The small ego – the things we identify with –
our education/work/marital status/wealth –
our possessions can possess us
and hand the reins to EGO (Edging God Out):
our attachment to our self-image instead of to God.
The small ego is a necessary part, but not the whole
of who we are, and breaking free of it into the whole
liberates us from just being a part.
Even the small ‘I,’ the ego, cannot love
because it is always in one of four small ‘c’ modes:
calculation/control/competition/comparison.
Comparison with others = judging = anti-love.
To end the violence all around us
we first need to end the violence within us –
technology will not save us but “I AM” can
and meditation – listening to silence – the language of God
within us and around us – can help.
Quantum theology believes:
- the ‘shadow’ is a real and powerful dimension of all life
- the shadow cannot be eradicated
- the more we try to eradicate it, the more power we give it
- the shadow is a powerful force for creativity if we integrate it.
Because our shadow and God wrestle within us
most people relate to the sacred
with a sense of ambivalence – a mixture of
trust/antitrust/approach/avoidance.
But there is no need to be afraid –
the Godhead is a Goodhead.
In fact, it’s all good – Teilhard de Chardin saw that
even technology can provide a ground for religious development –
something that, rather than destroying us
with AI like CHATGPT
technology could take us to a higher level
of consciousness and union in love –
telescopes let us see into the past
and just how great/good/glorious God is
and always has been
and always will be.
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