Fear has been the most common motivating factor to connect
to the Spirit world. Worshipers of
Marduk and Kali have only fear of their god which motivates them to be nice to
that god. Appease the god and the god
won’t kill your children, unless, of course, they want your children to appease
them.
Many poor preachers and teachers, representing “god”, tell
us that unless we connect to the Divine in the prescribed manner that death,
tortures and horrors await us. We are so
sinful, so naturally evil that God just can’t wait to dangle us like a spider
over a flame, because we deserve it.
(That’s a quote from Jonathan Edwards, by the way, not original to me.)
If we are afraid of God, then we might be more likely to do
what he says, it is true. Every slave
will work a little harder if you whip him when he’s too slow. But you know what a slave doesn’t
have? An open relationship with his
master.
It is interesting that Jesus talked about hell and torture
quite a bit, but he never used it to people needed to begin a relationship with
the Divine. Rather, he spoke about hell
to people who thought they were already connected with the Divine and were
harming others in the name of God. Hell
is reserved for the hypocrites, not the seekers. We don’t need to really be afraid until we
use the name of Love and Mercy for the sake of punishment and hatred.
If you want to connect to the Spirit because you are afraid
of what would happen to you if you don’t, that’s fine. The Spirit will use that and teach you what a
real relationship looks like. The Divine
will guide you on the path of overcoming your fear. But he much prefers to meet you because you
desire him.
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