Life is all about belief systems. Behind every thought, feeling, or emotion is a belief system. We develop our belief systems early in life from what we are taught, what we experience, and how we perceive the world around us through whatever perspective we were given by the people and religious cultures we are part of. Some belief systems are small trains of thought and others are tangled webs of craziness that wreck havoc in our lives. For example, some of the first stories we hear as a children in Sunday school are:
Adam & Eve & Creation = (Subconscious belief system) – I am inherently bad or evil because of what Adam & Eve did and if (when) I disobey, God will kick me out of the family or out of the running for heaven just like he kicked them out of the garden.
Sacrifice of Isaac = (Subconscious belief system) – If I like or appear to enjoy anything more than God, He will take it away from me because He is a jealous God. I therefore must prove my sole devotion to Him by not getting too attached or close to anyone or anything.
Noah’s Ark = (Subconscious belief system) = If (when) God gets fed up with me, He will wish He never created me and He will wipe me out or make my life a living hell.
You get the picture. Without even realizing it, these stories and viewpoints get lodged into our subconscious mind and create our realities. You wonder why you always feel unworthy, fearful, guilty, or full of shame. It was programmed into you!!!
So we need a new programming – and to help you, I am going to say what lots of people are afraid to say – the god portrayed in the Old Testament is is not true! That is not God! It was man’s own projection of himself onto a deity that he did not know or understand. Not one of the previous stories portrays the unconditional love of a God or Father who would die in order to make His children whole, healed, and blessed. These stories tell of a narcissistic tyrant who retaliates when he doesn’t get his way.
Come on – let’s call it what it is – bullshit!!!
RELIGION GOT IT WRONG!!!
But the beautiful part of all this is that you can change your belief systems! No, you won’t go to hell if you believe something different than what you have always been taught. You also won’t be falling off the deep end or being deceived – God is much bigger than that and promises that He is the one that keeps you until the end. You might loose some friends and/or be disowned by people, but you will be much happier and more at peace within yourself than ever before.
Start by believing in LOVE, for that is what God is!!! Love (God) is patient; kind; does not envy (is not jealous); does not boast; is not proud; does not dishonor others; is not self-seeking; is not easily angered; keeps NO record of wrongs; does not delight in evil; rejoices with the truth; always protects; always trusts; always hopes; always perseveres; NEVER fails!!!!
LOVE ALWAYS WINS!!!
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