Uncovering A New Spirituality
I'd like to start this post with some thought provoking ideas mentioned in the book by Neale Donald Walsch, "The New Revelations".
The following excerpt is quoted directly from "The New Revelations" by Neale Donald Walsh:
"There are five things you can choose now if changing your world, and the self-destructive direction in which it is moving, is what you wish to achieve.
1. You can choose to acknowledge that some of your old beliefs about God and about Life are no
longer working.
2. You can choose to acknowledge that there is something you do not understand about God and
about Life, the understanding of which will change everything.
3. You can choose to be willing for a new understanding of God and Life to now be brought forth,
an understanding that could produce a new way of life on your planet.
4. You can choose to be courageous enough to explore and examine this new understanding,
and, if it aligns with your inner truth and knowing, to enlarge your belief system to include
it.
5. You can choose to live your lives as demonstrations of your highest and grandest beliefs,
rather than as denials of them.
These are the Five Steps to Peace, and if you take them, you can shift everything on your planet. "
(End of excerpt)
This new belief system that Neale Walsch is talking about is the belief that God is NOT a judgmental or condemning God. He will not punish you into eternity for not believing certain rules and beliefs. There is no one religion that is the best way or the only way to get to heaven. In this respect, atheists are not heathens condemned to hell. They are one of us. We are all one. We are all connected. God does not love people conditionally. God does exhibit unconditional love. Can we as a world learn to love and respect everyone's truth about God and about Life? Can we as a world choose to drop our beliefs that there is one and only one true way to God and to heaven? Can we as an individual understand that our beliefs about God and about Life are not The Truth about God and about Life? Can we as an individual entertain the thought there is more than one truth about God and about Life, and that all these truths are correct. When that happens, I believe, we will see more love and understanding amongst nations occurring.
The following excerpt is quoted directly from "The New Revelations" by Neale Donald Walsh:
"There are five things you can choose now if changing your world, and the self-destructive direction in which it is moving, is what you wish to achieve.
1. You can choose to acknowledge that some of your old beliefs about God and about Life are no
longer working.
2. You can choose to acknowledge that there is something you do not understand about God and
about Life, the understanding of which will change everything.
3. You can choose to be willing for a new understanding of God and Life to now be brought forth,
an understanding that could produce a new way of life on your planet.
4. You can choose to be courageous enough to explore and examine this new understanding,
and, if it aligns with your inner truth and knowing, to enlarge your belief system to include
it.
5. You can choose to live your lives as demonstrations of your highest and grandest beliefs,
rather than as denials of them.
These are the Five Steps to Peace, and if you take them, you can shift everything on your planet. "
(End of excerpt)
This new belief system that Neale Walsch is talking about is the belief that God is NOT a judgmental or condemning God. He will not punish you into eternity for not believing certain rules and beliefs. There is no one religion that is the best way or the only way to get to heaven. In this respect, atheists are not heathens condemned to hell. They are one of us. We are all one. We are all connected. God does not love people conditionally. God does exhibit unconditional love. Can we as a world learn to love and respect everyone's truth about God and about Life? Can we as a world choose to drop our beliefs that there is one and only one true way to God and to heaven? Can we as an individual understand that our beliefs about God and about Life are not The Truth about God and about Life? Can we as an individual entertain the thought there is more than one truth about God and about Life, and that all these truths are correct. When that happens, I believe, we will see more love and understanding amongst nations occurring.
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