I grew up believing in God as well as in the linear concept of cause and effect: first this, then that. Everything made sense that way. I also believed in mysticism, alternative spiritual concepts, the power of the mind, and personal development. And then it hit me: Truth — the way Jesus Christ had lived and preached it — had nothing to do with separation, hierarchies, and linearity. Truth is everything all at once. Truth is simultaneous — the Alpha and the Omega, the life and the death — not as two opposing things, but as one and the same. Whatever the human mind interprets as differences, distance, time, and material is, in Truth, one pure consciousness. The only thing that puts limitations, preferences, and perceptions into Truth is the ego. The Bible calls it "snake" or "devil" or "temptation." If we fall for the ego's desires, believing that following these dreams, desires, and goals is our soul's purpose, we will never be happy. As soon as we figure one thing out, another goal, dream, or desire shows up, which makes us think that we are separate from that thing. In Truth, we are what we wish to see, accomplish, experience, and "have." Our 3D world is an illusion, and the ego brain makes sure we stay put.

Jesus said, 'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. ' (John 8: 31, 32)