Have you noticed that ...?

Before you act - your Conscience guides you how best to proceed ... to treat other people as you would like to be treated.

After your action - your Conscience will, like an external input, separate to your own thoughts, make you feel uneasy or good about what you did.

Between the first guidance, and the later judgement - you are able to act with your own free will, as you decide to behave - though often the Conscience will cause feelings of guilt, also sometimes,  During your action.

The Christian Church has long understood the voice of Conscience to be the voice of God, keeping us from actions which would take away our peace, or place us in danger.

The Bible too says about peace: "There is no peace for the wicked" and "Peace to people of good will" ... who desire to do good, according to their Inner Guide - their Conscience.

Everyone Was Made to Love

The moral values of everyone's Conscience are the same, across all nations and people -  Your Conscience measures you according to a ‘Law of Love’.

This is the same moral standard written on every person's heart.

Everyone knows how to 'be good', because your own Conscience responds with pleasure (happiness) if you do good, or with pain  (disquiet) if you act against the 'Law of Love' to others.

People believe that they 'form their Conscience' - in fact, they are actually forming their Personal Values by which they choose to act in their life. Your Conscience is unchanging, it is a Guide and Judge that remains constant and predictable.

A Critical Point of Understanding ..

When you act against the Law of Love, then afterwards - often immediately - 'out of the blue', also in your quiet moments, your Conscience will pester you and remove your peace - and happiness.

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

Whatever the reason that causes us to act without kindness towards another person or people - maybe we were having a bad day, or misunderstood something ... saying 'Sorry!' and trying to make amends for the hurt, makes a big difference.

Even if the person is still offended or hurt by our actions, to apologise goes a long way towards bringing healing.

Importantly though, you will more quickly regain your peace and happiness when you make such a gesture.

Let it go! ... Let it go!

Living in the world, it is impossible that you will not be hurt, or offended by other people.

Sometimes this hurt will be very great and difficult to recover from. Forgiving others is an important mechanism for your peace and happiness.

Bitterness, after being hurt is a long-term cause of unhappiness, and a major challenge for many people.

While this is understandable, it is enlightened if you can forgive others.

However, two factors may help you to find your peace again after such a hurt:

Be aware that the Creator God knows what they did: and during their life justice will be served - "What goes around comes around!" - and also a Judgment awaits us all after we die ...!

God knows what they did!

"Vengeance is mine: I will execute justice for you, says the Lord." Rom.12:9

For you to continue with a resentment against someone, takes away your own peace - you are drinking the 'poison' of pain, which you wish for the other person.

For your own sake, let it go!

Simply make a decision, to forgive that person, even if the emotion of forgiveness is absent, and you gradually will find forgiveness and peace.

The God Who Speaks - Are You Listening?

We are spiritual beings, and we can often 'feel', or get a vague 'sense' about a situation or a person, and of course the phenomenon called 'woman's Intuition' is well recognised across the world.

Where do all these intuitions, hunches, and gut feelings come from?

There are intriguing references in the Bible about God speaking to us, and hearing his voice.

We have shown that Conscience is a guide for being good, and preserving our peace and happiness - often considered to be the Voice of God.

Also the whole World recognises the wisdom of 'sleeping on a question' before making a decision.

 Where does that wisdom come from while we are snoring?

The Bible says: "I know Lord that you wake me each morning as a disciple, to be taught." Is.50:4

As well as our Conscience, which comes 'out of the blue' to input us, after we do something good or bad, recent revelations show God also speaks to us with spontaneous Inspirations during our day.

Again, these Inspirations, like our Conscience, come 'out of the blue', with no cognitive preparation.

Often these Inspirations give us an 'Ahah!!' moment of guidance or solution to a situation - when we are in the shower or walking the dog (being still).

Although we may get numerous thoughts during the day, when one of God's Inspirations  pops into our mind - you notice that thought arrive. It will be a gentle thought, but remarkably 'still' - different from typical fleeting thoughts.

Often we ignore such spontaneous thoughts, because we already have our own plan - not realising that God may be behind the Inspiration.

The Flame of Love Grace - A Lifestyle of Peace and Security

There is a powerful new Grace which will enhance your listening to God's Voice by these Inspirations and guidance; also give you understanding of many things, and which promises to bring miracles deep in hearts.

This Grace is the Word of God, which became a man called Jesus, indwelling your heart as a lifestyle of interaction and gentle communication, and the Grace is called 'The Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

As well as receiving the Flame of Love, you will need to ignite this indwelling Guest, by interacting with Him in your heart, and loving Him there - making your Heart, God's Mobile Phone.

God created the Virgin Mary as a prototype and model for mankind - you - living in intimate union with the Word of God indwelling your heart, giving guidance, peace and security.

Note: To live in intimate union with the Word of God, which only speaks God's Will, is to live in intimate union with the Divine Will, as mankind was originally created.

This would also fulfill the Lord's Prayer petition, of God's Will being done on earth, as in Heaven..

Having mentioned God's Voice, there is another voice to be aware of, which sounds very different - not loving and gentle, but much more hateful and critical.

The spiritual battle for your happiness, and that of your loved ones, going on all around you, takes place mainly in your thoughts, with fierce accusations, as mentioned - and also whispered temptations, to do bad things, which your Conscience will try to resist, like:

"If I took that, nobody would know"; or "She seems available, and my wife would never know!"

To act against the voice of your Conscience, will always be, to lose your peace and happiness.

Prayer can strengthen you against the attacks of Evil, especially receiving the Flame of Love.



Before making a decision the Conscience

Despite his stated belief that there is no divine intervention into the world, despite it being created by God, Mo Gawdat does conclude that the way to happiness is by doing good for other people. This gives the recipient a real buzz feeling of happiness.

In his beautiful book, sharing his profound insights and tragic losses, Gawdat introduces his book ’Solve For Happy’ by stating that he does not intend to describe happiness, but instead to try to avoid the unhappiness which spoils our happiness. He does a good job, but all the teaching of techniques and attitudes that he describes, rely on you controlling your own negative thoughts – whenever they may surface, with your own emotional and psychological effort.

But God could help massively!!

A book was written with an intriguing title: ‘What is Good – The Search for the Best Way to Live’ by A.C. Grayling.

It begins however, by explaining that the author has decided to leave out any mention of God, from this consideration, which of course seriously minimises the value of the book, since:

 “ Every good come from God” Js 1:17.

Similarly, for Mo Gawdat to exclude God from his consideration of the pursuit of happiness and healing is a significant omission from such a big question – What is happiness?

If a Creator God does not exist, then by all means, let us try to manage our life traumas and wounds, with love and techniques, in any way that can help our pain – in our own strength.

But if there genuinely is, a very powerful Creator God, who sent His Word to us in the form of a man called Jesus the Messiah (or Christ), to teach us how God works, then we immediately see that 70% of the Gospels filled with stories of Jesus, are about Him healing people.

His followers were so much living in happiness and peace, that if they were not received well in a place where they blessed the occupiers with peace, they were to kick the dust off their feet, and their peace would return to them. Their peace was a major influencer and guide of their behaviour.

In the Torah, or Injil – “The Lord will fight for you, while you have only to hold your peace.” Exodus 14:14

After decades of research, Fr Adrian Van Kaam composed a schematic for understanding our human condition, and the spheres of influence which influence our choices and our happiness<

When we consider the 4 main spheres of influence on us: Our relationships, Media influences, Our internal processing and our immediate situation, and place ourself as the controller of all these areas, many with aspects we cannot control – then we are very likely to feel overwhelmed and fearful.

However, when we place God in the middle of all these spheres of influence, asking and trusting that He will influence all these areas of input to us, we can more readily find the peace that only God can give.

Happiness is found, only when all these areas of your life are reconciled and at peace – and if one area if dissonant or uneasy, then we should go out of our way to bring harmony and peace to that area.

Bringing God into all these areas, and trusting that He wants the best for you, will quickly bring happiness, peace and contentment into your life.

Relationships Formation: (These have the potential to have the greatest influence on us, and by us)

Past –

To interpret your past through God’s eyes, knowing that He can turn everything into good for you, is to understand the constructive aspects of any negative events:

All things work together for good, for those who love the Lord’

You are a spiritual being. There is a spiritual battle taking place on the Earth – fighting over you, and your happiness – each side influencing you in your thoughts, decisions, and your actions.

No matter what has occurred in your past, good, bad or terrible, you will be formed by it – shaped as a person journeying through life and the world, strengthened by trials and difficulties to help others, but there are often deep wounds and broken hearts which remain.

He has sent Me to heal the broken hearted, to set captives free

There will have been moments when your Guardian Angel inspired or nudged you to a safe place; and other times when you ignored those intuitive warning signs, and found yourself in a bad situation which you regret.

God’s Drastic Big Plan to Save Souls

God wants everyone to be good and make it to Heaven and avoid eternal damnation – this life is just a testing ground of our formation - hence we see peace is promised to people who desire to do good (good will) by following their clear conscience:

“Peace to men of good will”

And otherwise, such peace and contentment will be denied to those who do not try to do good but what is bad:

“There is no peace, says the Lord, for the wicked”

Conscience – God’s Law of Love written in every person’s heart is unchangeable, and life teaches us that whenever we act against this Law, we will lose our peace and happiness. This loss of peace and happiness happens, even if we rationalise and justify our bad behaviour – our quiet moments will still be troubled.

As we get older, we usually ‘get it’ and learn the lesson, and so avoid this disquiet in our quiet moments, and loss of peace and happiness, by doing what gives us peace, being good – which also makes us feel warm and joyful.

Forming our Conscience, is a misnomer, we don’t form the truth – but instead we form our values of behaviour, in the light of our immoveable Conscience – which then gives us pleasure or pain.

Before an action, our Conscience guides us to know what the ‘good’ option is; After an action, our Conscience will again remind you of the ‘good’ option, with pleasure or pain (disquiet or joy). But in between these reminders, your Conscience leaves you free to exercise your free will.

To ‘be good’ then, is to follow your Conscience – which is the Voice of God. We recall Jesus the Word of God made flesh, saying:

My sheep hear My Voice

And so, God as a loving Father of all mankind, has arranged to connect parents and children closely, also using the strong love bond between them, as leverage to ensure their wellbeing and happiness.

A parent’s prayers for their children are very powerful; A father’s blessing upon his child carries great weight in the spiritual world, and the first Commandment with a promise is for children to:

“Honour your mother and father, so that it will go well with you and you will have a long life in the land.”

There is also a second Commandment which links parents to their children in a very important way – God’s Command number 1 – top of the list of instructions…

You are to serve or worship no other entity except God, because God knows, if you do, Evil powers will mess you up – big time!!

So, to prevent the serious risk to your peace, happiness and future damnation, God promises to inflict punishment upon innocent children for their ancestors’ sins, down to the 3rd or 4th generation (those they may live to see affected) of the adult sinning

For I am a jealous God, inflicting punishment for their ancestors’ wickedness on the children of those who hate Me, down to the third and fourth generation; but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep my commandments.”

THIS IS GOD’S BIG PREVENTIVE PLAN TO STOP ADULTS SINNING – USE THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO SAVE THEM FROM HELL.

This comes as a shock to many people, who believe that a loving God would never afflict an innocent child, but God sees the bigger picture, and this decree from God has been written, unchanged, as Commandment Number One - for thousands of years.

“Until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.”

[During the last century, the different Faiths have all forgotten to teach this Big Preventive Plan of God: to punish children for their parents sins, Jews from the Torah; Muslims from the Tawrah, and Christians from the Torah and Gospels. This was due to confusion – which has since been clarified, about a verse in the book of Ezekiel.]

It is important to point out that not all disease or failure is due to the effects of parental sin, since Jesus taught that a man had been born blind so that God’s works may be seen in him.

“Jesus saw a man who had been blind since birth. His disciples asked him: ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he be born blind?’ Jesus replied: Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him’.

But before anyone is tempted to make a Gospel out of a verse here, we notice that Jesus did not correct the premise of their question regarding generational effects of sin, and Jesus even repeats their words. Also, in a later parable Jesus even uses this principle of parental sin affecting his children:

“A debtor… Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife, and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.”

So, God has decreed that those who follow His Law (the Law of Love itemised in the Commandments), will be blessed in all that they do, including health and contentment.

God has also decreed that those who don’t follow His Law of Love will not be blessed, experiencing failure, ill-health and loss.

The temptations from Evil are trying to get you to break God’s Law, so that then God’s decree is enacted and the Devil can legally oppress you – also your children to the 3rd or 4th Generation, as a deterrent from you sinning. I know, not fair on the children, but then neither is you spending an eternity in Hell.

[Note: The good news about realising that a curse is operating in your life, is that this influence is already happening anyway – and by realising what is going on, you can break the curse and change your life to one of health and well-being. Blessing or Curse, you can choose?]

Having said this, many saints suffered painful disease and injustice, and we realise that sacrifice e.g. fasting or offering up some sickness or discomfort, is a powerful currency in the spiritual realm, adding power and blessings to your life and your family.

God’s permissive will/ Divine Will – The Fall

Future -

God has a plan – for you to prosper

God Who Speaks

Redemption, struggle – peace

GOAL -Abandonment – trust – peace and joy

World/ Media influences:

Past –

Herd approval – safety

Artificial relationships and perception – peer pressure

God is dead? Entire generation desperate and hopeless experiment

Flesh unhindered – need for control – body beautiful – music

Future –

Understand Law of Love – formation of conscience

Understanding Media Control of the world – Antichrist

Hold on to your peace – recognise deception

Soap opera series – Flesh values of infidelity, pride and revenge

Internal processing of input:

Immediate situation: