Recently it has been brought to my attention that there are a goodly number of people who earnestly believe that it is actually a sin to think past a certain point. And that that point is established by a person, or institution, in great authority over the person who is attempting to think. For instance, as a child I belonged to a fundamentalist evangelical Christian denomination. I was taught that God would never allow man to go to the moon; that it was against His will to even try; it was a sin to even think those thoughts. Centuries ago it was an automatic auto-da-fe (being burned alive at the stake) for anyone unwise enough to think thoughts that were not part of the Church's written dogma. In my church it was an automatic shunning for anyone who dared to think out of the box, or question a point of doctrine. Unfortunately for my finding any place to rest my beliefs in, I went from church to church seeking new insights and challenging my former beliefs, only to find that I still had questions and had found no one to answer them.
But what I did find was a very personal relationship with ONE. ONE expressed as the greatest Force of all, LOVE. To this Force of Love I opened my mind and the questions started to fly and have not stopped yet. I question everyone and everything seeking to find the answers to my questions and the entire Cosmos has exploded around me and it is vast and beautiful; filled with peace and love.
To think is the pathway to knowledge of all creation. ONE created us with huge brains, of which we average about 6% usage here on Earth. Start questioning and developing your own thoughts and you will be surprised at what pops up. Those brief thoughts that flew through your mind in childhood and young adulthood, that you never spoke of because the thoughts were too precious to take a chance on someone throwing mud on them. Dare to think those thoughts, study what others are thinking, open your mind to new subjects-subjects that are supposedly off the network. What will happen if you dare to think for yourself? The world will open up to you and you can begin to make good decisions about where you are headed to in life; good choices.
Most humans attempt to box God into a belief system with very rigid boundaries. They despise science because science dares to ask questions and think out of the box. What harm is there in allowing science to challenge current thoughts about creation-for example? What real difference does it make what science finds to be true, because whatever science discovers it will be the unfolding knowledge of God's mind. What is, is ONE.
Science discovers what makes things tick and questions everything it finds for answers as to how everything is put together and what makes it all work. They are the thinkers of great new thoughts and ideas. Ideas that they turn into useful and life-saving products for all of the planet.
It is not a sin to think or to leave your mind open to the flow of ideas and concepts. You don't have to change your beliefs unless you choose to; but to leave your mind closed to new thoughts and ideas is to strangle your expression of life and live a half-life. ONE gave you a good mind and often puts thoughts in your mind that would open up your experience to new levels. Finding a truth for yourself that makes your heart sing with joy, that is the great adventure of life. In the end we judge our own selves and we are our own worst critic. Will you be proud of the way you met your challenges? Or will you cringe in the shadows of knowing that you were a poor steward of the treasure that the Master had left in your care; your mind?
ONE has never given a commandment to stop thinking; instead ONE has given man a boundless curiosity from birth to death and beyond. Thinking is actually a sacred obligation to become aware, to question, and to grow.
Never give up the right to think; it is your basic human right.
But what I did find was a very personal relationship with ONE. ONE expressed as the greatest Force of all, LOVE. To this Force of Love I opened my mind and the questions started to fly and have not stopped yet. I question everyone and everything seeking to find the answers to my questions and the entire Cosmos has exploded around me and it is vast and beautiful; filled with peace and love.
To think is the pathway to knowledge of all creation. ONE created us with huge brains, of which we average about 6% usage here on Earth. Start questioning and developing your own thoughts and you will be surprised at what pops up. Those brief thoughts that flew through your mind in childhood and young adulthood, that you never spoke of because the thoughts were too precious to take a chance on someone throwing mud on them. Dare to think those thoughts, study what others are thinking, open your mind to new subjects-subjects that are supposedly off the network. What will happen if you dare to think for yourself? The world will open up to you and you can begin to make good decisions about where you are headed to in life; good choices.
Most humans attempt to box God into a belief system with very rigid boundaries. They despise science because science dares to ask questions and think out of the box. What harm is there in allowing science to challenge current thoughts about creation-for example? What real difference does it make what science finds to be true, because whatever science discovers it will be the unfolding knowledge of God's mind. What is, is ONE.
Science discovers what makes things tick and questions everything it finds for answers as to how everything is put together and what makes it all work. They are the thinkers of great new thoughts and ideas. Ideas that they turn into useful and life-saving products for all of the planet.
It is not a sin to think or to leave your mind open to the flow of ideas and concepts. You don't have to change your beliefs unless you choose to; but to leave your mind closed to new thoughts and ideas is to strangle your expression of life and live a half-life. ONE gave you a good mind and often puts thoughts in your mind that would open up your experience to new levels. Finding a truth for yourself that makes your heart sing with joy, that is the great adventure of life. In the end we judge our own selves and we are our own worst critic. Will you be proud of the way you met your challenges? Or will you cringe in the shadows of knowing that you were a poor steward of the treasure that the Master had left in your care; your mind?
ONE has never given a commandment to stop thinking; instead ONE has given man a boundless curiosity from birth to death and beyond. Thinking is actually a sacred obligation to become aware, to question, and to grow.
Never give up the right to think; it is your basic human right.
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