In accepting the need for exclusive divine revelations of spiritual truth, does a believer reject the idea that self is good enough to receive personal divine revelations of spiritual truth?
2006-08-22 17:55:14 · 2 answers · asked by IMRU? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To deny continuous spiritual communion is to impose a limit on a limitless spirit. I believe the limitless and selfless giving of the spirit means that everyone communes with 'god' continuously. The voice of self is none other than the voice of a divine eternal soul in continuous communion with spirit and temporal communion with body. The House of Ideology is devoted to leading many to think, believe and expect that a divine eternal soul spirit is in everything, everywhere, at all times.
I do not let anyone tell me that I cannot know truths and imagine myths for myself. I do not let anyone tell me that I cannot achieve for myself or that I must permit a temple or church to make up my mind about self and world for me. I accept useful ideas should these come to me from a mosque, temple or a church. However, I was not born a spiritual slave. I am the authority who distinguishes between what is true and untrue, what is spiritual and unspiritual. It is so easy to just let authority figures tell me what to believe and how to live my life. It is much easier than consciously choosing the journey of self-discovery and self-knowledge, a journey that can be very rocky indeed.
I believe that everything is sacred, not just musty old "holy" books or special buildings or even special people whose job it is to act as intermediaries between the sacred and the profane. There is no difference between the sacred and the profane. There is no escaping sacredness. It is contained within everything as everything is contained within it.
2006-08-25 17:27:58 · answer #1 · answered by H.I. of the H.I. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Why do you ask?
2006-08-22 18:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋