After spending years trudging through fundamentalism and dualism, I am now convinced that the mystical path is the pearl of great price of which Christ taught
@@mysteryandmeaning297 worship of Ra would be fundamentalism. It would be the worshipping of an idea, aka idol worship. I’m guessing (I could be very wrong) that you come from a religious background with hints of fundamentalism dashed in, and are projecting that form of worship onto Aaron. He and Ra teach you to not look Without towards concepts but to look within towards the kingdom of heaven Jesus spoke of
@@Postulatedstate but you are within the canvas of that higher power. It’s like saying a fish in water is separate from water when in reality it is eating drinking breathing and made of water. Or saying a wave is separate from the ocean when in reality the wave is made UP of the ocean and is simply an expression of that very same ocean
That of God within is the central teaching of Quakerism which is experiential rather than fundamentalist in following the teachings and example of Jesus Christ.
“Religion is the water that makes you thirsty. But Christ is the water that satisfies. But not Christ the person, Christ the dimension that lives in YOU.” 💜 This is so fantastic. Thank you so much Aaron for putting this so eloquently. I’ve been living this way for years, no longer going to church but still loving Jesus in my heart. I practice yoga and meditation too and have been studying the teachings of Indian mystics such as Sri Ramana Maharshi. I don’t tell people that I’m a mystic, although one time my friend asked me to define myself, and that was the best word I could think of to describe it. I hope that word doesn’t get popularized because then it will start becoming “egoic.” But thank you so much for explaining to folks the differences here. Even though it’s actually been around much longer than fundamentalism, lot of Christians haven’t yet heard about Christian mysticism, and YOU are the perfect person to explain it! 🙏🏼 thank you Aaron
Hi Aaron :) Blessings to you and your family! I subscribed to your channel in 2024 and was just made aware of THIS playlist Moving Backward in a different way more recent video. I’m so grateful! 😉
Good video bro! "It's only when a person has tried to find God outside of themselves (over and over again) and failed miserably, that they finally turn their attention inwards"
Concepts are like steps up the mountain. Then we ascend to the summit, and we must leave leave such steps behind and open our eyes to our now higher views upon creation. First climb. Then, do that.
Thank you for sharing your story, I love your channell. I grew up as a Christian and then had a mystical experience and had the same realizations. Its good to hear a perspective of someone who grew up Christian. And thank you for sharing the books. Im excited to read them.
The resonance !! I recently discovered Centering Prayer after getting interested in meditation a few years ago. It’s brought me full circle back to God, after abandoning him because of my fundamentalist upbringing. There is so much synergy between so many different practices and ideas about truth. This channel condenses all of them into one place. My heart is full and my mind continues to be blown. Thank you, brother!
Twenty minutes later and i'm only half way into this because i keep having to pause it because it's so good i must write it down. This needs to come with a downloadable transcript. This is the best well understood and non judgmental explanation of mysticism and it's roots i have heard. Well done Arron. I grew up fundamental baptist until my early 20's when i left the church. But spent all those years with an aching feeling that something was just off in the juxtaposition between what i felt in my heart and what the church was telling me. Since then i have spent the last several years feeling like i was getting ever closer to God but yet at the same time believing less and less about what i knew Christianity to be. So much so that i had to ask myself, "is it even honorable to call myself a "christian" at this point?" It wasn't till recently when i went through my own dark night of the soul that i discovered that all my life what i really was, was a christian mystic playing a fundamentalist. Talk about clarity! It gave a new lease on God. I went from wanting to get rid of it all to now just wanting to be soaked in wonderment with everything i can learn. This is the feeling i was trying to have with God all those years but always felt was just never quite attainable for me. Keep on with these videos man, you are surely showing the Christ within you. New to your channel but your intro looks like your from SF. Do you know any good churches or organizations around the area that teach to this more contemplative mystical way?
Wow. Thanks so much for cutting through lots of tough questions. I've been a Christian for over 40 years and have studied mysticism/contemplation for about 3. I'm convinced this is the true path Jesus taught. I so appreciate you not throwing fundamentalism under the bus but actually embracing it's value. Always happy to meet like minded people. I just subscribed and plan to delve deeper into your channel as time allows. Thus video made my day! BTW, some of my favorite authors are contemporary ppl such as Richard Rohr, Merton, Keating, etc. I find the older texts hard to understand tbh.
Discovery of the beauty and perfection of self is the last thing religion would allow, but gives you access to the very thing religion seeks but but cannot find: love.
Dear Aaron, thank you so very much for your talks and teachings! I have done the dogma thing to death in my life, and it’s taken years to get myself to the point where I was “so thirsty “ for the Christ that I finally gave in , and after all those trials I went through, I can only shake my head at myself!!! But I forgive myself for being human! I’m still learning, of course, but this is where your discussions came in. I truly appreciate you for sharing your experiences and knowledge on this issue. Blessed be Aaron, take care always. Brigid O’Connor ( from Australia). 🙏🌹💚💕
Love your channel! I fell into a painful spiritual awakening spawned by suffering and awoke a mystic! Couldn't be happier or more excited about each and every day to come. These events were not a mistake. You are a wonderful teacher Aarom
Aaron! Much love 🥰💗💓and light surrounds you in my minds eye right now! I’m 53 was raised in church, I am so thankful for you! I totally get what you are teaching , it’s what I knew inside already 😍 THANK YOU for stepping up and speaking out, for all the hard work you’ve gone through to this point , you are a shining lighthouse. 💓💓💓👍
Thank you for articulating this so beautifully for us all. It's what I've always known and felt, so lovely to know there are others out there too, in the mist.
Thank you so much. I have been pulled in discerning from what I feel the true love of God is and new age things in order to get the confirmation today of what I have been experiencing. God is Good all the time and all the time God is good. So blessed. Thank you for being a vessel of Truth of the mystic. Helps one skip the path of getting into the trouble waters before you find the path of Truth. You spoke my heart in this.
Thank you for your description, loved your video. Fundamentalism repelled me from christianity for years and I created a lump judgement there was nothing truly spiritual there. The softer, practical truths I found in eastern philosophy's eventually guided me back to the wisdom and love in what (I would now call) christian mysticism and the use of the Bible (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth). I have found that there are many paths so long as you keep seeking the light 🦋
I'm so happy I found this channel. I come from a Catholic fundamentalist background. I steeped myself so deep into the writings of mystics like this that I eventually found myself having to choose between following God or my religion. I chose God. Coming full circle back to these writings is truly exciting!
@@theguyver4934 It doesn’t really matter to me anymore. I don’t rely on any tenants or doctrines anymore. I take whatever helps and let go of what doesn’t. When people ask me if I’m a Christian now I prefer to say no. My beliefs are not easily explained and I am always open to whatever God leads me to consider. I do believe that a lot of beliefs regarding Christianity have been fabricated to serve those in power.
@@christiepatterson67 - Wait are you saying that the holy Bible is not reliable or that the resurrection of Jesus is not real do you believe in the reliability of the new covenant
I found your, "station", from a friend that was in the Metaphysical Jesus website and quite a few people had recommended your Law of One series which in turn, she recommended to me. I started with that and have worked my way through virtually every playlist you have, and have just now made it to this one. Man, I could have used this about two years ago. It probably would have saved me a lot of grief. I literally came undone after reading a book by Richard Dawkins. It was like being hit by a truck. Just a big ole dose of facts about the Christian church, the bible, etc. You could have peeled me off the ground for months. It messed up my immune system and my whole body came out of alignment. I had to work my way back from it after my religious, "beliefs", got burnt to the ground. Thankfully I have found exactly what I was supposed to and my faith is stronger than ever, but built on the rock and not on the sand (religion). I've never experienced this kind of freedom. I have read articles like, "Putting Hell in the Handbasket", and I've read plenty of books (Eckhart Tolle, Eric Butterworth, etc) and I am really into epigenetics and nutrigenomics so being into energy work and spiritual practices is important to me, but nothing and no one else has brought it all together the way that you have. I knew my lense needed to be changed and although I made a lot of headway by doing my own thing and seeing Jesus and his teachings through a metaphysical perspective, you have brought it into fullness for me. You are waking people up to the freedom they already have, but don't know and that is wonderful! I have cried happy tears through this entire playlist so far because now there is a place that I can point people to when they want to know more instead of recommending a library of books for them to probably say, "No thank you, that's not for me, to (pun intended)" This is kingdom work! 👏 LOVE IT!
I'm so glad that you have covered this. I grew up in a very 'fundamentalist' type of belief and although I held to it, aspects of it just never resonated with me and I lived this life long battle of resistance bc of it, constantly questioning which cut into my degree of faith making me feel disconnected & lost. My transition came from my own painful awakening before I even knew what 'mysticism' was or that it was or could be Christian. Once the connection was made, the pieces seemed to simply fall into place and I've never felt so connected to everything & so much spiritual peace within myself. It's hard sometimes tho, especially in the beginning, to be so quickly judged by others of fundamentalism who accuse me of false beliefs or demonic practices, quick to condemn... I've prayed on it quite a bit, scared I was going down a dangerous path but instead of finding confirmation in that, it's been quite the opposite lending to an increased sense of inner peace and satiation. Thank you!
Loads of quality packed into this short video. Not only is your content great, but your tone and production quality is 💯. Thank you so much. I'm ecstatic to have found your channel!
this is great info thank you! I am very much a Christian mystic, and I do experience that God lives within me, but I wouldn't say that God lives "ONLY" within the self. But presenting mysticism and fundamentalism as opposing poles is extremely helpful. Nor would I say "NOT Christ the person" but I would say YES Christ the PERSON who lives in me! Thank you!!
I found your teachings a few weeks ago. They truly resonate with me. I started studying the gospels very intently 4yrs ago. About a yr into it I realized that what I was getting from Jesus teachings was not what I was getting from chrurch.. as I would try to explain to my fellow Christians my understanding they would just look at me crazy or blow me off. U do an excellent job of explaining and expounding my understanding. Wish I could explain it as well to others. I want to share your work with my kids but the occasional cursing still disturbs me a lil. So many preachers out there looking for reasons to call us heretics because they dont understand it and the cursing doesnt help. I'm not God so I cant be dogmatic and say cursing is good or bad or right or wrong. I only know it feels negative. It doesnt feel right just like fundamental Christianity doesnt feel right. God bless u brother. I know your message is right amd true in my spirit amd I thank u
It is so refreshing to hear someone explain this in a way that resonates! Thanks for sharing your Gift with us. The Journey to Understanding can be beautiful when there is TRUTH💗
You should add to your list of recent and current mystics Richard Rohr. He's written many books. I particularly like "The Naked Now". Also Thomas Merton.
@@rigavitch One of the things I love most about Rohr is that I've never heard him say anything ugly about anybody. He's willing to criticize us Christians only because he's one of us. And it's always done with love and hope for a better day.
After reading many books on mysticism and philosophy, after listening to gurus, swamis, and traveling the world, it was only until I met the wise Bodhisattva, otherwise known as Huachuma, or San Pedro cactus, who has taught me how to live in the Kingdom of Heaven. It has been a long apprenticeship. But it is true what Blake said, "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite." This is one kind of mysticism, one path of living with nature, and deep contemplation, which allows one to see clearly and know, through direct experience, that the wondrous beauty of Christ consciousness is realer than real. I love books and concepts. But for me, this is the way, the truth, the life.
I enjoy your work and analysis of spirituality holistically. Mysticism exists in all religions and outside the constraints of religion. It goes beyond any fundamentalist belief system. Although I am not a Christian, I have been familiar with Christ Consciousness for years and find it amazing and sad that so many Christians have no idea what it is. I find that most Christians in my experience worship the Bible and without it have no concept or idea as to how to connect with God or Source. Keep up the good work. Your teaching are much needed to help people, regardless of their religion to realize that there is so much more to one's connection to Source that any book or the rules of fundamental religions can offer.
Reminds me a bit of Islamic mysticism and this branch is completely neglected and rejected within traditional Islam. I will dive into Christian mysticism. THANK YOUUUUUU :)
@William No, is not. Buddhism has no belief towards any kind of God and the focus is on the exercises while Christianity believes in a God full of love and the focus for its mysticism is given by the relationship you create with Christ.
They are very similar. The path of Mysticism actually reveals how religion is not necessarily the important part.of the journey but rather the turning inward. 🖤
@@ricokxng808 I have a question l have been pondering on for so long and would love someone to answer if they can. All these spiritual people always talk about, you can attract anything good/bad/evil etc. To what extend is my question? If you fear someone dying, like in my case I was so scared of loosing my grandma and she passed away. Did l attract this? It happened exactly how I feared, in the hospital and she suffered alot :(. But is it so that I attracted the thing I feared the most or judged in fear the most? is it true that you can attract the thing you fear the most, like god forbid someones passing... I would love a conversation about this. It would be very helpful. Thank you.
A very sweet wine, I am grateful, I am humbled... I never understood my need to serve God but I couldn't serve the fundamental church but found spiritual leaders wanting to share my council. Water of life and healer of pain. Thank u 🙏🏾 amen ase hotep namaste from africa. We are definitely one body of christ king.. I'm jumping on my bed dancing before I go to work. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🇿🇦
I'm so intrigued by this video. Thanks for posting this!! I grew up in a Christian home, grew up in abuse until age 17, came out at the age of 18, and then my Mom died a few years later. After a lot of interesting events occurring, I didn't even know if I believed in God (I was 22). After about 8 months of wondering and wanting to end my own life, God intervened in a way that I never thought was possible and I was by myself in my apartment at the time. I then started going back to church about a year and a half later. It was needed to come back to my foundation, but I started finding myself drained by going to church...and I actually felt LED AWAY from church. After seeking mentorship from my mentors of a couple years (who are also Christians), they told me, "We don't go to church, either. It's okay if you don't". I believe that Jesus was a real person and the traditional doctrine mentioned in the Bible, but I don't believe in "church" the way that we do here in the West, especially when it becomes more of a social club of self-fulfillment. I'm intrigued to learn more. Thanks again, Aaron!
I'm in a rabbit hole right now. I had no idea this was a thing. I was always raised that mysticism and Christianity do not go hand and hand. Wow, my mind is blown right now
I learned from the Bible. Jesus is Within me and when I Believe..I AM Safe and Free..Love and Peace..Healthy and Whole. 😇 Everything I Need! Thank You 🙏 Jesus I Love 💕 You
Another AWESOME video...It is fantastic being able to come to a place where I can actually be fed. I live in Alabama and have pretty much been shunned by ALL of my friends because I don't believe as they do...so I don't really have anyone I can discuss my walk with and I certainly don't have a church I can attend. I was actually told I was being led by the devil and they I needed spiritual discernment.
I posted this on the main comment page, but when I saw your comment I just had to paste this here for you: "Please know if you wish to take a mystic path, you will be cut off and cut out by mainstream hive mentality as an initiation. It will happen naturally, nothing you need to do but devote yourself to the way. This is a gift in the end but can be a painful time if you were tied into a church or even a philosophical view point among a group of peers. If you are already in the midst of loneliness as a wayward sheep...rejoice. He who has ears let him hear."
Aaron, I surely hope and pray that your parents did not shun you, or, if they did that they have reconciled. Otherwise, they are missing a once-in-this-lifetime opportunity to grow and expand...and they are throwing away the opportunity (you) that you all planned together before you came. And that would be a devastating mistake on their part.
Aaron that is wonderful to know...and I am very glad they are so supportive! I’ve thought about that often while watching your videos as you’ve spoken of your very religious background.
Aaron, my parents also understood my separation, once my brothers and I explained what it meant for us. We had to go through a lot of forgiving one another, but I can honestly say that leaving our religion brought love into our family. Mom and Papa still are in the church that my brothers and I left, and apparently that church has improved in its views (great for the current generation, I guess). But for the first time, in decades of being in church and afraid to disobey and displease our parents, we have an understanding of unconditional love. Keep doing your videos - I’ve just shared your channel to my entire crew of fellow former churchmates (who are my childhood friends), and we are finding so much through your work.
Aaron Abke for a Joe Rogan podcast! ❤ Edit: The fundamentalist line of thinking of Christ is that Jesus was THE son of God, but the mystical interpretation is that his STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS was what God was referring to, and NOT his person!
I've come completely around to the other side of "trumpeting" about mysticism. It needs to be seen as a common experience, so let's just say what we are. 💚 Western culture is pretty unique in all this ego-tripping over spiritual growth, and even humility is used by the ego as a show. I've grown so sick of seeing it that I am happy to declare with confidence: I know exactly who & what I am.
I'm truly glad you are putting yourself out there Aaron, teaching in an honest manner, and with such wisdom, you surprise me. lol don't let the haters get you down. you will reach millions. tc
Christ The Dimension 👍🏼✌🏼❤️✋🏼🧘🏻♀️👌🏼🙏🏻🕉️😇🌸Though I am Hindu Mystic 👍🏼but I Adore Jesus The Mystic👍🏼✌🏼🙏🏻🕉️ Hari Om Tatsatt 🧘🏻🙏🏻🕉️ Jai Shree Radhe Krishna jee kee 🙏🏻🕉️🙏🏻✌🏼🧘🏻😌🏹😇💐
I would like to encourage all who resonate with this beautiful message, to consciously watching the Dark Crystal prequel on Netflix. It absolutely rocked my concept of duality to the core. Peace be with you all 💗
Thank God for folks like you. Find and read the Orthodox LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT and practice their meditation and prayer practices. It's just one example among many of Christian mystical and monastic meditative practices.
After spending years trudging through fundamentalism and dualism, I am now convinced that the mystical path is the pearl of great price of which Christ taught
Don't be deceived this guy is into yoga. And worship of ra. See his other videos
@@mysteryandmeaning297 watch the video again
you bet!
@@mysteryandmeaning297 worship of Ra would be fundamentalism. It would be the worshipping of an idea, aka idol worship. I’m guessing (I could be very wrong) that you come from a religious background with hints of fundamentalism dashed in, and are projecting that form of worship onto Aaron. He and Ra teach you to not look Without towards concepts but to look within towards the kingdom of heaven Jesus spoke of
Absolutely! It all fell into place whenever I discovered the mystical path
I discovered on my own that God is within. When I speak of it most think Im crazy, so I don’t speak of it. Glad Ive finally have a name for my beliefs
Eastern philosophy taught this before Judaism. Some may even consider Jesus the second coming of the Buddha
But we are so small. There's much bigger than us. A higher power is outside of you.
@@Postulatedstate but you are within the canvas of that higher power. It’s like saying a fish in water is separate from water when in reality it is eating drinking breathing and made of water. Or saying a wave is separate from the ocean when in reality the wave is made UP of the ocean and is simply an expression of that very same ocean
That of God within is the central teaching of Quakerism which is experiential rather than fundamentalist in following the teachings and example of Jesus Christ.
Muchas gracias por estos vídeos. 🫶🫶
“Religion is the water that makes you thirsty. But Christ is the water that satisfies. But not Christ the person, Christ the dimension that lives in YOU.” 💜 This is so fantastic. Thank you so much Aaron for putting this so eloquently. I’ve been living this way for years, no longer going to church but still loving Jesus in my heart. I practice yoga and meditation too and have been studying the teachings of Indian mystics such as Sri Ramana Maharshi. I don’t tell people that I’m a mystic, although one time my friend asked me to define myself, and that was the best word I could think of to describe it. I hope that word doesn’t get popularized because then it will start becoming “egoic.” But thank you so much for explaining to folks the differences here. Even though it’s actually been around much longer than fundamentalism, lot of Christians haven’t yet heard about Christian mysticism, and YOU are the perfect person to explain it! 🙏🏼 thank you Aaron
Hey buddy, just a reminder our closeness towards should should not in any way lead us to avoide people.
Completely agree! ❤
Beautiful Aaron!
"Christ the dimension that lives in you" good stuff❤
[AUTHORITY OF FINEST REALM] Who are you to judge him?
I think the future of the church is mysticism. Back to The Future.
You Got That Right.
Shamanism.
"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you"- Jesus Christ, KJV.
Where does it say that in the Bible?
@@Joyyyyy17 luke 17:21
KJV
That is a pretty direct statement Christ stated. He also stated God does not dwell in temples built by man, but within you...you are the temple!
@@jeffxcc ohhh interesting. Could you show me which verse?
@@jeffxcc 1 corinthians 3:16
‘’Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?’’ 😁
This is so beautifully said and true! ❤
Hi Aaron :) Blessings to you and your family! I subscribed to your channel in 2024 and was just made aware of THIS playlist Moving Backward in a different way more recent video. I’m so grateful! 😉
A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended.. Thank You Very Much For Sharing..
Good video bro!
"It's only when a person has tried to find God outside of themselves (over and over again) and failed miserably, that they finally turn their attention inwards"
Thank you so much for your videos so life changing
I love this series so much. You have such a gift at disseminating information so clearly and succinctly.
Concepts are like steps up the mountain. Then we ascend to the summit, and we must leave leave such steps behind and open our eyes to our now higher views upon creation. First climb. Then, do that.
Very well explained thank you
Suffering is an excellent teacher!
Thank you for sharing your story, I love your channell. I grew up as a Christian and then had a mystical experience and had the same realizations. Its good to hear a perspective of someone who grew up Christian. And thank you for sharing the books. Im excited to read them.
Thank so much. 💕🇨🇦🙏🏻
The resonance !!
I recently discovered Centering Prayer after getting interested in meditation a few years ago. It’s brought me full circle back to God, after abandoning him because of my fundamentalist upbringing.
There is so much synergy between so many different practices and ideas about truth. This channel condenses all of them into one place. My heart is full and my mind continues to be blown.
Thank you, brother!
Me 2! Found GOD within me through meditation. Love it. I look at it as a gift from our eternal creator
Twenty minutes later and i'm only half way into this because i keep having to pause it because it's so good i must write it down. This needs to come with a downloadable transcript. This is the best well understood and non judgmental explanation of mysticism and it's roots i have heard. Well done Arron. I grew up fundamental baptist until my early 20's when i left the church. But spent all those years with an aching feeling that something was just off in the juxtaposition between what i felt in my heart and what the church was telling me. Since then i have spent the last several years feeling like i was getting ever closer to God but yet at the same time believing less and less about what i knew Christianity to be. So much so that i had to ask myself, "is it even honorable to call myself a "christian" at this point?" It wasn't till recently when i went through my own dark night of the soul that i discovered that all my life what i really was, was a christian mystic playing a fundamentalist. Talk about clarity! It gave a new lease on God. I went from wanting to get rid of it all to now just wanting to be soaked in wonderment with everything i can learn. This is the feeling i was trying to have with God all those years but always felt was just never quite attainable for me. Keep on with these videos man, you are surely showing the Christ within you. New to your channel but your intro looks like your from SF. Do you know any good churches or organizations around the area that teach to this more contemplative mystical way?
Excellent… I can’t thank you enough for everything you do
Great video, thank you. 🙏🏽
I do not like to discredit any religious practice, if it resonates for another, but I can live by and share what I understand, for the highest...
Wow. Thanks so much for cutting through lots of tough questions. I've been a Christian for over 40 years and have studied mysticism/contemplation for about 3. I'm convinced this is the true path Jesus taught. I so appreciate you not throwing fundamentalism under the bus but actually embracing it's value. Always happy to meet like minded people. I just subscribed and plan to delve deeper into your channel as time allows. Thus video made my day! BTW, some of my favorite authors are contemporary ppl such as Richard Rohr, Merton, Keating, etc. I find the older texts hard to understand tbh.
Discovery of the beauty and perfection of self is the last thing religion would allow, but gives you access to the very thing religion seeks but but cannot find: love.
Your words bring tears in my eyes brother. Keep shining that flame of truth. With you in spirit 🙏🏽😌❤️
Dear Aaron, thank you so very much for your talks and teachings! I have done the dogma thing to death in my life, and it’s taken years to get myself to the point where I was “so thirsty “ for the Christ that I finally gave in , and after all those trials I went through, I can only shake my head at myself!!! But I forgive myself for being human! I’m still learning, of course, but this is where your discussions came in. I truly appreciate you for sharing your experiences and knowledge on this issue. Blessed be Aaron, take care always. Brigid O’Connor ( from Australia). 🙏🌹💚💕
Love your channel! I fell into a painful spiritual awakening spawned by suffering and awoke a mystic! Couldn't be happier or more excited about each and every day to come. These events were not a mistake. You are a wonderful teacher Aarom
Thank you, Aaron! Love your Moving Backward Series! Great stuff!
I've never seen a video that explains this in more simple terms than you did. Well done!
wow excellent lecture. please be safe. ❤️
Aaron! Much love 🥰💗💓and light surrounds you in my minds eye right now! I’m 53 was raised in church, I am so thankful for you! I totally get what you are teaching , it’s what I knew inside already 😍 THANK YOU for stepping up and speaking out, for all the hard work you’ve gone through to this point , you are a shining lighthouse. 💓💓💓👍
Thank you, thank you, thank you for spreading this information. I am so happy to see more and more people turning inward. ✌️
Thank you for articulating this so beautifully for us all. It's what I've always known and felt, so lovely to know there are others out there too, in the mist.
Thank you so much. I have been pulled in discerning from what I feel the true love of God is and new age things in order to get the confirmation today of what I have been experiencing. God is Good all the time and all the time God is good. So blessed. Thank you for being a vessel of Truth of the mystic. Helps one skip the path of getting into the trouble waters before you find the path of Truth. You spoke my heart in this.
Thank you for your description, loved your video. Fundamentalism repelled me from christianity for years and I created a lump judgement there was nothing truly spiritual there. The softer, practical truths I found in eastern philosophy's eventually guided me back to the wisdom and love in what (I would now call) christian mysticism and the use of the Bible (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth).
I have found that there are many paths so long as you keep seeking the light 🦋
Thanks Aaron - you explained the distinction perfectly.
i love this so much. thank you aaron🙏
The mysticism-fundamentalism scale is brilliant. So correctly describes the path many of us are on.
Moden Western churches need to adopt more of the ways of the old mystic churches...incense, slow omming music, etc.
Thank you for this video It was really beautiful
I'm so happy I found this channel. I come from a Catholic fundamentalist background. I steeped myself so deep into the writings of mystics like this that I eventually found myself having to choose between following God or my religion. I chose God. Coming full circle back to these writings is truly exciting!
One question if someone were to say that Christianity is a lie or that just man-made would that offend you or create doubt's in your mind
@@theguyver4934 It doesn’t really matter to me anymore. I don’t rely on any tenants or doctrines anymore. I take whatever helps and let go of what doesn’t. When people ask me if I’m a Christian now I prefer to say no. My beliefs are not easily explained and I am always open to whatever God leads me to consider. I do believe that a lot of beliefs regarding Christianity have been fabricated to serve those in power.
@@christiepatterson67 - Wait are you saying that the holy Bible is not reliable or that the resurrection of Jesus is not real do you believe in the reliability of the new covenant
@@theguyver4934 I am saying I don’t know the answer to all of those things and I’m also saying I don’t really care what the answer is.
@@christiepatterson67 - Wait don't you want the legacy of the cross to flourish till the day of resurrection
You are such a wonderful and inspirational teacher Aaron. Thank you so much for what you do 🥰
I found your, "station", from a friend that was in the Metaphysical Jesus website and quite a few people had recommended your Law of One series which in turn, she recommended to me. I started with that and have worked my way through virtually every playlist you have, and have just now made it to this one. Man, I could have used this about two years ago. It probably would have saved me a lot of grief. I literally came undone after reading a book by Richard Dawkins. It was like being hit by a truck. Just a big ole dose of facts about the Christian church, the bible, etc. You could have peeled me off the ground for months. It messed up my immune system and my whole body came out of alignment. I had to work my way back from it after my religious, "beliefs", got burnt to the ground. Thankfully I have found exactly what I was supposed to and my faith is stronger than ever, but built on the rock and not on the sand (religion). I've never experienced this kind of freedom. I have read articles like, "Putting Hell in the Handbasket", and I've read plenty of books (Eckhart Tolle, Eric Butterworth, etc) and I am really into epigenetics and nutrigenomics so being into energy work and spiritual practices is important to me, but nothing and no one else has brought it all together the way that you have. I knew my lense needed to be changed and although I made a lot of headway by doing my own thing and seeing Jesus and his teachings through a metaphysical perspective, you have brought it into fullness for me. You are waking people up to the freedom they already have, but don't know and that is wonderful! I have cried happy tears through this entire playlist so far because now there is a place that I can point people to when they want to know more instead of recommending a library of books for them to probably say, "No thank you, that's not for me, to (pun intended)"
This is kingdom work! 👏 LOVE IT!
I love you, Aaron!! Thank you for sharing your heart and your brilliant insights!
I'm so glad that you have covered this. I grew up in a very 'fundamentalist' type of belief and although I held to it, aspects of it just never resonated with me and I lived this life long battle of resistance bc of it, constantly questioning which cut into my degree of faith making me feel disconnected & lost.
My transition came from my own painful awakening before I even knew what 'mysticism' was or that it was or could be Christian.
Once the connection was made, the pieces seemed to simply fall into place and I've never felt so connected to everything & so much spiritual peace within myself.
It's hard sometimes tho, especially in the beginning, to be so quickly judged by others of fundamentalism who accuse me of false beliefs or demonic practices, quick to condemn...
I've prayed on it quite a bit, scared I was going down a dangerous path but instead of finding confirmation in that, it's been quite the opposite lending to an increased sense of inner peace and satiation.
Thank you!
Loads of quality packed into this short video. Not only is your content great, but your tone and production quality is 💯.
Thank you so much. I'm ecstatic to have found your channel!
this is great info thank you! I am very much a Christian mystic, and I do experience that God lives within me, but I wouldn't say that God lives "ONLY" within the self. But presenting mysticism and fundamentalism as opposing poles is extremely helpful. Nor would I say "NOT Christ the person" but I would say YES Christ the PERSON who lives in me! Thank you!!
This has been very insightful. Thank you
I love this and am loving my journey in Christian Mysticism. It started when I was very young and had phenomenal supernatural experiences with God 🙏
I found your teachings a few weeks ago. They truly resonate with me. I started studying the gospels very intently 4yrs ago. About a yr into it I realized that what I was getting from Jesus teachings was not what I was getting from chrurch.. as I would try to explain to my fellow Christians my understanding they would just look at me crazy or blow me off. U do an excellent job of explaining and expounding my understanding. Wish I could explain it as well to others. I want to share your work with my kids but the occasional cursing still disturbs me a lil. So many preachers out there looking for reasons to call us heretics because they dont understand it and the cursing doesnt help. I'm not God so I cant be dogmatic and say cursing is good or bad or right or wrong. I only know it feels negative. It doesnt feel right just like fundamental Christianity doesnt feel right. God bless u brother. I know your message is right amd true in my spirit amd I thank u
It is so refreshing to hear someone explain this in a way that resonates! Thanks for sharing your Gift with us. The Journey to Understanding can be beautiful when there is TRUTH💗
You should add to your list of recent and current mystics Richard Rohr. He's written many books. I particularly like "The Naked Now". Also Thomas Merton.
I'm a huge Richard Rohr fan. I was basically introduced to mysticism through him earlier this year and have read 4 of his books now.
Yes indeed, Thomas Merton.
I used to really appreciate RR but I read some things he said about Christians that made me really take a step back...
@@rigavitch One of the things I love most about Rohr is that I've never heard him say anything ugly about anybody. He's willing to criticize us Christians only because he's one of us. And it's always done with love and hope for a better day.
Wow, thank you so much for this. I grew up in church as well and I think this is what I’ve been searching for my whole life.
"afterlife insurance policy" - so true! Love your work, Aaron!
Very well said, Aaron. You got to the juice of the difference in so few words it truly stoked me. Thank you for your insights and keep it up!
Thank you so much! This helps me conceptualize a lot of thoughts running around in my brain.
Aaron, I feel grateful for the wisdom that you share with us, thank you.
Thanks man! Your grace pours out of this video.
After reading many books on mysticism and philosophy, after listening to gurus, swamis, and traveling the world, it was only until I met the wise Bodhisattva, otherwise known as Huachuma, or San Pedro cactus, who has taught me how to live in the Kingdom of Heaven. It has been a long apprenticeship. But it is true what Blake said, "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite." This is one kind of mysticism, one path of living with nature, and deep contemplation, which allows one to see clearly and know, through direct experience, that the wondrous beauty of Christ consciousness is realer than real. I love books and concepts. But for me, this is the way, the truth, the life.
I enjoy your work and analysis of spirituality holistically. Mysticism exists in all religions and outside the constraints of religion. It goes beyond any fundamentalist belief system. Although I am not a Christian, I have been familiar with Christ Consciousness for years and find it amazing and sad that so many Christians have no idea what it is. I find that most Christians in my experience worship the Bible and without it have no concept or idea as to how to connect with God or Source. Keep up the good work. Your teaching are much needed to help people, regardless of their religion to realize that there is so much more to one's connection to Source that any book or the rules of fundamental religions can offer.
Reminds me a bit of Islamic mysticism and this branch is completely neglected and rejected within traditional Islam. I will dive into Christian mysticism. THANK YOUUUUUU :)
@Adilbek Sultanov thank you very much!! will do.
@William No, is not. Buddhism has no belief towards any kind of God and the focus is on the exercises while Christianity believes in a God full of love and the focus for its mysticism is given by the relationship you create with Christ.
@@AaronAbke Check out Paramahansa Yogananda's interpretation of "Wine of the Mystic." Also Kahlil Gibran.
They are very similar. The path of Mysticism actually reveals how religion is not necessarily the important part.of the journey but rather the turning inward. 🖤
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I have a question l have been pondering on for so long and would love someone to answer if they can. All these spiritual people always talk about, you can attract anything good/bad/evil etc. To what extend is my question? If you fear someone dying, like in my case I was so scared of loosing my grandma and she passed away. Did l attract this? It happened exactly how I feared, in the hospital and she suffered alot :(. But is it so that I attracted the thing I feared the most or judged in fear the most? is it true that you can attract the thing you fear the most, like god forbid someones passing... I would love a conversation about this. It would be very helpful. Thank you.
Looking forward to the posts about mystesism. Thank u Aaron
A very sweet wine, I am grateful, I am humbled... I never understood my need to serve God but I couldn't serve the fundamental church but found spiritual leaders wanting to share my council. Water of life and healer of pain. Thank u 🙏🏾 amen ase hotep namaste from africa. We are definitely one body of christ king.. I'm jumping on my bed dancing before I go to work. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🇿🇦
I'm so intrigued by this video. Thanks for posting this!!
I grew up in a Christian home, grew up in abuse until age 17, came out at the age of 18, and then my Mom died a few years later. After a lot of interesting events occurring, I didn't even know if I believed in God (I was 22). After about 8 months of wondering and wanting to end my own life, God intervened in a way that I never thought was possible and I was by myself in my apartment at the time.
I then started going back to church about a year and a half later. It was needed to come back to my foundation, but I started finding myself drained by going to church...and I actually felt LED AWAY from church. After seeking mentorship from my mentors of a couple years (who are also Christians), they told me, "We don't go to church, either. It's okay if you don't".
I believe that Jesus was a real person and the traditional doctrine mentioned in the Bible, but I don't believe in "church" the way that we do here in the West, especially when it becomes more of a social club of self-fulfillment.
I'm intrigued to learn more. Thanks again, Aaron!
I dropped out of the church system also. I wanted depth and truth. Couldn't fool myself with dogma anymore
Wow how amazing!!!!
Thanks! Excellent!
So wise, Thank you!
Thank you so much
Love this....the 60's turned my generation into mystics. We saw the hypocrisy in the church and sought love within
Fascinating. Awesome.
I'm in a rabbit hole right now. I had no idea this was a thing. I was always raised that mysticism and Christianity do not go hand and hand. Wow, my mind is blown right now
Very simply presented, will share in the future.
You are right. I’ve met many narcissistic pastors and priests with a huge ego.
Humankind will evolve as we grasp a working conscious knowledge of the "Christ Mind and Heart".
I learned from the Bible. Jesus is Within me and when I Believe..I AM Safe and Free..Love and Peace..Healthy and Whole. 😇 Everything I Need! Thank You 🙏 Jesus I Love 💕 You
Hi this was so beautifully explained! Thank you for sharing! 🌌🦋
I always knew their was something wrong with the church.
Appreciate this message
Instead of us all looking for someone for someone to call our leader, we realise we are the leader.
Another AWESOME video...It is fantastic being able to come to a place where I can actually be fed. I live in Alabama and have pretty much been shunned by ALL of my friends because I don't believe as they do...so I don't really have anyone I can discuss my walk with and I certainly don't have a church I can attend. I was actually told I was being led by the devil and they I needed spiritual discernment.
I posted this on the main comment page, but when I saw your comment I just had to paste this here for you: "Please know if you wish to take a mystic path, you will be cut off and cut out by mainstream hive mentality as an initiation. It will happen naturally, nothing you need to do but devote yourself to the way. This is a gift in the end but can be a painful time if you were tied into a church or even a philosophical view point among a group of peers. If you are already in the midst of loneliness as a wayward sheep...rejoice. He who has ears let him hear."
Aaron, I surely hope and pray that your parents did not shun you, or, if they did that they have reconciled. Otherwise, they are missing a once-in-this-lifetime opportunity to grow and expand...and they are throwing away the opportunity (you) that you all planned together before you came. And that would be a devastating mistake on their part.
Aaron that is wonderful to know...and I am very glad they are so supportive! I’ve thought about that often while watching your videos as you’ve spoken of your very religious background.
Christy Newton I feel you; same experiences here. It is great to know we can find our freedom in this collective consciousness.
Aaron, my parents also understood my separation, once my brothers and I explained what it meant for us. We had to go through a lot of forgiving one another, but I can honestly say that leaving our religion brought love into our family. Mom and Papa still are in the church that my brothers and I left, and apparently that church has improved in its views (great for the current generation, I guess). But for the first time, in decades of being in church and afraid to disobey and displease our parents, we have an understanding of unconditional love. Keep doing your videos - I’ve just shared your channel to my entire crew of fellow former churchmates (who are my childhood friends), and we are finding so much through your work.
You explained this so perfectly.
I feel what you are saying from your spirit brother
Aaron Abke for a Joe Rogan podcast! ❤ Edit: The fundamentalist line of thinking of Christ is that Jesus was THE son of God, but the mystical interpretation is that his STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS was what God was referring to, and NOT his person!
This 3D realm is full of disempowering information. Thank you for this empowering information. - Best wishes to all.
I've come completely around to the other side of "trumpeting" about mysticism. It needs to be seen as a common experience, so let's just say what we are. 💚 Western culture is pretty unique in all this ego-tripping over spiritual growth, and even humility is used by the ego as a show. I've grown so sick of seeing it that I am happy to declare with confidence: I know exactly who & what I am.
I'm truly glad you are putting yourself out there Aaron, teaching in an honest manner, and with such wisdom, you surprise me. lol don't let the haters get you down. you will reach millions. tc
thank you jezus
Good stuff, thanks. I'm surrounded by fundamentalists and starting on the mystic road.
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Your a Genius! I live in Redding and I would love to meet you the next time you guys are up!!!
Fantastic teaching. Really interesting and well informed.
Thank You
Superb, fantastic thank you xxx
I would like to encourage all who resonate with this beautiful message, to consciously watching the Dark Crystal prequel on Netflix. It absolutely rocked my concept of duality to the core. Peace be with you all 💗
Thank God for folks like you. Find and read the Orthodox LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT and practice their meditation and prayer practices. It's just one example among many of Christian mystical and monastic meditative practices.
🔥 just🔥 love.
This is great brother 👌🏼
I love that “ afterlife life insurance policy “ 😂😂. You are amazing!!!!! Your subscribers are increasing so fast. 👍👍👍
Yes! I always mention on comments for othors to find Aarons channel! This is amazing and instrumental to my awakaining! Thank you mr. Abyke!