Actual Christianity

General Information & Tips

• Avoid idolizations of anything or anyone including Jesus, as he did not command anyone to worship him. Follow Jesus instructions but reserve your prayers and meditations for the spirit of the universe. Avoid casually worshiping your favorite pop star, rock band, politician, etc. Reserve your reverence and worship for the universe and the spirit of god that permeates through all of us. Reaffirm to yourself that we are one with God/The Universe.
• Direct your prayers/requests to the spirit of the universe (the quantum realm) and the universe (our father) instead of Jesus. It might elicit some side-eye from people in public places like Church if you call out for the ‘Holy Spirit’ instead of ‘Jesus’ but this is literally what Jesus instructed his followers to do. Tap into the intelligent force of the universe that is ubiquitous and omnipresent, flowing through all of us and binding us all with the universe.
• The universe is constantly showing you things you need to see; they aren’t coincidences but direct & implicit messages to you. They’re designed to trigger a memory, which is then your prompt to forgive whatever memory was triggered by that prompt.
• It’s far easier to let go of any fear of death when you accept that you start a brand new life post death as a brand new person, another incarnation of the universe. Let go of all attachment to the ego you developed this lifetime. Adopt a genuine attitude of “I have no reason to fear death. I have infinite lives”
• Use your phone’s password unlock code as a prompt for important affirmations. As an example, for a time I set a code that would prompt me to announce in my mind “we are one with the universe”, “bless all my brothers/sisters”, “I let go of all attachment to life and do not fear death”, “Holy Spirit please guide my next words, decisions, and the path I’m on” Switch up your password according to whatever affirmation you want to reinforce for that week/month. This was transformative.
• Whoever started the social custom of using people sneezing as a prompt to bless them was brilliant and completely understood the nature of Karma/You Reap What You Sow. Wishing others well, even if they’re your on list of people you don’t necessarily like, is a something that will come back to help you ten fold. It’s critical you honestly mean it when you say it or think it.
• Compile a list of people who are currently not your favorite people in the world. Wish them all well in your mind. Not only forgiving them, but hoping they overcome their own struggles and blessing them, letting go of any resentments or grudges you have towards them.
• Tiny gestures to help others are another form of karma investment/reaping what you sow. Acts of kindness and consideration come back 10 fold. It would be bizarre to wash someone’s feet in public in the modern era, but I loved one time seeing someone had been waiting for their to be cut at a barbershop, pick up a broom and start sweeping to help out the owners at the mom and pop establishment. Small acts of courtesy go a long way. Let selflessness be your guide. Wash your dish and cup to alleviate the headache of others in your household later, etc. Any gesture made to help someone else goes a long way.
• Ask the Spirit of the Universe/God for strength and help resisting arguments and fights and forgiving. Help me resist debates and heated disagreements. Especially critical in the social media age.
• Avoid any decision motivated and fueled by anger/pettiness. There will never be a good outcome.
• Avoid any decision motivated by spite, resentment, revenge. It doesn’t matter how small it is. (Refusing to help or talk to someone that hurt you years ago. Muting someone on Social Media because they don’t interact with you or agree with you politically. Every action motivated by a negative/petty intent will have an equal reaction no matter how small. This is an investment in your future and life. It’s impossible to overstate how real “You Reap What You Sow/Karma” actually is.
• Arguments, fights, anger, etc increase your anger and stress levels, which ultimately make you vulnerable to making decisions motivated by anger and ego. This leads to irrational decisions that come back to hurt you because we are literally all one. Any act of aggression or attack towards others come back to inevitably hurt you due to our intrinsic unity. Ask the Holy Spirit for strength to resist heated debates, arguments and fights in order to forgive.
• Let go of your ego’s desire to shut down people during arguments or debates to enjoy a sense of superiority from winning arguments and proving people wrong. Have amicable conversations on any given topic. “I guess, we’ll have to agree to disagree”
• Arguments and debates are intrinsically a battle of egos and an ego’s desire to feel right, superior and vindicated. If you want peace don’t bother engaging in a debate or argument. It’s just your ego wanting to feel right or feel better than someone else. Politely smile and keep walking.
• Father forgive me for acting out of arrogance, showing off, etc. All acts of the ego. Cleanse me of these habits.
• Rubbing it in when you’re right and someone else is wrong is totally a symptom of an ego trying to take over. Make a playful comment but don’t be an arrogant snob.
• A total dependency on satisfying your ego results in both mental, physical, pain and illness.
• Take every opportunity to forgive someone that is intentionally testing your humility and attachment to and defense of your ego. These are not accidents but intentional tests. Jabs at your ego, teasing, attitude, snarky or passive aggressive remarks are all tests that you need to pass to show your lack of attachment to ego. Anything that stings your feelings is your cue to forgive.
• I let go of the habit of judging others. If I am about to judge others, I will reflect on whether those judgements reflect my own flaws and egotistical offenses. Take every judgement as an opportunity to be introspective. Forgive them and ask the spirit of the universe to heal you and relieve you of those egotistical offenses and habits.
• I let go of all my ego’s attachment to free will. In doing so I am restoring my unity with the universe. I declare to the universe and holy spirit; I wish for it to take control again. Surrender. Return to the bliss described in the Garden of Eden.
• For people who dismiss the efficacy of prayer. Ensure you are only directing your prayers to the spirit of the universe that binds us all together as one.
• If you still have the capacity for hatred, discrimination, prejudice and oppression then you have not actually incorporated Jesus’ teaching into your life regardless of what your bumper stickers say
• Resist the ego’s (nicknamed Satan/Devil) bait to lash out against others, take revenge or do things out of anger or spite. They are always motivated by Ego. You will occasionally be presented with opportunities to do this but always resist them. These are literal tests and you have to pass them to take another step towards Enlightenment.
• Jesus upset the establishment by preaching concepts like empathy, love and selflessness. Being willing to put others before yourself is one of the most egoless things you can do. When these opportunities come up, eagerly take them up. They are also investments that yield great returns because we are one with all our brothers and sisters, not distinct individuals.
• Jesus was a regular man like the rest of us, a human incarnate extension of the universe that successfully achieved Christ Consciousness. The only thing that made him distinct was his predestined path by the universe since he surrendered to the will of the universe instead of succumbing to his own will, but we are still the child of God just as he was.
• He was even susceptible to the same weaknesses the rest of us have, and stumbled in recounting of when he acted out of anger in a temple which was a total deviation from his teachings. There is no justification for “righteous” explosive anger, and we all have the same potential for caving into weaknesses and vulnerabilities that he had, and we need to resist those ego traps whenever they arise. The story illustrated perfectly that he was not a flawless being as many religious folks would like to believe.
• There is truth to society becoming over sensitive. It’s the sign of egos becoming oversensitive in society. Learn to laugh things off and even adopt a self-deprecating sense of humor. Anyone taking jabs at you should be playful back and forth but no actual bruised egos
• Review your social media and check for any clashes or arguments with friends and strangers and forgive them in your mind and heart. Look inwards and take an honest look to see what you’ve projected onto them, or times you’ve been guilty of what they’ve done
• Illustrations depicting Satan in physical form tempting Jesus have given people the impression that Satan is a literal physical monster and not simply symbolic of our egos that reside in each of us. The ego would rather kill you than watch you awaken.
• The threat of hell was typically a means of controlling people. However, you could achieve an enlightened state now. The only hell there is a life where you are not spiritually awakened to Christ Consciousness.
• During meditations and prayers, remember that “God” and “Father” are direct references to the universe. Not a theoretical wise man in the sky or some abstract concept. Replace the word God with Universe if it helps. Prayers are much more effective when the recipient is correct. Father is a good word because it makes it distinctly clear that we are literally one with the universe and its children, cut from the same cloth. When Jesus said the Kingdom of God, the universe, is within you. Our access point to the literal stars is literally within us and reclaiming it is our birthright.
• Selfishness by definition is putting yourself before others. Catch yourself doing things in that spirit and stop (even little things eating someone else’s food, not helping out around the house) go out of your way to offer your help to people you may be taking for granted (family) and people you aren’t close with. Constantly putting others before yourself deals massive damage to your ego.
• The Good Samaritan parable is not only a way to deal a major blow to our selfish egos, but it’s also acts as an investment in ourselves, because we are one, anything you do to help others inevitably benefits and helps you. It’s the undeniable mechanics of the universe and why he taught the lesson. He didn’t need to explicit use the term Karma but that’s what he was communicating, he knew how the universe worked. For people who are put off by anything that resembles eastern religions/faiths, it doesn’t change the fact that this is the nature of reality/the universe. For some the message of the parable is to be nice to someone who you aren’t supposed to be nice to, but the other larger message is any action that is purely motivated by pettiness, anger, hate will come back to bite you.
• You don’t know and can’t predict the future, but the universe is able to and is not subject to time. Ask the universe to guide you to make the best possible decision since you cannot see the future. You’ll get subtle cues of what decision to make when you start being receptive to those messages/cues.
• Humility is fine about being proven wrong. Smile Accept keep going
• During prayers, when referring to God, it’s better to use the specific word “Father”. That word wasn’t picked by accident by Jesus. The word is even better than “God” because it establishes our relationship with the universe and emphasizes that we are all one. Contrary to 2000 years of Christian thought, we are not separate from all things. Jesus was a monoist/nondualist not a dualist. We are not separate from each other or the larger universe. One of Jesus’ primary goals and messages was to make everyone aware that we are all God incarnate just as he was and one with all, as he repeatedly states this in multiple ways in the bible. For Christian who insist on dualism being the truth, frankly Jesus’ teachings do not work unless you are keeping in mind that we are all one in meditations and prayers, rather than separate from God and our brothers and sisters. You’re operating from an inferior position spiritually when you think we are not one with the universe/god.
• I ask our Father and Holy Spirit to ensure that all my thoughts, words and actions be in alignment with peace and avoiding all conflict.
• Atheists and Secularists might be put off by terms like Holy Ghost/Holy Spirit but we are always transmitting to this universal energy field with our thoughts. Scientists will inevitably catch up to what is a very real thing and give this universal energy field/force a name, likely ‘Quantum Field’. They’ll also eventually identify the signals we are broadcasting to the universe with our thoughts. We don’t need to wait for scientists to confirm this in lab studies, it can be demonstrated and put into practice right now, as millions of people have no doubt already realized in their daily lives. Your thoughts manifest your reality, your future and what you attract.

No matter what a person says, in your consciousness respond with blessing instead of defense. You can verbally do this in a way that defuses the situation as effectively as possible. The ego will always try to feel hurt, to play the victim, and to justify retaliation. But every act of retaliation is nothing more than a symptom of a wounded ego. Refuse to engage and make your mental catchphrase some form of “No offense taken. God bless you” and you will step outside the ego’s trap and remain at peace. Refuse to get hurt, your goal should be to build your skin from thin to armor thick.

C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity describes the truly humble person as someone who “will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all.” That kind of humility makes one difficult to offend, since offense requires a wounded ego.

John Wesley preached that a sanctified Christian should not be “provoked” by insult or injury:
“Be not easily provoked. If you are, you are not a Christian. For anger rests only in the bosom of fools.”

Oswald Chambers connects offense directly to pride and self-protection:
“The man or woman who is easily offended is still full of self. The saint never takes offense.”

Martin Luther King phrased this idea while preaching that love and nonviolence required refusing to be governed by insult:
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”
This forgiveness posture means not clinging to offense.

Stoic philosophers like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius taught that offense arises from our judgments, not others’ actions:
“If someone speaks ill of you, it is only harmful if you consent to being hurt.” (Epictetus)

Buddha is often quoted:
“Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
This resonates strongly with the Christian call to let go of offense, in addition to being a foundation for Christian thought.

Examples of Things to Forgive Others In The Modern Age:

Use these as a general or rough map of what sort of things you should recognize as stings at your ego, and what should prompt you to forgive. Use these as a rough roadmap, but this should give you a general idea of what sort of ego stings you should forgive. They’ll be different for everyone. Some of these are intentionally placed to make sense in the social media age because that’s where many of us live in the modern era. The tiniest thing that bugs you should be forgiven right away, otherwise your ego and pride is firmly in control. Any feeling of “How dare they?” is a good compass of what/who to forgive. Similarly, Use “is this considerate” and is “this thoughtful” as your compass as to what you’re doing is right or not. You are always reaping what you sow, in other words every action you take is an investment in universal karma and will inevitably come back to hurt or help you in the future. That spans the entire spectrum from taking something that doesn’t belong to you to attacking, harassing, cursing out and hurting someone you disagree with ideologically.

• I forgive others anytime I feel disrespected, feelings hurt, or a sting at my ego from any snarky, condescending, passive aggressive remark
• I forgive those who try to bait you into an argument. Someone challenging or disrespecting your opinion is ego bait, and not worth taking. Laugh it off and move on.
• I Forgive those for speaking loudly over me when I’m speaking
• I forgive others for not understanding or hearing what I’m saying leading to repetition and feelings of frustration/annoyance.
• For interrupting you when speaking
• I forgive grievances towards people think I’m not a good enough person to speak to or come to for help
• I forgive judgements & grievances towards people who have moments of slipping up cognitively, not understanding something, forgetting something, bad memory. We’re all guilty of it.
• I forgive [insert names] for not being willing to reconcile, forgive, make peace.
• I forgive all grievances and judgements towards anyone who disagrees with your spiritual views or aggressively criticize/mocks/ridicules you in a hostile manner
• Someone ghosting you, not writing back, not picking up, leaving you on read, etc
• Social Media – Someone blocks you or deletes you. Let it go, forgive them, that’s your ego being bothered.
• Social Media – Someone doesn’t follow you back or interact with you on social media. Forgive
• Social Media – If person(s) do not pay attention to or click like your social media posts, forgive.
• Social Media – vanity and narcissism from photos results in egocentrism.
• Social media – Checking or caring about who is checking or viewing my posts, is completely driven by your ego.
• Social Media – I left them a message and they only responded with an emoji? Forgive. (Yes, people get upset at this)
• People don’t hold the door for you or greet you in a warm or friendly way, is your entitled and sensitive ego acting up.
• Someone doesn’t pick up when you call, taking it personal is your ego fully in charge. Forgive and move on.
• Someone doesn’t shake your hand or greet you at all when they see you, ego bruised yet again.
• Forgive those who didn’t say bye or pay attention to what you’re saying. This is just a bruised ego.
• Forgive anyone who turns down things I say, rejecting advice or recommendations. Ego slighted.
• Forgive when you wave hi to someone and they barely acknowledge you. Like you don’t exist. Stung ego revealed.
• Forgive someone who who beeps their car horn before you get a chance to start push the gas or see the light.
• Forgive someone who doesn’t compliment when you show them something you’re proud of or offer encouraging/positive words?
• Forgive someone who says they don’t have time for you wanted them to address with now.
• Forgive someone for enjoying the same thing you like if you’re a gatekeeper, you’re trying to protect your sense of identity and individuality.
• “Why haven’t they gotten back to me yet? I contacted them x number of days ago!” Forgive them immediately.
• “Don’t tell me what to do, who do you think you are?” This is an incredibly egotistical thought that especially crosses the minds of many narcissists in positions of power.
• “Why didn’t this person open the door for me on their way out?” Forgive them, and in contrast, open the door for the next person if possible. These are small but important victories against the ego, that also assert that you’re putting others before yourself.
• Being asked to do something and you don’t feel like doing it, is ego feeling bothered/disrespected. Forgive them, and just comply if you’re actually able to, especially if your reason is motivated by pure laziness or unwillingness to help.
• Asking people to do something for you and they refuse or make a big deal out of it, as if they’re being bothered. Forgive them.
• Father, please forgive me for pushing my tastes and preferences onto others, this is my ego at play. I forgive others who are not receptive to my personal tastes and recommendations.
• I forgive all grievances with people who try to push their recommendations and personal preferences onto me.
• I forgive people who disagree with my opinions or don’t see things my way, or make snarky passive aggressive comments about what I like
• Any slight hurting of your feelings is your cue to forgive. All of our egos are weak by design, even the people who are calling others snowflakes are just as guilty as being fragile.
• We are given daily opportunities to follow Jesus instructions to bless our “enemies” whether they are Arabs, Chinese, Russians or Biden/Trump supporters. Wish them well, instead we find even self proclaimed followers of Jesus yell at others on the street and refer to them as the devil or enemy in the same breath they say praise Jesus. Bless them all and send them your love and wish upon them things you would want for yourself. Financial stability, a house over head, a happy marriage and family, life and love. This is Karma in effect and you participate in this universal law whether you acknowledge it as true or not. So learn the rules or keep acting surprised when the comeuppance comes out of “left field”.