AWAKENING INNOCENT CONSCIOUSNESS

                     The scriptures are a beautiful story of the ascension of the consciousness of humanity. Beginning in Genesis Two we see the consciousness of the natural mind separated from its God-in-ess. The Old Testament is a demonstration of what this consciousness produces. It is only capable of competition, hate, violence, and death. Through Jesus Christ we are introduced to a Spiritual consciousness which far exceeds the natural mind. This consciousness heralds in peace, love, infinite life, and harmony with all.

                    When we begin to understand the allegories of the Bible, we are able to see what is happening in our lives at this moment! Remember when Christ was on the road to Emmaus? He opened the disciples eyes and exposed himself in all the scriptures? I believe today our spiritual eyes are being opened so we too are able to see our true self in all the scriptures.

                    We have the capacity to either view through the higher dimension of Spiritual sight, or we can view through our natural mind. The Bible clearly tells us there is a great difference!

                    "But the natural man (or mind) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned." I Corinthians 2:14

                    Spiritual things can only be discerned by Spirit! The natural mind is confined to the reality which can only be seen in the now. Everything else is unreal to it. The past is merely a memory of images which were. The future cannot be seen because of the limited focus of the natural mind, therefore is seems unreal. Through our natural mind we believe it to be impossible to revisit the past or view the future.

                    In the mind of Christ, which is a picture of the Spiritual or fifth dimensional mind, the past, present, and future are all present. Christ came to present to us the limitless potential and present wholeness of this spiritual consciousness.

                    A key to tapping into this consciousness is in the scripture; "Be still and know I AM God." It takes stillness to know the I AM within ourselves. If we would spend a few minutes every day and withdraw our attention and energy from the physical or sensory realm, and concentrate on the limitless invisible realm, it would begin to bring a shift in our consciousness. It is time we become aware there is a greater dimensional world for us to recognize as our reality!

                    Our consciousness, as Jesus Christ before us, can ascend time! Recently I had a dream about Noah and the ark. The voice began to tell me it was an allegory about the ascension of consciousness and the balance of the male and female within our being. I am not going to go into all I was told in this message, but I intend to in the near future. What I desire to challenge you with in this article is the journey of Christ in Mark, Chapter five. I believe this is your journey too!

                    Each of the people in this Chapter represent you and the ascension of your consciousness. It is all about your journey home to wholeness and resurrection life!

                    There are three separate stories in Mark five and each seems to have different characters and experiences. This is the wonder of the scriptures....they are all telling the same story over and over again. It's your story, my story, and the story of all humanity!

                    Through Chapter five of Mark we will see the pattern of our consciousness awakening and ascending. Each of the people in these stories represent you!

                    The chapter begins with Jesus coming upon an insane man who is naked, living in a cemetery, and hiding himself behind tombs. A cemetery is a place that records the dead. This man was living in the midst of a death mentality. If we are living among the dead, our prejudices, superstitions, and false beliefs are the tombstones we are hiding behind. If we refuse to let them go, we are just as insane as this man. In this man we see the duality of our carnal mind. He recognizes Christ as the mind of enlightenment, but he did not want to release those false thoughts and beliefs which kept him in bondage. The wonderful thing is, once they were exposed to the light, they could not longer live.

                    Once our consciousness is exposed to the illumination of a fifth dimensional focus it shows us a new approach to life. It casts out of our mind the things which have caused us to see only the d-evil. Then we find ourselves "sitting and clothed and in his (our) right mind." We begin to see we are clothed with Christ and are able to sit (or begin to rest) at the feet of enlightenment and understanding.

                    Now that we are clothed and in our right mind, we must go on to resurrect the dead child. This is revealed as Jarius, a ruler in the synagogue. He approaches Jesus and asks Him to come and heal his little daughter. You might ask, "what does this have to do with me?" Everything! This dead child represents your unfulfilled innocence, purpose, destiny, and dreams. This is the innocent child nature within all of us. We can only enter the Kingdom of Heaven as a little child, remember?

                    Before the resurrection of our child is able to take place though, we must deal with the blood issue. This comes as Jesus is on His way to the home of Jairus. The people were crowding around Him and a woman with an issue of blood for twelve years is among them. She knew if she could just touch His garment (His identity) she would not just be healed, but Whole! As she touched Him the blood dried up! She no longer had to live from a physical or flesh (the life of the flesh is in the blood) mentality. She now could live from the Spirit. Of note: a bleeding womb cannot give form to life.

                    Notice what the Christ consciousness told her. "Thy faith (belief) has made thee whole." Wholeness had come into her consciousness! What will make us whole? Coming out of a blood (physical) life mentality. Believing our DNA does not dictate our life. We are Spirit and when we are able to "touch that garment" or identify with the truth of our being, the blood no longer has any power over us!

                    In this woman and the little twelve year old girl, we see the healing of our soul. We see our consciousness ascend from the soulish realm of physical, to the realm of pure Spirit! Our minds are being cleansed of our former concepts of self. I believe the number one of the meanings of twelve is the enlightened consciousness of the mind of Christ.

                    Now that we have overcome the blood issue, we move on to the house of the dead child! When we walk in this physical world of the limited consciousness, our child is dead! The child represents our innocence, unconditional love, destiny, and purpose.

                    Before Jesus is able to get to Jarius' home He receives the message not to bother to come because, "Thy daughter is dead." Look how the Christ consciousness answers this illusion. He says, "Be not afraid, only believe."

                    Maybe you feel like your innocence, love, destiny, and purpose is dead. Don't go into fear......just start believing! Believe the child within you lives and you have the power to awaken her!

                    When Jesus came to the house of Jarius the crowd was weeping and wailing. He said, what's all the commotion about, the child is not dead just asleep. With that they laughed him to scorn.

                    Maybe you are going through the same thing at this moment. You are being drawn to believe things that seem ridiculous to the natural mind. Watch how the Christ consciousness handled it. Jesus put all the scorners out and closed the door. What door? The door of your senses must be shut. You must deny the evidence you see with your physical eyes. You must stop the limited reason of the natural mind and walk boldly into the invisible realm of Spirit!

                    You may be asking, if I shut out the evidence of my senses, what do I take with me? You like the Christ consciousness, take the parents and disciples in with you. Then your question is, what do the parents picture? They picture the Father/Mother God of all creation in man. The I Am-ness. The God consciousness of limitless potential. You also take into this state the disciples. The disciples of your mind. The disciples represent the disciplines that deny everything but the truth of your very being!

                    Now the child is ready to be resurrected. The consciousness of your true being can now awaken and arises. As it arises it will begin to witness to the power of resurrection life! And the Christ says, "give her to eat." Yes, once you have resurrected the child of your true being you must feed her. She must only eat a spiritual diet! She can no longer eat from a grave mentality, or a blood life. She must eat from a higher realm of consciousness. She must feed constantly on the true Spiritual food of the reality of her God-in-ess!

                    Can you see yourself in each of these people? Can you see yourself in Christ? This is all about your ascension into One-ness with the mind of God. The Bible tells this story time and time again. It is all about two minds. The natural mind and the infinite mind of Spirit.

                    The question I leave with you is, Where are you living? Are you living in the dead past and hiding behind tombs of lifeless beliefs, are you living with a blood issue? Believing only the evidence seen with your physical eyes.

                    My greatest desire is that you are on your way to resurrect the dead child. I pray you are ready to live in the realm of resurrection life. A dimension beyond what the natural mind can believe. Even though we live in this four dimensional realm we are called to walk in a higher dimension and be faithful to it.

                    I am finding that one of the hardest things for man to do is to give up his superstitions, prejudices, and false beliefs. So many of us hold on to them for dear life, but the problem is they have never really brought life! Life will come as we release them and become cleansed and healed.

                    With all my heart I want to remind you the child containing your innocence, purpose, and divine destiny is not dead. No matter what evidence your natural mind is conveying.......... you must boldly answer it back! You must say:  She is not dead.......... she is only sleeping ..........and I go to awaken her!

                    My Love,

                    Mary Lou Houllis
                    Pastor

You can hear this message on the CD:
Awakening The Child