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Bernard -
I think you are right, but I still think that there are far too many folks who are afraid, for whatever reason, to begin to question things and to begin to think for themselves. Of course, if one is not spiritually mature enought yet to be able to ask the right questions, then all bets are off. Thanks for stopping by and reading.
posted by
sannhet
on April 13, 2006 at 9:16 PM
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Difference between followers and those who follow
It´s a useful distinction and for me the difference lies in how much a person has grown/opened up/developed a living relationship with God. Being a follower is not a crutch but a challenge to love in a Divine way which is far from easy, but it´s life giving. Being one who follows is someone who also wants to go the right way but lacks the living relationship and needs guidance thru´ books or directions. Living more in the head and not the heart. I´ve been there but thank God, I´m growing out of it into a relational communication with God
What do others think??
posted by
Bernard52
on April 12, 2006 at 6:57 PM
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Sannhet,
I like Aberjhani's comment, that there are those who are too preoccupied with the material realm to develop or listen to the spiritual. I don't take any spiritual writings as anything but a guide to experience.
It is sad that there are those who truly want to experience faith, but rely too heavily on scripts to open up to experience.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 12, 2006 at 3:19 PM
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Factor -
Welcome to the club!
posted by
sannhet
on April 12, 2006 at 3:18 PM
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Elysia -
Unfortunately, not everyone sees it that way.
posted by
sannhet
on April 12, 2006 at 3:17 PM
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Aberjhani -
I like your description. Thanks for sharing it.
posted by
sannhet
on April 12, 2006 at 3:17 PM
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Smartdog -
Spiritually lazy. I like that term. And you are probably right, there are those who don't nuture their spirituality, so just follow and believe what they are told. Thanks for reading.
posted by
sannhet
on April 12, 2006 at 3:16 PM
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Blanche -
I'm with you, though there do seem to be lots of people who fall into either one of those categories.
posted by
sannhet
on April 12, 2006 at 3:13 PM
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Yes, I am a follower in a
"Follow Me! Or Else!" kind of world....
posted by
FactorFiction
on April 12, 2006 at 12:10 PM
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within or without?
quite a connundrum.
God is both within, and without.
In us, and around us.
posted by
astromuffy
on April 12, 2006 at 12:06 PM
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Those who follow, as you have described them, do so because
their innate sense of spirituality is not as pronounced of that of your circle of follower friends. That does not mean their spiritual essence, or nature, is anything less than anyone else's but it does mean their intuitive sense of their own spiritual nature and that of life in general is subordinate to their more material-oriented consciousness. Such individuals need the more concrete structures of religion to help them develop and trust the level of spiritual consciousness that some of us are blessed --or cursed, depending on how one looks at it--to be born with.
Aberjhani
posted by
Aberjhani
on April 12, 2006 at 11:37 AM
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sannhet
I think some are just spiritually lazy and accept what is told to them. Others take the information and process it, turning it into something nurishing for their own spirituality.
Be well,
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on April 11, 2006 at 8:03 PM
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Sannhet,
To blindly follow and accept doctrine as presented, imho, is as harmful as to not believe in one's heart at all. Although, I have had experiences which convince me of divine love, and the spirit which pours down on a willing, accepting, seeking heart, I have no master other than God, and no religious affiliations other than the Holy Spirit, which I do believe enters into a willing heart.
Beyond that, I am seeking a circle of kindred spirits, and I have gone from church to church seeking, stayed in one for one year, but I do not stay when I see hard-heartedness.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 11, 2006 at 3:25 PM
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