Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Sharing TRUE CHRISTIANITY!
January 24th, 2023
Hello, Everyone!
Hey, Guys & Gals, this is it – in terms of my sharing my writings on a volunteer basis. It’s called TRUE CHRISTIANITY – which I compiled and published in 2019. I called it that due to the final essay – which, of course, is called True Christianity – which I wrote in 2007. If you would like a copy – and you have not already received one for being on my friends & family mailing list, ask and you will receive. OK?
TRUE CHRISTIANITY is really a compilation of many essays and songs I have written down thru the ages about many topics – religious and political; but I like to think it is mostly religious oriented with particular emphasis on my vision of Jesus.
I grew up believing that Jesus was (and is) about a Heaven elsewhere, but I have come to believe he was (and is) about Heaven being Here and Now – as well as being Elsewhere and Later. By living, I have come to believe that it makes no sense to put Heaven off because Heaven is only being in the Presence of an Infinite God. Since an Infinite God must be Everywhere, it must also be that Heaven is Everywhere. It is as simple as that. If God is Everywhere, then time has nothing to do with it. Everywhere also translates to All of Time. How can it be different? If God is with me now, how is it possible that God won’t be with me 10 minutes from now – or that God wasn’t with me 10 minutes ago?
Simple, Huh?
And yet we humans complicate things by separating ourselves from God – as if that is possible. In doing that, we claim that one of us has God – and another doesn’t. That leads to conflict and war.
I said that I think that Jesus probably believed the same – that God is everywhere, making us all saints by being in the presence of God. We only think we are not “sons of God,” but thinking so does not make it so. Does it?
Let me offer some proof of that by citing verse 3 (of 114) from THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS.
Jesus said: If those who lead you say to you: “See, the Kingdom is in heaven”, then the birds of the heaven will precede you. If they say to you: “It is in the sea,” then the fish will precede you. But the Kingdom is within you and it is without you. If you (will) know yourselves, then you will be known and you will know that you are the sons of the Living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you are in poverty and you are poverty.
Well, like I said, I did not believe that growing up because I was
taught otherwise, but I do believe it now because reason and The Jesus of Thomas tells me I was wrong.
I realize full well that many of you think I am mistaken for believing that I must be in Heaven now because, like the Jesus of Thomas said above, we are all “sons of the Living Father.” The problem is we do not realize it – and that is why we choose pathways of conflict and war, determined to find some peace in the future that we do not know now. Why are we not satisfied with being “sons of the Living Father.” Because we do not realize we are – and thus, like the Jesus of Thomas says, we are in poverty and we are poverty.
If you are wondering about THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS, I won’t go into that now, but see one of my books called JESUS – ACCORDING TO THOMAS AND MARY – AND ME. You can find references and descriptions of that and all of my 10 books and 10 “Divine Naturist” video productions at my writings websites – una-bella-vita.com (setup & maintained by Crile Carvey Consultants) and francisbessler.com (setup & maintained by Bold Pixels). Thanks to All who have helped me – including my local pc tech named Spencer Pittman!
Who knows where any of my works will go, but my website handlers and I will be trying to promote them. We all know we live in a crazy world that is filled with senses of inequality – and from that, conflict and war. It has always been that way – and it may continue – but it never hurts to offer a different way of going; and for what it’s worth, una-bella-vita.com and francisbessler.com will be offering our two-cents worth, so to speak. Join us if you wish!
Let me conclude this letter with a song I wrote in 2017 that happens to be the final entry in my book TRUE CHRISTIANITY. Like my song (and The Jesus of Thomas) says, we are all Divine Beings. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all believed that?
Thank you for Listening! Be in touch as you choose! We Love you All! Welcome To Our World!
Gently,
Francis William Bessler (Frank, Will, Sonny)
&
Supportive Lovely Spouse, Nancy Shaw
Phone: 307-742-7428; email: willieb@wyoming.com
Websites: una-bella-vita.com; francisbessler.com
WE’RE ALL DIVINE BEINGS
By
Francis William Bessler
Laramie, Wyoming
5/13/2017
REFRAIN:
We're all Divine Beings - you and I.
We're all Divine Beings - and that's no lie.
We're all Divine Beings -
and that should be our pride
because within Divinity, we all reside.
Life is a mystery - there is no doubt of that;
but everything's Divine; and that's a simple fact.
There is no place where God can't be;
and that makes us all members of a Divine Family.
Refrain.
There can be no sin - anywhere in life -
unless we create it by living in strife.
Sin is that which we create when we fail to know
that each of us is Divine from head to toe.
Refrain.
Heaven is only living - like everything's Divine,
regardless of temperament, regardless of mind.
Hold your head up high - and with life, have fun.
You're a daughter - or a son - of the Living One.
Refrain.
Look out at life and know it's all the same.
If God's in all, all should be acclaimed.
To treat anything like it's less than you
is to live in arrogance and outside the truth.
Refrain.
The truth is God's Kingdom is Everywhere
and that should make us all want to care
about each other as we pass through life,
knowing that we're all children of the Light.
Refrain (several times).
P.S.
I planned the timing of sharing this book
around my Dad’s birthday,
though he passed as a victim of an auto accident
on July 7th, 1966 at the age of 59.
Dad was born on January 31st, 1907.
So, HAPPY 116th BIRTHDAY, DAD!
Also, I would like to honor my Mom,
who passed from old age at age 96
on May 16th, 2004.
Mom was born on April 12th, 1908.
I wrote an essay called
In Memory Of Mom
on the day of her passing.
That essay is on page 165 of this book.
ENJOY IT ALL –
IF YOU CHOOSE -
AS YOU CAN & WILL!
Again – BE IN TOUCH!
THANKS!