A spirituality based on love, not fear In the West, theology has
almost always meant Christian theology--a hodgepodge of beliefs
that are hard to make sense of. Why, for example, should an
all-loving, merciful God have gotten mad at the human race because
someone ate a piece of fruit six thousand years ago? And why would
he send part of himself down to earth to be tortured to death?
These beliefs, stated baldly, are nonsensical. Millions of people
are realizing this and losing their faith. The time has come to
reenvision Christian theology without contradictory teachings laced
with fear. It is time for a theology of love and miracles. Richard
Smoley reframes Christian theology using logical, consistent, and
easy-to-understand teachings of unconditional love and forgiveness.
He draws inspiration not only from the Bible, but also from
Hinduism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, and from esoteric and mystical
teachings, such as A Course in Miracles and the Sefer Yetzirah, the
oldest known Kabbalistic text. He explains how the "fallen" state
of the human condition, not one of sin but of oblivion, leads us to
experience the world as flawed and problematic--not wholly evil,
but not wholly good. Citing philosophical wisdom from Kant, Blake,
Jung, and Gurdjieff, alongside cognitive science, Smoley reveals
how it is not the world that is flawed, but the way we see the
world. Sharing key teachings from A Course in Miracles, he shows
that our fear-based mind-sets--often filled with anxiety,
suffering, and shame--lead us to feel separated from God when, in
fact, we are all extensions of a God of infinite love and light.
Offering a path to help you regenerate from the "fallen" state and
see the real spiritual world and loving God that lies behind it,
the author provides ways for each of us to craft our own
self-consistent theology. He also lays out a vision for the future
of spirituality, a path for present-day religion to transform into
something higher and more universal.
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