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Judas tempted by forces beyond him, Satan himself, betrayed Jesus for fun. The drunkenness of malice. Yet all he did was say the truth. The truth crucified Jesus. The truth crucified God. Yet at the sobering with reality, Judas ends up in a psychotic break from it, funny how so much truth leads someone to lose his sense of sanity. He started hallucinating and ultimately died from his sin, which was to betray Christ. Judas betrayed Jesus because there was a void inside himself that God himself couldn't fill. If Christ died for our sins. And Judas is the one that made the authorities crucify Jesus. Then Judas is the true hero of the story. Isn't it ?

The capitalist narrative of the system rewarding hardwork and sacrifice, is a manifestation of a deeper religious narrative about God rewarding moral behavior. Capitalism works because most people are believers and therefore since they are persistent with hardwork God rewards them with money. And it works. That's the most beautiful thing about all that.

@Thought Art Careful not to strawman what i said. God didn't tell us to be fools either.

@Thought Art In a believer's mind it's God.

@integration journey I don't really read, i prefer to sit and contemplate. I also get information through youtube videos, movies, sometimes reading. It's a mixed bag. You can read the bible and still be clueless about it. However if you contemplate what you already know just from mainstream culture, you'll get way more clarity, insights, knowledge and truth from it.

Yeah i'm quite familiar, Leo operates from his own paradigm, not the christian paradigm though.

@Willy Phallicus Part of the christian faith is to hold it as literally true not just allegories or metaphors. And this is a defendable position from a non dual perspective, since the duality of metaphorical vs literal collapses, according to non-duality.

I think the moral of the story is that betraying God for earthly things (how judas betrayed jesus for money) leads to hell (the terror and madness that lead to the suicide of Judas).

@Someone here I am trying to understand as much of it as i can. Obviously it is inexhaustible because it is infinite.

@Someone here At the construct aware stage, you realize everything is metaphorical. Even the concept of a table is a gross oversimplication. The categories of demons, angels, evil, good, are all oversimplications however pointing to real truths. Similar to how table is pointing to something.

@Someone here I am trying to understand and contemplate christianity deeper, i think it is quite enriching. I advise you to contemplate it too if you want.

Modern education is biased towards secularism and atheism. Everything is interpreted through a materialist lens. Even modern Christians have one foot in Christianity, and another in secularism and materialism. Christians in medieval times were more fully Christian. The way they interpreted everyday reality and event was more enchanted with spirits, angels, demonic possessions, holy spirit, God, etc... Paradoxically the more ignorant a Christian is, the closer he is to true Christianity. This is not a bug but a feature because modern education indoctrinates people in a secular interpretation of everything. In this respect part of the Islamic world is closer to medieval Christianity than modern Christians. Take a look at Afghanistan, Iran or Palestine, there God rules. God is the law. Not some silly human construct we call the law in the west.

The bible wasn't created by the world. The bible created the world. It created Judeo-Christian civilization. That's why it contains infinite wisdom. Conventionally we think of a book containing wisdom as something written by a wise man from his life experience and consciousness. With the bible it's the opposite. The bible created the world. The architecture of Judeo-Christian civilization is contained within the bible. The bible is truer, wiser than the world itself. For it was the basis for its creation. The bible wasn't created by the world. The bible created the Judeo-Christian world. That's why each page contains infinite wisdom. The bible shaped the world. The bible is the blueprint for Judeo-Christian civilization. ‎By contemplating the bible you get insights into the fabric of culture.

@hundreth I'm shocked at how you guys follow Leo, while still seeing the world through a materialist paradigm. You guys don't get the relativity of ontology. A christian lives in a different world than a non christian down to the ontological level. Here's the kick: there is not one correct worldview. Whatever you pay attention to becomes your worldview or view of the world. Because reality is infinite mind the more mind looks into a thing like let's say the bible, the more it derives truth, reality, wisdom, insights... From it!

@SOUL You guys have no argument and are just biased against the bible, because you don't understand it.

@Leo Gura How is it BS ? I advise you to contemplate what i said to generate the insight i am trying to share myself.

@Ulax Pick up is a mind virus. Contemplate and generate your own insights about what leads to success in this domain of life.

@Ulax Mature up a bit bro...

@Ulax If you don't see every woman as unique. You're essentially denying them their sovereignty, and saying they are interchangeable. Which is disrespectful and borderline psychopathic. Relationships aren't a game to be gamified. Relationships are an open exploration of the other person, based on respect, maturity, and loyalty. Why do you want a woman in the first place if she isn't unique and is replaceable. Doesn't make sense.

@Leo Gura Every woman is unique. There isn't one right way to understand "women". Just like every man is unique. Genuine conscious relationships are based on that principle. Stop the games and get real. Do self reflection on where your beliefs about women come from, and be open to not knowing.

@Meeksauce You guys like to spew bullshit a lot.

@Leo Gura Thank you!

@trenton You guys just like taboo shit at this point.

Most modern people make the mistake of thinking that science is a better worldview than medieval christianity let's say. This is not the case. Because fundamentally reality is infinite, hence can be looked at in infinite ways. Whatever way you look at reality materializes and become your reality. You're forced to look at reality a certain way to have something, otherwise you have infinite formless potential/nothing.

Think about it, we tend to think of relationships as this beautiful conscious thing but really is it ? Most relationship are pretty dysfunctional and immature where there's violence, screaming, hatred, insults, sexually criminal behavior on the extreme end of the spectrum, etc... Most relationships are garbage and don't last very long, romantic ones. People are using each other for sex or love. And really it's chimp behavior. Such a waste of time. Even i've been reflecting on sex lately and realized that i can have sex once in a while, but i'm not going out of my way to get laid. Celibacy is the way for me, mostly as i am an introvert and enjoy my own company as well as connecting with God, the source of all wisdom. I'm a virgin but i already see the dangers of toxic abusive relationships, wasting time in a sex addicted lifestyle, and how relationships in general are a distration from raising one's awareness, and an attachment which prevents one's mind from being totally unlimited and infinitely truthful. I don't need to relate to apes, i want to relate with God, the source of life, and life itself.