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________________ Further Distortions Apart from 'resurrection' numerous other ideas got fundamentally distorted: - First Interlude 'Salvation' the concept that external higher powers or God 'save' mankind from 'eternal damnation' - 37 instead of man in a self-initiated, inspired fashion finding the Grand Awareness he never lost and always carries within. - - - 'The investiture of priests' versed in clever speak and formal ceremony instead of inspiration by those who personally experience the Grand Awareness, and thus are able to awaken similar perception in others. 'The invention of sin' - which does not exist in nature; - nor do the counterparts of sin: repentance, confession, penitence, - - none of which make us expand, more noble, or perceive the Exalted Awareness. Sin forever makes us look backwards for imaginary past 'mistakes' invented by people with quite sinister agendas. 'The focus on belief' - a poor substitute for directly experiencing the Fantastic, the Extraordinary, the Ecstasy of the Exalted Awareness. 'The focus on prayer' to an external 'higher' agency instead of rising to our own immense, noble power of creating within. - 'The idealizing of conformist "good" behaviour' instead of being guided by inspiration, expansion and one's inner nobility, - and challenging those who enforce
SR No.007521
Book TitleWhere Nothing seems to be
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorHermann Kuhn
PublisherHermann Kunh
Publication Year
Total Pages103
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Philosophy, & Religion
File Size1 MB
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