Nov 21
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“Once you reach the point of NOT knowing that “it” cannot be done, you’re ready to do what you’ve been meant to do from the beginning.
“If you can bring yourself to the point of believing the foregoing, you are ready to ask the one question that will put you on the path of doing and being what you, personally, are meant to be and do.”
The above two paragraphs are from an article I wrote three years ago, under a different title, and under my pseudonym Brad Cullen.
It’s like the weather, everyone talks about the need to know our purpose in life, but nobody provides a simple way to find it.
I offer it exactly how I discovered it, FREELY. No complicated, expensive courses, no commitment to equally expensive long term “coaching” just one question that you ask the part of your own mind from which you can get the answer that’s exactly correct for you.
Suggestion: Go back and re-read the opening paragraph – now ask a question that could lead you to the ONE QUESTION,– do I really want to know what I’m meant to do?
A line from a popular inspirational movie: “Your grandfather once said, ‘It is okay to do what you want to do, until you know what you’re meant to do.’”
…and the ONE QUESTION is what brought me to the point of not only wanting to know, but also willing.
d/”b”
In Freedom,
Brad
Nov 21
16
…and How to get it (Part 6)
What follows comes from a memory of an argument in which I really wasn’t a participant, but that I overheard.
One man saying, “Are you willing to believe what the Bible says?”
The other man saying, “You can twist the Bible into saying anything you want it to say!”
With those latter words “ringing in my ears,” (again, the memory, from about forty years ago, I’ll just ask the question:
Is this what it actually Says or, What I want to make it Say?
(That is, because he exercised a particular kind of faith, Enoch never experienced physical death and, therefore, this particular faith is possible for you and me to exercise as well!)
“By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, and was not found, because God had taken him; because before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without this “pleasing God kind” of faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him in order to access this kind of faith.”
I researched all the references to the man Enoch in both the Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible in the original languages and, in my mind, more importantly, diligently pursued the SOURCE OF EVERYTHING (by whatever other title or name) to be enlightened and received revelation as to what exactly Was/Is the “faith of Enoch” and how to walk in it.
In other words, enlightenment didn’t come to me (for me) by reading.
I believe, which doesn’t make it true for anyone else, that the appropriate definition of the “Faith of Enoch” is an intimate relationship with SOURCE.
Entering and maintaining an intimate relationship with a fellow human being that you can see and touch is difficult enough, but with a “Supreme Being” most people barely believe exists?
That’s tough.
In 2013 I wrote a two part Brad Cullen series, How Can I Know I’m Right with God? You may want to try it on for size to see if it is a fit for you. It still fits me.
http://spiritualhealingsource.com/?p=5722
Oct 21
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…and How to get it (Part 5)
What a lot of people do to solve a mystery is ask, why?
For me, this is an inappropriate strategy because “taking anything on faith,” again, FOR ME, requires getting into a “zone” where I suspend conscious thinking and judgment.
The question “why” is a triggering mechanism for getting the conscious part of my mind to take over.
I don’t have to dig very deeply to realize that the conscious part of my mind is the seat of skepticism and judgment and these, while being necessary tools to navigate through rational problem solving of living in this human vehicle – and just as one simple example, to evaluate advertising claims, particularly as they relate to me personally; skepticism and judgment are the antithesis to results-getting faith.
For me, The Faith of Enoch (hereafter TFE), is the ultimate leap into the unknown, but if I’m to be honest with myself I have to also acknowledge that there are certain facets of TFE that require a basis in cognitive thought and reason.
I believe in some basics, none of which I can prove for anyone else, but since I, a “chief of sinners,” received revelation that works for me, I also believe you can receive revelation that works for you:
I believe that God exists as an infinite, creative LOVE-force that goes way beyond my finite ability to understand or articulate in either religious or non-religious terms.
I believe that he rewards my blind search for finding his desires and purposes for the better good of my life – and in every aspect of it. One of those obvious rewards for me is revelation as to what is truth for me (and is not necessarily truth for anyone else, period).
I believe I often miss God (which is the essence of the word translated into English as “sin”). I also believe in the ancient text, “If we confess that we have missed him, he is BOTH faithful and just to forgive us AND cleanse us from all ‘unrighteousness’ – but if we deny that we ‘sin’ – the truth is not in us.”
The following links may prove to be a bridge for you to get over to the island of TFE.
http://spiritualhealingsource.com/?p=8003
http://spiritualhealingsource.com/?p=5395
http://spiritualhealingsource.com/?p=5346
http://spiritualhealingsource.com/?p=897
http://spiritualhealingsource.com/?p=114
If you have specific issues with faith, however you are using the term and you want to have private and confidential interaction, please email me,
brad@spiritualhealingsource.com