My 'religion?'

Master Sha has always taught that he is not teaching religion. However, as his student and one of his certified master teachers, I realize that we share a deep and abiding belief in a highest spiritual entity. Call it the Divine, God, the universe, Emptiness, Nothingness, the Tao, Allah, the Source, Supreme Consciousness - whatever. In my view, these are simply different names for the same entity. "Religion" has become a somewhat loaded word. Too often, it has signified throughout history and to this day sectarianism, factionalism, rigid sets of organized structures, tightly held creeds, persecution and war. For this reason, many people identify themselves as "spiritual" but not "religious." I would like to rehabilitate and reclaim the word "religion." Its Latin origin is rooted in "moral rightness, obligation and worship." A religion is simply a belief system that addresses the soul or spirit and a higher entity. In these neutral terms, I realize that I do have a religion. My religion is unconditional love, unconditional forgiveness, unconditional universal service (the title of this blog) and total GOLD (gratitude, obedience, loyalty and devotion) to the Divine. My spiritual practice is my religious practice. My life is my spiritual practice.

A great new spiritual film: Soul Masters

I'd like to digress a little by telling you about a new documentary film entitled "Soul Masters: Dr. Guo and Dr. Sha." Dr. and Master Zhi Chen Guo is Master Sha's most beloved spiritual father. In China, Master Guo is known as "the Master who can cure the incurable."

This heart-touching film gives you a window into the most amazing possibilities for healing and transformation. It is a preview of Heaven on Earth. As a student of Master Sha and Master Guo for more than eight years, I have been privileged to witness the “miracles” that come through their healing channels and healing techniques almost every day. I am really thrilled that many more people can witness these miracles now, which include recovery from pancreatic and other types of cancer, and from chronic pain and immobility due to arthritis and injury.

Even more, this film will tell many, many people that these experiences are available to each of them. I hope you will be one of these people. But don't take my word for it. You can read reviews on Amazon.com. You can also watch a trailer for the film at http://www.soulmastersmovie.com/ and read what Dr. Norman Shealy and Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith said about it. If you don't want to purchase a DVD of the film, you can watch it through online streaming for just a few dollars.

As the police chief who received one of the many remarkable healings in the film said near the end, “This is real.” Heaven on Earth can be real. If we join hearts and souls together, Heaven on Earth will be real.

With love and gratitude,

Allan

What Is Universal Service?

OK, let's move from service to universal service. What is universal service? It's very simple; in fact, it's exactly what it sounds like. It's service to the universe, which means service to all souls in the universe. This is a simple concept, but it's not a small one! As Master Sha teaches, everyone and everything has a soul. You have a soul. Your heart has a soul. Your right shoulder has a soul. Your energy centers have souls. Every cell in your body has a soul. Every molecule of DNA and RNA has a soul. Every atom, electron, quark and lepton has a soul! Not only that, animals, birds, fish, insects and the simplest bacteria have souls. And let's not stop there. Not only animate, "living" things, but also all inanimate things have souls. Anything you can think of or imagine has a soul! So, there are countless souls. You could even say the number of souls that exist is more than countless! (This actually aligns very well with my academic background in mathematics, where there are many "infinities" in the form of transfinite numbers. Infinity has layers. The number of souls in the universe would probably relate to what the mathematician Georg Cantor called the Absolute Infinite, which he equated to God. One of the aha moments in my spiritual journey is that the Soul World and the Divine are very logical! I'll explore this from time to time in this blog.)

I think you can begin to appreciate how vast the concept of "universal service" is. Is it something that is even possible for you and me as mere human beings to offer? Yes, it's really very simple!

To be continued . . .