What is the true purpose of Christmas ?

" Ask, and it shall be given you Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened...Luke11:9

..Then said Jesus If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free... John 8:31-32

Gather together your scriptures or parables that Jesus supposed to have said that you have heard as a child or read as a adult that you like , and decide which ones to use on your personal investigation (no more than 20) pick your bits and pieces that you remember put them all on printer paper or write them down by hand.. next fold this paper in half the long way and keep it in your holy book that you are using

Use your list to keep you focus on your bits and pieces that you picked on purpose to get more understanding about them and use the blank side to write notes and write words to look up in the dictionary as you go .. start by finding the pieces you picked and don't be afraid to dog-ear pages to go back for later reading and also underline in pencil things you like but most important leave this book you picked with a long piece of paper inside (waiting ) leave it around where you will see it everyday all year round as a reminder to go deeper.. By Christmas time we have let the world take us away to the point we have forgotten what is essential to us about Christmas .

I used to get very intimated by the bible it all sounded like riddles to me until I picked the few scriptures I remembered as a child and over the years as a adult and studied them and I found out we do not need to understand the whole book just take the pieces you pick and go deeper with these and let it grow .

#1. You have heard where Christ said, "Endure unto the end and you shall be saved." Be willing to endure the onslaughts of false beliefs as they rise up in protest against your decision to live in the here and now. Go to the very end of them and you will find eternal life.

#2. "My yoke is easy, my burden is light." VH commented on this today, saying how the spiritual life and a mind guided by heaven is free-flowing, easy and always enjoyable.

#3. Christ said, "What I do, you also can do." He wasn't talking about healing the lame and raising the dead. People always think that doing what Christ did means doing these things so that the world marvels at them. It means being in the same state that Christ lived in. This you can do!

#4. If you die to everything false IN YOU, you will be born again. Then you will know exactly what Christ meant when he said, "I can of myself do nothing, but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."

#5. "Lo, I am with you always." This is a fact from the New Testament that you will know. No matter what happens to you, no matter where you are or what you are doing, you can turn immediately to this statement and know it is a fact. You can do more than know the words, you can live it. "Lo, I am with you always."

#6 Think of the "parting of the Red Sea" given in the Bible. True salvation is to be right in the middle of the Red Sea, knowing there is nothing you can do, and letting the Spirit of Truth suddenly break through. You ALLOW Intelligence enter the confusion.

#7 VH gave a special exercise tonight. He said that it is a quote from a sacred book that sums up everything we must do. That quote is: THY WILL BE DONE. Work with this, VH continued. Let it become your overall, dominating desire. No matter what situation you are in, want the spiritual Will to be your own.

#8 In the Bible it says, "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it." If you collapse to the old, the new will be constructed in its place.

#9 Christ made a marvelous statement, so penetrating and so insightful, as all true statements are. Christ said, "He who has hears to him, let him hear." Now what Christ was speaking of is spiritual hearing. We must develop our spiritual hearing. Christ understood the Higher World. He knew that you must be willing to HEAR spiritual power as it comes to you.

#10 Love the Creator, not the creation. God created the house. He caused the trees to grow. God, the Creator, is Eternal. You use the creation and it is right that you do. But love the Creator, the Eternal -- not the creation.
Vernon Howard*

Jesus would go from town to town teaching.. and the water wells was a good place where women would come everyday for water and he would talk to them about his father not in the sky but the kingdom of God is WITHIN he said to anyone who would listen to him.. these women would take him home and feed him with food and Jesus would feed them with his words he loved women and had alot of women followers and many men of course because Jesus respected them both..

Q: I am aware that we must make personal efforts, but I am not sure as to what they are.

A: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Jesus)

Q: Then it is correct to say that all wisdom is really self-wisdom?

A: The kingdom of heaven is within. (Jesus)

Q: What good results can be expected from self-awakening?

A: You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (Jesus)

Q: Life gives us so many things to do, it is wise to place first things first. What is the correct order of procedure for life in general?

A: Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Jesus)

Q: Only recently have I become aware of the tremendous value of self-responsibility, which has awakened new energies. How does esotericism teach this virtue?

A: Physician, heal thyself. (Jesus)

Q: We need courage beyond ourselves.

A: Let not your heart be troubled. (Jesus)

Q: Am I correct in thinking that the purpose of this thought is to help us to value what is truly valuable?

A: What is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself? (Jesus)

Q: What kind of person can receive these powers of understanding?

A: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Jesus)

Q: I am increasingly aware of the error of compromising with what is truly right for me. What esoteric principle covers this?

A: No man can serve two masters. (Jesus)

Q: So by daring to stand, a man actually learns to stand?

A: I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (Jesus)