| Author: | Sheila Ward | ISBN: | 9781301894185 |
| Publisher: | Marian McCain | Publication: | August 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sheila Ward |
| ISBN: | 9781301894185 |
| Publisher: | Marian McCain |
| Publication: | August 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
This is a small book intended to stimulate further discussion. It opens with a short piece describing eternity as related to death.
The church is often attacked for being small-minded. This is because, .like most of us, it lives in a small box of assumptions about the world created mainly by theologians and Freudian psychologists who taught that we are all the same and that everyone operates from motives of self-gratification. We need to escape from this into a universe which is beyond our comprehension in its immensity and beauty as well as in the spontaneity of love and the vast potential loving energy of the human heart. Based on over eighty years of the author’s life experience, the book was prompted by Don MacGregor’s ‘Blue Sky God’ which reveals new scientific understanding about the nature of reality.
‘Omega God ‘looks forward rather than back and suggests that God IS LOVE rather than some external being. Observing how everyone comes to help in a disaster suggests that fundamentally we all care about each other and this is confirmed by mystical (unitive) experiences,
Jesus the Christ was born a man rather than the ‘son of God’. He became a more highly evolved human being.. We need to look at the myth of the virgin birth both from this point of view and because of the damage it has done to women throughout the last two thousand years. A more likely scenario of the conception and birth of Jesus is suggested.
Love is the key to evolution and we need to explore especially the phenomenon of ‘falling in love’, what the author calls ‘Inspirational Love’, spiritual discipline (including meditation), unitive consciousness and Christ consciousness. How does love grow in communities.?Although it is possible to experience briefly the full potential of love we are not yet big enough to live on this level for any length of time although this may become a reality in the future as we evolve into a whole new way of being. This is likely to come about as we show the love of Christ in the world in the sense of Theresa of Avila's “Christ has no body here on earth but ours.” Not everyone may be capable of this and it is probably for those who have been loved themselves to take on the responsibility of joining with others to create a new world.
This is happening on the internet through organisations such as ‘The Shift’, ‘The Peace Alliance’,‘Humanity’s Team’ and many more. It is also happening on the local level as people join to create a ‘Transition Town’ or join a sponsored run in aid of a cause about which they care. Already many in our churches are involved in feeding the hungry, caring for the marginalised and much more. But there is still a tendency in church services to be more concerned about our own pilgrimage to heaven, asking for forgiveness on the assumption that we can do nothing whereas we could be rejoicing in the Christ-given energy of love to take part in creating a new heaven and a new earth. Unfortunately the church has focused on worshipping Christ the man rather than emulating his behaviour .The church is dying but the phoenix could yet emerge if Christians realise that they can play a part in evolving humanity
Up to now human progress has been based on the intellect (the Tree of Knowledge.?) Emotional growth is only just beginning as women find their authenticity(the Tree of Life?)
This is a small book intended to stimulate further discussion. It opens with a short piece describing eternity as related to death.
The church is often attacked for being small-minded. This is because, .like most of us, it lives in a small box of assumptions about the world created mainly by theologians and Freudian psychologists who taught that we are all the same and that everyone operates from motives of self-gratification. We need to escape from this into a universe which is beyond our comprehension in its immensity and beauty as well as in the spontaneity of love and the vast potential loving energy of the human heart. Based on over eighty years of the author’s life experience, the book was prompted by Don MacGregor’s ‘Blue Sky God’ which reveals new scientific understanding about the nature of reality.
‘Omega God ‘looks forward rather than back and suggests that God IS LOVE rather than some external being. Observing how everyone comes to help in a disaster suggests that fundamentally we all care about each other and this is confirmed by mystical (unitive) experiences,
Jesus the Christ was born a man rather than the ‘son of God’. He became a more highly evolved human being.. We need to look at the myth of the virgin birth both from this point of view and because of the damage it has done to women throughout the last two thousand years. A more likely scenario of the conception and birth of Jesus is suggested.
Love is the key to evolution and we need to explore especially the phenomenon of ‘falling in love’, what the author calls ‘Inspirational Love’, spiritual discipline (including meditation), unitive consciousness and Christ consciousness. How does love grow in communities.?Although it is possible to experience briefly the full potential of love we are not yet big enough to live on this level for any length of time although this may become a reality in the future as we evolve into a whole new way of being. This is likely to come about as we show the love of Christ in the world in the sense of Theresa of Avila's “Christ has no body here on earth but ours.” Not everyone may be capable of this and it is probably for those who have been loved themselves to take on the responsibility of joining with others to create a new world.
This is happening on the internet through organisations such as ‘The Shift’, ‘The Peace Alliance’,‘Humanity’s Team’ and many more. It is also happening on the local level as people join to create a ‘Transition Town’ or join a sponsored run in aid of a cause about which they care. Already many in our churches are involved in feeding the hungry, caring for the marginalised and much more. But there is still a tendency in church services to be more concerned about our own pilgrimage to heaven, asking for forgiveness on the assumption that we can do nothing whereas we could be rejoicing in the Christ-given energy of love to take part in creating a new heaven and a new earth. Unfortunately the church has focused on worshipping Christ the man rather than emulating his behaviour .The church is dying but the phoenix could yet emerge if Christians realise that they can play a part in evolving humanity
Up to now human progress has been based on the intellect (the Tree of Knowledge.?) Emotional growth is only just beginning as women find their authenticity(the Tree of Life?)
