In my experience, when I talk about the beautiful things I have learned from Jesus and Mary, most people believe that I have a mental problem. Sometimes I will send Youtube videos, even short ones, to friends or family and they will either not be watched, not be commented on, or the person will watch it briefly, find something they don't like about it and discontinue watching.
I have told more than a hundred people (perhaps even hundreds) that I believe Jesus lives in Australia and most of them think there is something wrong with me.
People wouldn't know the truth if it slapped them in the face.
There was a common analogy that was drawn in the church I was raised in to do with Jesus' life on Earth in comparison to Sun Myung Moon's life on Earth. That analogy was that, of all the people living at the time who could have listened to and followed Jesus, few actually did. In fact, people were not even impartial. They violently opposed him and then killed him. Sun Myung, who claimed to have received the mantle of the Second Coming of the Christ, drew that illustration to explain why people persecuted him.
I no longer believe Sun Myung is the messiah, although he was a great purveyor of elementary spiritual truths (among them, the idea that the spirit world, our ultimate home, is a wide and varied place with many levels rather than the common Christian belief of there being merely one Heaven and one Hell). Now I am following a man who claims to be Jesus and who I believe is Jesus in Australia.
But I don't follow him because I have a mental disorder. To be perfectly honest, I do have mental disorders. I am a compulsive overeater. I have dealt with severe depression and thoughts as well as attempts at suicide and I have had the swings between mania and depression. But these things do not take away from the fact of myself being a logical person who can comprehend, register, and retain important information as well as use discernment. Anyone who knows me can see that.
Unfortunately, most people are not willing to get over the fact that I believe Jesus is on Earth. On the one hand, there are the people that believe Jesus will come back but only in a showy way with trumpets and glory. On the other hand, there are the people who believe that whether or not Jesus existed in the first place, no, he cannot then return because... no one returns, that's crazy talk.
My willingness to accept the idea that this man in Australia, Alan John Miller, is, in fact, Jesus had to do with my interest in the subject and my openness to the idea that there was something to the phenomena of a man in the first century who seemed to have a far greater insight as to who God was and what the Universe was and the multiple instances of claims the world over of people who believe that they are Jesus which is often related to profound insights although varied and often discordant.
People are not willing to accept the idea that Jesus lives in Australia. But the real shame here is that most people won't overlook that fact simply to venture an inquiry into what he actually has to say.
The proof is in the pudding, and, as Jesus even said in the first century, "you will know a tree by its fruits." I have looked at the fruits that Alan John Miller bears. I have listened to his teachings and have found the most enriching, stimulating, and thought-provoking material in it.
Just so any one who reads this has no confusion about what I am saying, allow me to reiterate this fact. I am so enthralled with the teachings that I have heard that I am willing to commit to researching them actively in my own personal life to the point that I have devoted large amounts of personal time to and attention towards the pursuit. And to further punctuate that point, most of the things I have learned have had real-life results which goes on to secure their relevance to me.
I wish that others would see past the idea that this man is Jesus to learn about the things he has to say. To me, an openness of heart would be the starting point to a potentially meaningful, new direction in life.
I have told more than a hundred people (perhaps even hundreds) that I believe Jesus lives in Australia and most of them think there is something wrong with me.
People wouldn't know the truth if it slapped them in the face.
There was a common analogy that was drawn in the church I was raised in to do with Jesus' life on Earth in comparison to Sun Myung Moon's life on Earth. That analogy was that, of all the people living at the time who could have listened to and followed Jesus, few actually did. In fact, people were not even impartial. They violently opposed him and then killed him. Sun Myung, who claimed to have received the mantle of the Second Coming of the Christ, drew that illustration to explain why people persecuted him.
I no longer believe Sun Myung is the messiah, although he was a great purveyor of elementary spiritual truths (among them, the idea that the spirit world, our ultimate home, is a wide and varied place with many levels rather than the common Christian belief of there being merely one Heaven and one Hell). Now I am following a man who claims to be Jesus and who I believe is Jesus in Australia.
But I don't follow him because I have a mental disorder. To be perfectly honest, I do have mental disorders. I am a compulsive overeater. I have dealt with severe depression and thoughts as well as attempts at suicide and I have had the swings between mania and depression. But these things do not take away from the fact of myself being a logical person who can comprehend, register, and retain important information as well as use discernment. Anyone who knows me can see that.
Unfortunately, most people are not willing to get over the fact that I believe Jesus is on Earth. On the one hand, there are the people that believe Jesus will come back but only in a showy way with trumpets and glory. On the other hand, there are the people who believe that whether or not Jesus existed in the first place, no, he cannot then return because... no one returns, that's crazy talk.
My willingness to accept the idea that this man in Australia, Alan John Miller, is, in fact, Jesus had to do with my interest in the subject and my openness to the idea that there was something to the phenomena of a man in the first century who seemed to have a far greater insight as to who God was and what the Universe was and the multiple instances of claims the world over of people who believe that they are Jesus which is often related to profound insights although varied and often discordant.
People are not willing to accept the idea that Jesus lives in Australia. But the real shame here is that most people won't overlook that fact simply to venture an inquiry into what he actually has to say.
The proof is in the pudding, and, as Jesus even said in the first century, "you will know a tree by its fruits." I have looked at the fruits that Alan John Miller bears. I have listened to his teachings and have found the most enriching, stimulating, and thought-provoking material in it.
Just so any one who reads this has no confusion about what I am saying, allow me to reiterate this fact. I am so enthralled with the teachings that I have heard that I am willing to commit to researching them actively in my own personal life to the point that I have devoted large amounts of personal time to and attention towards the pursuit. And to further punctuate that point, most of the things I have learned have had real-life results which goes on to secure their relevance to me.
I wish that others would see past the idea that this man is Jesus to learn about the things he has to say. To me, an openness of heart would be the starting point to a potentially meaningful, new direction in life.
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