Question:
"What is your opinion about God and His Christ in terms of wealth creation, is He important and what role does He play?"
Answer:
Even though they always say never talk about politics or religion...I can't help myself!
This topic is particularly close to my heart as I am a non-believer. There...I've said it!
Why?
Well...to be honest, during my childhood, it seemed that I had religion almost forced upon me which put me off of the idea of there being an all-seeing God out there.
Remember...this is MY viewpoint. (And one, whichever way you may try - I will not be swayed from - which is where many people go wrong by trying to 'convert' others)
Let's make this clear - I am NOT 'against' organized religion. For many people it has a place in their lives which is great if it works for them. Just because it has a place in THEIR lives...it doesn't HAVE to have a place in mine or anyone else's.
Like with being successful - forcing someone into believing is one thing - but THEY are the ones who are still responsible for taking action backed up by that belief.
A lot of organised religions go wrong by painting 'their' God as someone who will punish you if don't do 'x'.
For me...this causes one huge problem because it allows many people not to accept RESPONSIBILITY for their own actions...and also makes people think negatively as they do someone through 'fear'.
In my book...ANY negative thought is a BAD thing and doesn't help in the slightest.
By the same token...if you believe in God and pray for divine intervention to 'save' you - then you're not using prayer in a way that it should be used (in my opinion).
Whether you believe or not...YOU are the SOLE creator of what happens in your life.
Which leads me on to my view as a 'non-believer'.
As I said...I'm not a believer in there being A God...but, since Connor came along and few unexplained things went one...I am a believer that there is SOMETHING.
Practically every single time that Connor was at a life-or-death situation - circumstances meant that either Lesley or I (or both of us) were in the 'right place at the right time'.
It's not a coincidence when things like this happen on a regular basis, I can tell you!
So...as a non-believer...this started to raise a few questions for me, which, to be quite frank - I couldn't answer!
So...I began to look inwards...and started listening more to my instinct for what I should do. I resigned from my well-paying job without any savings or prospective income - just because of that very same thing.
So...now...I'm building a picture of coincidence and gut feelings playing a role in my life...yet I still didn't believe.
Then prosperity kicked in.
By prosperity I don't mean in terms of unlimited MONEY - I mean in terms of PERCEPTION - which is a crucial thing.
My world changed on its axis when I realized that my life was more about WHO I am that what I did, or what I earned.
Yet...still I am a non-believer.
But...I DO believe that there IS a God...but WE are God. You and I.
As you are reading this...I am entering your brain and creating something.
- A memory
- A response
- A change in perception
- A reference to your current situation
How can I possibly do that - just by writing this? Well...I AM, aren't I?
At this point depending on whether you agree with what I am saying...I am creating an emotional response in YOUR head.
Scary, isn't it?
(That's why advertising works so well!)
In the same way that the books I read and the people that I meet FOREVER change my viewpoint on SOMETHING...I am doing EXACTLY the same with YOU.
(And me as well...because, when I write, strangely I always LEARN something - even though 'I' am the one writing it!)
Of course...this can be used in a negative sense by those people who promise you 'the Earth' and rip you off.
In any case...can you see the CONNECTION here?
Can you see (or feel) that, despite never having ever met me...you have a mental picture of who I am and what I sound like. Yet all I have done is write what I THINK.
And you have INTERPRETED that to build a picture, a perception, a view, in your mind.
Yet...YOUR picture may be completely different to the guy in a different country who has read EXACTLY the same things about me as you have.
Yet....I have still made that connection with them - albeit through a completely different set of 'filters' through which my words have to pass.
"That's fine Gary...", you may be saying, "But what has this got to do with a belief in God and wealth?"
Well...EVERYTHING!
The foundations have to be put into place before you build...and this is the first...accepting that WE do have a CONNECTION.
I can share more with you if you like...but only if you're interested, of course...
Posted by vurnumg
