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Interpreting Mike Popovich
Interpreting and applying the fun and radical good news as taught by Mike Popovich.

A quick word about motivation.

I heard a couple of talks by Mike on YouTube and I thought I understood his message right away. However, as I listened to more and more messages, I realized that this message goes pretty deep, and I wanted to do this blog to work out the nuances of what I know about the good news as intepreted by Mike Popovich.

(Wait - I don't mean just interpreting the words as a "book reader" of a new interpretation of a book, but also actually applying it and working out. The Posture is "practitioner"; the Practice is the repetition, application, reflection, re-invention, and remix for personal application.)

Taking a step back, in my eyes, the message is the most exciting development and advancement of our understanding of God, man, and the good news in a long time.

I hope you enjoy this blog and I hope it helps you understand the good news as taught by Mike Popovich.

#smoothman #quantum

July 24, 2023
What do you want? See yourself having it.
Visualize it now.
How do you feel?
Joy? Happiness? Relief? Excitement? Once you feel that - you're done! You have it!

How God will bring it about is not your concern. (You don't have to figure it out. No assembly required!)

July 25, 2023
Well what do I do in the meantime? (You don't have to do anything. You are in the state of having it.) In the quantum reality, you are in the state of having it.

All you have to do is believe that you have it already! Hahaha just kidding. That was the old way - when you had to "do" the faith part. No, you enjoy; God who lives in you will bring it about! (in ways we know not how! ie. don't try to figure it out and backwards engineer it and then work on it. No assembly required!)

There is no separation. There is union between you and God. There is union between you and everything you need for life and godliness.

July 26, 2023
Time does not exist in our quantum reality; in the state of no time, you have it already. (You are in the state of having it.)

I guess it would be more accurate to say that all possibilities exist in the quantum reality. You are picking/observing the one where you have the thing you want. It is then God who then collapses that possibility into your physical reality. (So, just to be clear, you don't have to figure it out. No assembly required!)

(When you feel that relief, joy, relief-sigh, excitment, God who lives in you will bring it about. No need to figure it out, no assembly required!)

July 27, 2023
Mike often talks about the smooth man Jacob receiving the inheritance / blessing from his father Isaac over the hairy man Easu. This is one of the key stories that Mike uses to illustrate the good news. And it is symbolic of the smooth man over the hairy man; in this he means, it is the supplanting/overcoming of the spirit world (represented by the smooth man) over the material world (represented by the hairy man).


There are parts of the story here that resonate with me personally and with my current understanding of the good news. Let's take a look:
  • 1/ The goats were from the Father's house/estate/flock (Principle: the servants work but the sons receive) (Remember this:"Everything I have is yours and has always been yours.")
  • 2/ Rebecca came up with the plan (You don't need to figure it out.)
  • 3/ Jacob was worried but Rebecca says okay, but don't worry about your worries. If there is a curse (which is what Jacob was worried about), Rebecca said, I'll take it on. (Which prominant Biblical figure does that remind you of? Hint: think Sunday School.)
  • 4/ Rebecca cooks the goats. (Rebecca does the work!)
  • 5/ Rebecca brings the goat skin to cover the smooth man to mimic the hairy man. (It is Rebecca that brings it from the smoothman reality to the hairyman reality - from the Spirit to the Material.)

There is a lot of relief represented here - one of which which I am not overlooking is the idea that I don't need to "figure it out." Let Rebecca come up with the plan, let Rebecca cook the goats. The goat are coming from the Father's house. Let Rebecca clothe you with the skins." (Let God come up with the plan. Let God do the work. Let God bring things from spirit to the material world.)

For me, there is a feeling of what do you desire? See yourself having it already. Enjoy it! And release it to love, and let God himself/God within bring it about.

Let's also be clear, this is not passive "God (out there) has got this." This is back to "What do you want to see?" Release that seed (of what do you desire, see it, and release it to love and light who lives in you and conspires for you good and wellbeing, and has given you all things for life and godliness), Okay, you have it now! God within will bring it about in ways we know not how! This is all from the standpoint and starting point that there is no separation between you and God. There is no withholding by God. He has given you all things for life and godliness.)

Also, it maybe should be said, that this is very easy for God. It's really not hard.

July 28, 2023
What is the difference between:
- the "TV-cliche" over-spoiled teen driving the Beemer, lording over the people around them, and taking advantage of the people around them
- versus somebody for whom God has given an over, over abundance of all things?

I think the "functional" difference here is gratitude, and the personal internal difference of "state" is loving oneself and in turn loving others. (I'm being careful not to create a long list nor create or imply any type of religious requirements; I want to be clear that a fundamental assumption is that there is no separation between you and the things you need for a good and happy life and godliness ie. you've already been given all things.)

Mike often says something like "Thank you Father, I already have XYZ." The gratitude implicit in this statement and the resultant joy and positive emotion is an explicit part of the practice.

From a spiritual principle, I believe "gratitude" is like a magnet that attracts more of the same (ie. it attracts positive things of like manner). And I believe that love is the creative force of the universe. So, I think that the gratitude and love are the "state" that best moves material in a positive creative way.

I want to be clear that the spiritual principles above is not explicitly part of Mike's teaching. (ie. These are not stated as gatekeeping requirements.) My theory on why not? Because, the religious mind can come to the conclusion that you are "manufacturing" your desired state by holding onto the attitude of gratitude and love. This quickly can become a religious dance as dangerous and restrictive as ones we've tried to leave behind in the past that was overcome by grace.

No the things are brought about by God who lives in you! It is from the Father's house that these things are brought about by God himself. God does it! And because God does the work, you cannot mess it up! This brings me a lot of relief already knowing that I cannot mess it up. And well, it naturally brings about gratitude, knowing it's God who does it and does it without effort required on my part.

I'm trying to communicate that there are things here that are part of a virtous cycle:
PART 1 (The generosity of God as a giver and providing Father): "God giving us all things that our joy may be complete", "Jesus giving us all things", "God does not withhold", "God has given us all things for life and godliness",
PART 2 (God himself living in us): "We are the living temple of God" and "We are the connection point between heaven and earth" PART 3 (Releasing the visualized end state of having it already along with the associated positive emotion ): "Simply believe that you have it already", "See yourself having it already", "Enjoy it", "Release it to love", "Let God himself bring it about", "Let God within bring it about", "Let God within bring it about in ways we know not how", "Let God within bring it about in ways we know not how!

The above really accentuates the power of imagination and the value of our desires.
And it also accentuates the reality that the God of light and love lives in us.
It accentuates that we are the living temple of God.
It accentuates that He can do things more than we can hope or imagine.
And God as a joyful giver, as a providing Father.
And it also accentuates the power of gratitude and love.
This accentuates the power of God living in us and us inheriting His strength.
And living lives bigger than we can hope or imagine.
And living in a continual state of love.

This is Good News!

July 31, 2023
How does Mike explain this new type prayer? Here is my interpretation of it:
First:
- Connect with the peace of God
- Connect with the love of God
- Connect with the light who is God
- Connect with the God within
This should feel like a very happy and comfortable “peace” (ie. a peaceful, relaxed state)

Second:
- Then from that place, see/visualize what you want to see in your life.

Third:
- Consider that visualization to be a spiritual seed and trust the Lord within to bring it about with no effort or “figuring it out” on your part!

There are a many couple good sermons that go over it; 3 are very step-by-step including these first two:
1/ The Whole World Responds to Two Things | Mike Popovich - Freedom Ministrieshttps://youtu.be/K0Jtt1xQek0
2/ Allowing Yourself To Have Exactly What You Wanthttps://youtu.be/sh-oCDDy3uU

Plus there is another very step-by-step one amongst these five (I’ll go through them in the next couple days and identify which one):

Possible i/ The Fastest Way to Happiness and Enjoying Everything You Have Dreamed Ofhttps://youtu.be/QMfSKlnMJG0
^ Not this one - this one is more about an overall approach and removing fears (first?)

Possible ii/ How To Live In Complete Freedomhttps://youtu.be/MIVH5KbYK0s

Possible iii/ Even The Most "Impossible" Situations Become Possible When You Let Go and Let Godhttps://youtu.be/s-AidqniiAY

Possible iv/ Cast Your Care Upon Christ and Live in Freedomhttps://www.youtube.com/live/WlCxhkkTrnU?feature=share

Possible v/ Why Should I Constantly Labor For Things When God Can Do It In A Half Secondhttps://youtu.be/MvM3-eFcg7s

August 2, 2023
Observation: I think one of the keys to this (method/system/new perspective/new reality/reality bending perspective) is that you are not trying to do it yourself but instead handing it over to the God who dwells in you.

Here are the three "levels" in this style of prayer:
1/ I am statements
2/ I have statements
3/ This is my reality statements

So for example:
1/ I am statements:
I am a successful business owner
2/ I have statements:
i. I have a successful business
ii. I have this much cash flow coming in
iii. I have this amount of cash/assets
3/ This is my reality statements:
Making money is so easy, fun, and fast!


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