Why is it that many of us choose suffering over living? Why do we feel the prize will be better if we have to fight life along the way to get there? During a recent Course In Miracles Study Group at the Celebration Center we discussed idols. It was an interesting topic and went in a direction that I did not expect. Many of us go into religion in an effort to find some truth, to be like that figure that is at the head of our religion. We begin to worship them as separate than us, as if that state of being is not attainable for us as followers of the faith. I don't mean to pick on the Christians, but they lend themselves to this more than many other religions. We have an individual that is Christ, and we worship the path that was walked by him, the acts he has performed, we take in his body and blood all the time keeping him as separate from us. In reality Jesus did not want us to worship him, but to know that we are the same as him. Many Buddhists feel they will never attain Buddha Nature in this lifetime. Many of us worship Gods and Goddesses never realizing that they are just reflections of our true divine nature. In turn, we have created a world where we hold each other at arms length. We are all equals in this life, many of us are better at certain skills than the next, but that is what makes us unique in our oneness.
Remember that instead of holding yourself away from the figurehead, see yourself as their equal. We all have the power to heal ourselves and others, we all have the power to spread hope to those that are feeling hopeless, we all have the power to Create- We are not separate from God, We are God.
You are all loved, you are all beautiful.
Mike
xoxo
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