Abandon everything
Abandon all greed, hatred and fear
Abandon selfishness
Abandon all attachments to temporary pleasures
Those who have the courage to abandon everything will be rewarded
Yet do not focus on any reward because this itself is self centered
Just focus on your breath and open your heart
Let unconditional love purify your heart and soul from within you
No matter how strong the storm is
There is a blue sky above
The sun shining light into the darkness
On the surface of life all we see is suffering but if we look deeper we can see an ultimate dimension
Behind the dark storm of fear, hatred, attachments, and greed
Behind the suffering on the surface
There is a mysterious source of unconditional love
Infinitely compassionate and healing
This mysterious source of unconditional love goes by many names
Some call this God(holy spirit), Buddha nature, or the Dao
Every sage, guru, Buddha or prophet experienced this deeply and helped others so the same
We must develop deep faith is mysterious source of love to keep going on this path
With this faith our fears will vanish and we can help others see the light
This is the way of transformation and healing
This is the path of the peaceful warrior
Surrender everything and you will be liberated
Come Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim
Come atheist and agnostic
Come here
Look within yourself first
There is a jewel within you
A Kingdom of unconditional love
A sanctuary within your own heart
Come dive into the depths of it’s healing water
Bask in it’s unconditional love that transforms us to our core
Abandon everything to this
Abandon all selfishness, hatred, greed and fear
Abandon all your attachments
Letting go can be painful but once we have the courage to abandon ourselves, the light of love brings us everlasting joy
With love,
Johnny
I received a vision or deep insight 1 year ago that radically changed me
In deep meditation I suddenly was transported to a desert in the middle east. The Buddha and I meditating while watching Jesus dying on the cross. I could feel the sun and wind as if I was literally there 2000 years ago. Buddha asked me a simple question, what can you learn from this? I open my eyes and see Jesus die and resurrect. A deep insight touched my consciousness as healing tears roll down my face.
The more I surrender to God’s infinite source of love, the more I’m resurrected in the image of Jesus
The story we are told by most Christians is that Jesus died for our sins and that he literally resurrected. I’m not here to uplift this tightly held belief but to add a more deep and healing interpretation of those events. Even if I don’t believe what they believe, I will give them grace and love.
To be a follower of Christ we don’t need to believe in creationism, literally resurrection, or any dogma from the church. All we need is to look within our heart and open it to unconditional love, then you will know Christ deeply. Still your mind through the breath and open your heart to love.
This is not my opinion or belief but of my personal spiritual experience.
Not an act of faith but the ultimate dimension behind the suffering of the world.
So to surrender to God is just to let go of all self centeredness like greed, hatred, and fear.
To allow this infinite source of love transform us.
Jesus spoke in parables and God speaks to me in parables, so could Jesus’s resurrection be a parable as well? A beautiful parable that is practical, logical but able to heal people right here and now on this planet.
Meditate on this and let the infinite source of unconditional love heal you from the inside.
The way out is within you. 🙏🏻
With love,
Johnny
Many streams go to one ocean
Many paths to the mountain top
May we be liberated from religious dogma
May we be free to see the truth within all spiritual traditions
May we be curious and open minded
Like a child with a beginners mind
All we know is that we know nothing for certain
Pride, arrogance and closed mindedness keep us from seeing this beautiful truth
We don’t truly know what will happen to us when we die
We will never know what God truly is in this life time
All war and violence stems from believing we have the truth or that we are the chosen people
When discrimination and hatred enter the human heart, suffering and war are inevitable
May we stay humble and full of grace
Your brother,
Johnny
To be truly alive
We must die before death
We must die of the notion of a separate self
We must die of our old ways of living
Burning down our old life and leaving no traces of ourselves
Completely letting go of who we once were
Through death we can be resurrected
Each moment we can be a time of revitalized and resurrection
Each day we can be reborn if we surrender to the power of unconditional love within our heart
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
I forgive my family
I forgive society
I forgive the casino owners
I forgive the credit card companies
I forgive the government
I forgive myself
To truly forgive others and ourselves is to liberate ourselves from the burden of hatred that drags us down emotional and spiritually
It’s free and available if we have the courage to open our hearts and minds to forgiveness
Forgiveness is a gift we give to ourselves
I whole heartedly forgive all that have harmed me in the past, including myself
Your brother,
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
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