Is Your Dream of Heaven an Illusion? 4 Real Stories That Will Shock You

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  • Опубликовано: 2 янв 2025

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  • @THXx1138
    @THXx1138 2 дня назад +11

    I suffered a catastrophic prescribed drug injury that rendered me in a state of unrelenting torture for several years. Prior to this injury I was very active and capable in my life. Although I was not paying any attention to the profound, yet subtle lessons life was offering. I took freedom for granted. This injury was transformative, enabling me to become teachable. I am able now to find joy in the 'mundane' and appreciate the 'small' things. I've discovered the difference between consuming my freedom and truly respecting it. Having one's health is a treasure. I hope for a heaven where wellness and creativity are part of the 'mundane'

    • @thomastheseer6117
      @thomastheseer6117 2 дня назад +1

      It wasn't the small moments that you appreciated but rather your inner self having joy and peace within those small moments. To try to force a perspective of "I'm enjoying these small moments compared to my freedom big moments" is a form of denial that at some point always comes back to fight against your peace.
      Instead of looking at moments as lessons to be learned, even lessons of physical pain juxtaposed against moments of no pain. As many many many years of back pain on top of life long bouts of bipolar depression and joy, I have now come to realize I AM still the same Being within all those moments. Seeking peace within my mind even during the painful moments inherently takes away all the fear I have during the joyful pain free moments, because I know the painful moments always come back and I have the comfort knowing I can have peace within my mind during the pain. And vice versa in the pain I can have peace.
      Being ok within myself wether up or down.
      Just like Jesus said, narrow is the gate. It is not an easy accomplishment, but it literally cannot be accomplished anywhere whatsoever except from within.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +2

      Such a powerful testimony, THXx! Thank you so much for sharing it. I wish you did not have to go through unrelenting torture, but it's amazing that you came through it with a bigger spirit and a greater openness to joy. I DO think that heaven is bristling with health and creativity -- we'll see! Thanks for tuning in, and glad you enjoyed the conversation!

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      Thank you Thomas for sharing your own strategy for finding peace even in painful times. Back pain and bi polar episodes are big things to navigate and we wish you a peaceful new year.

  • @driftingEchoes
    @driftingEchoes 3 дня назад +9

    Awesome teachings and reflections! Thank you for the hard work researching and producing. Very grateful for the show! 💛

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      Thanks so much, driftingEchoes! Glad the ideas here resonate with you!

  • @radiumdude
    @radiumdude 2 дня назад +6

    Emperor Joseph II of Austria (1741 to 1790) was a progressive ruler, with a genuine passion for making life better for others, the common people. Despite holding all the power and all the wealth, he faced heavy resistance from politics. He left this world burdened and disappointed, his epitaph reads: "Here lies a ruler who, despite his best intentions, was unsuccessful in all of his endeavors.". Regardless: Let’s all be emperors and empresses who find true joy and fulfillment in making things better for others.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      Yes, radium dude -- Let's! What a world-changer that could be!

  • @Drea479
    @Drea479 3 дня назад +13

    So uplifting. Way to spend a Birthday.😊

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +2

      Well Happy Birthday, Drea! Glad you could enjoy some quality birthday time with these two! Blessings to you in your own personal new year ahead!

    • @Drea479
      @Drea479 2 дня назад

      @offTheLeftEye So kind of you to take a moment and send me a note. Happy New Year! 💗

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      We are glad you are part of the conversation Drea.

  • @Chinonye-sj5it1mt5w
    @Chinonye-sj5it1mt5w День назад +1

    Doing our work diligently, honestly, and faithfully is loving God and bringing heaven here and now! Thank you so much Curtis and Pastor Chuck and a happy new year to you all!!❤🙏

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  20 часов назад +1

      Diligently, honestly, faithfully -- a great mantra, right, Chinonye?

    • @Chinonye-sj5it1mt5w
      @Chinonye-sj5it1mt5w 20 часов назад

      @@offTheLeftEye Yes, a powerful one too, and we pray for God's Grace and Love to help us carry on with it always and forever Amen! ❤️🙏

  • @thomasgontarz8986
    @thomasgontarz8986 2 дня назад +4

    Whether its taking a walk riding a bike cleaning the house, uses don't have to be making money to be tools of heavens happiness, great conversation keep up the good work 😀

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      So true, Thomas! "Usefulness" is not the same thing as your job, necessarily, but it can be part of it!

  • @GoodDogBonny
    @GoodDogBonny 2 дня назад

    "Life should be a prayer," beautiful insight. Thanks, guys. ❤️

  • @robchasz1261
    @robchasz1261 3 дня назад +6

    Hope you all had a great Christmas and have a great Hogmanay too 🙂

    • @GingerKral
      @GingerKral 2 дня назад +1

      Happy Hogmanay Rob 😊

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      Thank you, robschasz, and same to you! I've never heard of Hogmanay before, so thanks for teaching me something new! And I've got some Scottish heritage, too!

  • @KelliSwan
    @KelliSwan 2 дня назад

    I just love these videos!
    I've had numerous transcendent experiences in my life, including precognitive dreams. I had no words for many of these experiences - no way to describe them. Swedenborg's work has given me a framework to understand them (a bit) and even start to share them (occasionally!)
    Thanks for all you do!

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  День назад

      So glad you've found affirmation here for what must have been some powerful experiences, Kelli. Thanks for joining us on the journey!

  • @RKroese
    @RKroese 3 дня назад +4

    Yes!
    There is only one truth and everyone sees their own illusion of it!
    Christ is like this, or He would want that. God told me: this is good for you.
    God is who He is and we all try to play along, but we must accept, we are children playing gods in His garden.
    And He loves us.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      Yes, RK -- we are all a different kind of vessel for receiving and transmitting God's love. He DOES love us!

  • @BorisBoris-u9f
    @BorisBoris-u9f 15 часов назад

    Truly a very insightful discussion. Thanks!

  • @lisarodriguez8681
    @lisarodriguez8681 3 дня назад +4

    Heaven os Useful functions and we Can practice here on Earth. This bliss is our reward. Sweet truth for those with ears to hear. For those who are just running in and have doubts, i hope you check out videos on this channel that are more primary about the after life and graphics versus interview style.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      Thanks, Lisa, for directing people to our earlier shows, if they want to learn more about the afterlife and other teachings, in a different kind of style. And I love your first sentence!

  • @PraveenSrJ01
    @PraveenSrJ01 3 дня назад +4

    Thank you so much. Watching the live at 1.1x speed

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      You're welcome, Praveen! It is nice to be able to speed up these long conversations sometimes!

    • @PraveenSrJ01
      @PraveenSrJ01 2 дня назад

      @@offTheLeftEye definitely 😎

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      And still hear the message Praveen!

  • @jonchilds1116
    @jonchilds1116 2 дня назад +1

    A lot of gems in this discussion

  • @reginaldgraham7231
    @reginaldgraham7231 3 дня назад +4

    Paul says in Rom 2 those without The Truth [Law, Bible, Scripture] who do GOD'S Will justify themselves because GOD'S WORD is written in their hearts.
    Good Samaritan parable fits Math 7 where JESUS talks about Judgment of those who did Good and those who didn't. Many who are snug believing their prayers assures Salvation, will be shocked if they aren't doing GOD'S Desire. If you think no Muslims or others will be in Heaven, that's not correct. They are taught Truths in The Heavens. Even Angels who teach continue to learn.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      Thanks for making these points, reginald. We DO keep learning, and it IS primarily the state of our heart that takes us to heaven.

  • @richardnarh7554
    @richardnarh7554 День назад +1

    I like the phrase that we practice or live heaven.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  19 часов назад

      Powerful and immediate, isn't it, Richard?

  • @marywolfe3371
    @marywolfe3371 17 часов назад

    Thank you!

  • @GingerKral
    @GingerKral 2 дня назад

    Fav take aways.... ( we GET to make a difference in somone elses life today) and... not the exact wording but..( Nothing grows on the highest mountains, most growth is within the valleys) ❤❤

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      Great take-aways, Ginger! Thanks for articulating those for us again!

  • @Maroonpanther1257
    @Maroonpanther1257 3 дня назад +4

    I hope someone can explain this to me, but I think all of this is dreams. We have billions of people on this earth and I don't think all these beings go somewhere when they die. How long is eternity? I feel as organisms we just die. It would be great if this was real. This last question to all. Why no one from the Bible has a tomb or we can factually check? The Bible is a repeat of the Book of the Dead. These all stories for comfort to humans. I'm open minded so please help me with this. It seems like an elaborate story.

    • @PraveenSrJ01
      @PraveenSrJ01 3 дня назад

      Human beings are the only intelligent sentient organisms

    • @AnAngelineer
      @AnAngelineer 3 дня назад +3

      I used to think like you.
      But was convinced by near-death experiences, and in particular, the ones involving a miraculous healing that the medical doctors could testify really happened.
      There are also some cases where the "temporarily dead person" saw they had a dead brother or sister that they never heard about, and then they ask their parents if they really had a sibling who died before their birth, and turned out it was right.
      ...Of course, one can always dismiss those stories as being "part of the lie". But personally, they convinced me. There are just too many and a lot of the people to whom this happened do not really talk much about it (which they would if they did lie to "comfort people and get attention").
      There is this part of human consciousness that we really do not understand (yet?), commonly called "soul", which seems to allow those phenomenon that seem magical. Religions were, IMHO, an attempt by out ancestors to understand them, as we have records of NDE happening in ancient times, like in Greece. Religious stories are not all factual. Many are symbolic, just like the dream-like imagery people experience in NDEs.

    • @thomasgontarz8986
      @thomasgontarz8986 2 дня назад +2

      Faith can't be logical if you don't believe that's your choice is there a meaning to life or a higher creator yes

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +2

      Well, Maroonpanther, as long as you're thinking of eternal life as part of space and time, it won't make sense. The spiritual world doesn't take up physical space -- just like our thoughts and feelings don't -- so we don't go somewhere physical when we die. Our spirit just lives on in a different dimension. And we can't grasp the idea of eternity, either, bound to time as we are on earth. But most of us have had an experience of being "outside of time" -- when we got lost in an art project, or when we're with someone we love, and our experience of time passing bears no relation to the clock or calendar.
      But we get to *choose* how we want to believe, as nothing about the spiritual realm can be proven. We get to choose how to hold The Bible or the Book of the Dead or any sacred or inspirational text. What ideas ring true in your heart? What ideas help you live a better life, and nourish love for others in your heart?

    • @lisarodriguez8681
      @lisarodriguez8681 2 дня назад

      @@AnAngelineer Amén and Same here❣️🙏❣️

  • @ilenapop1352
    @ilenapop1352 День назад

    I love your chanel. It give me a little bit of comfort. I just lost my husband at 38 years old and i stop belive in God. I mean it' s not fair. Since his dead i keep looking for something to lean on. Listen to you i have a little hope that maybe there is an atferlife. And maybe i will see him again.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  День назад

      Oh, ilenapop -- Our hearts go out to you at this painful and difficult time! 38 feels way too young! We DO believe you will see him again, and that the afterlife is more real than this earthly life.
      Wondering if you've seen this show we did a while back:
      "Will We See Our Loved Ones in the Afterlife?" ruclips.net/video/9gdngWOvKas/видео.html. Perhaps you'll find some comfort in there.
      May you feel the love you shared with your husband still alive in your heart, and feel his spirit close to you! Sending prayers for peace, healing, blessings, and something to lean on.

    • @ilenapop1352
      @ilenapop1352 День назад

      @offTheLeftEye thank you. I will watch the show. How Flaviu,my husband look like now in the atfer life? There is a body?

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  День назад

      ilenapop yes he will have a spiritual body, one that is strong and healthy and serves him well. Here is a video describing it. ruclips.net/video/QkCZPdCp0ZY/видео.html

    • @ilenapop1352
      @ilenapop1352 День назад

      @@offTheLeftEye thank you

  • @kristakay5117
    @kristakay5117 20 часов назад

    I love that people can bond so passionately with a belief system and it works for them. That they can find a momentum in living that carry’s them through and life works.
    I don’t know what to say about Jesus?
    I’ve had supernatural encounters, no doubt in my mind and yet most of my life seems like a chronic struggle and disappointment. Like I genuinely believed and rallied, fought the good fight, we can do it, thank you Jesus, right into sorrow and exhaustion.
    Now what?

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  19 часов назад

      Sounds so painful to go through that kind of disillusionment, krista. What is it that grounds you and carries you through? Can you name anything? Love? Service? Learning? Beauty? Curiosity? Community? Sending prayers that you'll find something that gives you purpose and hope.

  • @Freddy78909
    @Freddy78909 2 дня назад +1

    Wow I didn't know there were "Swedenborg-ian" churches ... I wonder if there are any in FL?

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  День назад

      There are, Freddy! There's one in Boynton Beach, and one in Lake Helen. You can find info on them if you go to newchurch.org and click on the "Connect" tab.
      I see there are also groups/contact people listed for Destin/Fort Walton, and Tampa/St Petersburg. Every group has a different kind of "flavor" -- maybe you're near one that you'll enjoy?

    • @Freddy78909
      @Freddy78909 День назад

      @@offTheLeftEye I live near Lake Helen in that county. Amazing! Thank you so much. I looked on the Swedenborg Foundation website but didn't find a list of churches. I assumed he only wrote books

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  День назад

      Swedenborg did write books, it is people since then that have organized into communities. My husband used to be the minister in Lake Helen, Freddy. That was forty years ago though.

  • @marksingleton7199
    @marksingleton7199 2 дня назад +1

    Jesus ate a prescribed meal. Passover.
    These traditions were to remember God.

  • @sonyaparkin7841
    @sonyaparkin7841 3 дня назад +4

    💚🤗🙏

  • @PraveenSrJ01
    @PraveenSrJ01 3 дня назад +1

    In my opinion the United States 🇺🇸 is heaven in of itself but many people take it for granted and make a heaven a hell due to greed

    • @AnAngelineer
      @AnAngelineer 3 дня назад

      With your reasoning, all countries can be seen as a heaven that was corrupted by human greed. The USA aren't that special, you know.

    • @RKroese
      @RKroese 3 дня назад +1

      When they say, heaven is here, or look there, or heaven is in the clouds, believe them not.
      For the kingdom of heaven is inside you.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      You may be right, Praveen, that people who have lived in the US all their lives DO take it for granted somewhat. No matter where we live, may we each try to spread as much heaven as we can, by treating people in an angelic way!

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      People are people wherever they live, yes An Angelineer.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      We have access to that heaven when we follow God and love Him, yes Rkroese.

  • @Mtron923
    @Mtron923 3 дня назад

    Mars hill? Huh what was that

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      I'm not Chuck or Curtis, so I don't know, Mtron!

  • @staller3887
    @staller3887 3 дня назад +1

    Did Swedenborg go to a false heaven. It sure would seem so…

    • @RKroese
      @RKroese 3 дня назад +1

      His own sort of heaven. "False" for a given definition of false.
      But you know, Buddha, Muhammad, Ghandi, certain popes. Everybody is somewhere.
      Even Jesus said: Only God in Heaven is Good.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      Who knows, staller. What seems false about it to you?

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      Maybe it matters less where other people go than figuring out what we think heaven will be like, staller.

  • @thomastheseer6117
    @thomastheseer6117 2 дня назад +1

    I disagree with Chuck's assessment of the heavenly festivities turned sour described by Swedenborg.
    It was not an experience to give way to seeing beauty in the everyday experience.
    No
    Those people were allowed to experience all their greatest desires and fantasies of heaven to understand what heaven TRULY is which is exactly what Jesus said "...Heaven is within..."
    All those people craved to go back to their life routine NOT because it is what brought them their greatest joy. They craved to go back to their routine because it was in that routine over time those people reached that space of Home within themselves.
    Heaven is Home within each eternal being.
    There are MANY who don't particularly think their life routine is perfection, but it is where they found their I AM in whatever capacity they embraced it.
    That is why Jesus also said "a house divided against itself cannot stand"
    He was referring to one's I AM and the deep inward search to seek it out and accept it once it is minutely realized. Even faith the size of a mustard seed in one's I AM is the key to one's Heaven. Home
    The inward gnosis of thy Eternal Being
    Which in and of itself far outlasts any temporary desires that come in and go out like waves crashing on the shore.

    • @lisarodriguez8681
      @lisarodriguez8681 2 дня назад

      I kind of think you are saying the same thing … very well said in any case.
      Thank you for sharing❣️

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      Thank you for this thoughtful description of Home and our familiar routine, Thomas. We will each come to see our own place of comfort and belonging.

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад

      Yes Lisa, the two ideas fit together.

  • @Maroonpanther1257
    @Maroonpanther1257 3 дня назад +3

    I'm trying to learn so I'm not being dismissive to anyone's belief or convictions. Jesus did not exist. The only mention of Jesus is in the Bible. No character in the Bible has a tomb or grave. My question is how did Swendenborg see Jesus and Jesus was created in Italy 315 AD? Jesus was just the story of Horus (Egypt).

    • @hot5540
      @hot5540 3 дня назад +3

      Are you familar with "thought forms"?

    • @hot5540
      @hot5540 3 дня назад +2

      A thought form is believed to be an entity or energy construct created by concentrated thought, emotion, or intention. It's thought that these forms can exist independently of the thinker once created, having some degree of autonomy or influence.

    • @reginaldgraham7231
      @reginaldgraham7231 3 дня назад +4

      People in the Bible did have Graves, tombs and burial sites. But they were from a long time ago. A few of them are talked about on tours and such. They weren't able to be kept up like they are now.
      Philosophers, historians, different writers (some religious, some secular) spoke of JESUS:
      Flavius Josephus,
      Thallus, Tacitus
      Mara Bar-Serapion, Paul,
      Celsus

    • @willemcoppieters
      @willemcoppieters 3 дня назад +2

      There is the tomb of Abraham, Isac, Ismael, David, Noah, Moses etc etc. Many if these are Islamic tombs

    • @willemcoppieters
      @willemcoppieters 3 дня назад +3

      There are many truths in different religions, even pagan ones. Jesus had a similar mission to Horus

  • @allen0088
    @allen0088 3 дня назад

    Yep in many life after death interviews people speak of a false paradise. With evil spirits in it. Where do u think this muslims are going

    • @Human-Earth
      @Human-Earth 3 дня назад

      Do you mean the interviews of Near death experiences NDE?

    • @allen0088
      @allen0088 3 дня назад

      @@Human-Earth yes

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  2 дня назад +1

      I wasn't aware that many NDE-ers talk about false paradises, allen. We ALL have some kind of false paradise, I'm sure, no matter what our professed faith (or non-faith) might be. We have expectations or notions or hopes about what will make heavenly happiness -- and we'll have a chance to discover the real answer!

    • @Catherine-u8l
      @Catherine-u8l 2 дня назад

      Are these exclusive to " Muslims" because I've heard countless NDES and haven't come across the "false paradise" version.
      Have heard several " hellish" accounts however.

    • @allen0088
      @allen0088 2 дня назад

      @Catherine-u8l they are on youtube. Definitely false paradise. It was a white woman in it. The God of the bible aint giving followers virgin wives in heaven. There's Definitely a false paradise and not exclusive to muslims.

  • @angiebaker-l7c
    @angiebaker-l7c 2 дня назад

    Why is self love and enjoying creation dubbed bad? I created all, for me by me, all is within, No-thing is outsie of me, my ways, thoughts and words are my own and this is the law of the One I am.. which is each, in the same order. Funny thing..i have no identity in heaven.. seems my two feet are walking fine. Honestly, i feel all are Hollow graphed. I cant tell if the body is real or my own driver board 🎆🎁🩵☺️😍😜😁 and it os GOOD

    • @offTheLeftEye
      @offTheLeftEye  День назад

      Not bad in their proper priority, angie. But I hear you -- God is the all in all!