Parents do their best to raise kids with good values but which values are good?  Those they themselves grew up with, of course!

Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not commit adultery – just to name a few.

Ever since birth, we are bombarded with rules, teachings, and opinions suggesting we are so far away from perfection we must better ourselves or be damned. What “better” means is determined by the mind, because it’s through the mind that all the “values” land in our consciousness.

Little children don’t yet perceive all complexities of life but their minds are ready to be shaped. Should we shape them in our image and likeness?  Or should we look at ourselves critically and ponder on whether our own upbringing is worth being replicated, over and over again?

What if all people were created perfect, and this perfection was meant to be uncovered through the inner knowledge of the Heart? Doesn’t all imposed dogma drive this inner knowledge to the background and rewire our minds to think we are inherently sinful?

The key is in connecting with our true nature which is Divinity, and Divinity is perfect. Only through Divine help can we move up the ladder of spiritual evolution, and encourage our children to follow.

These events take place 550 day after the Crucifixion, where Christ returns while the apostles write down what they remember of his earlier teachings.

Apparently disappointed at his disciples’ lack of understanding, Jesus singles out James and Peter, in the hope of “filling them” with Knowledge.

James is receptive, however Peter isn’t.

James is in line with a mystical Gnostic tradition recognizing that no intermediary is needed to achieve salvation.  Peter represents the views of the emerging Church.

Interestingly, it was Peter along with Paul, who later became the most significant figures in what we now know as Christianity. 

James lead the Church in Jerusalem until his death.

Although James, Peter, and Paul are considered the three pillars of Christianity, the Church later changed direction, recognizing and eventually becoming an intermediary between God and Man, thus opposing the original message of Jesus.

Why didn’t Gnosticism become a basis of today’s worship?

What kind of world would we have if Jesus’s genuine teachings took root, and there was no intermediary between God and Man?

Even though Jung later regretted the inevitable misunderstanding which would result from this answer, it couldn’t be more true then, as well as now, and always.

Indeed, why should you believe in something you already know to be true, and if you know, what’s the need for belief?

Belief is based on a lack of knowledge.  Little children know God intuitively but only a few preserve it into their adulthood.

As we grow up, we gradually move from domain of the heart into domain of the mind. The nature of mind is such that it is easily tricked.  The nature of heart is direct knowledge.

The world around imposes dogmatic restrains which confuse and misdirect our mind, while within us the spiritual heart remains pure.

Isn’t it why “logical thinking” is often valued higher than feeling?  When school and society want to shape you after their image and likeness, they do it through the mind.

Believing in the Savior may seems the way to cope but is it really necessary when you’re rooted in the inner knowledge of the Heart? 

The Savior is always there.  Just look within.