. You do this by your choice, by selecting the thoughts you will believe and the thoughts you will let go [of].
Both thoughts are in your mind now. Where will you choose to put your faith? (verses 37-43)
This is what I am telling you. If you seek confusion and fear, you will find it, for the world breeds confusion and fear. But if it is Truth and clarity that you seek, I offer it to you now. Let go of everything that is not the Gift I offer. Accept only My Gift. In this way, the Treasure of Heaven is yours. (verses 44-46)
The sorting of thoughts is the work that must be done. This is the moment-to-moment choice you must make: Where will you put your faith?
If you ask Me to help you make your choice, I will help. I will lead you along the path and point your choices out to you.
Let Me help. Depend on Me. Put yourself in My Hands, and I will tell you where to look. (verses 47-50)
There is nothing that is to remain hidden in your mind as the work of sorting is done. Do not be afraid. Do not hide thoughts from the work. All thoughts must be brought out from the corners of your mind into My Light, and there they shall be judged. I will judge your thoughts for you, but you must make the choice [by choosing to keep a thought or let it go]. (verses 51, 52)
It is your self that I have asked you to lay aside, and it is on this choice that your Father waits to give His Gift. You know your self and your world as your home, and although you are afraid, you have become comfortable there. I ask you to give up your home and all that you know, that I may give you your True Self and True Home. I offer more than comfort within a world of fear. I offer the Peace and Knowing of God.
It is your choice, but I will help you with your choice if you choose to walk with Me. (verses 53-58)
(Note from Regina: I understood “Knowing” in the second-to-last sentence to be synonymous with “Security”.)
Matthew, Chapter 14
The Holy Spirit was a Spirit of few words in the discussion about Matthew chapter 14. However, I don't think these words about fear are to be taken lightly.
John the Baptist [who symbolizes the search for Truth] was beheaded by fear, and so it is fear you must be aware of. Your fear can keep you from Me. (verses 1-12)
Put your fear aside and you will know miracles that will increase your faith. Even in your life on earth, you will know Me. And so you will know it is Me, and you will be more willing to walk toward Me. But first you must give Me faith and trust. You must do as I ask to know miracles at work in your life. (verses 13-21)
Fear can seem to be a very real obstacle on your path to Me. Although I can help you with your fear, it is you that must overcome it.* It is your fear, and I cannot take that which is yours from you. You must choose Me over [your fear] to know it is nothing to keep you from Me. (verses 22-34)
*(Note from Regina: I understood “overcome” to be synonymous with transcend or rise above.)
Matthew, Chapter 15
In this unedited version of the discussion, the flow of the Holy Spirit's
message often stops so I can talk to the Holy Spirit. Whenever the natural flow
of listening stops and two-way discussion starts, I indicate the change from
listening-flow to discussion with
italics. Look in your Heart for the purpose of what you do, for it is not what you do that is important, but why you do it. In your search for Me, you agonize over choices in the world. You want to know if it is right that you do this or if it would be better that you do that. I say, do what you choose in peace and in purpose, and I will use what you do. (verse 1-9)
All things of this world are temporal, so how important can they be? They will not last, so do not agonize over them. It is you that is eternal, and so it is your thoughts, your wishes and your purpose that matters.
If you put your faith in the temporal, your thoughts and wishes and purpose are focused there, so your heart is there also. (verses 10-20)
Question: Please tell me why it matters that our heart is focused in the temporal. Answer: A heart focused in the temporal will know itself as temporal, and so it will know death.
Question: How can it know death if death is not real? Answer: It will know it is lost and it will know the fear of being lost, but it will not know that being found is the Answer to its fear. So it will continue to run and hide, and it will become further lost. The only way to be found is to step away from the dark and know the Light. And this is why you must not focus on the temporal. The temporal is the darkness in which you are lost. Turn away from it, and you will see Me in the Light.
You will be tempted to use My Word for purposes of the world. Do not be fooled by this temptation. It is only your desire to hold onto your self and your world, which is your desire to hide from your fear.
The Canaanite woman [in this scripture] represents the world. In her asking, she is refused because my purpose is not of the world.
Question: Holy Spirit, I am having difficulty putting confidence in these words. I need to know that all words come from you, but today I am less confident in that. What would you share with Me? Answer: I am telling you what you do not know, so it must be Me. I am putting the words in your mind, so it must be Me. You did not ask for these words, but only to receive My Word, so it must be Me. This is your fear manifesting doubts. This is a time in which faith is needed. Do not ask for proof of My Word, for in a time of doubt, proof cannot be given [because] it will not be received. This is the time of faith that I ask for. Just give Me your faith and continue your work.
Know that my refusal was not a rebuke of the [Canaanite woman]. I hold no one as guilty and outside my Self, but my purpose must be one or it would not be Itself. The Spirit of God is one.
Question: So why did you change your mind and heal her daughter? Answer: The woman showed her love for My purpose. In her willingness to accept what is given, she showed that she loved God and sought only the glory of God. Love cannot say no to a request for Love, and a request to accept God’s glory is Love requesting Love. The woman’s daughter was healed to show that miracles are given to those who are willing to accept God’s glory as it is and for what it is.
Question: I am having difficulty listening today. Is there something you would like to share with me? Answer: I have asked you to write for Me and share what you write with others, but you cannot let this affect your hearing. You listen for you. Let others listen for themselves. When I talk to you, remember that you must seek what you need for your awakening. In this way, you will also write down what others need. Do not let symbols confuse you. They are not what they seem. They are only symbols, and seen with Me in sincerity and hope, all symbols point to Me.
Question: Ok. It is the story of the Canaanite woman that seems to cause my doubt. I see evidence of separateness in that story. Why should her faith have to be proven when the children of Israel did not have to prove their faith? Why does she need to accept crumbs when the children of Israel are allowed to sit at the table? (referring to Matthew 15:21-28) Answer: You are like the Canaanite woman. You are asking for crumbs now [as you ask only for clarity regarding this scripture], and you know that you would be satisfied and grateful to receive them.
When you listen to the thoughts of the world within your mind . . . when your purpose is different from mine . . . you cannot sit at My Table and feast on My Knowledge. The Spirit of God is one. But when you see your error and let it go, and you come back to Me in faith asking only for My Knowledge, you have shown that your purpose is the same as mine, and you may feast.
The Canaanite woman may have been satisfied with only crumbs as you are satisfied with only crumbs now, but it is the full feast [that] I shared with her just as I share it with you. Open your eyes and see. Listen to Me. You have been given beyond what you have asked for. (verses 21-28)
Know that I am with you in all that you do. Make Me the only purpose for all you do, and you shall know Me in your life. For I never turn away from you. It is you who have turned from Me. I but rest with you in peace and confidence awaiting your invitation that I may feed you with my miracles until you are full and healed. (verses 29-39)
(Note from Regina: I understood “full” in this last line to be synonymous with complete.)
Matthew, Chapter 16
Rejoice! The time will come that you will know all that you ask [to know]. The time will come that you will know that death is not real and the world is not real, [for] I am your Reality. Rejoice and put faith in Me. Stay with your search. Seek and you shall find. (verses 1-4)
Now is a time of doubt for you, but doubts must rise if you are to let go of them. All of this is inside of you: fear and guilt. And these things must be released if you are to know Peace and Light. So do not fear that you see doubt. Fear can keep you from Me. Rejoice that you are doing the work I have asked. Let your fear and doubt come into your mind that you may see it and in faith, let it go. In this way, you choose where you will put your faith. In this way, you do the work that I have asked you to do. (verses 5-12)
The Spirit of God is one, and His Son is one with Him. There is no separateness. There is only the Father and His extension of His Self, which is His Son. In this way, the Spirit of God is one and it is whole. (verses 13-16)
It is on your faith in My Word that I shall build my church. It is on your willingness to believe Me over what you see that I will heal your sight. It is oneness that you seek, and so it is the Truth that you shall find. You are blessed in your search. That which is forever true cannot be overcome. (verses 17, 18)
The instruction given to Peter [as recorded in this scripture] was given to all who put faith in Me. For Peter is but a symbol of faith within the unhealed mind. What this mind holds onto is held onto within Heaven, for the Truth is always true. And what this mind lets go of is let go in Heaven, for the Truth is always true.
The Spirit of God is one, and the Spirit of God is Heaven, so you must be one with Heaven. Let that which blinds you to the Truth go from your mind that the Truth which always has been may dawn. (verse 19)
Jesus is not the Christ in himself. The Christ is the Son of God, and no one is left outside the Sonship. (verse 20)
Peter is the symbol of faith within the unhealed mind, and so Peter is also the symbol of the unhealed mind that has faith. In Peter, you will see doubt, fear and confusion.
You are Peter. Until you know that you are the Son of God, do not doubt that you are Peter. So you will seem to have moments of great faith, and you will seem to have moments of doubt, fear and confusion.
It is doubt, fear and confusion you must let go of, for they block the Light of Heaven and the awareness of who you Are. It is the faith you must hold onto, for your faith is your Path to Me. (verses 21-23)
Jesus was enlightened, for he knew what Heaven Is, and in his joy he invited all to join Him. But Heaven is not given on invitation alone, for Heaven must be accepted and all that is not Heaven must be let go of. This is what I have been asking you to do. Let go of your doubts. Let go of your fear. Let go of your thoughts of separateness and lay your self aside. You do not need these things. They but block the Light of Heaven. Instead, pick up your faith in Me and faith in Light, and walk with Me to the Light. In this way, you shall know what Heaven Is. (verse 24)
One cannot die, so Jesus does not ask you to die. He asks you to live within the oneness that He Is. Lay down your little life and your desire for it that you may know the Life that Is. (verse 25)
You must look at your thoughts and your desires. For if you desire anything of the world, you have lost your desire for Me. Do not be afraid of what you find in your search. You will find that you do desire the world, for it is your desire that brought you here. But in finding your desire, you can choose to let it go. In this way you choose again, releasing the past from the future that you may see differently now. (verse 26)
It is within you that I shall come, for it is within your Heart and Mind that you shall see that you are one with Me. In this Knowledge, you shall be rewarded, for there is no reward but Me. (verse 27)
And so it is simple. If you accept Me and let all else go, you shall know Me. In knowing Me, you shall know Life and Truth, for I am Life and Truth. In this knowledge, you cannot die. Life and Truth are the opposite of death, because Life and Truth are everything and death, like fear, is nothing. (verse 28)
Matthew, Chapter 17
In Matthew chapter 17, the Holy Spirit shows us how the symbols of the world are used to guide us lovingly towards healing. As we have already learned, fear can seem to be an obstacle to healing, so the symbols of the world are used as a gentle way of preparing us to accept Truth. The Holy Spirit also guides us to follow His example of love (not fear) when dealing with brothers who seem focused on the world.
[I use] symbols to teach, because the world is a world of symbols. Do not think that the world is reality or that the symbols of the world are reality, and do not argue them. See them as symbols and ask Me what use they have for you. In this way, all things have meaning. (verses 1-3)
Thinking for yourself is not the way to understanding, for it is your self you must lay aside. [Therefore], it is your thoughts you must lay aside. They are but thoughts of confusion. Believe not in what you think. (verse 4)
I am the Light and the Voice of Heaven. Listen to Me. Take My words into your heart and practice what I teach. Be concerned with nothing but Me, for the Spirit of God is one. (verse 5)
You will be afraid of oneness because you will be afraid to lay down your self. Do not fear that Truth will be thrust upon you before you are ready. It is on your readiness that Truth waits, but I shall guide you to the Truth in a way that you can understand and trust. (verses 6-8)
The search for Truth must come before the Truth can dawn, but do not misunderstand the search. It is not through your doing that you can find [Truth]. The search will only be successful if you let go of the search and let Me guide you, for letting go of your will is the search and the path to Truth. (verses 9-13)
Your faith is small because your faith is limited. You are willing to put faith in some things, but not yet in all things. I tell you, until you are willing to have faith in all things, you will not know that all things are possible in God. (verse 14-21)
It is your focus and belief in the world that limits your sight, for your sight is where your faith is. Look to Me, that I may remove your sight from the world and place it on Life. (verse 22, 23)
You are not of this world, nor are your brothers. But those who are focused on the world believe themselves to be a part of the world, just as they believe you to be [a part of the world]. To tell them that you are not of the world is no use, and to tell them that the world is not real will only put fear and hatred into their hearts.
We may not be of this world, but we are Love, and so it is Love that we must give. Love is not fear. I ask you to give to your brothers as they expect you to give so they will not be afraid. Give in the Knowledge of Love. Do not put your faith in what you give so you do not limit yourself or your brother to your gift. Put your faith in Me that I may use your gift to give the Gift of Life. (verse 24-27)
Matthew, Chapter 18
The Holy Spirit uses Matthew 18 to share tips on forgiveness. This teaching reminds us that we are not responsible for our brother's salvation, and everything in the world is a symbol that can be used by the Holy Spirit to help us with our own acceptance of Truth.
I have told you before not to think for yourself, and I have asked you to lay your self aside. It is this you must practice, because it is this you must do. One cannot maintain self-identity and self-control and be healed of self. Yet, one must be healed of self if one is to know the oneness of Heaven as I Am.
I say to you, practice with Me today. Do not think for yourself. Ask Me in all things and leave all things to Me. (verses 1-4)
Love your brothers and be at peace with them. Accept them as they are where they seem to be. Do not ask your brother to change his place, but love him in his place. Ask Me how your brother’s place is helpful to you. In this way, your brother is your teacher and you are his. (verses 5, 6)
Forgiveness may not always seem easy. You will encounter great resistance in forgiving your brothers and in forgiving yourself. Do not let resistance alarm you. Resistance is fear, and to give in to resistance is to give in to fear.
Remember, fear can keep you from Me. So when you feel resistance, recognize it for what it is. Realize that resistance is a path from Me, and ask yourself which path you would place your feet on now. [Choose to] let go of your belief in the resistance and [to] let go of your fight against resistance. Give your heart to Me. Ask Me to help, and let your self rest as the resistance passes on to nothingness. Then the way is clear for you to forgive and accept the Peace of God in joy. (verses 7-9)
Watch your heart when you believe you have forgiven. Be careful that you do not find a grievance or a grudge there. If you do, your forgiveness is not complete.
You will know that your forgiveness is complete when you love your brother with your whole heart and soul and mind, just as the angels do. If you love your brother any less, ask Me to help you learn to forgive. (verse 10, 11)
The Spirit of God is one, and no one can be left outside. If you have not forgiven your brother, you are lost from the Spirit of God. Do not be confused. You are not responsible for your brother’s place, but if you cannot forgive him his place, you are lost from yours.
The Spirit of God is Love. To know your place in His Heart, you must Be Love too. Love does not make judgments, and Love holds no grievances. So do not worry about your brother’s place. Ask Me how the symbol of your brother’s place can be used to help you find yours. (verses 12-14)
Be careful in talking to your brother regarding a difference or disagreement, for in the world these discussions must happen. When you go to your brother, go with Me. Check your heart to ensure you find forgiveness there and also that you find trust that the situation has been given to Me. Clear your mind of judgments and desired outcomes. Ask only for healing and enlightenment. When you are sure all of this has been done, talk to your brother while being careful to listen for Me in love and confidence. In this way there can be no loss, for the situation is no longer a situation of the world. It is a situation of Heaven, [because] Heaven has been made its purpose. (verses 15-17)
It is what is in your mind and your heart that is important, for there the resolution shall be. (verse 18)
If your brother and you agree in love, you shall be blessed by Love. Let Love be your only goal. (verse 19, 20)
Your brother is your Self, and so you must forgive your brother to know your Self. Do not give up on him. To give up on your brother is to give up on Love. (verses 21, 22)
You suffer because you do not love, for love is not Itself unless it is whole. No one can be left out of Love. No thought that is not Love can be left in your mind.
Listen to Me. Rejoice at your opportunities to forgive. Be happy that you have found yourself judging or holding a grievance, for what you find, you can let go. In this way, the splinters to Love’s presence are removed that Love may be known as whole again. (verses 23-35)
Matthew, Chapter 19
The Holy Spirit uses the symbolism of Matthew 19 to talk about joining and letting go of the world. In this discussion, the Holy Spirit shares why we must let go of the world if we are to awaken/realize salvation.
The symbol of marriage is the symbol of joining, but I have told you before that it is not what you do that is important. It is why you do it.
Do not let the form of what you do confuse you. Always look beyond the form to your heart. What do you find there? Is joining reflected in your heart? If not, then you are not joining, and it is joining you must seek.
Do not expect joining to have a specific form or follow certain rules. Let go of everything you think you know about joining, for what you know has not brought you to be joined. Ask Me to lead you to joining, and then let go and let Me lead. (verses 1-6)
The world is a world of differences and things seem to change [in the world]. But the Truth is always the Truth and does not change. Do not be confused. It is not by keeping things the same within the world that one identifies Truth, for the Truth has never been in the world.
Do not question My Guidance. You are lost and do not know. Trust My Guidance and follow Me, that you may learn and realize and know the Truth has always been true. (verse 7-9)
Following My Path is following a path that leads you from the world to Truth. As you follow the Path, the things in the world will become less important to you. Let them fall away as your desire for them ends. You do not need the world. It is Me that is needed now. (verse 10-12)
Become as little children, free of expectations and burdens, open to enjoy your freedom and to love your world. For the world is to be loved as all things are to be loved, [because] love is the only purpose [for] all things. (verses 13-15)
I have told you that it is not what you do that is important, but it is why you do it that matters. And that reason is love. For if you do anything for a purpose other than your love for Me, that thing you do is not important. The only purpose is love, and My Love is the only love. There is no other kind of love. (verses 16-21)
When I say love the world, I am not asking you to love the world for what it is. I ask you to love the world for what it isn’t. The world is not a place where the Son of God is captive. It is a place where he is free. It is not a place of conflict and fear. It is a place of one Will and great Love.
Look with Me to see what the world is not, and in seeing what it isn’t, you shall see what it is and you shall love it. (verses 22-24)
The Truth is always true, and the Spirit of God is one. So, the Will of God must also be one. This is why I ask you to lay your self aside. It is so you may know that you are one with God. (verses 25. 26)
The world is something you must let go of, because your will is something you must let go of and the world is your will. Those who are able to let go will know the Truth, which is the reward of Heaven. Those who hold onto the world and love it for what it is will continue to look for their reward, and [they] will wonder why they have not found it.
I tell you, your reward is not in the world. Let go of the world and all it means to you, and I will show you where meaning lies. (verses 27-29)
Matthew, Chapter 20
The first will be last and the last will be first, because there is only one. The confusion comes in seeing many, in seeing separateness, and therefore seeing different contributions and some who are deserving of more than others. But if you see only one in the [parable within this scripture], that one is all the same, and that one deserves the same reward for agreeing to come and work.
This is what I would have you learn. There are not many. There is only one. And that one that you think is many is the Son of God, created by the Father as one, and so he is one.
Do not focus on differences. Let them fade from your sight. Do not think that you deserve more or less than your brother or that you have more or less than your brother. You are the same, deserving of your Self and one with your Father in Heaven. There could be nothing else you need and no difference between you.
The differences that you believe in are differences of the world, but I have already told you that the world is temporal and matters not. It is the Eternal that is the Truth. And I have also already asked you to let go of the world, and so you must let go of the differences you see in the world. The Spirit of God is one. There are no differences. Be willing to let go of them. (verses 1-16)
The Truth is always true, and this you will see when you lay aside your belief in differences. It is your belief in differences that blinds you to the Light of Life. Be willing to let go of your belief in differences that you may see the Life that is Me. (verses 17-19)
Specialness is a form of difference. One whom you see as special, you see as different. And so you ask for more or less for this person within the desire of your heart. Beware of your feelings of specialness, for any feeling that will separate your brothers within your heart will split you off from the Kingdom of Heaven.
Love your brothers as one with My Love. In this way, you will know Truth. In this way, you will know Heaven. In this way, you will know Life. (verses 20-23)
To separate your brothers and have expectations of them is not to see them as one. They are one together. They are one with you. They are one with God. Whatever you expect of your brother, you expect of Me. If you expect that he is separate from you, you expect that I am separate from you too. And because of this, you are lost from Heaven.
I say, love your brother. Serve him as you would serve Me, and as you do, you serve your Self. For you have acknowledged that it is all the same and [that] for its sameness, you are grateful. You will go far on your gratitude for sameness. I say to you, gratitude for sameness will carry you to Heaven. (verses 24-28)
The Truth is always true. It's just that you do not see it now. And because you are blind, you cannot see it of your own power. So do not try to see that there are no differences by exercising your own will, for it is your will that there be differences. The one who has willed to see differences will see what he has willed to see.
Instead, be willing to lay down your will, and ask Me to give you sight. As you make room for My Will, you will be given My Will. Through My Will, you shall see. (verses 29-34)
Matthew 21
The Holy Spirit uses
Matthew 21 to talk about expectations, beliefs and perception. The donkey [in this scripture] is a symbol. It’s a symbol intended to show people that they must put their expectations aside. Expectations are a set up opportunity for judgments, and it is judgment that keeps you separate from your brothers.
Be willing to let go of your expectations, and you will not be tempted to judge. (verses 1-5)
Peace comes from laying down your expectations and your judgments and accepting the Truth as it is. There is no other way to accept the Truth, for to accept it in any way other than as it is, is not to accept the Truth. It is to accept delusion over Truth, and in delusion, you are lost from Truth. (verses 6-9)
It is better to meet your brother without expectations. In this way, you have opened your heart to see him as he is. And in finding him, you find your Self. (verses 10, 11)
The money changers in the temple represent the ego, which is the belief in separateness. They were not in the temple to commune with God or brother. The money changers entered the temple for their own purposes. But the temple is the symbol of oneness and communion. Oneness and communion are the only purposes within the temple. So the money changers were like foreigners in the temple, because their purpose was different than its purpose.
In this way, you are like the temple and the money changers. Your Truth is like the symbol of the temple. Your only purpose is oneness and communion. But you have allowed a foreign purpose to reside within your mind, and by focusing on the foreign purpose, your True Purpose has become lost to you. Jesus would have you clear your mind of the foreign purpose, that your True Purpose may be remembered. (verses 12-13)
Confusion comes into the mind when you listen to a purpose other than the purpose of God. When you have forgotten the one purpose of oneness and communion, you have forgotten who you Are. And in your forgetfulness, you are lost.
Become like little children, free of expectations clouded by foreign purpose. Open your eyes and see what is before you, for it is True Purpose that awaits only your recognition and your welcome. (verses 14-16)
The withering fig tree is a tree that bears no fruit for the Son of God to eat. Likewise, the ego bears no fruit for the Son of God. Let the ego go. Let the belief in separation go from your heart that it may bear no more fruit within your mind. (verses 17-19)
What seems impossible to you is not impossible. In fact, it is all that is truly possible, for the belief in separation cannot hold you prisoner because it is not true. It is not real. It is nothing but a figment of your imagination in which you have placed your faith. Through this, you can see the power of your faith!
But I ask you to remove your faith from what you believe now, and place your faith in Me that you may see through different eyes. Surely, you will see differently! (verses 20-22)
You must look at your faith and see where you are placing it before you can choose to place it with Me. Many believe they have placed their faith in God when truly, they have placed their faith in men and in the world.
I say to you, look at your faith honestly. In what do you believe? In what do you trust? And if it is not placed firmly with Me in all things, are you willing to choose again? (verses 23-27)
The call to Truth is within you. Only by answering the call and receiving My Guidance will you know what calls.
Listen to Me. (verses 28-32)
The belief in separation is the death of the Son of God, and yet you choose to put your faith there. That which is whole cannot be separate and live. To live, it must be one!
Your expectations confuse you. Let go of them and listen to Me one word at a time.
The Son of God cannot die, because the Son of God cannot be separate. But in your belief that he is separate, you will find the belief in death. That belief will seem real to you as long as the belief in separation also seems real.
The answer to this parable [about the landowner and his tenants] is a simple one. As long as the tenants continue to believe they are separate and attacked, they will live as if they are separate and attacked, and that will be their experience. It matters not where they go, for they take themselves with them.
But when they open their eyes and realize that they have never been attacked, their perception of being attacked will end.
This is how it is for you. For what is in your mind is in your world, and it is in your mind and in your world because you willed it to be there. So you must lay down your will just as the tenants must lay down their implements of war. Only in this way, will there be peace. (verses 33-44)
Listen to Me. To hear me but not to practice what I say is not to listen. And so I say to you, listen to Me. It is the message of Love. (verses 45, 46)
Matthew, Chapter 22
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a wedding banquet, for marriage is the symbol of joining and the Kingdom of Heaven is joining. But at this wedding banquet, there are no guests. For everyone who comes will find himself joined within the glory of this ceremony.
All who come may see himself as bride or as groom. It is not important how he sees himself on coming. During the journey to the banquet, he may even see himself as an invited guest. As long as he is following his invitation to come, how he sees himself in the coming is not important.
Some may seem to have a long journey to the wedding banquet with many distractions along the way. Others may seem to live closer and arrive quickly after hearing the call to come. The length of the journey is not important. The journey itself, or what seems to happen along its way, matters not.
All are invited to the wedding banquet and all, in their time, will arrive. And it is upon arriving that they will realize what they have been invited to attend. Upon that realization, all else will fall away. They will not remember if they were bride or groom or guest. They will not remember if the journey was short or long, with many distractions or few. All that they will know is that they have arrived and are joined. (verses 1-10)
No one who comes will be turned away, for no one can come unless he is ready, and if he is ready, he shall be wearing his wedding clothes. Do not fear that you will be turned away from God. When God looks at you, God sees you as spotless and ready for the banquet. Even more, God sees you as joined and at the banquet.
It is you who judges and sees yourself as guilty. This is but a distraction on your journey to the banquet. Let it not keep you from your Father who waits in peace at the banquet table, eager to embrace His Son again. (verses 11-14)
The journey to the banquet seems to be time in the world. On this journey, the distraction of the world may be great. There will be times that you [forget] you are on the journey because the distraction of the world is great. Let this not distress you. Your Joy will come when you have completed the journey, for then you will know where the journey led. Until then, do not feel guilty for journeying, my child. For this seems to be something you must do.
On your journey, remember Me and keep Me close to your heart. Do not deny the journey you are on. It leads to Me and the disappearance of the journey.
“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” means, do what you seem to need to do while you are in the world.
When you have forgotten you are on the journey, there will seem to be many things that need your attention. I am in those things too, whether you see me or not, so do them in peace.
When you remember you are on the journey, many things of the world will seem to fall away. Let them go, but do not worry about the things in the world that [still] seem to need your attention. Just as I have always been with you, I am there in those things too.
As you learn to see Me in all things, the journey will seem easier, but it is not until you arrive at the banquet that the journey will fall away. So live within your journey in peace and with Me. Be happy, and rest your mind. I am walking beside you, pleased, as we journey to the banquet together. (verses 15-22)
Do not be confused by what you see in the world, for Heaven is nothing like the world at all. In the world, there are differences; there are conflicts; there is suffering, and there is death. But none of these things exist in Heaven.
Think of the world as a dream, for it seems real while you are [in the world.]
Think of Heaven as awakening. Upon reaching Heaven, you will realize that the world and all you thought there was never true and so it mattered not.
I tell you, the Truth is always true, and there is no Truth in the world.
Do not let your worldly concerns distract you long. Lay them aside that you may continue your journey and awaken to that which calls you. (verses 23-33)
And so the greatest commandment shall lead you on your journey. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and all your mind. Let your Love for God be your guiding light in all you do and all you think. Never forget your Love for God, and give all things to Him. In this way, you will move steadily along your journey.
And the second commandment is like it, for the second commandment guides you within the distraction of the world. Love your neighbor as your Self, because he is. There is no greater Truth than this.
Your Father is right. You are joined and at the banquet, but the dream of the world keeps you from knowing this is true.
Awaken from the dream by accepting the Truth. The journey to acceptance is the journey to Heaven. Accept the Truth, and you are [Here]. (verses 34-40)
The Holy Spirit is the Christ, and each one may call the Holy Spirit “Lord,” for the Holy Spirit guides you and leads you forward on your journey. It is your Lord that you shall follow.
The Holy Spirit is within, and so it is within each one waiting to be heard. In this way, you may see the Holy Spirit in your son or daughter or husband or wife or mother or father or sister or brother or neighbor, and you may call them “Lord.”
The Lord is within you too, for there are no differences among men. It is all the same. And the call of the Lord is the call to awaken. Following this call is the seeming journey, but awakening to it is realizing there was no journey and there is no Lord but One. (verses 41-46)
Matthew, Chapter 23
Using the symbolism of Matthew, Chapter 23, the Holy Spirit talks more about following His Guidance while living in the world.
Listen. The Truth is calling you, and the Truth is not of the world.
I have already told you that you are free to give what is Caesar’s to Caesar. This means, you are free to live in the world and do as you need to do while you live in the world. Do not feel guilty for paying taxes, obeying laws, raising children or for doing any of the things that the world requires, but do not get lost in those things either.
The world is but a distraction, and it distracts you from Heaven. You must live in the world, but not be of the world. You do this by doing all things for Me . . . by giving all things the purpose of Heaven. In this way, all things can be used to lead you to Me. I will show you how to use them.
Live in your world, but be not distracted by it. (verses 1-4)
Holiness is not of the world, and so you cannot be made Holy by what you do in the world. Do not be confused by your actions or the actions of others. All things within the world serve one of two purposes: They either distract you from Heaven and tie you to the world, or they free you from the world and bring you closer to the awareness of Heaven.
If you seek glory from men, you are choosing to be bound to this world, for men are of the world. There are no men in Heaven. There is only One. Choose now to please only the One by doing as I ask. Let the praise or criticism of men go. Their words cannot save you. You are saved by the Grace of God, and His Grace is given you to choose as you are ready to let go of the world. (verses 5-12)
I have said, give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and feel free to live in the world [doing] what you must do. But I have also said, give all things to Me. With these words, I have told you which law is highest. Be not confused. The laws of God are laws that lead you from the world to Heaven, and so it is the laws of God that must be chosen.
Follow My Guidance within the world. I will lead you truly. Give me your confusion and ask for clarity. Clarity will be given.
Do not decide an issue in confusion and pain. Decide in clarity and peace, for in clarity and peace you follow Me. I am [the] Truth and [the] Light. (verses 15-22)
Guilt is the way of the world, but it is not My way. Fear is the way of the world, but it is not My way. Do not make decisions out of guilt or fear, for I will not guide you by those feelings. When you listen to them, you are not listening to Me.
When you notice guilt in your heart or fear in your mind, focus first on letting go of those feelings. To let go of them is to let go of the world, for the world is a world of guilt and fear.
When the guilt and fear have passed, give the decision to Me. In peace, you shall know what to do. (verses 23, 24)
It is not what you do that matters, but why you do it. Do it for Me. Do it in peace. Do it in love and with joy. If you do the same thing, but the purpose of the thing is not Me and it is not done in peace, that thing will bind you to the world.
Guilt begets guilt. Fear begets fear. Do not listen to guilt and fear [regardless of] what it tells you to do. Let go of the guilt and fear, and then ask Me. If I guide you to do the same thing in peace and love and joy, you may do that thing. But if I guide you not to do it, trust your peace and choose to let that thing go. (verses 25, 26)
All that matters is the purpose given. I have already told you that this world is temporal and matters not. I have told you that there is no Truth in the world. But, I have not said these things about you. You are Eternal, and to your Father, you matter greatly. So join His Purpose that you may rejoin with Him. Through the purposes of the world you are lost to Him. But through His Purpose, you are joined. (verses 27, 28)
Listen to Me. You fool yourself when you listen to the purposes of the world, for you tell yourself that things are important when they are not. Do what you must do within the world, but let Me guide you in determining what must be done. (verses 29-32)
Let not the wisdom of the world confuse you, for what the world calls wise is meant to keep you bound to the world. In believing its wisdom, you believe it is your savior. Yet the world is a temporal place, and so its salvation is temporal too.
Nothing in the world will last, and all of its roads lead to death. Do not look there for your salvation.
I am the Truth and the Light. Your salvation is found in Me. Look to Me, and I will guide you within the world, but I will guide you within it in order to lead you from it. (verses 33-36)
Matthew, Chapter 24
In the discussion of Matthew 19, the Holy Spirit asked us to love the world for "what it is not." In the discussion of Matthew 24, the Holy Spirit talks frankly about what the world is not. He also talks about choice and peace.
The world is temporal and nothing within it will last forever. That which you perceive as holy within the world will not last, for nothing holy exists within the world. But the world can be the reflection of holiness, and it is that reflection I would have you see. (verses 1, 2)
The world is confusing and painful for those who believe it is real, and in vanity they will search for hope there. Do not look to the world for hope. Hope is not within the world. Look to Me. (verses 4-8)
Your faith will seem to be tested if you look to the world as real, for if the world is real, My Word cannot be.
Do not be afraid that My Word is not real. Hold onto it. The trials and tribulations of the world shall come to pass, but My Word will last forever. (verses 9-14)
The world is confusing when you think it [is] real, and it will deceive you. Caught in its deception, you will suffer. But the suffering you endure is temporal and can be given up when you are ready. For it is only your belief that makes the suffering real, and if you are willing to give up the belief, the suffering will go too.
The world and all you see in it is based on the belief that you can be separate from God. If you can be separate from God, you can be separate from Holiness, and so it is lack and suffering [that] you shall find.
The world is a reflection of this belief, and so the world is the symbol of conflict, lack and sorrow. Within the world, you will think that Holiness is separate from you, because this is what you believe. (verses 15-25)
I have told you that My Guidance comes from within, and there I Am also. Do not look for Me [in] the world. Do not imagine that I am separate from you.
The world is a place of illusions because its reflection is a deception and untruth. Listen to Me. I am telling you what I want you to know. (verses 26-28)
The end [of time and of the world] is not how you have imagined it, for the end is not a time of separation and suffering. The end of time is a blessing brought about by the release of the belief in separation. The end of time is the end of the world, [because] the world is the reflection of this belief. (verses 29-31)
When you notice that the world is everything I say that it is, you are becoming ready within your heart. When you prefer love to conflict, you will begin to listen to Me. When you prefer oneness to separateness, you will ask Me how to think. When you are tired of loss, lack and suffering, you will give your self to Me [in order to] be complete. All this you can choose and in all this, I am with you. (verses 32-35)
The resurrection will not be a surprise. The resurrection will be of your own choosing, for when you are ready, you will be resurrected. In this way, it may seem as if one is taken and another is left, but that is the illusion of the world. The one who is taken goes of his own choice and takes All That Is with him. And the one who is left has but yet to make the choice.
There is no lack in God. Lack is an illusion of the world. For that which is not separate must be complete, and that which is complete can suffer no lack. (verses 36-41)
If the Son of God could come when you did not expect him, the Son of God would be like a thief taking you before you are ready. For if your heart is [with] the world, you are not ready for Heaven.
It is you who must prepare yourself for Heaven. Therefore, you must ask Heaven to come to you. (verses 42- 44)
Do not be afraid of God. The fear of God will keep you from Him. I say to you, God is your peace, and so it is peace you must seek. When you have found peace, you have found God. When you are lost from peace, you are lost from God. And all of this is within the power of your choice. (verses 45-51)
Matthew, Chapter 25
Keep watch within your mind.
I have already told you that the world is not real. You will not find peace by looking there. If you look to the world for peace, you are like the five foolish virgins. They had some light for a little while, and the world may give you moments of peace, joy and warmth. But just as the light did not last throughout the night for the foolish virgins, the world cannot give you lasting peace.
The world is the darkness of the night. You cannot look to the darkness for light.
Be like the five wise virgins. Look where I Am. By looking to Me, you will find the Light that never goes out. (verses 1-13)
The parable of the servants with talents is a story of faith. One servant [put faith in] the fear he thought he saw, and he reacted to his belief as if it was real.
Fear begets fear. If you seek evidence of fear within the world, the world will provide you your full. There is [where] the weeping and gnashing of teeth [will be], lost within the illusion of fear.
Fear is an illusion, and all illusions can be overcome.
Be like the other two [servants] who did not put their faith in fear. Have faith beyond your fear, and you shall reap your reward even within the world. For the world is a place of fear, but fear is not real. Therefore, the perception of a fearful world cannot be real either. (verses 14-30)
The sheep and the goats are the thoughts within your mind. Both are within your mind now. When you look at the world, you may look with the thoughts of sheep or you may look with the thoughts of goats. When you look at your brother, you may look with the thoughts of sheep or you may look with the thoughts of goats.
The thoughts of sheep are God-centered thoughts. They are thoughts of love, oneness, sharing, peace and joy. Within the thoughts of sheep, there is not thought of separation. With the thoughts of sheep, everything is the same, blanketed with the peace, love and security of God. These are your real thoughts because they are based on Reality.
The thoughts of goats seem to be the opposite. Although they may sometimes seem like love, it is love for oneself separate from the love of others. Although they may sometimes seem like peace, it is peace from one’s way separate from the way of others.
The thoughts of goats are thoughts based on the illusion of separateness. When you listen to these thoughts, you believe the illusion to be real. What you believe shall be your experience, and so your mind will seem to [become] but a herd of goats.
I am the Light of the world. I have come to show you that goats are but shadow thoughts within your mind based on a belief in illusion. Look to Me, and ask for help. We will sort through the herd together. The sheep shall be separated from the goats. The sheep will last forever, and the goats shall be no more. (verses 31-46)
Matthew, Chapter 26
Now you must choose where you will decide to look. Your decision will show you what you see. (verses 1-5)
Let your confusion go. Your confusion is based on a belief in the world, but you will not see that the world is not real if you choose to hold onto your confusion.
With every thought that comes into your mind, you must make a decision: Will I believe this thought and keep it? Or will I let this thought go?
Thoughts of doubt, confusion, fear, attack and guilt seem justified within a world of doubt, confusion, fear, attack and pain, but this is why I have told you that the world is not real. If the world was real, your thoughts would be justified. If these thoughts are justified, your pain must be real.
But I tell you, there is not justification for these thoughts and your pain is not real. This is where I ask you to put your faith. If you put your faith with Me as this [Bethany] woman has, you will see [that] the world is not real. (verses 6-13)
Judas’ confusion was real for him as your confusion is real for you. Judas did not let his confusion go. Judas believed the world and believed his thoughts, so Judas did what his thoughts told him to do.
Do not misunderstand. Judas did not betray Jesus, because Jesus could not be betrayed.
In the world, Judas seemed to turn Jesus over for crucifixion, but the crucifixion of the Son of God is not real. Therefore, Judas did nothing but believe his confusion, and Judas only did this for a little while. (verses 14-16)
And so the story of Jesus continues with what seems to be a focus on the world. I ask you to look beyond the world with Me as we look at this story. The truth will set you free. (verses 17-19)
The fear of God has led to attack and hatred, and so it is attack and hatred you see and feel here [in this scripture]. Remember what I have told you. Fear will keep you from Me. Trust that these feelings of anger are intended only to hide your fear of Me. What is hidden is carefully protected. Is it your fear that you would protect?
Choose now to let your anger, attack and hatred go. They serve you not. Rest with Me in faith instead. (verses 20-24)
And now [as you read this scripture], you see that it is you who have betrayed yourself. For in your belief of your own thoughts, you hide the truth of who you Are.
This is the truth of your illusion: It stays with you through no power but your own. [This] truth shall set you free. (verse 25)
The Holy Spirit used the symbolism of Matthew 26: 26-75 to teach by contrasting
the master with his disciples. Jesus is shown as a master of forgiveness and is
provided as a forgiveness role model. The Holy Spirit uses the contrast of the
disciples to teach us about denial and defense mechanisms used to protect
denial. Too much importance has been placed on this event called the last supper. Jesus did not intend for this event to become a holy ritual within the world. If he had intended it to become a ritual, he would be implying that his death meant something. The purpose of Jesus’ decision to continue with the crucifixion was to show that death means nothing.
Jesus celebrated this Passover with his apostles because it was Jewish tradition. Things of the world were not important to Jesus by this time, but the traditions were important to his apostles. So he celebrated with them out of love, and he chose to use the celebration as a teaching opportunity.
He used the bread as a symbol of the body to show the meaninglessness of the body. He used the wine to teach forgiveness by asking them to drink from the same cup and by speaking of forgiveness as they drank.
Let go of the world. Forgive the belief in separateness. Truly, we are one.
This was the message of the last supper. (verses 26-30)
Fear must be released. You must look at your fear and trust that it is not real, or it will hold you back. Fear can keep you from Me.
Jesus knew that Peter was afraid and that Peter believed his fear, but Jesus did not condemn him for this. Jesus only wanted Peter to see his fear and realize that it is an obstacle to God. In this way, Peter could choose to let his fear go.
Peter preferred to deny his fear because it frightened him. So he denied [his fear] to Jesus. What is denied is carefully protected. Jesus knew this of Peter. So [Jesus] lovingly gave Peter an opportunity to notice his fear. This was a gift from Jesus to his brother, Peter. (verses 31- 35)
Jesus represents the one Son of God, and as a symbol of this mind, he experiences what this mind experiences. As one who experiences the experiences of the mind, Jesus steps forth as a model. For Jesus [was] not held back by his experiences. He [did] not view them as his reality.
Jesus is one who knew his reality to be greater than the experiences of the world. This enabled him to lay his experiences aside that he may know Truth. (verses 36 -38)
The [experience in this scripture is something] you experience all of the time. So is it surprising that Jesus, who is one with you, should experience it also? But Jesus is the model of forgiveness. Jesus did not deny his ego-minded thoughts. Jesus exposed his thoughts and admitted to them. But then he let them go quickly, secure in the knowledge that his purpose is one with God’s. (verse 39)
Jesus asks his disciples to follow his example. Keep watch on your mind. Do not sleep, for you must be aware of your thoughts as Jesus was, that you may also let them go. (verse 40, 41)
Forgiveness may not seem to be complete all at once. It may seem that thoughts are released only to return again. Let this not disturb you. Follow the example of Jesus [as] given in this scripture. Go in peace and forgive in faith again. (verse 42)
It is the alert mind that will make forgiveness complete. Focus on your purpose. Watch your mind. Let go of all thoughts that do not support the purpose of Love. (verses 43, 44)
Judas is the symbol of the mind that has not let go of its confusion. This mind believes its thoughts and holds onto them. Jesus wanted his disciples to wake up and see this aspect of mind, that they may be aware of the danger of keeping [ego-minded] thoughts. (verses 45, 46)
The mind that believes its confusion does not know it is lost from Love, because it is lost. [This mind] believes [that] it loves. The symbol of a kiss emphasizes this confusion. Look within yourself and find where you think you love, when truly you are denying confusion.
Confusion comes from a belief in separateness. Confusion is denied, because the belief is also denied. (verse 47-49)
This [scripture] symbolizes what the denied, confused mind seems to do to the Son of God: It makes him prisoner of his confusion.
Listen to Me. I am talking to you about you. You deny your confusion and your fear, so you are a prisoner of your own denial. (verse 50)
The disciple with the sword is also symbolic of the belief in confusion and fear. In his belief he attacks, thinking that attack will protect him. But attack does not protect. Attack furthers the cycle of confusion [and fear]. In attack, you are further lost from God. (verses 52-54)
When you fight or hide, you are denying the truth that I share and you are protecting the belief that has become so dear to you. I ask you to give up this belief by coming with Me. Lay your self aside. (verses 55, 56)
Jesus remained silent when false witness was brought against him, because to answer to this witness would have been to declare it and the world as real. Jesus stood [quietly] before the world forgiving it, letting it go within his mind.
Jesus did not, however, deny the Truth. The Truth he willingly acknowledged, even though he knew it may not be understood. (verses 57-64)
As you watch your mind now [while reading this scripture], you see these men who hit Jesus, spat on him and showed him all kinds of disrespect as guilty. For you believe that to deny innocence is guilt.
I tell you, this is not a feeling you have about them. This is a feeling you have about yourself. For you believe that to deny innocence is guilt, and yet you believe that you deny your Self, so you assume that you must be guilty.
I say to you, you are not guilty of your denial. You are not guilty of your fear. What you have done within your mind has caused nothing at all. God is one, and Heaven continues to sing its praises to our Father. We merely wait for you to forgive yourself and join with us within our Joy. (verses 65-68)
As the rooster crowed, Peter began the process of forgiveness. He let that which had been hidden be shown to him. This is the first step in letting it go. (verses 69-75)
Matthew, Chapter 27
The Holy Spirit uses the symbolism of Matthew 27, verses 1-56 to show us the world of guilt. He asks us to go beyond giving up our own sense of guilt to giving up the belief in guilt itself.
[In this scripture], Judas symbolizes the dance of guilt. It is [a dance] of death, for this is what you believe you deserve for attack on innocence. And so the Son of God seems to die, and Life Itself cannot be Itself. This is the illusion of the world, born from the illusion of guilt. Be not sad that this illusion has taken hold of you, for it is only an illusion. There is no truth to it at all. Have faith with Me.
The chief priests represent denial, for you have denied that the world and all that is in it is of your making, born of your belief in guilt and a product of your fear. The world is like the potter’s field. It is a place used to hide guilt. It is a place where foreigners go.
I say to you, the self that you think you are is but a foreigner to your True Self, for the purpose of this self is the denial of guilt and fear. These are foreign purposes.
Listen to Me. Let go of your foreign purposes. Remember the Purpose of your Father. There, within that remembrance, your Truth is. (verses 1-10)
Ask, and you shall know Me. Seek, and you shall find. (verses 11-14)
Fear comes from guilt, for one who feels guilty expects retaliation, and he becomes afraid. This is what is pictured within this scripture. Each one, in his way, acts out of fear to avoid what he believes will be the effects of his guilt. (verses 15-26)
Hatred and cruelty are madness, but madness is not a sin. Madness is confusion believed.
In the world, it may appear that there are different levels of madness. You may see worry to be much less extreme than hatred and cruelty. But I say to you, all madness is the same regardless of the form it seems to take.
Forgive your brother his madness, and forgive yourself the same. Do not believe confusion. Let the thought of it go. It does not matter what confusion seems to do to you or do within the world. Confusion is based on illusion, so confusion is delusion, and confusion must be let go [in order] to be healed. (verses 27 -31)
The man who carried the cross for Jesus was not forced. This is a misunderstanding. Simon represents the angels, which are the thoughts of the Holy Spirit. Angels take all burdens away when your burdens are offered to them. (verse 32)
Jesus did not take the narcotic that was offered him, but he did accept the love that was offered with it. It was this love that he carried with him to the cross, in gratitude for his brothers and sisters who are one with him. (verses 33, 34)
The soldiers casting lots for Jesus’ clothes symbolize the belief in separateness, but the soldiers are not separate from Jesus. They are one with him. It is only within the fantasy of their minds that they are not. And they keep this fantasy within their minds because they believe it protects them, and it may seem to for a little while, but the crucifixion must come to all who believe the Son of God can be crucified. For the crucifixion comes from the belief in guilt. It is not the effect of guilt itself, [because] the Son of God is innocent. (verses 35, 36)
The sign that was placed above Jesus’ head was meant as a statement of guilt, but I say it is a statement of innocence recognized. It declares this man not to be a man, and in that declaration, all seeming guilt disappears. (verse 37)
Guilt cast onto others is not cast away. No one can see another as guilty and see himself as innocent because he believes that guilt is real.
I ask you to let go of the belief in guilt itself.
Without the belief, guilt will be no more. (verses 38-40)
Jesus did not see his accusers and tormenters as guilty, because Jesus did not believe in guilt. He knew they suffered from delusion. Jesus looked on them in love, not seeing their delusions, but their Truth. And he loved their Truth because their Truth is Love. And Jesus was grateful for his sight. (verses 41-44)
God has not forsaken you. It is you who see this in the world. When you believe God has forsaken you, you do not know God. You believe your confusion.
Knowing the Truth takes faith, for to know it, you must let go of everything you seem to know now. This will not be easy if you choose to believe in the world, for the world that you see is your confusion.
Let go of the confusion in the mind first. Do it in faith, and you will be given the eyes of faith [that you may] see a different world. (verses 45-49)
This scripture has one purpose and one purpose only. The point of this scripture is that death isn’t real. There can be no death. (verses 50-53)
This [scripture points to] where your faith is leading you, to this recognition about your Self. Truly, all you knew before was but illusion. Upon this recognition, you will be awake and the Glory of God shall be yours. (verse 54)
This scripture also has one purpose, to show there is no separateness in God. It is all one and one is All That Is. (verses 55, 56)
Using the symbolism of Matthew 27: 57-66 and Matthew 28, the Holy Spirit shows us that doubt stems from our fear of God, which is stronger/deeper than our fear of death. This fear is so great that we choose to accept death over Life by putting our faith in doubt. Death is an illusion of form. All that can be seen of death can only be seen within the form of the world. (verses 57-61)
You who feel safe within the illusion of form fear death. But there is a fear that is greater than your fear of death. It is your fear of Life. It is your fear of Self. It is your fear of Truth. It is this fear that you protect, hidden beneath your fear of death, by accepting death as your final reward. (verses 62-66)
Matthew, Chapter 28
Let not your fear frighten you. Fear can keep you from Me. Look at your fear and let it go, that you may join with Me and be one with Life. (verses 1-4)
It is your faith that is needed now. Let your faith [in Truth] be greater than your fear. Through faith, overcome fear, and [eternal] Joy shall be your final reward. (verses 5-8)
You shall know Me, for I am one with you. The knowledge of Me cannot be kept from your heart, for I am one with your heart and I am your Heart. (verses 9, 10)
Do not listen to the ego-thoughts within your mind. Your belief in separation is great. This belief will seem to sprout many doubts within your mind. But on what basis do you put your faith in doubt over Me? Why choose to believe conflict over peace? Why choose fear over Love?
Lay down your doubts. Listen not to their evidence. (verses 11-15)
Go in faith, and I will lead you. Let go of all doubt and listen to Me. It is the Truth of your Self that I bring to share. Through overcoming doubt, you will [know] Me. (verses 16-20)
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