It gets lukewarm, perhaps too quickly –
But does ratchet up nervous energy –
One sip at a time.
Perfect for writing or reflection –
Before next thought –
A sip –
Energy and enlightment
Out of a dark blue cup
Of bitter-brown Ethiopian coffee!
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COURAGE IN THE FLOW
We earn the title of “human being” when we’re able to live out values
Higher than our everyday concerns –
Some examples are:
Love, truth, justice, beauty,
And “Good” – an alternative word for “God.”
Before enlightment, if and when that ever happens,
Each choice we make will be determined by our earlier unconscious choices –
Made without self-reflective thinking –
But to live “in the moment” – like God does –
We need the same inner freedom that God exhibits.
In order to accomplish that, however – we’ll need to shake off our elaborate egos
And ersatz societal roles –
And become free enough to resurrect our original true self.
It’s not sexuality that our predecessors, Adam and Eve, wanted to cover up –
It was their “self-made” artificial reality –
Which can only be changed by gaining the ability to see the world through God’s eyes.
Christianity, in order to justify itself, has promoted a misleading standard for all humanity –
“Perfection” –
But, after all, even God isn’t perfect in a mathematical or abstract sense –
Because God is alive –
Like nature – just on a higher level.
So, to condemn ourselves as sinful because we haven’t achieved “perfection”
Is irrational
Because we aren’t –
And never will be.
One day, however, we might decide to be “born again” – like Jesus recommended –
And, as a consequence, be able to experience full reality –
The same as God –
After which, hopefully, we’ll start making intelligent-loving decisions,
Discovering all it took was
Courage in the flow –
That’s all –
Just a little courage
In the flow.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND THE TRUE SELF
“The Kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:20-21 (Emphasis added)
Do we become “God” when we have achieved the highest/best level of humanity?
No.
Do we become “God” upon enlightenment or, much more rarely, upon arrival as an Avatar of the Age?
Again, no.
Are human beings such a key part of reality that we may serve as a symbol for everything else – at least intellectually – and so, from that perspective, might be viewed as “equivalent to God”?
Good heavens, no!
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God doesn’t want us to aspire to be “God”. God wants for us only to be our “true self” – so that we may gain entry into that “kingdom of God” that’s “within” us.
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This “true self” is what God always intended for us to be – that is, the person we were destined to become if we ever stop working so hard at embellishing our ego self.
A true self is what God desires for everything and everybody – after all, cardinals, bees, and galaxies all exist exactly as God intends – however, none of them are given the freedom to become “something else,” i.e., to change themselves – like we are.
One day, when we decide to drop our false selves – like discarded clothes – we’ll be able to make an initial appearance into that innermost “kingdom of God”.
Upon returning to this interior “Eden,” and thereby gaining the self-reflective intelligence, spontaneity, and freedom that’s natural to human beings – it’s true that we’ll become “like” God – but only in the sense that we’ll have become as “natural” as God.
Listen – I’ll say it one more time since there’s so much confusion about this (especially from the world’s self–appointed, self-enriched gurus) – the point is not for us to become “God” – but only, while remaining a normal human being who has given up their artificial ego self – to become as natural as God.
Diner Mystic 