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Personal Note From the Author

Dwight Nichols

 

 

When I wrote my first book, Listening to Ourselves: The Key to Everything that Matters, I had no intention of writing anything about Jesus, God, heaven and hell—anything about religion. However, while writing Listening to Ourselves, I became aware of the fact that something quite significant is missing in modern day churches. I would write something and then realize that what I said is what Jesus meant; however, what Jesus meant is not what I had learned in the church. At that time, I did not know that David the Psalmist said, "Be still and commune with your own heart" … the same thing as being still and listening to ourselves.

 

Also, while writing the subject book, I wrote about being still, paying attention to insights, and getting an inner knowing and understanding. This is the same thing as communing and understanding with our heart, which is the secret left for us by Jesus and Isaiah for discovering the truth that would save us. This is made clear in my latest book, Peace, Truth, Love and Joy: What the Bible Is All About.

 

I realized that what I was writing is contrary to what many people believe and that many people would resist and resent what I was saying, although it is consistent with the Gospel that Jesus preached. While writing, the title of a song by Kris Kristofferson kept popping into my mind: "Why Me Lord"? The only sensible answer seemed to be, "Why not me."

 

I knew that what I was saying is true, and truth has never harmed anyone. The old myth, "truth hurts," is false. On the contrary, truth is the only thing that brings us peace and joy—what everyone desires.  The myth, truth hurts, is based on ignorance and ego thinking.

  

One of the greatest lessons one could ever learn is the truth about what causes one to experience hurt, or causes one to be angry; it's not what others do or say. Once people clearly understand this, then they are on the threshold of knowing the truth that makes them free ... free from hurt; free from the bondage of fear—free from the world of the ego. 

 

We live in a society in which it does not seem nice to disagree with another's religious beliefs. Let's face it! False beliefs are not divine, sacred, or holy. False beliefs impede us from understanding the Gospel that would bring us peace, joy and happiness, which is the primary purpose for the teachings of Jesus and the prophets of the Old Testament.

 

There is repetition in my writings. I am not apologizing for this. For 2,000 years people have been led astray from the Gospel that Jesus preached. We, our families, our society, our nation — the very world itself — are in need of a healing. The Gospel would heal us; the Gospel would save us. The Gospel would bring us, our families, our nation — the entire world — peace, joy, happiness and harmony (what everyone wants) ... if only we believed and embodied what Jesus said.

 

I have been overwhelmed by the response from readers of my writings. A link to responses follows. The list of responses does not include a response I got from an anonymous caller soon after I wrote Listening to Ourselves.  She saw the book at a local book store and was intrigued by it. However, before purchasing the book she called to ask if the book is based on old new age stuff. It seems that she was looking for something she was not getting in the church, yet she was not interested in anything not consistent with what she was getting in the church.

 

Her response was quite different from that of another caller, who said something like:  "I found your book at the book store. I picked it up and put it down a couple of times and started to leave the store without buying it.  I went back of bought the book, and I am glad I did. It is the most helpful book I have ever read."

 

Comments similar to the above have inspired me study the Holy Scriptures like I had never studied them before. Jesus said, "Seek, and ye shall find." Although it has been glossed over — or ignored — what I discovered is that the guidance for finding everything seekers are seeking can be found in the Holy Scriptures.

 

If you would like to see what several readers of my writings have said, click here: Response from Readers  Regarding these responses, it is significant to know that they are unsolicited—unlike the testimonials that some publishers use to promote books.

 

 

 

Books By the Author

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Listening to Ourselves: The Key to Everything that Matters

Life’s Greatest Lesson: The Message Jesus Intended for Us

Commune With Your Heart: The Only Way to Find Peace, Joy and Happiness

Discover Truth and Be Free

The Truth about The Gospel

Peace, Truth, Love, and Joy: What the Bible Is All About

 

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Listening to Ourselves:

The Key to Everything that Matters  

 

Truth is the solution to all mental suffering and unhappiness. There is one hidden cause of all mental turmoil and suffering, and truth is the only solution. This book simplifies and demystifies the discovery of the truth that sets us free. In all simplicity, we discover truth by being still and listening to ourselves … the same thing that David the Psalmist said to do about 3,000 years ago: "Be still and commune with your own heart." You cannot follow the 30-day program in this book (practicing the exercises seriously and conscientiously) without discovering the truth that sets you free … or at least be well on your way.

Contents

 

Caution - Read This First: How To Get The Most Out Of This Book

1

 

Foreword - How This Book Was Written

4

1.

Introduction

6

2.

Fear - The Devil Within Us

10

3.

The Masks We Wear

20

4.

Why We Are The Way We Are

29

5.

How To Change The Way We Are

63

6.

How To Tame Your Mind

86

7.

Discovering Ourselves

98

8.

How To Get What You Want

128

9.

How To Have Peace of Mind

153

10.

How To Love and Be Loved

167

11.

Relationships That Work

185

12.

The Secret Of Sexual Fulfillment

220

13.

How To Be Healthy and Happy

248

14.

Breakthrough to Awareness

271

15.

The Truth That Sets Us Free

301

16.

Summary

318

 

Appendix - A 30-Day Program For Changing Your Life

320

The exercises in Listening To Ourselves are simple, practical, understandable ... and they work. You do not have to change your religious beliefs to try them. And surely it is not contrary to your religious beliefs to be still, pay attention and listen to yourself ... to acknowledge and understand your obscure fears and false beliefs.

This book includes three techniques for taming the mind ... a prerequisite for the discovery of truth. We simply cannot discover truth without transcending the chatter of the elephantine ego. When we discover the truth that sets us free, we know ourselves. When we know ourselves, we know the truth that sets us free.

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Life's Greatest Lesson: The Message Jesus Intended for Us

 

Learn the truth! If we did any one of a few things that Jesus said to do (not all of them, but any one of them), we would be saved. For example, we would be saved if we were as perfect as Jesus said to be: “Be perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). We are perfect — and we are saved — when we do what Jesus said to do first: "Cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter" … the same thing as doing what James, bother of Jesus, said to do: "Purify your hearts, ye double minded."

 

The key to the whole matter about being saved is purifying our heart. Jeremiah said, “Wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved." ... same thing as purifying our heart. When our heart is pure, we are converted and as humble, honest and truthful as little children ... a prerequisite for enjoying heaven, according to what Jesus said.  

Contents

 

Caution! Read this first!

i

 

Introduction: Although it has been glossed over, Jesus told us everything we need to know to learn the greatest lesson life has to offer.

1

1.

Our Purpose in Life: When we are fulfilling our purpose (which is very simple), we are happy, satisfied, and contented. Jesus told us what our top priority in life is; however, we have glossed over what he said.

7

2.

Why Christianity Isn't Working: Learn the truth about false religious teachings that are a stumbling block in our path to the discovery of the truth that sets us free ... that impede us from understanding what Jesus said. Learn the one thing that would cause Christianity to flourish.

18

3.

The Truth about What Save Us.  About 2,000 years ago, Jesus revealed what would save us. Learn the truth about what saves us,  according to what Jesus and other biblical teachers said.

56

4.

Truth Is the Way: The hidden secret of the ages ... this must be it! What is truth? Where is truth? How do we discover the truth that sets us free? Learn a simple exercise for discovering the truth.

79

5.

Understanding What Jesus Said: Jesus' ministry was about 2,000 years ago, and many Christians don't understand what Jesus said. Learn the truth about the gospel that Jesus preached and why he preached it.

102

6.

The Hidden Cause of Suffering: What is Satan? Where is Satan? Learn the truth! Jesus said, "It's done unto us as we believe." Learn the core beliefs that cause us suffering and unhappiness. Learn the truth about the cause of evil and what obliterates it.

147

7.

Why Christians Leave Christianity: It's ironic, but Christians leave Christianity in an effort to learn the basic message Jesus intended for us. From the wisdom in a six-word statement in the New Testament, we know the cause of — and the solution to —the things that trouble us the most (anger, anxiety, depression, hate, jealousy, stress, the break-up of families, etc.). From this six-word statement, we know what will save us. Jesus came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Who are those who are already saved without the teachings of Jesus? Learn the truth! There are two possibilities.

161

8.

The Power of God: There is only one power, the power of God. Satan has no power. Learn the truth about the power of God and how it works through us according to the way we believe in our hearts.

190

9.

Wisdom and Understanding: Learn the simple secret for being happy. This is it! No superficial stuff that doesn't work! The secret has been known for about 3,000 years; it's in the Old Testament. When we are happy, we have peace and joy ... what everyone desires.

213

10.

Prayer that Never Fails: Jesus' prayer is a way of affirming life as it is meant to be ... the kind of life — the kind of world — that Jesus wanted us to enjoy. Learn the truth about a form of prayer that will save us, a form of prayer that never fails.

225

11.

The Essential Teachings of Jesus: The most essential teachings of Jesus (what will save us) are in the Old Testament. Understanding this helps us shift our focus of study from the man Jesus to his message.

250

12.

When Will Suffering and Violence End? Both Jesus and Isaiah told us when suffering and violence will end. However, what they said has been glossed over and misinterpreted. Jesus made it quite clear.

289

13,

Summary

316

 

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Commune with Your Heart:

The Only Way to Find Peace, Joy and Happiness 

 

Jesus said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew 22:37). If we (as a society) loved as Jesus said to love, we, our families, our nation — the very world itself — would be in peace and harmony ... deep within the soul of us what everyone desires. However, we cannot love with all our heart when our heart is not pure ... when our heart is embedded with unwarranted fear and deeply held false beliefs that cause mental turmoil and suffering.

We purify our heart — we discover the truth that sets us free — by being still and communing with our heart ... by doing what David the Psalmist said to do about 3,000 years ago: "Be still and commune with your own heart."

Contents

 

How and why I wrote this book and how

to get the most from reading it.

i

1.

Introduction

1

2.

The Obscure Cause of Suffering

10

3.

Hiding from Our Fear

24

4.

How the Lost Became Lost

37

5.

How the Lost Are Saved

73

6.

Truth Is the Way

156

7.

How to Commune with Your Heart

207

8.

Seeking and Finding Peace and Joy

242

9.

The Secret of Loving and Being Loved

277

10.

The Secret of Satisfying Relationships

305

11.

Summary

329

Think about it! The Apostle Paul, who wrote about two-thirds of the New Testament, said, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."  People began calling upon the name of the Lord during early biblical times: "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord" (Genesis 4:26) ... the same thing as communing with the heart ... the same thing as communing with God.

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Discover Truth and Be Free

The secret for discovering truth is revealed in this  booklet. Truth sets us free from the influence of the false ego self that is the underlying cause of anxiety, depression, hate, anger,  illnesses, problems in sex and relationships ... all mental turmoil and suffering. Consequently, truth sets us free to love and be loved, to be healthy, happy, satisfied and contented ... free to enjoy the things that matter most in life.

We know more about our deeply held fears and beliefs — the way we believe and think in our heart (our subconscious mind) — than does anyone else. We are our own best teacher, healer, therapist, psychic, and guru ... if only we would be still, pay attention, and listen to ourselves.

From the Bible we know:  “It is done unto us as we believe."  "That which we fear will come upon us." "As we think in our heart, so are we.”

To discover truth, you need not learn anything new. You need only to unlearn obscure fearful, false beliefs. When you obliterate all that is fearful and false from your subconscious mind, what remains must be true.                        

Contents

 

Chapter 

Title

Page Number

1

Introduction

1

2

The Way Things Are

3

3

The Way Things Should Be

6

4

Things That Don’t Work

13

5

The Cause of Our Suffering

22

6

The Solution to Mental Suffering

44

7

The Discovery of Truth

55

8

Summary

67

 

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The Truth about The Gospel

Contents

 

Introduction  

1

1.

The Gospel that Jesus Preached

4

2.

Why the Gospel Is Difficult to Understand

19

3.

Why Jesus Preached the Gospel

46

4.

What Saves Us

56

5.

The Secret for Finding Peace, Joy and Happiness

68

6.

When Everyone Will Live in Peace and Harmony

92

7.

Summary

107

 

Appendix I — Comments from Readers of my previous writings

109

Appendix II — A list of passages in the New Testament containing the words heaven and hell 

117

Appendix III — Other books by the author

121

 

This comparatively small book explains the most essential teachings of the Bible. The most essential teachings of the entire Bible are about what would save us, and consequently, what would bring us inner serenity, peace, joy and happiness … the sole purpose for the teachings of Jesus and the prophets of the Old Testament.

 

The following is a sample of the things explained in this booklet:  

 

Peace, Truth, Love, and Joy: What the Bible Is All About

 

Know this to be true! The Gospel that Jesus preached and commanded his disciples to preach to every creature in the world would bring peace and harmony to us, our families, our nation — the entire world — if people understood, believed, and did what Jesus said.

The title, “Is God Real?” appears on the front cover of Newsweek, April 9, 2007. Think about it! We’re in the 21st century and this topic is debated.

Learn the truth about what God is, where God is, and how to commune with God—a must for knowing the truth that would save us.

 

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