We have missed the message of Jesus! The esoteric message that Jesus brought to earth has been largely hijacked by the ego’s need to be right. Man wants to be in control and religious man, especially, wants an absolute black and white world wherein they of course are the good guys and all others who believe differently are the bad guys. I’m sure you know many of them. 
Continue reading ‘Three Unanswered Questions!’
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
It should be obvious by now that concentrating on confessions, creeds, and doctrines hasn’t changed the world very much at all. And, the number one message that Jesus proclaimed cannot be obtained by only embracing outer forms of living.
Everyone is at a different level in their spiritual walk. Everyone has a different level of consciousness. As important as it is to heed the acknowledgement of Plato to “Know thyself”, it’s of greater importance to simply “Let others Be“. Unfortunately, Christianity has been the most imperialistic and sectarian religion killing tens of millions of people. Why is Christianity such a VIOLENT religion when their model, Jesus who became the Christ, advocated just the opposite?
The answer probably lies in two Scriptures that have been taken to an extreme.
>John 14:6 Jesus is the way and no one comes to God other than by Jesus.
>Mark 16:15 Go into the world and preach the gospel.
How could any Christian interpret the life of Jesus in the way that history shows have been done when Jesus said (at least it’s in the RED), “Turn the other cheek”? He added, “Forgive seventy times seven”. Furthermore, in case you didn’t understand, Jesus said, “Love your enemies”! In addition, yet we kill, we persecute, we condemn those who do not agree with “our Christianity” as of the devil, deceived, and headed to hell.
It’s obvious by the Christian historical record that we don’t know WHO WE ARE!
Jesus reached out to ALL, not just the Jews! Jesus reached out to those that were the most detestable enemies of the times- the Samaritans. Jesus loved the Romans, the non-Jews, non-Christians. Jesus didn’t demand of those in sin that they promise to uphold the purity codes by such acts as washing their hands before they ate or upholding the Sabbath by not healing on such a holy day, etc.
Until we come to the awakening and knowledge that we ARE already sons and daughters of God Almighty, partakers of the divine I AM, and ONE with the Source of all lives as is EVERYONE, we will continue to miss the Kingdom, the message of Jesus, and live way below our calling and BEING! When we begin to truly KNOW OURSELF, we see US in everyone we meet in some form or fashion.
Quit proclaiming that gays will burn in hell, that only Republicans are saved, that capital punishment is needful, and that only YOU know what’s right!
Lighten up! Smile. Let people BE! After all, it’s you that you’re looking at and seeing. 
Thankfully, fewer and fewer people see God as an angry tyrant as the Old Testament portrayed him. From the cavemen days to now, civilization has moved from a “there is no god” approach to today, wherein God is seen as a “non-material Spirit being” (due to our increased consciousness, spiritual understanding). Using SCHOOL as a metaphor, civilization has been slowly moving from caveman kindergarten to today’s college, with a lot of post graduate work yet to be encountered. Continue reading ‘God Doesn’t Get Mad- God Is Love!’
I know what I am about to write will be taken as condescending by fundamentalists; however, that’s not my intent. In fact, I am addressing this primarily to those that might think they are “better” than fundamentalists. Additionally, I feel I can have “standing” with which to make the descriptions that I will because I once WAS a fundamentalist. Finally, while many get their START in the fundamentalist paradigm, it’s just that, a STARTING point and not an ENDING point. Continue reading ‘The Fundamentalist Mindset’
Comprende? Catholic means universal, not just Roman Catholic. What makes religious adherents to various denominations feel that Jesus came to start a denomination (theirs of course), let alone ANY religion of any sort? Could it be, can your mind fathom such a thought, that Jesus came to reveal to us what true spiritual beings we really are? What a concept! Continue reading ‘Universal (Non Roman Catholic, Catholic) Christianity’
God is love. God is Light. We are Light; therefore, we are love. Why is the world where it is then and not where it seemingly could be? Let me take a different logical approach before I answer that. God is Consciousness. Consciousness is energy and energy includes magnetism. We are consciousness on a lower level, but a part of the whole- the, I AM. Okay, are you ready? Continue reading ‘Heart Power Potential’
Of the dozen different ways that the Bible or any religious text can be interpreted, one of my favorites for interpretation of the Bible is the PROGRESSIVE approach. Other methods, and they are that, to interpret the Bible are of course literal, metaphorical, historical, midrash, hermeneutically etc. Let me focus on the benefits of the progressive which doesn’t deny the other methods, but simply adds to them. Continue reading ‘Progressive Revelation’
Birds of a feather flock together. How many times have you told your teenagers that in an attempt to keep them out of trouble? Furthermore, yet they SEE our own lives and many times the self deception under which we operate isn’t quite so deceptive or hidden to those around us. In addition, looking in the mirror doesn’t help. The universe reflects back to us what we see. Continue reading ‘Bondage Bonding’
Is Your Sky & Kingdom Green?
What’s your view of the Kingdom? What kingdom? The Kingdom of God. Well, my view and your view begins by being the same as what our teachers have told us. However, are you still there? Are you still seeing this “Kingdom of God” as you did as a child, as a young adult, or as you first saw it? Let me give you a simple illustration. Continue reading ‘Is Your Sky & Kingdom Green?’