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Rev. Travis Eneix
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Religion is very good. But it suffers from being a department of civilization, in charge of spiritual matters. As such, it suffers all the shortcomings of civilization. Each religion is a fortress of specialized spirituality.
As for spirituality, it is also a shortcoming of being too human-centered. The legacy of civilization and religion has been to put humans at the center of Consciousness with God, without knowing any other consciousnesses outside of it. It's not our fault. We inherited the ignorance, and are having a hard time finding our way back.
Once we figure out the difference between spirituality and spiritual reality, we will be well on our way to seeing the box we're in.
Blessings,
Sun Warrior
No Truth is 100% true, and no sentient being is capable of producing 100% error. There is good and bad in all.
Spirit, as personage to be venerated, and be in service to, produces Religion, which leads to slavish turning over of self-will and personal moral compass.
Spirit, as I-I, supreme Subject issuing forth all Objects, produces Spirituality, which leads to callous insistence of self-righteousness.
Spirit, as Grand System of interconnectedness produces, Spiritual Reality which leads to a flatline dead acceptance of things just as they are.
Each path also has merits which more than justify their existence. What we, as free thinking, responsible, nice people are called to do is be our own watchmen, keeping ourselves skirting the edge of the Three Great traps of perspective on Spirit, and put at the forefront always the desire to be of use and producing as little negative impact as the tribulations of life allows. We are the ones living this life, and we are the ones responsible for how we do that.
I like that: spiritual reality is seen as a grand system. Pretty much explains our human-centeredness in accepting instead of exploring consciousnesses outside of our 'already silent awareness.'
Spirit as personage (human), Spirit as I-I (human), Spirit as Grand System (human vs. schematic), and the focus on this life as it is within civilization are all great observations, but what is reality beyond the concept. Is reality simply God, humans and system? Are there any other consciousnesses out there? Civilization is not so good at that question. And we seem to have been very smart in covering up what we don't know.
Well, that's the rub isn't it? ” Civilization is not so good at that question. And we seem to have been very smart in covering up what we don't know.” In that second sentence does “we” refer to civilization, or the individual human? Those are two very separate arenas, and require different treatment. Cannot the time I spend human-centered not be turned to use for those times when I am civilization-centered? Don't both areas count? The mistake I don't want to make is to throw out human-centered experience in favor of civilization-centered experience, or vice-versa.
Beyond all of it? Only One. Not just one human experience, or one civilzation experience, just One.