KEYS OF ASCENSION, Part 1

                    The ultimate need of humanity today is recognition of The Christ. What I am about to write you may stretch your beliefs. It may be hard to accept, make you uncomfortable, and maybe even seem like blasphemy. Better yet, it may awaken and release The Christ, enabling it to ascend to new realms of consciousness! It is with this heart I write. Hold on, let your mind be open, and meditate on what I am about to write before you make a judgment.

                    We have been missing the most important part of truth. It has been veiled by a belief system which continues to worship someone outside of themselves. Jesus came to unveil The Christ. Institutional religion immediately sewed up the veil, keeping man in a darkened state, unaware of his power, potential, and authority. Today we still see a people who call themselves “Christians”, powerless to affect their world, or their own lives for that matter. As Christianity has been on the rise, so have war, sickness, hunger, disease and limitations. It is time to ask ourselves, Why? Why, because we have not had a full revelation, an 'epiphany' in our lives of The Christ!

                    Jesus said a powerful statement; “It is better for you if I go…” what we have not fully realized is, Jesus came to unveil The Christ and leave. He did this so mankind would no longer look at one man outside of themselves, but be able to recognize The Christ coming within! In our misunderstanding, we have called The Christ a he or a man. This false perception has kept us disempowered and in a 'stuck belief' mode for over 2,000 years.

                    As we are able to release limiting beliefs and unveil divinity within, it will forever affect our lives and world! The truth will make us free... free from a belief of someone 'out there' able to heal us, change our situations, and herald in world peace. It will enable us to activate the power and authority to subdue all things into the consciousness of God now. We will understand our own innate power as Co-creators. We will recognize the potential to create the changes we have been waiting for. Within our very Being, in our secret place, has always existed the capability of creating peace, abundance, wholeness, and a limitless existence …… in the form of The Christ.

                    I love and honor Jesus. I will be forever grateful for His part in God’s plan. He was the Way Shower, the Truth Revealer and the Demonstrator of Infinite Life! The problem is, as long as man has his eyes on an “outside Jesus” he will never fully recognize The Christ within! The majority of “Christianity” is awaiting a man called Jesus to come back and solve all the world's problem. They praise him every Sunday, saying he is the only way, truth, or life. The greater truth is The Christ 'within' every man is the way, the truth, and the life! Once it is recognized it then has the power to subdue all things into the consciousness of God NOW! We have not been able to call it 'Today' because most are in a wait mode, and have not recognized The Christ!

                    In Matt. 16:20, Jesus charged his disciples to tell no man that he was 'The Christ.' Not that he was Jesus Christ, but was the very embodiment of divinity! He knew man was not ready to understand, are we today?

                    We have all heard the definition of 'Christ' as anointed or to consecrate to an office. If we continue to follow the root words which define 'Christ' we find it also means, 'through the idea of a channel, like the pouring of rain.' The Christ within all humanity is there to be a channel for divinity to pour itself out! Another root defines 'Christ' as 'a lip, a pouring place, as the lip of a pitcher.' These definitions enable us to see a greater picture of the divinity we possess and its purpose. We all have inherited power to be a channel God can flow through and pour out the miraculous! This is what Jesus came to shows us. 'And greater works will you do.' We are in this physical realm to learn how to tap into our divinity and use it to re-create love from fear, joy from sorrow, prosperity from lack, and wholeness from disease. This is how we too can overcome the world!

                    In Matthew 16 we hear Jesus asked Peter; 'Who do men say I Am?' He was asking a far greater question than who men thought a physical man named Jesus was, he was asking: How do men define the 'I AM' within me, which has the ability to demonstrate the miraculous? Peter answers Jesus by saying, 'Some say you are John the Baptist and others Elias.' These perceptions were coming from a limited consciousness. Jesus was pressing Peter further into the realm of spirit.

                    Jesus then asked Peter the question, 'But whom do you say that I Am?' The energy of spirit in that moment split asunder the veil. Peter’s God-consciousness was able to recognize the I Am, and defined it as The Christ. He was able to see past a physical man called Jesus, and recognize the Divine Source within him. He knew Jesus had tapped into the The Christ, enabling him to be a channel of divinity, pouring itself out in phenomenal ways!

                    Two thousand years later, instead of seeing The Christ as an inclusive part of all mankind, we still, for the most part, worship and limit it to a man called Jesus. Jesus came to demonstrate the potential of all humanity and then leave. He said, “Don’t worship me, worship the Father (or the I AM, The Christ.) He came to show us the pattern of a son, an off-shoot of God. What Peter acknowledged within Jesus, was the I Am residing in all mankind, but veiled. Jesus came to demonstrate our great potential as we each recognize and connect with The Christ. With this epiphany we too will become a channel, or lip, able to pour out and unveil divinity.

                    In Matthew 23, again Jesus is trying to pull mans’ consciousness higher, so it can recognize divine power. In Verse 8, he reveals there is only one Master, The Christ. 'One,' can we get it? The Christ is the Master of our lives. It is our Master Teacher, Guide, and Authority! He goes on to say, 'Call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father which is in heaven.' Most of you reading this article know heaven is not a place, but a state of pure spiritual consciousness. So it is within this pure state of consciousness, the I AM, or The Christ, dwells. We are not to give authority to anything in the physical realm, don’t call it our Source or father!

                    I love Verse 11 when he says 'The greatest among you shall be your servant.' This is a dramatic truth. What is the greatest among, or within our Being? The Christ! The Christ within is there to serve our humanity! It’s our very essence, and is infinite and eternal. We have not recognized its authority to be the master of our lives and serve us as we ascend to higher consciousness.    It was The Christ which enabled Jesus to overcome the world (physical realm.) We will never be able to do the same until we truly   acknowledge, unveil, and connect only to The Christ!

                    Today I believe it is time for us to grow up! For 2,000 years we have talked and thought like children. We have held on to this physical realm, and a physical Jesus. We must release the man Jesus and embrace the spirit of The Christ within ourselves if we desire to walk in a higher dimension.

                    Are we ready and willing to let go of limited beliefs of The Christ? So many in Christianity are still worshiping and waiting for Jesus, when the The Christ is willing and ready to participate Now!

                    Part 2 to follow.........

                    Mary Lou Houllis
                    Pastor