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Originally Posted by xexon The "dead", are those who are still spiritually asleep. Worldly people.
To awaken is to turn inward, in pursuit of the divine self, and away from worldly attractions.
This also works for the "blind" to "see".
x | When it is said that he preached to the dead, there is no reason to think that it referred to ‘those asleep’ in their faith. Theologians and different church commentaries are the one’s that suggest that it refers to ‘angelic spirits’. I think that all too often we assume that the Bible writers used words that needed to be interpreted. There is no reason to think that they didn’t mean dead, after all, it is supposed to have happened when Christ was dead, dead! We can’t think that meant Christ was ‘asleep in his faith’.
I'll have to try looking up the original words used. |
When you are awake spiritually, there is no faith.
A "faith" is braille for the spiritually blind. They can't see but they can feel. And the ability to feel is what leads to the ability to see. Religion can teach discipline of mind, but the dogma is highly corrupted and unable to transmit the message in pure form.
The church bus might take you to heaven's gate, but that means nothing if you don't have a key to get in.
You have to earn the key. And you have to leave all belief behind you to do it. All those late night reads on religion and mysticism will do nothing for you if you don't cut them loose when they've served their purpose.
Until you do, you are of the world (made of clay), and this shall pass away. Your human identity, which you hold tightly like a teddybear, will die time and time again. This pain is self inflicted.
One must see cause and effect. Difficult with only 5 senses. So it pays to sharpen one's awareness so that death is like turning a page rather than a final ending.
Death through the eyes of religion will always make you sad.
They don't know how to turn the page.
Because they're dead.
Physical death claims all. Masters included. As a general rule, dead masters do not accept new disciples. New masters are born all the time. Only they are truly alive in this world of near death. And only they can transmit the divine spark that awakens with a touch.
Religion, by and large, lack such individuals. The religious are a product of a huge broken factory that turns out cheap imitations based on plans handed down from long ago.
They can build a perfect being, but have no spark to make it go.
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