GIFTS OF ILLUMINATION
IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING
As one becomes more and more illuminated one begins to
notice that one gains new "powers". These
"powers" are gifts from God given in response
to the removal of obstructions to God. First of all, one
gains understanding of how one has been dealing with ones
pain. Illumination enables one to observe love instead of
pain. Often, ones illumination offers understanding, and
thus, forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of
resentment, which is a type of pain, by knowing the
truth. Thus, one may gain understanding which enables one
to let go of pain instead of clinging to it. Free from
pain one is joyful and content.
One also gains understanding of ones environment and ones
place and position within ones environment. As the veils
of ignorance are lifted away, the confusion and
uncertainty regarding oneself and the world is expelled
giving one a more clear understanding of life and
reality.
IMPROVED MEMORY
Next, ones memory improves. As ones beliefs are
reconciled with the truth, they take on an orderly shape.
Ones brain "chemistry" and "neural
connections" actually change. All of ones beliefs
begin to align themselves with the One True Core Belief
which is belief in God. Consequently, ones conscious mind
is allowed better access to the wealth of knowledge in
ones subconscious. Ones electrical brain activity becomes
more cohesive. As one becomes more illuminated, the
storage and retrieval of knowledge becomes much more
efficient. It is as if one has implemented new office
procedures which are much more organized. Before, ones
aberrant beliefs caused memories of the truth to be
"too painful" to remember. In reality, it was
the aberrant beliefs themselves that were causing the
pain, not the truth.
One may "improve" ones ability to remember
things by making sure one does not forget them (discount
them as noise) in the first place. One need only make a
conscious decision to remember and store data as
important knowledge (meaningful observation).
IMPROVED RECOGNITION OF ERROR
When one frees oneself of the pain of an aberrant belief,
one continues to see the same ignorance plainly among
those people who hold that same aberrant belief. One
recognizes pain before one overcomes it, and after one
has overcome ones pain, one continues to be able to
recognize painful associations in others. How sweet it is
to overcome and free oneself of painful beliefs and the
bad habits they create.
IMPROVED REACTION TIME
Ones sensory-motor reaction time increases in speed with
ones illumination because ones beliefs are aligned,
confident, and clean. One who has taken a stand, does not
hesitate in indecisiveness for ones beliefs are
organized, and thus, no longer contradictory and
fragmented. In other words, one exhibits behavior more
quickly when ones beliefs are free from doubt.
IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence increases through illumination because
sensory observation data is stored and retrieved more
readily and more accurately. One stores more correct data
in a more organized fashion and has easier access to this
data because beliefs that cause one to "forget"
are eliminated when ones mind becomes illuminated. What
one is left with is the ability to clearly recognize and
remember truth, which is useful information. Ones mind
operates more smoothly and more logically.
Aberration is not intelligence, so the removal of it
distills ones intelligence. When ones associations are
organized in truth, ones mind becomes more cohesive and
observation information is more easily stored, and
remembered.
IMPROVED HEALTH
Illumination of the mind brings health to the body as
well as the spirit. Health increases through illumination
of beliefs once thought to be true which are not.
Excessive smoking, drinking, and other bodily mutilations
and obsessions will no longer be desirable once their
truth has been illuminated. After all, the body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
Gluttony, starvation, binging and purging are self
destructive and an insult to God. When an ignorant belief
that causes such behavior is illuminated, the behavior,
and thus, the self-punishment, comes to an end. A healthy
mind will manifest a healthy body. Illumination provides
energy to do the things one knows are right, and after
illumination believes are right, such as exercising and
eating healthy foods.
When the mind is no longer confused, the entire body will
operate more effectively and more efficiently. A confused
mind gives confused, or mixed, signals to the organs of
the body. Mixed signals produce a potpourri of
biochemical secretions which travel throughout the body
via the bloodstream. These secretions can actually harm
the body. For example, fear beliefs produce excess
adrenaline which will eventually cause damage to the
organs of the body. The endocrine system which creates
and then distributes secretions through the bloodstream
is given its commands directly from the brain which
contains the map of ones belief system. When the belief
system is organized and in alignment, the endocrine
system will operate more efficiently and effectively. The
entire auto-immune system improves with illumination.
Aberrant beliefs which are contradictory and which harbor
pain, put undo stress upon the entire physiological
system. One who illuminates ones aberrant beliefs is able
to allow healing to come to ones body. Much of what is
called "disease" is simply that-
"dis-ease". Illumination brings efficiency and
ease to ones entire belief network. Where the roads one
takes are well designed, smooth, and direct, there are
less "accidents" then when the roads are poorly
designed, rocky, twisted, and long. Biochemical
"accidents" caused by ones aberrant beliefs
result in disease, depression, and general poor health.
REDUCED STRESS
Illumination of stress alone may increase the average
lifespan by years as one learns to cope and accept
challenging situations. Often, stress is just a result of
making distracting observations and having too many
expectations. Expectations cause anxiousness.
Illumination eliminates anxiety and fear. Not only is one
able to handle challenging situations better, one is able
to handle more "problems" at once without
losing ones cool. Thus, one is more productive and ones
blood pressure actually lowers overall.
INCREASED JOY
As one becomes more illuminated, ones general demeanor
and attitude about God, ones life, and ones place in the
Universe are improved. Ones joy increases as all of the
things that were suppressing it are removed. The more
ones beliefs are aligned with the truth, the more one is
at ease with the truth.
IMPROVED REST
When ones conscious and subconscious minds increase in
their cohesion, one finds that one needs less sleep at
night. Whereas before, one may have had difficulty
falling asleep, now, one no longer worries. One has fewer
nightmares, and is able to wake up easier in the morning.
In order to have a cohesive mind, work out the
contradictions amongst ones beliefs. Many of these
conflicts haunt one in symbolic dreams as ones mind tries
to resolve them in ones sleep. When these conflicts are
resolved through illumination, one needs less sleep at
night. Illumination brings peace to ones soul.
DANGEROUS OTHER POWERS
There are powers of illumination which are dangerous to
enlightenment if used. Although one may have illuminated
one or more beliefs, one is still far from enlightenment.
One may wrongly use ones new knowledge for evil purpose
doing even greater harm. This is because when one is
freed from an aberrant belief, one has power over all of
those who are not. This is why it is so important to
continue illumination to the point of enlightenment. Be
careful not to use ones new found knowledge for self-
gain. Should one acquire any so called
"supernatural" abilities how easy it would be
for one to forget God.
ILLUMINATING SENSORY RECEPTIONS
Illuminating sensory receptions instead of beliefs
especially those regarding ones senses enable one to
acquire so called "supernatural" abilities.
Illumination of ones hearing, for example, gives one
supernatural hearing reception. Have you ever seen the
television show KUNG FU in which young Grasshopper asks
his teacher, Master Po, how it is he can hear the
grasshopper in the grass? Master Po responds, "How
is it that you cannot!"
Most of the time, one discriminates against meaningful
sensory receptions discounting them as "noise".
By illuminating these, one is able to find new meaningful
observations. Unfortunately, powers gained by
illuminating the senses are usually stumbling blocks to
enlightenment because they are usually acquired and fed
out of ones own self-interest.
Nevertheless, all sensory receptions can be illuminated.
The easiest way is through discrimination. In the
orchestra of sensory data one is perceiving, one may
learn like each musician to pick out and hear each
individual instrument. Master one "instrument",
then learn how two or more "instruments" work
together to create "music". Like hearing,
illuminating eyesight will enable one to find more
information and meaning in ones vision. Understand how
one discriminates sensory data and learn how to better
regulate the conscious focus of ones sensory
discriminations.
It has been demonstrated by a totally blind man that he
can "see" where walls are by detecting changes
in the air speed and barometric pressure against his
cheeks when he comes near to a wall. Another blind man,
can "see" by making clicking noises and
listening for their echo like a bat. I cannot read
braille, but if I illuminate the sensory discrimination
of touch on the tips of my fingers I will be able to
discriminate and "see" the patterns of tiny
bumps that make up a braille character.
It has been shown repeatedly that reading comprehension
and reading speed can be increased by illuminating the
reading process. Stop using ones eye like an ear, and
allow oneself to see an entire page of data, observing
the important new information and ignoring what one
already "knows". Learn how to find truth and
breeze through what one reads finding the truth one seeks
regarding those things that remain unknown and clarity
regarding what knowledge one already has.
Taste and smell, like the other senses, can be
illuminated too. Think of a wine taster. Most of us
cannot tell the difference between a $10 bottle of wine
and a $100 bottle of wine, let alone be able to identify
what types of grapes were used, how old the wine is, what
type of cask was used, and where the grapes were grown.
To the untrained taster, the sophisticated wine taster
might seem to have "supernatural" tasting
powers.
ILLUMINATING ORGAN FUNCTION
You may have seen yogis on TV who are able to hold their
breath underwater for several minutes and slow their
heart rates way down. This is not necessarily magic, nor
the work of the Devil. (However, there may be a dangerous
underlying philosophy of practitioners of these arts.) It
is simply mastery over the organs of the flesh. As with
biofeedback, one may learn to concentrate and train ones
organs in the same way one learns to walk, by practice.
Listen, or "pay attention", to the sound of
ones own heartbeat, and hear it beating. The sound of
ones own heartbeat is something one usually ignores as
noise. "Hear", or "see", ones organs,
and learn to control them just as one has learned to hold
ones breath. This is biofeedback.
Ones organs are not the only parts of ones body one may
control. Control all parts of ones body through
illumination and discrimination of ones sensory
reception. Everything from ones joints to ones blood is
regulated by conscious thought. Ones entire body is
alive, even ones bones.
Not only can one affect ones body by conscious thought,
one can affect the way that one digests ones food. And
why not? The survival of ones flesh is dependent upon
eating matter and breaking apart this matter in ones
digestive system. This matter, when distributed to the
cells of the body, provides energy and releases heat
throughout the body.
ILLUMINATING EMOTIONS
Emotion is the result of feelings of loss of control.
Surprise or trauma, skews, or exaggerates, sensory
reception and causes one to associate emotion into ones
observations. Emotional associations are made when one
makes observations during times of surprise or trauma.
Whether pleasurable or painful, these associations are
based on desire. Painful associations are aberrations
which corrode beliefs. Illumination removes the tarnish
of pain from ones beliefs which were caused by emotional
observations.
It has been said that great actors can cry on cue. How
can this be? It is because they have learned to remember
pain at will. If one can be sad on cue, one can be happy
on cue by remembering happiness. One problem several
actors have is that they are so good at acting, (which is
basically lying), and so good at living in the past, that
they have a hard time being "real" and
expressing true and natural emotion in the present
because they are so conscious of their emotions. Thus it
is, that truly illuminating ones emotions may bring an
end to ones acting career because acting requires calling
upon emotional and often painful beliefs. If one has
overcome past pains and pleasures, how can one draw on
their harbored emotion? Nevertheless, how empty life can
be if one is acting all the time. There may be some truth
to the expression that "actors never stop".
RECONCILIATIONS AND REPARATIONS OF IGNORANCE
Illumination by its very nature, automatically organizes
ones priorities. Before one ventures out into the world
to help others, first help oneself. Before reconciling
ones relationships with strangers, one reconciles ones
relationships with the people one already knows. Before
reconciling oneself to the present, reconcile ones past,
making amends for the hurt one has caused others in ones
ignorance. Free oneself of the pain, fear, and resentment
one harbors regarding those in ones past.
-Make reparations for the neglect of oneself and ones
environment. In ones ignorance one may have neglected
bills, jobs, health, and other things in ones environment
that affect one directly. How can one become an example
to others that has not first become an example to
oneself.
-Reconcile oneself with ones family in a spirit of love.
One may have strayed from ones own family in ones
ignorance. One may have children in need of a loving
parent. Perhaps one may have neglected ones child
support. Perhaps one was cut off from ones parents or
other family members as a result of ones ignorance. It is
never too late for love.
-Reconcile oneself with ones spiritual family before
going out to illuminate the world. Reconcile oneself with
others of like belief. This is the family of truth. A
lost sheep, which has been found, rejoins the fold.
Before leading others into the fold of truth, make sure
one is oneself a welcome member.
-Reconcile ones loves. One may have been hurt or may have
hurt others in ones ignorance. Forgive and understand
others and ask for forgiveness and understanding from
those one has oneself hurt.
-Reconcile ones friendships. One may have made enemies in
ones past. Do not carry any resentment or anger.
Resentment and anger are pain. Face ones enemies and make
friends with them. Surprise ones enemies by doing good to
them. Often, ones enemy is oneself. The "sin of
me" is my enemy. Making amends is not painful, but
actually liberating.
ILLUMINATING THE WORLD
Where does the flesh end and the spirit begin? You are a
spiritual being. Spiritual people do spiritual things. Do
not limit your spirit to your flesh. Take away your arm,
and there you still are. Take away any single cell of
your body and there you still are, complete in spirit.
Why let ones selfishness trap oneself within ones flesh?
If one limits oneself to ones flesh, one will die with
ones flesh. If one puts ones identity in God, one is not
trapped in ones flesh. After all, God is omnipresent.
Look for God in everyone that you meet. We all have
influence over each other and our environment. Everyone
who has been in love with someone already understands
part of this truth. Ones spiritual gifts are not limited
to ones own flesh as spiritual gifts are not of the
flesh. Can you feel another's happiness or sadness?
Cannot they feel yours? If through God, one may heal
oneself, then through God, one may heal others. In the
very least, one may heal others who do not know how to
heal themselves through example and by teaching them.
You cannot give what you do not have. You cannot give
love, until you have love to give. You cannot give light,
until you have light to give. What good is it to bring a
torch into darkness that is not lit? Why take a
matchstick into the wind? A tiny flame will be blown out
by the wind, however, a fire that is strong in faith, may
be fanned by the wind. Make sure that you are aflame with
the fire of truth before you attempt to set the world on
fire. Faith is the fuel of the flame.
The entire world needs to be illuminated, for it is full
of darkness. Be careful, for when one carries a flaming
torch against the wind one gets burned now and then. Yet,
into the wind and darkness the light must go! When you
venture into the darkness to do good, expect to have evil
done to you. Though others do only evil to you, still, do
only good to them in return, for goodness illuminates
evil.
When you have illuminated pain from your life it is like
finding your way out of a burning house. You are no
longer a victim of the fire of ignorance. When you have
escaped the flames, do not run back inside the burning
house to be burned again! Can one miss pain so much? In
truth, there is an alternative!
Extinguish the flames and every spark and ember which
remains. Clear away the old structure and rebuild a fire
station on a solid new foundation. Become a firefighter
for truth and quench the flames of ignorance wherever
they may glow. Let go of the world and the world will let
go of you.
One of the most interesting phenomenon of illumination is
that when one illuminates oneself, one finds that the
world itself seems to become more illuminated. When one
is content, one finds and sees contentment not only
within oneself, but elsewhere as well. When one is
content, the world seems more contented. When one is
depressed, the entire world seems more depressing.
MAKING DECISIONS
Make all future decisions in such a way that you will not
have to illuminate them later. When making new decisions,
make sure that you do so correctly. Check the validity
and truthfulness of your premises. Observe only truth and
avoid making associations which contain pain and
pleasure. Verify the truth that one accepts blindly from
others. Get all the facts you can before you make a
decision.
Whatever one gains, one needs to maintain. Just as one
needs to tune-up ones car from time to time, ones beliefs
need preventative maintenance as well. Check ones beliefs
from time to time to make sure that they are still
truthful and that no evil has attached itself to them.
Check ones alignment to make sure that one is aligned
with God. One may check ones beliefs using the Process of
Illumination.
