Scripture says Satan, the Father of Lies
loves to deceive mortals
and so all private revelations/claims of visions/voices
are subjected to rigorous discernment
by Vatican authorities
Teresa of Avila had a private revelation
a vision of an Interior Mansion inside everyone
and we progress from one inner mansion to another
and riches/treasures/joys are in the fifth mansion
and the majority of people gain admittance there
and the devil is kept out
and the Vatican approved this vision
as far as visions go, believers cannot trust society
to tell us the ways of God and Satan
because society is confused/blown about
by constant winds of change/
only concerned with pragmatism/and immediate consequences
and so, believers must somehow learn
to trust God again
and there is objective good/objective truth
society cannot save us for
“It has become normal to feel ill-at-ease
as we watch the fraying rope
of our culture unravel strand by strand
and slowly break” – Bruce Cockburn
families tie society together but individualism unravels them
curing individualism comes from recognizing
we are essentially social beings
we are all subjects before God
we are interdependent
and called to unity/accountability for others/the world/ourselves
the best way to be accountable is thru contemplation
for the essence of contemplation
is to experience God’s “I AM” which:
illumines your own “i am”
ties us all together as one family of daughters/sons of God
being loved by one Eternal Mother/Father
being mindful of the Holy Spirit/the Present Moment/
healing of all our mental/physical wounds/
awareness of Jesus the Great Healer/the healing of the Trinity.