You Are the Medium: Shane Hipps

You Are the Medium

Shane Hipps

Who we/you/I am as a person is the message

All exegetical stuff/words are only in our minds

1.) Body
God created body with life

God embodied Godself

3 bodies/aspects

physical

energetic

essential

Physical

5 senses

Measure

Deal with

Gifts & limits

Energetic

can’t be seen

emotional—felt/not one of 5 senses

love = warm

anger = wound

sadness= dark tide

fear = wall/tense

thinking

creativity

Problem solving

Sense when someone isn’t with you

energy follows attention

Sexual energy—root energy

connected with creativity

vitality & life

drive to create life

connecting things

creativity, life, connection

Gifts & limits of energetic bodies

unique energetic thumbprint

what is my energy like?

celebrities have incredible energy

Energy can experience our energy differently

through radiant light

through comedy

presence—gravitas

fill a room

Essential

Essence

6 year old body & emotions are gone, but something is still there

Never changes

unlimited/boundless/always free

as you become more conscious

have nothing to lose

Romans 8:11

Spirit that raised JC—raised you!

John 17:22-23
JC gives us glory—we have what he has perfected in unity

experience life as 1 ocean/ 1 body/1 entity

Part of something bigger

JC as master

Physical

fasting

celibacy

etc…

Energetic

Anger

Weeping

Felt energy depart

Essential

our responses aren’t different, he just knew how to access it

“Father forgive them…”

Physical—land—can disfigure

Energy—sea—can displace

Essential—sky—can’t hold

Practices to connect with energetic boy

Physical is a conductor to the energetic

Unkink—posturing

You are God’s flute—letting God’s breath go through you to play Divine music

We are imitative creatures

whatever energy we gift, community will receive

Our energy can help to open people to God

Not just the way in can be used, but also misused

We have a shadow

deny & disown

call the enemy

When we disown it, it overtakes us

Acknowledge it!

Uncover it

therapy

resources

thing that you despise/fear most in others—that’s usually yours!

Own

8 mile test/practice

find that thing

try them on—they fit great

be the best at them

own them

Are you still breathing? Yes.

Does God still love you? Yes.

Is it a surprise to God? No.

Does it disturb God? No.

Why is it/does it you?

Essential

Can’t develop; can only work with access you have

Essence is something you must

eat and know

not

read and believe

Breath

physical—draw 02 in

energetic—conduct/move/smooth

essential—awareness/experience

Breath & Spirit—always the same thin in ancient languages

Receive the Holy Breath

What is God like?

contemplate nature of breath

no judgement in breath

only life

Breath of God—danced with in you

Can’t store/hoard

Can’t give

Will eventually stop

In essence—place of unending

peace

wisdom

compassion

endless supply

draw out and give away

Develop uncommon connection to essence

No such thing as a good preacher…only a good person preaching.