Whose Religion Is It, Anyway?

Christianity wasn't supposed to be like this. In fact, it didn't even have a name when it started. The followers of Jesus weren't intended to pray to him, but to go to the source toward which he was pointing.

And then this church popped up with all its institutionalized rules, icons, and saints, and lo and behold, things got even more out of control than those last hours after the Last Supper. On the one hand spreading what was said to be the word of God, and on the other inflicting such pain that even Genghis Khan would reel in horror. Gathering all the while such unimaginable wealth that the Crown Jewels pale in comparison.

Let's stop for a moment and take a breath.

Those who run the Church -- heck, all of the churches, whatever the denomination -- mean well. But they're operating on a faulty premise -- the interpretation of what Jesus meant when he said, "Only though Me can you go to the Father." And from that, thinking that our salvation comes only when we believe in him as our one and only lord and savior.

He didn't say that.

Far be it for me to burst their bubble, or suggest that he'd let God leave those who believe in him high and dry. However, what if their understanding is wrong, and they have to come back and do it again until they get it right? If so, maybe they'll find out that Jesus isn't going to save them after all, and that it's up to us to save ourselves.

But who needs to argue over semantics? Those who believe that wouldn't listen to me anyway.

That's the problem we all have -- we're all too stuck on ourselves. Or more particularly on our own thoughts and beliefs, fueled by our fears and desires. There's more than we think we know. But we'll never be able to see, much less consider it, until we find a way to look.

We have to take off the blinders of our beliefs. About Jesus. About Christianity. About Spirituality. About Metaphysics. And about any and all of the other things that keep us locked into this way of seeing the world.

Jesus and his disciples were trying to show us another way to see the world. But we missed it.

If you're interested in considering other possibilities, you're in the right place. That's why I'm here. To shake up that status quo, so that you can make room for something new.

Whether that comes from me or someone else isn't important. All that matters for now is that you start to loosen the strap on those blinders. Because there's a whole lot more to life that you're not seeing. And won't, until you get them off.

Go with love.


john


PS Oh, yeah. I forgot to tell you what he meant by "only through Me." Me referred to the composite ego of soul, mind, body and emotions. Only by knowing ourselves in all of our aspects and capabilities can we open our own connection to the Father. Only by perfecting our ability to love can we start to put our beliefs and self-interests behind us long enough to consider all that He offers us.

How do I know this? You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Let's just say I got it from a very good source. And more than that, I worked with many wise masters over the years who shared a thing or two along the way.

So go ahead, keep practicing the same old way, following the same tired old rituals and saying the same old prayers without knowing what they really mean or are intended to do. It's your life. But you'd think that after 2000 years we'd have more results than holding out hope things will get better after Armageddon. I'm not sure I want to wait around that long, or keep coming back for more of the same.

If you're ready for more, to truly invite the Father into your life, and to start getting the benefit of "all these things and more" that you are capable of bringing into this world, visit us at WhisperZone.org. Because there we show you how to do so. And to know your own way through the maze life has built before you.

What's Going On?

This world's a mess. We've become ever-more polarized, with conflicts erupting everywhere. Entrenched powers are locked in a death grip with those who want another way. Metaphysics vs. religion, terrorism vs. established order, commercialism vs. the have-nots, political right vs. political left -- the list is endless. Understand why it is happening, and what to do about it.

Hi, I'm John Dennison. And I'd like to tell you about a great spiritual intention that is being played out today. The seen and unseen worlds are parts of a single system of creation that is integrating all its aspects in its effort to evolve. Like opposite sides of the same coin, neither can exist without the other. The conflicts in our lives, and world, are playing out that spiritual intention to be known and heard in all our aspects. Even Mother Earth is getting into the act with dramatic shifts in her land masses, energy fields, weather, and world climate.

There's no need to stay mired in the dramas that are now playing out. Moreover, you can ease the transition by doing your part in our awakening while accelerating your own journey along the spiritual path, Raise your perspective and rise above the conflicts that are leading our world, and indeed our relationships with ourselves and those we love, to the brink of destruction, loosening the hold of the old ways to make room for the new.

Join me and others who are trying to show the warring sides there is another way. Only you can make your contribution to the cause. Only you know your own way to do so.

Fighting To Be Heard

Where’s the volume control? This noise is deafening.

So many voices are talking at each other. And so many voices are not being heard. And so we speak louder and louder, yet achieve so little success. What are we doing wrong?

At first I thought it was just me, that maybe I was having trouble saying what was on my mind. But now, I’m not so sure. Because the whole world sounds like it’s talking, but no one seems to be listening.

I know we’re talking. Our lips are moving. There are even words coming out of our mouths. But somehow we don’t understand each other. Or worse, we don’t care what each other is saying.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not condemning anyone for it. In fact, I’m probably as guilty as the next. But it sure seems funny that for all our desire to connect and the lip service we give to communicating with each other, our efforts are so ineffective.

Just this morning I was sitting at Starbucks with a group of regulars where one of our friends was sharing the details of a troubled relationship. It wasn’t the first time this particular upset was discussed, for last week her other half shared his side of the story. Both spilled out their guts. Their pain cut us all to the bone. And they way they described it, both were right in their side of things.

How can both be right and everything turn out so wrong? Yet, here they are, wallowing in unhappiness. And so they remain, stuck in the middle of an untenable situation, unwilling to make the peace and unable to change things so they’ll work for both of them.

It’s not like it was a mystery why they were fighting. Each knew what the other said they wanted. But each wanted something different, and refused to accept that they couldn’t have it. Each kept repeating his or her own concerns like a broken record.
It’s like they were talking to walls, speaking but not being heard.

The rest of us aren’t much different. We fight so hard to be heard, yet no one is listening. Or at least if they are, they don’t care enough to do it our way.

I used to think the problem was that those with the quickest tongues shouted down the rest of us, seizing the floor so they could steer the conversation (and any resulting action) the way they wanted. So we fought back to keep from being trampled. And to some extent, that still happens.

But the more I look at it, the more I realize something else is going on. It’s not like we can’t get out what we want to say. There isn’t any shortage of opinions in the world. We all have one, and we’re usually able to share it, even when others try to shout us down or cut us off. However, it’s a rare day when someone else actually accepts our words on face value and says, “You know, you’re right. I’ll change my way of thinking.”

That is our Gordian knot – a problem so difficult there is no solution. At least, there’s none when playing by the rules.

We stay locked in situations where we want one thing, and someone else wants another. And unless one of us lets go of what we want, we never find a peaceful equilibrium. At worst it’s open warfare. And at best we reach an uneasy truce, giving in a little here or there until we aren’t willing to give any more. Then things blow up and its back to war, just like they did with our Starbucks friends.

Just like the commercial, we each want it our way. And we want it now. We get our minds set on something and we only see one way to get it. So that’s the way we go, setting our course for its attainment. Rarely is it the only path; it’s just the only one we choose to see.

That’s why I don’t see an answer coming any time soon, at least not while we’re blinded by our own perspectives. Filtered by our egos and desires, nothing else can get through.

What are we to do? Keep living with an ever-present tension between competing objectives, glued together by love, expediency or something in between? Is it our lot to continually test our ability to struggle in the never-never-land between our desire to have things our way and what everyone else wants for theirs?

Until we can answer this question, our lives and world will remain locked in conflict. Just as my friends remain locked in their tragedy, each deeply in love with the other. And each equally unwilling to set everything else aside to see what that love can build.

Is it any wonder none of us wants to listen? At least, not until we think it serves us to?