Embedded Theology

My basic belief, as of today, is that God is all that there is, the sum total of all that ever was and ever will be.  God is the creator of all that is.  I am a part of this Oneness and Wholeness that can be referred to as the All; and I exist in the All, ... a divine fragment lives as me, within me.  This divine fragment is who and what I really am; my Higher Self, my soul, my essence, my true being.

I believe in treating others with love.  I believe that this is our work as human beings; we are living here to learn to be more loving and to serve our fellow man.  I very much embrace the theology of Gandhi, which he was known to sum up as, ‘Truth is my religion, and kindness is my practice.’

I do not believe in the fundamental Christian theology that we are born in original sin, and if we don't achieve specific forgiveness from Jesus the Christ, or accept him as our Savior, then our only life outcome is to be hell or eternal damnation.

I believe that Jesus Christ is a Creator son of the living Spirit Almighty.  Jesus Christ was the perfected man, such that he was a complete Son of God and a complete Son of Man.  I believe that Jesus Christ came here to our world to teach us that God is a loving father and that we are a brotherhood (and sisterhood) of divine children of a merciful and loving spiritual parent.

I believe that we are on an ever increasing, always expanding, continually learning life adventure.  This is ours by grace and blessing to choose; and it is also actually possible to not choose this immortal adventure.  An enduring life, an immortal life is our destiny to create; yet if we consciously cause harm to others and consistently choose evil and wrong doing and deliberately cheat and take advantage of others, we should not expect to be allowed to continue unscathed and not eventually face the consequences of our actions and behaviors. 

The far-reaching plans of the Almighty Father always prevail in all the affairs of the universe, and for this reason all things work together for the highest good in every moment in our lives.  I believe that there is divine and direct guidance and merciful watch care provided for each and every one of us; provided to continually move us forward on a path of becoming more perfected as a being of love.  I believe that we are loved and valued by Spirit much more than we may know, or from this earthly perspective, even able to perceive or understand.

I believe that many seemingly paradoxical realities are simultaneously and perfectly true at the same time; such as: I am one with God to the extent that I can actually say, "I am God", and yet, at the very same time, I am not God, the Creator of all that is.  We as spiritual beings actually exist in an eternal timelessness, and yet, we live in a three-dimensional physical universe of space and time.  Both of these realities exist simultaneously in perfection.