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Influences: GOD, MY GRANDMOTHER & LIFEReligion As A MethodThere's nothing wrong with religion being a method; a path to the ONE.
Each genuine religion through the ages has begun from the Divine inspiration & authority of a being who knows God, and who tells us various ways to live right & turn inward so that we can become as free as they are. But within a few generations, time and time again we've come to worship the religion itself instead of the ONE; the body of the messenger instead of the SOUL.***THINK ABOUT THIS***JESUS said GOD IS A SPIRIT, AND THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. Even during His days on Earth, JESUS sometimes took other faces & forms, almost playfully, as if trying to say, "Hey, don't get caught by appearances! Tune in to my Spirit, not my face!" Isn't that what happened with Mary Magadalene outside His tomb, when Christ spoke to her and she sw Him as a gardener? Or when He appeared to His disciples that same day as a traveler on the road, and He walked all the way into town with them unrecognized? Preaching the whole way, he sat down to dinner with them before He dropped the disguise and said something like "Hey guys, it's me! You gotta stay sharp!"
In several other passages in the Bible, JESUS seems to appear & reappear or change forms at will, like leaving an angry crowd who was going to stone Him, GOING THROUGH THE MIDST OF THEM without being seen at all. He moved in & out of the physical body with ease, because that's no big deal to the power that created all forms.
But have we stayed sharp? How keenly have we tried to recognize the HOLY SPIRIT moving in and out of form? From what we know of His powers, why do we as CHRISTIANS consider it blasphemy to imagine that he has also appeared as BUDDHA, RAMA, KRISHNA, and other men & women of all lands & races?
JESUS TOLD US I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS; I WILL COME TO YOU. HE ALSO SAID BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW YOU ARE MY DISCIPLE: IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER!!!
JESUS SAID JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE, yet for centuries we've assumed that anyone who calls himself a CHRISTIAN is closer to CHRIST than someone who calls himself a BUDDHIST, MUSLIM, SIKH, HINDU or JEW-or one who gives no name at all to his spiritual heart.
Since man first drew breath on this planet, the one HOLY SPIRIT has been taking and changing forms so that all GOD'S children in every age and land could have the opportunity to turn inward to the ONE WAY, the "narrow gate" which leaves no room for anything but our souls. There is only one final religion, and it can't be limited by any single name.
Certainly JESUS SAID I AM THE LIGHT AND THE WAY and YOU CANNOT COME TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME. But He also said FEED MY SHEEP. And He said HE THAT EATETH MY FLESH, AND DRINKETH MY BLOOD, DWELLETH IN ME, AND I IN HIM.
Jesus tried to warn us about this during His ministry. In fact, He came to tear down such distorted views, not add to them. He told us Spirit is a personal thing, that has nothing to do with public opinion or respectability. in fact, He said BE WARE OF THE SCRIBES, WHO DESIRE TO WALK IN FANCY CLOTHES, AND LOVE GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS, AND THE HIGHEST SEATS IN THE CHURCHES, AND THE CHIEF ROOMS AT FEASTS: WHO DEVOUR WIDOWS' HOUSES (take their money), AND FOR A SHOW MAKE LONG PRAYERS.
Spiritual sanity isn't as flashy as religious cheerleading, but it's the ONE WAY which has been preached since the beginning of time. Not one way for CHRISTIANS and another for JEWS and yet another way for BUDDHISTS, etc.; and certainly not one CHRISTIAN WAY for all, or one ISLAMIC WAY for all, etc. The true ONE WAY goes straight through each of our hearts, far beyond words and images. So long as we still see the "WAY" outside of ourselves, in limited and seperate forms, then we're missing the point!!!!!!!!!!!TRUE CHRISTIANS KNOW THAT CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION BUT A WAY OF LIFE THAT WE PRACTICE RELIGIOUSLY.
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Record Label: 7303 Records
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