He Who Takes Away the Sins of the World

"Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked." -- John 2.6

What does it mean to say that he "takes away the sins of the world?" (John 1.29)

The Christ's deed was to redeem the planetary karma of the Earth. He took the collective karma of all humanity upon himself. This was His mission and He succeeded.

As I said before, we should claim our share in the responsibility for all social problems. We don't need to, but if we want to find the Christ it is necessary, if we want to really be in a state of collective consciousness, because that's what the Christ represents. The Christ consciousness is where you are the collective of all humanity. ALL humanity! That's why you "love your neighbor as yourself" because your neighbor IS yourself in that collective state.

It's okay if we're not quite ready to claim more than our share of responsibility. But the Christ claimed ALL of it to himself. When he "takes away the sins of the world" he doesn't erase the karma, but bears the total responsibility. When we can claim at least our share of responsibility, we will "walk in the same way in which he walked". And this makes you not less powerful, but more powerful, since you will attain a measure of likeness to God.

If you try to be always happy and never said, always peaceful and never in conflict, you weaken your power and ability to transform darkness into light. This is an exhortation to find strength and courage through these difficult times.

-- S.A.O.

The Kingdom of Heaven

"To enter the kingdom of heaven, you must become as a child."

The kingdom of heaven is a playground. You must be 'as' a child to enter into it. It does not say you must 'be' a child. It is not a return to a lost innocence. "Even the gods love to play" as even the great philosopher Plato has written. We must grow up beyond adulthood to play the games the gods play. The use of the child simile is meant only to remind us of the innate wisdom we have always had, but have forgotten how to use. But how do we capture the wisdom of the child and harness the knowledge of the 'grown up'?

It is up to the student to ask the questions. The person who 'plays' the role of a teacher cannot answer all questions. You have all the resources within yourself. A teacher cannot give you something you don't already have. All he can do is try to help you remember something you already know.

A teacher 'plays' his role best when he 'plays' on the meaning of words. The Greek god Hermes is the god of writing. The purpose of writing is to communicate thought. A 'good' teacher is one who can skillfully communicate his thoughts into words. But Hermes was also a trickster, a joker, and a game master. And he guards the kingdom of the heavens with many subtle tests. You must be able to laugh, joke and play to participate in the games of the gods.

-- Stephen Anthony Orzel
 

Taking Your Power Back - Claim Your Share of Responsibility

I have been perceiving many things on a planetary level.

What I see is that there are lots of people laying the blame on individuals, or else groups of very few individuals. When all you see is single individuals, that's the only way to explain it. Our ability to navigate these troubling times will depend on being able to see not single persons, but collective ideas, collective beliefs, and collective behaviors.

We have heard it many times that "the people have the power". That is true, but what I see is a collective behavior of the majority of humans giving their power over to others, giving it away for free, although they don't really realize it. If you see a problem in the world, it's so easy to point fingers and blame a person with a name and a face. But can you see how that person became powerful? Can you see the consolidation of power that massive populations of individuals had, but gave away to the few? Every time you blame a small number of people for a planetary problem, you give away your power to those who you blame. And this is collective behavior of 'blaming the few' weakens those who want a better future.

The secret of power is reversal. You are actually much more powerful by claiming your share of the responsibility for all social problems. I embrace my share of responsibility for disease, crime, hunger, toxicity, pollution, violence, abuse, cheating, theft, and hatred. I cannot change others so I work on improving my own character. I am not a perfect being but I strive to be better every day.

This is how you take your power back. This is how you stop freely giving your power over to others. Claim your share of the responsibility, do not blame other individuals. This does not say you are claiming total responsibility. Only your share in the collective. Do not blame others, blame the collective, and the collective includes yourself. You are not a part of the collective, you are the collective. You are also an individual. Embracing this paradox is necessary to navigate these troubled times.

I've said many times that it's necessary to take action. This does not mean you have to solve all the world's problems and carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. It means that you take action to contribute to making the world a better place. Start with yourself, once you have fulfillment, let the goodness overflow. Taking action does not mean complaining about how it's someone else's fault.

Everyone has a piece of the puzzle, no one has the whole solution. What needs to happen is that we all find the 'shape' of our own puzzle piece and find how that fits into the whole, how it locks in to its own perfect place. It also means that no one is excluded. Even those people you now blame, even they have a place in the puzzle. Be sure not to exclude them since you would then exclude yourself as well. Do not say of others, "you do not fit, get out of my puzzle" for then ruins the picture and we are then all incomplete.

Remember also, a puzzle is a game! It's supposed to be fun! Yes, it is a challenge, but it is also a work of great beauty.

This is the task we must accomplish at this time.

-- Stephen Anthony Orzel

A Most Wise Game Master

Tired of playing the same old game, running through the same repetitive loops day after day?  Is there anything wrong with changing the rules of the game as you go along?  You were the one who set these rules, you are the master of the game.  So why not change them if they aren't serving you anymore?

How do you change the rules of the game?  Take an action that's different from the one you normally take.  It's that simple!  Redefine your life by acting in conformity with your highest excitement. 

You must do more than just think positive thoughts.  You must take action on what you have learned.  Apply your understanding.  This is the 'wisdom of the fool' who jumps in head-first, because he realizes that's the only way to test if some idea is valid or not.

There is a serious illness that I like to call 'information-overload-induced-paralysis'.  It happens when your head is filled with thoughts that you have never tested by taking action on any of them.  The only way to overcome this paralysis is to get your body in motion.  Take an action that's different from the one you normally take.  And watch the whole universe change. 

You are the master of your creation.  You don't need to learn how to get power-- you can't get what you already have.  What you need to do is apply your power through doing, expressing, creating.  What you need to learn is not how to do what you already know how to do, but to learn how to use this power wisely.

-- Stephen Anthony Orzel

Activation of Divine Love - Thou Art Wonderful for All Eternity My Lord

In this video I will guide you through an activation of divine love. We begin by considering Jesus' statement in Matthew 22 that the greatest commandment in the law is that "you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and all your mind", and the second greatest is "you shall love your neighbor as yourself." The activation is based on the Hebrew sacred mantra "Atah Gibor LeOlam Adoni" which means "Thou art wonderful for all eternity my Lord." We will intone the acronym form AGLA to activate the heart chakra.

Prayer for the Waters of Life - Mayim Chayyim

Please join us in our prayer to let the waters of life rain down upon the earth and allow our crops to quench their thirst.

Please share this video with those who may be interested in joining us in prayer.  Thank you.

On Laughter and Creative Power

Remember that laughter is the most powerful agent of dissolution and always look for the positive. Even those who harm us were acting in ways they thought were good, or were coming from their own place of suffering. We must look past the finite space-time conditions and see it as an opportunity to strengthen the soul.  And we must see the transgressors as being on their own path of perfection. Trust that they will eventually learn from their mistakes and find how to turn their harmful actions into loving actions. 

You must be able to laugh at your fears and enemies.  What you think are your fears and enemies are actually your own creations due to misinterpreting the goodness hidden beneath surface appearances.  But nonetheless, you have created them.  You are a creator, a divine creator being.  You just have to learn to use your creative power in beneficial ways.  You must laugh at your own detrimental thought-entities, for then their energies will have nothing to latch on to.  You will stop feeding them by laughing at them.  Starve them with laughter.  Look for goodness in all situations, you will find it.  Look carefully and with look your heart.  Then you will be using your creative power wisely.

-- Stephen Anthony Orzel