Hello and welcome to Part 2 of My Christmas gift to you. In Part 1, I read the first part of Chapter 2 of my book, You Were Born to Be a Christ But You Were Taught You Are a Sinner, Awaken to Who You Really Are.

This week, I will be reading the second part of Chapter 2 entitled, “Sinner No More! Shedding the ‘Unreal’ Self.”

These two weeks are definitely a sequence, so if you have not heard the first part, you might want to go back and listen to it first. It focuses on your true identity as a son or daughter of God and the role you play in this specific cycle of our spiritual evolution.

To continue, Here is part 2 of my Christmas gift:

Sinner No More! Shedding the ‘Unreal’ Self

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

~ MICHELANGELO

The desire to know the meaning of life, where you came from and where you are going, eventually awakens in each of us. When it does, the search begins to uncover the mysteries of life and awakens us to reclaim our true identity.

Throughout your soul’s evolution in time and space, you—and all of us—have created a synthetic, or unreal, aspect of self that obscures your real divine Self.

The late Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, said that we are born three times. The first is our physical birth. The second is when we develop the ego, and the third is what leads to the birth of spiritual consciousness. He also said that this last birth never will happen if the person focuses exclusively on the ego, on its conditioning and on our rigid unresponsive mental patterns.

This is the part of you I am calling the “unreal” or the “synthetic” self that conceals your ability to perceive your True Self.

This is described in the book of Romans in the New Testament, “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man…” [Romans 1:19-23]

Just as Michelangelo said that he saw an angel in the marble and carved until he set him free, this too is our task. We must carve away that which is not of our original perfection and set free the “angel,” or true self, within.

In order to do this, it is essential that you shed the identity of “sinner.” True, none of us is perfect. As already mentioned, we all fall short and make mistakes, some greater than others, and we all create negative karma. But we must shift our perspective and identify with our true nature as sons and daughters of God and live life from that perspective.

The label of “sinner” is what those who wish to control have placed upon you. When you see yourself as a “sinner” and not worthy, you become a victim of your own weaknesses and are more easily manipulated by others or by circumstances.

In Romans 3:23 we read, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Again, this says we have all sinned, not that we are sinners. You are a son or daughter of God and even if you fall short or make wrong choices, it does not negate who you are.

Sinners are mentioned many times throughout the Bible, in different contexts. Jesus was criticized for hanging out and eating with sinners and tax collectors. His response was that those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

He did not see them as irredeemable or unworthy of God’s love, nor did he call them sinners. Rather he called them from their sins to him. He saw them as the ones he was to serve. He told us that what we do to the least of them, we do to him, further acknowledging the indwelling Christ in God’s children.

Jesus knew that those who bear the light of Christ and the seed of the I AM that I AM within their hearts—referred to as Lightbearers—are not perfect in the human sense. He saw the living light of Christ in those who did not see it in themselves. He clearly demonstrated that the Lightbearers are in every station of life and in every religion, or no religion at all.

He chose Matthew, the most reviled and hated tax collector, as one of his disciples. He called out those to follow him that were from the common people, imperfect as they were. He even called some who were considered the lowest of life at the time.

He befriended Nicodemus, a Pharisee who was one of the important members of the Jewish ruling council and member of a ruling class who Jesus directly challenged.

He ultimately converted and gave a commission to the Roman Saul who once seriously persecuted his followers and participated in St. Stephen’s stoning.

He proved to us—if we have eyes to see—that it matters not our station in life, our religion or our spiritual path.

He came to awaken us, the ones who bear the light of the living Christ, whether we are conscious of our divine heritage or not and whether we call it that or not. He came to shake us free from our sins and leave an indelible record for all time what it means to walk the earth as Christ and to give our lives for others.

The apostle John said “as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” [John 1:12].

John was saying that anyone who could receive the Christ in Jesus, could be quickened to become one with the Christ Self within. In other words, there is only one Son of God and the Christ in you is the same as the Christ in Jesus.

Peter, the apostle, had an awakening of this universal message that Jesus brought when he said, “In solemn truth I can see now that God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation the man who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him!” [Acts 10:34-35]

In Romans 2:14-15 we read Paul’s perspective: “When the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of the Law, act in accordance with it by the light of nature, they show that they have a law in themselves, for they demonstrate the effect of a law operating in their own hearts. Their own consciences endorse the existence of such a law, for there is something which condemns or commends their actions.”

The concept of Christ and Christ consciousness is applicable to all of us, not just those who profess the Christian faith. This is the hope for all of us.

Jesus did not come to offer us an unobtainable goal. He came as a living demonstration of what we all can seek and achieve. He even told us this and said we could do even greater things than he did. Have we listened?

This concludes Chapter 2 and the second part of my Christmas gift. Look for Part 3 and the conclusion of my gift next week . Thank you for being with me today. I wish you the most joyous Christmas and holiday season whatever you are celebrating this time of year. Until next time, love, light and blessings your way.

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