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Bob Reynolds | profile | all galleries >> A Journey of Awakening - The Spiritual Gatekeepers >> Externalizing the Internal | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
January 29, 2014
When a person begins by developing the "internal" first and then transfers it to the "external", the environment of both the internal and the external benefit from that process. However, when a person ignores the internal and looks only to the external for answers, then the environment of both the internal and the external usually suffer from a lack of process (lack of progress).
The Father of the celebrity-based modern family is the Church. The Mother of the celebrity-based modern family is the State. And the names of the children of the celebrity-based modern family are Avoidance, Denial, Blame and Externalization.
1) Question: What would a world look like where everything was externalized?
Answer: It would look very much like the world that we live in today.
Answer: It would be similar to the world that we live in today.
3) Question: What would a hell look like that is full of souls lacking personal/universal responsibility?
Answer: It would be similar to the world that we live in today.
4) Question: What if "heaven" was full of "children" that knew nothing of true freedom, integrity, morality or personal/universal responsibility? What if they knew only of fear and punishment?
Answer: That heaven would likely transform into a hell pretty quickly.
5) Question: What would be the first thing that Jesus would say if he returned to Earth today?
Answer: He would probably marvel at how corrupted his teachings have become...
6) Question: What is the difference between an Empire and a Kingdom?
Answer: There is no difference. Concepts such as Lord/Master/King/Kingdom help to acclimate us towards accepting the idea of trading the current Empire for a new Kingdom (a different type of Empire).
7) Question: Was Jesus a real person?
Answer: There have been countless debates on this topic. I will answer the question this way. The Bible is many layers deep. Usually the majority of what is taught in modern Churches is based mostly on the top layer (literal meaning) of the Bible. However, beneath this layer there are many additional layers that metaphorically reference ancient history, astrology, alchemy and universal code.
For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, these additional layers in the Bible offer the opportunity to unlock and understand many hidden secrets of Creation (this is also true of other ancient/religious texts as well). I do believe that Jesus was a real person (although much can be debated about how he was represented). The bottom line is that Jesus (the spirit of God) is
within all of us. This was the underlying message in all of Jesus' teachings. The "second coming of Christ" is about us (re)discovering the light (spirit) within us.
Heaven/hell is an "unseen"
realm, a physical
place of residence and a
state of being
Heaven/hell is a
choice of
polarity
Heaven/hell is who we as
individuals choose to be in the
unity of Creation
Footnote
Regarding responsibility, I make a distinction between personal/global responsibility vs. corrupted "responsibility". The first form of responsibility encourages freedom, personal growth and global harmony while the second type of responsibility primarily benefits the system and the greed of corrupt rulers.
In this series I have spoken the most of Christianity because I grew up in Christianity. However, many of the same examples and parallels can also be seen in many other religions as well. The intent here is not to endorse religion as a path to salvation. Rather, it is to try and help illustrate the idea that there is often beneficial information (awareness and understanding) that is hidden far below the literal, traditional and dogmatic translations of those teachings.
Kyrie
Eleison
(Mr. Mister)
The Church of Awareness and Understanding
Escape Velocity (escaping reality)
The Hierarchy of Ignorance and Awareness
The Bending and the Breaking of Will
A complete index of all segments in this series
can be found here:
The most recent posts in this series
can be found here:
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