"One of the main functions of formalized religions is to protect people against a direct experience of God." Carl Jung
This Fall we will be lifting from our three Scriptures what resonates with (or what offers contrast to) The Teachings of Abraham, brought forward by Esther and Jerry Hicks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdoddb4OIBM
In the Christian New Testament, Jesus says, during his Sermon On the Mount, recorded in Matthew 7:7: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." This fits beautifully within the principles of the Law of Attraction.
In the Qur'an God approves of people asking for things. Everything is available to humanity on earth. As was noted in our last posting, the mercy of God comes from the same root as womb. All of creation is nourished. It follows that in the Middle East the ancient healing art of herbalism is honored. In contrast, western science has created a split/separation. Historically herbalism has been looked upon with suspicion, as the occult, anti-science.
In Judaism there are many examples where all is provided, as in in Exodus 16:15 - the heavenly bread fell, and “when the children of Israel saw [it], they said to one another, ‘It is manna,’ because they did not know what it was.” God's gifts are plentiful and mysterious. (Even on the sabbath, on Shabbat when no work is done, all has been made ready... everything was prepared the day before.) The kitchen table becomes the altar.
Women are largely responsible for carrying out the religious traditions as Jewish families make Shabbat at home. After the Temple was destroyed, all Jews became priests. Famous Jewish scholars remind everyone that God is in the doing!
Mother Teresa echoes this when she says, Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
One of the most important aspects of Islam is that there is no intermediary needed between humankind and God.
Do devout seekers in all three faiths recognize their personal freedom and their individual spiritual responsibility to co-create? Is that the underlying message in the troubling story of the binding of Isaac? When we face what makes us uncomfortable, how do we react? Do we speak out, act or choose differently? Perhaps God asks us to: question what we do not understand, even in the face of seeming authority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sacrifice_of_Isaac-Caravaggio_%28Uffizi%29.jpg#file
In the Christian New Testament, Jesus says, during his Sermon On the Mount, recorded in Matthew 7:7: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." This fits beautifully within the principles of the Law of Attraction.
In the Qur'an God approves of people asking for things. Everything is available to humanity on earth. As was noted in our last posting, the mercy of God comes from the same root as womb. All of creation is nourished. It follows that in the Middle East the ancient healing art of herbalism is honored. In contrast, western science has created a split/separation. Historically herbalism has been looked upon with suspicion, as the occult, anti-science.
In Judaism there are many examples where all is provided, as in in Exodus 16:15 - the heavenly bread fell, and “when the children of Israel saw [it], they said to one another, ‘It is manna,’ because they did not know what it was.” God's gifts are plentiful and mysterious. (Even on the sabbath, on Shabbat when no work is done, all has been made ready... everything was prepared the day before.) The kitchen table becomes the altar.
Women are largely responsible for carrying out the religious traditions as Jewish families make Shabbat at home. After the Temple was destroyed, all Jews became priests. Famous Jewish scholars remind everyone that God is in the doing!
Mother Teresa echoes this when she says, Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
One of the most important aspects of Islam is that there is no intermediary needed between humankind and God.
Do devout seekers in all three faiths recognize their personal freedom and their individual spiritual responsibility to co-create? Is that the underlying message in the troubling story of the binding of Isaac? When we face what makes us uncomfortable, how do we react? Do we speak out, act or choose differently? Perhaps God asks us to: question what we do not understand, even in the face of seeming authority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sacrifice_of_Isaac-Caravaggio_%28Uffizi%29.jpg#file
