but without your body to demonstrate heaven on earth what point would there be to life. would a television set be meaningful if it did not reveal a picture? so we are satellite dishes, remote controls and TV screens. mind receives and selects channels and body demonstrates what voice we are listening to. who is your lord?

I thought this such an interesting Heavenletter that I wanted to comment more in depth, when I copied it, the paragraphs did not line uP as much with the original Heavenletter, so please forgive that visual inconsistency.

I feel the comments are not effected as such because of this. I get the feeling that as a whole, the spirit of this Heavenletter is saying that the body is to be taken care of and not neglected, but is not the all and all that we feel it might be. That we may take too much care of it or take it too seriously as being the all of us when is only a part. I think I got that right?

In any respect, this seems much different in respect to the other Heavenletters I've read in the past few months and I'm merely giving my impressions and comments on it.

God said:

The body is the least of you. The body matters to you considerably, yet the body, this shell around you, is irrelevant. Yes, take care of it. Nourish it, and yet not be attached to it. Physical bodies on Earth have become all important. The material cries out to you: "Keep us! Keep us at all costs. Keep us as if nothing else matters." All the while, there are matters that matter far more than the body, what it looks like, how it feels, how long it lasts and so forth.

"I'm not sure I would call the body "irrelevant" that seems to negate physical life itself and seems to be a throw back to the old theology that the body is evil. This Heavenletter does not say the body is evil but "irrelevant?" That seems like a clever way to say not quite evil but close. Or am I missing something? Irrelevant? I don't know if I'd go that far." If you were to say Irrelevant to our Spirit or Soul? Than why even have it?"

And so crimes are committed, and the body that committed the crime is regarded as the whole story, as if the body and its possessions were the whole story. No body is to be desecrated, nor is a body to be consecrated. The body, although a miracle, is nevertheless just a body. Respect it, and yet know it is the tail of the donkey and not the king of life.

"Yes the body is not the whole story, I agree. You are correct we are not to desecrate the body either. To say the body is the "tail of the donkey and not the king of life." is like saying you can go about this world without a physical body, well I suppose, we can as perhaps a free roaming spirit. You would not be able to partake in any of the physical activities as a result."

I well understand that bodies are precious to you. Of course, they are meant to be precious, and yet they are not meant to be the most precious. Bodies are not the fairest of all.

"What is the fairest of them all? Nature? The body is part of nature too no? Is it our Spirit and Soul? Than I ask, why even have a body? Especially if it's "irrelevant' and akin to "the tail of the donkey?"

Of course, you consider the body. I extol you to take care with all bodies and to hurt no body. It is for Me to say when the body is to release itself. It is not for you to say. It is not for you to consider. So I exhort you to love the body, regard it highly and yet put it in its place at the end of the line.

"To say God tells us when we die is again an old theological belief very prominent in society. Yet on a deeper level I think "we" decide when we die. Right now it's on a very deep unconscious level. As we advance more in awareness individually and as a collective, we will be aware that we actually choose when we die, not God. God or Life gives us the power to choose no? Why would God not give us this power as well?"

You adore babies, and you think it is the dear body you adore. The body is dear to you, and yet it is a preciousness that has been given to you far beyond the body. A star has been given to you. A star has been given to you for you to polish and shine, and the baby is a reward to you and the world. To you a night star has been born. It is not seen by day, and yet it is there. You see the star at night, and yet it is no less a star when it is not seen. You are no less a star even when you don't believe it.

"I would agree here that there is much more to us than our bodies."

Bodies carry great light. It is this light you will come to see, and this light is what life on Earth is about. The body holds the light. The body is the torch that holds the light. The light is eternal. The light can never be put out. Nothing, nothing can vanquish the light that shines in everyone and shines in you.

"I like the concept of the body as a "torch that holds the light." Perhaps not the whole light as the body is a limited local geographical phenomena and our light is unlimited."

And so, adore the body you have been given, yet don't adore it too much. Your body is not your lifeline, beloveds. The body has its value, and yet it is not worth a king's ransom.

While your loved ones exist in their bodies, begin to recognize and adore the spirit within them because that really is all that there is. And this is a great deal.

No body is spiritless. No matter how squelched or hidden, the Human Being is a Being made of light.

"This seems to argue that the importance of the body is off less value than the light it contains within it." The body "is not worth a king's ransom" it says, yet what is it worth I wonder?"

Yes, you buy shoes for the body when there is nothing to buy for the spirit. What more can the bright light of love require than the bright light of love? What can be added to your spirit when your spirit is all? Yes, there is something to be added, and that is your recognition, beloveds. When you reveal yourself to yourself, then that is a great addition. Shine the light that you are onto all the light that shines, and you will see the world dance before your eyes.

"Yes our recognition that we are more than our body that we can reveal ourselves to ourselves as much larger grander than our mere bodies are, may in fact make the body work better for us and even change the appearance of it in wondrous ways not yet seen or recognized."

Reading LIGHT of the quality of this light about the body tells me secret I long to know about.
Living long and good, even in a light of sorts, helps me absorb the beauty of these words.
The meaning makes my head spin in wonder that one can see so clearly what the ONE has done
to make me whole and help me know about the living light in a LIVING body that needs to be seen
as God's breast pocket, or perhaps his Back Pack.
The mountains seem so small, as this writer makes HIM look so tall.
What a letter!
George the climber

2 Heavenletter Haikus for you

Hello Friends,

God said respect all
And take care with all bodies
Hurt no body there

God said shine your light
For your body holds the light
The bright light of love

Love, Light and Aloha!