Author: Shane

I am a family man of God first and foremost. I love my wife, two sons and daughter very much. After this, my life pretty much revolves around technology, music, writing, poetry, drums, dancing, singing, building up, and unifying others. I love learning, pro-actively gaining experience through what I've learned, then sharing the joy of my experience with others. My life is dedicated to loving and serving my Lord, through helping and blessing others.

The Creation, Creatures, Forbidden Fruit, and Fall

Whose Seed Should Be In Itself

On Eden, our Mother Earth, God created a paradise garden. He created vegetation, creatures, and one son and one daughter. The son He called Adam, and the daughter He called Eve. Eve’s name was significant, because she was created on earth, at the evening, or at the end of an old life, where we had previously lived with our Heavenly Parents.

Once on the earth, God and Jesus Christ, commanded the creatures to be fruitful and multiply, separately, and at a different time, than Adam and Eve’s commandment to be fruitful and multiply [and replenish the earth]. See Moses 2:22

If not so, the commandment given to the creatures, would have been void unto them, if it were to be contingent upon Adam and Eve’s decision to partake of the forbidden fruit, which did make their bodies capable of having seed (children).

The creatures also, were created whole and innocent, without the ability to have seed (offspring), like Adam and Eve, but they were made to eat the grass, herbs, and other forms of vegetation and plant life. They did not eat any other creatures, on the earth, in the seas, or in the sky.

The plant life, herbs, and vegetation, were created already with seeds in themselves, to reproduce after their own kind, but again, the creatures and mankind were not created thus.

The creatures were commanded to eat of the plants, herbs, and vegetation, and to multiply and replenish the earth, which they could do, having to eat the vegetation, already created with seed in itself, for in eating the seeded plant life, their bodies were then made able to have seed, or offspring.

Adam and Eve were instructed to eat of every fruit from every fruit tree in the garden, except for that of the forbidden fruit, which they were commanded not to eat from, as it was from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This fruit tree was the only fruit tree with seed in itself already, and was none other than a fig tree in the midst. This tree, with seed to reproduce itself, did change the bodies of Adam and Eve also, in a way that they too could reproduce, but in order to have seed (children), they both needed to partake.

This being the case, all of the other fruit trees in the garden were not originally created with seeds in them, but were spontaneously created by God. See Moses 2:11 and 29 where it reads, as regarding the fruit trees of the garden, “…whose seed “should be,” and also, “shall be” in itself, meaning that the seeds were not in them yet, but would be, after Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit, and caused the earth to change too. Thus this did also take place during the fall season of the earth, and was fitly named.

Upon Adam and Eve’s partaking of the only fruit tree in the garden which did have seed in itself (the forbidden tree’s fruit), their bodies were changed, in a manner in which their bodies could then begin to have seed and reproduce.

Because of their inherent knowledge as children of God, and knowing they should not partake of this fruit, as was commanded by God, and having partaken of this fruit, with the genetics of it passing into their bodies, the ability to have seed became a reality. Their bodies then became mortal, which introduced sin and death into the human cycle of life on earth.

The animals and creatures bodies were created from this same earth, but were without the same knowledge as given to mankind, and were to eat freely of the plants, herbs, and vegetation, which did already have seed in itself, and did cause the animals and creatures to have the ability to have offspring, without the same repercussions as Adam and Eve.

In other words, only Adam and Eve could have caused the fall, because of their being the divine seed of our divine Father and Mother in Heaven. With their inherent knowledge endowed, which came from their being the direct offspring of God, and so they were commanded not to partake.

Adam and Eve were only given to eat fruit, and not the herbs nor grain, until after the fall. They also had no knowledge to kill beasts before the fall, and with no need to harvest, nor eat by the sweat of their brow, they ate only fruit, because it was in abundance, and all that their bodies needed.

Since they originally were innocent, but had an awareness of the commands given to them by God, they were held accountable for their transgression, and once they had eaten from the fig tree, which had seed in itself, and their bodies changed, when their bowels released to the earth, its deposit of sin (or unhealthiness), they also now having a knowledge, the earth too was changed, and became fallen, wherein they were driven out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth, eat by the sweat of their brow, and shepherd flocks and herds to eat.

From that time on, they had to prepare the ground, be the stewards with the seeds which God’s good hand did provide them, and produce the fruit trees, and other food giving plants and herbs they now needed, to sustain their fallen bodies. Adam and Eve planted their fruit trees, instead of God continuing to create them spontaneously for them. Now, outside of the garden, they had to prepare the earth’s ground for planting, and also adjust to their fallen bodies, and new diet of animals, grains, herbs and vegetables.

Because God was not to bring death or sin into the world, as a righteous God, and by the standards of heaven, God had commanded Adam and Eve to not eat of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, but even so they did, in which the plan of salvation and happiness could be brought about. In other words, by having become aware of evil, along with the good, by disobeying a heavenly law, they now could have the opportunity to learn, learn through having children, and have the opportunities and the tests of life needed, to prepare them and us, to become more like our Father and Mother in Heaven. For by Adam and Eve came the fall, even so by the fall, came we into the world.

Shane

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The Psychiatric Medications Dilemma, and their Solutions

A Catch 22

When it comes to overcoming mental and emotional health deficits, it’s like a catch 22. For with having legitimate mental illnesses, and taking psychiatric medications, in order for one to really heal emotionally, so they can move forward, they would generally need to not have to take psychiatric medications. This, because with the drug induced disconnect, of having an unnatural high from taking medications, they would then not be able to emotionally connect with their emotions, to be able to feel them to heal. For to emotionally heal, one needs to feel their damaged emotions, and work their way through them, through a variety of therapies. On the other hand, if a mentally ill individual is off their medications, then they would not be in a healthy state of mind mentally, to do what would normally need to be done therapeutically, to emotionally heal, such as talk, or any other forms of effective therapy, to overcome these deficits. With legitimate mental illnesses like mine, meaning the physical brain has a chemical malfunction, no matter what the cause, be it stress, street drugs, or even being injected as I was, medications are most definitely necessary.

It is worth noting here, for further understanding of these medications, that a study done by the University of Utah, showing by scientific experiment, that the same areas and chemicals in the brain that are effected when one feels the Holy Spirit, are the same in the regions and chemicals effected, when one uses drugs, illegal, or otherwise prescribed (psychiatric drugs – which are a slow release version of such). The difference is, that one way is healthy, true and right, namely the Spirit, and the other ways are unhealthy, not normal, right, or ethical. In the case of mental illness need, as a consumer, I must do the next right thing, and that is to take my psychiatric medications, regardless of the disconnect.

Also, as a consumer of psychiatric medications, I feel it is always naturally harder for me to feel and have the needed love connections with others I desire, because of the medications, but with them, I have a much better opportunity, for with a more proper, stable state of mind mentally, I can still at least still be somewhat in the same ballfield as others, no matter how sundry I play my role. For by stimulating and altering my brain, even though it is not natural, I can at least begin to have some grounding beneath me to stand upon, to do so. Otherwise, I’d be a downtrodden mess, not even a spectator of the game. I take my medications very seriously, and though I don’t have the actual thing I want, I still choose, knowing better, the next right thing.

Now, because I have not had the seamless emotional connection route with others, this has consequently been a huge contributor to my sexual addiction, and also why I felt I never fit in with the Addiction Recovery Support Groups.

Also, the facts exists, that antipsychotic medications are made from the same sources and substances, as what unlawful drugs are made from, and many mentally ill people use street illegal drugs, to “self-medicate.” The difference is, these medications, which are strictly controlled, are actually made to be a “slow release” version of these same substances, and sometimes made to be combinations, or “cocktails” of them. Do not partake of any drug, unless it has been prescribed by Doctors as medications. This is very important.

Another factor, is that these drugs in their illegal use form, which send a person’s brain chemistry up way too high and fast, and then back down lower than before, are harmful to our brains, and the extremity of their effects are not healthy or good, and can actually cause mental illness problems.

I believe this injection would have killed me, except for the miracle I experienced, which only happened because I keep the Lord’s Word of Wisdom, which is the Lord’s health code with covenant promises from Him.

This injection happened when I was 17, and because of being around these demonic people who did this, I was programed and treated very negatively by them all growing up.

So, being all compounded, with all these worst-case scenario mental illnesses, brain damage, emotional baggage, plus having evil spirits having a more direct access to me because of the mental illnesses, having a thinner spiritual veil, where they could directly torment me, and all these combined in the very worst of ways possible, only the Lord knew, and could comprehend my lot and course, and what it would take for my recovery in life. Fortunately for me, with Him, anything is possible. And I mean everything!

It wasn’t until much later, under the direction of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, that I was healed of the brain damage, even to the understanding that I had even had it in the first place. For, a person who has brain damage, doesn’t know they have that ailment, because that part of the body which measures self-illness awareness, is the brain, and if it is not working properly, it cannot discern the challenges it faces.

After this brain damage healing miracle occurred, through a priesthood blessing, I became much smarter, more aware of things, more capable, and all around more intelligent, than I could have previously comprehended.

This miracle took place when I was 40 years old, as I was constrained by the Holy Spirit to finally ask for a priesthood blessing to heal my illnesses, for I had previously felt it was not God’s will to ask of this. I also thought the blessing was for the mental illnesses, not knowing about the brain damage.

In the blessing I experienced, something very interesting, miraculous and marvelous occurred, in this phenomenon of my brain damage healing, which is a story for another time. Nevertheless, this healing proved to be a life changer for my entire existence.

However, things did not play out in the way I had expected, for in the blessing were stated these specific words, “To stop taking the medications.” So I did, and I then had the experiences I will share here, which eventually led to me finding the solution, at least for me, of emotional healing, despite mental illnesses and Psychiatric medications.

For although the brain damage at this point was completely healed, I went off all my medications, and experienced the following, in which I found the solution to the problem of the Psychiatric Medications Dilemma for myself.

There is a solution, which I found spiritually, in the crucible of a very difficult experience. It was then, when I was off my medications for 3 months, which was the second and last time of going off my meds, which occurred in my mental health maintenance experience, each time lasting exactly 3 months, that this occurred.

The first time I was off meds, happened when I lost my medical benefits, and couldn’t afford medications. This literally happened because I married someone who is not “disabled.”

Now, during this second time of no medications, the Lord allowed me to see certain things spiritually, for with mental illness comes having a thinner spiritual veil, and being off my medicines, this veil is even thinner. I could also feel more certain parts of my emotions, because of not being on my medications, which would normally block them. And with God lifting me up, and sustaining me, somewhere in the middle ground, between my mental, spiritual and emotional health, I was in a place where I could function well enough, howbeit under very difficult circumstances to endure, being immersed in an enigmatic environment and experience, that I could thus be inspired.

During this duality of environments, both spiritually, emotionally and mentally, it created the proper laboratory of learning and revelation, which for me led to the miraculous blessings of emotional, spiritual and mental healing, all to the large degree which I experienced at that time. This was what I received at this time, following these specific instructions from the Lord, which I will describe here:

Picture this, say I was carrying some emotional baggage and pain in my body in my back, between my shoulders. The Lord would then take his atoning sacrifice experience, and apply his atoning blood and healing to me on the molecular level. Such as where there was a body cell of mine, carrying a grievance or sickness from a bad life experience or abuse, the Lord would then apply, cell to cell, His atoning blood and sacrifice, and l would truly be healed in that place, and in that way, both physical and spiritually, thus bypassing the need to talk about it, or have any other form of modern therapeutic processes.

Think of this in a multiplied manner, where many cells are addressed, and you can begin to see the real healing which took place. This is how the Lord worked in me, to help me heal more, emotionally and mentally, during this off-medicine experience.

Now when I did finally get back on my medications, after 3 months of not being on them, after God communicating to me in no uncertain terms, that I must get back on them, immediately, right then and now, I have seen a major difference in my improvement. For I am no longer emotionally tied down to the emotionally disabling baggage deficits I once had, and I am free to move forward.

For mentally, I was cognizant of, and could do much more, thus allowing me to be more successful in my life’s dreams and ambitions. It was a slow, uphill battle to return to being stabilized, but once returning to the medications, and since then, it has been an upward growth and trajectory path for me, and I love it. It’s not easy, but it’s worth every bit.

Because the brain damage is gone, and I’m also emotionally/mentally healthier, things are far, far better. I have discovered that I am smarter, wiser, and can comprehend and do much, much more than I ever could before.

Now, switching tracks back to these medications, which have to be strictly controlled, for an overdose of them will potentially have the same “high” effects as the “street” drug versions, but also be more deadly, because they are more potent. This is because they have more drug dosage in them, so they can last longer over a longer time period throughout the day. This is why people die when they “drug” overdose with these controlled medications.

Either way, illegal or controlled, these substances both have their negative effects on a person’s life. But at least for a person with mental illness, who when using controlled medications for their treatment, can gain sanity, usually minus having solid emotional connections with others. With mental illnesses, and having a lack of emotional self-connection, it makes it difficult to have healthy relationships with others, and all the other quantifiers which make recovery virtually happy.

With mental illness, all the very things needed to succeed in life are striped away, and blocked from life for good, without the hope of renewal. Unless, one travels on the road less traveled, and fights.

Let’s face it, interpersonal connections are needed, which if had, these friends and good relationships most always add to an individual’s mental and emotional stability, providing more strength to their recovery foundation, for the road of health they are traveling on. But this usually isn’t the case, and for the most part hasn’t been for me.

In my own circumstance, because I have full on legitimate mental illnesses, and in my own opinion, the worst of the worst, yet am doing the best of the best, the only way in which I can ever expect to fully experience a whole, full, and complete recovery and healing in this life, is if I were to continue on my medications, and work very, very, very hard, as I’ve been doing all along, while allowing God to carry and help me, and become as mentally and emotionally strong and healthy as I possibly can, that I’d be placed in a situation and position, where I’d be in the presence of the first presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and have their hands placed upon my head, and pronounce upon me a priesthood blessing of healing. That within this profound blessing would also be pronounced the words, to “Not ever again take medications.” Then I’d be healed and free! But until that happening, I will always take my medications. The only way I can see that ever happening for me, is if I was to be seated before the first presidency, as part of being set apart as a further covenant and ordinance, in that of being called to serve the Lord as an especial witness of Him, and no longer be limited, as a servant son of His.

So, if you can begin to understand my thinking on this subject of the Lord’s continuous revelations to me concerning His will over me in this matter. I’ve known about this calling since I was 14, before any actual mental illness problems ever evolved, but that’s another story.

I know that the things I’ve struggle with, the Lord knows, and He also knows and has a way of reconciling my trials, while strengthening and teaching me at the same time. Pretty awesome how He works. I’m very grateful for the medications, and happy to have to take this cross to bear, even if it is my only means to properly prepare me to bless the lives of many others, through the miraculous journey I’ve been on. I hope I can be an advocate in the future for folks, maybe by being a public speaker or keynote, or even some sort of advocate or facilitator.

Something I have been pleasantly made aware of, is that even though I have severe mental challenges, and have needs to take medications, I am still all here. Meaning, I am still Shane Robert Brown. Every part of who I am is with me. I am me, and am happy to be me. I am physically trying to live out my life spiritually, the best way I can and am.
One other thing to note, is that because I’m always on a somewhat drug induced high, it’s more difficult to recognize having the Spirit, because as before stated, the Spirit activates the brain in the same areas as the drugs do, prescribed or otherwise. Thus, the pull for people to utilize and sell illegal drugs is so high. Pun intended. They get the high, but without doing the work to get there.

But know also, that part of feeling the Spirit is also an emotional effect. For the Spirit speaks to our whole souls, both the heart, and mind. But the drugs only pull at the mind and brain, striping the sacred experience in half. This is why I feel so blessed to have been emotionally healed as much as I have, to be able to recognize this, and to have some of these sacred feelings restored. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Shane

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40 Years

Penitence

The other day I was talking with my Dad and Mom, discussing the church’s curriculum for this week for, Come, Follow Me. This we sometimes do at my Mom’s and Dad’s house, which I really enjoy very much. We talked about how the Lord told the children of Israel they couldn’t enter into the promised land, because Moses had asked God to spare them when He was going to destroy them for their abominations? It was because Moses had not provided them with the proper view of the sanctity of the Lord by doing so. Here is the verse in Numbers 20 explaining this.

12 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

One day of sin for them was to be counted for a year of wandering in the wilderness for the children of Israel, because of the severity of their abominations. 40 years in the wilderness for forty days. We also know that one thousand years our time, is a day unto the Lord, so in this regard, the Lord was being fair, time wise. Plus, the fact that they only lived so long, lines up perfectly with the divine plan of our Father in Heaven, for there is nothing random. As always, I love this kind of thinking, and I hope it’s also edifying for you.

So the Israelites may have been spared, but oh for such a time to repent in the wilderness, a total period of 40 years for the 40 days they misbehaved. 40 years of grueling penitence, for what time they may have enjoyed in the goodly land God had promised to give them for their posterity. Although their repentance may have made their 3rd estate (post mortal life) better, I would have liked to have avoided such a consequence in the first place! The things we do here count, and in a big way!

It ultimately comes down to a simple application of the gospel plan. Like my Dad and brother said, trust in the Lord, and obey His commandments.

Shane

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The Animals Entered 2 by 2

Listen to the Lord

It was the Lord who individually chose, and spoke to each animal chosen to enter into the ark. However, Noah, the Great Steward of Refuge in the First Provocation, was to speak unto them as the conduit from the Lord, to the animals He so chose. The animals did so in obedience, to the command given unto them through Noah, the Great Patriarch.

It was the animal’s tendency towards being obedient and docile, that they were chosen, among other aspects. It was by prayerful righteousness, and the spirit of discernment, that Noah and his sons, the sons of righteousness, were able to go out among the species in their natural habitat, and bring them aboard from abroad.

For in those days, the earth was filled with violence, among men and also among the animals, which also had to be destroyed, but the righteousness were sparred.

Shane

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The Beguiling Serpent

And he and all they that followed him were cast out

So, when Lucifer was cast down with all his devils, where did the others go, when he came and tempted Adam and Eve? Consider this verse from Moses 4:6. For clarification, the brackets denote my input, and the parentheses are an actual part of the scripture verse therein.

6 And Satan put it [his evil spirits] into the heart of the serpent, (for he had drawn away many after him,) and he sought also to beguile Eve, for he knew not the mind of God, wherefore he sought to destroy the world.

Remember, if Satan can take over the heart, and the serpent was already the best candidate for this. See Moses 4:5 below, than he can control the whole creature.

5 And now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which I, the Lord God, had made.

So, with the evil spirits dwelling in the heart of the serpent, Satan could then command it, as he does his followers, and with them, he spoke to Eve, through the body of the serpent.

Shane

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Natural Man & Woman vs. Spiritual Man & Woman

You Decide Which Side Presides

The Father of Nations, Bearer of the Abrahamic Covenant for the House of Israel, Sealer of the Promised Land

Question: Mosiah 3:19 tells us we are “natural men” and “women” from the fall, and that we can only “becometh a saint” through the Holy Spirit and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Watch the above video, and listen to the audio below, and explain what these things mean to you in the comments, and what the process is as you have experienced it. Also, what stories can you find from the Holy Bible or Book of Mormon which exemplify this process?

A Mighty Change of Heart
by: Spencer J. Condie
Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
October 1993

Listen to the above audio talk from Elder Spencer J. Condie, and then answer the question for yourself in the comments section. Then you can read my answer below as well. See how yours compares.

Answer: Being a natural man or woman means that we are failing life, or living life through our body’s natural senses. We are thinking with our fallen physical brain, seeing with our fallen physical eyes, and feeling with our fallen physical hearts, for our body has these functions, even as our spirits do, but fallen.

To be a spiritually minded, hearted, and seeing Saint, we must use our spirits as our consciousness, rather than our bodies. We need to have an awakening from the word of God in our souls, where the Holy Spirit can, and has quickened our understanding. We do this as we utilize the atonement administered therein. Through the Holy Spirit we can have power over our bodies.

Living as a spiritual man or woman, our spirits think more quickly, and our bodies are strengthened through the Spirit’s manifestation. Our hearts become purer with the Holy Spirit’s essence and presence, and we are living the life God is living in us. This is what is known as living with the Gift of the Holy Ghost. To do so, one must have been baptized and confirmed with the power and authority of God, and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost, under the direction of one who holds the priesthood keys to do so on earth. Our hearts, minds, bodies, and every facet of the members of our body are then elevated and strengthened in Christ.

Many people do not realize this, but to the natural man or woman, the so called, “subconscious” part of our existence, is really our spirits, thoughts (mind), feelings (heart), etc. If you are a natural man or woman, the veil, or our bodies rather, make it so we can’t be as aware of this part of our spiritual self, but it is still in us, because it is us.

Depending on how we follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, or the Gift of the Holy Ghost, as we are obedient to the commandments of God, the effectiveness with which we utilize our spiritual man or women self is lessened or increased. For we truly are our spirits, and that which we pick up “subconsciously” by our spirits, doesn’t miss a thing, and still does affect us in the things we do. We do need to allow our spirits in Christ to have control over our fallen flesh body, rather than the opposite.

Now, after the resurrection, our bodies will be united with us, in a way in which they will actually a part of our literal identity. We will then be a “complete” soul.

Shane

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The Good in the Bad

Seek ye the better part

I will now teach you from the education gained from my life’s suffering experiences, the purposes of why we face such trying difficulties in life. For they who are the righteous are the willing, and are called upon to help bear their share of the ill “by-product,” from the weight of mankind’s sinful experiences. This, to help off-set the negative effects from the deeds we all commit, for we are all connected, and we all sin.

Every choice we make affects one another. We cannot separate this reality. Those who do bad can still be blessed by the good actions of others, if they will allow it. Likewise, the good can be tried and blessed, by choosing to act appropriately, in the face of the negative choices of others who error.

We do this by making good use of the Lord’s atoning power, who does take all things upon himself, and who also does carry the bulk of the rest of the residual effects of the sins of mankind. Yet, if we don’t repent, we cannot stop the negative motions of our choices, but by the grace of Jesus Christ, and others, who by using the atonement of Jesus Christ, can act appropriately, and turn the tide, thus stopping the negative cycle in that regard. In this blessed gift is the spiritual gift known as becoming a peacemaker. We all must repent, to do our part to help all the human family of God.

Life is this way, because God needs and wants each of us to grow, and if when we repent, all of the effects of our sins were completely swallowed up without any consequence, no one would ever learn, change or grow. We do need to forgive, repent, forgive and repent, and all throughout our lives, become like our Savior and Heavenly Father, eventually gaining that which we came here to acquire. The absolute necessary experiences of our own, to progress on toward the next phase of our life, even past the portals of death.

While we do our best, and very best to lift, no matter where we stand, we can then bless all others by choosing the better part. We need to choose to use the trials we’ve been given in this divinely designed infrastructure, to aid in stopping the negative ripple effects of the collective whole, not allowing them to overcome us, nor to pass on to others, nor future generations. We do need to support each other as the children of God we are, and with this time of test and probation, we, who are the noble, are called upon to take the surplus of the extenuating circumstances of sin, for those whom we are truly responsible for, even all our dear brothers and sisters, for we are indeed their keepers.

Every time we act or react in a situation, this causes an equal positive or negative effect, and we get to choose for ourselves, what types of actions we will take, good or bad. In the face of this divinely ordained, God given model, we can do good even in the smallest manner, even unobserved by another human being, such as reading the scriptures, and this will be sent out into mankind, in very real and substantial ways, through the positive vibes and ripples it creates in the lives of others, affecting all for good.

Yes, every story matters, and every life accounts. You are well beloved and known. You are important and irreplaceable. Your actions of good matter. You are so desperately needed. Whatever we are not able to bear in patience, in this divine framework and design, the Lord will carry, and He will always be with us!

Shane

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My Thoughts on the Sacrament and Ongoing Restoration

First the water (blood), and then the bread (body)

Just as was in the order of the offered atoning sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ:

First, His blood was shed for us in the Garden of Gethsemane, in the which he suffered for all our heartaches, pains and infirmities, as well as all abuses suffered, and even things albeit, inflicted by God Himself, for our own growth in His purposes.

Secondly, Christ’s bodily harm. This, because we need Christ’s forgiveness from all our sins. His scourging, and placement of plaited thorns, as well as nails pierced in sacred place, being hung in shame, and spear thrusted through His sacred side. He partook of our sins, in the Garden of Gethsemane, when He partook of the bitter cup of the effects of all our sins, handed to Him by Satan, with the punishments that accompany them, into/onto his body, organs and flesh. And with His goodness, He neutralized them with His own sacred blood and body, letting them pour out through his pores, in the which His beloved heart also burst inside his beloved chest.

Later, He took on the punishments of our sins through His torn back, pierced hands, wrists, feet, head, and side. He died, thus having overcome all our sins, for He had taken them all into and upon Himself, and it brought Him to the death He offered us, to bring us all to life in Him, even eternal life, as we transform our eyes, to see the beauty of his agony, and the wonder of his love and life He obediently gave.

He was not killed, even after all this, for He willed Himself to live, even at the cost of having His Father’s sustaining help removed from Him for a time, wherein He had to sustain Himself, under all that pressure. Then, when it was done, He voluntarily commended His Spirit unto God His awaiting Father, who could not wait to embrace His faithful and beloved Son.

The significance is this, we all need love, before we can repent. This is why Christ suffered our afflictions in the Garden of Gethsemane first, wherein He took our pains, infirmities, suffered abuses and so forth, infusing into them metabolically, the true essence of His love (charity), wherein the bad blood was neutralized, when met with the good in Him.

Afterwards then, came the scourging, mocked crowning, carrying “our” cross, and excruciating crucifixion, all to the point of bringing into his soul, through the Father’s holy will, the punishments for all our sins and transgressions.

My thoughts on this are thus, as the Lord prepares His Saints to become more worthy and ready for more blessings, He will then restore the proper order of the Sacrament, even as the Lord replaced the Law of Moses with the Sacrament in the first place. This will mean, partaking of the water first, and then the bread. For He first loved us, before we could love Him. We need to be loved, before we can repent. Thus the blood, and then the body, or, the water, and then the bread.

There will be no other changes to the sacrament, prayers or otherwise. Also to remember, that the Priests are not blessing the tokens of His flesh and blood, but we are asking God the Eternal Father Himself to do so, as is stated in the Sacrament Prayer.

However, our receipt of these blessings is upon our faithful repentance and obedience. We must do as the sacramental covenants require and promise.

Note: These are my thoughts only, and not coming from the heads of the church, meaning, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Shane

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Improving Family Relationships through Communication and Forgiveness

Families Can Be Together Forever

I recently had a crucial conversation with my Mother. It started out with her just checking in on me to see how I was doing, her knowing I’d just received my second dose of vaccination for COVID 19, in my line of work.

After we’d finished discussing this topic, she asked me if there was anything else I wanted to say to her. At first, I hesitated inside, but in this case, my heart and spirit won out, and I carefully and bravely began to share some things I’ve had issues with family members for many years.

I went on to express and share openly, telling her how I felt. She listened, and when I was done, she spoke, and I listened. Together we were able to learn from each other, and see more of the picture of the puzzle to these painful and unsolved matters.

As we spoke truth in love one to another, as illuminated by honesty and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the very real and impassible barriers of emotional and mental turmoil were opened, and I could finally begin to choose my pathway home, of healed and repaired relationships.

My spiritually relatable thoughts on this are as follows:

Relationships are based on love, love is built on trust, and trust is built on communication. If we stop communicating, we stop trusting, and thus loving.

Being away from someone to get some space to learn and grow is fine. In fact, this is the best choice in many cases. However, in the Lord’s good timing, a window will be opened, and the Spirit will direct when it’s good, and how to reach out to make amends and forgive. Many times, people who’ve really been hurt, close off their hearts to protect themselves from getting hurt again. While this serves its purposes, there also comes a time when strength in vulnerability has a place.

Life is so precious. So are relationships and salvation. They go hand in hand. We need each other. Don’t let pride, fear, jealously, past fights, selfishness, arguments or anything else win the war over you and your family line, both past, present or future. Your division effects not only you and your individual disputes. They effect both before and beyond, and sadly, into the eternities, where it will be harder to resolve such tragedies. Trust me, you will want to be more proactive in your building of family ties, if you knew what you’d be losing, and the glories you could’ve gained and enjoyed.

Shane

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The Tyler Wilkinson Vision

Be Mindful of What You Ask For

There was a time in my life, when I had been tried on different medications, none of which had worked. I had been unstable, and piled upon with much abuse, torment and emotional and mental strain. Even having experienced ritualistic abuse, and an injection of a poisonous drug, which gave me the severest of mental illnesses, and also brain damage. Even such, that I had unspeakable mental and emotional baggage, increased demonic torturing, because of having a thinner spiritual veil (giving them a more direct access to me), and an all around life damage, which only God could undo and correct, and over a much longer period of time in my life than I could have ever known or anticipated at the time.

One night however, while I was still fresh in the beginning of my recovery, having finally been tried on a new medication that actually started to work, I had been watching an inspirational video on tape (VHS). This video portrayed a young man who in high school back in the ‘80’s had been a phenomenal athlete.

He was and is a Latter-Day Saint, and starred in baseball, wrestling and football. He had many great things going for him, including scholarships, which he was very excited about, and was planning to utilize, and even marrying his high school sweetheart. One night however, when he was driving to see her at her dance competition in Springville, UT, he was very tired, and fell asleep at the wheel. When he woke, he was facing an oncoming semi-truck, and Tyler over-corrected his vehicle to miss the collision, but in doing so he rolled his vehicle several times.

Tyler was left a survivor, and a quadriplegic. Instead of letting his new life take him and his ambitions down, and love for excelling in life, he did not relent, but became and did other things, which surpassed many others in a similar predicament.

He pushed and pushed himself into and throughout his recovery and rehabilitation, in very rigorous and devoted ways. He wanted the blessings!

After watching this video of him, entitled, Tyler, A Real Hero, narrated by Steve Young, I was powerfully moved upon. It was later in that same evening, while walking through the living room area of my parent’s home in California, that I said into the wide expanse above, “Tyler, I want to meet you.”

Later that night, I then said my prayers, and went to bed. Then, in my disheveled dreams, I was among the unhealthy individuals I associated with, in my not too far distant past, playing football with them. Then, Tyler appeared there, and he was on my team. He was with me, giving me confidence and advice, and soon we conquered and walked away from the game.

Somehow I found myself in the living room with him, where he was standing in the very place I had cried out my heart’s desire to meet him.

He began to talk with me. “So, I understand that you are going through a hard time right now.” he said.

And then he told me how he had also been through some very difficult things. He exhorted me to start going forward again, and that things which were holding me back for so long were gone. He advised me to make good of my situation.

I began complaining saying, “But you don’t know what I’ve been through, what it’s like. You can’t possibly understand.”

“Yeah, maybe,” he stated, “but you can still do as I’ve done, and overcome.”

Then I continued complaining to him, saying, how hard it was, and that he had no idea. I then said, “This isn’t real, how is this even possible anyway!? You’re alive somewhere else, and I’m here!”

He then said, “We have our ways.”

To which I said, I can’t do this, and you can’t help me!”

To which he replied, “Then why did you ask me here?”

And he was slowly gone…

I then walked over to the family stereo, touched it, and inspected it, then looked around, and went back to my bedroom, got under my blankets, and went to sleep.

Shane

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