Heaven Within: Living in Oneness and Love According to the Wisdom of Jesus

Living in and from the "world" means residing in a realm of others that you deny as yourself. Who you believe you are becomes the center of this YOU-niverse. The term "heaven" can be experienced here and now while still "in the world." It involves living from a deep place within you, the truth of your being, where there are no others because all "others" are your Self.

This embodies the message and life of Jesus, which he aimed to share. A verse states, "He that is joined to the Lord is One Spirit," and this One Spirit is LOVE, often referred to as "our father who art in heaven." This explains how Jesus could say, "If you've seen me, you've seen the father," yet acknowledge, "My father is greater than I," pertaining to the physical form.

Living from this inner place makes every person your image, not just the one reflected in the mirror, which you might consider your "only begotten image." Taking up your cross to this "only begotten image" by discovering the holy of holies within leads to a "resurrection" of Spirit, an awakening of the eternal Love within you.

May these challenging times prompt you to dig deep and find that place of perfect peace, where all is well regardless of the surrounding chaos. It is only through individual inward journeys that we gain the ability to see our Self face to face in each other, where Love is the paramount concern. If that isn't heaven, I don't know what is.