I have a lot of opportunities to be dishonest and immoral. There are things I could do that probably would go unnoticed.

I choose not to do those things.

Don't get me wrong; I am not a saint. I have a list of bad habits and issues. I am, however, working on those things. I desire to make others feel good and to resolve the things inside of would me that bring sufferings into the world.

I explain these things about myself because I live a really blessed life. We have friends. We have jobs we like. We have family. We have community. We live in a beautiful part of the country. Life is good - really good.

People might call me lucky or born under the correct stars, but I really don't think that's true.

If you're turned off by Christianity, you can stop reading here. For me, my spiritual walk has opened my eyes to the fullness of God (which includes inner divinity in addition to external divinity).

Anyway, my good life started with my mom. My own death scared me when I was 5. She put this idea in my head that I needed to believe in Jesus. For a while, on my spiritual journey, I thought that was ridiculous. I've since come around.

Continuing on, at the age of 9, I "invited Jesus into my heart". The words here are important. Now, they say "accept Jesus as your savior." At 9 years old, I had the perfect storm of circumstances. I sat there in my pew, torn between accepting Jesus into my heart and being embarrassed in front of 100 other kids. I heard myself say (in 2nd person) "FirstName, this is it. This is your eternal salvation. You need to do this." I shot up out of my seat. I was the first kid down there with tears streaming down my face.

It's obvious to see that I manipulated by the fear of death and that the message instilled by my mother at the age of 5 propelled me to make that choice.

You may be like "oooooh, death? that's bad!" I've come to learn death is not bad. However it happened, it was meant to be. It was planned, orchestrated and executed flawlessly.

So I accepted Jesus into my heart. The idea was he was supposed to come into my heart and guide me so that I stopped doing bad things. I can say for maybe 2 weeks after the event, I felt different. After that, I just went back to being a kid.

30 years later, I have this great career, a wonder wife, great kids, wonderful friends, a beautiful home. Lately, I started to wonder why.

Looking back, I cannot remember a time when I would allow myself to take advantage of other people. Sure, I do things that harm myself spiritually but I don't cross that line and harm others.

The truth is that the entity popularly known as Jesus did enter my heart. The Christ energy that has been bouncing around the planet since Abraham has settled within me. It has been at work in my life, nudging and correcting and doing things I didn't plan. It brought me to this state of bliss.

Humans suffer on Earth. There are, however, two halves of that coin. On the other half, there must be humans thriving. What determines who get's what experience?

Your heart.

Are you selfish? self-centered? have you done things you regret that even now hold you back? This path will draw you down a hole of despair. You will enter hell on Earth if your heart is dark.

How do you get out?

Change your heart.

Grow a conscience. Make an agreement with yourself that you will work on the negative behaviors that are sucking you down. Then, actually do it and take action.

You don't have to give it a name, but making an agreement with yourself to be a better person will change your life.

I assure you that the mechanisms that create hell and heaven on earth are real. They serve to separate the chaff from the wheat.

We are in this time of transition. The future is bright and it's inhabitants have good hearts. The people that do not fit that description will not be apart of that future.