Your Own Personal Jesus

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Permalink Reply by Alysia LaughingRain Mcalister on May 9, 2012 at 8:43am

Eric said: Mysticism and inquiry are about direct perception.  Belief is placebo for that experience.

that's very true. direct perception is very much like experiencing something internally, while belief could be a lot like wishful thinking without any tangible experience, internally or otherwise.. it's the difference between knowing and just believing. yet we don't want to treat the dyed in the wool Christian the way they have treated the mystics, such as the out of control witch burning way back when. you could be burned simply for having an involuntary precognition dream and then having the audacity to speak about it.

in personal relationships, you will often find one who has a passion for a certain system of tools they use to gain mastery over their own emotions, etc. while their partner feels threatened by the way their thought system changes the relationship. they will often divorce if there is virtually no inquiry in the other's interests. then a person is seen to be talking in terms of absolute. this is the way that some religions and cults will work, to speak in absolute authoritative terms.

I do not think we will be able, any of us, in the new age to speak in terms of the absolute without an inquiring mind. to do so immediately shuts down further communication. I love it when others speak only from a place of experience, then it helps me too, to join in. it's fine to have heroes though, and we must be careful I think, not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I do not think religions or beliefs are all 100% evil. there are shades of gray in our world if you can look through the eyes of love.

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