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The Virtue of Positive Disillusionment

At Magnum Opus Ministries Nederland, we often listen to this confronting teaching by Adi Da, who talks about how the world is heavily romanticized by most human beings. He emphasizes that, even though everyone tries to make something different about it, the world is, in fact, a death machine...!


In this video, Adi Da speaks about the necessity to become disillusioned with mortal life in a positive sense. To relinquish the stressful and ultimately futile search for personal survival, worldly happiness, and ultimate life fulfilment. Only then can you be drawn into ecstatically participating in Reality Itself, in relationship to a True Realizer.


Adi Da firmly states that this teaching is not for those who still hope to find lasting happiness in the world. “The teaching of Truth is for those who are disillusioned in the positive sense, who have been sobered in their lives by grasping the nature of existence and being cured of search.”



On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL, Thijs Hottenhuis


The Way to God

A while ago I was visiting a sauna, and while sitting in the bubble-bath, there were all kinds of disturbing thoughts coming up in my mind. Thoughts related to judgement, doubts, and all kinds of worldly concerns.


These thoughts were not making me happy, and realized I had far too much tolerance for this voice in my head, which only wants to distract me from the Light. I then snapped out of this negative, hypnotic state.


I decided to use my time to bless the bubble-bath, to turn it into a Healing Pool, not just for myself, but for all those who enter it. I started praying, building my pyramid, and calling passionately on the Masters. I invited the Golden Christ Energy to charge the water.


My passionate prayers brought me into a totally different state of mind. I noticed I became energized, happy, peaceful, and grateful for this opportunity to be helpful. And then I received some clear Divine Guidance:


“This is the Way to God!”




Wow! Yes, I recognized that this is true. Letting my mind wander is not the way. Being lukewarm about all the Divine Help which is available is not the way either. Passionately reaching out to the Divine Help is the way. Of course!


And I was again reminded how simple this all is. Do I want Light or darkness? Light! Do I need help? Yes! Do I have help? Yes! Do I then call out to the help? Yes! Jesus told us already 2000 years ago, “Ask and you SHALL receive!”


I felt blessed and grateful, and was reminded once again that the teaching we have received is amazingly beautiful, yet it only gets real value when I apply what I have learned. God is already reaching out to me. To come to know that, I have to respond to God’s Call, and let all else go. Hallelujah!


On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL, Thijs Hottenhuis

I Am God’s Son

The whole God-given purpose of anyone who experiences “the human condition” is to remember the Truth about yourself. That is your purpose: to remember that you are Spirit, a Child of God! We encourage everyone to join us in making this remembering the focus of your life.


There are many things you can do which can help you focus on this Remembering. One powerful practice is to declare the Truth about Yourself, by using the Declaration of Perfection from A Course In Miracles:


“I am God’s Son, complete and healed and whole, shining in the reflection of His Love. In me is His creation sanctified and guaranteed eternal life. In me is love perfected, fear impossible, and joy established without opposite. I am the holy home of God Himself. I am the Heaven where His Love resides. I am His holy Sinlessness Itself, for in my purity abides His Own.” (ACIM W-pII.14.1)


When you make this declaration, all kinds of ego thoughts may come up as doubts, comments, or resistance. We encourage you to forgive these thoughts, to bring them to the Light, so you may experience the Truth of these words by giving up all the lies.



This experience can be and should be a joyous thing! It doesn’t have to be very serious, reserved, or ritualized. One example of how to do this in a very lighthearted way is turning it into a song, a rap version of the Declaration of Perfection, as one of Rananda’s students has done:



Maybe you'd like to try this as well, or you want to do it differently. Whatever you do, remember that You are a Child of God, and you have all the help you need to remember this. Hallelujah!


On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL, Thijs Hottenhuis

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