Just to give you more of an understanding of the manipulations of the Christian religion by Constantine. The rulings during the time of Constantine not only took the cross to the battlefield, from then forward, as the symbol of Christianity, he also was responsible for things like nullifying any thoughts and discussions by Christian domain about the significance of reincarnation, as many places in the bible point to, solidified doctrines that made Christians believe that they were separate from God and must follow in a certain manner or they were heretics and doomed to hell, and bridged the thinking that Jesus was the only son of God. All of this done by one man's fanatical need for control and threats of ostracism and death, starting with a mystical vision that he interpreted literally. Have things changed so much in our present age?
If you want to read about reincarnation in the Bible and how this all came about there are excellent articles at: http://reluctant-messenger.com/origen2.html
Personally, intuitively I always felt that sin and karma were basically the same concept and believed in reincarnation, before I knew what the word meant. People think of the word karma with fear, but the sum total of our actions is already here. Fear, guilt and shame will only project things into the future, but the more we know ourselves in totality the more of what we may see as our shadow, the devil, negativity, etc. becomes a source of strength, when integrated and not tossed out to sea only to hit us with the next wave. If one starts to see all things as having a unity to them, then all things have a purpose. When one looks at the characteristics of each Zodiac sign, whether you believe in astrology or not, each characteristic has a pro or a con, depending how it is used.
This a great site to read about all religions and there relationship to each other, if one has that type of spirit of inquiry: http://reluctant-messenger.com/main.htm
It seems to me, after watching the events of the last years, that so much harm has come to this planet in the name of religion. We could very well create a sublime mess and perhaps lifting ourselves up is none other then seeing the shadow that lays wake from all of this and picking ourselves up out of it. (Original mention of Constantine was in What I Have Been Up To several posts back where I talked about the book Constantine's Sword)
If you want to read about reincarnation in the Bible and how this all came about there are excellent articles at: http://reluctant-messenger.com/origen2.html
Personally, intuitively I always felt that sin and karma were basically the same concept and believed in reincarnation, before I knew what the word meant. People think of the word karma with fear, but the sum total of our actions is already here. Fear, guilt and shame will only project things into the future, but the more we know ourselves in totality the more of what we may see as our shadow, the devil, negativity, etc. becomes a source of strength, when integrated and not tossed out to sea only to hit us with the next wave. If one starts to see all things as having a unity to them, then all things have a purpose. When one looks at the characteristics of each Zodiac sign, whether you believe in astrology or not, each characteristic has a pro or a con, depending how it is used.
This a great site to read about all religions and there relationship to each other, if one has that type of spirit of inquiry: http://reluctant-messenger.com/main.htm
It seems to me, after watching the events of the last years, that so much harm has come to this planet in the name of religion. We could very well create a sublime mess and perhaps lifting ourselves up is none other then seeing the shadow that lays wake from all of this and picking ourselves up out of it. (Original mention of Constantine was in What I Have Been Up To several posts back where I talked about the book Constantine's Sword)
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