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Your Life And No-one Else’s

Your Life, Your Choices

You: Living for others for you – A life of services

I don’t know of a better place to look for a description of Heaven than the Bible.

One exception: Near Death Experience (NDE) Author Eban Alexander’s book – Proof of Heaven

I don’t know of a better place to look for a description of Heaven than the Bible.

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Bible Verse: John 14:2-3

Heaven has mansions where we will dwell with Jesus.

Bible Verse: John 14:2-3

“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also”

Bible Verse: Revelation 7:15-17

“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes” 

“When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we’d first begun.”

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Bible Verse: Revelation 21:19-20

“The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst”

Bible Verse: Revelation 21:21

“The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass”

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It goes on to speak of Heaven not needing a sun or moon. In my mind this is because it is not if this realm, and does not operate by our physics. 

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Bible Verse: Revelation 21:23-25

“The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there)”

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Heaven is not all one big nothingness without structure. And to me, it is not fiction either. This is where faith must work in your life. You have enough knowledge now, and there is enough information literally at your fingertips to help you discover enough to help you build a strong foundation of faith within you. Seek and you shall find. There is actually a wonderful structure with great purpose. Think of it as having layers. These layers are called dimensions. (see section on dimensions).

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Bible Verse: Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh. findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

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The bible speaks of dimensions using the words like breadth, length, height, and depth. 

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Bible Verse: Ephesians 3:18-19

“May have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

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A few examples of the use of the word Depth:

Matthew 13:5; Mark 4:5 – seed had no depth

Luke 5:14 – launch the boat into the deep (water)

Romans 8:39 – nor height nor depth … can separate us from the love of God

Romans 11:33 – O, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God

1 Corinthians 2:10 – the Spirit searches the deep things of God

2 Corinthians 8:2 – their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality

Revelation 2:24 – the depths of Satan

Each dimension has a different vibration and a different purpose in ultimately helping your Higher-Self continue to ascend. The more your light Being (Spirit or Higher Self) ascends (gains knowledge and advances spiritually) the higher advancement is made through the dimensions and ultimately toward God.

As you live your life on earth and learn and ascend, your Higher-Self (hopefully 🙂 advances in the dimensions. You might wonder about timing. Think of one of your lives on earth as being a blink of an eye to your Higher-Self. The average person blinks more than 23,000 times in one day. Can you imagine if each of those was a lifetime? 

Heaven is not on the same time as we are on Earth. Earth time is known as linear time. We think of everything as having a start and end time. Events are either in the past, present of future time. Heaven is more circular. Events happen all at the same time. Think of it as a wheel with spokes. You can travel to any point in time you wish. You are not going “back” in time, but simply going “to” that time on the wheel. This is one of the tougher concepts for our earth minds to understand.

Think of Heaven in connection with eternity. It is limitless. Things go on forever. Your energy never stops existing. You simply learn and grow (or ascend). There is far too much for us to even comprehend. There are billions of galaxies, planets, and dimensions. So much to learn and so many places to go. Free your mind. Relax and believe in the knowing that you are eternal.

Hear the Bible verse is speaking of the infinity of Heaven. Interestingly it also references heaven and higher heaven. Realms or dimensions perhaps?

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Bible Verse: Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!”

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How about the word unsearchable here? To me, when referencing the size of something and calling it unsearchable means it is too vast to search.

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Bible Verse: Psalm 145:3

“Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable.”

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Is heaven Up? Not physically. It is higher in vibration. From my learning and in my view, the next dimension is actually vibrating at what you might considered to be about (3) feet off the ground. Some people think the difference between one dimension and the other is even less than that. They think it is just a fraction away from your nose. It is like changing the channel on a dial ever so slightly. But if you are not in the same vibration, it might as well me a galaxy away. 

Ever hear of Heaven on earth. Catching a glimpse of this can be exciting. The natural feeling of euphoria you might that is so rare, it happens only once in a lifetime… unless you actually work on your vibration, your outlook, and your inner-self.

Keep in mind that science usually is far behind spirituality. It is VERY hard to prove a lot of this. That is why people can feel the answer in their intuitive gut long before science can prove it. Slowly, however, scientist are embracing these concepts.

Much of this is first proposed as a theory and later proof is found. There are many concepts science supports today that they did not in the near past. Learn to trust your intuition and your own internal process of discovery. Keep your mind open and allowing.

Interesting Reading:

The Language of God, Francis Collins, among many accolades, Director of the National Institutes of Health and director of the Human Genome Project (one of histories biggest research projects), winner of the $1.3 million Templeton Prize.

Collins declares that he sees no incompatibility between science and religion. “The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome”, he wrote.

“He can be worshiped in the cathedral or in the laboratory.“ added Collins.

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Military Vet Suicide

Veteran Suicide

Veteran Suicide and Helping Bereaved Families and Friends Left Behind

DID YOU KNOW?

Four Times As Many Troops and Vets Have Taken Their Own Lives Than Lost In Combat?* According to the report, this outpaces those of the general public in the same time period.

Researchers Estimate:

30,177 Global War on Terror veterans have taken their own lives vs. 7,057 lost while deployed.

A Horrific Daily Cost:

The Veterans Administration (VA) reports that 17 veterans take their lives EACH DAY in the U.S. Interestingly, they lowered the number from a previously reported 20 veterans a day by eliminating active duty, and former National Guard and Reserve members from this number. Regardless, this number is higher than the average population (in my  opinion) and according to the VA’s “Solid Start” program the  majority of these deaths occur in the first year of transition to civilian life.

Beyond Numbers and Into Support:

There are non-profit organizations that offer support for families that have suffered this type of tragic loss and for anyone effected by the loss.

Two such organizations are:

TAPS Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

Alliance of Hope

These groups offer pear support at no cost with additional services available such as helping to find a good match with a certified counselor well versed in suicide counseling and that falls within your insurance carrier coverage.

Personally Speaking:

I know from my own experience in losing a loved one very dear to me… that sometimes the full reaction does not occur for months and even years. Or sometime the manifestation of the reaction occurs in strange ways… for me I developed claustrophobia. I did not make the connection for some time. But later realized it was from seeing my loved on in a casket and thinking how are they going to breath when they close the lid. Seems silly, but the mind works the way the mind works… and that is why we cannot shut down or wall off our feelings when tragedy occurs. Whether it is pear to pear of professional counseling, I am now a proponent of getting help. The kind of help that can guide you through a process to help draw out and deal with emotions. A process to help deal with our challenges rather than letting them manifest in ways we don’t expect or are not ready to deal with.

Most insurances cover a small number of professional visits… But even so, TAPS recommends both a pear to pear group and professional help. And, I do too. 

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Free Will

The Gift of Free Will

Free: Not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes.

Will: A deliberate or fixed desire or intention.

Free Will

Along with the gift of amnesia comes the gift of Free Will. This means we are not all pre-programed robots simply following a set plans as we go through life (this is different from Soul Contracts in a later chapter). Free Will gives us the gift of choice. In any given situation that arises in our life from the smallest decision to the largest ones, we have a choice. 

What we do with this choice is up to us, thanks to free will. Each and every decision is actually recorded. Everything we do has a reaction, either positive or negative. Think of a decision like dropping a pebble in water. There are ripples. The ripples are the consequences of our decisions. God does not preprogram your reaction to anything. That is the freedom you hold. 

Sometimes we approach a decision consciously and sometimes it is unconscious. For example, you may consciously decide to attend a specific college and unconsciously limit your ability to do so by not getting your application in on time. 

We learn from every decision make or don’t make. The ripple effect changes the course of our lives. The universe reacts to each of our decisions. Each decision is also tied to a thought process which carries a vibration with it. See more about vibrations in a later chapter. You can positively or negatively effect your life by your decisions and your vibration. Free Will is a gift, a tool, and a responsibility. 

The Ego: Self-esteem, self-importance, self-worth, self-respect, self-image, self-confidence.

The ego plays a large roll in your decision making process. It highly influences your Free Will. You typically think of the Ego as you. Who you are. Your identify, yourself as you. However, the ego is just part of you, your conscious mind while the true essence of who you are is tied to your unconscious mind or your Higher-Self (see later chapter on Higher-Self). 

The Ego is like having your Higher-Self wear really thick glasses that are out of focus. Instead of your Higher-Self making decisions based upon what it knows to be the best thing to do, Your Ego steps in and wants you to make decisions it feels you should make for self-preservation. Again, your Ego is most concerned with making sure you are protected, have food, and won’t die. It fears death, because the ego knows death is the end of It. But, your Higher-Self knows that it will live forever. So, how do you use your Free Will? Do you make decisions using your Ego or your Higher-Self? Is it about self-preservation or your spiritual Ascension over a longer time (many lives)?

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