Great pithy article. It is interesting the use of the word 'miracles'. Life in all its facets is miraculous. Why? at every stage of development life is a miracle. Literally. For evolution (that is the atheistic belief/theory of the origin of life which we are taught from birth is the immutable truth) to happen millions of miracles must take place (not amazing coincidences, that can happen..amazingly) actual miracles.
For example that DNA and RNA and proteins all developed together (they can't even develop let alone function independently) is impossible. Just for the right type of Amino acids to coalesce in the right order to form the first protein is mathematically impossible, calculated at 10 to the the power of 164. (10 to the power of 50 is believed to be the threshold of impossibility, scientists tell us).
If we are intellectually rigorous with ourselves as Caitlin encourages, then surely we must accept there maybe a flaw in our education that insisted we believe the impossible. That we arrived here by random chance (which is impossible on literally thousands of levels. We literally have to stop nature to even allow the amino acid newly formed to survive by shielding it from UV rays of the Sun and shielding it from the primordial soup that would contaminate it chemically and from water which would act as a de-polymerizer, that is destroy it).
I accept this is a scary place for many of us to even venture intellectually because it throws up a whole load of questions. Needless to say I am not going to mention any of them here.
But 'our only path out is a mass-scale psychological transformation.' Would be a miracle...not to be unkind... it is a miracle which is never going to happen. But that doesn't mean we are without hope, it does mean the real hope for mankind maybe coming from a place we tend to dismiss.
Mankind has been killing itself over which holy projection gets the credit for snapping his almighty fingers and bringing forth life for centuries, so I wouldn't look for something as subjective and divisive as religion for any sort of deliverance.
Projections are anything but holy because they are man-made. That is why honest minded people reject them. 'By their fruits you will recognise them'. Interestingly Christ foresaw the state of false religion in his day. He warned us. In the Sermon on the Mount he talks about Christendom (they address him as 'Lord') and his response to these false religionists is unequivocal. 'Get away from me you workers of lawlessness, I never knew you!'.
Strong words indeed. So, if we are repulsed by hypocritical religion it is no more than God is. But the Creator's revulsion is because of their hideous/blasphemous misrepresentation of him and how that erroneous behaviour has turned many away from seeking the truth and has resulted in a world alienated from him, bent on self-destruction. The Bible says there is a ruler of the World whose aim is just that; to mislead and destroy. False religion has been an effective tool in misleading people for centuries. Its fruit is evidence of its success. Are we just more willing victims of its propaganda?
Of course, that could all be cobblers and so on the other hand, we can hope and pray that the world will miraculously come to its senses. But I suspect none of us really believes that. There is no evidence to suggest a world-wide epiphany is ever going to happen. So, might it not be prudent to examine something else no matter how deep our misgivings are about it, knowing our views of religious matters have been shaped/warped largely by a bunch of religious psychopaths? Might they actually not really represent God at all, given the purpose and harmony we see in creation/nature, even our thinking nature? Might that indicate that far from false religion there is something else worth seeking about the how and the why we are here and to what end?
Then there's the problem of crystal clear diagnostics coupled with fuzzy solutions. Every tool they hand us only furthers a rotten agenda. The ballot box is rigged. The morning news is Silly Putty. Social media is a like-minded echo chamber, and they want to install even more funhouse mirrors. And those most needing to read Caitlin, dont.
When the shit hits the fan, knowing I saw things clearly won't really help.
"If you resolve on a deep level to get real with reality, to want the truth at all cost whatever it is, it will turn your life upside down. You'll lose careers, relationships, you'll experience white-knuckle terror. But you'll also give life a chance to astonish you with miracles." We, as part of Life, only exist right now. All are thinking on the past and future is bullshit. As A Course in Miracles states, we think we're thinking but our mind is really blank, because the past and future do not exist.
Great pithy article. It is interesting the use of the word 'miracles'. Life in all its facets is miraculous. Why? at every stage of development life is a miracle. Literally. For evolution (that is the atheistic belief/theory of the origin of life which we are taught from birth is the immutable truth) to happen millions of miracles must take place (not amazing coincidences, that can happen..amazingly) actual miracles.
For example that DNA and RNA and proteins all developed together (they can't even develop let alone function independently) is impossible. Just for the right type of Amino acids to coalesce in the right order to form the first protein is mathematically impossible, calculated at 10 to the the power of 164. (10 to the power of 50 is believed to be the threshold of impossibility, scientists tell us).
If we are intellectually rigorous with ourselves as Caitlin encourages, then surely we must accept there maybe a flaw in our education that insisted we believe the impossible. That we arrived here by random chance (which is impossible on literally thousands of levels. We literally have to stop nature to even allow the amino acid newly formed to survive by shielding it from UV rays of the Sun and shielding it from the primordial soup that would contaminate it chemically and from water which would act as a de-polymerizer, that is destroy it).
I accept this is a scary place for many of us to even venture intellectually because it throws up a whole load of questions. Needless to say I am not going to mention any of them here.
But 'our only path out is a mass-scale psychological transformation.' Would be a miracle...not to be unkind... it is a miracle which is never going to happen. But that doesn't mean we are without hope, it does mean the real hope for mankind maybe coming from a place we tend to dismiss.
Mankind has been killing itself over which holy projection gets the credit for snapping his almighty fingers and bringing forth life for centuries, so I wouldn't look for something as subjective and divisive as religion for any sort of deliverance.
Projections are anything but holy because they are man-made. That is why honest minded people reject them. 'By their fruits you will recognise them'. Interestingly Christ foresaw the state of false religion in his day. He warned us. In the Sermon on the Mount he talks about Christendom (they address him as 'Lord') and his response to these false religionists is unequivocal. 'Get away from me you workers of lawlessness, I never knew you!'.
Strong words indeed. So, if we are repulsed by hypocritical religion it is no more than God is. But the Creator's revulsion is because of their hideous/blasphemous misrepresentation of him and how that erroneous behaviour has turned many away from seeking the truth and has resulted in a world alienated from him, bent on self-destruction. The Bible says there is a ruler of the World whose aim is just that; to mislead and destroy. False religion has been an effective tool in misleading people for centuries. Its fruit is evidence of its success. Are we just more willing victims of its propaganda?
Of course, that could all be cobblers and so on the other hand, we can hope and pray that the world will miraculously come to its senses. But I suspect none of us really believes that. There is no evidence to suggest a world-wide epiphany is ever going to happen. So, might it not be prudent to examine something else no matter how deep our misgivings are about it, knowing our views of religious matters have been shaped/warped largely by a bunch of religious psychopaths? Might they actually not really represent God at all, given the purpose and harmony we see in creation/nature, even our thinking nature? Might that indicate that far from false religion there is something else worth seeking about the how and the why we are here and to what end?
I named the miracle narrative 'World 5.0'
Then there's the problem of crystal clear diagnostics coupled with fuzzy solutions. Every tool they hand us only furthers a rotten agenda. The ballot box is rigged. The morning news is Silly Putty. Social media is a like-minded echo chamber, and they want to install even more funhouse mirrors. And those most needing to read Caitlin, dont.
When the shit hits the fan, knowing I saw things clearly won't really help.
"If you resolve on a deep level to get real with reality, to want the truth at all cost whatever it is, it will turn your life upside down. You'll lose careers, relationships, you'll experience white-knuckle terror. But you'll also give life a chance to astonish you with miracles." We, as part of Life, only exist right now. All are thinking on the past and future is bullshit. As A Course in Miracles states, we think we're thinking but our mind is really blank, because the past and future do not exist.