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Perspectives on Spirituality and Truth
From a Christian Who Discovered Wisdom
Spiritual awakening begins from wisdom. With wisdom comes understanding [1Cor14:20]. Wisdom comes with age, at least for some. Others choose to remain immature children [1Cor 13:11]. Those who dare to go forth, grapple with, and engage the mysteries of creation and divine intentions, will discover a spiritual awakening as they mature towards a fuller understanding when living in truth and spirituality [Eph 4:13].
The expansion of consciousness involved grounding in realistic truths. Of the perennial persistence of good and evil; of the very human tendency to act in greed and selfishness instead of love, compassion, and grace; of the very unequal power balance between those with abundance and those who hungered for a small share of that abundance; of the hypocrisy of religious leaders in promoting their own interests of wealth, power and influence instead of lifting up and enhancing the lives of their followers; of the blatant exploitation by huge corporate powers to monetise the valuable labour surplus of the poor and vulnerable; of international institutions like the United Nations and international trading blocs who legitimise increasing poverty and ignore the self-evident plights of refugees from wars, child soldiers, victims of children and women trafficking, subjugation and…
