Theologians desire to understand God through logically studying the Bible and history. Logic is trapped in the matrix of your culture and experience. The Spirit can only be understood outside of our matrixes. The Bible was writen by those inspired by the Spirit to wake up or inspire others in the Spirit. It can only be understood outside of the matrix. We can not be in this world and be free of our matrix, but that is ok because it is part of God’s journey for us. The goal should be to make the matrix less predominant in our everyday life and to understand when you are communing with your spirit verses the matrix. Our mind and emotions are part of our personal matrix and it desires to take the place of the spiritual.
The move from Theology to spiritual understanding of the scriptures will take a Saul to Paul type experience. Most people are not as theological as Saul, so it may not need to be as drastic of a wakeup call. This may also be aided by others who have found the path. The quest for this experience starts by simply asking God for it. But realize that spiritual reaches does not mean a comfortable life, in fact you will have some real pain. It’s our mind and emotions that need to believe we are in control of hard times. Now you may say God is in control and if I go to Church and pray then God will bless me. But that puts you in the driver’s seat. Spiritual growth comes through pain and time with God through the spirit. It does not happen quickly nor does it happen in a linear progression. There will be times of high growth and times of what feels like no growth.
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