Let Christ Arise Within You This Easter

by: Psychic August

This Easter Sunday, we once again celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, triumphant over sin and death.

Like what our Lord did 2000 years ago, we can also experience our own triumphs over sin and (spiritual) death by letting His Spirit arise within us and be alive, especially in the eve of this Easter,  as it is expressed in the 2nd verse of Corinthians 13:15 --- "Do you not realize about yourself that Jesus Christ is in you?"

We can do this with a meditation technique that utilizes our very own hearts as the focus of positive, Christlike emotions like peace, love, health, and prosperity, and sending them out to other people and the environment, as inspired by the illustration of Jesus the Christ in the 3 o'clock prayer to the Divine Mercy "a new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another as I have loved you, that you also love one another " ( John 13:34 ).

This meditation technique is to be formally practiced just before sunrise of Easter Sunday, and thereafter can be practiced as a daily meditation in ordinary days.

Psychic Encounters in Ciudad Verdadero

by: Psychic August

Located between Km 135 and 136 of Lucban and Sampaloc towns within the Philippine province of Quezon, Ciudad Verdadero, which means "City of Truth', is a 29-hectare rolling hill of relative wilderness. At an initial impression, it would appear that there is nothing extraordinary about the place, but to the psychically "sensitive", the place would be discovered to be a sanctuary where one can communicate and receive revelations from certain nature spirits who have made the place their home.

Situated at the foot of the mystical Mt. Banahaw, Ciudad Verdadero is said to be the new "Mt. Banahaw" as the nature spirits of Mt. Banahaw have made the place as their new home after the mountain has become over commercialized and has fallen victim to environmental neglect, needing rehabilitation.

A Lenten Meditation Inspired by Jesus' Prayer for Unity

by: Psychic August

"THAT THEY MAY ALL BE ONE"

Reflection

Jesus walked the Earth in perfect unity with the Father's will.  He carried out what the Father wanted Him to do wherever his ministry led him to.  He was God made flesh, and yet, Jesus offered a prayer at the end of His earthly life that has yet to be answered.  At the last supper with His disciples, He asked "That they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me." (John 17:21) 

But how many ways have Christians subdivided themselves centuries later?  How many denominations have assembled their own distinct followings?  It doesn't stop within the Christian church, we are witnessing the killing of many innocents merely because of different religious beliefs, all in the name of the same God, albeit addressed according to their own understanding.  Did Jesus miss this somehow in his prayer? No, for Jesus' prayer for unity is for everyone as one of the greatest prayers in the Bible.  It holds a particularly honored spot because it was Himself as the great "I AM" who spoke it.  At least twice in his prayer Jesus repeated himself by emphasizing why unity is important.  In verse 23 He pressed again what he said only a few sentences before: "that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and didst love Them, even as Thou didst love Me."   This prayer shall eventually be answered.

True disciples of Jesus Christ reside within all the different denominations and traditions and cultural distinction. There are visible and invisible church.  The visible church is structured upon denominations, sects - Catholic, Baptist, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and others.  The invisible church is the practice of true spirituality regardless of denomination or sect.  Beyond doctrinal distinctions and forms of worship there is a deeper conviction which resounds in believers everywhere. 

The visible and invisible church unite if there is one or more practitioners sincerely practicing the teachings of Christ.  "This I command you, that you love one another." (John 15:17)