The author of the following, a Mr Journeyman, may benefit from a prayerful and reflective reading of JESUS CHRIST THE BEARER OF THE WATER OF LIFE: A Christian reflection
on the “New Age”.
Reflecting on the readings of 6 November 2016, Mr Journeyman writes (excerpt)...
"Does any religion and its multi-thousands of sects really inspire ones spirituality and give limitless freedom to grow in the allurement that the Divine unfolds as we evolve as human embodied spirits?
Why do we continually fall back to “sacred religious truths”, ideologies formed from long outdated ancient worldviews that no longer make sense or have meaning today?
We have been subtly coerced over hundreds of years to not think. We have given away our rights to think, dream, ask questions, or voice our doubts about teachings we have been fed', while allowing others to make decisions for us. Giving away our basic human rights gives total permission to others to feed us whatever chaff they wish sell us as “gospel” on the premise that to be one of their chosen, we have to feed upon and digest their “word” as the only way to grow spiritually or yet especially to “be saved”.
Our “sacred human devised rituals and liturgies” have us continually groveling as bastard, unlovable children before a judgmental deity begging for forgiveness and mercy of the deity. How can joy be found in that image? Where is the Presence of Love generative while we are continually denigrated in the words used in liturgy?
Today the remnant followers of our teacher from Nazareth, Yeshua bar Yosef, need to envision a new paradigm about God/Divine Presence and Life. Not rehashed theology based on worldviews from thousands of years ago. But instead, to embrace the allurement of the Spirit that continually leads us forward to future Human/Spiritual growth. We need to embrace the reality that the Divine is in our very DNA, and has resided intimately within us from the very moment we came into being. And most wondrously the Divine gives us the freedom to grow to full human potential, to make our own choices. We also need to re-explore the teachings of Yeshua, not just reviewing everything about him through the myopic lens offered by Christianity, or even Roman Catholicism. Instead, place his teaching parallel with teachings from other mystics of wisdom, other faith experiences, to glean new insights about the living reality of the Divine in Creation.
When we actively work from a deeper understanding of our relationship between the Divine, self and also with our sisters and brothers on the journey together, we are building a new paradigm of empowerment that enlightens all. That’s one small step in understanding the meaning of creation… the power of Love itself evolving."
The full post may be read here: http://www.catholica.com.au/forum/index.php?id=191719
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