August 31, 2009

The Ethics of Jesus

Are you a rule follower?

Have you noticed in your dealings in your life that our society has more and more become affixed to the adherence to "the rules" and "procedures" and "directions" than we are to using our own judgment, our own discretion and our own choices to live our lives, do our jobs, interrelate with others?

This is a problem. Rule followers worship the Jesus idol. Sure, they think they are doing the right thing, after all, its "right" to follow the rules, isn't it?

I don't know, what rules are you following? Do they contradict the purpose and destiny Jesus has given you to fulfill? Do they feel wrong when you measure them against your innate and instinctive actions consistent with what you feel is right?

Jesus did not give much weight to the rules of his time, and if you are following Jesus, then you too should examine this question of "should I or should I not follow the rules?"

This question is one that is paramount in this time on our earth. This question is not just for those who are in power, but it is for the everyday person . . . the postal worker, the bank employee, the power company customer service representative, the teacher, the politician, the policy maker, the police man, the mother and the student.

Abdication of your own self-determination of choice based on the situation God has presented for you to experience, whether it is in your job, your life, your school, your interactions with other people, is one of the biggest ways to separate yourself from God.

Every time, in every experience, in every situation when you know what you should do or know what you feel is right to do, and you choose to say, "No, the 'rules say ...'" to shut down your inner knowing, your inner voice, close off your connection with God ... you are separate yourself from God in a blind following of an idol that replaces the truth you know with something artificial and arbitrarily established by man to create a false experience, a false truth, an illusion of reality that is not connected to the flow of the Spirit through you.

So many people are soooooo afraid to lose their job because the "rules" tell them "_______ is the answer." So, regardless of what they feel and know to be right, they follow the rules. In essence, you put another god (the rules of man) before God -- that which you know is right when you are connected to the Spirit of God.

Because in truth, the truth you know of how you should handle the situation is a result of your connection with God. Supplanting that knowledge with the rules of man, of your boss, of the company, is where we separate from God, and fall into the ways of idolatry. To follow the rules out of fear, well, that is the way of the Devil.

That is not to say, you should say "screw the company, I'm going to do this, this and this because I think its right!" But if you place yourself under the authority of man who takes from you YOUR ability to choose and be discerning, you have placed yourself under an ungodly authority.

No one who stands in the power of God will take another person's connection to God and supplant it with their own. Those who are truly in the power of God want to support and uplift the power of God in others -- building in you, your own personal connection to the voice of God as to what is right. Godly people do this for you, even in something as mundane as your job.

What is right is known to you. If you choose to be connected to God, based the experience you have before you, you know what is right, and if you don't know, you should seek help and seek the answer so you can learn more about your connection to God. Each experience of life is test of your connection to what is real (God) vs. what is false (the World). Who do you follow?

Jesus taught us to follow our own connection with God -- that path supersedes all the laws and rules of man that do not feel right in our own spirits.

Stop following the rules. If you are Godly, you don't need to be told "don't kill anyone." You already know that to be right. You don't need to be told that war is tool of coveting, killing and murder. You already know that, because the Spirit of God gave us some general commandments or rules to make that perfectly clear even when man tries to twist it with fear and lies.

Follow the higher ethics of the spirit of God, and if you get fired for it, God has something oh, so much better for you to build a deeper connection, receive greater joy and fulfillment in the time you spend here on earth!

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

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