[Jonathon]

"I am convinced that our biggest problem in solving any of this will be the Christians. "

Yeah I don't know about that Mntruth... there was a time that I would have agreed wholeheartedly, however now I think the biggest problem is ourselves. There are some really beautifully intelligent, open-minded and open-hearted people on this site who still struggle with getting past their own mind. I'm one of those people... it's a massive daily challenge. Just imagine how challenging it must be for the utterly indoctrinated and misinformed. These is no mountain that cannot be climbed once the self is mastered. As Tolle says, the purpose of presence (being the I AM in the NOW - freeing yourself from ego and mind) is the opening up to and allowance for the gateway of the divine to be manifested. This is supported by every major spiritual discipline/doctrine since the beginning of time. Transcending the human condition. Allowing consciousness to be present. Complete freedom from past & future, attachment, fear, animalistic nature and so on.

I can recall one of the Edgar Cayce readings that spoke about the symbolic meaning of the "Throne Room" in Revelations. He said the great light on the throne represented consciousness while the two rows of men represented the two rows of cranial nerves in the brain (the source of all human function). I believe there is a YouTube of that somewhere.. worth looking. This alludes to transcendence of mind... becoming conscious. That is where the great king resides.

There lies the greatest and most crucial challenge in my observation. Remember, you are responsible only for your own personal growth. You cannot be responsible or held accountable for that of anyone else. Free will is the 1st distortion of the Law of One. Sometimes it is the most difficult to remember. There is that place in all of us that calls us to help others while neglecting ourselves... this principle sometimes leads to the focus of our attention being diverted to what everyone else is doing and ignoring what's going on right in front of our faces. This is another path to unconsciousness... trying to control everything that is beyond us and neglecting that one thing we CAN control: ourselves. Right now.