The Name of God.

To exalt the Name of God is to place love above all other things.

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Love.

Do you seek the love of power

Or the power of love.

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He.

Despite the fact that we intuitively know that God has no gender, or rather that God has characteristics of both genders, the bulk of our religious traditions represent God as male.

This is compounded by the fact that there is no gender-neutral pronoun for addressing God.

The Christian tradition uses Lord and Father on most occasions although there are some feminine images associated with God.

So our unconscious archetype for God is masculine no matter what we may think consciously.

This is important because we must navigate the unconscious to establish a relationship with God.

And if we reject the masculine stereotype of God we may be rejecting our own unconscious image of God.

So perhaps it is wiser to allow both images of God to co-exist rather than enforcing one over the other.

So using He or Father or Lord is still a legitimate way of addressing God.

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Revelation.

The violent and baleful visions in the Book of Revelation were modified by influences within the collective unconscious surrounding St. John the Divine.

What may have begun as a vision from God was affected by conservative religious forces near to him.

These forces inserted judgement, doom, and violence into the revelation which did not come from God or Jesus.

This is why the final book of the Bible contradicts the teachings of Jesus himself.

Jesus' teachings were non-judgmental, non-violent, and non-threatening.

Something similar happened to the Buddha.

After his ascent into Nirvana the Buddha returned to the world to teach humanity.

And when he did this his thinking was influenced by the conservative religious leaders around him.

These religious leaders influenced the Buddha to return to teachings about desire and merit.

Thus subverting his message of love and compassion.

This is how the Good News becomes threatening and repressive after the fact.

It is not the Will of God.

Nor is it the pure light of revelation.

God does not judge us or punish us.

God loves us like a loving Father.

And all are His beloved children.

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Bad Words.

 

Obsessed, Addicted, Attitude, Badass, Bullshit, Hate, Vice, Sin.....

These are the words that will lead you into suffering.

They are planted by those who have chosen  the devil!

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Racism.

Racist personal ads. sometimes say:

No curry, no rice.....

Meaning no Indians no Chinese.

God knows what they call 

Africans and Muslims.

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D.I.Y.

It's not just a matter of achieving the correct ideation.

You have to actually do it yourself.

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