Today I fully let go of my old identity
I stand today liberated from any attachments to who I once was
I am reborn today
I am not a gambler
I am not a party boy
I am not a ladies man
God has granted me a new identity
A path of love
A path of compassion and forgiveness
My new identity is of a peaceful warrior
I am a poet
I am an adventurer into the unknown
I am a mystic
A follower of God’s unconditional love
Thank you, thank you 🙏
With love,
Johnny
Burn down all churches, temples and mosques
Burn down all holy books
But don’t burn down the human heart!
That’s where God is
The seed of true unconditional love is within us
This seed is patiently waiting to be watered but we must still our minds first
In stillness the holy spirit can transform us
But only if our heart is open to unconditional love
How we look at Earth
Is how we look at women
Is our planet disposable or precious?
Is our mother earth here to be exploited or to be shown unconditional love?
Is earth just to produce for us or is she divine?
We must look at mother earth through the lens of unconditional love to see this.
The same goes for women.
Do we take for granted our Earth as we do our women?
Or do we pay gratitude and love to both?
With love,
Johnny
Beneath the hatred
Beneath the doubt
Beneath the fear
Beneath the greed
Beneath the addictions
Beneath the suffering
There is a gem
More precious than diamonds
Beneath the chaos is a deep source of unconditional love
A love so deep and healing
A love that can liberate us from fear
This is the mission of my life
To dive deeper into this source of unconditional love and let it transform me
We are all born with the capacity to awaken and become enlightened
With this source of love we can help the world heal from hatred, fear and violence
We can walk more and more like Jesus did on this earth
We are all Buddhas(awaken one) to be
Don’t doubt or limit yourself
With love,
Johnny
Jesus was a revolutionary
A revolutionary of unconditional love
Of radical peace
Anyone who speaks his name through the lens of fear, hatred or greed does not know his way
Jesus’s way is of the peaceful warrior
He knew that only unconditional love can bring peace to the world
Fear and violence will only continue our own suffering
Only unconditional love can save us
It can liberate us from all self-centeredness
His way can free us from the shackles of greed, hatred and fear
Resurrection is possible if we surrender as he did on the cross
We can be reborn each moment if we follow his way
We don’t need to be a Christian to follow Jesus’s message of unconditional love for all living beings
We only need to have an open mind and a compassionate heart
With love,
Johnny Hoffman
Question this blog post, leaders, religion, philosophy etc
Question everything and everyone
Question not with hatred
Question not to prove others wrong or you right
Question everything with a childlike curiosity
Is this true to you in our daily life?
Is it practical or possible?
Will this bring peace and love to ourselves and all living beings?
Let go of all bias and dogmas
Question everything with curiosity to find out the truth for yourself in your day to day lives
Most importantly, question yourself
Question your own beliefs and behaviors in the world and where they stem from
Are they serving you and others around you?
You might find out that most of your beliefs and opinions are from your parents, culture or government
They might be outdated or not helpful to you anymore
With love,
Johnny
My religion is brother and sister hood of all beings
Our philosophy is unconditional love
Our goal is to bring peace within and around us through our actions each moment
We do not convert or force our views
We just keep our eyes on unconditional love
This is the philosophy of Jesus or Buddha without religious dogma or complex beliefs
We seek to build bridges instead of barriers to enter the Kingdom of God (unconditional love)
Anyone can join
Your brother,
Johnny Hoffman
May all beings feel love
May all beings feel liberated
May all beings be at peace
Their lives are miracles of the cosmos
I vow to reduce suffering in the world
I will not support any violence in the world
In my words or actions
Some naively want to live in a world with no suffering
Only pure bliss
This is understandable but a dangerous idea
For without suffering there is no compassion
And with no compassion there is no true joy
Suffering and joy are two sides of the same coin
We don’t need to fear suffering
We can transform it into pure joy
When we embrace our suffering with pure compassion we can transform it into true joy
We must take Jesus’s message internally for this transformation to truly happen
Through mindfulness and compassion we can embrace the most hurt parts of ourselves with loving tenderness
We must accept that suffering is a natural part of life
But we don’t need to dwell in it and suffer unnecessarily
We can transform suffering into pure joy
By living like Jesus or the Buddha we can transform the darkness into light
Many look for miracles yet nothing is as profound as the healing nature of unconditional love
With love,
Johnny
You are a miracle
Many stars had to die for you to exist
Millions of your ancestors had to meet for you to smile
Many minerals, plants and animals had to die for you to be alive
The miracle of life is all around and within us at every moment
To touch the miracle of life is to touch the divinity of everything at once
A single cell becomes a human being
A single mustard seed sprouts into a massive tree
Housing many birds and other life forms
The practice of mindfulness is to get in touch with the miracle of life
Too often fear, hatred and greed keep us from this nourishing energy of love
If we can feel this spiritually
There is no fear or anguish
Only pure love and joy
With Aloha,
Johnny
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