The coming evangelical collapse; The Christian Science Monitor

[Carmen]

ortho, what you focus on you will re-create, always. Our dread and fear only create more dread and fear. Im a bit hot under the collar this morning (downunder) at the endless negative news being fed onto this forum. Not much solution, waythrough stuff at all. Be your own religion, your own spiritual teacher. Self responsibliity is ours to implement. My God is inside of me and my own body is my temple.

Love and Light

Carmen

[orthodoxymoron]

Originally Posted by Carmen

ortho, what you focus on you will re-create, always. Our dread and fear only create more dread and fear. Im a bit hot under the collar this morning (downunder) at the endless negative news being fed onto this forum. Not much solution, waythrough stuff at all. Be your own religion, your own spiritual teacher. Self responsibliity is ours to implement. My God is inside of me and my own body is my temple.

Love and Light

Carmen

I agree. I'd much rather think happy thoughts! Unfortunately, some have suggested rather convincingly that a global theocracy is in our future. This is probably a good time to think and act to ensure that this never occurs...if it doesn't already exist in the shadows.

I like the concept of Positive Response Ability...where one considers all manner of problems in all their gory details...and wages war with them internally, utilizing both positive and negative thinking...and emerges with positive solutions. Obviously the solutions are in short supply...but this does not mean that negative issues should be avoided...but certainly they should not be focused upon...and allowed to destroy all joy and happiness in our lives.

I'm not into worshipping, praising, and obeying deities. I generally mistrust the external supernatural. I am increasingly relying on inner spirituality and the example of fellow humans. Nature is my Cathedral. Music, nature, exercise, and rest are foundational.