{"id":25,"date":"2011-02-07T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prophetormadman\/2011\/02\/for-those-who-would-have-eyes-to-see.html"},"modified":"2011-02-07T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T19:49:11","slug":"for-those-who-would-have-eyes-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prophetormadman\/2011\/02\/for-those-who-would-have-eyes-to-see.html","title":{"rendered":"For Those Who Would Have Eyes To See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When I first heard Our Creator tell me that I was to write<br \/>\nabout and teach unconditional love to this world, my first thought was, &#8220;To whom?&#8221;<br \/>\nWhen I looked at life through the filter of my human ego mind, (i.e. the<br \/>\njudgmental mind we use to form most of our perceptions,) I had trouble believing that the world<br \/>\nwas ready to accept that everything and everyone was\/is part of one whole. Regardless<br \/>\nas to what religion one follows, if you believe that there is only one source or<br \/>\npoint of origin, then it follows that your God has to be the same God that<br \/>\nothers worship as their God. They may have a different way of honoring or<br \/>\nworshiping source but ultimately, everything and everyone is still connected<br \/>\nand part of the tapestry of Creation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Somehow this simple truth has continued to elude or be accepted<br \/>\nby the great majority of people in this world. For the longest time I was asking<br \/>\nmyself, &#8220;How is it possible for the majority of people to be so unaware?&#8221; The<br \/>\nanswer that came to me was, for the most part, mankind is taught to be unaware<br \/>\nof the Spiritual Self or Ultimate Truth through their exposure to religious and<br \/>\neducational beliefs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In retrospect I now realize that my primary purpose in this<br \/>\nworld was to help present an understanding of not only who we are as Spiritual<br \/>\nbeings but also to present and understanding of the mechanics of Creation<br \/>\nitself. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">That being said, I would like to add, I am not here to<br \/>\nconvince or convert anyone of or to anything. What I share is what I have been given<br \/>\nto share and is for those who have an interest and are seeking. Ultimately, we<br \/>\nall must follow our hearts and go where the heart leads us. For some, that will<br \/>\nmean that they will move to greater levels of understanding and for others<br \/>\n(those who can only see through the eyes of man) many will leave this world as<br \/>\nempty as they came in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In Prophet or Madman I wrote that in each moment we have the<br \/>\nchoice to interact or react. By that I meant that we have the option to participate<br \/>\nwith an awareness of God from the awakened state (interact) or remain asleep<br \/>\nand go through motions from past programming (reacting).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For those who wish to experience more than they currently<br \/>\nbelieve is possible, you may find there are times when your past programming<br \/>\nmust be addressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Albert Einstein, perhaps one of the greatest minds that<br \/>\nlived in this world, understood this enough to say, &#8220;You can not correct a<br \/>\nproblem with the same mindset that created the problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When this tenet is viewed along with the law of attraction<br \/>\nit is the beginning of understanding the declaration, &#8220;As you believe, so shall<br \/>\nit be.&#8221; will always ring true.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A thought occurred to me the other day. That thought was to<br \/>\nwrite a series of blogs that present another way of seeing life in and beyond<br \/>\nthis world. For those who are interested in entertaining another way of seeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The blogs will be based on notes taken by a study group<br \/>\nwhere I discussed in detail a book that I wrote Prophet or Madman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The subject matter will look at creation from the vantage<br \/>\npoint of thought, energy and matter all being part of something that is working<br \/>\ntogether. I can not promise anything other than you most likely will entertain<br \/>\nthoughts you might not otherwise have considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Regardless of your path or what religion you practice, if<br \/>\nyou wish to awaken yourself and live awakened in this world you will have to<br \/>\nstruggle. More to come&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Love and Light,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Brother Bruce<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><i>Prophet or Madman<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When I first heard Our Creator tell me that I was to write about and teach unconditional love to this world, my first thought was, &#8220;To whom?&#8221; When I looked at life through the filter of my human ego mind, (i.e. the judgmental mind we use to form most of our perceptions,) I had&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[128,125,123,127,124,126,32],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enlightenment","category-higher-consciousness","tag-conditioning-law-of-attraction","tag-eyes","tag-interact","tag-programming","tag-react","tag-sight","tag-understanding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>For Those Who Would Have Eyes To See - Prophet or Madman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prophetormadman\/2011\/02\/for-those-who-would-have-eyes-to-see.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For Those Who Would Have Eyes To See - Prophet or Madman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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