Lenni Garin

Wisdom Beyond the Veil

Beyond the veil that separates the earth from the heavens exists a hierarchy of Divine Beings who are waiting. They know there are human beings who will one day realize they are more than a body plodding through life because of some cosmic accident. They know these souls will awaken to a memory that something Divine exists within them, something that connects them to an unknown powerful source of wisdom. We are those souls and they are the wisdom beyond the veil that is waiting to guide … [Read more...]

Category: Beyond Tags: spiritual, wisdom

The Forbidden Jesus

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"Seek not to become a Christian. Seek to become a Christ." - Gospel of Phillip Is it faith or fear that drives a Christian to believe in a one-dimensional definition of Jesus? The fundamental belief is this: Jesus was born to die for our sins. If we don't believe He is our only lord and savior, we are going to burn in hell for all eternity. Coupled with the one path to God theory (through Jesus) there is only one "Word of God," the canonical Bible. Anything outside the Bible is forbidden if … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: jesus

The Wisdom of OZ

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"This is the ultimate purpose of man...to find the One which is in him...which is his truth...which is his Soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life...the heavenly kingdom within." - Unknown Religious suppression is gradually being replaced by spiritual freedom; a freedom that has opened the door to the "Self-awareness" movement. Unfortunately, the pendulum has swung too far. Many of us run to the latest "new age," self-help, inspirational best seller, searching for the … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: wisdom

An Easter Message: Passionately against ‘The Passion’

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The Passion, a gruesome, violent account of Jesus' death, is about to become the focal point of most Christian churches. Although traditional Christianity is solely focused on the belief that Jesus died for our sins, the graphic portrayal of his death is not always in the forefront. Easter ignites the fervor within all "good" Christians to remember we are sinners. Easter is the time we must remember he suffered and died in order to save our souls from eternal damnation. Christians have been … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: jesus

The Jesus Clause: The Kingdom of God is Within

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Illustration on the classic texts, The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East (DeVorss & Co.)

More than 30 years ago, I cracked open volume one of a forbidden book about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. By the time I read through volume two, my entire relationship with Jesus, the man, was changed, and my relationship with Christ, the Consciousness, began. Those five little volumes, The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East, by Baird T. Spalding, written around 1900, were forbidden by the Orthodox Christian church because their content was blasphemous. Was it … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: holiday, jesus

“The Third Voice” – The Voice of the Soul

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"During the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God" - Saint John of the Cross On June 10th, 1993, Taylor Jon Garin was born weighing just over a pound. I was 23 weeks pregnant. He was not expected to live. During the last few hours of premature labor, a nurse walked into our hospital room and asked us what name we wanted on the death certificate. They were preparing for his death, even though he was yet to be born. We didn't know the sex of this unborn child while we were … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality

Reclaiming Jesus from the Christians

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“All great truths begin as blasphemy” – George Bernard Shaw In 325 AD, a band of power-hungry Christians wrote into law one of the biggest lies in history: that Jesus died for our sins. Twisted into that lie was the “holy order” that all Christians must be absolved from the shame of being responsible for his gruesome and painful crucifixion or perish in the “eternal flames of hell.” An army of Christian soldiers was dispatched to destroy the sacred teachings of the mystical … [Read more...]

Category: Uncategorized Tags: god, jesus

Soul of an Addict

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On July 17, 2007, John Poulos died in a hospital room surrounded by strangers. He blew a .38 when he arrived at the hospital. His blood-alcohol level was four times the legal limit. John was a handsome, charismatic and charming 38-year-old alcoholic. John was my nephew. I was the last call on his cell phone before he called the hospital for an ambulance. John's death inspired a book entitled, The Soul of an Addict, which contains "The 7 Spiritual Steps to Sobriety." As a recovered alcoholic … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: addiction