Rob Brezsny defines #pronoia as “the hypothesis that the universe is conspiring to shower us with #blessings.” This sort of sounds like #OriginalBlessing to me. And it is not about denial of #struggle and #evil, but about how to #survive both. http://bit.ly/4nU1SJ1

#Doctrine is not the basis of faith or its starting point. Creation is the basis of trust, which is the biblical meaning of faith. Doctrine serves as a parameter, much like the sidelines in a soccer game, within which believers play out their faith. #OriginalBlessing https://bit.ly/3X5SbMD

Awe. Wonder. Reverence. Gratitude. Here is the springboard for all #spiritual growth. This is why moving from an #OriginalSin consciousness to an #OriginalBlessing consciousness lies at the heart of our survival as a species today. https://bit.ly/3X5SbMD

The human word is only one among billions of words that God has spoken...To make contact w/ #wisdom is to go beyond human words-which have only existed for 300,000 yrs...(&) return to the many billions of yrs of ongoing creation that also constitute God's talking. #originalblessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD

Just as #justice ensures #order and #balance in the whole of #creation, so does #injustice bring about #chaos; it undoes all of creation. With injustice, "all the foundations of the earth are shaken." (Ps. 82:5b) #OriginalBlessing https://www.matthewfox.org/donation-store/original-blessing-a-primer-in-creation-spirituality

Instead of controlling passions (desire, #moraloutrage/anger), #MeisterEckhart & #CreationSpirituality counsel: Put on the bridle of #love. Don't cut back on the #passion but learn to make it work for you, to take you & the #community into areas where it needs to go. #originalblessing https://bit.ly/3X5SbMD

Political movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos; nature is the matrix in which humans awaken to their power to transform. Liberation movements are fuller development of the cosmos's sense of harmony, balance, justice, & celebration. #OriginalBlessing https://www.matthewfox.org/donation-store/original-blessing-a-primer-in-creation-spirituality

“Western civilization has preferred love of #death to love of #life to the extent that its religious traditions have preferred #redemption to #creation, #sin to ecstasy, & individual #introspection to cosmic awareness & #appreciation.” #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Photo: #Penitents procession, Pampanga

Awe. Wonder. Reverence. Gratitude. Here is the springboard for all #spiritual growth. This is why moving from an #OriginalSin consciousness to an #OriginalBlessing consciousness lies at the heart of our survival as a species today. https://bit.ly/3XFKw76

The act of Creation was enough on its own to accomplish "salvation." Nothing further needed done.

#theology #OriginalBlessing

Three quick thoughts:

1. We are created in the image of God. Nothing can take that away from us.

2. Still, we are partial creatures.

3. But Original Sin is still a Lie.

#ImageOfGod #OriginalSin #OriginalBlessing