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A look at a "Secrets of the Vatican" video sparked a few thoughts on religion ...

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Van Overboard

2/12/20263 min read

I was watching an excerpt from the latest Shawn Ryan video with another guy that everyone commented was knowledgeable and "cool". The video was on " Vatican Secrets". The video title draws you in to find the truth, yet there actually is none there, contained within the excerpt at least. Perhaps watching the first half didn't do it justice, but once the conversation turned to the usual, be more like ... Jesus / God etc etc, i have a tendency to switch off.

My first reasoning is this. If you were a young kid that lived away from the noise, away from any messengers or religious types, what blueprint is there to follow? The eskimo, the native indian, the aborigine all have their "own" spirituality, their own "blueprint", yet are seen perhaps as backward or primitive by comparison.

This is where religion to me is completely man made, and therefore fits in perfectly with society's "upside down" reversed thinking.

If the Vatican had "secrets", surely in the interest of humanity, they would want to share those secrets or truths with humanity? To bring more believers " into the fold" as it were.

The guest speaker commented that whatever secrets they had, they would simply "bolster" what is currently known, regarding the existence of Jesus and God.

I strongly disagree. His narrative likely comes from the mouth of the papacy itself, the controllers of the "truths" that are allowed to be told. Let's not forgot the horrific way that the Roman Catholic treated the early Christians up to the 3rd (?) century. Then supposedly (the much nicer) Constantine "adopted" Christianity, controlling and subjugating its believers, at least those that hadn't been murdered by the Romans.

A telling "adjustment" of the (false) narrative, the casting out of any shred of truth, alienating books that didn't quite align with their control mechanism. The bible now only containing the control mechanisms needed to entrap and enslave the suffering millions. To speak or even think otherwise, getting you stoned or whatever its modern equivalent would be.

It's very easy to throw out the baby with the bath water, and denounce religion of any kind. But all i'd say is to look within, interestingly what Jesus reportedly said, to find truth. You don't need to witness the secrets they store in dusty vaults to see that they are hiding the inconvenient truths, that would ultimately forfeit their two thousand year hold on humanity. Christianity today is merely a process of manouevres that you must go through in order to satisfy others, like a sheep you bleat the untruth, believing in its dogma and not looking within at all. If you experience suffering in your life you find truths that are far more meaningful and inspiring, awakening your spirituality, more so than any second hand mistruth. Many find a bible, in a hotel room, in a jail cell or perhaps are drawn to the promise of redemption etc etc from others.

Realistically, you become woke not in the context of what "modern" woke is, quite the opposite, it's an unlocked door that you've knocked on, unafraid and open to your own sovereign access to, perhaps consciousness itself. For once you've crossed into that domain, you are no longer interested in these "gatekeepers" of truth. You are your own keeper of knowledge, as a "now" conscious entity, you can navigate past all of the falseness and hopelessness, life, as well as death, can open up new meaning, like your first day at school, but this time you are awake to a clearer understanding, through unconditional love and its many truths.

In our, now widely available information age, it's easier to settle for a predefined role or a story that offers the truth in some depth, than it is to actually use your inate ability to know what's true or not. By questioning, particularly motives, and using your own inner guide, will you find a reality that will lead you away from the narrative, towards much greater things to come.

People expect some kind of "good against evil" battle, at some point in the not too distant future. This, i would also say is untrue. The battle is within you at all times. You are both good and evil by choice, in its simplest form at least. At any point you can take responsibility for your thoughts and your actions. You can choose to cause suffering, to disconnect from your humanity, to become something or someone else, but ultimately you will have to face your own truth, and not hide from it.

Spreading religion is like a virus, it stops people from experiencing their own suffering, it hijacks the very nature of our own spirituality. It's part of the same upside down blueprint that has infected all things ... take a pill, go to church, get a job, love "things", fight this war ... whilst your true humanity and its potential is stripped away.

My last thought in closing, would be to treat history and tales of old, predominantly as traps. Real history is likely hijacked and too focussed on the victors, that alone should be enough to disbelieve most of its content. The only takeaway for me is that people suffered, and perhaps those same people are the awakened ones now, that guide us on our journey, should you let them. You may not control the world but you do control your world. Your actions speak much louder than your words, and will lead you to your own destiny, eventually.