God does not punish. God is Love and knows only love and all things associated with love. God's nature is love, joy, peace and prosperity - creation and expansion of all that is good.
God knows nothing of punishment. It is not any part of His Being. We are the ones who punish Self through the creation of ego. We are the ones who draw experiences of lack and limitation to Self. We are the ones who create the feelings of shame, unworthiness and guilt. Ego, which we have created, maintains its identity and survives through these inflictions.
How long must you torture yourself needlessly? How long must you continue to see through the eyes of the body ensuring your blindness to what is real?
When will you begin to seek that which is real? Turn to your Creator freeing yourself from the bondage you have created and chosen to see. How long will you continue to focus on the effects of things, being tossed about by the storms of illusion? These things can only bring the experiences of pain and suffering - why do you continue to choose this way? They deliver pseudo feel-good feelings at best.
There is another which brings peace, joy, love and prosperity - contentment. It can be found but must be sought after, just as you would seek diamonds or gold. It does not rely on environment or circumstance to find peace, love or joy for It is all these things. Here you will find your resting place. Here you will find your place of origin of which you have always been a part of but chose to blind yourself to, thinking you knew of a better way. Here you will discover you and your brother are one - there is no separation, there is no specialness, there is no judgement.
Return, oh wretched soul of mine, to who I truly am. To the One who created me in His likeness and therefore I am a part of - capable of all things.
With quiet gratitude and praise for all things, I retreat from the turmoil of illusion to that place of assurance within.
I shall never punish myself again but continually look for the joy, with gratitude, in all circumstance. For I am love, joy, peace and abundance of life - outside of these things there is nothing that is real. I am as God created me and I can add nothing to this for there is nothing else. I and my Father are as One.
Father, be my Friend, Holy Spirit, be my Guide, Jesus, be my example that I may follow.
My mission - purpose - is to assist others to achieve a higher quality of life and understanding - realizing their passions and purpose in life through gaining clarity of thought and definiteness of purpose.
