My spiritual awakening has entailed a component that is very much Christian. This is however not true for most that go through these awakenings. And yet, from what it seems like to me, this Cristian component is universal and not just particular to my or a few people’s spiritual awakenings. This does not mean that I believe that everyone else is wrong or evil. What I believe that this is a piece of the puzzle that is not yet in place. It’s not for me either I might add, since I myself am not sure what to make of this yet. All I know is that it isn’t leading me to any type of conventional Christianity. Neither the conservative nor the liberal kind. Basically I’m much too open to ideas, teachings and perspectives outside the Christian world to be conservative. And I can’t say that I buy in to every word of st. Paul, even if I take the things that I have a problem with seriously.
On the other hand, I do believe that the Bible offers many valid teachings and valuable perspectives, that clash with our current secular morals. This includes questions that woud place me outside of the liberal Christian fold, even if I try to never be judgmental here. I don’t believe in eternal damnation, but I do believe that we can damage ourselves through our actions, and not just those that cause obvious harm to us. And I believe that we can create our own personal hells here on earth if we fall deep enough into our unconscious behaviors.
So, this is a little something about my beliefs about Christianity. I look at the Bible and the life of Jesus as blueprints for how to live and what attitude we need to take towards life, if we want to live in harmony with God, each other and God’s creation. In other words not as a set of laws that we can break and get punished for. Or a set of beliefs that we need to force ourselves to believe, also in order to avoid punishment.
My thinking about this is a work in progress though. But this is what I've concluded so far.
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