Fear is the mind killer
I will face my fear
I will let it pass through me
I am a desert creature.
I really like the Dune series by Frank Herbert for the preceding lines alone. In less then 5 lines, this master epic writer has summed up the essence of overcoming negativity in the human experience characterized by self doubt born of fear. The final line suggest that ultimate obstacle in our way is indeed ourselves. In the end self realization and identity are thought to be foundation of a safeguard against the invasion and crippling effect of fear.
Some have said that the hypocrisy found in the church leadership has caused them to turn their backs on it. My response is: as long as any form of earthly human influence is present, even the best of us have the seeds of the worst evil within us. Such is the human condition. Hence no earthly institution, no matter how divinely blessed, is completely immune from negativity.
Where are the threads that unite these seemingly disjoined thoughts? Well if self realization and identity are the safeguards against fear, what do these processes reveal? I suggest that no matter how self-aware you become, and even though you make significant improvements to your ability to master all aspects of your existence, you will still realize the need for a higher power in your life. There is no escaping the human condition. I would even suggest further that all existing human life needs this higher power.
Pride, a byproduct of fear, shuns the idea of dependency. Independent existence devoid of need of anything outside of oneself is looked on as being ideal and anything less is weakness. But what if the opposite, and I believe this to be truth, is true?
Again Romil, what are you getting at? Simply put. No church will ever save you. No man made institution can. If there is any saving to be done, and there is, only God can.
But since we are created in the image of God who is a social being… and here is where things once again become cyclical… because He is a social being… hence our creation cause the Big Dude was lonely… we do benefit from the existence of a church. Just like a hospital is ultimately not a very pleasant place to be during an outbreak of a horrible disease… it may not always to be pleasant in the church… but it is the best place to be when we need to be close to the cure source.
And sometimes our earthly vision is so poor that the only reflection of God we see is the one he places into those who exists around us…
The randomness of my reflection
I will face my fear
I will let it pass through me
I am a desert creature.
I really like the Dune series by Frank Herbert for the preceding lines alone. In less then 5 lines, this master epic writer has summed up the essence of overcoming negativity in the human experience characterized by self doubt born of fear. The final line suggest that ultimate obstacle in our way is indeed ourselves. In the end self realization and identity are thought to be foundation of a safeguard against the invasion and crippling effect of fear.
Some have said that the hypocrisy found in the church leadership has caused them to turn their backs on it. My response is: as long as any form of earthly human influence is present, even the best of us have the seeds of the worst evil within us. Such is the human condition. Hence no earthly institution, no matter how divinely blessed, is completely immune from negativity.
Where are the threads that unite these seemingly disjoined thoughts? Well if self realization and identity are the safeguards against fear, what do these processes reveal? I suggest that no matter how self-aware you become, and even though you make significant improvements to your ability to master all aspects of your existence, you will still realize the need for a higher power in your life. There is no escaping the human condition. I would even suggest further that all existing human life needs this higher power.
Pride, a byproduct of fear, shuns the idea of dependency. Independent existence devoid of need of anything outside of oneself is looked on as being ideal and anything less is weakness. But what if the opposite, and I believe this to be truth, is true?
Again Romil, what are you getting at? Simply put. No church will ever save you. No man made institution can. If there is any saving to be done, and there is, only God can.
But since we are created in the image of God who is a social being… and here is where things once again become cyclical… because He is a social being… hence our creation cause the Big Dude was lonely… we do benefit from the existence of a church. Just like a hospital is ultimately not a very pleasant place to be during an outbreak of a horrible disease… it may not always to be pleasant in the church… but it is the best place to be when we need to be close to the cure source.
And sometimes our earthly vision is so poor that the only reflection of God we see is the one he places into those who exists around us…
The randomness of my reflection
leave splashes of realization.
Here.
Here.
There.
Everywhere.
2 comments:
I love it!
P.S. I said the line once already LOL
- Maj -
a question arises....was the Big Dude lonely? There were three after all. They had an amazing fellowship, shared this amazing Love with one another for who knows how long. Think about a relationship between two people. Image those two sharing love to one another. Time goes by and that love becomes richer, profoundly deeper. They aren't loving each other because they are being selfish, the are loving one another because Love is "otherness." Here's a thought - Those three, sharing that love. It gets richer, it gets deeper, it gets amazingly beautiful. They begin to say to themselves "This is good stuff, we needs to share this with others besides ourselves" And that's what I call the mystery of God, because He's one yet He's three...and His love, an even greater mystery...
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