What Does ‘The Human Flourishing’ Look Like?

Question:     In a post quite some time back you used the term ‘the human flourishing’.  What does that look like from your perspective?

Higgins:     The human is designed to flourish and the Universe offers true abundance. The Universe is unlimited.

The human flourishing, from our perspective, means that on an individual or group basis you’ve been able to determine what you want and subsequently learned to consistently direct your thoughts towards the achievement of it. It means that you are capable of holding a positive attractive vibration for a duration significant enough to allow the Universe to respond to it. It means that you are creating individually and cooperatively for the common purpose of happiness.

When humans can do these things they will flourish. From your perspective it will look like prosperity, good health, rewarding relationships, and fulfilling work. Work is no longer a misery for many but instead a joy for one and all because work is an avenue for expression of each of your many and varied individual talents and interests. It will look like swift and efficient travel from one location to another; plenty of time for play and recreation; delicious, nutritious food; and beautiful, high quality housing and common areas. In short, the human flourishing is all about creativity for the sheer joy of creating and then reaping the rewards of such creation.

Received October 25, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington

 

 

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Will I Ever Be Content?

Question:     I’m tired of struggling. I’ve had more than I ever thought I could deal with.
I am resentful my life is not turning out how I hoped.  Will I ever be content, and when?

Higgins:     We are glad that you are tired of struggling. It is at this point of exhaustion, when a person finally gives up struggling, that the greatest spiritual progress is made. Spiritual progress comes first which translates into solutions for every day.

Struggling is a form of resistance. In the way a swimmer who gets into long seaweed may struggle causing the tendrils to draw tighter eventually causing drowning so struggling against life’s events will cause you a feeling of drowning.

The first thing that you need to do is stop struggling and you do that by relaxing your mind. There is nothing you can do to solve life’s difficulties that is more effective than relaxing the mind. Relax about your life and everything in it. Just stop.

Breathe.

When you are ready and your mind is relaxed read on.

The Universe is abundant. (We use Universe to be synonymous with God. God is abundant.)

Humans attract the every day experiences of their lives by how they feel about what they think, say and do. You can consider yourself a magnet drawing every moment of your life towards you with these feelings.

The church often teaches that God will answer your prayers simply for the asking. This teaching is incomplete. God doesn’t just give you what you ask for. You get what you get by becoming emotionally equal to it. You ‘ask’ not with words but with the emotion attached to the words. It is in this way that God has given you free will. You have the choice to respond to life as a reflection of the love that He is. You also have the choice to respond utilizing the full range of emotions that humans are capable of. This range includes many emotions that are not in alignment with God-love. The abundance that Is within the Universe returns to you based on the emotion you emit. If you don’t like your life, or any occurrence therein, it is because you have emitted a strong negative emotion that is not aligned with God-love and subsequently drawn forth from the abundant Universe a reflection of that emotion.

Humans are powerful, powerful creators. The more practiced you become the quicker life responds to your requests. Remember, you request with the feelings that accompany every thought, word and action. When life presents similar events repeatedly and you respond with the same emotion repeatedly God/the Universe responds by giving you more of same.

This is the cycle you are in. That’s why we say the first and most important thing you must do to stop this unintended cycle of difficulties is relax the mind. Relaxing the mind breaks you loose from the cycle.

What you must do next to completely change this negative cycle is respond differently to life’s events.

God emits a sort of homing signal. This homing signal is the emotion of love with love defined as a deep and abiding appreciation for what is. (For what is, not for what you wish to be.) The goal of mankind is to match that and then respond to life events. What man does, mostly, is respond to life events and wonder why God doesn’t help. They wonder where God went. Mankind feels forsaken because mankind has forgotten to do their part which is to match God’s  love before responding to life’s events.

You haven’t told us exactly what problems you face but we can say that whatever problem you face there is beauty in it. There is also a solution. We can say this with certainty because it is true for all problems that occur. In fact, we often say there are no problems. There are only solutions.

Your job now that you have relaxed your mind is to begin looking for the beauty in the drama that is the human unfolding. Every problem has many solutions. Find a solution for each problem that arises that feels like love. This approach will cause great expansion of the love being that you are. Master this technique for it will prove to be your greatest strength, a gift to the world and the physical expression of your personal human truth and part of your reason for existence.

Will you ever be content? Can you envision yourself responding to the disappointments, sorrows and horrors the world has to offer and feel love and enthusiasm for them? Can you envision relaxing into the love that you are and knowing that by doing so you’ve done enough?

If so, yes you will be content.

We believe in your ability to achieve this and we believe you will come to eagerly anticipate the unfolding of your life as you learn to live life as a literal reflection of God’s love. When you are ready we encourage you to begin choosing your life with more determination and confidence. It is entirely possible to choose your life’s direction. It is much like driving a car. Simply decide where you want to go and then go there. It is easiest to do this once you’ve mastered the technique of matching God’s love first.

Received October 19, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington  USA

 

 

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Why Was Jesus Crucified For Our Sins?

Question:     The Gospels that are currently in the Bible have Jesus being crucified for “our sins.” Why is that? Was Jesus actually crucified for the sins of us humans? Or is it our misinterpretation of the Bible passages surrounding Jesus and his crucifixion for “our sins.”

Higgins:     The word ‘sin’ originates from archery. It means to miss the mark, the gold spot in the center of the target.

The eternal spirit that is Jesus took human form on Earth as Jesus of Nazareth some 2000 years ago. He is especially skilled at this game of Life and chose to come in order to remind men of that day what it is to be human. He came to remind mankind of their own divinity.

If you will now envision the cross. The vertical bar represents man’s divinity, his connection with the eternal realm. The horizontal bar represents man’s expression of that divinity in the Earth realm.

If you will also consider that God emits a homing signal. The job of mankind is to tune into it. On the cross, the homing signal is metaphorically located at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical bars. To sin in Biblical terms truly means your horizontal and vertical lines are not meeting at the God Spot. When you do not connect with your God Spot first, before thinking, speaking or acting it is highly likely that whatever you do will miss the mark.

It matters not how hard you work or how good a person you are. If you do not connect with the Universe through the God spot you will have a hard time in life. The more connected a person is, the easier and more fun life it. Jesus came to remind men of that day to connect.

The confusion arises in that no matter how clearly one person, in this case Jesus, explains the connection the receiving person must hear it, agree with it, process it internally and then practice until it becomes automatic. It is even more difficult to learn from the writings of those who were in the process of internalizing and practicing this information. They were not entirely clear on how to do it. Further, the writings that were clear have been omitted from the Bible.

When a person, any person, comes forth sharing ideas that challenge the norm it produces fear in some and joy in others. Jesus was killed because his ideas produced fear in some. It is in this way that Jesus died for your sins. He died because he dared explain how good men and women, just like the men and women of today, were sinning (missing the gold spot on the target or the God Spot). He died because he dared tell the establishment that in order to make change one had to change oneself. And that is done by finding the God Spot or the human Sweet Spot and living one’s life through God, through the homing signal God/ Elohim/ Yahweh/ Allah/ Waheguru/ Brahman/ Great Spirit continually emits.

Received October 15, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington  USA

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The Gospel of Barnabas

Question:     Is the Gospel of Barnabas a true record of accurate written words? Or was it forged to make it different than the 4 Gospels that are currently in the Bible? It seems there is debate over the new ‘book.’ Was it written well after Jesus and not an accurate writing or is it still very accurate?

Higgins:     It is important when considering Biblical scripture and other writings surrounding Jesus to remember that they were written after events occurred. The words of Jesus are paraphrased as the writer remembers. Similarly, stories are recounted as remembered. Often, one person’s perception of an event will differ from another’s.

In the Gospel of Barnabas, Barnabas is reported to ask Jesus (we paraphrase), “How can I recount this story when I was not there?”

We include this to help you understand that the stories, all of the stories around Jesus, contain some truth and some inaccuracy. The point of the stories is not to provide perfect historical accuracy but rather to disseminate the wisdom teachings of a man whose connection to Spirit/Source/God/Allah was clear and unfettered.

Received October 9, 2012 at Lake Goodwin, Washington

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The Four Gospels and Barnabas

Question:     My question is which is the truth about Jesus…the 4 Gospels that are currently in the Bible today or is the new book of the Gospel of Barnabas telling the truth or is neither one or a combination of them all telling the truth?

Higgins:     There exists no one version of Jesus’ time on Earth that is completely accurate. In that time that Jesus lived on Earth his teachings challenged the current belief system to such an extent that his life was literally endangered. Moreover, very often it was not safe to be a follower of Jesus teachings. When his teachings were committed to writing the words had to be chosen in such a way as to not be too threatening to those that formed the ruling, governing entity.

That is in great part why there are variations, discrepancies, vagaries and (allow us to coin a word) vague-aries in Biblical stories.

In part, of course, there are always variations in a story when more than one person is recounting simply because one person’s perspective will differ from another’s.

To answer your question more directly: All the versions contain some truth and none are completely accurate.

Received October 9, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington

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Struggling with Grief and Depression

Cheryl’s note: This is a continuing response. First portion posted September 30, 2014 as Body Itches All Over

Question:     I am also struggling with my grief and depression, which is what brought me to (hospital). I feel hopeless and can’t seem to move forward. When I try to make progress on my mental and emotional health, my physical ailment causes me so much distress and misery I seem to lose my footing. I just am hoping for some answers so I can recover all around in mind, body and spirit.

Higgins:     The real issue you face is grief and depression. We mentioned in the first portion of our response to you about the itching that you are hemorrhaging energy. Someone or some event has occurred that is literally draining you of life’s energy. That is why you can’t move forward. In order to solve this, practice retraining your energy to flow harmoniously from head to toe as we described yesterday.

Every person has the capacity to draw staggering amounts of energy from their Universal Source. All issues humans face require physical or mental energy expenditure. This is true whether the situation is a happy one or whether it is emotionally difficult. We want you to clearly understand that regardless of the situation plenty of energy is available to you. How you flow the energy is the deciding factor as to whether the situation becomes life draining.

When one’s personal energy flows turgidly, robustly from head to toe as it should then one makes decisions and takes action from a place of centeredness. This is not only more satisfactory to the giver but also to the receiver. This is so because the receiver will be ‘forced’ to learn stand in their own power (which they intended when they came forward the into physical) rather than drain you of yours.

The next step for you, after relaxing mentally and collecting your energy, is to stop trying to make progress. We realize this may seem counter intuitive. Remember that the first most important thing you can do to help yourself is relax mentally about your situation, whatever it may be. Rather than ‘try to make progress’ we ask you instead: try to find humor everywhere, try to find beauty everywhere, try to truly appreciate as much of life as possible.

Small opportunities will present for you to take action. Take action. Then resume a relaxed mental state, check your personal energy flow and resume a flow of appreciative thoughts.

Relaxing about your situation in life will resolve the itching. Taking small, very small, action steps as they arise will help you climb away from your uncomfortable situation into a happy situation. The tendency, though, is to look at the mountain of very small steps that need to be taken to move your life situation from here to there and to calculate the amount of time it will take to accomplish all this. This sort of thinking is detrimental and will cause your skin to itch again. Each time you find yourself in this mode of thinking simply remind yourself of Lao-tzu’s quote: The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

If you will enjoy every single step, your life and your health will begin to flow smoothly.

Received September 30, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington  USA

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Is Ebola the Rise of the Zombies?

Question:      Is ebola the start rise of the zombies?

Higgins:     Yes and no. The ugliest symptom of ebola is severe and uncontrollable bleeding. A person afflicted with ebola who begins to bleed both internally and externally develops ugly sores that look eerily similar to the way zombies are depicted in television and movies.

Anytime a person’s attention is attuned to a thing, more of that thing is created in the life of that person. The current zombie craze has millions of people tuning into television and movies that graphically depict walking dead. Thus, literally the zombie craze has created in the mass conscious a disease that creates walking dead.

To counter ebola and prevent the rise of similar afflictions we encourage you, en masse, to gently turn away from inflammatory horror-style television and movies. Lean instead towards all things gentle and peaceful. This will sway the creation of mass consciousness towards gentle, peaceful things and ebola will slip easily away.

Received October 1, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington  USA

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Body Itches All Over

Question:     I currently am struggling with a mystery itching illness. My body constantly itches all over and has for the last couple months. The doctors have found no answers for me and are telling me they hope it works itself out.

Higgins:    Body ailments stem from harbored emotional discomfort and mirror one’s emotional state. A body that ‘constantly itches all over’ is a reflection of someone who is uncomfortable in their own skin.

It is not unusual at all for humans to be uncomfortable in their bodies. Bodies are housing units. The soul is eternal. The soul enjoys human life for the opportunity for spiritual expansion and growth that physical life provides. Wearing a body feels to the soul a little like wearing ski gloves to thread a needle. It is cumbersome and while some become quite skilled at it others never quite identify with their body.

You are suffering a disease of the spirit that is manifesting in your body. The first thing, and quite frankly the most helpful thing, that you can do is relax your mind. No amount of mental work or struggle will solve this problem, but relaxing your mind can.

So for tonight we want you to relax about all your problems, whatever they may be. We realize this sounds simplistic but it is very effective. While you begin to let go of thought, practice breathing. Breathe in. Breathe out.

When you are ready, we want you to make a statement to self, “Energy stay with me.” Energy is designed to flow from just above the head to just below the feet (this is the condensed version of energy flow). You are losing a lot of energy off to your left. It probably feels to your ego (that little person that provides the sense of an ‘I’) as though you are hemorrhaging energy and it is frightening to self/ego because it feels like death. Energy loss like this is a spiritual emergency and should be treated urgently.

In a few seconds to minutes you will feel more full. When you feel ready direct your energy to flow head to toe. The earth is the ground for human energy. Even if you are lying in bed direct the energy head to toe. It will find its appropriate way.

Then remember to relax mind and body. Breathe. Drink water. Ask for a pitcher of water and bless the water. Tell it, “Thank you. I appreciate what you do for my body.” Allow it to sit for 10 minutes before you drink it. Bless it every time more water is added.

Sleep on this. We will address the remainder of your question later.

Received September 29, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington

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John 3:16, What Does It Mean?

Question:     What exactly does this verse mean? In John 3:16 it states, “16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Higgins:     The Bible was not written in English. Further, it is a collection of writings by multiple individuals who were trying to comprehend and then explain some rather esoteric information. We venture further to say that some sentences in the Bible are translated incompletely and sometimes inaccurately thus the meaning is unclear.

We would have you read John 3:13.

From the King James Version, “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.”

The same verse from the New English Bible, “No one ever went up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man whose home is in heaven.

The two verses, John 3: 13,16 are trying to say this:

That which man is comes from ‘heaven’. Let’s define ‘heaven’ as the non-physical realm, more specifically non-physical and embedded within one’s Eternal Broader Soul which is completely linked to and in synch with that Prime Source of All That Is (God/Allah).

Man, a sub-part of the Eternal Broader Soul, is a Little Soul housed in a physical body. When the Bible refers to ‘coming down from heaven’ it means a Little Soul birthing into a human body. Returning to heaven simply means the Little soul leaves the body and reconnects with the Broader Self.

It may help to think of the Eternal Broader Soul as Man and the Little Soul that comes into the physical body as the Son of Man, the child, or off-spring of the Eternal Broader Soul. (We won’t press this idea but it might help.)

Each human is a child (read creation or work of art) of God/Allah/Great Spirit. That Supreme Being gives each human free will and the right to make choices for themselves knowing that not all choices humans make will be in harmony with the truth of their God Spirit. God continually emits a sort of homing signal so that any human child that wants to ‘return’ to God while still in the human form is able to do so. Awakening to that spirit call is often described as being born again. It is not a metaphorical birth. It is a birth of the spirit essence of the Little Soul.

Jesus was not God’s only begotten son. You are all begotten sons of God. Jesus was however, agreeable to coming to Earth with the specific intent of assisting you all in remembering who you are, a child of God, and by the way, extremely powerful with the capability of performing ‘miracles’ the same as Jesus himself did. In fact, miracles are not miracles at all. ‘Miracles’ ought be the norm and had so much information that Jesus shared not been lost, hidden and destroyed many of you would now think that miracles are the normal way of life. Miracles would be taken for granted.

“For whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life….” Right. Because any of you who come to believe know that there is no death. There is only life, physical life, non-physical life, but life. Eternal Consciousness.

In summary, we would have you understand the Bible is incomplete. It is a wonderful starting point for those who feel the pull of the homing signal that God continually emits. Not one of you need ever look outside your own heart to find the answers you seek. We know however, that many of you do. As long as even one of you seeks answers Jesus-style beings will volunteer to come to Earth and share with you what it is to be human.

You are love and you are loved. What you seek shall be offered unto you. If the Bible is unclear as an answer to your questions, continue seeking. Every piece of information you come across will eventually lead you straight back to the wisdom in your own heart.

Received September 22, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington  USA

 

 

 

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Has Androgynous Spirit Guide

Question:     Thank you for this information. Both you and Higgins. I have two other questions if they are inclined to answer.

You mentioned that I have one powerful guide who is androgynous.   Can they elaborate?

Is it possible to know if I have spent other lifetimes with my daughter and my son or this is our first together?

Bless you for you time and your sharing and your efforts to share Higgins with the world.

Higgins:     A)     All Spirit Guides are powerful, helpful beings. They would not be chosen to assist on this difficult Earth adventure if they were not highly qualified.

B)     Both negative and positive, yin and yang, male and female exist in every speck of What Is. Every speck of dust, every tree, every person, every non-physical energy entity is whole this way. Most people and many non-physical entities choose to express either the masculine side or the negative side more intensely.

C)     Going backwards along the Universal Family Tree to the Godhead, God expresses itself as both/and rather than either/or.

D)     Sliding forwards along the Universal Family Tree from the Godhead towards humans, the oldest beings (God’s first children) have become Godlike in that they express both/and.

E)     Many people choose two or more Spirit Guides, one ‘male’, one ‘female’, for balance.

D)     Let’s describe your personal guide as two generations older than the typical Spirit Guide. Thus, in a manner of speaking, your Guide is a two-fer. You got two in one. This more mature Guide maintains a certain stability that the typical Guide cannot provide.

E)     A person would choose this sort of Guide when the plan for the Earth realm was especially difficult or you truly, without fail, intended to master some aspect of being human.

F)     With guides who are closer to humans on the Universal Family Tree it is sometimes easier to develop fun, interactive relationships. A Guide like yours is much more likely to be discrete and unwavering.

As for your children and whether this is your first life together: No. Neither of your children would entrust such difficult life experiences to a stranger.

Received September 19, 2014 at Lake Goodwin, Washington  USA

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