GUS19-06 TWO Revends speak about Religion today

February 4, 2019February 24, 2022Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

The World According to GUS with Charles Eduardos, with his guest Rev Kimberly Braun, on air from February 5th

Kimberly Braun, Minister, M.A., CSP and Meditation Coach has been devoted to meditation from the age of 5, with over ten of her years spent as a monastic nun.

Kimberly’s general thrust of teachings right now, is to focus upon the notion of ‘mystic’ or mystical’ and where people are feeling a certain call or reticence or curiosity. And how can being a mystic benefit our world.

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Kimberly is a woman who knows how to invite the people in embracing their own divine soul, heart, spirit and open mind, she is truly an inspiration of living in divine harmony of life.

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On Religion – to thine own Inner Faith to be True

November 24, 2016February 25, 2022Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

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In a time where religion has become a political tool and an industry, where do we find the meaning of our faith? How is religion serving us today and why is it not only dividing us but killing us in the name of a God, why have we misconstrued its true meaning and why are we not embracing a true divine entity that unites us all?.

All we see in the news these days are headlines telling us that another priest had molested another child and that the church covered it up again. Yes, the church has real issues and problems but could it be that you are asking something so unnatural of the priest that they cannot live up to? Celibacy can lead to perversions.

We hear people are being ostracized because they are gay or choose to speak out on what they are and want if life. Religion is a control force, believe what I tell you to believe, do no thinking for yourself.

Faith is in a higher power that does not need you to hate another for living life differently, or for believing in a different faith or being another colour. Faith is love and should always be about the love.

images-19 I do not belong to a church myself, as I have not yet found a church with a religion that is nurturing and looks upon people as a family, not a commodity. I look back through the centuries and see the history of religion and it terrifies me. How many wars have been in the name of religion? How many people have died in the name of religion? Even today. And why do they have to die to prove themselves to God?

I believe in a higher power, a force that is all so powerful, an energy that is invigorating, and I have a very strong faith in this higher power and respect for it, but I do not wish to name it because I believe that this power is all the positive energy in the world that we empower and pass on to each other through positive thoughts and deeds. I believe that the lives that we have lived before have left imprints on the universe and be it negative or positive, it influences the energy that we live by today. I believe that the power of positive thought can energize the world and one should always think good of one another, when we can.

All we see is a war on something, same sex, different faith, being white, black , pokadot, it is all an excuse to hate rather than love. We all want love, we all want to be loved, we all want to be here for a positive reason knowing we count, so put away your godly hate and learn to love, for we are not our sex, colour, gender, race, we are DIVINE humans here to learn how to love one another not hate in the name of a religion.

What I do not like is how society dictates what it is you should believe in, nor do I like the persecution if your beliefs are different to theirs. Look at the world right at this moment, power and greed, wars, deaths, hatred and cowardly violence all in the name of some God. Do you think that your chosen God wants this to happen? Why do you think that we should all pray the same? Who cares who your god is as long as you have faith in something and that you care for your fellow man with respect, dignity and LOVE.

We have diseases that are killing us every day and we have desperate environmental problems far bigger than the argument of whom to pray to. In the end I believe religion is used as a control factor to control those who cannot or will not take charge of their own lives and who are unable or unwilling to give to others. It is all about power and control, theirs not yours, and let us not forget about the money. Look how rich some of the churches are, they collect every week for your guilt. You will go straight to hell if you do not pay the church to forgive your sins. Forgiveness is something you have to do to yourself first and then to ask forgiveness to those you have hurt, no church can exempt you from that no matter what you pay them.

Some people receive some comfort from their religion, and in turn reach out to others to help them. This is how it should be, but none have the right to tell another whom or how to pray to, it is a personal matter. Your own conscience will guide you and should steer you in the right direction. Church in my mind should be a place to go to, and to share ones success and ones stresses. A place where you feel that the people around you genuinely care about you. If you have found this place and you feel at home there, consider yourself lucky. We all look for a place to belong, a place to share our joys and our sorrows, a place where the energy is shared and invigorates one to a new level. It never should be a place of damnation, or of paying off ones guilt. Nor a place to hide away from life rather than facing it. It should never be a place where one can decide the damnation of another’s faith or soul, no one has that right.

Take religion out of wars; allow people everywhere to pray to whom they want to. TAKE RELIGION OUT OF POLITICS, you can not guide a country if you judge those who pray differently. Stop using religion as a form of control, and look for your power to come from good not manipulation.

Faith is a powerful thing, I could not live with out it, and I do believe everyone needs it in some form or other. But none should tell you how where or whom, that must be your choice to be a true choice, or you will just be living a lie. Try talking to your God at home, try reaching inside of yourself, you will be surprised at the power that has been given to you by some higher force. Tap in and expand yourself, you have to power, it has been given to you to use with love and good will, use it well and wisely and without judgment and manipulation. Instead of paying the church, give some time, or money to someone who needs it, that is what the power of love and faith is, helping our fellow man, woman or child. This is my version of God.

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C15/41 The New Pilgrims and a Renewal in Faith

September 27, 2015March 7, 2018Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast 1 Comment

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Dr. Joseph Castleberry aired October 13th-19th

Immigrants, the world is made up of them and now we are seeing a new renewal in faith because of them.

In The New Pilgrims, Dr. Castleberry provides an understanding of how immigrants are contributing to the renewal of American faith, as well as the positive contributions they are making to our churches, families, schools, politics, along with the economy.

Dr. Castleberry presents to the reader not only from a Christian perspective but from a practical point of view the significant impact immigrants are having on the church in America. Dr. Castleberry says, “The New Pilgrims is a bold, fresh look at how immigrants are renewing America’s faith.”

The New Pilgrims clearly shows us the impacts that immigrants have had from the very beginning of America, immigrants have had a powerful role in keeping America’s faith strong. They have continually renewed America’s economy, its churches, family values, education, and politics.

Leaders like Varun Laohaprasit and Jesús de Paz renew churches by establishing new congregations that reach out to their fellow immigrants and help them establish productive lives as assimilated Americans. Immigrants like Ilona Trofimovic and Isaac Canales renew family values by serving as a check and balance to rugged individualism, modeling family unity, community cohesion, and selfless sacrifice.

Motivators like Jesse Miranda bring hope, ambition, and innovation to America’s schools, and visionaries like Samuel Rodríguez help political parties move past polarizing debates and into new policies that serve the emerging national interest. Today’s immigrants have not yet determined their future political loyalties, and they will gravitate to the party that serves the national interest best by providing the most opportunity for them and their families

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The New Pilgrims helps readers to understand why people who like religion should love immigrants. Contrary to some recent, politically biased attempts to make the Bible speak against “illegal immigrants,” careful study reveals the Bible’s powerful pro-immigrant teaching that has traditionally shaped America’s reception of newcomers.

American Christians who want to see the renewal of their faith should strongly support immigrants, as a massive wave of immigrants has arrived with new confidence in America’s historic faith and mission. Primarily composed of Christians, such immigrants are “The New Pilgrims,” and they have already begun to restore our national faith.

The New Pilgrims show political as well as religious leaders that despite significant recent declines in church attendance by White Americans, immigrants have increased the overall numbers of Christians in America. Among Catholics, 70 percent of new adherents in the last 50 years have come from Latino immigrant families alone.

As for Evangelical Protestants, perhaps 100% of all net growth has come from immigration. Evangelical immigrant churches, in particular, have experienced a powerful religious revival in recent years, a phenomenon included in a movement Time Magazine has referred to as “The Latino Reformation.”

But Latinos are not alone. The revival includes immigrants from all over the world. The new Christian immigrants bear comparison to the Mayflower Pilgrims because of the way they see their journey to America as well as their interpretation of America’s national purpose.

Like the Puritan John Winthrop, they see America as a shining city on a hill, a beacon for godliness, freedom, democracy, and perhaps above all, opportunity. Among them, leaders like Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference predict a Third Great Awakening in America that will lead not only to religious renewal but also to the renewal of American society as a whole.

Dr. Joseph Castleberry is President of Northwest University. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Education degree in International Educational Development from Columbia University. During 20 years of missionary service in Latin America, he spent three years as a university professor and pastor in El Salvador, Central America, three years as Associate Dean for Latin America at Global University in Texas, and five years as a pastor, seminary dean, and community development leader in Ecuador.

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La fe en los Estados Unidos está experimentando un potente avivamiento religioso, en particular entre los inmigrantes hispanos, ofreciendo una emocionante oportunidad para la renovación espiritual. Los Nuevos Peregrinos compara a los actuales inmigrantes hispanos con los primeros inmigrantes religiosos del siglo XVI: los Peregrinos de Massachusetts. Castleberry describe el efecto positivo que estos inmigrantes están teniendo, especialmente en términos de moralidad y valores familiares, al igual que de políticas conservadoras. + El Dr. Castleberry es el primer orador en la conferencia en 2015 para la Asociación Nacional de Latinos Evangélicos Hispanos, la organización latina más grande en los Estados Unidos. + Tiene un máster de la Universidad de Princeton y un doctorado de la Universidad de Columbia. + El Dr. Castleberry ha pasado más de 30 años en Latinoamérica como misionero y también como líder de desarrollo comunitario.

On Religion – to thine own Faith to be True

August 1, 2015August 5, 2016Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

All we see in the news these days are headlines telling us that another priest has molested another child, and that the church covered it up again. Yes the church has real issues and problems but could it be that you are asking something so unnatural of the priest that they cannot live up to? Celibacy can lead to perversions.

We here people being ostracized because they are gay or choose to speak out on what they are and want if life. Religion is a controlling force, believe what I tell you to believe, do not think for your self.

Faith is in a higher power that does not need you to hate one another for living life differently, or for believing in a different faith or being another colour, sex, gender, ect. Faith is love and should always be about love for you cannot call your self a lover of God with hate in your heart..

9750_1151329854884479_4061222355601497431_n I do not belong to a church myself, as I have not yet found a church with a religion that is nurturing and looks upon people as a family, not a commodity. I look back through the centuries and see the history of religion and it terrifies me. How many wars have been in the name of religion? How many people have died in the name of religion? Even today. And why do they have to die to prove themselves to God?

I believe in a higher power, a force that is all so powerful, an energy that is invigorating, and I have a very strong faith in this higher power and respect for it, but I do not wish to name it because I believe that this power is all the positive energy the unity and global connective energy in the world that we empower and pass on to each other through positive thoughts and deeds. I believe that the lives that we have lived before have left imprints on the universe and be it negative or positive, it influences the energy that we live by today. I believe that the power of positive thought can energize the world and one should always think good of one another, when we can.

What I do not like is how society dictates what it is you should believe in, nor do I like the persecution of your beliefs that are different to theirs. Look at the world right at this moment, wars, deaths, dictatorships, hatred and cowardly violence all in the name of some God. Do you think that your chosen God wants this to happen? Why do you think that we should all pray the same? Who cares who your god is as long as you have faith in something like love and kindness and that you care for your fellow man with respect, dignity and honest LOVE.

We have diseases that are killing us every day and we have desperate environmental problems far bigger than the argument of whom to pray to. In the end I believe religion is used as a controlling factor to control those who cannot or will not take charge of their own lives and who are unable or unwilling to give to others. It is all about power and control, theirs not yours, and let us not forget about the money. Look how rich some of the churches are, they collect every week for your guilt. You will go straight to hell if you do not pay the church to forgive your sins. Forgiveness is something you have to do with yourself first, and then to ask forgiveness to those you have hurt, no church can exempt you from that no matter what you pay them.

Some people receive some comfort from their religion, and in turn reach out to others to help them. This is how it should be, but none have the right to tell another whom or how to pray to, it is a personal matter. Your own conscience will guide you and should steer you in the right direction. Church in my mind should be a place to go to, to share ones success and ones stresses. A place where you feel that the people around you genuinely care about you. If you have found this place and you feel at home there, consider yourself lucky. We all look for a place to belong, a place to share our joys and our sorrows, a place where the energy is shared and invigorates one to a new level. It never should be a place of damnation, or of paying off ones guilt. Nor a place to hide away from life rather than facing it. It should never be a place where one can decide the damnation of another’s faith or soul, no one has that right.

Take religion out of wars; allow people everywhere to pray to whom they want to. TAKE RELIGION OUT OR POLITICS, you can not guide a country if you judge those who pray differently. Stop using religion as a form of control, and look for your power to come from good not manipulation.