Welcome to the Nobel Soul Podcast.
Today I am sharing part 4 of my random Christian Conversations which I had with my subscriber Piyush near the end of September.
If you have missed any of these conversations, please feel free to dive into the start of My Journey Into Spiritual Psychosis series. For the rest of us, let’s dive straight into Part Four without any further introductions or explanations 🙂:
I used to think that my chronic fatigue was a curse, but curses can be lifted! We can turn our fear and pain into a great teacher and emerge stronger and brighter in the end.
Unfortunately, many Christians do not trust the heart; they believe that it can be deceptive and wicked. Being a good person and doing good deeds isn’t enough to reach heaven’s gates. It’s all so strict, and it’s so easy to feel like you don’t fit in. Many refuse to question whether some of their beliefs can be wrong or misinterpreted, because the bible is unblemished in their eyes.
Charlie Kirk and his shooter Tyler Robinson, may well have strong karmic history and will likely be brothers in heaven. We are all brothers and sisters, really.
Isn’t it beautiful and freeing, Piyush. To see life and heaven through loving, rather than fearful eyes.
Sometimes I do care too much about judgement from others, or that I may never be considered a Christian in Christians eyes, despite how much I open my heart to God and feel led by him. It feels like it will never be good enough, unless I let go of the beliefs that I hold dear to my heart.
I’m not willing to do that. Sure, I can lovingly see things through their perspective. But I don’t have to be anyone but me. I know that I am loved by God and Jesus. We all are!
Only God knows if we have opened up to his love, and how far along our spiritual paths we are. It’s a personal journey. What anyone else thinks is none of my business. We can’t please the world.
My Mother’s Funeral
So true, how we celebrate and mourn doesn’t matter on a soul level. I think it’s beautiful that you wear white to a funeral! My mother also asked us to wear white to hers. I also ordered a beautiful Pegasus horse painting for her funeral, but it didn’t make it here in time. Instead, my sister drew one. The painting is now in my bedroom. Mum was a horse in Chinese Astrology.
On the day of her funeral, I was drawing a butterfly and a message for her at one end of her coffin. I was pretty unaware of all of the friends and acquaintances who were filling in the cathedral as I did so. I got up just as the service was ready to begin.
We had technical spiritual glitches. Even so, Mum loved her service. The little errors made her laugh gleefully. How do I know? We know a man who can communicate with spirits. He visited mum about two weeks before she died. I was there. He spoke to mum in spirit at the funeral and visited us afterwards to tell us how he witnessed her spirit. Beautiful!
Appreciate you, brother! Let’s hold on to and honour the beautiful faith that we share. May God’s love continue to open and shine through our hearts.
Spiritual Labels
I think I’m just going to call myself a Spiritual Christian, Piyush, regardless of whether or not that’s politically correct! Well, I will if/when the time feels right. It has to be genuine.
For now, I am a Spiritual Christ Believer.
You know me, I get caught up in labels.
Stage 1: Spiritual Christ Inquisitor and/or Believer Stage 2: Spiritual Christ Discerner Stage 3: Spiritual Christ Follower Stage 4: Spiritual Christian. Haha, maybe. No promises. I know that no labels are needed, but that’s where I imagine my path may be going at this point.
I also imagined reawakening my Nobel Soul channel in the future. To share some of my Spiritual Christian views. I will be sure to add a disclaimer that I don’t know the Truth, that I am just sharing what feels true to me.
There is only one Truth, Christian’s say. Which is true. But I do not think that there is anyone living on earth right now who truly knows the whole truth and nothing but the truth. We see this by how many religions and denominations there are, not to mention varying spiritual beliefs.
Is God Really Against Psychics?
I was reading more into Psychics and how God warns us to stay away from them. But it is enlightening to see the odd comment from fellow spiritualists, some of whom themselves have received God given psychic abilities. One said that they believe that God is more against people who claim to be psychics or clairvoyants when they really aren’t - Deception for money.
I also agree that playing in the occult can be dangerous! I wouldn’t go playing with a Ouija board, for example. And I will be discerning about any clairvoyants that I may come across in the future. That said, I totally understand and respect why Christians choose to stay away from it entirely and take God’s word for it.
To Be a Christian or not to be a Christian? That is the Question!
I myself feel like I want to do right by God. I wish I could wholeheartedly trust every word in the bible without internal hesitation. But that hesitation may just be my higher self or the holy spirit guiding me towards what is good and true. I could be wrong. But I hope I’m right. I can also see how the more you read something, the more you may trust and believe it to be the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
I get that a “good Christian” shouldn’t question, but trust. I hope that I will trust in a lot of the Word of God, without ever having too much black or white thinking. That can harden us and make us fearful. I want to try to remember to keep an open mind and heart, to let the light and love in, while still finding ways to protect myself from darkness and negativity. That’s where Jesus may step in, or my angels.
I am thankful for my past spiritual upbringing, even if at times it makes me feel like a bit of an outsider. Perhaps it gives me more spiritual depth/understanding than if I were only raised in a God Fearing church, which is very one-dimensional. It has made me believe and have faith in an all-loving God.
I do acknowledge that I have been stuck in many ways, though. Hopefully, Jesus and the bible will help me gain more clarity, purpose and drive.
Joining a Spiritualist Centre
Good news, I have found a nice spiritualist centre. The lady I emailed was very helpful and welcoming. I will fit right in, I think. I was raised with these types of spiritual beliefs. Some members are clairvoyants, so who knows, maybe I will hear from mum and dad one day, if these clairvoyants are the real deal.
Again, something most Christians don’t believe in or find safe, but something that I do and am not afraid of at all. I will still visit churches, but I will keep my beliefs to myself. If someone asks me about them, I will simply say that I have always been spiritual but not religious.
Right now, I feel comfortable enough to join a spiritual centre where they practice this. I am not against it if they are working in love and light, and say a protective prayer to God. If they are crooks, I will sense it. I am pretty good at reading a person’s intentions, thankfully!
Likewise, I’m sure that with God’s help, I will know to stay well clear of certain people and practices, from a dark energy perspective. I believe that there are good healers, clairvoyants and spiritual workers who have a God given gift, and who work with, not against God, for our greatest good.
How can it be evil to be told by a deceased loved one how much they love you? Why would the devil do that, if all it does is help heal those who are grieving? Wouldn’t they rather that that person stayed in a state of despair?
Homosexuality (Again! 😄)
I’m still looking into homosexuality. I can finally do so without anger and for wanting to fight for all of those whom I think the bible is unfair to. Surely it’s misinterpreted? I’m lucky, because it’s not something I personally have to grapple with, but I grapple with it for others. My stance still is: If it’s true love, it can’t be wrong?
Old me can’t even believe that I’m starting to look at things from a Christian perspective. That’s just me, though. I always want to see every side of every story! At the end of the day, God gave us free will and loves us no matter what. If we want to play biblical gymnastics, because we believe it may please him, that is our choice.
We all sin; that’s a fact. Perhaps the husband and wife story is ideal (if the bible is true), but that doesn’t mean that a gay loving marriage can’t be equally as beautiful and pure from a gay man or woman’s eyes. And they can still honour and love God.
They are being true to themselves, which I also respect. If they pray about it, I’m sure that they will know better than any other Christian if God is giving them the thumbs up or not.
I dunno Piyush, I didn’t write the bible rule book, so I’m going to stop wasting my time and energy trying to figure out what is right and wrong as though I am God. I also don’t know what parts of the bible are true and not true.
Well, the hell part I most certainly will always disagree with! I read a beautiful interpretation of that, which I may share in a future video.
I think the one flesh idea also comes from yin and yang, masculine and feminine. That’s why the bible talks about marriage being for a man and a woman. I think that the bible can be used for good and evil, and history shows this over the years.
Too Much of Something Can Be a Bad Thing
Sometimes, too much of something can be bad for us. I certainly think all of this God fearing talk can be damaging. Repent repent! Some preach with their bibles. I’m going to read more into how religion has both benefited and damaged gay people over the years. I know that it has done a lot of damage.
Religion should never be forced on anyone. I was always so put off by preachers on the street. I know that they are doing what they believe is right and required by God, though. I’m still going to attend church with an open mind and heart. It will be interesting to meet the Christian community, maybe make some new friends. It may help me grow spiritually. But I will be cautious and discerning.
If I find that I get more negative than positive feelings (sometimes getting internally challenged a bit isn’t a bad thing, it helps to transform our hearts and minds) then I will leave. I am someone who likes to be challenged a bit, though. To try to figure out right from wrong (sometimes, it’s grey, not just black or white). I was feeling lit up at the thought of podcasting about all this, so I will continue to walk this path and see what happens!
I admire people who follow the path of light (be that biblical or otherwise). It is more challenging to stay on that narrow path of goodness; there are distractions everywhere that may feel good, but may not truly be good for us or those around us.
Wanting something and giving ourselves that instant gratification may be OK. But too much will make us sick, regardless of what it is. If we can practice not giving in to every impulse, that is very character-building.
I don’t believe in suppression, though. Eventually, one will explode. It’s good to be aware of our impulses, without judgment. We don’t need to give in to them, but we can channel them into something that is positive and good for our mind, body and soul.
That’s as deep and meaningful as I will go now, Piyush. Have already overdone it, but I like to put in effort to return deep and meaningful reflections.
