Post by misc on Mar 24, 2009 0:50:31 GMT -5
www.themichaelteaching.com/cosmology.html
Did you take the No-Fault Communication MethodTM Seminar, Oneness?
Do they? I can't say that I've ever come across that. Doesn't it seem more likely that poverty, stress, hopelessness and spiritual emptiness are more obvious deep rooted causes of alcoholism?
Would you agree that free will, or "The Veil" is very carefully maintained on this planet? That there is just enough evidence out there for anyone to believe just about anything they choose to believe - God, Non-Duality, Reincarnation, whatever. But at the end of the day it could be that this is just a ball of mud that we live on, there is nothing 'higher', and when we die, we just die. All feelings, intuition and spiritual experience could be self induced. It's ALL possible, and nothing is provable. And I've a feeling (which could be self induced delusion) that it's been very carefully constructed that way.
Your first posting certainly had a relevant subject line! Let me read you back a few of your opinions:
*Most spiritual teachers have something that might be useful.
*No Spiritual Teacher is fully enlightened.
*No philosophy stemming from religion is entirely truthful.
*Spiritual Teachers can cause one to become disjointed.
*Many spiritual teachers contradict themselves.
*A lot of the Philosophies stemming from various Religions are not that helpful or applicable.
*Religious books are counterproductive and manipulate people into ideology.
Phew! Seems like an awful lot of bashing the opposition going on here. Are you sure you're not pushing some sort of ideology?
I agree with much of what you say - for example that fear is used to control. But I think blaming Religion as such for this is missing the true cause. As I see it, any entity that can be used to control - religion, the media, corporations, government - attracts people who want to control. Spritual groups are not in anyway immune to this, look at the infighting that the Theosophical Society has had to go through. If Stephen CocconiTM is anything to go by, then The Michael Teachings has it's own fair share of Egos trying to get to the top and dominate the rest. Would you agree?
Cheers,
Peter
PS Personally, I didn't think Randyji was being condescending. On this particular occasion anyway.
Bashing? I don't think so. I think I am being pretty honest about it. The problem I see if labeling someone that discusses Religion and promotes a Religion as a Spiritual Teacher. I would say they are a Religious Teacher trying to teach the ancient concepts that have been modified, mis-interpreted, etc. over the years and they basically tell people to ask God, or Jesus Christ, etc. for forgiveness for a sin someone did. That doesn't make sense to me. They tell people to love everyone, but they don't. That's why there are so many Religious wars created.
Rofl who would want to pay to be advised by 'a michael entity'? Anywho this site isn't really about religion at all or religious spiritual teachers... its about people who have a direct teaching from the self or the source/awareness or heart etc.... none of them advocate alcohol.