You’re quite an interesting chap Yoshi. Why do you write? Why do i enjoy it? Why are you interesting? All interest is judgment. How do we point to the pearl of great price? There is no pearl and price is an even greater nonsense. May the peace that passes all understanding be with us all.
There's a lot in this article to address - but I really like your observation on the religion of science and its many animal sacrifices. It maps so well, its amazing I never thought of it or heard someone else mention it. I will say the old pagans usually at least got a nice meal (and maybe a dance party) from their sacrifices though. Modern religion is just too sterile.
Shortly before trusting in Jesus the fair Baptist maiden who was earnestly witnessing to me over a number of months got frustrated with my facile arguments and reasonings. We were near a church during one conversation walking together. She pulled me into the pastor’s office hoping he could deal with me, suddenly what I now know was the Spirit of Truth fell on me I was rendered speechless and my reasonings melted in the presence of truth without a word from the pastor. I excused myself and the girl apologized to me on the way out.I said everything was fine. I felt strangely peaceful. I received Jesus a few weeks later. That was decades ago.
A couple of years ago the opposite happened. A demonic spirit manifested to me, my inner being was conscious of it. I knew all my reasonings in support of Christianity could be broken by it just by using the information I held in my mind. Yet I felt that agreement with its arguments was the pathway to death, a zombie, vampiric death I could sense. Not the peace and life I met in having my wisdom cast down by the Spirit of Truth sent by the Savior. It says in I Corinthians 15, that Jesus is a Life Giving Spirit(Breath) and Romans 8 “the Spirit(Breath) of Life in Christ Jesus has set me free”
This was a really great read. I dated someone who went to Emory years ago and they were all just a different breed over there so your story about your colleague doesn't surprise me.
I also think health is something we all know how to do by now. Everyone understands that eating right, getting exercise, etc is how you stay reasonably healthy and that if you don't do that or barring genetic or random diseases, that's when you really need a doctor. Doctors used to have to tell people thr things we know keep us healthy, but not so much now as that seems to be common knowledge.
As I finish reading your great article, the only thing I differ on is the interpretation of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. I think it was a mercy to help us live without the fear of death.
Great article. I enjoy your writing. Medicine is an incisive entry point into the metaphysical divide.
You lost me a little at the end though. The pseudo Peters & Pauls and their overbearing holiness. You're right in that being their desire. But like you state earlier, they'll never get close. As Tom Waits growled, "You can drive out nature with a pitchfork, but it always comes roaring back again." I don't think most Christians think otherwise.
And I never took Solomon's allowance for pagan altars for wisdom. I thought the takeaway was that Solomon was the wisest man, but he was still too often a fool next to God. The world's tallest midget.
So why do we need "God" if nature is impersonal and it is all up to us? As someone who actually went through Job like trials, someone who was faithful to God and then abandoned by someone I loved and others around me, and "God" was nowhere to be found I can speak upon this. I left Christianity in 2022. The last time I have been in a church was Easter of that year and I remember for the first time in my life thinking, "What am I doing here? I have held on to faith for too long and what has it brought me." I have gone deep within, that includes, shadow work, meditation, and integrating occult knowledge. Because of this, I had an alchemical awakening best as I can describe it. I've completely changed my life, brought myself back from the abyss without one prayer and I would never go back. I am not an atheist but if there is a "God" per se, one omnipotent being, he is impersonal. I'm speaking from experience not theory. I proved to myself that I don't need him. I was a man of faith and conviction at one point; now I just have faith in my abilities because I have honed them. I also am 3.5 years sober without AA or a single prayer, just saying. I connect to nature and the forces around me and within me. I also am well aware that nature can be unpredictable chaos. Not only am I ok with that but it's what makes life vital. We can theorize all day but I'm actually interested in living out my experience and not making judgments, just discernment from what has been laid out before and behind me.
You’re quite an interesting chap Yoshi. Why do you write? Why do i enjoy it? Why are you interesting? All interest is judgment. How do we point to the pearl of great price? There is no pearl and price is an even greater nonsense. May the peace that passes all understanding be with us all.
There's a lot in this article to address - but I really like your observation on the religion of science and its many animal sacrifices. It maps so well, its amazing I never thought of it or heard someone else mention it. I will say the old pagans usually at least got a nice meal (and maybe a dance party) from their sacrifices though. Modern religion is just too sterile.
Jung wasn’t whisking Dixie when he said we follow unconscious scripts with their own logic
Shortly before trusting in Jesus the fair Baptist maiden who was earnestly witnessing to me over a number of months got frustrated with my facile arguments and reasonings. We were near a church during one conversation walking together. She pulled me into the pastor’s office hoping he could deal with me, suddenly what I now know was the Spirit of Truth fell on me I was rendered speechless and my reasonings melted in the presence of truth without a word from the pastor. I excused myself and the girl apologized to me on the way out.I said everything was fine. I felt strangely peaceful. I received Jesus a few weeks later. That was decades ago.
A couple of years ago the opposite happened. A demonic spirit manifested to me, my inner being was conscious of it. I knew all my reasonings in support of Christianity could be broken by it just by using the information I held in my mind. Yet I felt that agreement with its arguments was the pathway to death, a zombie, vampiric death I could sense. Not the peace and life I met in having my wisdom cast down by the Spirit of Truth sent by the Savior. It says in I Corinthians 15, that Jesus is a Life Giving Spirit(Breath) and Romans 8 “the Spirit(Breath) of Life in Christ Jesus has set me free”
This was a really great read. I dated someone who went to Emory years ago and they were all just a different breed over there so your story about your colleague doesn't surprise me.
I also think health is something we all know how to do by now. Everyone understands that eating right, getting exercise, etc is how you stay reasonably healthy and that if you don't do that or barring genetic or random diseases, that's when you really need a doctor. Doctors used to have to tell people thr things we know keep us healthy, but not so much now as that seems to be common knowledge.
Thank you.
Yes, I agree with you.
As I finish reading your great article, the only thing I differ on is the interpretation of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. I think it was a mercy to help us live without the fear of death.
https://fromwithin.substack.com/p/the-veil?utm_source=publication-search
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Great article. I enjoy your writing. Medicine is an incisive entry point into the metaphysical divide.
You lost me a little at the end though. The pseudo Peters & Pauls and their overbearing holiness. You're right in that being their desire. But like you state earlier, they'll never get close. As Tom Waits growled, "You can drive out nature with a pitchfork, but it always comes roaring back again." I don't think most Christians think otherwise.
And I never took Solomon's allowance for pagan altars for wisdom. I thought the takeaway was that Solomon was the wisest man, but he was still too often a fool next to God. The world's tallest midget.
So why do we need "God" if nature is impersonal and it is all up to us? As someone who actually went through Job like trials, someone who was faithful to God and then abandoned by someone I loved and others around me, and "God" was nowhere to be found I can speak upon this. I left Christianity in 2022. The last time I have been in a church was Easter of that year and I remember for the first time in my life thinking, "What am I doing here? I have held on to faith for too long and what has it brought me." I have gone deep within, that includes, shadow work, meditation, and integrating occult knowledge. Because of this, I had an alchemical awakening best as I can describe it. I've completely changed my life, brought myself back from the abyss without one prayer and I would never go back. I am not an atheist but if there is a "God" per se, one omnipotent being, he is impersonal. I'm speaking from experience not theory. I proved to myself that I don't need him. I was a man of faith and conviction at one point; now I just have faith in my abilities because I have honed them. I also am 3.5 years sober without AA or a single prayer, just saying. I connect to nature and the forces around me and within me. I also am well aware that nature can be unpredictable chaos. Not only am I ok with that but it's what makes life vital. We can theorize all day but I'm actually interested in living out my experience and not making judgments, just discernment from what has been laid out before and behind me.
I suppose if God had just told Job "Well, you see, Satan and I had a little wager..."