THE PHENOMENON WITHIN, Part 1

                Imagine for a moment, an island where all the people were blind from birth. All at once one of them attained their sight. How could this person with restored sight, begin to explain the wonders of what he saw to the others?

                How could he explain the stars, moon, and sun in the sky, when they had no concept of what sky was? How could he describe the wonders and colors of creation? He had entered a new dimension and the others were still existing in a limited perspective, seeing only darkness.

                So it was for Jesus Christ. He left the world of five senses and journeyed into a new realm called the Kingdom of Heaven; a new reality with a totally different perspective. He then had the job of creating word pictures and developing tools so the rest of humanity could begin to be illuminated with the wonders that resided within this new realm!   He bought forth a new language which would help us see both the physical and metaphysical aspects of reality.

                Before you jump into fear from the word "metaphysical" let me define it for you. The prefix "meta" means "beyond, over, transcending" what you can see in this physical realm. It just means seeing from the invisible realm of Spirit. The infinite realm where God dwells! The scripture continually directs us to view from this perspective. An example is the verse which states, "Faith does not walk by sight" it walks in a "meta" realm. A realm beyond what we can see with our physical eyes! It walks, and has its reality, in the unseen realm of truth and infinite possibility!

                Let's imagine another analogy. We have just arrived in a strange city and want to cross it as easily and quickly as possible. As we begin our journey, what could happen along the way? We could encounter a stop sign, one-way signs, detours, do not enter signs or bumpy roads full of pot holes and roads under construction.

                There could be times whenn we loose our way, and maybe even get lost on our journey. So even though we came to the city and know where we want to go, the journey could become filled with obstacles, road blocks, and all different frustrations along the way.

                Why would this happen on our journey? Because we are limited in our view of the city! We are traveling along by trial and error so the route becomes difficult for us.   Jesus Christ came to reveal a more powerful way for making the same journey. He brought a way which transcends living from the world of senses, to an eternal, limitless life, lived from the Kingdom of Heaven. His new spiritual language takes us high above the city so we can have a complete view. It is like getting into a helicopter and seeing the whole city in once glance, not just from a narrow, lower view. Once we see the entire view from above, (we are now seated in heavenly places) we begin to walk in newness of life, or the phenomenon within us called, the Kingdom of Heaven!

                Christ taught everything in our world is a physical picture coming from an infinite seed in a metaphysical realm.

                It is like a branch on a tree which comes from a seed concealed in the ground. Our physical universe came from a realm concealed from our five senses. Jesus Christ came to reveal this realm and encourage each of us to seek first, and foremost this invisible realm called the Kingdom of Heaven! He showed us the possibility of living beyond our senses and the reality of connecting with the seed of our true being.

                I read a wonderful example recently which explains this. Think of a rubber stamp. It is a three dimension object.

                Once it is stamped on paper it becomes a reflection of the original. Both of these are the same image but they exist in different realms. The stamp imprint is a two dimensional reflection, of the three dimension original.

                Our universe a three dimensional imprint of the multi-dimension stamp of our creator!   Jesus Christ came into this three dimension realm of reflection, to enable us to re-connect to the original stamp within us. That is the 99% realm of spirit. What you see with your eyes is only a 1% realm of the physical universe.

                Within the 99% realm of spirit lies infinite possibility and unlimited potential. This is what we are encouraged to tap into and is called the Kingdom of Heaven. It is the phenomenon which resides within you!