Over the course of years, decades and the time of sabbatical, I had to learn and deal with institutions and individuals that outright lie, cheat and manipulate to unfairly and unjustly get what is owned by others. And this isn’t just limited to corrupt individuals that are far from us, but they can be just someone next door or next to us.
To me, this is lower level being and low levels of mindset and master – which we can see everywhere.
Remember those books and shows that you watch, where you see individuals that resort to cheating/lying/manipulating to get whatever they want to get, but in the end, continue the endless self-defeating battles where they
- keep trying to sleep but just cant sleep well/rest
- keep trying to eat but just cant feel full
- keep trying to drink but just cant sate that thirst
- keep lying/cheating to “ensure the story they tell is the same”
- keep trying to build relationships but just can’t feel secure
- keep building walls that are higher and higher but cant feel safe
- keep hoarding ill-gotten materials but again cant feel safe
and the list goes on and on. They can keep trying, but their needs don’t get sated.
The bible says:
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness [those who actively seek right standing with God], for they will be [completely] satisfied.
It’s simple – those who are unrighteous will not be completely satisfied. They are forever hungry, thirsty, insecure, tired and more. Simply because the only one who can sate and bring us to complete satiation and satisfaction and salvation is Christ:
John 4:14 Whoever drinks of the water that I (Jesus) will give him will never thirst again
To make things worse, those who do not know Jesus, or do not follow Him, or worse, who purposely go out to cheat, defraud, lie, manipulate, murder others for their belongings – the bible clearly says:
- Proverbs 15:29 ESV The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Proverbs 6:12-16 ESV A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
- Proverbs 28:1-28 ESV The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue. A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them. Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely. …
- Psalm 37:1-40 ESV Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. …
- Psalm 34:21 ESV – Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
- Job 8:22 ESV Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
And so many more.
Maybe that’s why I’m often sleep well and wake up rested. Or how I am happy and delight in the Lord. I know if the Lord is for me, then who can be against me? No weapon against me shall prosper. I know He’d lead me to green pastures, and anoint me with oil in the presence of my enemies…
It’s simple but profound, the underlying principle of upgrading consciousness and conscious actions is simply:
- Choosing God and Jesus
- Reading and following His precepts and words as according to the bible
- Doing them
And that’s it.
I know I need not lie, cheat, defraud or manipulate to get the blessed life I want. In fact, I am blessed, with wonderful family, a wonderful team, a wonderful life, and I am happy.
Happier than when I was working with corrupt, lying, manipulative and evil individuals and institutions, happier by at least 10X haha! But I believe that as long as I’m with Christ, and He is with me, and that I keep doing the right thing, God will take care of the enemies, problems and whatsoever I need.
How to level up our consciousness and actions?
For me, I simplify it by the three simple qualifiers:
- Choosing God and Jesus
- Reading and following His precepts and words as according to the bible
- Doing them
Any actions that I want/will say or do, I ask myself:
- Is it good?
- Does it help or hurt?
- Does it glorify God/Jesus?
If it’s good, helps others and glorifies God/Jesus, then it’s a green light. If not, then it’s a red light.
That’s it.
Yes, really. We don’t have to make it more complex and complicated than it needs to be – hence the bible say:
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Amplified Bible (AMP) Choose Life
15 “Listen closely, I have set before you today life and prosperity (good), and death and adversity (evil);
16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments (precepts), so that you will live and multiply, and that the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away and you will not hear and obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,
18 I declare to you today that you will certainly perish. You will not live long in the land which you cross the Jordan to enter and possess.
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore, you shall choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,
20 by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding closely to Him; for He is your life [your good life, your abundant life, your fulfillment] and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the Lord promised (swore) to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
We always have options – choose life, choose good, choose God.
This is critical thinking of knowing and choosing what is truly good and important to us and to God, and there is no other way to slice or interpret this.
