If God cares, is it about the same things you care about?
The Beginning of the End of Levitical Ignorance?
Consider the possibility that the soul we recognize here as Bishop Eddie Long has come here to jettison human consciousness above the level of Levitical ignorance.
The deceiving power of perception
Does a father accused of dropping his kids off in an unknown part of town without telling them how to get home any different from accusations that God has created only path home but only told his Christian or Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist, etc. kids how to find it? Is that what we believe about God, or is it just another reflection of humans' propensity for discriminating against or one-upping each other?
Declaring Freedom, Choosing Oppression
Terrorism, tyranny and religion thrive on threats of extreme punishment (satanic torture that lasts for an eternity) and extreme reward (eternal bliss with vestal virgins). Both rely on the premise that God solves problems through punishments that exceed any human crime.
Father Everyday
In a world where an increasing number of us are declaring ourselves "spiritual, not religious," aren't we really defining the way we see the eternal God, our Father?
Love as real as an avatar
It was no mistake that Jake had been sent to Pandora instead of his twin brother. Neither he nor Neytiri was aware that the eternal soul within Jake's manufactured avatar and physical body had a destiny.
Eywa: Someone you should know
From where I sat, “Avatar” was all about me. OK, ok! It was about you, too—a story about how we treat each other, our planet, and every living thing on it. To me, “Avatar” was about our relationship with the Allness that is God, or as the Na’vi, the blue striped black folk on the distant moon Pandora called it: Eywa.
Are YOU an avatar?
If you’re among those who believe that we are spirits having a physical experience, the symbolism in “Avatar” didn’t escape you. Just as the consciousness of characters Jake Sully and Dr. Grace Augustine shifted out of their human bodies into their avatars when their bodies slept, spiritual masters believe that our consciousness also leaves our physical bodies and enters other dimensions when we sleep. We perceive those other-worldly experiences as “dreams.”
Valentine, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you
As far as I’m concerned, God is good all the time, and all the time God is good. Holding to that principle, scriptures that portray God as sadistic fall through my strainer; however, I honor others’ right to capture those images of an angry vindictive God in their bowls and cling to them. Similarly, I respect those who believe that material prosperity reflects a heightened level of spiritual consciousness. To me, they're on different planes, parallel and distinct.
Peek-a-Boo!
If I remember correctly, Jesus was also quoted as saying, "Condemn not." The "I will be ashamed of you before my Father" verse certainly is a condemnation. Would Jesus really say something so un-Christlike?
Loud Mouth in the Balcony 