June 14, 2024 • 31 mins
Is modern-day corporate Christianity more chaotic than enlightening? This episode challenges conventional religious wisdom and advocates for a spiritual journey that transcends institutional confines. We speak about the chaos within countless denominations and doctrines, emphasizing the need for a spirituality that originates from the spirit itself. By reconnecting with nature and life around us, we find revelations that offer profound insight beyond traditional teachings. The episode encourages listeners to seek guidance that sparks an internal awakening, fostering a more holistic and intuitive spiritual path.
Join us as we deconstruct mainstream Christian teachings and highlight the kingdom of God within us. We explore the significance of varied spiritual traditions and the importance of breaking away from societal pressures. Through meditation, quiet reflection, and tools like crystals and music, we aim to enhance spiritual connection and personal growth. Our discussion underscores the value of love, kindness, and understanding in interactions with those of different beliefs. Ultimately, this episode is a call to rediscover your true spiritual essence, challenging the notion of simply being vessels in the physical world, and finding peace and purpose beyond the mundane.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome everyone.
Welcome back to another episode, getting back to where we were
last week, talking aboutdeconstructing.
But it's walking away fromman-made religion, man-made
(00:32):
temples, man-made churches,man-made theories.
It's walking away from thechaos, the turmoil and the
confusion that we see inmodern-day corporate religion.
We see it in the Christianchurches everywhere Hundreds of
different denominations, allcalling themselves the same
(00:54):
thing Christian but teachingdifferent doctrines, different,
different practices, arguing onsocial media, arguing in places
that just never should see thesethings.
(01:15):
But seeing all of this, findingpeace, is why we deconstruct.
Finding completion, findingthat space that makes us feel
complete and full, that we seekspirituality from spirit, not
(01:38):
from man's confusion and man'sviewpoint.
Because we can see when we lookout what mankind has done with
truth, all of these differenttheories and practices.
It's a.
It's a theological madness.
(01:58):
Everyone's screaming that theyknow the truth and they have.
Everyone's screaming that theyknow the truth and they have.
And the very idea, the veryfact that there are so many
different practices, so manydifferent religions, you know it
(02:20):
, leads to the evidence thatthey don't.
That man religion, man's madereligion, is so flawed that we
can't even decide for ourselveswhat is true.
Christians can't even decidefor themselves what they're
going to believe.
If someone argues or findsdifference in theology than
(02:45):
another Christian, they begananother church Rather than
trying to find the truth of thematter, if that truth truly even
matters.
Or is it something that's sominute, so simple that it truly
has no place even being arguedabout?
(03:09):
But we deconstruct.
That's what we're doing.
We are striving for peace,we're striving for truth, and we
know that we can't find it inthe mainstream, we can't find it
in modern day church, can'tfind it in just day church,
can't find it in Just modern dayreligion Period.
You know whether it had truthMany years ago or If it's been
(03:37):
tainted Ever since man got hishand on it.
You know.
That's the the question thatwhy would the divine have a
truth, have that truth availablefor everyone, but then be so
much chaos, so much confusion,when all it would take Is one
(04:01):
divine encounter with the worldand there'd be no question left?
The answer to that Is because,not that the things within
religion are all wrong, but thatwe have it wrong in perspective
.
We have tried to createsomething that doesn't exist, we
(04:28):
have tried to eliminate thethings that are needed and we
have missed the mark, missed thepurpose, missed the whole idea
of what spirituality is evenabout.
We've lost touch with ourconnection with life, with the
(04:53):
earth.
We've lost connection with allthe things that live and breathe
around us, that show usdivinity, show us truth, show us
even the meaning of life.
(05:14):
Not in words, because whenSpirit speaks it's not Not in
words, because when Spiritspeaks it's not always in words
Very seldom is it in words butit is in revelation, epiphany,
an instant recollection.
Recollection of truth.
It's like seeing something andjust instantly knowing
(05:39):
everything that you need to knowabout that entire subject in a
matter of a second.
And the vision was so simple.
It was the scenery of a forestand a gentle brook going through
(06:04):
it, a fawn, a baby fawn justwalking through taking a drink
out of the brook.
You could hear the birdssinging in the trees, the brook.
You could hear the birdssinging in the trees and the
(06:26):
wind just gently blowing throughthe leaves, where you could
hear earth herself breathing.
You could see and feel the joyof the Creator in all of this
and you can see the purpose ofwhat life is about, life in this
experience.
(06:49):
But we can't do those thingswith man-made religion.
We can't feel that Now manypeople are going to say well, I
feel the Spirit all the time inchurch.
It's not the same.
And, trust me, I'm not sayingthat you can't find divinity,
that you can't find the Creatorof all things.
(07:11):
You can't find it in afour-wall building because you
probably can, you can.
You can't find it in a fourwall building because you
probably can, you can.
But it doesn't mean you can'tfind it outside of that either.
And sometimes, whendeconstructing, sometimes the
chaos of all the people tryingto tell you what is right, what
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is wrong, what you need to doand what you should stay away
from, sometimes that is more ofa hindrance on your path than
what is right, what is wrong,what you need to do and what you
should stay away from.
Sometimes that is more of ahindrance on your path than just
trying to listen to spirit,because a good teacher doesn't
necessarily teach you anything,but rather guides you to the
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teaching, if that makes anysense.
Because a true teaching issomething that awakens the soul,
awakens within us Not just amental recollection and
remembrance of something, butsomething that is sparked within
us.
That's a teacher, a teacherthat moves souls, changes souls,
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spirits.
When deconstructing, you know Idon't care what your religion
are are or what your religion is.
Sorry, I say pagan as anumbrella term, and under pagan
there are many differenttraditions.
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Some would even say that theyare not pagan, but they are
listed basically under that,regardless, because they are
outside of the Christian faith,outside of the Aaronic faith.
All of those are considered, atleast in my opinion, under the
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umbrella term of paganism,because most of them, including
Hindu and everything else,usually manifest more than one
God, speak of more than one God.
They consider God as and Godand though you may not
understand that yet, give ittime, you will, and these
(09:29):
podcasts are going to moveforward into those things.
I know that we have been talkinga lot about world events and
things of that nature and tryingto find world peace and trying
to but spirits finally, finallysaid that you know you've done.
You've done what you can do.
Now it's time to make thepeople ready, help the people
(09:55):
find the peace, help people findthat truth that is within them,
to find the I am within all ofus, that which you were before
you were born into this earth,because do you realize that you
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existed before this physical,this physical experience, and
that you will continue to existeven after this physical
experience is over.
Finding that I am, that'swithin you, is the key to
unlocking those truths.
In deconstructing, you have tounderstand that it isn't that
(10:47):
you deny the existence of a God,but that you believe that the
books, the stories and theperceptions of what has been
taught have been incorrect,wrong and mistranslated, and
some occasions purposely.
(11:08):
But you can still find that youstill believe that the man,
yeshua, existed and that allthese other people existed
within the world Buddha andCopernicus and Pluto and all
these different great minds allover the place.
(11:30):
That we can look at thesethings, that we can look at
these men and these women thathave contributed, that looked
within themselves and foundtheir power, found their gifts
and used them.
Used them not to just benefit aman-raged religion, but to
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benefit the world, to benefithumanity, to benefit all of us.
Deconstructing is leaving theflawed and walking into the
light, walking into the thatwhich is not flawed.
(12:12):
It doesn't mean you're notgoing to make mistakes, but it
means that the teacher that'sbehind it, the essence of the
teaching that is behind it, isnot flawed, is never wrong, that
if we Hear it correctly and weFollow it correctly.
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We follow it correctly that wewill never go wrong.
The goal is to learn to listenand learn to trust and learn to
follow it.
Obey the intuition that'swithin us.
But we've been taught by somany religious leaders that
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don't listen to that Becauseyou're going to be deceived.
You have to just follow thisbook, or follow what that
teacher over there said, orfollow what that preacher or
that mentor over there said.
No, use the things that arearound you, use the things that
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you've been taught as a guide, ablueprint, but never, ever,
listen to the others.
When you feel the stirring ofsomething within you, if
something is telling you thatyou need to study something,
that you need to go somewhereand learn something, or whether
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you need to leave something,then do it, trusting your own
intuition, your own spiritualconnection with all things.
When, when you begin to doubtthat and refuse to listen to it,
that's when the failures come,that's when all the problems in
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life come, because we're alllooking for this truth and we
don't understand it.
And they'll say well, richard,you said, if I just do this and
I do that, then the truth willcome and I'll understand it.
And that is the truth.
But there's something that wehave to do in ourself, and
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sometimes, in deconstructingit's the hardest thing, because
mainstream religion will tellyou to ignore yourself and focus
on something outwardly.
When to find that truth, wemust look within us and trust
what we hear, trust what we see,and sometimes that can be hard
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when we've been bowed, beatenand brainwashed to believe that
we can't trust ourselves, wecan't trust our intuition.
All we can do is trust in thatbook or trust in these leaders
that are above us.
It's about determination andboldness within ourselves to say
you know what?
I'm going to trust this, I'mgoing to trust this, I'm going
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to follow this.
I'm going to and I might make amistake Because maybe you know,
in learning to listen to ourinner voice, especially during
the initial stages ofdeconstruction, sometimes
multiple voices can be heard,and I'm not speaking about
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audible voices, I'm just.
You will understand the voicesthat are within us, the nudges,
the instant epiphanies andrevelations that happen within
us.
You know we will be able todiscern the good and the bad.
You know we will be able todiscern the good and the bad.
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We will discern what is rightand what is wrong in time, and
it's utmost important for us toremain in a state of connection
and meditation and To, when weare looking towards spiritual
things, that we maintain thatconnection with spirit, because
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there's a rough world out there,it's a mean world out there,
and it's not mean because of thedivine made it mean, or the
creator of all things made itmean, but we, as humanity, have
made it mean, made it cruel,because we have put too much of
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greed, selfishness, arroganceand pride, all of these things
that we have put into thesethings, rather than taking and
listening to spirit.
Because, though, we are spiritshaving this physical experience
, if we're not careful, ourphysical essence will override
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spirit, it will override things,and the flesh will want things
that aren't good, not good forus, it's not good for society.
We look around and that'sexactly what we see.
We see people that have beentrained to focus on everything
outwardly.
They've been trained to believethat, in order to say that you
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have won in this world, that youhave to have that great job and
that big house and the nice carand the whole time.
Nobody, not even the churchesor any of the religious
institutions, have taught us howto find ourselves, how to find
the divinity within ourselves.
They constantly point somewhereelse, constantly tell you to
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pray to somewhere else, tosomething else, rather than
looking within yourself.
No, you're not praying toyourself, but you're
understanding the connectionbetween what is in you spirit
and the connection of spiritthat is without within this
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world.
It's within everything.
It's within the animals, theplant life, everything.
And when you're praying, whenyou are verbally manifesting
what it is that you are needing,at that time you are speaking
to the universe, you arespeaking to something that is
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alive everywhere, and I'm tryingto speak within terms that
anyone can understand.
That what you phrase as God is,spirit, is energy, is
everything that is withouteverything around you and within
you.
And when you can have, when youcan find that connection and
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you are moving within thatconnection and you are
manifesting within thatconnection, and you are
manifesting within thatconnection by speaking positive
words of affirmation and truth,then those changes in your life
occur.
We have to understand and I'vetalked many times.
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You know when trying to get outof strictly, you know the
christian teaching.
But when of strictly, you knowthe Christian teaching.
But when people aredeconstructing they sometimes
they need things within thatbook to give them some kind of
foundation and I tell them, youknow, even Jesus said the
kingdom of God is within you,within you.
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The Pharisees didn't understandthat either, because they were
looking to God somewhere out inthe sky.
And that's not the God that weare talking about.
You know, there's gods that areconsidered within this earth,
that are lower case gods.
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You know they are the authorityfigures of this earth.
But God, the Creator, god, theGreat White Spirit, whatever it
is that you want to label theuniverse itself, the universe
itself, it is that that bringstruth, brings peace, brings
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revelation.
You know, sometimes, mankind,in our religions, we have tried
to create all kinds of differentfabrications of truth.
Sometimes we can createself-propelled, self-profilled
prophecy, and whendeconstructing, we've got to
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leave all that behind.
We can use some of what we have, and we will.
When you're doing, you're movinginto a more of a, a pagan path,
whatever particular path theymay be, you know, whether it
just be a hermetic path, whetherit be more, you know Everything
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, from Norse, pagan to Wiccan,to so many different traditions
that you can find withinyourself.
But this part, this phase ofdeconstructing, is you simply
trying to break away from themainstream, not feeling guilty
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for breaking away from themainstream, not feeling guilty
for breaking away from themainstream, understanding that
what you're doing is the rightthing and a good thing, even
when family and friends tell youthat it's not the right thing.
You'll have all kinds of peopletelling you all kinds of things
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and people won't want to listento you, and that's okay.
They don't need you, don't atthis particular time.
That's what you know.
Spirits trying to say this timeis about you.
It's not about you trying toteach anything, it's not about
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you trying to proclaim anything.
This is about you, you inspirit, you in the universe
becoming one, learning eachother, becoming one again,
remembering who you are and then, when you're ready and you'll
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know when you're ready, becauseI know sometimes when you start
finding that truth, you'reexcited and you want to tell
people about it and spirituniverse will bring people to
you, people that won't Try todeter you and won't hurt you.
It also will create a boldnessand a strength within you that,
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when those times come, that youhave to Stay in your ground and
try to educate and teach people.
It's hard to teach people thatbelieve that they have
Everything they need and havethe utmost utter truth because
they believe in what they'redoing, they believe that they
are doing right, and it's trulyhard to get through that wall
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unless there has been some typeof spiritual intervention first.
There has been some type ofspiritual intervention first.
It takes an act of kindness andmercy, it takes a very wise
individual to look at someonethat is offending you and
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telling you that you are wrongand that you have failed, and
looking at them with love,understanding that they mean
good intentions in what they'redoing, and Spirit will let you
know exactly what you can say,what you shouldn't say, what is
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the right things to do.
Sometimes the right thing to dois nothing.
Sometimes just walk away, smileand you know, doing all things
in love, trying to remain in aspirit of love and kindness,
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because that's where we want tostay.
I understand that we can't staythere all the time, but that's
where we desire to stay when wefind this place of utter
connection, of spirit, when wefind.
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I guess it's important, before Iclose, that we talk about
meditation, that we talk aboutthose times of remember to take
time, because it is veryimportant for your spiritual
walk after leaving themainstream religion.
Take some time and look at,look through different, various
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shops.
Go to the New Age stores, go tothe crystal stores, go to and
just look, just walk through,see what catches your eye, but
use these things to help youenter into that state of
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meditation.
In that meditation you don'twant to focus on anything
particular.
The idea of this meditation isthe clearing of your mind.
I like to listen to musicwithout words, a lot of Reiki
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music, just a lot of, just a lotof how do I say?
I think you understand what I'msaying just a lot of meditation
, music that helps you relax,helps you get out of the now,
get out of the world.
You need to find that quietspace.
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Try to devote at least 10 to 15minutes per day and throughout
the day.
You need to find that quietspace.
Try to devote at least 10 to 15minutes per day and throughout
the day, listen to that musicagain.
Focus on maybe something thatyou learned in that 10 or 15
minutes.
Focus on the visions, thepictures that you might receive
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during that 10-15 minutes.
Sometimes you do hear anaudible voice, sometimes spirit
can speak that way, not throughyour ears, but you will
understand when you are there.
You will understand of what I'msaying.
But, above all things, remember.
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This is about finding you, notyour flesh, not who you are in
this world, but who you are, whoyou were before this world.
You are deconstructing fromeverything man-made, you are
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separating yourself from thisand entering into the spiritual,
because you are a spiritualentity in a physical experience.
In order to find that truth, tofind that peace, you have to
find yourself, find out what isimportant to you.
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Why are you here?
Why do we come to thisexperience?
It's not just to work a 9 to 5job and pay bills and pay taxes.
That's not why we're here.
Evil forces have turned it intothat.
Most people are just walking,empty vessels, empty containers,
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not even understanding who theyare, just robots with a
spiritual heartbeat that never,never wakes up.
It's time to wake up, friend.
It's time for you to wake upand know who you are.
Friend, it's time for you towake up and know who you are.
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Finish your walk, butdeconstructing, be determined.
Okay, this is what I'm doing.
I am leaving that mainstreamand I'm gonna find this.
Whether it be these podcasts,whether it be a different
teacher, maybe it be multipleteachers, remember the best
thing the teacher within you isthe best teacher, be blessed
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everybody and blessed be.
Welcome everyone.
Welcome back to another episode, getting back to where we were
last week, talking aboutdeconstructing.
But it's walking away fromman-made religion, man-made
(00:32):
temples, man-made churches,man-made theories.
It's walking away from thechaos, the turmoil and the
confusion that we see inmodern-day corporate religion.
We see it in the Christianchurches everywhere Hundreds of
different denominations, allcalling themselves the same
(00:54):
thing Christian but teachingdifferent doctrines, different,
different practices, arguing onsocial media, arguing in places
that just never should see thesethings.
(01:15):
But seeing all of this, findingpeace, is why we deconstruct.
Finding completion, findingthat space that makes us feel
complete and full, that we seekspirituality from spirit, not
(01:38):
from man's confusion and man'sviewpoint.
Because we can see when we lookout what mankind has done with
truth, all of these differenttheories and practices.
It's a.
It's a theological madness.
(01:58):
Everyone's screaming that theyknow the truth and they have.
Everyone's screaming that theyknow the truth and they have.
And the very idea, the veryfact that there are so many
different practices, so manydifferent religions, you know it
(02:20):
, leads to the evidence thatthey don't.
That man religion, man's madereligion, is so flawed that we
can't even decide for ourselveswhat is true.
Christians can't even decidefor themselves what they're
going to believe.
If someone argues or findsdifference in theology than
(02:45):
another Christian, they begananother church Rather than
trying to find the truth of thematter, if that truth truly even
matters.
Or is it something that's sominute, so simple that it truly
has no place even being arguedabout?
(03:09):
But we deconstruct.
That's what we're doing.
We are striving for peace,we're striving for truth, and we
know that we can't find it inthe mainstream, we can't find it
in modern day church, can'tfind it in just day church,
can't find it in Just modern dayreligion Period.
You know whether it had truthMany years ago or If it's been
(03:37):
tainted Ever since man got hishand on it.
You know.
That's the the question thatwhy would the divine have a
truth, have that truth availablefor everyone, but then be so
much chaos, so much confusion,when all it would take Is one
(04:01):
divine encounter with the worldand there'd be no question left?
The answer to that Is because,not that the things within
religion are all wrong, but thatwe have it wrong in perspective
.
We have tried to createsomething that doesn't exist, we
(04:28):
have tried to eliminate thethings that are needed and we
have missed the mark, missed thepurpose, missed the whole idea
of what spirituality is evenabout.
We've lost touch with ourconnection with life, with the
(04:53):
earth.
We've lost connection with allthe things that live and breathe
around us, that show usdivinity, show us truth, show us
even the meaning of life.
(05:14):
Not in words, because whenSpirit speaks it's not Not in
words, because when Spiritspeaks it's not always in words
Very seldom is it in words butit is in revelation, epiphany,
an instant recollection.
Recollection of truth.
It's like seeing something andjust instantly knowing
(05:39):
everything that you need to knowabout that entire subject in a
matter of a second.
And the vision was so simple.
It was the scenery of a forestand a gentle brook going through
(06:04):
it, a fawn, a baby fawn justwalking through taking a drink
out of the brook.
You could hear the birdssinging in the trees, the brook.
You could hear the birdssinging in the trees and the
(06:26):
wind just gently blowing throughthe leaves, where you could
hear earth herself breathing.
You could see and feel the joyof the Creator in all of this
and you can see the purpose ofwhat life is about, life in this
experience.
(06:49):
But we can't do those thingswith man-made religion.
We can't feel that Now manypeople are going to say well, I
feel the Spirit all the time inchurch.
It's not the same.
And, trust me, I'm not sayingthat you can't find divinity,
that you can't find the Creatorof all things.
(07:11):
You can't find it in afour-wall building because you
probably can, you can.
You can't find it in a fourwall building because you
probably can, you can.
But it doesn't mean you can'tfind it outside of that either.
And sometimes, whendeconstructing, sometimes the
chaos of all the people tryingto tell you what is right, what
(07:32):
is wrong, what you need to doand what you should stay away
from, sometimes that is more ofa hindrance on your path than
what is right, what is wrong,what you need to do and what you
should stay away from.
Sometimes that is more of ahindrance on your path than just
trying to listen to spirit,because a good teacher doesn't
necessarily teach you anything,but rather guides you to the
(07:55):
teaching, if that makes anysense.
Because a true teaching issomething that awakens the soul,
awakens within us Not just amental recollection and
remembrance of something, butsomething that is sparked within
us.
That's a teacher, a teacherthat moves souls, changes souls,
(08:23):
spirits.
When deconstructing, you know Idon't care what your religion
are are or what your religion is.
Sorry, I say pagan as anumbrella term, and under pagan
there are many differenttraditions.
(08:46):
Some would even say that theyare not pagan, but they are
listed basically under that,regardless, because they are
outside of the Christian faith,outside of the Aaronic faith.
All of those are considered, atleast in my opinion, under the
(09:07):
umbrella term of paganism,because most of them, including
Hindu and everything else,usually manifest more than one
God, speak of more than one God.
They consider God as and Godand though you may not
understand that yet, give ittime, you will, and these
(09:29):
podcasts are going to moveforward into those things.
I know that we have been talkinga lot about world events and
things of that nature and tryingto find world peace and trying
to but spirits finally, finallysaid that you know you've done.
You've done what you can do.
Now it's time to make thepeople ready, help the people
(09:55):
find the peace, help people findthat truth that is within them,
to find the I am within all ofus, that which you were before
you were born into this earth,because do you realize that you
(10:21):
existed before this physical,this physical experience, and
that you will continue to existeven after this physical
experience is over.
Finding that I am, that'swithin you, is the key to
unlocking those truths.
In deconstructing, you have tounderstand that it isn't that
(10:47):
you deny the existence of a God,but that you believe that the
books, the stories and theperceptions of what has been
taught have been incorrect,wrong and mistranslated, and
some occasions purposely.
(11:08):
But you can still find that youstill believe that the man,
yeshua, existed and that allthese other people existed
within the world Buddha andCopernicus and Pluto and all
these different great minds allover the place.
(11:30):
That we can look at thesethings, that we can look at
these men and these women thathave contributed, that looked
within themselves and foundtheir power, found their gifts
and used them.
Used them not to just benefit aman-raged religion, but to
(11:50):
benefit the world, to benefithumanity, to benefit all of us.
Deconstructing is leaving theflawed and walking into the
light, walking into the thatwhich is not flawed.
(12:12):
It doesn't mean you're notgoing to make mistakes, but it
means that the teacher that'sbehind it, the essence of the
teaching that is behind it, isnot flawed, is never wrong, that
if we Hear it correctly and weFollow it correctly.
(12:36):
We follow it correctly that wewill never go wrong.
The goal is to learn to listenand learn to trust and learn to
follow it.
Obey the intuition that'swithin us.
But we've been taught by somany religious leaders that
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don't listen to that Becauseyou're going to be deceived.
You have to just follow thisbook, or follow what that
teacher over there said, orfollow what that preacher or
that mentor over there said.
No, use the things that arearound you, use the things that
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you've been taught as a guide, ablueprint, but never, ever,
listen to the others.
When you feel the stirring ofsomething within you, if
something is telling you thatyou need to study something,
that you need to go somewhereand learn something, or whether
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you need to leave something,then do it, trusting your own
intuition, your own spiritualconnection with all things.
When, when you begin to doubtthat and refuse to listen to it,
that's when the failures come,that's when all the problems in
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life come, because we're alllooking for this truth and we
don't understand it.
And they'll say well, richard,you said, if I just do this and
I do that, then the truth willcome and I'll understand it.
And that is the truth.
But there's something that wehave to do in ourself, and
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sometimes, in deconstructingit's the hardest thing, because
mainstream religion will tellyou to ignore yourself and focus
on something outwardly.
When to find that truth, wemust look within us and trust
what we hear, trust what we see,and sometimes that can be hard
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when we've been bowed, beatenand brainwashed to believe that
we can't trust ourselves, wecan't trust our intuition.
All we can do is trust in thatbook or trust in these leaders
that are above us.
It's about determination andboldness within ourselves to say
you know what?
I'm going to trust this, I'mgoing to trust this, I'm going
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to follow this.
I'm going to and I might make amistake Because maybe you know,
in learning to listen to ourinner voice, especially during
the initial stages ofdeconstruction, sometimes
multiple voices can be heard,and I'm not speaking about
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audible voices, I'm just.
You will understand the voicesthat are within us, the nudges,
the instant epiphanies andrevelations that happen within
us.
You know we will be able todiscern the good and the bad.
You know we will be able todiscern the good and the bad.
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We will discern what is rightand what is wrong in time, and
it's utmost important for us toremain in a state of connection
and meditation and To, when weare looking towards spiritual
things, that we maintain thatconnection with spirit, because
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there's a rough world out there,it's a mean world out there,
and it's not mean because of thedivine made it mean, or the
creator of all things made itmean, but we, as humanity, have
made it mean, made it cruel,because we have put too much of
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greed, selfishness, arroganceand pride, all of these things
that we have put into thesethings, rather than taking and
listening to spirit.
Because, though, we are spiritshaving this physical experience
, if we're not careful, ourphysical essence will override
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spirit, it will override things,and the flesh will want things
that aren't good, not good forus, it's not good for society.
We look around and that'sexactly what we see.
We see people that have beentrained to focus on everything
outwardly.
They've been trained to believethat, in order to say that you
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have won in this world, that youhave to have that great job and
that big house and the nice carand the whole time.
Nobody, not even the churchesor any of the religious
institutions, have taught us howto find ourselves, how to find
the divinity within ourselves.
They constantly point somewhereelse, constantly tell you to
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pray to somewhere else, tosomething else, rather than
looking within yourself.
No, you're not praying toyourself, but you're
understanding the connectionbetween what is in you spirit
and the connection of spiritthat is without within this
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world.
It's within everything.
It's within the animals, theplant life, everything.
And when you're praying, whenyou are verbally manifesting
what it is that you are needing,at that time you are speaking
to the universe, you arespeaking to something that is
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alive everywhere, and I'm tryingto speak within terms that
anyone can understand.
That what you phrase as God is,spirit, is energy, is
everything that is withouteverything around you and within
you.
And when you can have, when youcan find that connection and
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you are moving within thatconnection and you are
manifesting within thatconnection, and you are
manifesting within thatconnection by speaking positive
words of affirmation and truth,then those changes in your life
occur.
We have to understand and I'vetalked many times.
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You know when trying to get outof strictly, you know the
christian teaching.
But when of strictly, you knowthe Christian teaching.
But when people aredeconstructing they sometimes
they need things within thatbook to give them some kind of
foundation and I tell them, youknow, even Jesus said the
kingdom of God is within you,within you.
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The Pharisees didn't understandthat either, because they were
looking to God somewhere out inthe sky.
And that's not the God that weare talking about.
You know, there's gods that areconsidered within this earth,
that are lower case gods.
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You know they are the authorityfigures of this earth.
But God, the Creator, god, theGreat White Spirit, whatever it
is that you want to label theuniverse itself, the universe
itself, it is that that bringstruth, brings peace, brings
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revelation.
You know, sometimes, mankind,in our religions, we have tried
to create all kinds of differentfabrications of truth.
Sometimes we can createself-propelled, self-profilled
prophecy, and whendeconstructing, we've got to
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leave all that behind.
We can use some of what we have, and we will.
When you're doing, you're movinginto a more of a, a pagan path,
whatever particular path theymay be, you know, whether it
just be a hermetic path, whetherit be more, you know Everything
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, from Norse, pagan to Wiccan,to so many different traditions
that you can find withinyourself.
But this part, this phase ofdeconstructing, is you simply
trying to break away from themainstream, not feeling guilty
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for breaking away from themainstream, not feeling guilty
for breaking away from themainstream, understanding that
what you're doing is the rightthing and a good thing, even
when family and friends tell youthat it's not the right thing.
You'll have all kinds of peopletelling you all kinds of things
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and people won't want to listento you, and that's okay.
They don't need you, don't atthis particular time.
That's what you know.
Spirits trying to say this timeis about you.
It's not about you trying toteach anything, it's not about
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you trying to proclaim anything.
This is about you, you inspirit, you in the universe
becoming one, learning eachother, becoming one again,
remembering who you are and then, when you're ready and you'll
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know when you're ready, becauseI know sometimes when you start
finding that truth, you'reexcited and you want to tell
people about it and spirituniverse will bring people to
you, people that won't Try todeter you and won't hurt you.
It also will create a boldnessand a strength within you that,
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when those times come, that youhave to Stay in your ground and
try to educate and teach people.
It's hard to teach people thatbelieve that they have
Everything they need and havethe utmost utter truth because
they believe in what they'redoing, they believe that they
are doing right, and it's trulyhard to get through that wall
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unless there has been some typeof spiritual intervention first.
There has been some type ofspiritual intervention first.
It takes an act of kindness andmercy, it takes a very wise
individual to look at someonethat is offending you and
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telling you that you are wrongand that you have failed, and
looking at them with love,understanding that they mean
good intentions in what they'redoing, and Spirit will let you
know exactly what you can say,what you shouldn't say, what is
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the right things to do.
Sometimes the right thing to dois nothing.
Sometimes just walk away, smileand you know, doing all things
in love, trying to remain in aspirit of love and kindness,
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because that's where we want tostay.
I understand that we can't staythere all the time, but that's
where we desire to stay when wefind this place of utter
connection, of spirit, when wefind.
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I guess it's important, before Iclose, that we talk about
meditation, that we talk aboutthose times of remember to take
time, because it is veryimportant for your spiritual
walk after leaving themainstream religion.
Take some time and look at,look through different, various
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shops.
Go to the New Age stores, go tothe crystal stores, go to and
just look, just walk through,see what catches your eye, but
use these things to help youenter into that state of
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meditation.
In that meditation you don'twant to focus on anything
particular.
The idea of this meditation isthe clearing of your mind.
I like to listen to musicwithout words, a lot of Reiki
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music, just a lot of, just a lotof how do I say?
I think you understand what I'msaying just a lot of meditation
, music that helps you relax,helps you get out of the now,
get out of the world.
You need to find that quietspace.
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Try to devote at least 10 to 15minutes per day and throughout
the day.
You need to find that quietspace.
Try to devote at least 10 to 15minutes per day and throughout
the day, listen to that musicagain.
Focus on maybe something thatyou learned in that 10 or 15
minutes.
Focus on the visions, thepictures that you might receive
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during that 10-15 minutes.
Sometimes you do hear anaudible voice, sometimes spirit
can speak that way, not throughyour ears, but you will
understand when you are there.
You will understand of what I'msaying.
But, above all things, remember.
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This is about finding you, notyour flesh, not who you are in
this world, but who you are, whoyou were before this world.
You are deconstructing fromeverything man-made, you are
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separating yourself from thisand entering into the spiritual,
because you are a spiritualentity in a physical experience.
In order to find that truth, tofind that peace, you have to
find yourself, find out what isimportant to you.
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Why are you here?
Why do we come to thisexperience?
It's not just to work a 9 to 5job and pay bills and pay taxes.
That's not why we're here.
Evil forces have turned it intothat.
Most people are just walking,empty vessels, empty containers,
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not even understanding who theyare, just robots with a
spiritual heartbeat that never,never wakes up.
It's time to wake up, friend.
It's time for you to wake upand know who you are.
Friend, it's time for you towake up and know who you are.
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Finish your walk, butdeconstructing, be determined.
Okay, this is what I'm doing.
I am leaving that mainstreamand I'm gonna find this.
Whether it be these podcasts,whether it be a different
teacher, maybe it be multipleteachers, remember the best
thing the teacher within you isthe best teacher, be blessed
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everybody and blessed be.
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