i havent read anything in the bible asking or instructing others to, sit in a church and worship a "figure", but rather that this figure is us, and the church is you and i individually.
when i began to "learn" the rosary, or decided to try and learn i couldnt find any one particular way, besides the classic standards, and i also had to think that Mary wasnt saying Ave Maria with her rosary -- no... haha
a universal being, figure, entity, point-of-light, fluctuating paradigm manifold, is not in need of our praise...JC asks no where for people to start a religion, divide, slaughter each other in "his" name.
no... it just doesnt.
i feel i should try and paraphrase pascal - "if you believe in and acknowledge a God(s) or -spiritual belief system-, and they exist GREAT - if you go through life believing and acknowledging a god, and it turns out to not be real, what did you lose?!"
after spending my life, listening to other peoples comments, and experiences, and also only going on my interactions with "christians" - i finally started reading a Bible, and, yeah we dont like hearing how God is cruel...GASP, god kills babies, and does all sorts of things we dont think is "fair" indeed. what i have read, from the Bibles i have now read, is the best fucking reading ive done. and i dont mind saying fuck and bible or not capitalize bible or god...because, superstition, is actually bull shit.
i also never cared to have to hear others opinions much on this, well the bible that is.
we are stupid...lol. yeah - sheep we are, i mean, let me pitch out the death rock goth band, "christan death" - people see or hear that and, judge rather then think - and thats exactly what they were on about, i was never into them untill recently, and after connecting those dots, well, thats the way it is.
death to the assumptions made by a politically driven jesus factory inc.
you know?
if i hated fish, but was always told steak tasted like fish, well i may of never tried steak taking others word for it, or only their tastes buds interpretation.
i may of never been able to see the connection between the chakras and the lords prayer, for instance, if you are familiar Qablah practices, or the tree of life progression system, and the chakras as mentioned - then saying the lords prayer might take on a new meaning, breaking it apart into 9 steps...
the rosary is a massively "metaphysical", stella awaking-connecting practice for myself, i try and say 150 a day - thisis my Heroin, the rosary is my stargate.
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Bernadette Soubirous is list worthy i feel...