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time and space. From a worldly perspective, you may be very successful or wealthy. However, you gradually learn to release the strong mental and emotional dependency on worldly acquisitions and begin to identify with God Who dwells within. You belong to the Spirit, which is universal, non- dual, eternal, unborn, in nite and dwells within all that exists. You belong to the Universal family and honor all beings and all things. You no longer tremble during storms of insecurity that sweep over all objects and attainments of this world. You have built your house on the solid rock that Jesus speaks about, and you are not shaken even during the torrential rains of af ictions and the raging winds of adversities. Freed from the cycles of birth and death, you enjoy unbounded bliss and limitless peace! You have attained the Kingdom of Heaven of the Bible, the Nirvana of the Buddhists, the Moksha of Vedanta—the highest goal of all mystical movements.
What Is Spiritual Rebirth?
Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher Who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with Him.” Jesus