Tag: God

Cloud of Unknowing

“With an empty mind and open heart, let yourself be naked before grace.

Let your mind rest in this dark awareness of God in all of this naked existence.

It is not who you are or what you’ve been that God sees with merciful eyes, but what you want to be.

Contemplative prayer, when done right, is the respectful love and ripe fruit.

It’s the cloud of unknowing, the hidden love-longing offered by a pure spirit.

It takes you into silence, far from thoughts and words.”

These quotes are from “The Cloud of Unknowing” which is a book of anonymous European monks from the medieval times. Full video on YouTube.

Enjoy 🙏🏻

https://youtu.be/-eviMvlowwU?si=UxaBHcqeBomYMkqo

Born in the Image of God’s Love

As I walk with the homeless

I see the divinity within them

What the world sees as unclean and unworthy

I see through the lens of compassion, mercy, and unconditional love

They are my brothers and sisters

They are worthy of love

Love Your Neighbor

Jesus’s one commandment to his disciples was to love your neighbor

What is your neighbor?

Your neighbor is the poor, sick, and homeless

Your neighbor is the immigrant

Your neighbor is the LGBTQ community

Your neighbor is the pig, chicken, cow, and sheep

Your neighbor is the rainforest and it’s many wildlife

Your neighbor is the Earth

Love them with all your heart and soul

Don’t let fear, hatred or greed keep you from expanding your circle of love and compassion

Look Within

Many look for the Kingdom of God in Church

Many look for the Kingdom of God in the afterlife

Many look for the Kingdom of God in rituals

Those who look outside of themselves only dream

Those who look within their own heart and soul awaken to God’s love right here and now

A Kingdom where love reigns supreme over fear

The light transforming the darkness within and around us

A everlasting spring of love

A sanctuary of healing

Be still and know

🧘🏻❤️🙏🏻

Born in the Image of Love

Why is God merciful to us?
Because we are his children.
Born in the image of love.


No matter how lost we are in the darkness of greed, fear, or hatred.
Our essence is his essence.
Our essence is love.

We all have the capacity to walk as Christ did. It’s our true nature that is buried under years of fear.
This is what God sees within us and when his spirit touches us deeply we see the divinity in others and become more peaceful and merciful. ❤️🙏🏻

Total Surrender

A total surrender is required on the spiritual path

Surrender of our fears, worries, and doubts

A total surrender of our will to the power of unconditional love within our heart and soul

We must surrender our addictions, destructive habits and wrong views

Let the power of love transform you from within

Let it heal you and shape you in its image

Humble yourself and you will be free

Surrender everything and you will be liberated from fear, hatred, greed and addiction

The Divinity Within

At our core

We are holy

We are divine

We are one with God

One with love

At our core

We are Buddha’s

Born in the image of God

Even the harshest, violent and mean spirited people have love at their core

This is why we love our enemies and pray for them

This is why we turn the other cheek to violence and hatred

This is why we show grace, compassion and unconditional love to those lost in hatred and fear.

Your brother,

Johnny

Light into the Darkness

Shine your light into the darkness

Shine love into the darkness of fear

Shine compassion into apathy

Shine forgiveness into vengeance

Shine mercy into ruthlessness

Shine humility into the darkness of pride

This is the way of true transformation

The light of unconditional love will always transform the darkness of fear, hatred, and greed

Beatitudes

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
    for they will see God

Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

All of these quotes from Jesus speak of one thing, an open heart to unconditional love of all beings, even your enemies

With love,

Johnny