Misguided attempts to protect what we are attached to.

The message of the crucifixion is perfectly clear: Teach only love, for that is what you are. If you interpret the crucifixion in any other way, you are using it as a weapon for assault rather than as the call for peace for which it was intended. The Apostles often misunderstood it, and for the same reason that anyone misunderstands it. Their own imperfect love made them vulnerable to projection, and out of their own fear they spoke of the “wrath of God” as His retaliatory weapon. Nor could they speak of the crucifixion entirely without anger, because their sense of guilt had made them angry.T-6.I.13:1-2, T-6.I.14:1-4

A Course in Miracles . Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

The saying “Religion is for people afraid of hell, and spirituality is for people who have been there.” Religions are based on fear of a wrathful god. Christianity is based on the idea of sacrifice to appease a vengeful God. The crucifixion, Christians are taught, is a blood sacrifice to exonerate our sins before a judgmental punishing power.

In A Course of Miracles Jesus is telling us something quite different when he says that the point of the drama of the crucifixion was to demonstrate that Love will overcome any assault no matter how horrendous.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us covenant together to affirm and promote the acceptance of one another and support for spiritual growth which involves the demonstration that we need not think alike to love alike.

Today it is suggested that we rise above the drama of attack and assault and persecution and see it for what it is: a misguided attempt to protect what we are attached to.

Know that we are a manifestation of our Transcendent Source.

The crucifixion cannot be shared because it is the symbol of projection, but the resurrection is the symbol of sharing because the reawakening of every Son of God is necessary to enable the Sonship to know its Wholeness. Only this is knowledge. T-6.I.12:1-2

A Course in Miracles . Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

The crucifixion is a dramatic example of how an assault on the body makes no difference to the soul which is part of the Oneness. Knowing this Jesus was able to say, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” This is called “rising above it” or a resurrection. We can aspire to be at this level of consciousness.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. This worth and dignity arises from the soul not from the body. When we are aware of this we leave the world of the ego and enter the Kingdom of God.

Today it is suggested that we take some time to relax, get quiet, go within and know that we are part of the Transcendent Source out of which we were created.

If God is with you, who can be against you?

You are not persecuted, nor was I. You are not asked to repeat my experiences because the Holy Spirit, Whom we share, makes this unnecessary. To use my experiences constructively, however, you must still follow my example in how to perceive them. My brothers and yours are constantly engaged in justifying the unjustifiable. My one lesson, which I must teach as I learned it, is that no perception that is out of accord with the judgment of the Holy Spirit can be justified. I undertook to show this was true in an extreme case, merely because it would serve as a good teaching aid to those whose temptation to give in to anger and assault would not be so extreme. I will with God that none of His Sons should suffer. T-6.I.11:1-7

A Course in Miracles . Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

Jesus reassures us that none of us is expected to “take up his cross and be crucified as he was.” However, Jesus tells us to learn from his most extreme example that anger and assault in the face of persecution is not appropriate for those who believe along with him that God’s will is not that any human being suffers. Persecution and attack are of the world of the ego and have no part of the Kingdom of God.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us covenant together to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. This means that we treat ourselves and others as the creations of God which we are. We choose the will of God not the things of the ego.

Today it is suggested that we remember that Jesus as he was crucified said, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” We can rise above the persecutions and attacks we experience remembering that we are the beloved creation of God.

Against Illiberalism by David Cycleback. UUAWOL book discussion video #2

 

When we see the Divine Spark rejoice and give thanks.

We are still equal as learners, although we do not need to have equal experiences. The Holy Spirit is glad when you can learn from mine, and be reawakened by them. That is their only purpose, and that is the only way in which I can be perceived as the way, the truth and the life. When you hear only one Voice you are never called on to sacrifice. On the contrary, by being able to hear the Holy Spirit in others you can learn from their experiences, and can gain from them without experiencing them directly yourself. That is because the Holy Spirit is One, and anyone who listens is inevitably led to demonstrate His way for all. T-6.I.10:1-6

A Course in Miracles . Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

We can see the Divine Spark in every person if we look for it. When we perceive it we are enriched. When other people see the Divine Spark in us it adds value to their lives.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. When we affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person consciousness is raised for all.

Today it is suggested that we look for the Divine Spark within ourselves and in others and when we see it rejoice and give thanks.

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The only truth is that there is no truth.

…described how progressive movements sow the seeds of their own destruction when they become censorious. It’s impossible, Willis wrote, ‘to censor the speech of the dominant without stifling debate among all social groups and reinforcing orthodoxy within left movements.’ Under such conditions, a movement can neither integrate new ideas nor build support based on genuine transformations of consciousness rather than guilt or fear of ostracism.” (Goldberg 2021)  Goldberg also writes, “Cowing people is not the same as converting them.”

Cycleback, David. Against Illiberalism: A critique of illiberal trends in liberal institutions, with a focus on Unitarian Universalism (p. 63). Center for Artifact Studies. Kindle Edition. 

The postmodern worldview is based on the idea that what we call “truth” is merely a social construction. Unitarian Universalism is the only postmodern religious denomination in the world whose message is “we need not think alike to love alike.” UU teaches that beliefs no longer matter as long as you believe what they tell you to believe about social justice topics.

When it comes to social justice issues and its own governance the UUA has become very censorious which is contributing to its downfall and dissolution.