on@hpda.UUCP (Owen Rowley) (05/23/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** a-wip: I would like to begin talking about the way spiritual energy works in the human experience! My point of view is eclectic, and I have been trained in a contemporary Shamanic system with strong ties to several Neo-Pagan traditions . In addition I have personnally embraced Thelema and the Book of the Law recieved by the Master Therion (A.Crowley) as my chosen brand of revealed dogma.... ***So this is my opinion..OK ..and I recognise everyone elses right*** To their own opinion..OK.. I propose that "something" has changed about how spiritual energy works in our lives. Thelema calls it the new "AEON",lots of spiritual groups make reference to a "new age", the age of "Aquarius" etc.This "something" ,in my opinion, is the changeover from the hierarchical structure as exemplified by the many organised religions of the "previous" age to the "holographic" direct connect structure much in evidence today.Up until this change it was the "way it worked" for a priestcraft to deal directly with the energy of pure spirit and subsequently distribute the benefits of this contact through regular ritual and other secular activities. Human beings were hard pressed just to keep alive and sheltered, having an organised religious body to focus the spiritual energies for them was highly desirable...But the child grows up... yearns to free itself from controlled systems..often after getting a glimpse at the scope of the job ahead (taking personal responsibility for that which was previously provided with no effort) pulls back a bit . I think that we are now at this point. Some have plunged into the task, full speed ahead, some are taking a carefull look at what is now required of each individual for spiritual growth and are planning their course, some have buryed their heads in the sand hoping that its all a bad dream and that their benevlent god will be there when they wake up, some will be dragged kicking and screaming all the way,and I'm certain that there are a myriad of ways to deal with it all. So what is this direct connect stuff I'm talking about anyway?... Well within the tenets of my own religious beliefs I phrase it like this. "Everyone is their own High Priest/ess and no-one should even want to be any one elses!".I also like "Communication is only possible amongst equals" and apply this to my concept of a personall relationship to God/dess,this of course implys that each individual is actually the highest possible expression of Div- inity -period- .Buying into these concepts requires the purchaser to accept total responsibility for their life and everything that occurs within the scope of their lives.Thelema classifies this as "Crossing the Abyss".An understanding of recent discoveries within the field of Physics tells us that we have all already crossed the abyss ,if we are not aware of it then it is only our under- standing of it that is out of sync!Every possible variation of every possible action/reaction occurs simultaneously in a nonlocal version of reality and locality is dtermined by our conscious awareness of the specific event horizen we are experiencing right here and right now.I think that it also means that we are making it all up as we go along! My magickal tradition teaches that we are all Pan dimmensional wizards casting spells to create the universe as we choose and that our magick always works , so whatever we're getting is what we're casting our spells for! The purpose of enlightenment is to awaken our- selves to the concept that we need to dtermine why we are really here,and act accordingly....NOW you knew that already,all the time didn't you? I would like to go on but will stop at this point and make a comment or two about Tim Maroney's posting that complains about Xtian 's hogging the net when they have a net.religion.christian to play with .. I get really bored with reading page after page of comments about xtian theologywhich I find obnoxious and immature....but then carriage return seems to displace them promptly and without complaint.I would like to see excesssive biblical disscusions moved to net.religion.christian...The Question I have is ... would this then take the hard and fast Xtians away from this board and thus keep them from being exposed to new ideas and dogma busting concepts of religion ????More than likely anyone who is stuck on the bible as the revealed word of God is going to disregard my postings (and yours too Tim) as delusion(at best) and Devil Worship (at worst).I might add that death is the solution to the problem posed by both of these extremes as "revealed by God " in said "Bible". well I really dont WANT to insult anyone , or be too self righteous... and I certainly dont want to take myself too seriously. "Tis an Ill Wind that Blows no Minds" {ucbvax,hplabs}!hpda!on Owen Rowley......