The function of the soul is to indicate its desire, not impose it.
The function of the mind is to choose from its alternatives.
The function of the body is to act out that choice.
When body, mind, and soul create together, in harmony and in unity, God is made flesh.
Then does the soul know itself in its own experience.
Then do the heavens rejoice.
Neale Walsch
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Harry, when I walked to the shop this morning, I was turning over in my mind what the Christian Church has to offer; and it was something like this post which came into my thoughts.
There is a poster outside the Baptist church advertising "Lively worship" and something like "challenging talks". What might draw me in is a place for contemplation in a non-invasive atmosphere, as a release from the pressure of everyday life. What I don't want is a retro rock band singing doggerel, mixed with enforced joviality and didactic lectures about what I must and must not do, coupled with demands for my time, energy and money.
A buzz-word these days is "interactive". We don't need people telling us what to believe and do, but we do need wise words (like this) to chew over, which can lead us to certain conclusions, which can lead us to certain actions - which we can claim to belong to us. The philosophers and thinkers throughout history do not have a monopoly of wisdom, but neither are they to be discounted merely because they lived and thought many years ago.
If we don't want to listen to old words or new words, then we we will find that life gets very dull and unsatisfying, and will keep looking for instant gratification from material objects - which by their very nature can't hold our enthusiasm or interest for long. That isn't to say that we must divorce ourselves from the material world; but we ignore the wisdom of the ages at our own peril, and miss the opportunity to discover meaning and purpose in our lives.
I tend to agree with you, John, strangely enough:) You sound like you need some 'down' time to process what's really important. I find, since leaving organised religion behind for good about 4 years back, that I see things much more clearly. As I drop all the baggage that comes with 'church', I find that the whole thing boils down to love, and I don't need any ancient texts or lively worship or learned exposition to teach me about that, although they've all played their part in bringing me to where I am. I find it to be my very nature. I find the Christ Within, and I see the same Christ Within all others, even if they don't themselves.
What I also find is that nothing has any meaning in itself, but only that which we give it. But that's another subject:)
Then do the heavens rejoice. The Christ Within. Beautiful :)
And all the earth is glad thereof. Not 'alf:)
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