Mimi sent me this message on the guest book, and I am grateful and happy to address this issue. 

"The bible says beware of false prophets. What signs should people look for or what advice would you give to people who follow many modern day spiritualists and their messages? There are so many putting beliefs out now and some of them are are just a little incredulous."

 I get accused of being a "false prophet" all the time. Usually the accusation comes from the most fearful people. I hope this helps clarify the phrase and assist in the release of fear. Releasing the fear is finding God. What is a "false prophet?" Let's look at where that phrase comes from: the book of Matthew, Chapter Seven.  I am putting the entire chapter here and adding commentary on the verses so we can see how it builds to that statement.

Matthew 7

Judging Others

¹"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. ²For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Verse 1 and 2 are particular favorites of mine as they state very clearly that you are the creator of your experience. What you put out you will, in fact receive.

³"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Verses 3-5 tell you clearly not to be selfless. It also implies that you must first help yourself before helping others, and that you are impeded until you do. 

⁶"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Verse 6 is a very aggressive verse with a simple meaning. If the "Kingdom of Heaven is within" and you give without regard to self, then the fears of others will fill in the spaces left vacant, and "tear you to pieces" from the inside out. The most sacred thing that each of us has is our connection to God/Source. To put your faith in someone else as your savior, which Jeshua himself said not to do so, is giving your power to someone else. 

Ask, Seek, Knock

⁷"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Obviously verse 7 is one that I quote all the time. This verse is the one that states very clearly again that you are the creator of your experience and that all you need do is ask. So the power is in your hands.

⁹"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! ¹²So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Verse 9 speaks clearly of the loving nature of God, and to emphasize the fact that what you ask for you do get. Again you are the creator of your experience. It also states that this is the summation of the teaching of the prophets.

The Narrow and Wide Gates

¹³"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. ¹⁴But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

If the Kingdom is truly within and you are the creator of your experience as the rest of the book of Matthew states, then you must look within the smallest places of self. Few find it because they are looking for the light show, when in fact, the light show starts as subtle and builds through realization of truth until you find the pathway within, the gate to the "kingdom."

and Its Fruit.

¹⁵"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. ¹⁶By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Here we have it. The "false prophets" are references to people who are looking to increase their personal power by taking yours. The entire chapter talks about you being the creator of your experience and yet we get trapped in the false prophet phrase. "By their fruit you will recognize them." Knowing that the teaching is that you are the creator and the power is within, their "fruit" would be that in some form your power must come from an external source and usually one that empowers them. Jeshua also teaches that God is Love. If some self- appointed Guru is approaching you from a place of fearful things, then they are not doing beneficial works and would therefore be false. The other interesting thing in these verses is that their power is once again set on you to realize the truth of what the "false prophet" is bringing. Again this is a statement of the kingdom being within.

²¹"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' ²³Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

"The will of my father"- wow. Would a loving God who has stated time and time again that he/she is love, force you against you personal will? I believe that instead of interpreting this as a forceful act, think of this as a resonance or alignment. If God is truly love then coming into alignment with love, without fear, would be doing the "will" of God. A loving parent would hope for such. Verse 22 and 23 are ripe with fear and are used to create and instill fear all the time. Moses told us God's name was I AM. That being the case declaring anything in the name of someone else is in fact looking outside of self and and deifying a "false prophet." The verses clearly are stating again you will find the kingdom within.  

The Wise and Foolish Builders

 ²⁴"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

 ²⁸When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, ²⁹because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

I think that it is pretty clear what this last bit is saying. If we find the power within we will create a foundation strong enough to overcome fear and withstand the ones who are peddling fear. It also said that Jeshua taught with authority. I can tell you from my regression memories that this was true. He was a passionate speaker who told the truth, and the fruit he bore was delicious and true. Your power is within. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a false prophet.

Thanks Mimi.

Thanks Jeshua.

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"Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." ~Rabindranath Tagore

Yesterday morning as I drove my six-year-old to school he asked me to sing the "Old Lady Swallowing a Fly" song. If you don't know the song your life is incomplete. In the song she progressively eats something larger to catch the one before. After each is swallowed you sing the whole list. At the end of the song it ends with her dying after eating a horse. Kynan and I have a game we play where we add to the song and keep getting bigger and bigger things. Yesterday we had added: a dump truck, the earth, the galaxy, and the sun, when I declared, "Nothing's bigger than the sun." "Nyah-uh," Kynan responded,"Two things are bigger."  When I asked what was bigger he told me the universe and God were bigger. So I asked ,"God is bigger than the whole universe?" "Yes, 'cause God told me he is  everywhere," he continued. "Is God in my coffee?" I asked. "No" was his reply. "He is in you and everybody and we control the God Part inside of us." So obviously God is within each of us . . . but not in coffee. 

"We control the God Part inside us" ~Kynan Davis

“What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.” ~Julia Cameron

It seems of late that God is asking me to define my relationship with my spirituality as it pertains to money. I had to come to grips with the fact I was also deserving of God's abundance while doing his/her works. It is a tight rope to walk in this world. Most of the world has a belief that spiritual people devote their lives to God and that means to live without means. This concept is a throwback to a much different place and time. India today has many spiritual leaders. Each of these leaders is clothed fed and housed by benefactors or by their followers. In biblical days, Jeshua was befriended by Matthew, a wealthy tax collector, Lazarus a wealthy landowner, and Joseph of Aramathea, a wealthy landowner who at the end of Jeshua's life paid for his body and placed it in his own tomb. Jeshua was clothed, housed and fed.

Our modern society does not function in the same way. Priests recieve salaries. Famous spiritual speakers recieve payments. Spiritual readers charge by the hour. I recently found myself once again looking at my debts. From month to month I was never sure if I could pay all the bills. Oh, sure the rent got paid but others sometimes had to wait. I realize as a creator of my own experience that it must be  a belief of my own that has caused my struggle with my finances. I began to search within for my blockages. I discovered two things in my search. The first was that I associated spirituality with poverty, and the second was that I didn't think I could control my finances. You see, I was raised in a poverty mentality. My family struggled for money and I was told repeatedly by an unknowing father that I was a "bum" and "worthless."  So my belief system was that I couldn't achieve financial success.

Recently I decided I needed to break free from the bonds of poverty and I put some things out on Facebook. First I decided that the two bedroom apartment I was living in was too small for me, my son, my fiancee, two cats, and an elderly aunt of my fiancee's that we were going to be taking in soon. So I asked for help. I asked in the form of a posting on Facebook. I suggested that if each of my Facebook friends would give me twenty dollars I could raise the downpayment for the house we needed. The response was quite interesting. A couple people were offended that I would even ask. Several people actually helped out and most ignored the posting.

So I asked myself again is it my belief system that led to the response. I concluded it must be, as I am the creator of my own experience as all the Avatars have said. So I also posted a reduced rate for my spiritual phone sessions. the first response was someone asking me why I even charge for them. I responded that I had dedicated my life to spiritual work and that I also needed to cover the material expenses that our society creates. I was supported by several people. I am most proud of my nephew who eloquently came to my rescue.

Then a posting came on my blogpost "John of New~John of Peniel," once again questioning my material gain from spiritual work. I fell to the words I fall to most, "God is Love." If God truly is Love then He/She would never want any of us to suffer poverty. God is the ultimate abundance and the Peniel experience is one of realizing that you are a part of God and He/She works in and through you without limitation. I AM abundant. I AM financially secure. I AM Loved by God and I AM confident that God will provide.

Our world dictates that we must have roofs over our heads, food on our table and clothes upon our backs. The only way to achieve those material items is to have an income. I am blessed in my life to witness miraculous healings, and though I do not take the credit for the healings I have given up alot of gainful work to facilitate healings. My choice of career is spiritual. My choice in the material world is now financial security. I am blessed to be the creator of that experience and am moving forward in great joyful anticipation and in full faith that God/Universe will provide in abundant ways, that I may indeed continue my spiritual mission undistracted.

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I recently was sitting with my fiancée Kelly discussing the new book that I am writing and how it is different from writing the blogs. She, in a playful way, said that I was redundant in my blogs. “Of course I am,” I responded. You see, it’s hard not to be a bit redundant when the message is so simple. You come at it from different angles as to reach the next person in their way of learning. If I were to simplify what I teach it would go like this:

1.)    You are the creator

2.)    See  #1

The source of all that is, God, Goddess, Universe, Supreme Consciousness, whatever title you want to put on him/her/it will give you what you focus on. Every enlightened being told us it was so, but you are the one choosing what is created. If you think you should be punished you will be. If you think you will be sick you will be. No method is better than any other, but ponder the quotes of the Avatars and see how each is expressing your divinity:

‘The Kingdom is within” ~ Jeshua

 “What we think we become,”~ Buddha

 “Even the least among you can do all that I have done, and greater things.” ~Jeshua

 Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”  ~the Bhagavad Gita

“In seeking ye shall find yourselves and then shall ye know God.” ~Jeshua            

“Whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” ~Jeshua

“Whatever mishap may befall you, it is on account of something which you have done.” ~The Prophet Mohammed

“Be the change you want to see in the world” ~ Mahatma Ghandi

“An infinite number of galaxies are created, sustained and destroyed; yet, without my permission, not even a single blade of grass can be unearthed.” ~Swaminarayan Bhagwan

I think these guys are redundant. Each says the same thing just in a different way. Remember you are the creator. The Universe is yours to do with as you please. It is as simple as staying in the stream of focus that leads to your desires. Hold faith in what you are creating until you hold it in your hand.

Joy to many may seem illusory. When someone lives and defines himself by the fears in their life, they do not feel the positive states of Love/God/Universe. Joy is a direct expression of the source. It is the most visceral of all aspects of love. It tingles within us. It simply makes us smile, express, and manifest our reality.

Many times our fears will overpower our joy and halt any forward motion. People fear judgement of others. This predominant fear is one that directly corresponds to the fear of not having Love/God/Universe. People tend to swallow their joy in an attempt to avoid these judgements. In swallowing that joy they actually deny the source already working within them.

Find the Joy first, hold on to that feeling and express within your mind and with your words the things that make you joyful. Ask God for more of those experiences. Then actively share your joy with someone else. Hold them in your heart, and your smile shows them the joy on your face. It then will erupt upon their faces as well. The smiles will transfer from one person to another starting a joy pandemic.

"Joy is Prayer. Joy is Strength. Joy is Love. Joy is a net of Love by which you can catch souls." --Mother Teresa