Spiritually Curious Podcast

As we evolve as unique persons in the human experience our ideas and understanding of God evolves. We outgrow one idea of God and take on another that makes accommodations for the people we are becoming through the cycle of life.

Is becoming more like Jesus or any religious or spiritual figure and less like yourself a soul nourishing spiritual exercise.? What do we stand to gain in attempting to become more like Jesus, The Buddha, Moses, Abraham, Prophet Muhammad, Confucius, Lao Tzu? And in what ways is this spiritual practice of less of me more of you preventing us from showing up as our whole self in our relationship with God, in our spiritual communities and in loving and accepting ourselves and others for who they are?

Religion is wrong when it suggests a meaningful relationship with God requires us to become God's kind of person. Religion says we must change, be born again, be renewed, become something other than what we are now. The most meaningful connection with God is made when who and what you are is embraced.

What would it look if those fulfilling The Great Commission were focused on being Christian instead of making Christians? If I have my own ideas of God, salvation, and spirituality, what can the Great Commission offer that has any value? The Great Commission should be more than a global conversion project but an opportunity to be enlightened by others in order to come to a deeper understanding of love of God, self, and neighbor.

Is one salvation experience enough? If salvation is a solution to the human problem reconnecting us to our spiritual identity there seems to be a need for additional liberations from future problems awaiting us as we experience life as spiritual beings throughout eternity. If we as spiritual beings retain the freedom to decide, interpret knowledge, and understand experiences we will always be subject to misinterpretation, therefore needing direction, guidance, counsel, and liberation.

Does performing good deeds result in the satisfaction of God and subsequent good blessings and a higher quality of life? If this is accepted as true it creates serious problems for both God and mankind.

Making sense of God is done through religion, spirituality, or self exploration but are these tools enough? How do we venture beyond these tools in order to gain a more fulfilling understanding of God?

Religion tells us to forgive and forget, to turn the other cheek and to let go and move on. But forgive and forget lacks the attention to love, compassion, and healing that the victim of hurtful experiences and damaging relationships need. A more loving forgiveness tactic is needed for the healing of the victim, disconnection from the hurt and reconnection to their spiritual center.

What is Ultimate Truth and what is its nature and function. How can we understand Ultimate Truth as a way to help connect religious claims of truth instead of them rejecting each other?

The relationship between God and mankind is commonly understood to be of a master / slave context. I discuss how this understanding is counterproductive in mankind establishing a unique and authentic relationship with God.