The Gospel
(Good News)
according to Frank
It’s simple, We were created in innocence and will always remain as God (Elohim) created us. Our
dream of separation and specialness is only an illusion, a nightmare of fear and death, being without
Love, perception instead of knowledge. Jesus, “The Christ” proved this was true and with His and the
Holy Spirit’s guidance we can also recognize the Truth.
What God created innocent, always was and will remain eternally innocent.
Forgiveness is the key to understanding this, “I need do nothing”, in fact I have to stop what I have
been doing, making judgments and look through Christ’s Vision to see everything as it really is.
Innocent and shining in God’s Eternal Love.
Let me explain
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Table of Contents
Preface........................................................................................................................................................4
Chapter: (1) My Model – (The Dream of the World of Specialness, Separation, Judgment & Suffering)5
Clarification of Terms..........................................................................................................................19
ACIM – “A Course in Miracles”....................................................................................................19
Real World – One with God - The final illusion of Heaven...........................................................19
The World (The illusion we think we live in).................................................................................19
Body – The actors in the dream .....................................................................................................20
Ego –Belief that God’s Son usurped God.......................................................................................20
Christ – The Son of God (Dreamer of the dream)..........................................................................20
Jesus – The earthly (body) representation of the Christ.................................................................20
Holy Spirit – The Thought of God..................................................................................................21
Sin - Errors (Judgments) that are in need of correction..................................................................21
Forgiveness – The Holy Spirit’s method to correct errors..............................................................22
Miracles Correction of errors, judgments.......................................................................................22
Healing – Healed Mind / Body.......................................................................................................22
Last Judgment – The Second Coming............................................................................................23
Chapter: (2) Summary Chart....................................................................................................................24
Chapter: (3) Supporting Data...................................................................................................................26
My descent into darkness – the world of separation & suffering........................................................26
My awaking from the dream of separation – AA..........................................................................28
When the student is ready the Teacher will arrive – ACIM...........................................................30
Religions and the Gods........................................................................................................................32
Bible and Judaism and Christianity................................................................................................33
Genesis.......................................................................................................................................33
Elohim MOST HIGH GOD.......................................................................................................37
Yahweh LORD God...................................................................................................................38
Buddhism , Islam, and other spiritual practices..............................................................................41
Hypocrisy of the Churches – at least my interpretation......................................................................44
Jesus’s Teachings.................................................................................................................................45
My God, My God, Why has Thou Forsaken me?...........................................................................47
Who do you say I am - Commandments, Sayings and Parables....................................................48
Judas and the Crucifixion & Resurrection......................................................................................54
The Holy Spirit –& Ego......................................................................................................................54
Holy Spirit (God’s quiet voice).......................................................................................................54
Analysis of the Ego (The loudest voice).........................................................................................54
My Miracles........................................................................................................................................55
Healing – The mind or the body - Spiritual Hypochondria.................................................................55
Special Relationships & Sexuality......................................................................................................56
Homosexuality................................................................................................................................56
AAAlcoholics Anonymous..............................................................................................................58
Modern Science, Entertainment, Misc................................................................................................59
Center of the Universe....................................................................................................................59
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Preface
Or
( How to catch a monkey )
Do you know how to catch a monkey. You build a transparent box with a round hole in one side just
big enough for a monkey to put his hand in – then you load the trap with a banana. The monkey will
see the banana and reach in and grab his prize and will not let go as you approach – greed. The
monkey is trapped. I was such a monkey – attracted by sex, power, money, alcohol, such an addict
that I could not let go and therefore I descended into darkness.
Chapter (1) Model of Human Existence & Clarification of terms used with the model
Chapter (2) Summary chart of a spiritual path = Outline
Chapter (3) Supporting data In Chapter (1) I present a general outline and discussion of the
model I propose . I have separated off the supporting data rather than include it in the main
discussion to make easier reading – detailed and sticking points can be further addressed in the
supporting data sections. If at any time, when some of the ideas which are presented here need
more detailed clarification, one can look to the supporting data.
3/31/2017
Frank Nystrom
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Chapter: (1) My Model – (The Dream of the World of
Specialness, Separation, Judgment & Suffering)
When I was a chemist I developed a model of solubility based on physical measurements that I could
apply to any combinations of solvents and predict their solubility. Preforming numerous experiments I
could not find any combination that did not hold true to the model and so I considered the model to be
accurate, at least to the extent of the quality of my measurements.
I would come to apply this same methodology in developing a model defining Who, What and Where I
am. I would first determined the basics for the model and then test the existing data to see if it fits.
Every model has a starting point or assumption and its results or conclusions are influenced by that
reference point. The data is interpolated through eyes of this perspective. In my model of Theology, –
it will be started from innocence rather than from sin. I will explain as we go along.
This is what I have come to believe. I finally found my answer to the question “Who and What am I?
and Why am I here?”. All my life, I have had the feeling that I really didn’t belong here, but I can not
remember where I used to be. Or why do I even have this feeling.
My awaking began in AA when I was about 48 years old and has been developing ever since using the
teachings of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), ACIM (A Course in Miracles), and the Bible. Guided by the
Voice for God – THE HOLY SPIRIT
Let me explain. I grew up in a Christian society and so I will start the development of my model from
that perspective but will show later, in the supporting data, that it is true for many other paths too.
Universal truths are in every theology and/or belief but the symbolism in each is more individualist and
so my starting point must be from where I based my belief, using symbols irrespective of being right
or wrong.
The only God I knew, prior to my awaking, was the one that I was told had sent His only Begotten Son
to die on the cross for me and my accepting Him into my life was the only way salvation could be won.
Salvation from what? This world?, From God? That always confused me – His Son had to die for me.
Did that mean that God was a vengeful God and demanded sacrifice and punishment for mistakes made
? Was I also being held responsible to “original sin” which someone else had committed but I was just
as guilty?. And of course, on top of all of this, were all of my own “sins”.
The stories, I learned or remember, in the Bible depicted a vengeful God, with human characteristics. A
doctrine full of myths, mysteries and demanded blind faith. An elaborate scheme that required God’s
Son or if God is All, God Himself to die on a cross for our mistakes. A church which was attended to
by a clergy who didn't even follow the same rules, The entire theology built on half-truths, excluding
anyone who didn’t believed exactly the same doctrine, even within their own ranks.- Nothing
consistent that I could base my belief on. I rebelled at every point of my life against this and lashed out
desperately to prove that I was right.
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The AA program opened the door, ever so slightly, to a new understanding of living. As AA puts it, I
would have to be in enough pain – hit my bottom – to be able to asked for help. The very thing I
thought gave me power and courage, alcohol, had only the power to destroy me and I was powerless to
fight against it A chink in the walls my ego had built as AA puts it, its pain, brought me to my knees,
and forced me to ask God if He would show me a better way to live.. This request was answered,
although the answer was not apparent to me at the that time,.
Nevertheless, my drinking continued and I was again confronted with another drunk driving
conviction. For a long time I would sporadically go to meetings and then after each go to the bars to
discuss with my friends whether it was a good/bad one. Just going to some meetings didn’t seem to
help. Help came through the courts , I was forced to start the AA program and attend on a regular
basis. I started doing what they told me to do and ran into my first obstacle, a belief in a “Higher
Power”. A true functioning and loving God, or what ever I wanted to call Him. But, a power
nevertheless that I could not see, or touch but had to know His presence was there. At this time in my
recovery, I took AA itself as my Higher Power and started doing the 12 Steps..
Step 4 through 9 Involved being honest to myself, and proved to be the turning point in my sobriety.
Making a list of my past actions and what and who they affected, my feelings and how they affected
me and my outlook on life, opened the door. Actually doing the steps rather than talking about them.
Reluctantly, I was becoming more honest with myself. Eventually, I could see where my misguided
judgments had formed the world that I believed I lived in. That in reality I was responsible for my life,
I alone, not any external influences. That I had built a wall around myself and refused to let others in
or actually know me.
The mask I had put on, in my frantic attempts to show the world what I thought they wanted , never
really allowing them to see who I really was. How could I find love, respect, happiness when what I
was showing the world was not me but a lie, How could they love a lie. AA started me on a path of
honesty, openly showing others who I really am. These early steps , where I admitted my resentments
and mistakes , showed me that forgiveness was possible and being honest with myself did promote a
better way of living.
As I stated to understand that I had been forgiven, I saw that I needed much more to forgive others .I
began to understand the true meaning of forgiveness. Forgiveness of what I thought others had done to
me but more important than that, I had to forgive them for what I had accused them of NOT doing – I
had hated them for not seeing how strong I was, how great, intelligent, sexy, and so on. One of my
major resentments was that God had put me here and then was not here when I needed Him, or at least
He didn’t do what I wanted. This was the hardest of all resentments to admit.
I had finally started admitting all my errors, mistakes and resentments. I was learning to be honest and
that would also force me to openly profess my sexual preference – I was gay. For years I had tried to
hide as a heterosexual, hiding all my feelings, never being happy, never knowing why. The “truth” was
starting to set me free. But still accepting the church and society attitudes , I was still filled with guilt
for my lifestyle How would this be resolved? Church theology said God hated gays but he was also
the perpetrator of my present situation, forgiveness was not possible in this frame of reference, pardon
at best.. -I had not asked to be here nor be gay -
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The church and its Theology seems to be based strictly on the happenings from Genesis chapter 2. As
outlined in Scripture, from a Jewish perspective, it was developed in the first five books of the Bible
(Pentateuch), called the Old Testament and culminated in the New Testament with Jesuss teachings
and finally “Revelations”. It’s basic perspective was sin – original sin - Judaism demanded a Messiah ,
a Savior who would save God’s people from repression and slavery. A Warrior to liberate them from
their captors (Romans) hands and end their suffering and hardships in this life. But, rather than a
warrior, Jesus came as a Suffering Servant, the Sacrificial Lamb, Redeemer of God’s chosen people.
Jesus would have to die on the cross to satisfy God’s requirement for the forgiveness of all sins. The
narrative developed from Chapter 2 onward demanded His death for SINS.
Christianity, building on the Judaeo interpretation, continued to believe that God demanded sacrifice
for the forgiveness of sin. Jesus was that sacrifice. And finally “Revelations” summed it up, the classic
battle of the Anti-Christ (Ego, 666, man-man-man) and Jesus Christ’s second coming.
God had made an imperfect man, supposedly giving him free will, yet put him in a position where his
imperfection would sin. Only God or God’s Son could pay the supreme sacrifice and die for our sins to
correct the mistake. God had to die for God to satisfy the need for sacrifice demanded for God’s
original mistake. That theory completely leaves us out of the path for correction, we can never satisfy
that requirement for atonement. We would always be guilty and indebted to Jesus. I had trouble with
this theology and felt that something was missing.
Several years after I began my AA recovery, I was introduced to “A Course In Miracles”, (ACIM). I
was really leery of the “Course” but the more I read it the more I was convinced that this was the way
for me. As I started to study the “Course” and do it’s lessons, I was to find and know God and Jesus
from a different perspective than my old church version. A new understanding of Jesus’s message. All
inclusive, a savior for everyone, even gays. Forgiveness again was the key, forgiveness of the mad
idea that the Perfect could be corrupted. This Theology started from innocence.
Somewhere around 1995, I started to attend an ACIM church in the area and had a real awaking when I
attended in 2000 the first ACIM International Conference in San Francisco., there I heard Rev. Jon
Mundy say that all Rabbis at Jesus’s time started their sermons with a Psalm – “My God, My God.
Why have thou forsaken me”, is the start of Psalm 22 ending with Psalm 23. This is what Jesus was
to have shouted out on the cross, then he said “it is finished” and gave up his spirit. .This was a major
revelation for me. Jesus was telling what he was doing on the cross – not because his Father (Elohim)
demanded it but because the (Yahweh) Theology demanded it Everything started to fall into place for
me now.-
ACIM showed me a different perspective of Jesus’s message and a more inclusive Theology. (I’ll
explain this in more detail in the Supporting data) It began to show me what was valuable and what
had no value – the eternal, timeless world of God verses the transient, impermanent world of dreams.
Jesus said “why gain the world to lose your soul” To learn to distinguish and value that which is
God’s, not what I had made through my judgments in this world. To know what used to be a mystery,
to see the truth and “Christ” in everything, to understand Jesus’s teaching and follow His path.
I now believe that Jesus was the first man to see the face of “CHRIST”, [God’s Son], the reality of who
he actually was.. Remember in Revelations when Jesus said He was the Alpha and Omega, first and
the last. It began with “The Christ” and it will end with “The Christ”. Because of this, He could be in
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the world but not part of it, he could see the truth for the false, the lie of separation, the world of the
Ego. And knew it false. And so He could also forgive, not pardon, but forgive, realizing nothing had
really happened to the Son of God, that this was only a DREAM. He saw through the illusion and
therefor He could raise the dead, walk on water, turn water into wine, show us that the it was all a
dream, and finally teach us death is impossible.
Somehow in the church’s teaching the story of creation in Genesis (1) was glossed over, lost or ignored,
IE. God (Elohim) created the heavens and earth, God created His Son, man/woman in His own image
– spirit. God said it was Good (Perfect) – How could the All, the One have an enemy, how could the
All defy itself and attack itself. How could the All – timeless, eternal become limited by time? How
could “Spirit” become trapped in a finite body? These are the questions that plagued me and could not
be answered with the church’s theology based on original sin. Only from a perspective of innocence
could this be explained. I hope to address here.
In the supporting data I will also present more information about Elohim. For instance the story of
Enoch, who walked with Elohim, and references to Melchizedek, King of Salem(Jerusalem) and priest
of the Most High God Elohim where later in the Bible Hebrews 6:20 says, “[Jesus] has become a high
priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek” But for now back to my analysis.
The story of man and the Ego begins in chapter 2 where the Lord God (Yahweh) made man from the
dust of the earth and then made women from the rib of man. And breathed life into them
"The Bible mentions that "a deep sleep fell upon Adam," and nowhere is there any reference to
his waking up. ACIM Text Ctp 2 ppg 18:6)"
Consciousness was the first split that man introduced into himself. He became a PERCEIVER, rather
than a creator in the true sense. Consciousness is correctly identified as the domain of the ego. The ego
is a man-made attempt to perceive himself as he WISHED to be, rather than as he IS. To seek what
would make him happy and whole other than God. To perceive illusions. A “Collective
Consciousness” the world, and an “Individual Consciousness”. it’s characters.
From that chapter on, man was separated from God, sinned, became conscience of himself and
sentenced to a life of sin. But remember, Sin was “missing the mark”, making an error in judgment,
errors can be corrected by right thinking – we will also explore this fact later in more detail.
I am reminded of the lyrics in the song Stardust into Men:
There once was a time, when we live behind. In another space, in another space.
Stardust into men, only love was there. Happiness everywhere, all over the place.
Stardust into men, stardust into men. It's how we began, it's how we began.
Come in out of the rain, come in out of the rain. It's how we began, it's how we began.
In the beginning we had everything, now we're missing secretly.
it's time to change, this part of the game. Stardust into man, stardust into man/
That's how we began, that's how we began.
So this is our modern scene, even there’s. Somewhere in between, somewhere in between.
There you can hide, speak with your spiritual guide. Coming out, coming out of the rain.
We were given, given everything. All, all we had to do was listen.
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That's how we began...Don't forget, don't forget it “ [Stardust into Men (feat Rhonda
Bellamy)]
SO, between Genesis 1 and 2 something indescribable must have happened. I’m going to propose that
we start our model on the premise that “THAT indescribable something was that God’s Son ask
Himself a ridiculous mad (insane) question. “Is there anything other than God that will make me
happy?
And He thought about it, BANG, (The Big Bang, nothing from nothing) this world was created or made
if you like. A dream of God’s Son ( The CHRIST ), a dream of separation, a nightmare of being
without God. And so began our dream of turning our back on God, but how do we justify the existence
of the world - who created it, there must be something, so a god was invented, a god, with human
characteristics, after all we can only make from what our senses tell us – so thus the story begins.
My God, had we-killed God, or pushed Him out of our world, would He retaliate, punish us for our
“sin” As genesis (2) says ‘we saw our nakedness and were ashamed’ Perhaps it would be better if we
punished ourselves first to show God that we were sorry and lessen his wrath. A world of suffering was
born to adjudicate our guilt. Punishment being done to us but not by us. The entire story or dream
wrapped around the idea that we had left God and everything was being done to us – not by us.
So in the dream, the MOST HIGH GOD (Elohim – Chapter 1) would become a vengeful, and
demanding punishment, god– LORD GOD (Yahweh – Chapter 2), First he made Adam and Eve,
knowing they would sin, and put them in the garden and told them not to eat of the tree of knowledge,
then later he kicked them out of the garden for their inability to obey, condemning all of their children
to eternal hardship and toil, pain at giving birth, and so on. But they say God knows everything so he
would have known this would happen. Demanding obedience or He would display His wrath on us or
those He considered enemies. This doesn’t sound like the God who created everything perfect and like
Himself. But this was the god we developed in the dream to replace the True God Elohim.
Consider another story in the Bible of Lot, who the LORD God allowed to be tortured by the devil just
to prove a point. Lot had to suffer, proving his alliance, before God restored all his earthly treasures.
But we all know when you die you cannot take them with you, so what good would that be, give back
what he was going to lose in the long term anyway – theres no justice is that.
Problem is we can still see love and beauty in this nightmare dream. As we look around a world of
death, despair, hatred, war, we see killing and attack BUT, we also see love and unexplained beauty.
God [Elohim] is life and in God we live, we are still ONE even though we may think we turned our
back on God, we can never totally remove His Presence, nor stop seeing glimpses of His Love.
So, here is the model that I have come to believe in and follow:
The world I see is merely a dream of separation from God, [the Father], by the Son. A nightmare of
being alone, without God. Somehow in Eternity, where all is one, there crept a tiny, mad idea, at
which the Son of God remembered not to laugh Perhaps He asked a question “ is there anything other
than God will make me happy ?”, and he thought about it Bang, the illusion, the material universe
was made, time made including past and future, and all the possibilities were thought of. The Eternal
was isolated into a finite.”body”
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I think of it like a flip-card movie done at God speed. Any one card has only one instance of a
character but flipped at high speed it appears that a complete movie, frame by frame, is running. Each
character coming from a different perspective, interacting with each other, and yet actually there is only
one character at any time is in a frame.. A Disney animation of sorts, only running at God speed.
Similar to Star Trek's ”Holographic deck” or the “Matrix - connective incubator”.
Millions on millions of possibilities, different perspectives, characters or bodies, populating an entire
world, universe; all searching for the same answer. “Is there anything other than God that will make me
happy ? For instance, “Frank” one of the characters or bodies in the dream, searching for an answer
to what and who he was and what would make him happy. That is still my life to this very day –
searching for what will make and keep me happy. Into this dream Jesus “The Christ” came to bring
the light of God.(Elohim) God’s answer is the Holy Spirit. As Jesus said there are no secrets and all
will be reveled if we but ask. Slowly I am finding that this is true – the only LASTING thing which
will truly make me happy is a relationship with GOD.
The first judgment was a mistake, that we are separate from God, and then layer upon layer of
judgments plied on top until the world (I / we) was hopefully lost and so confused that we could not
possibly find our way back to the truth. The characters in the dream could not possibly know what
lives outside the dream, the bodys senses are only able to react to the dream. An external force would
be needed, knowledge that the dream was an illusion, a nightmare, had to come to show the way – I
believe Jesus, who saw the face of “Christ [the dreamer of the dream]”, bringer of the Holy Spirit is
that way.
Thus “the ONLY way to the Father is through the Son” is a statement of fact, NOT a statement of
exclusion. In REALITY there is ONLY the FATHER and the SON, UNITED as ONE THOUGHT -
[LOVE] – all else is an illusion, a dream of separation.
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in
heaven.
John 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded
forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not
understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
The “Course” states it so eloquently as an ancient song still remembered
You know the ancient song, and know it well. Nothing will ever be as dear to you as is this
ancient hymn the Son of God sings to his Father still. And now the blind can see, for that
same song they sing in honor of their Creator gives praise to them as well. The blindness which
they made will not withstand the memory of this song. And they will look upon the vision of the
Son of God, remembering who he is they sing of. What is a miracle but this remembering? And
who is there in whom this memory lies not? The light in one awakens it in all. And when you see
it in each other, you ARE remembering for everyone. ACIM
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So there it is: This world is a dream, an illusion, a nightmare where everything is the opposite from the
World God [Elohim] Created:
finite Vs. Infinite
time Vs. Eternity
darkness Vs. Light
separation Vs. Oneness
making Vs. Creating
perception Vs. Knowledge
Ego Vs. Truth
bodies Vs. Spirit
sin / sickness Vs Perfection
special relationships Vs. Love
death Vs. Life
Forgiveness, as Jesus proclaimed is the key to salvation. As Jesus showed in his last sermon, while on
the cross, that death was an illusion, a shadow in the valley he would walk through. It was not a
sacrifice demanded by God, but merely a nightmare dream justifying sin that could not stand up to the
Light of God. And He would prove it so by His Resurrection.
Sickness is also an illusion, a way the Ego uses to try and prove that God had been attacked. This need
not be. Miracles of Healing will remove the dream of separation from our eyes. Errors in judgment
will be corrected by the Holy Spirit and reveal a world where only the face of Christ can be seen. A
healed world as close to heaven as Heaven itself – where the MOST HIGH GOD could wake His
sleeping Son unto Himself again.
Jesus taught that it was only Right-mindfulness (thinking) that was important – If you were a soldier
be a good soldier, not stealing from those you protect,: If you were a tax collector, do not cheat the
government or the citizens. If you think about adultery in your mind you have committed a sin. He
did not come to take away our world but merely to show that it was unreal, a figment of our
imagination, but more than that, thoughts do have consequences. What happened in the dream was an
illusion and really didn't matter – it is the thoughts or judgements behind our actions that made the ego,
shame, guilt, and fear that keeps this world going.
The Last Judgment, the epic battle of Light verses Darkness, Good verses Evil, Satan,( Ego, the great
deceiver) verses Christ.. Right-mindfulness and the letting go of the dream. Seeing Christ’s face
everywhere, His Light shining away the darkness of the ego’s insanity. LOVE’s Perfection seen again.
Today, April 16, 2017 in Chiang Mai, Thailand – EASTER SUNDAY , I was watching a video by Rev.
Jon Mundy’s “ACIM Tribute to Ken Wapnick” , and in it he said “that in Ken’s apt there was a special
black monolithic structure, actually, a door, which Ken had painted black and had “Elohim” painted in
gold at the top and below that a gold star, a symbol for the Light of Christ” which he had made for
Helen. I hadn't heard about this until now but it really serves to convince me my model is right.
Elohim is the All, the One, my Father. I/we are His Son.
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So here I sit by myself in my apartment writing this Gospel, a spiritual hypochondriac believing that I
am separated from God, alone, in a body, dying and doomed to eternal hell., but now I am not alone
and helpless.
He Has Risen !!!
Let US all walk in confidence that the Holy Spirit and Christ are always with us. Guiding us in all
matters when we ask for assistance. The realization that we are NOT in a world separate from God,
that MY life in this world actually has a function , and now I can be in the world but not part of it.
NOW, at least to the best of my ability, I am without guilt, and with the knowledge that I am being lead
to God. I can faithfully fulfill my function of bringing God’s Light into this world, being God’s eyes,
ears and mouth. The Prodigal son returns home to Elohim and Heaven and Spirit( male/female) as
they were created.
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Prodigal Son Parable
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to [his] father,
Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth [to me]. And he divided unto them [his] living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a
far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all,
there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and
joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And
he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto
him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have
bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and
will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more
worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came
to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and
ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father
said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand,
and shoes on [his] feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be
merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they
began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the
house, he heard musick and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what
these things meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed
the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28 And he was angry, and would
not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29 And he answering said to [his]
father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy
commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast
killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I
have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was
dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. Luke 15:11
As Jesus instructed: When you pray, pray in secret saying:
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Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, as we also have
forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:9–13 (NRSV)
And I am also constantly reminded of this beautiful prayer from the “Course”.
"Forgive us our illusions, Father, and help us to accept our true
relationship with You, in which there are no illusions, and where none can
ever enter. Our holiness is Yours. What can there be in us that NEEDS
forgiveness when Yours is perfect? The sleep of forgetfulness is only the
unwillingness to remember Your forgiveness and Your Love. Let us not wander
into temptation, for the temptation of the Son of God is not Your Will. And
let us receive only what YOU have given, and accept but this into the minds
which You created, and which You love. Amen." ( ACIM Text ppg 350 )
"Each day, each hour and minute, even every second, you are deciding between the crucifixion
and the resurrection; between the ego and the Holy Spirit. The ego is the choice for guilt; the
Holy Spirit the decision for guiltlessness. The power of decision is all that is yours. What you
can decide BETWEEN is fixed, because there are no alternatives except truth and illusion. And
there is no overlap between them, because they are opposites which CANNOT be reconciled
and CANNOT both be true. You are guilty OR guiltless, bound OR free, happy OR unhappy.
The miracle teaches you that you have chosen guiltlessness, freedom and joy. It is not a cause,
but an EFFECT. It is the natural result of choosing right, attesting to your happiness that comes
from choosing to be free of guilt. Everyone you offer healing to returns it. Everyone you attack
keeps it and cherishes it by holding it against you. Whether he does this or does it not will make
no difference; you will THINK he does. It is impossible to offer what you do not want without
this penalty. The cost of giving IS receiving. Either it is a penalty from which you suffer, or the
happy purchase of a treasure to hold dear." ACIM Cpt 26:5:13
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And in CONCLUSION
So there is my model – an all inclusive model, Creation, Evolution, reincarnation, déjà vu, any and all
religious beliefs, Archon Parasites, Infected Anunnaki - Enki, Enlil, Marduk, Ra, Orion Dynasty
Robert Stanley, and Maya the illusion of the Self, even the latest scientific theory proving the earth to
be the center of our universe.
The model leaves no one, no belief developed in the dream, or nothing out – but only realizes God
(Elohim) and His Son (CHRIST) as REALITY, all else is an illusion, a dream that will simply fade
away in the Light of Knowledge which Is God (Elohim) Himself.
My childhood theology looked at the world through the eyes of sin – original sin. Declared sin real and
then looked to have it absolved or pardoned by the grace of God – but this was God of the Yahweh
theology, born of sin. My understanding now is one that comes from a place of innocence. Elohim
created the Perfect, Innocent Love. Christ’s dream , born in innocence but dreaming of sin. A
nightmare that when realized as a dream needs not be forgiven but merely let go to fade away and see
the innocent face of Christ again. My forgiveness of my judgment of God, people/places and things in
the dream. for what I thought that they did to me but more important and subtle than that is what I
demanded and they didn’t do. Forgiveness of myself for what I thought I had done, and likewise didn’t
do, corrupted the UN-corruptible.
The “Good News” is that all of this is accomplished through FORGIVENESS, letting go of
JUDGMENTS, bringing all thoughts to question, correcting the error by choosing again with the
correct guide the HOLY SPIRIT not the Ego. .By forgiving we can turn the nightmare ego dream
into a happy dream for us and all the others. Collectively we made this world, individually we can we
can correct our perspective. Heal our believed sicknesses and dream in gratitude a happy dream where
all is seen through Christ’s vision, so God can waken us to Himself.
So as Jesus tells us in the “Course” ppg 202::1
No one can escape from illusions unless he looks at them, for not looking is the way they are
protected. There is no need to shrink from illusions, for they cannot be dangerous. We are ready
to look more closely at the ego's thought system because together we have the lamp that will
dispel it, and since you realize you do not want it, you must be ready. The "dynamics" of the ego
will be our lesson for a while, for we must look first at this to see beyond it, since you have
made it real. We will undo this error quietly together, and then look beyond it to truth
and later on ppg 207:4
In effect, then, what you believe you do see. That is what I meant when I said, "Blessed are ye
who have not seen and still believe," for those who believe in the resurrection will see it. The
resurrection is the complete triumph of Christ over the ego, not by attack but by transcendence.
For Christ does rise above the ego and all its works, and ascends to the Father and his
Kingdom. Would you join in the resurrection or the crucifixion? Would you condemn your
brothers or free them? Would you transcend your prison and ascend to the Father?
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It doesn’t matter where the theologies of this world are based, all have a common theme. It is summed
up very well in Wikipedia (Creation Myth) Meaning and function “
"While creation myths are not literal explications they do serve to define an orientation of
humanity in the world in terms of a birth story. They are the basis of a worldview that reaffirms
and guides how people relate to the natural world, to any assumed spiritual world, and to each
other. The creation myth acts as a cornerstone for distinguishing primary reality from relative
reality, the origin and nature of being from non-being. In this sense they serve as a philosophy
of life but one expressed and conveyed through symbol rather than systematic reason. And in
this sense they go beyond etiological myths which mean to explain specific features in religious
rites, natural phenomena or cultural life. Creation myths also help to orient human beings in
the world, giving them a sense of their place in the world and the regard that they must have for
humans and nature."
So what’s the purpose? How can this theology or understanding make my life better? Yes, it’s true
that we are in a dream world that really doesn’t exist – But I am here, or at least I believe I am, so how
do I live my life knowing this is but a dream. What is my part in this? What am I to do? Who should I
blame? Who should I look to for help? Forgiveness can dispel the need to attack and quiet my mind,
What is accomplished by forgiveness
my function here?
Healing
McCormick Hospital we dispense prescriptions Jesus does the healing
collective and Individualistic disease, eating, breathing, anything with the body
all illusion my sister once said that our only purpose here was to help each other get through it
is healing for God purpose of for specialness – then it is not healing in the true sense but is just an
illusiion of wellness.
Placebo and the mind changes - same as any medicine
· Buddhism Buddha mentions the “Indescribable” but does not assign it to any God.
Buddha’s concern was the removal of suffering in the world, caused by one coveting judgments
or attachments. The release of which, one would obtain “Enlightenment” a state of “Onenes”
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· Hinduism "Brahmanas of the Brhad-arayaka Upanishad, which was written in India in the
700s or 600s B.C. The principal actor in this story can be taken to be Praja-pati, the Lord of
Creation, or Brahma the Creator. Like the original, however, this story uses "he" as its subject
[......] He thought, "Let me have a self", and he created the mind. [..…] Thus in the beginning
the world was only his self, his being or essence, which then took the shape of a person. At first
he was afraid, but realizing that he was alone and had nothing of which to be afraid, his fear
ceased. However, he had no happiness because he was alone, and he longed for another. He
grew as large as two persons embracing, and he caused his self to split into two matching parts,
like two halves of a split pea, and from them arose husband and wife. They mated, and from
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their union arose the human beings of the earth.
(http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSSelf.html)" Karma, reincarnation, re-birth and so on.
·
· Islam same origins as Christians and Jews but Allah not Yahweh is God and Mohamed is
considered the final prophet. A detailed discussion of this in supporting data taken from
[http://bibleandquran.com/allahandelohim4.htm] Bible and Quran.
·
· A more complete list will be developed in the Supporting Data.
P.S. NOTE: I tried to write this Gospel Chapter 1 and 2 to stand on it’s own, but not overly
detailed Please refer to the Chapter (3) Supporting Data to explain in detail any specific question on
the Theology presented here.
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Clarification of Terms
ACIM – “A Course in Miracles”
This is a course in miracles. It is a required course. Only the time you take it is voluntary.
Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum. It means only that you can elect
what you want to take at a given time. The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of
love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the
awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance. The opposite of love is fear,
but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite. This course can therefore be summed up
very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.” (ACIM, Introduction )
This Gospel (and the Model discussed here) is based on the teachings of ACIM.
Real World – One with God - The final illusion of Heaven
.”The real world is a symbol , like the rest of what perception offers. Yet it stands for what is
opposite to what you made. Your world is seen through the eyes of fear, and brings the wittiness
of terror to your mind. The real world cannot be perceived except through eyes of forgiveness
blesses, so they see a world where terror is impossible, and witness to fear cannot be found…...
The real world is the symbol that the dream of sin ans guilt is over and God’s Son no longer
sleeps. His waking eyes perceive the sure reflection of His Fathers Love, the certain promise
that he is redeemed. The real world signifies the end of time, for its perception make time
purposeless. (Workbook for Students Lessons ACIM ppg 443”
The World (The illusion we think we live in)
"The world is false perception. It is born of error, and it has not left its source. It will remain no
longer than the thought that gave it birth is cherished. When the thought of separation has been
changed to one of true forgiveness, will the world be seen in quite another light; and one which
leads to truth, where all the world must disappear and all its errors vanish. Now its source has
gone, and its effects are gone as well..The world was made as an attack on God. It symbolizes
fear. And what is fear except love's absence? Thus the world was meant to be a place where
God could enter not, and where His Son could be apart from Him. Here was perception born,
for knowledge could not cause such insane thoughts. But eyes deceive, and ears hear falsely.
Now mistakes become quite possible, for certainty has gone... Workbook for students Lessons
ppg 413"
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Body – The actors in the dream .
"The body {self} is a fence the Son of God imagines he has built, to separate parts of his Self
from other parts. It is within this fence he thinks he lives, to die as it decays and crumbles. For
within this fence he thinks that he is safe from love. Identifying with his safety, he regards
himself as what his safety is. (Workbook for Students Lessons ACIM ppg 425)"
These bodies make up the characters in the dream of separation, our bodies, Frank, Mary,
John, and so on, both past ,present and future. Every conciveable possibility or perspective
searching to answer the questions, Who am I ? , Why am I here ?, what will make me happy?.
Ego –Belief that God’s Son usurped God
The ego is idolatry: the sign of limited and separate self, born in a body, doomed to suffer and
to end its life in death. It is the "will" that sees the Will of God as enemy, and takes a form in
which it is denied. The ego is the "proof" that strength is weak and love is fearful, life is really
death, and what opposes God alone is true. The ego is insane In fear it stands beyond the
Everywhere, apart from ALL, in separation from the Infinite. In its insanity it thinks it has
become a victor over God Himself. And in its terrible autonomy it “ sees” the Will of God has
been destroyed. It dreams of punishment, and trembles at the figures in its dreams; its enemies,
who seek to murder it before it can ensure its safety by attacking them. (Workbook for Students
Lessons ACIM ppg 467)"
Christ – The Son of God (Dreamer of the dream).
"Christ is God's Son as He created Him. He is the Self we share, uniting us with one another,
and with God as well. He is the Thought which still abides within the Mind that is His Source.
He has not left His holy home, nor lost the innocence in which He was created. He abides
unchanged forever in the Mind of God. Christ is the link that keeps you one with God, and
guarantees that separation is no more than an illusion of despair, for hope forever will abide in
Him. Your mind is part of His, and His of yours. He is the part in which God's Answer lies,
where all decisions are already made, and dreams are over." (Workbook for Students Lessons
ACIM ppg 431)
Jesus – The earthly (body) representation of the Christ.
The name of Jesus is the name of one who was a man but saw the face of Christ in all his
brothers and remembered God. So he became identified with Christ, a man no longer, but at
one with God. The man was an illusion, for he seemed to be a separate being, walking by
himself, within a body that appeared to hold his self from Self, as all illusions do. Yet who can
save unless he sees illusions and then identifies them as what they are? Jesus remains Savior
because he saw the false without accepting it as true. And Christ needed his form that he might
appear to men and save them from their own illusions. …..He offered you a final
demonstration that it is impossible to kill God’s Son; nor can his life in any way be changed by
sin and evil, malice, fear, or death. ... He will remain with you to lead you from the hell you
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made to God. And when you join your will with his, your sight will be his vision, for the eyes of
Christ are shared. (ACIM Clarification of terms ppg 87)
"The Name of Jesus Christ as such is but a symbol. But it stands for love that is not of this
world. It is a symbol that is safely used as a replacement for the many names of all the gods to
which you pray. It becomes the shining symbol for the Word of God, so close to what it stands
for that the little space between the two is lost, the moment that the Name is called to mind.
Remembering the Name of Jesus Christ is to give thanks for all the gifts that God has given you.
And gratitude to God becomes the way in which He is remembered, for love cannot be far
behind a grateful heart and thankful mind. God enters easily, for these are the true conditions
for your homecoming….....
This course has come from him [Jesus] because his words have reached you in a language you
can love and understand. Are other teachers possible, to lead the way to those who speak in
different tongues and appeal to different symbols? Certainly there are. Would God leave
anyone without a very present help in time of trouble; a savior who can symbolize Himself? Yet
do we need a many-faceted curriculum, not because of content differences, but because symbols
must shift and change to suit the need. Jesus has come to answer yours. In him you find God’s
Answer. Do you, then, teach with him, for he is with you; he is always here." ACIM Manual
for Teachers ppg
Holy Spirit – The Thought of God
The Holy Spirit mediates between illusions and the truth. Since He must bridge the gap
between reality and dreams, perception leads to knowledge through the grace that God has
given Him, to be His gift to everyone who turns to Him for truth… From knowledge, where
He has been placed by God, the Holy Spirit calls to you, to let forgiveness rest upon your
dreams, and be restored to sanity and peace of mind. Without forgiveness your dreams remain
to terrify you. And the memory of all your Fathers Love will not return to signify the end of
dreams has come. (Workbook for Students Lessons ACIM ppg 437)”
If you have made it a habit to ask for help when and where you can, you can be confident that
wisdom will be given you when you need it. Prepare for this each morning, remember God
when you can throughout the day, ask the Holy Spirit’s help when it is feasible to do so, and
thank Him for His guidance at night. And your confidence will be well founded indeed. Never
forget that the Holly Spirit does not depend on your words. He understands the request of your
heart, and answers them. (ACIM Manual for Teachers ppg 71)”
Sin - Errors (Judgments) that are in need of correction.
Sin is insanity. It is the means by which the mind is driven mad, and seeks to let illusions take
the place of truth. And being mad, it sees illusions where the truth should be, and where it
really is. Sin gave the body eyes, for what is there the sinless would behold?. What need would
they of sights or sounds or touch? What would they hear or reach to grasp? What would they
sense at all? To sense is not to know. And truth can be but filled with knowledge, and with
nothing else. Sin is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined, issuing
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from thoughts that are untrue. They are the “proof that what has no reality is real. Sin
proves” God’s Son is evil; timelessness must have an end; eternal life must die. And God
Himself has lost the Son He Loves, with but corruption to complete Himself, His Will forever
overcome by death, love slain by hate, and peace to be no more. (Workbook for Students
Lessons ACIM ppg 419)
Forgiveness – The Holy Spirit’s method to correct errors.
“Forgiveness recognized what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. It does not
pardon sins and make them real.. It sees there was no sin. And in that view are all your sins
forgiven. What is Sin, except a false idea about God’s Son? Forgiveness merely sees its falsity,
and therefore lets it go. What then is free to take its place is now the Will of God. An
unforgiving thought is one which makes a judgment that it will not raise to doubt, although it is
not true. The mind is closed, and will not be released…...Forgiveness on the other hand is still,
and quietly does nothing. It offends no aspect of reality, not seeks to twist it to appearances it
likes. It merely looks, and waits, and judges not. He who would not forgive must judge, for he
must justify his failure to forgive. But he who would forgive himself must learn to welcome
truth exactly as it is. (Workbook for Students Lessons ACIM ppg 401)”
Miracles Correction of errors, judgments
A miracle is a correction. It does not create, nor really change at all. It merely looks on
devastation, and reminds the mind that what it sees is false. It undoes error, but does not
attempt to go beyond perception, nor exceeds the function of forgiveness. Thus it stays within
time’s limits. Yet it paves the way for the return of timelessness, and love’s awakening, for fear
must slip away under the gentle remedy it brings. ….. The miracle is taken first on faith,
because to ask for it implies the mind has been made ready to conceive of what it cannot see
and does not understand. Yet faith will bring its witnesses to show that what it rested on is
really there. And thus the miracle will justify your faith in it, and show it rested on a world
more real than what you saw before; a world redeemed from what you thought was there.
(Workbook for Students Lessons ACIM ppg 473)”
Healing – Healed Mind / Body
"Healing involves an understanding of what the illusion of sickness is for. Healing is
impossible without this. I. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness Healing is accomplished the
instant the sufferer no longer sees any value in pain. Who would choose suffering unless he
thought it brought him something, and something of value to him? He must think it is a small
price to pay for something of greater worth. For sickness is an election; a decision. It is the
choice of weakness, in the mistaken conviction that it is strength. When this occurs, real
strength is seen as threat and health as danger. Sickness is a method, conceived in madness, for
placing God’s Son on his Fathers throne. God is seen as outside, fierce and powerful, eager to
keep all power for Himself. Only by His death can He be conquered by His Son."ACIM
Manual for Teachers, ppg 55
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"Healing as Release from Fear Our emphasis is now on healing. The miracle is the means,
the Atonement is the principle, and healing is the result. To speak of "a miracle of healing" is to
combine two orders of reality inappropriately. Healing is not a miracle. The Atonement, or the
final miracle, is a remedy and any type of healing is a result. The kind of error to which
Atonement is applied is irrelevant. All healing is essentially the release from fear. To undertake
this you cannot be fearful yourself. You do not understand healing because of your own fear" ..
[....] Only the mind can create because spirit has already been created, and the body is a
learning device for the mind. Learning devices are not lessons in themselves. Their purpose is
merely to facilitate learning. The worst a faulty use of a learning device can do is to fail to
facilitate learning. It has no power in itself to introduce actual learning errors. The body, if
properly understood, shares the invulnerability of the Atonement to two-edged application. This
is not because the body is a miracle, but because it is not inherently open to misinterpretation.
The body is merely part of your experience in the physical world. Its abilities can be and
frequently are over evaluated. However, it is almost impossible to deny its existence in this
world. Those who do so are engaging in a particularly unworthy form of denial. The term
"unworthy" here implies only that it is not necessary to protect the mind by denying the
unmindful. If one denies this unfortunate aspect of the mind's power, one is also denying the
power itself". (ACIM Text Cp.2 ppg 23)
Last Judgment – The Second Coming
""Atonement corrects illusions, not truth. Therefore, it corrects what never was. Further, the
plan for this correction was established and completed simultaneously, for the Will of God is
entirely apart from time. So is all reality, being of Him. The instant the idea of separation
entered the mind of God's Son, in that same instant was God's Answer given. In time this
happened very long ago. In reality it never happened at all." (ACIM Manual for Teachers
ppg5)
Christ's Second Coming gives the Son of God this gift: to hear the Voice for God proclaim that
what is false is false, and what is true has never changed. And this the judgment is in which
perception ends. At first you see a world that has accepted this as true, projected from a now
corrected mind. And with this holy sight, perception gives a silent blessing and then disappears,
its goal accomplished and its mission done.
The final judgment on the world contains no condemnation. For it sees the world as totally
forgiven, without sin and wholly purposeless. Without a cause, and now without a function in
Christ's sight, it merely slips away to nothingness. There it was born, and there it ends as well.
And all the figures in the dream in which the world began go with it. Bodies now are useless,
and will therefore fade away, because the Son of God is limitless. ........
This is God's Final Judgment: "You are still My holy Son, forever innocent, What Is the Last
Judgment? forever loving and forever loved, as limitless as your Creator, and completely
changeless and forever pure. Therefore awaken and return to Me. I am your Father and you are
My Son." ACIM Lessons ppg 455"
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Chapter: (2) Summary Chart
GOD ELOHIM CHRIST LOVE Eternal
Father & Son – One Thought
Stardust into Man The matrix
Dream of Forgetfulness Dream of Separation
World of Time
EGO
Special Relationships
Judgments Annoyance Resentments Anger Hatred Sickness Death
CHRIST JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
crucifixion & resurrection – exposing the lie
Gratitude Restitution Prayer Meditation
FORGIVENESS
SALVATION ENLIGHTENMENT
Return of the Prodigal Son
Real World
End of the dream
One – God -- Eternity
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