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

Three Words

Recently, we were watching an episode of “Highway to Heaven” at the Goudsberg. This old TV series, about an angel who is helping on earth, is both funny and inspiring, and we watch it regularly.

The episode we watched that night was about a father and son who had a difficult relationship, and how a health problem of the father brought the father and son together again, with the help of Jonathan, the angel.

I was touched by what I saw. The relationship with my own father, who passed away years ago, had its share of challenges. At the end of the episode, a spontaneous prayer came to me:

“Andre Hottenhuis, God bless you, I bless you.”

I didn’t think about this; it was as if it just rose up from my heart, as a natural thing happening, because I love my father. Straight after this happened, I heard in my mind, loud and clear, three words:

“This is received.”

Andre Hottenhuis

I was startled at first. I didn’t expect it. But it was not the first time things like this had happened. I recognized the frequency and knew that this message came from our Savior, Jesus. He wanted me to know this. What a gift!

So beautiful! My father received my blessing. And this is possible because, we are One. We are connected, all of us, the ones who seem to walk the planet and the ones who have moved on. Nothing can change that.

What a heartwarming experience. I find it difficult to put into words what it meant to me to have received this blessing. And all I had to do for this was to have a little bit of faith, not even a mustard seed. Truly amazing.

I am not special. Anything that is available to me is available to you. I have no idea what it means to you to read this, but I encourage you to have faith that Jesus is literally always with you to help you wake up. You, personally.

Please open up to this. Have that faith that Jesus is with you and that we are all One. I trust that then your experiences will prove to you that this faith is fully justified. Thank You, Jesus! Hallelujah!

On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL, Thijs Hottenhuis

Living from The Heart

On March 15th, we had a beautiful Sunday afternoon gathering with inspiring people who all love to live from the heart. Each in their own way discovering and expressing what it means for them to live from the heart instead of living from the head.

We talked about what we put in the way of living from the heart, exploring our ways of being. How the past has defined our thoughts about how we look and understand the meaning of the heart, and how it has left us alone with ourselves, separated from others.

They all left happily, inspired to let go and surrender to a new way of living. To live more in the present moment, where we come to see that the presence of the heart, call it Love, is always there for us, no matter what seems to happen.

We discovered that the heart is the place from where we connect with others and with The Universal Heart, where we are all part of. The Love that is always present and embracing.

Living from The Heart will have a follow-up program, so please check our website regularly.

On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL,

Daya Mata