The Dogma Wars
Please question why it bothers you, if it does, when people call Source by different names. Truth has survived in all aspects of humanity through the ages. It has been misaligned in every religion and race but has always protected it’s truth. There is only Love. No matter how man has twisted it to serve himself, Spirit always has control. Enabling the Matrix of slavery by arguing amongst ourselves is not love and breeds more discontent. You will miss out on perspectives of God that inform you about humanities’ journey if you keep yourself in a box.
I love that God is all of it and goes by all the names and has been with all peoples in All Ways. Just insert your preferred name for Source and glean wisdom from every interaction. Freedom of Spirit for all is the Middle Path. Everything on the planet describes and experiences God in its own unique way. The more you study the base beliefs of all religions you realize they are all the same. This is also how you intuitively know which Healers and Light Workers to follow or learn from. They all resonate with the same fundamental truths wrapped in different wrapping paper!
Dogma is more than just religion. It is any belief that holds us hostage. Bad habits that ‘soothe’ us are sold to us as rewarding. This is a program of consumerism. How many dogmatic messages in our society and your life can you identify? This brings awareness into your daily living programs and gives you the power to design your own practices based on who you really are. Ask questions. Is this a program? Where did I first learn this belief? Do I even remember choosing this? Who benefits from this? Do I feel powerful when I do; x, y and z? Freedom feels powerful. If it is a disempowering belief it will feel weak and stuck. Claim your power by learning more about why you do, think, say the things you do. Are you a puppet or are you authentically expressing your highest self?
Dogma is from Ego created to control or survive in some way. We cannot love each others’ Ego, Ego has no love to give. Your soul is the source of love. Ego is the mask we all were given to wear by society. You can make peace with your Ego or take the mask off altogether or redecorate your mask but you have to face it and understand it in order to heal and remember who you really are. There is no authenticity with the Ego running your life.
You are love; pure, free, whole, perfect but until you KNOW YOURSELF as that you cannot give it to another. Relationships built on two or more false identities will never be happy and fulfilled. Remembering who you are is Heaven on Earth. The questions and developing daily spiritual practices bring you home to your body and will lead you to connections you only dreamed of.
May you ‘Know Thyself’ as Perfection!
– Jen Rivera