Personal growth is a path to alienation from the world.
When I was younger, I assumed that things such as spiritual growth and personal development would allow me to fit in with those around me better. I thought that as I learned to love others and learned to experience God more fully, it would be easier to live in human society.
I’ve realized lately that the truth is just the opposite. It’s easy to fit into the culture around us without emotional or spiritual growth. All it requires is molding ourselves into whatever those around us want.
But finding transcendental meaning and discovering your true self require you to give up what your culture and your friends and your family want you to be — because human culture is ultimately in conflict with what God created us to be.
I’ve realized lately that Jesus told us this 2,000 years ago, but we’ve simply missed the point. Finding the truth — and finding our true self — requires us to be something entirely different from what our culture demands.
Doing it for the children? No, they’re doing it for the TV cameras
Nobody’s perfect as a mate, but Mary Poppins was pretty close
Jobs are created from ‘selfish’ acts; they don’t just exist on their own
Life choices: What’s important enough to spend your life doing?
A month after my father’s death, it doesn’t feel real that he’s gone
‘I understand all you’re saying, but what if I’ve waited too late?’
Don’t personalize: The system is the issue, not Obama or any individual
The Alien Observer:
We live in Reverse World, where black is white and good is evil