The Thing Everyone in Heaven Believes - News From Heaven
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- In this episode, we’re exploring passages from Swedenborg’s "Heaven and Hell", number 7. You can download a free PDF version of the book and follow along here: swedenborg.com...
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News From Heaven is a video series from offTheLeftEye designed for people who want to better understand Swedenborg’s thought in his own words. Each week, host Curtis Childs takes a brief section of one of Swedenborg’s works and delves into the meaning behind it, highlighting key concepts and showing how even the most abstract ideas can be put to work in our daily lives.
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Curtis Childs is the Director of offTheLeftEye at the Swedenborg Foundation. While obtaining his degree in communication studies from Oakland University, Curtis experienced an internal battle with depression that led him to question God and his lifelong interest in Swedenborgian theology. After a period of intense suffering, he recovered from his depression with the help of modern medicine, therapy, and a return to the spiritually uplifting messages he found in Swedenborg’s writings. Now, Curtis is applying his education and desire to help others find peace through Swedenborg’s insights by producing and hosting weekly webcasts.
Divine timing I believe in ..divine timing I trust in ...divine timing I’m ready for. Peace to all. Share the world. Kindness is free ✌🏻🤗🥰
Amen!
I really wish I had the language to express the appreciation for these episodes. I watch them when they come out (as often as I can) and rewatch them to help it sink in. When Im working on my boat, I listen to this and audio books of Swedenborg's major works to get as much as I an as often as I can. Please keep it up! This is a BIG part of receiving our "daily bread."
It means so much to us to know that these concepts are resonating with your heart! Thank you for the kind encouragement. We sure are blessed to be on this journey of learning with you and the rest of our wonderful audience!
Me, too. They've helped me a lot. Nice to see Curtis in a better shirt.
Wow! The thought that the Lord is the Only one (and the "first", alfa and omega) who have all the AMAZING qualities makes me wanna just praise Him even more! Its a GIFT to be able to experience love, happiness, joy, peace.... ! ❤️
A big AMEN to that, Lea!
Curtis, you are always the bright spot of my mornings. Listening to the message always helps me through the day.....🙂👍🏻🌼❤️
Thank you, Julian! I'm so glad we can be a part of your day, and grateful for your kind words too!
offTheLeftEye...... Thanks, always looking forward for more wonderful wisdom! ❤️❤️😀
So much great information and you ability to communicate and express it in a way where it can be felt and really sink in is pretty amazing - in fact your whole team is great and appreciated and loved.
My heart is so full having read through your message, Jeff! In fact, I've passed it along to each member of our team. Thank you for blessing us with such kindness :)
I like the way you examine the theories or revelations of Swedenborg without a preaching tone.
Glad to hear you appreciate that, Fay. We know these ideas aren't for everyone, but we want to help get them out in the world for those that would find them helpful, comforting, and having the ring of truth!
Hey Curtis I like your vids even before Ive seen them, :-) always awesome and positive, I suffer from depression/anxiety/fear etc. thank u for being there.
You are always welcome here, my friend. And never feel shy about reaching out for support or encouragement-- we take this community thing very seriously! Sending love...
along with good videos like this one, i found that magnesium supplements worked great for me, big pharma is too scary for me so i avoid if i can, but its not all bad for sure. Peace and joy
@@KellyTmusically I'm so glad you are using strategies on multiple levels - both mind and body!
@@offTheLeftEye Thank u for being my 'light' OTLE I appreciate U and the team u are all such a blessing to me and many others.
I suffer the same, yet supplements I take to combat this deficiency off brain chemical
St. John's wort extract 300mg
Sam-E 500mg
5-htp extra strength are the 3 helping the most with just 1 pharmacy pill Wellbrutin 150mg without any side effects, everything else under the sun against depression has given me side effects
Rouge red your blessed !
"Nothing can come to life by itself" as said around 17:30 in the video - but the evil in people came to life by itself even we haven't created ourselves. This really "makes sense".
I'm glad it makes sense, Empatheo! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Thanks so much! You so much good for all of humanity. I can only see it working exponentially, which is even better. May God bless.
Thank you so much for the kind words of encouragement, Ken! You are such a valuable member of this community :)
Great video I love hearing about angels
I'm glad this video resonated with you! Angels are remarkable beings :)
I needed this again today
I'm glad it was useful to you, Sean! I hope you are doing well!
Always enjoy! 💚
Yay!
Yes this news from Heaven will be a inspiration for me this week
That's wonderful news, Karen! We're so glad to have you here.
It’s just beautiful
Amen, Bonnie :)
Yup, lifted me up
I'm so glad to hear that, Earthhitter Worldtripper!
Loved this vid, as always. thanks ❤️
I'm so glad this resonated! Thank you for watching.
As always, great show Curtis. Thanks for the good work.
Keith, I really appreciate your presence here-- and your warm messages! You rock :)
@@offTheLeftEye Ha thanks. :)
Curtis, your videos are so inspirational. I often use UA-cam for political videos and somehow, one of yours ended up on my page, and I was hooked,
I’d like to share a bit about myself which may or may not be useful. My parents were good people, just a poor match which lead to constant fighting, my maternal grandparents were VERY Catholic, and sent my brothers and myself to a Catholic school. I always had difficulty reading, and was called lazy and stupid by the usually angry nuns. When I was 11 a priest went out of his way to recruit me to be an altar boy, which began 3 years of being molested ending with a suicide attempt. I was 13 so it didn’t trade, chugging a bottle of kids aspirin only managed to get ny mother and grandmother to to force me to get counseling, I had no idea how to articulate what happened to me, so I just sat and cried through the sessions,
I also realized I was gay around the age of 13, and felt like perhaps I was Satan’s child... I kept that bottled up until I met a friend in HS who while very hetro, I fell in love with him, at the time I was an alcoholic and drug attic, feeling unable to be “normal”, I attempted suicide. I did have an amazing NDE, but convinced myself it was just an amazing dream. When I was being discharged the friend who I fell in love with had convinced his parents to let me stay with them,
I got to experience a family that loved each other and was always there for each other, a world I felt awkward in given the chaos that I was used to.
However, they made sure I finished high school, and a few years later I went to college, where I learned I was dyslexic , as opposed to being “stupid”.
I’ll fast forward to what I became due to the family who changed my life.
I’ve taken in many foster kids and had the opportunity to help them work to better their lives,, I taught at a private school fir students with learning disabilities, the most amazing wonderful experience I’ve ever had,
Having made the poor choice to hide being gay, I met guys who were struggling. In many ways. One, Shawn, I fell in love with but he had emotional demons that caused him numerous meltdowns, the last ebbing in suicide. I blamed myself for not seeing how severe it was, even though in reality I couldn’t have stopped him. But it’s haunted me for 20 years,
Your video gave me an amazing feeling of relief . I truly believe God sent me to you. I hope you realize all the good you’re doing and what a truly wonderful person you are,
If you’d like the details of my NDE, I’ll lanky share them, although they don’t stand out given the similarities I’ve seen from your guests.
God Bess you! And thank you!
Wow, Paul! Melissa here. Thank you for taking the time to share your journey with us! I'm so sorry to hear all you have been through and suffered, but so happy to hear you have embraced who you are, found ways to love yourself, and done so much for so many others who feel lost and alone. What an incredible story of hope, strength and resilience - so inspiring!
I hope the NDE was useful to you! They can be so hard to process and unravel (I hear), and I'm so happy if our channel has been of use to you! If you ever do want to share your NDE, you can e-mail us at offthelefteye@gmail.com - but no pressure! We love hearing these remarkable stories and how they've helped people. God bless you, so glad you found us!
Everything was invented, discovered, created and existed in the Spiritual Realm before it can happen on Earth.
I appreciate your thoughts on that, Monica. Swedenborg had so much to say about the science of correspondences-- or the way in which our world is directly inspired by the spiritual realm. Here's one of my favorite episodes on that: ua-cam.com/video/jPC6JxcGk6I/v-deo.html
Curtis the “glowy state of happiness” be a Halo lolol ... good show !!! ❤️😊
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:) Yes indeed! Good point. :D Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Ah so Curtis is your name, keep up the great work , your nature shines through ,
Thank you so much!
Third time’s a charm? Aye?
Ayyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Ha! :)
The reality that each of us alone can never produce any truth or goodness can be a hard pill to swallow. I wrestle with this because I'm under the impression that this must mean I'm ineffectual and inconsequential because I'm a merely something to be put on, like clothing. This is the hell mindset. The heavenly mindset is that without me the truth and goodness expressed through me will be dead and useless. I am the expression of life but not the source of life so therefor I stand on the right hand side of God. We mistakenly try to measure what has more value, is it the source of life or the manifestation of life? Maybe they are two sides of the same coin, maybe they are coequal in importance. This must be why God sent his son on a rescue mission to die for us. God value's our spirits as much as he value's his existence. Imagine the joy and wonder we bring to God it's no wonder our creator is a God of multiplication. God makes us greater and we make God greater and together we will endlessly multiply love and truth through out eternity. I don't feel like clothing anymore and I hope none of you ever do either.
You've left us all with a tremendous gift. Your sentiments are true and profound. They are comforting and supportive. And they reflect your consistent, positive presence here on this channel. Thank you for being here, dear friend!
Wow, these are deep thoughts I greatly appreciate RR
Why "Off the Left Eye", is it because it is directly conected to the right hemisphere of the brain, or moreover connected to Swedenborg, which I haven't read?
Connected to both, Sir Alexander! Here's a brief video that explains our channel's name. Feel free to come back with more questions once you watch it!
What Does “Off the Left Eye” Mean? - ua-cam.com/video/u4grRbDQRxs/v-deo.html
One thing great about this channel is the way you answer Swedenborg questions. So, thanks in advance for that.
My question is: is there a list of translations of H&H somewhere?
My first reading of H&H is my favorite. I called the library where I read it 25 years ago but they don’t have it any more so they could not tell me the translation.
It seemed to be an older, but not very old book. So, published in 1945 or so.
Hi BunfingusCollege -- Weird question, but do you remember what color the binding was? I think there IS a list of translations somewhere, but I'll have to chase it down....
It was a library binding so no clue there. I was hoping there was a list of translations with comments as to the quality of each one.
Sorry, answering from two accounts.
I haven’t been able to find a translation as readable as the first I read. I’m wondering how to figure out which it was.
@@source4magic Source, www.newchristianbiblestudy.org is a fabulous resource. You can switch to different translations, and compare them. newchristianbiblestudy.org/
Great job my freind
Thanks so much, Joao!
There are complimentary thoughts found in both Swedenborgs book and the Padgett Messages
In the Padgett Messages asking for Divine Love is the central message.....that which was actually taught by Jesus (Jmmanuel/Jeshua) while he was on Earth teaching. The asking is important....it is not automatic. This Divine Love is different from 'natural love' of men and brings the nature of man into the heavenly worlds or Celestial realms...much higher than the normal spirit world to which most souls gravitate upon their transition. This Divine Love is the thing discussed in this video which is felt by both angels and man. It magnetizes mankind towards the Celestial realms and is the very thing that releases men from the hell worlds.
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Definitely sounds familiar to someone who's been immersed in Swedenborg's works all their life! Thanks, Steve.
A thought just came to me, where are all the pre- existing souls waiting to come to earth located in the spirit world ? Does Swedenborg have anything on that ?
Swedenborg says that people are created when they are formed on earth, rather than in a waiting place. Here is a playlist about eternal life that explains our trajectory. studio.ua-cam.com/users/playlistPLgtFTXGqZdSkA_OyTzr_zciwd3Y_TI3iT/edit
Always wonder do all souls from a high school janitor to a murderer or rapest to a wolrd leader all go the the same place right after our bodies die?
That's how Swedenborg seems to describe it, nicholas. He learned that the angels take special care to help us in the transition from this world to the next, and that we all start out in a bath of pure love from the highest angels. That is what the Lord has in mind for all of us. After a time, we come "back" to the mindset/consciousness we've had on earth, and then we go through a time of education, self-discovery, and figuring out who we really are, what we are most deeply committed to, who we WANT to be. And then we find the eternal home that is the best outward fit for our inner core loves and desires. Make sense?
We do not have a clue. Someone said a long time ago. He would permit you to see, hear, understand those things that have never been thought of in the human mind. Read and ponder The Gospel of Thomas.
Thanks for the recommendation, robert!
Aceptance of "Iness" including "oughtness"?
Can you explain that a little more, Sir Alexander?
@@offTheLeftEye We seem, as humans, to be suspended between the "what is ("isness") and the imginary what might be possible ("oughtness"). This is how Stonenge in prehistoric England was constructed or the pyrmids in ancient Egypt.
@@Lawrence.Bennett So it is a way for people to reach into what might be impossible? Or at least very difficult? Thanks for the explanation. May I ask how it shows up in your life? Do you try for the impossible, in your acceptance of what is?
Thanks for understanig!
@@offTheLeftEye I am now confined in my electric wheelchair in a home for the disabled with multiple sclerosis. I need be suspened by a machine to go to the toilet. I used to ,play in an orchestra, but the winds have changed. "I am what I am"
Second is the new first. Yahoo:))
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Nothing good is intended and done by the self. I believe E.S. could have better used a different word 4 self as Ego this is Humans biggest problem when Ego reared its ugly head/behavior it pushes us away from the Lord in my believe with self. Thank you Curtis 4 another lesson !
Yes, "ego" or "lower ego" is what Swedenborg meant, but the terminology was different back in the 1700s. There's a negative "self" (lower ego) but there is also a heavenly "self" that the Lord can bring us into. I'm glad you enjoyed this episode! Thanks for watching.
I am alone, left to my own devices ..Nothing there is new. I'm SO tired of this Earth . Take me home... I hate it here. I dont have kids or anything binds me here.
I'm sorry life feels so lonely, Torben. Do you have a job? Or any other way that you interact with others? Do you have siblings or parents or other relatives still around?
@@offTheLeftEye Dont get me all wrong. I like my own company...but know there is not more here for me to do. What I hate is the pointless of being here . Ihave a good life in Denmark with great wellfare...but others could use that more than me. I had my time and now...I'm just taking up space. I would love to go home and see my parents, pets and friends . Being free of all the shit here on Earth. Suicide is NOT an option for me...BTW. :-)
@@1512592011 Please watch "Does My Life Matter" ua-cam.com/video/33FfPQsf_zU/v-deo.html If you are still here on earth, there is a reason for that, and there ARE important things you can be doing! You can find many ways to have a positive impact on the world, and that is so important. They can be very small things, but all those small positive actions have a much bigger impact than we realize. Every small positive action channels a little more heavenly energy into this world, helping this world, and the people in it, to heal and grow in important ways.
You attract what you think about. If your thoughts are good. Good comes to you. It all comes from God. We are here to know thyself. Free will to do as we choose. If we listen to our intuition which comes from God ,your gut we would do well. But when we behave badly we feel bad. Our intuition comes from God. Our ideas inventions success come from God. Ego is to protect us but can also disyroy us When you are kind and loving to yourself and others you feel God. Your vibration rises. In a 3 demensioal world good and evil exist. I've listened to 3 of your videos still not sure what you message is!!! No disrespect and your title don't seem to match the content or I just don't get it. Earth is a school we're all here to learn mostly to love ourselves only then can you truly love everything on earth. God bless you
I really appreciate your feedback, Rhonda! And sorry for the confusion-- here's an episode called "Swedenborg 101" that outlines the foundation of teachings we cover throughout our channel. I'd love to hear back from you about that!
And one more thing: we really love the whole community thing. If you ever have questions, comments or are in need of support, feel free to shoot us a message. You are loved!
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