So let’s review what we have learned about this true (as in provable) religion.
- There is no God as is conceived of in the three major monotheistic religions, i.e. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
- Our minds have the power, ability and desire to solve problems.
- Concrete items help our minds focus on both the problem and the solution just like a crucifix aids the Catholic in prayer and the cross aids most Christians. Our brain responds to symbols. They help us focus.
- There is magick in the Universe. (magick means something akin to miracle, wondrous. Not the word magic that refers to illusions created by tricks.)
It is not supernatural. It is completely natural. In fact, nature itself is magick.
Now I want to talk about the power of words - the power of your own words, even when telling a lie.
There is a little demonstration one of my friends uses whenever she is teaching this new religion.
She asks a volunteer to come up in front of the students and stick out their arm, straight out in front of them. Just make a fist and hold your arm up as I try to lower it with my hand.
Some people have so much strength that, even using two hands, she cannot lower the volunteer’s arm.
Then she asks the volunteer to repeat a sentence ten times. She also asks the audience to chant with the volunteer. They all repeat the sentence aloud, ten times.
The sentence is “I am a weak and worthless person”. Ten times the whole classroom and the volunteer repeat it like a chant.
I am a weak and worthless person.
I am a weak and worthless person.
I am a weak and worthless person….ten times.
Then my friend instructs the volunteer to raise his/her arm again. Again, she tells the volunteer to resist her attempts. In every single case, the arm lowers with very little resistance. You can usually hear “ooo’s and ah’s” in the classroom, but the best reaction comes from the Volunteer.
If the person hasn’t studied the relationship between our brains and words, they are astounded!
Some people think that the arm comes right down because it is getting tired. The teacher proves them wrong.
One such skeptic who had been in the class a few times before. He volunteered to be the guinea pig. He was grinning ear to ear because he thought he was going to expose this exercise as a set-up.
He gleefully put out his arm and chanted. When my friend tried again to lower it, he gave it all of his strength! The arm came down with ease.
“Oh, my God!” he shouted. "I didn’t believe it was real!" His mouth remained open for several minutes while the group mumbled among themselves as if they had just witnessed a miracle.
Again, the volunteer and the group are told to chant a sentence ten times aloud. This time the sentence is, “I am a strong and valuable person!” To everyone’s amazement, the volunteer is stronger than he/she was the first time!
The demonstration is astounding! But the lesson isn’t over. My friend then asks if the volunteer believed what he/she was saying when he/she said, “I am a weak and worthless person”. They usually answer with an emphatic, “NO!”
Do you see it? Do you get the ramifications of this experiment?
Every word we say, whether we believe it or not, has an effect, not only on our minds, but also on our bodies! Our words affect the physical universe! Not like in “let there be light”. Well yes! Just like, “Let there be light” – only on a smaller scale.(This is called manifesting by many new age religions.)
And as long as I’m quoting the Bible, you might want to check out the tenth chapter of John where Jesus explains that God, through the scriptures, call us gods. Particularly study vs. 30 through 37.
In addition, you might want to question the reason that Paul is instructing Christians to monitor their very thoughts. He understood how powerful our words are – and remember that every word is preceded by a thought. Don't think it and you won't say it. (II Corinthians 10: 3-5)
(I won’t be showing specific references from here on out. It takes too long. I only do it to demonstrate that the concepts I am discussing here are supported by the scriptures of most of the world religions.
If you want to know where the Bible says something I report, use a concordance to look it up. You can find a computerized version and information about how to use one at http://www.godsview.com/).
Note from Tacomadragon
This blog is not teaching a religion that has as it’s goal, salvation. This religion is meant to help you live your life with a minimum of strong negative emotions and to be reasonably happy during your life on earth. It is completely compatable with Christianity and Judaism for those who wish to hold on the the Father God concept. I do not know enough about Islam to be able to say that.
This is a religion that can be practiced by agnostics and atheists since there is nothing here about the supernatural. It is scientifically based and concerns mostly the control our brains have over our environment and our reaction to it.
I compiled this information because I wanted the elements of religion that help contol brain chemistry and to add rituals and ceremonies that help us enjoy our lives more fully.
Buddhism can be practiced by atheists, but the information is not easily accessible to me. It is writen in parables that I don't understand. It is written as a riddles, and the student must dig for the answers. While I will use much wisdom from the Buddhas, the path to enlightenment here is much more direct and easier to achieve.
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