By Sola Adeyegbe
Do you know that the great Bringer of Truth, Christ Jesus, the personification of Divine Love, did not concern Himself with creeds? Creeds are actually meant to control blind followers. They also fulfil man’s desire and love of what is easy to do. After all, it is easy to convince oneself that by attending a meeting of believers on a particular day set aside for this, one has fulfilled the Commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy. It is also easy to assume that one has attained a high level of purity simply by avoiding pork! However, Jesus advised long ago that we should look deeper than outward actions.
It so happened that one day a Pharisee came to report to Jesus that His disciples had not only transgressed the Commandment to keep the Sabbath holy, they did not observe the times of fasting and they neglected the prescribed ablutions. In response, Jesus made it clear that we need to look for the real and spiritual values in what we do and not just cling to the outward forms only. So, He responded that man can actually have the Sabbath every day, and that ablutions point us to the need to purge our souls and fasting is not just about abstaining from food. On that occasion, Jesus declared: “The man who communes with himself in a quiet hour, who frees himself from all base, everyday thoughts, who does not indulge his lusts, and humbly approaches his God in prayer, keeps the Sabbath. He hallows it! He has cleansed himself of all impurities, and have fasted by eating only what his body needed.”
Let us live our lives in a simple way devoid of the constraints of dogmas and creeds. The Grail Message tells us to do away with spiritual enslavement and reminds us of the exhortation of the great Master Jesus that we should “Become like children!” It goes further to show us the simple way to the Almighty devoid of dogma. Here is it: He who bears within himself the firm volition for what is good, and strives to give purity to his thoughts, has already found the way to the Almighty! All else will then be added unto him. This does not require that you study or memorise the contents of big books. It does not need spiritual stress or becoming a prayer warrior; neither is compulsory abstinence from some foods and drinks a requirement. You do not even need to go into seclusion. But when you do only what is good and give purity to your thoughts, you will become sound in body and soul, freed from all pressures of melancholic thinking; for all exaggeration is harmful.
Free yourself therefore from dogmas and creeds today and set free within you the firm decision to do only that which is good in your thoughts, words and deeds! You will then be happy and you will find true peace.
I wish you a love filled new year!
