August 2024 – Sons of Issachar

353. God’s Offspring – or Adopted Children?

Mike Parsons –

God’s desire is for us to embody love because we are made in His image—He is love, light and spirit. Our spirits are light, and we’re designed to love just as God does. The highest goal is to give love, reflecting God’s image. When we follow an independent path, it distorts love into a need and driving force, leading us to seek love from others rather than giving it ourselves.

A common misunderstanding is that we were separated from God and need adoption back into His family. This view, often held in evangelical circles, is flawed. God never separated from us; we were never outside His family. So adoption is our coming of age within that family, not rescue from abandonment. Biblical adoption is about maturity and coming into full authority from the Father, not placing orphans into new families. Genesis 1:26 shows that God created us in His image and blessed us to be fruitful and rule on the earth. Adam’s choice to walk independently disrupted this plan, but now, in Christ, we are redefined by our identity in Him.

Any idea that Jesus is the true Son and we are merely adopted obscures our true identity: we have always been God’s children, made in His image and likeness. Our perception of rejection or abandonment is false. Romans 8:14 says, “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.” The Spirit is in everyone, guiding us all, even if we don’t always follow. When Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit into His disciples, He revealed their true identity. We all have received God’s Spirit, confirming that we are His children and helping us understand who we really are.

So our Western and Roman concept of ‘adoption’ might not fully capture what the Bible word means. Some interpret adoption as something that happens when we accept salvation or when God adopts us. However, this interpretation can also imply that we were once orphans or outside God’s family, which isn’t accurate. Romans 8:15-17 explains that we have received the Spirit of adoption, not as a sign of previous separation but to affirm our existing sonship. The Spirit confirms that we are already God’s children and co-heirs with Christ. This adoption isn’t about coming from outside into the family but recognising our inherent identity as God’s offspring.

God has always been our origin; we just need to rediscover this truth. Romans 8:14-17 in the Mirror Bible describes the Spirit leading us into the fullness of life in God, showing that we are His children, not through fear but through a relationship with Abba Father.

And Jesus’ suffering was for our benefit, not a requirement for entering our inheritance. The idea that we must suffer to gain inheritance is a misunderstanding. Jesus suffered so that we wouldn’t have to face the same trials. We are not orphans; Jesus assured us that He would not leave us as orphans but would come to us, showing that God dwells within us and is not distant or rejecting. If we teach that people are orphans or rejected by God, we distort the gospel and the true nature of salvation. The message of salvation reflects God’s nature as loving and inclusive, not as one who condemns or separates.

We have the rights and responsibilities of sonship, as part of God’s royal family. Peter tells us that we’re privileged to represent God on earth, showing others what He is like through our relationship with Him. Initially, Israel was meant to fulfil this role, but their system became law-based rather than grace-based. Romans 8:19 reveals that creation eagerly awaits the revealing of God’s children. If we see ourselves as ‘lesser’ adopted children, we miss out on our role as co-creators with God. Being part of a royal family gives us access to the Heavenly Palace, where we’re seated with Jesus and can engage with God intimately in His presence.

Despite being taught that we’re orphans needing adoption, the truth is we’ve always been part of God’s family. According to Ephesians 1:4, our restored face-to-face relationship with God is a done deal, and God’s love will eventually bring everyone to this realisation. Our true identity means we don’t need to live like orphans. We can experience our origin in first love, knowing God as our loving Father. The Spirit confirms this, enabling us to call God “Abba Father.”

Picture a door in your spirit.
God is knocking: invite Him in.
As He enters, He hugs you and breathes His life into you.
Feel His heartbeat and embrace.
Know that you’re home.

He whispers into your heart,
sharing His love and affirmation,
telling you how treasured and loved you are.

352. Relational Beings of Limitless Potential

The complete fifth session of the current monthly teaching series by Mike Parsons, “Restoring First Love”, originally delivered live in a Zoom with our Patreon patrons. These full length sessions are normally only available to patrons and at eg.freedomarc.org/first-love.

Video Summary

“Mankind’s union with God is the original thought that inspired creation.”
– Francois Du Toit.

Reflecting on my journey with God, I see how He has led me into an extraordinary union and intimacy that I never imagined possible. Initially, I struggled to grasp His love for me beyond the theological, but He gradually revealed my true identity as His Son. In 2008 and 2010, my encounters with God began to go beyond Bible reading: I started meditating on specific verses but soon realised the connection to Heaven was always open.

Experiencing the rivers of Eden flowing through my heart deepened my intimacy with Him. Embracing my experiences without overanalysing them, I used journaling to revisit and deepen them. Opening my heart daily to God became a way of life, guiding me into constant communion.

During a group encounter, I encouraged people to picture a door and invite Jesus in. One participant’s experience in going back through that doorway inspired me to do the same. This shift allowed for a continuous flow between heaven and my heart, guided by Jesus, the Father, or the Spirit.

I engaged with the garden of my heart, resting and planting seeds of testimony by the River of Life; seeds which grew into trees, bearing fruit. My journey included discovering gemstones, scrolls, and a waterfall. Behind the waterfall, I encountered a cave where Enoch gave me transformative quests. These experiences brought me to the Tree of Life and the Throne of Grace. A profound moment under the waterfall showed me God’s love for everyone, even those who have caused harm, removing judgment and deepening my compassion.

On the Throne of Grace, I received a scroll of destiny from the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord. In an intense encounter, the consuming fire of God purified it, leaving only love. Plunging down a waterfall into the Father’s Garden, I felt a deep connection with creation and discovered the origin odf my design. This opened new realms of understanding and intimacy with the Father.

These encounters were all about drawing closer to God in intimacy. The more I have walked this path, the more I have understood the Father’s heart is focused on restoring both our sonship and all creation. In future sessions, I’ll share more about these revelations, and we can explore them together.

Activation: Deeper Into Love

A separate video of this activation is available on our Patreon page, free to view for all; it will be released on YouTube on September 5th.

I’d like to guide you through an activation, to engage wherever God leads you. The key to these experiences is to trust in God’s unconditional love, letting go of control and allowing Him to direct your journey. As you engage in this exercise, be open to the Father’s leading, and embrace the love He shows you.

To start, find a comfortable position, close your eyes, and begin to relax. Focus on connecting with God as your Father or Jesus as your friend and brother. Slow your breathing: inhale deeply through your nose, hold it for a moment, and then exhale slowly.

As you breathe in, draw in the unconditional love of the Father, filling every part of you with His love. Picture yourself cocooned in this love, safe and secure. Allow yourself to sink into the ocean of unconditional love, going deeper and deeper. Stay there for a few minutes.

If you wish to continue, picture a door in your spirit with a handle on your side. Open it and invite the Father, Son and Spirit to embrace you. Feel their love, acceptance and affirmation. Hear them say, “You are my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased.” Stay in this place of love and peace for as long as you like.

If you want to go yet further, envision following the flow of the river into Eden. Step into the river and let it carry you through the heavenly realms. Enjoy the river’s life-giving flow. Look into the water for gems or scrolls, pick up and eat those that attract you, and receive the life and truth they offer.

Stay there, or choose to follow the river upstream to a waterfall. Walk or float under it, feeling God’s love cascading over you. Let the sound of the waters resonate with your heart. Feel God’s love for you and for others. Allow this love to inspire you to forgive and love others as He loves you. Release any unforgiveness or hurt by choosing to forgive and let go.

Feel free to stay in this space or continue exploring as you wish.

351. God’s Provision: Living in Blessing

Mike Parsons –

Asking and Receiving

The Bible talks about asking and receiving, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. However, it’s the manner in which we do it that matters. If you’re begging or praying in a way that disconnects you from God, our provider, it can be problematic. [His covenant name,] Jehovah-Jireh (The Lord our Provider), reflects His goodness, mercy, love and desire to bless us. When we embrace sonship, we recognise that we are blessed to be a blessing. This is integral to our identity as children of God, knowing who we are: blessed ones.

It is not something we strive to attain; it is who we are. God is within us, Heaven is within us, and we are connected to that realm at the core of our being. Rivers of living water flow from our innermost being, providing a source of life and energy. We drink from this inexhaustible supply, the spirit and River of Life within us, without needing to ask God for a drink.

Trust and Relationship

Cardiognosis with God involves a mutual knowing of hearts—His and ours—as one. Therefore, I know He is my Provider, and I trust Him. This trust manifests in the way I live, so I’m not constantly asking Him for things but living in a state of being blessed. I trust in His provision, protection and guidance. The more connected I am relationally to Him, the more everything flows from that relationship. I can access heaven’s resources, living in the conscious awareness of trusting my Father, who loves me. There is no doubt or unbelief in His provision as I seek first the relationship, and everything else is added to me.

Prayer and Covenant

Prayer, as Jesus spoke about it, was often in the context of the Old Covenant age, which is very different from the New Covenant—a covenant of grace, mercy and love. I would say prayer is less a skill to be learned and more a relationship to be had. The more time spent with God in relationship, without any agenda of asking for things, the more you will know His provision. He is a good God who wants you to be blessed. Therefore, sonship is a blessed state from which everything flows, because you know God is your Provider, and His provision shall be seen.

Rather than focusing on asking and waiting, consider your identity within your relationship with Him. Everything is provided to enable you to be who He made you to be. It is an outworking of being who you are, with everything you need already prepared. You simply walk it out and let it manifest in your life. There are things you can do, such as calling things that are not as though they are: if something has not yet manifested, you can call it into being. By brooding over [what is] the Father’s heart for you, you can incubate and then speak the manifestation into reality.

Acting in Faith

You are not passive in this process; you can rule and take action from a place of intimacy and heart-to-heart relationship with God. You will not act independently or with wrong motives but always align with His heart and desires for you. Your needs will be met according to His plans for your destiny. Acting independently, using your own strength and understanding, leads to depletion and striving. Flowing in your destiny with Him ensures that everything you need is manifested or can be called into being when necessary.

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350. Discovering God’s Heart: Mandates and Blueprints

Mike Parsons –

Receiving Mandates from God

When it comes to a mandate from God, it must be relational. Previously, I would ask, “What’s my mandate for today?” But God shifted me to focus on spending time with Him heart to heart. In doing so, I naturally understand His heart for the day, which guides and directs me in various situations. Knowing the Father’s heart allows us to creatively work out His intentions through who we are. I don’t ask for mandates anymore; instead, I engage with the Father’s heart and follow the desires and intentions He reveals.

When it involves another person, it’s about understanding the Father’s heart for them. We can’t force or control people to do what we or God want. Instead, we aim to create an environment where they can discover God’s desire for themselves. This involves nurturing and encouraging them to find their own identity and path in God, rather than just telling them what it is. Love is key to all relational matters. Showing unconditional love helps others connect with God and discover His desires for them.

Now, rather than seeking a specific mandate, I seek God’s heart to guide me and keep me operating in love. A mandate from God is permission to outwork His heart, so understanding His heart is essential. Intimacy and relationship are crucial, and love is always at the core of God’s intentions. Love can be direct and truthful, sometimes challenging what someone believes, but it is always active and with the right intentions. God provides the wisdom for how this love should be expressed.

Understanding and Implementing Blueprints

A blueprint from God is a pattern of what to build. It could be for anything: a car, a jumper, or a house. Blueprints outline the general structure and sometimes the details of what needs to be created. For example, a car blueprint shows its components and overall design but might not specify the colour. Similarly, God might give us a general blueprint with the flexibility to fill in the details as we go, or a detailed one specifying everything. The key is to understand that a blueprint is a guide, and how we implement it can vary based on the information given and our creativity.

Evolving Blueprints

Sometimes, blueprints from God evolve. Initially, you might receive a general idea of what God intends, but as you begin to establish it, more details and directions emerge. Consider a blueprint for a house: one house might be a bungalow, another a three-story mansion, and yet another a tent. They all serve as places to live but vary significantly in design and purpose. The key is recognizing that a blueprint sets the foundational intention, and as you work on it, you must be mindful of where and when it applies.

Blueprints also come with jurisdiction. You can’t build a house on someone else’s land without permission, or they would own it. Similarly, ensure you’re in the right place and time. God might show you a blueprint today but intend for you to start building it five years later, giving you time to prepare and grow into the role.

Understanding and implementing a blueprint often involves personal change and transformation. God may show you something, but you need to be ready for it. This readiness involves timing, personal growth, and sometimes, waiting for the right moment. Avoid being too hasty or too slow; be sensitive to the steps needed and the timing of each phase.

Collaboration

Blueprints indicate God’s plan for something He wants you to be involved in, often requiring collaboration with others. Building something significant often can’t be done alone. Be open to finding and engaging with the right people at the right time, as collective effort and unity are crucial. Clarity at the beginning is vital. Even a small deviation can lead to significant errors over time. Avoid rushing the process. A prophetic word or vision from God might not be for immediate action; it could be meant for years in the future. Take the time to talk with God, seek agreement, and ensure everyone involved is on the same page.

Case study: establishing an ekklesia

I once engaged with a group who were meeting together and seeking to establish an ekklesia. They wanted my help to discern God’s blueprint for their mission. Initially, they seemed to work well together, despite their different personalities—two couples, each with their own approach.

We sought God for the heavenly vision and wrote it down. I advised them to ensure that everyone was clear on what the blueprint meant because words can be interpreted differently by different people. For example, what one person understands by ekklesia might be very different from another’s interpretation.

Within about six weeks, I received feedback that things were not working out. As they discussed their vision further, it became clear that their interpretations of what God had said were vastly different. One couple had a very forceful approach, wanting things done their way, while the other couple was mild and gentle but had a clearer understanding of God’s intentions.

Eventually, they had to part ways because their end goals were different. Even though they had heard the same words from God, their interpretations were so divergent that collaboration was impossible. The couple who I believed had received the correct blueprint continued with their mission, while the other couple, who wanted to control the process, declined to meet with me for further discussions.

This experience highlighted the importance of establishing a clear, shared understanding when working with others on a blueprint. It’s crucial to lay a deep relational foundation and ensure everyone is on the same page from the start. If you’re building something together, like a car, one group might envision a production line with machinery, while the other sees a handcrafted labour of love. Without clear alignment, conflicts will arise quickly.

Summary

1. Mandates: It is better to engage with God’s heart to understand His intentions, rather than seeking specific tasks. Operate in love and allow God’s heart to guide you.

2. Blueprints: Recognise that they can and do evolve. Be mindful of jurisdiction, timing, and the need for personal growth. Collaborate with others but ensure clarity and unity in the process.

By aligning with God’s heart and timing you can faithfully fulfil God’s plans and purposes.

349. Healing Emotional Trauma for Physical Wellness

Mike Parsons

Introduction to Holistic Wellness

We are holistic beings, not designed as separate parts. Many medical researchers affirm that emotions can have a dramatic effect on the body. They suggest that much sickness and disease is emotional, but this doesn’t mean the physical symptoms aren’t real. What often opens the door to illness is how we operate in our soul and the emotions we carry, which can be quite toxic, especially if they stem from trauma. The memory of trauma can be stored in the physical cells of the body or within the mind, and this memory can be just as powerful as the initial trauma.

Often, we dissociate from these memories or bury them, but they remain, triggering reactions within our body and soul. People might not understand why they react a certain way to specific stimuli or circumstances; it could be their 2-year-old self, 3-year-old self, or 10-year-old self reacting to a present situation that brings up a past memory. This is why someone might feel fear, anxiety, or anger in response to seemingly irrelevant circumstances. The memory stored within the body gets triggered, and people wonder why they behaved in a certain way.

Our minds need to be renewed

We are new creations in Christ, but our minds need to be renewed to the truth of who we are. Epigenetic factors, which are memories passed down through generations, can trigger emotional and physical responses. These are not stored in the DNA but are attached to it, affecting various aspects of our lives. Some people go through life seemingly okay until something major triggers a stored memory, leading them down an unexpected path.

God wants us to be whole, but we can’t make our bodies whole without dealing with our minds and emotions. These elements are interactive, affecting each other. Pain, for example, can be a helpful indication that something is wrong, prompting us to avoid harmful actions in the future. However, pain should not control us. Some people fear pain or emotional hurt so much that they avoid relationships or certain experiences.

God desires to heal all trauma within the body and soul so we can be completely whole. This involves dealing with the memories of hurt, pain, and emotional situations that are buried within us, preventing our physical bodies from reacting out of those past traumas.

Emotional Pain

Emotional pain is often harder to deal with than physical pain. If you have physical pain, you can identify the cause and address it. For example, if you have muscular pain, you can rest the muscle or do specific exercises to free up frozen muscles or strengthen them, like with rotator cuff issues. If you want to become a gymnast, you need to stretch your muscles and tendons regularly to become flexible. People who can’t touch their toes usually have tight hamstrings, and consistent stretching exercises can help.

However, emotional pain isn’t as straightforward. You can’t always see it or feel it in the same way, so you might not realise the restrictions and limitations it places on you. Traumatic memories and emotional pain can be deeply buried, affecting you without your awareness.

God can heal and restore everything, bringing our physical bodies into alignment with the rest. But achieving this rest requires trust in God for the healing and wholeness he promises, rather than striving for it in ways that cause more stress. Emotional stress and anxiety can worsen physical sickness. It’s essential to take thoughts captive and reject those that don’t align with how God thinks about us.

Worrying about potential physical outcomes can lead to fear, affecting your entire being. It’s crucial to deal with these issues at their source and not allow them to generate fear. Fear lowers the body’s frequency, making organs more susceptible to negative influences. Elevating your frequency through thanksgiving, gratitude, and praise helps focus thoughts on God rather than yourself.

Living in thanksgiving for health, wholeness, and emotional freedom from trauma allows you to embrace a higher reality—God’s desire for you.

Fixing our eyes on Jesus

If we live in a higher reality, focusing on a higher frequency, it can align the lower frequency of our physical state. By maintaining a high-frequency mindset, aligned with a positive relationship with God, our bodies can follow suit. This approach is not about denying current circumstances but choosing to focus on solutions rather than problems.

Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer who leads us into new territory, helps us to see beyond our current situation. Faith plays a crucial role here, as it is the evidence of things not yet seen. Faith is grounded in God’s desires for us. When we focus on God’s promises, even if they don’t align with current facts, those facts can change to align with God’s truth. Jesus taught us to believe we have received what we pray for, even before we see it. This creative perspective aligns our desires with God’s, raising our frequency to a level of love, joy, and peace.

It’s not easy when faced with physical symptoms, but choosing to focus on feeling loved, accepted, and valued can elevate both our emotional and physical states. Our soul, operating at a higher frequency, can help our body reach that same elevated state. However, it’s challenging, especially when dealing with real symptoms and diagnoses. Encouraging one another and bearing each other’s burdens are crucial in these times.

Set our minds on things above

Paul advises us to set our minds on things above, on positive and good things, rather than on pain. This mindset can bring change to our situations. However, it’s not always simple, especially when in pain. Using medication to manage severe pain can help, allowing the mind to focus on higher things without the distraction of physical discomfort. Painkillers, even those derived from natural sources like poppies, can be part of the solution to managing pain, helping us to maintain a higher mindset.

Eastern practices show that the mind can transcend physical pain through strong focus and meditation, enabling practitioners to perform feats like lying on beds of nails. While not suggesting such practices, it illustrates the power of the mind over the body. Ideally, we would not have any pain, but learning to focus the mind through meditation can elevate our frequency and help manage pain more effectively.

The background music in this video is by Samuel Lane of SMLMusic.

348. Challenging Healing Beliefs

Mike Parsons –

Healing is an interesting topic because a lot of people are sick and need healing or something else, and they are praying for it. How do you do it?

God is my healer

My belief in healing and living in health goes back nearly 30 years. I wouldn’t do the things I did then because I was operating out of the revelation I had at the time. I did seek every Bible verse on healing, health, or wholeness, and I did confess it and tried to engage with it. However, the turning point in my journey was realising that God is my healer, Jehovah Rophe. It’s one of His names and part of His identity. Therefore, anything that contradicts that is not God’s desire.

This raises questions about why some people get healed and others don’t, and I can’t answer that unless God tells you something specific. It’s a complicated subject, not as simple as just believing that someone laying hands on you will heal you. While that can happen, people don’t always keep the healing because they haven’t dealt with the root cause. Practically, I wouldn’t do the same things now as I did then. I’ve come to the conclusion that health is my inheritance and that sickness has no part in me because I’m a child of God. I know how to use my authority as a child of God to ensure that I don’t get sick. My whole consciousness is geared towards health.

Beyond health to immortality

Moving beyond health, there’s immortality. If you live in health, there’s no reason to ever die unless you’ve finished your purpose here, in which case you could go directly to heaven like Elijah and Enoch. Jesus said, “Eat my flesh, drink my blood, and you won’t die,” referring to physical death. Although 2,000 years have passed since Jesus said that, and people still die, it’s because our minds need to be renewed to the truth and reality of that promise. The church teaches that death is a promotion to heaven, which is actually a covenant with death and not a good thing.

In terms of health theology, I believe God desires everyone to be in health, including everyone on the planet, not just Christians. Healing people who don’t know Him can be a good way to bring them to Him. Healing is a demonstration of God’s love and power.

Practically, people like Joe Dispenza support the idea that how we think and approach things influences our health. Quantum physics suggests that as a man observes, chooses and pictures reality, that reality will manifest if he’s not double-minded. The issue with healing is often double-mindedness: believing in healing but being preoccupied with symptoms. The faith movement advises not to deny symptoms but to recognise that they are not the ultimate truth. The truth will manifest to change symptoms, but you need to believe the truth, which is more relational with Jesus than merely ‘confessing the word’.

A gift from God

Faith is a gift from God to believe – in salvation; in healing, health and wholeness, which are all part of salvation. We are saved by grace through faith, which is a gift from God, not something we generate ourselves. We need a relationship with God to reveal Him as our healer, which would enable faith to manifest as our trust in God, rather than something we try to generate to get God to heal us.

So when we trust God as being good and wanting to bless us, and health as being part of our relationship with Him, that will enable us to accept that as truth. This will renew our minds, allowing us to believe and act on the truth rather than trying to find a way to do it. That being said, there are many people who are not in that place of being able to choose a reality, who don’t understand quantum physics, or who don’t have a deep relationship with God. They may not be close enough to Him to trust Him as their healer and the one who wants them to be blessed and highly favoured.

How do you work with that? To help people engage with the truth, you need to consider that God may use transitional ways to bring people into health or to receive healing and wholeness. This might include changing your diet, getting more exercise, using essential oils, Rife-generated frequencies, gem therapy, light therapy, or other methods generally based on frequency. Again, Joe Dispenza notes that our frequency influences our health. If our frequency is low, we are susceptible to ill health. If our frequency is high, living in rest, love, joy, and peace, then our body can be healthy. Understanding frequency is part of achieving health and wholeness, and therapies that use frequency can be effective.

Healing comes in different ways

Jesus used the word therapeuo for healing, which means therapy rather than miracle. Not every healing is a miracle that happens instantly; sometimes it is a process. We go through the process of trusting Him and listening to what He wants us to do. I’m not against therapeutic methods using frequency, as I believe that’s a revelation from God to help more people achieve health. There are new technologies, therapies and alternative treatments. I’m not against going to doctors if that’s what God wants you to do. If I were unconscious in a car accident, I’d be happy to be taken to a hospital until I could wake up and deal with it myself, perhaps even while my spirit is still functioning.

God wants everyone to be healthy. Sickness can come from various sources, such as genetic or generational issues. It’s important to seek God’s guidance on what you need to do to receive everything that belongs to you. A friend of mine, diagnosed with stage four cancer, refused to accept the prognosis and sought God’s guidance. She followed His instructions, took specific supplements, and used a BEMER machine (BioElectroMagnetic Energy Regulation) for circulation. Her blood markers, initially over 500, came down month by month to less than 30, until she was perfectly well.

Healing comes in different ways. We need to enter into a relationship with God to know His heart for us and trust Him to bring good into our lives, leading to whole health, wholeness and immortality. It’s okay to use whatever method God shows you. People laying hands on you is a biblical practice where they impart a frequency or energy. You can engage your faith with that frequency and direct it into people’s bodies. I’ve used my faith and choice gates to see people healed. However, I would want to equip people to understand health, not just to receive healing from others.

347. Activations, Meditation and Visualisation

Mike Parsons

Video Summary:

To really grasp what the book (Engaging the Father) is about, I’d suggest reading it first to get the overall idea without focusing on the activations. Once you have a good understanding, go back and do the activations separately. This way, you won’t be distracted by wondering what’s next while trying to do the exercises. Reading the book might take a few hours, but doing the activations could take a week. Truly embracing the lifestyle and experiences described might take a month or more. It’s a commitment that many struggle with because of our busy lives, but that’s how we truly learn—through repetition and practice.

I’ve spent many years practicing meditation, starting around 2000, focusing on Bible verses and drawing spiritual insights. By 2008, I had a significant encounter in heaven, after years of visual and meditative practice. Initially, it was difficult since I wasn’t raised with meditation, but over time, it became second nature.

Understanding how to switch between the left and right brain is key. For example, I practised with a YouTube exercise where a spinning ballerina can appear to spin in different directions based on brain dominance. Initially, I couldn’t control how I saw it, but with practice, I learned to switch my perception at will.

This skill is useful in problem-solving and creativity. In my workshop, I might start with left-brain analytical thinking but switch to right-brain creativity when stuck. Practising this switch helps in various situations, like making something for Debbie—who often needs to give me detailed instructions because my functional creations might not meet her aesthetic expectations.

You have to practise these skills; it’s not easy, but with perseverance, it becomes instinctive. Spiritual exercises are always beneficial, even if the results aren’t immediately apparent. Over time, you absorb spiritual knowledge, sometimes without realising it. This process is like osmosis: knowledge becomes part of you naturally.

Engaging with God in spiritual exercises can lead to knowing things instinctively. Sometimes, insights may come unexpectedly during conversations. It’s a gradual process, but a steady drip can soak you as effectively as a downpour. Even if you can’t pinpoint when the change happened, you’ll feel different over time as these spiritual practices become part of you.

Note: Mike’s latest books, Engaging the Father and Into the Dark Cloud, contain links to recordings of many activations (spiritual exercises) that you can do as you read through the material (or not) – and repeat as often as you need afterwards.

346. Ageing and Immortality

Mike Parsons –

Death is a promotion?

The mindset around death needs to change. We have been conditioned to believe that death is a promotion to another realm and state of being, and that this is a good thing. This is how it has been presented to us. However, when it talks about Jesus bringing life and immortality to light through this good news, and Jesus saying in John 6 that you don’t need to die… Because most people have died, it’s so hard to believe that.

Societal Conditioning

From virtually the moment we can talk, we are conditioned to understand that we are going to die one day. This concept is ingrained into everybody, making it not just a religious concept but a societal one. Death is seen as inevitable. Some people try to cheat death through their own efforts, such as seeking ‘eternal’ life through various means like cryostasis, where their heads are preserved after they die, hoping their consciousness can be revived one day. There are also attempts to eliminate death through nanotechnology. All these efforts reflect our best attempts rather than realising that death has no part in us.

We must deal with the physical body because our soul and spirit aren’t going to die anyway. It’s only the physical body that’s the issue. We often accept the idea that from dust to dust, we will return to dust one day as if that was God’s intention from the beginning. However, Jesus rebalanced that notion by saying that you don’t need to die if you eat His flesh and drink his blood. This has become ritualised into taking communion and spiritualised to mean that you won’t die spiritually. But Jesus meant it physically. Eating his flesh and drinking His blood meant fully embracing who He was, not literally eating His flesh and blood. Communion is an element of that, but it goes beyond just the ritual into living with His breath and life, as everything about Him is life and there is no death in Him.

Transformation and Renewal

Now, obviously, our physical body may have things attached to it and within our DNA which reflect our earthly inheritance rather than our heavenly one. So, that needs changing. It’s not just a mindset change; there’s also a physical transformation of any death within our cells. Our cells need to be renewed and not destroyed. The ability of our cells to renew themselves needs to be restored, and they need to learn how to communicate what brings about that change and restoration.

The things within ourselves that, within normal thinking, lead to death need to be dealt with physically as well. Breathing in His life constantly can put us in a state of continual renewal and restoration. But does that mean we will have the same physical body forever? No, because there’s a limitation to our physical body that Adam didn’t have. His spirit was around his body, not the other way around.

There needs to be a restoration of the balance of the relationship between spirit, soul and body that God intended, that our bodies, spirit and soul would come back into the correct balance, harmony and design that God had for them. Jesus, when He died, had a resurrection body. His physical body died, but He had a resurrection body with certain abilities different from His physical body while he was alive. This body allowed him to do things differently, which shows a transformation that we will also undergo to bring about a different relationship between spirit, soul and body than we have now.

He had a resurrection body. We died with Him and were raised with Him, and we are in the process of that being fully formed in us. Our thinking can stop this process because “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he”. If you think in your heart that death is the answer, then you will probably die. Our thinking needs to be in alignment for the outworking to take place. It’s not just about thinking it and it will be; there’s a process of our whole body being renewed and the relationship between spirit, soul and body being transformed into what it should have been. That may have different ways of outworking – I don’t know.

The Nature of Aging

Do I have a resurrection body now? Yes, in one sense, because I have died and was resurrected with Him. But in another sense, my mind is coming into agreement with what that means, and my thinking has an effect on that. Hence, the renewal of my mind to agree with God about my physical state needs to take place. There hasn’t been a lot of history of teaching or experience to draw on regarding this. Some people are said to be alive after hundreds of years because they have embraced this concept, but not many people have met them, making it difficult to provide concrete examples.

I believe it starts with belief, which then brings about the transformation of our physical nature. The cells of our being need to align with God’s intention. This poses the question of aging. Are we going to age? If aging has a consequence with death, then we should not be aging to bring death. Jesus aged from a baby to a full-grown adult. What would he have done if He had not moved into a resurrected body? We don’t know because He didn’t do it.

But nothing in our body should hinder us from fulfilling our destiny in God. There may be some people who, like Enoch and Elijah, might be translated into another state of being without going through physical death.

We don’t know yet. Some people might know that there’s a time when they’re not going to be here. But we don’t need to equate that time with death. It may be that I’ve fulfilled all that I need to fulfil, so this part of my destiny is complete, and I don’t need to be here any longer, therefore I will just move on. But I think there will be a transformation in the nature of our physical being at some stage – or in process – whichever way it occurs.