Myself

Delusion of grandeur is a persistent false psychotic belief that ones self has the quality of being grand. With that out of the way, it is time to proceed. The things I believe about the spirit and its connection with the living, past, present, and future is not an issue here. What is an issue is, because I believe that Jesus is both the door to enlightenment and a path and the one that I was put on at an early age, I am both a Christian and not a Christian. For to be a Christian, I am told by others that name their faith in that way, I must believe that Jesus is the only way, but the spirit tells me otherwise. Christ is the way. Jesus is a way to the Christ and the waiting door and a brother to those who search, regardless of how they find their way. All that is Jesus is Christ, but all that is Christ is not Jesus. Myself, I found my way through the life of Jesus and walked through the door that is the forgiveness of sin.

The spirit also tells me that I have a reason for being here at this time. Not that I am the only one with a reason to be here, but the spirit is talking to me about why I am here, not why all humankind is or ever was. This one is to be a teachers of souls – but not a teacher a messenger – but not a messenger but a reminder of the existence of ones soul – again not a reminder but an alarm that awakens one to the existence of ones own soul. Who is my audience? I do not know. I cannot be a priest or a minister. I have no nor belong to any church except life itself. I am owned by no religion other than humanity.

Humankind must join together for the good of itself. But, it can not be allowed to join together for the good of those that would control the heart and soul to profit their temporary existence. One cannot take it with them, but one can deny the minimal life requirements from a great deal of the earth. God did not create poverty and hunger nor richness and gluttony. God created enough for everyone then left it to us to distribute. One is better not for what one is but for how much more one has than another. What a lie that is! One should only be compared to their potential and opportunities. No human is better than another is.

Great is to be the greatest servant. The child requires much of its parents. The parent’s greatness is in their service to the child. Supervisors or managers should be the ones with training and/or experience that allow them to provide a greater service. A leader of people should be their greatest servant. At each stage in life the individual owes life the best that they have to give. If everyone were honest in their dealings then at every stage in life one would be prepared for the next stage. A stage is not complete until you have readied someone to take it from you and you move to the next.

Mortal life is not the question, but the answer to this stage. One must learn to live this mortal life and help another to prepare before one passes on. If this starts to sound like Buddha maybe Moderation is the reason, if there must be a reason. Moderation is not only the middle way but also a life long challenge. It is neither overly rich nor overly poor. It hungers not nor overfills itself. It gives way to the natural flow of life and does not force wealth or poverty on anyone. This may start to sound Tao (one pole is no more preferable than the opposite). Maybe there is a reason, if there must be a reason. Moderation such that moderation is not taken to an extreme. Jesus, the Redeemer, came to forgive us of our wanderings from the path, the doorway to God. The belief that Jesus is a path and not the path may start to sound Islamic (unreservedly to God (al-Islam), the strait path). Again there may be a reason (Not to say that the last prophet is the greatest, but each prophet in his or her time – a message that is truth at a place in time). A commitment in faith is required to live without the extremes – to be content with today – to prepare the soul for tomorrow and let life care for the mortal. The mortal belongs to life and not life to the mortal.

This one does not have a perfect understanding of all religions (but has known people with great amounts of faith, spiritual insight and love from different religions) nor a great understanding of any one religion as it is practiced, but does have a communication with the spirit. This one is a page in a book, read it, then turn to the next. This one is a piece of paper that came into life blank. The spirit has written on it things that it does not always understand, just as the paper does not understand the words that are upon it written. The spirit has required things of this paper that the mortal of itself cannot fulfill (but might being a unified part of humanity). This one must itself learn of the moderation of life and prepare its soul without thought of the mortal and without passing to the extreme in these matters.

Any that reads or hears these words, take them into you, share them with your soul see if they have meaning for the one within. Humanity must cure its own illness. Each of us is a cell in the body of humanity. If a cancer grows, it can overtake any one or all of us. We each possess a soul that can communicate with the greater spirit (over-soul) and through the spirit to other souls. There are some that believe that a greater being exists but does not influence human kind. That is an easy thing to believe, why would a greater being allow such pain in the world if humanity was being influenced. The influence comes through the spirit. It must be accepted. It cannot be forced on anyone. The prophets were an influence of the greater being on humanity. Faith is required to hold to a belief. Faith is required to cure the ills of humanity.

Humanity has been shown the path – not the easy path – not the hard path – the middle path, Moderation. Do not take more than life requires, do not take less than life requires. Do not give more than life requires, do not give less than life requires. Judge not another, for you can not know where life leads another. Expect these things only from yourself. Forgive yourself when you walk off the path, but do not wander knowing that you are forgiven. Do not take what belongs to another, even their burden (you may be taking from them an opportunity to learn), but be willing to give help. Do not add to anyone’s burden. Receive what is given (in this way you can help another with their burden). Your own soul and the spirit that teaches will place you on your path. The words of a stranger or a friend – dreams – or communications with the spirit are among the signs but not these things only that mark the path.

This writing has been modified and this paragraph is being added because some have said that the author of this writing is a false teacher because of what is written here. They say that Jesus is and was God and that Jesus is the path to God (I have said that Jesus is and was God and a path to God). So I ask, where is the path to Jesus? Would not that path be to God? Because one is raised in a Christian country or by a Christian family that one has no special claim to Jesus, to the Christ or to God. Every thing that happens in a life is part of that life’s path. I have made changes to this writing in hopes of narrowing the chance for misunderstanding. If any wish to continue to call the author a false teacher, I will be reminded that they did so to our Lord Jesus when He spoke Love instead law and Mercy instead of sacrifice and said it was possible to know God.

© 1996, 2000 Tim D. Coulter Sr.,

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