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Letting Go of God for the Sake of God

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It is interesting, though, that folks who read my articles say, "I find you hard to understand." "Why?" I ask myself. Easy, I'm a challenger of the status quo. In terms of my intelligence level, I will tell you that I came out closer to the mentally retarded range than the genius. (I was low average).

Our true "Book of Revelations" is OUR revelation. In revealing ourselves in our full and divine potential, we become modern day strippers who without shame remove every stich of clothing to reveal themselves in their Truth. Yes, striptease and belly dances are sensuous, sexual and spiritual.

Who says the two are opposed to each other? More importantly, why do the puritans embrace opposition while demeaning lovemaking and nudity as evil? Who is truly counter to Love incarnate on our planet?

There was a well-written article that criticized my notion of a verb-based religion. I do want to emphasize the reasons I think becoming verb-based is important. These are:

*Reducing alienation. We don't see ourselves in the world. Being verb based, we can see how we operate as Nature operates. We reconnect to the evolving flow of life and love.

*Reducing conflict. Let go to the grip of dualism which pits this against that. In becoming empty of conditioning and becoming more verb or process oriented, we can enter a state of peace via letting go of conflicting thoughts such as "God loves you and if you are not giving money to the church, then He will send you into an eternal hell."

*Letting go of top-down governance (including organized religion) which often fosters conflicts between nations, races, genders and our relationship to Nature and ultimately who we are.

*Releasing ourselves from a sense of powerlessness by surrendering our thoughts, beliefs and lives to "The Man," i.e., the corporation, government, churches and bosses. This speaks to releasing ourselves from internal dis-empowerment. Pro-active, verb based living could foster evolution. Perhaps this is how we will earn our wings?

*Fostering evolution from the inside out in relationship to the environment rather than the devolution that top-down, standardized, industrial and pre-determined practices produce.

In essence, we have thwarted our evolution and in turn are creating mass extinction on a planetary scale. Perhaps this is Nature's way to renew Herself? Perhaps She is menstruating and aborting this egg She refers to as human? "Hey, nothing personal," She says. "No pain, no gain. You just don't work well anymore! Bye, bye!"

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Burl Hall is a retired counselor who is living in a Senior Citizen Housing apartment. Burl has one book to his credit, titled "Sophia's Web: A Passionate Call to Heal our Wounded Nature." For more information, search the book on Amazon. (more...)
 
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