Unhealthy and dysfunctional institutions
breed codependency in people –
the need to have others give us a sense
of identity and self-worth
as Christians reduced faith to belief –
assent to a list of ideas/doctrines
about God/Jesus/Church –
some extended it to belief
about women/science/politics
and we lost sight more and more
of “love your enemies”
and so became oppressive hypocrites
religion is only healthy
when it is about ego-transformation
not group superiority –
“my religion is better than your religion” –
or having correct doctrines
or being morally worthy enough to enter an afterlife
most people (80%) think civilization should move
toward a global vision
and in that regard
mysticism is the comprehensive “theory of everything”
people long for – something that makes sense
out of reality for everyone
just as Christianity used to do
the basic Christian understanding is that
you find your true self/true identity
by surrendering all your individual autonomy
to Christ
who makes you right with God
thru his Love and Penance
on the Cross for your sins
in God and God’s Love –
not in the Church and the Church’s love –
we and everything
become stabilized and eternalized –
if not established in God
we, and all things,
including the Church
perish.
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