“There is a veil, a
covering cast over all nations and all peoples of all nations. When that veil shall be removed, there will
be no more pain, nor weeping, no sighing, no disease, no suffering, no death.”
~
Isaiah 25:7-9 In many ways the sacred scriptures are introducing mankind to the process of ‘seeing’ the truth. Mankind has now grown to a point where we all have to become aware of the reality of our own spirituality and life in realms of energy as well as in the world of mechanics.
“We must avoid the paralysis of hypersensitivity which will get nothing done because everything virtually offends somebody.”
~ Dr. Ben S. Carson (American columnist and retired neurosurgeon)
Considering
that we are living in the Age of Responsibility, nobody can force us to believe
in God. This freedom has put many of us
on a road of exploration to find our own faith in all different directions.
“The mystery schools
have long held and protected the ancient wisdom of the world.”
~
Know Thyself – Mystery School
Throughout
the ages mystery schools have transferred knowledge and wisdom which was often
suppressed and rejected by the major religions. Some thought processes like
atheism developed denying
the existence of a creator all together.
The schools of mysticism are more
tolerant to new ideas and consider themselves agnostics.
“Atheists are forgetting
the meaning of freedom -- Nonbelievers seek to impose their values by banning
Bibles.”
~
Dr. Ben S. Carson
We
Created Our Own God
Is
it too much to assume that we created God in our own image? With all of our shortcomings and the many
wars and disasters going on in the world, we have to ask ourselves: who is
responsible for it all? It is part of
our human nature to blame others for our own behaviors. It is therefore only natural to conclude that
God has the same fallen natures as man.
How else can we explain that people are fighting each other, killing,
lying, and then accuse God?
“Men create their own suffering, their own sickness, and their own miseries.”
~ Michele Longo O'Donnell, The God That We've Created
None-the-less
mankind’s ability to understand internal things has grown throughout human
history. Those who achieved a certain
awareness recognize that there is only ONE Jesus and ONE Heavenly Parent, so
why is there so much division in religions?
“Because the God in
whom you believe isn’t real; the God in whom you believe is made up. It is a God you created out of thin air,
having nothing to do with Ultimate reality.”
~
Neil Donald Walsh, Tomorrow’s God
Religion
and Spirituality
“The new
spirituality, the transformation of consciousness, is arising to a large extent
outside of the structures of the existing institutionalized religious.”~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
There
are numerous teachers today who can guide us into greater spiritual
awareness. Eckhart Tolle and Dr. Wayne
Dyer are more recent coaches, while Neville Goddard (1905-1972) and Wallace D. Wattles
(1860–1911) lived a while ago. Here is a
list of some modern day spiritual teachers.
“The more you make
your thoughts (beliefs) into your identity, the more cut off you are from the
spiritual dimension within yourself; many ‘religious’ people are stuck at that
level.”
~
Eckhart Tolle, A
New Earth
Religion
and Science
God is the UltimateScientist.
“Humanity, through religion,
has followed the path of searching for internal truth, and through science, has
followed the path of seeking external truth. Religion and science, each in
their own spheres, have been the methods of searching for truth in order to
conquer ignorance and attain knowledge.”
~
Divine Principle – Introduction
Mankind
is hard wired to believe in God. Neuroscientists have
found and measured chemical changes in the brain when a person is going through
religious or spiritual experiences and keep coming back for more.
“In any weather, at
any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time,
and notch it on my stick too: to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the
past and future, which is precisely the present moment: to toe that line.”
~
Henry Thoreau, (1817-1862)
American Poet and Philosopher
Conclusion
We
live in a world of cause and effect.
Even those who believe in the “big bang theory” have only a vague
idea of how the universe began.
I
personally like the ideas expressed in the teaching of the Divine Principle. Since we are all resultant beings and live in
a created universe there has to be an ultimate cause. Looking at the creation we can learn about
the nature of this supreme origin: it occurs in dualities of opposites (like
internal and external, positive and negative); it exists in relationships (all
creatures are interconnected and depending on each other’s survival), and above
all this being is our parent. This is
where Jesus comes in to teach us about the love this Heavenly Parent has for
us. As the Messiah he came as the
savior for all mankind to reconnect us to our original source. In the Principle we also learn about the
process through which mankind was separated from God and the history of
restoration (salvation).
“Nature speaks in
symbols and in signs.”
~
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1897), American Quaker Poet and advocate of the
abolition of slavery
This
is a video giving an explanation of how people experience and learn about God.
The
narrator gives four points of why people belief in God:
1.
Religious
upbringing
2.
Conversion
or personal religious experience
3.
Argument
of Causation (law of cause and effect)
4.
Argument
of Design (creation needs a creator—art needs an artist)
After looking outward for so long, it is time to look inward. We are all in this search for awareness and spiritual growth. This is a great period to go deeper into the spiritual teachings and reconnect with our Heavenly Parent. Maybe the sun will shine for you too.
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