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Introduction Electrical Christianity and the Gospel If Jesus Christ were alive today, I believe he would update the Gospel and teach the “brand” of Christianity that I introduce and elaborate on in this book—Electrical Christianity. Jesus’ updated teachings would likely mirror those of Electrical Christianity because spiritual energy is electrical in nature, and if Jesus, a spiritual genius, knew about electricity, he would almost certainly make it a point to explain the principles of spiritual life via the parallel principles of electricity.
The Practice of True Holy Communion Mainstream Christian churches are guilty of an egregious sin: They do not teach their members how to commune with the Deity and receive His Blessing Power, the Holy Spirit. There can be no true religion, no real spirituality, without contact with and reception of God’s Spirit-power. This book provides clear-cut, in-depth instructions on how to directly “plug into” the Divine Being, the Holy One, and literally “pull down” His Power. Grace is not an abstract principle; it is the palpable experience of God’s Spirit-power—and anyone who religiously (or devotedly and
intensely) practices the discipline of true Holy Communion that I present in this book can experience the descent of Divine Power, the Holy Spirit. The true Eucharist, the practice of Holy Communion (which, in its “awakened” form implies reception of the Holy Spirit), is the very heart of mystical Christianity—and I maintain that it is the foremost method for attaining salvation (spiritual en-Light-enment).
Disciples of the Truth who meditate on the parallels between the Eucharist and Ohm’s Law are sure to increase their understanding of spiritual life and improve their spiritual practice.
Ohm’s Law and Spiritual Energy Ohm’s Law, the mathematical equation or formula for an electrical circuit, was discovered in 1827, and is the key to understanding the relationship between electrical and spiritual energy.
This Ohm’s Law-Eucharist correlation, which I call the “Electrical Spiritual Paradigm,” equates Holy (or Divine) Communion with “plugged-in presence,” reception of the Holy Spirit with “pulled-down power,” and self-surrender with “perfect poverty.” In electrical terms, plugged-in presence is voltage, pulled-down power is amperage, and perfect poverty is ohms (relative absence of resistance).
More importantly, you’ll understand—from a scientific-energetic perspective—how to connect to the Divine and channel its electrical-like Power, the Holy Spirit.
Moreover, once a disciple spiritually realizes, or conducts and feels, the electrical-like nature of Spirit-energy, he can use this realization as a springboard to radically intuiting, and perhaps ultimately achieving, the summum bonum of human existence: God-Realization, eternal abidance in Heaven, the Divine Domain.
Electrical Christianity and the Esoteric Tradition Even though I wrote this book in a matter of months, it has really been forty years in the making, and represents the culmination of my spiritual experience and thinking.
Electrical Jesus and a Radical Disciple Jesus Christ was an electrical individual, a revolutionary in the truest and best sense of the word. He was crucified because he was perceived as a threat to the political and religious establishment of his time. Jesus had no interest in political correctness and no interest in a Dale Carnegie approach of winning friends and influencing people. His overriding interest was in saving souls, in providing the masses with a Way to the Kingdom of Heaven, which isn’t of this world.
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Electrical Christianity by L. Ron Gardner presents key insights from the Christian Mysticism tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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