I haven’t been writing anything interesting lately because I’ve been caught up reading a book that was given to me on Monday. The book is called Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles by Caroline Myss. I’ve been so disturbed by the content book. I find it hard to articulate my anger because I clearly see a trend with the world’s views on spiritually. We are heading down the path of transcendentalism. In 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson succinctly defined this belief:

The Transcendentalist adopts the whole connection of spiritual doctrine. He believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power; he believes in inspiration, and in ecstasy. He wishes that the spiritual principle should be suffered to demonstrate itself to the end, in all possible applications to the state of man, without the admission of anything unspiritual; that is, anything positive, dogmatic, personal. Thus, the spiritual measure of inspiration is the depth of the thought, and never, who said it? And so he resists all attempts to palm other rules and measures on the spirit than its own.
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It is well known to most of my audience, that the Idealism of the present day acquired the name of Transcendental, from the use of that term by Immanuel Kant, of Konigsberg, who replied to the skeptical philosophy of Locke, which insisted that there was nothing in the intellect which was not previously in the experience of the senses, by showing that there was a very important class of ideas, or imperative forms, which did not come by experience, but through which experience was acquired; that these were intuitions of the mind itself; and he denominated them Transcendental forms. The extraordinary profoundness and precision of that man’s thinking have given vogue to his nomenclature, in Europe and America, to that extent, that whatever belongs to the class of intuitive thought, is popularly called at the present day Transcendental.

REF: http://www.emersoncentral.com/transcendentalist.htm

Basically, the walls of religion are vertically transcended so there are more similarities than dissimilarities. Religion only becomes a means to the same spiritual end. By mediating and getting in touch with our “intuition” we find the purpose of our life. Caroline Myss, with her Catholic background, uses unmistakably Christian terms to explain her belief in spirituality. Here is an except from the introduction of her book:

To this day, the saints and angels are invisible forces in my life. Yet I also have a faith in an even greater power: the energy, or grace, than animates our seemingly impersonal but intimately interconnected universe. We receive infusions of grace on a daily basis, but in the middle of the every task of making a living and take care of our family and friends, we can miss its subtle power. Grace holds together the whole of our life – and all of our lives collectively. It watches over us and will come to our aid if we ask.

Many times I have wished that I could convince other to have faith in this immeasurable, invisible force that surrounds and protects us. I feel profound bliss in knowing that even in the direst times, our prayers are heard and answered. I have seen and experienced far to many miracles to believe otherwise. Like you, I’ve had to move mountains in my personal and professional life. Whenever I am striving mightily on my own, pushing and getting nowhere, I usually realize that it’s time to step back and remember that, “I ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove.” As the Tao Te Ching also advises, “Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.” Nothing is impossible for you when you have faith – in yourself and in your purpose.

Faith is an active force – not a passive one – an invisible power, like love. It is not simply a belief in goodness, it is a belief put into action in the present moment. In the ancient Hindu belief system, faith also conveys protection, by giving us trust and confidence in the rightness of what we are doing. Faith enables us to have a positive attitude and hope even in the face of seemingly irreversible setbacks.

God works anonymously – invisibly – through these powers of faith, love, and grace. Perhaps this is because we humans are too meddlesome to be trusted with a direct divine intervention. Remember that mortals in ancient mythology who looked directly at a god (who was not disguised in an earthly form) went blind or mad from the sight. God frequently sends divine grace through human agents who perform nonrandom acts of kindness.

As I often tell the people who study spirituality and intuition with me in my workshops, we are born here to go to Earth School. We’re on this planet to learn to be spiritual beings in a physical body, to gain consciousness of our greater purposes. Life on Earth is all about learning to manage your power. So this book is a course in Earth School about managing your personal power in a way that enhances your own spiritual growth, while also contribute to the evolution of the people around you – and to the entire global soul.
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Learning to manage your personal power means that you have to become aware of how you work with your energy and whom you give it to. “Those who overcome themselves are strong.” Wrote Lao-tzu. It’s also about how much you are willing to surrender to divine guidance, which often come to you in the guise of inner intuition. By finding your inner compass and action on its promptings, you come into your full power and fulfill the life mission you were born to complete. I call this mission your Sacred Contract and it include not just the daily work you do, but every relationship you have and every person you meet, everyone you help, everyone who helps you.

INVISIBLE ACTS OF POWER – Personal Choices That Create Miracles – p. 2-3

Can you believe what’s she saying just within the first three pages of this book? Read it again. I don’t even know where to start! She’s fusing Christianity with Hinduism and the beliefs other Eastern religions. She describes Faith, Love, and Grace as being a power, a force, and an energy source. She says that faith is an invisible force that surrounds and protects us. She says that grace watches over us and will come to our aid if we ask. She says we are here on Earth to learn how to manage our personal power to enhance our spiritual growth. She says that we’re learning how to be spiritual beings and gain consciousness of our greater purpose through intuition. She says we were born to fulfill our purpose, our life mission, known as our “Sacred Contract”. She says that nothing is impossible for you when you have faith in yourself and in your purpose.

Back to my original comment about transcendentalism. The trend that I’m seeing is we are creeping closer to a single worldwide religion. The boundaries of Christianity are steadily fading as our country embraces these New Age ideas. There will be a day when the majority of people will say to himself, “nothing is impossible for me when I have faith in myself and in my purpose.” Then that will be the day of our Lord in Mark 18:8 “…when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

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