Theological Snapshot

I believe that there is an energetic presence that unites the world.  Many people may refer to this energy as God.  That word doesn't really resonate with me, so I will all this masculine and feminine energy Spirit.  Spirit has been here since the beginning of time and wishes to create through each of us.  Teachers like Jesus, Mohammad, and Buddha have all been human examples of what it means to connect with Spirit in all aspects of life.  These teachers come from different religions, but the diversity doesn't really matter.  There seems to be a common thread of love and compassion woven through all the highest spiritual teachings...it is all one Spirit or one God.

In Unity, we are also aware that our thoughts have the power to create.  I know that when my thinking is aligned wit high spiritual principles, my life seems to flow from one moment to the next.  The Fillmore's metaphysical interpretation of the Bible certainly brings this way of thinking to life.  In the Bible...people, places, and things represent states of consciousness, providing a rather simple map of sense consciousness or Christ consciousness to study.

What a miracle birth is!  I believe we are all brought into this world innocent, whole, and complete.  Babies all shine with the spark of divinity and love.  It would seem that those babies fortunate enough to grow up in a loving environment would have the greatest chance of becoming like Jesus or Buddha.  But it doesn't always work that way.  With free will, humans have the ability to choose a life devoted to Spirit, or to do something else.  Sometimes humans "miss the mark" in their own growth process.  This error or "sin", then usually leads to a life correction, perhaps putting the person back on the path to Spirit.  Spirit wants each of us to grow and evolve and become the best version of ourselves we can be.  In some strange way, Spirit always seems to know what each individual needs to grow.

Knowledge of transpersonal psychology has certainly changed my understanding of what it means to truly be one with Spirit.  I now believe that each human being has their own psycho-spiritual process of evolution that begins with life in the womb.  At the moment of conception new life begins.  From birth, the child has many developmental steps it must go through to become a healthy adult.  If any of those steps are missed, then the adult will have to go back and reclaim that aspect of self.  This process of transcending the last stage of development and including it in to the new stage, must continue throughout life...to reach the highest stages of development and the transpersonal realms.  Studies now show that the practice of daily mediation actually helps us in this "transcend and include" initiative, speeding up the process!  At times, Jesus lived from the transpersonal and role-modeled that behavior.  By following his example, each of us have an opportunity to evolve to our own highest level of Self...our God Self...and share that divinity with the world.