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Originally Posted by Gem
... There are two distinct ways... toward God and toward inner self... and yes I also heard 'I am God' but this curiosity is peering into the dark unknown and only presenting a belief.
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That ‘toward God’ or ‘toward inner self’ are opposing paths is a completely ➽➽➽
SUBJECTIVE BELIEF ↵↵↵, not a
TRUTH.
It can be a personal TRUTH, but this DOES NOT make it a FACT for anyone else.
Many don’t see these as separate at all.
This need not be an either or situation. The duality of this is entirely voluntarily manufactured. It is somewhat ironic that by connecting deeply w/ self that we connect w/ what we call God (Source/Prime Creator/Universe) so it is understandable how these things could be perceived as being opposite. They aren’t. That is my & many others’ TRUTH.
Others have the right to disagree, but this doesn’t impact this being a TRUTH for me.
This idea of our being
EQUAL partners w/ what we call God & being fully respectful of self as just as honored of a part of the Universal ‘team’ of beings as the higher energetic beings such as angels or those in heaven (another subjective belief) is the
basis of the New Spirituality, New Age beliefs, or post-organized religion spirituality. Some see this exploring of new beliefs as a
fearful ‘dark unknown,’ while others find it to be a
delightful discovery & exploration, finding seeing self in a loving, trusting, & honored manner to be the nourishing & satisfying.
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What is always so interesting is why organized religion is perturbed so much by others’ beliefs. ▲▲▲
Those who are energetically savvy in organized religion have long known that it was/is of the
utmost importance to keep people from respecting self & connecting deeply within. This is why they preached the
disinformation that we are inherently flawed sinners (subjective belief) for centuries.
It is impossible to attain any real level of spiritual advancement if one considers one’s self as inherently flawed. They know when people make this deep spiritual connection w/ self that they are very close to REestablishing their own innate spiritual connection, & this usually leads to their walking away from organized religion as their beliefs are no longer consistent w/ having to hear continually how we are sooooo inherently flawed. READ: STOP TITHING & supporting the religious bureaucracy.
As long as organized religion stays invested in the ‘born sinner’ concept they will have this inherent problem w/ retaining members after they make this spiritual connection. Their issue to cope w/ though.
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Originally Posted by Gem
Why is a belief validated as 'personal truth'? I think we seek comfort in such things when actually it's a ruse, a 'personal lie'.
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While this is phrased politely
it plainly states that other who have varying beliefs aren’t competence to CHOOSE their OWN BELIEFS. That their differing belief is a ‘personal lie.’ Gobsmacking intolerance. (& they wonder who people are fleeing organized religion in droves!!! LOL)
Because some don’t agree w/ others they disrespectfully turn others’ chosen belief, their TRUTH into a ‘personal lie.’ This is the rigid intolerance that some religions sooooo openly display about varying beliefs.
There is an utter unwillingness to give others the same respect that they ASSUME, yea DEMAND that is accorded to their beliefs. Therefore, others TRUTH is turned into their lie. What Brass!!!
It presumes quite wrongly that others don’t have the ability to determine what is an appropriate belief for them. By saying that others’ differing beliefs are not TRUTH, but their ➨➨➨
‘personal lie’ ↵↵↵ is calling them
spiritually incompetent. This is the
same autocratic drum beat organized religion has always had.
What we see as the
TRUTH when discussing spiritual issues is called a ‘
personal truth’ unless we are claiming the omniscience to speak for all others. This is not possible as others have varying beliefs. It can even be a group TRUTH for those who share the same beliefs, but this is still a
subjective belief of a specific group. This, no matter how large the group may be or how dominate it is in the religious/spiritual make up of its region still
DOES NOT make it a universal truth.
Some religions insist that their BELIEFs are the ABSOLUTE TRUTH. This absolutism is theologically problematic for many reasons. It is their right to believe this if they want, but many others don’t.
In areas (both eastern & western) where these absolutist autocratic religions that insist their beliefs are the ONLY TRUTH dominate, those who are in the majority religion often try to make others who have different beliefs feel as if they are being offensive when they state their beliefs. This is a
routine bullying tactic, should be recognized as such, & openly discussed when this absurd tactic is employed. It worked well for centuries, but many are now not willing to buy that they should be apologetic for having differing beliefs.
Organized religions & their proponents often CLAIM that they are OK w/ others having differing beliefs, but until they acknowledge that their relIgion’s TRUTHs are actually subjective BELIEFs they are just using a time honored slippery tactic trying to distract others from their insisting that their BELIEF is the real one that should dominate.
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