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I have previously mentioned how Middle Eastern religions like
Judeo-Christianity misunderstand the nature of god by ignorantly
positing an anthropomorphized being as the invisible controller of
reality. The other significant error of monotheism is that it asserts
a force separate and apart from the individual, one in need of worship,
one that is incomprehensible, indemonstrable, and can only be imagined.
While polytheism uses its gods to convey cultural knowledge through
metaphors and archetypes, monotheism is detached from real life and
wants to claim exclusive but undisclosed and undisclosable knowledge
of the universe.
If you study the history and culture that preceded the inventions of
the various Middle Eastern religions, you can clearly see the psychology
that necessitated its worldview and was attracted to its claims. This
also explains why the tradition of European spirituality and polytheism
is so different from Judeo-Christian values and beliefs, as well as
infinitely more healthy and enlightened.
Just as some aspects of Eastern religions share the same truths and
real-world orientation as traditional (pre-Judeo-Christian) European
beliefs, there were once Gnostics in the Middle East who had some
of the basic insight about life that shed light on reality instead of
obscuring it with supernatural nonsense. The
Nag Hammadi Scriptures
reveal a great deal about this because they do not believe in the
fragmented, externalized view of reality that eventually rose in
prominence and crippled Europe for more than a thousand years with
its spiritual disease.
This also shows that "god" was not considered a being that floated in
the sky, but was a cultural construct to designate an individual's
understanding of life. While this is no longer an obvious observation
in today's society where most people's thoughts consist of what the media
tells them to believe, in older times there used to be people who looked
at the world around them and came to know themselves and their surroundings.
I will write more about the importance of this idea and its origin in
traditional spirituality in a future sermon.
In the lifespan of civilization, the influence of Middle Eastern
religions is very new and its results have been horrific. If you have
an interest in finding out about real life, study the traditions,
values, symbols, concepts, art, and meaning of the culture that your
ancestors possessed prior to the Judeo-Christian invasion. In it they
documented wisdom that is now largely unknown to the uninitiated, but
remains just as useful today as it was thousands of years ago. Though
they didn't possess complex technology, they were culturally, socially,
and philosophically more advanced than modern civilization. It is
our birthright to taste the knowledge that is part of our heritage and
will keep us connected to the special roots from whence we came.
To know reality better than others is our greatest advantage over
the delusional Judeo-Christian mindset. While they spin in confusion
and vigorously ponder the simplest things, we intuitively grasp
everything in the world and consequently find success with ease.
May the gap widen as we build the future while the ignorant continue to
dig their living graves.
-Jesus |