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One Love
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| Posted 1/26/2007 9:13 AM (GMT -6) |   | I've come to have a belief.
Here it is. Tell me what you think.
If we human beings could LEARN the truth about Reality, we wouldn't have ANY ACTUAL REASON to have a belief that we can be DEVALUED or THREATENED in any way, either directly or indirectly.
I'm thinking that every bit of our despair comes from EGOCENTRICITY.
Self-attention without the proper perspective of interrelationality with self and other.
Where we place ourselves and OUR desires, hopes, values, etc as the CENTER of our lives...
And as soon as those things are either DEVALUED or THREATENED in any way...
Look out!
Because MISRELATION is not too far behind!
We get offended when our theologies are challenged because we get TOO MUCH LIFE out of them!
We are beings who are BORN AND RAISED in the tyrannical idol of SELF-REGARD!
I truly believe that egocentricity is the DOWNFALL of humankind.
So here's a question.
Actually a request.
I'd like for you to paint me a picture.
A mental image, if you will.
What would a human being look like if they NEVER felt devalued or threatened by anything that happened to them?
I really want us to use our imaginations here.
What would this being walk like? Talk like? How would they live? What would be their philosophy on life? How would people respond to this person? Would they be violent or non-violent? Would they ever be angry? What would they say to people who were ACTIVELY trying to devalue or threaten them or something they loved?
Let me know what you think.
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Therefore (YOU) go and introduce all peoples into the Way, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and intstructing them in following everything I have commanded you. (Great Commandments!)
And surely I am with you always, even to the very end of the age."
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One Love
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| Posted 1/26/2007 10:09 AM (GMT -6) | | Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life ? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
"Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Therefore (YOU) go and introduce all peoples into the Way, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and intstructing them in following everything I have commanded you. (Great Commandments!)
And surely I am with you always, even to the very end of the age."
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One Love
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| Posted 1/28/2007 9:20 AM (GMT -6) | | Don:
First off... and I think most important... I would never fear judgement from them.
Yeah! Keen insight, yo.
A person who is totally secure in their existence wouldn't see any reason to judge other people or other people's situations. Basically projecting themselves all over others. In my opinion, all judging really does is SALVE ONE'S OWN CONSCIENCE and provides SELF-SATISFACTION. It doesn't really serve to bring about true wholistic right-relatedness. It actually prevents it, because in order to judge, you have to make some SEPARATION between yourself and those who judge to really make it stick. If we were to see the truth...that we have ALL fallen short of our "eschatological essences" in some real sense...then we wouldn't be able to judge.
I told God: "I don't care how much pain it takes or how long it takes...take this judging mechanism out of me. Bring on the TRUTH! I don't want this crap anymore!" Slowly but surely, it's working.
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Therefore (YOU) go and introduce all peoples into the Way, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and intstructing them in following everything I have commanded you. (Great Commandments!)
And surely I am with you always, even to the very end of the age."
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