Sacred Service

It is a fantasy promoted by many that one person or people is born to serve others.
In fact, all who are included in the homo sapiens species are equal sisters and brothers.
The belief that any are more special than others, and deserving of nothing but leisure,
Is something from which everyone in a mother church should be working to free her.

All need the same building blocks of life: nourishment, shelter, and belonging.
Those who, through fear, control these assets, are guilty of humanity's wronging.
There is nobody on earth, prophet or priest, any more sacred than another;
We're all created from the same breath of life: father, mother, sister and brother.

We are all meant to promote each other, as in the game of leap frog,
And all to be as devoted to earth and each other as is a faithful family dog.
When we stop worshiping money and power more than humanity,
Perhaps we will, with all homo sapiens, become one big family.

Rome Must Recuse Herself

I'd like it not to be, but it does hurt my feelings that so many of my friends and family remain Roman Catholic, knowing full well the pain that the church inflicted, and continues to inflict, on me and my family and friends. How can they continue to take part in the banquet being offered at the altar, knowing that I am not welcome at the table with them? I did not abuse the church; the church abused me and my family. Is it always to be that might makes right?

The church has presented itself as the only path to eternal life, all the while leading people to sin so that they can then heroically save them. This is standard behavior of abusers; they bring the vulnerable down in order to be the heroes in comforting them.

The church denies the sacraments to those molested by the clergy, while allowing these same clergy, with the virgin blood of so many on their hands, to continue to lay their filthy hands on those seeking the grace of the sacred gifts represented in theses rituals. There is a remedy for pedophilia in the bible: New International Version (©2011) 'It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Luke 17:2 Because Roman Catholics are presented as eternal children of the church and the clergy as fathers; the abuses, no matter the ages of the victims, are nothing short of incest.
 
The church nullifies sacred bonds made manifest in our children, with marriage annulments, showing no concern about what human price this extracts.

The church hides behind the walls of castles as human bodies are being burned alive, sanctifying the war efforts and blessing the battles.  They have even turned their seat of religion into a sovereign state, complete with armed guards. Where is Jesus in this scenario?

The church promotes abuse through brainwashing with fear of reprisal on a cosmic level, with them holding only the only power to protect and save. This is in direct contradiction to biblical prescriptions for forgiveness :15 "If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the fault. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back. 16 But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses. 17 If that person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. If the church decides you are right, but the other person won't accept it, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector. 18 I tell you this: Whatever you prohibit on earth is prohibited in heaven, and whatever you allow on earth is allowed in heaven. 19 "I also tell you this: If two of you agree down here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 20 For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them." Matthew 18:15-20

The church denies exit from the abusive relationship under penalty of eternal damnation. If the sacrament of matrimony can be annulled, then so should all the sacraments be able to be officially annulled.

In order for the church to make right what they have systematically destroyed, the faith foundations of true followers of Jesus, they must:

1.  Publicly admit that they have sinned against all humanity with their arrogance.
2.  Recuse their leaders from any further moral authority. 
3. Offer annulment of all sacraments administered by them.
4. Tear down the walls protecting the Vatican and the churches and their leaders from rendering unto Caesar the imposition of justice that is Caesar's.
5. Sell what they have and follow the true path of Jesus.
6. Pay restitution to all harmed irreparably by the church.

 

Grandmother God

Judging someone, not supporting their decisions, are two different things;
There are many paths on which not to choose, the consequences they bring.
Why should any have to support decisions of thrill seekers and adventurers,
Not on proven paths whose end destinations are more secure?

One can be all for mutual insurance for any group with common values,
But be tired of being penalized by the reasons and science other's refused.
The problems and inter-generational wars seem to come in any society
That penalizes others for activities from which some choose to be free.

Because all of animal nature is dependent on individual tribal unity,
We should stop offering the world as a false sense of community.
Religions should be allowed to administer any help to those
Who relate to the values that their faith practices propose.

Countries should only concern themselves with the shared values,
From which humanity's eternal peace will finally be pulled.
Go back to look at children before they are taught fear;
There, we will discover the values humans we should hold dear.

The Sacred Spirit is not where we divide humanity;
It's, from recorded history: lust, competition, and jealousy.
Cooperation has long been presented as weakness,
But war's continuation, only war, does increase.

If we envisioned "God" as grandmother, not warlord,
Would we then put down our tribes' deadly swords?
There would be no more competition for supremacy,
Only a place of peace where all grandchildren could be.

"Not in my house," the God Grandmother would proclaim.
It would not matter, to her, on whom the fight was to blame.
Combatants would be put out in the yard to fight it out;
Her own Garden of Eden's peace wouldn't be in doubt.

Perhaps it is time that we look to grandmother wisdom,
And find the eternal path to universal peace for all humans.
Let those who choose anarchy or violence to suffer,
Without the vulnerable and innocent as their buffer.

Our Sacred Sons

I did not bear my children to be used to murder others;
I brought them up to embrace all their sisters and brothers.
I didn't have more children than I and their father could protect
Because I feared that later children would not command respect.

Who is creating these labels and "treatments" for various "dis"-abilities?
There are so many colors of the universe, more than the human eye sees.
The terms that disparage those who don't think like most of us do
Is something that, I'm hoping, our society will soon get through.

There are areas where you want someone with OCD behavior
Like in a neurosurgeon who, may be your own life saver.
As his wife and children, you may need him to understand,
That when he comes home, he is simply a fellow human.

All these people now diagnosed as Asperger's syndrome,
In engineering fields, have long been completely at home.
With women' rights we've come to summarily reject
The unemotional thinking that, in males, we used to respect.

And when did every sensitive male become a homosexual;
Women with great physical ability cursed as femininely ineffectual?
In this age of specialization in our employment seeking skills,
We have somehow, in our thinking, fearful biases also instilled.

Don't tell me my baby's not normal, he's perfect to me.
I am not interested in correcting his "defects" that you see.
I am so fortunate that he has his ten fingers and toes,
And that he's the child that, for me, the universe chose.

Every child, like every flower, has his own beauty.
I love him because he is, not out of a sense of duty.
Begone all you who come with your ways to change him;
He will, one day, stand as a strong leader of men.

History is full of imperfect men who were leaders,
Who were, in more human ways, true believers.
Each leader begins with their own history,
And works to the space where they're meant to be.

I believe in this path to peace for my sacred son;
Though he embraces his father, from whom I did run.
Though he fights me, I know his spirit has progressed
His father's new family is, by his leadership, blessed.

Families and friendships are dependent on emotional flexibility;
We cannot survive as a people if we're adaptive behaviors free.
Only babies are allowed to demand all things go their own way,
But we continue to follow those who think they're directors of our play.

Leadership takes self-discipline and great responsible compassion,
Also patient processing, which is clearly not in fashion.
Loyalties imposed by fear aren't relationships at all;
They are simply holding patterns, waiting for the leaders to fall.

Diagnosis of anyone who challenges the angry leadership
Is the way that we establish and continue dictatorships.
Perhaps depression and anxiety are actually expressions of anger
Because we know our leaders are taking us into grave danger.

One definition of insanity is repeating behavior that doesn't work
War creates generation enemies that behind every society lurk.
When will we stop looking backwards for a path to peace
Only we can give new examples and demand that war cease.

Religion vs Relationships

It has been my experience that many very religious people I know substitute "relationships" with "God" for actual human intimacy. They act as if "God" will not continue to "love" them if they don't spend enough time with "Him." How is it that humanity still has so much hubris that we actually think we can control earthly destinies by our offerings and intercessions to this "God?"

I understand putting in front of ourselves an image of where we want to be as an incentive to continue on an arduous path. What I don't understand is those who believe they can sit in one place and by some "magic" end up in another. We are given brains so that we may plan a path, and we are given feet in order to be able to move forward. To think otherwise is, in my opinion, blasphemy. If we are made with special powers to create progression toward restored peace, who are we to sit idly by while others push society in the opposite direction?

Conversion is about responsible compassion, seeing a person's pain while offering to help shoulder their burdens. This does not mean that we will do for them what they don't want enough to do for themselves. I believe it is wrong to intervene in any attempt in which the primary person is not fully invested. A religion with only two people is better than one with a great deal of rhetoric without just, human relationships.

Human Harmony

Religions have promoted extreme narcissism
In preaching individual salvation through them.
The universal family will never be saved
Without harmony among all humans.

I don't give a damn what the priests may say;
What you put into the universal energy remains.
There is no person or ritual in the universe
That can erase your infliction of pain.

You must offer an equal amount of good
To overcome the amount of negative energy.
It isn't about your eternal happiness;
It's having the universe, from your negative, freed.

We are given the capacity for compassion,
And a prescription for healing wounds.
We must begin the peace process now;
Salvation begins in the silence of our rooms.

If we think about the injustices we promoted,
And their long-ranging, hurtful effects,
We have the capacity for the humility
To, our prideful justifications, reject.

Sorrow doesn't heal the wounds
That are inflicted over and over again;
It simply puts a salve over the area
Where there are still raw sores of pain.

No matter how many times we start over,
Each time trust is abused and broken,
Increases time it takes to heal the wounds;
Confession becomes a meaningless token.

Your "God" may think you're wonderful, but
Relationship between me and The Sacred Spirit,
Comes through working for human harmony
So the whole universe can finally hear it.

Defining the Decalogue Day 10

Thou shalt not covet This apparently means, "Thou shalt not desire what another has." Is the desire as bad as the acting on it?