“The changes in the Catholic Church since Vatican II can certainly be scanned in terms of this long retreat from the sacred which has followed the inception of consciousness into the human species.” HumansLongTermChurchConsciousnessCatholicSacredSpeciesRetreatCatholic ChurchHuman SpeciesInceptionVatican Ii Author:Julian Jaynes
“One of the delights of the new age is that it's a turning of consciousness to give us permission to look beyond appearances. But there are traps that come with it. It's brave to throw off the old altars and churches and ceremonies that kept us from discovery, it's not so brave to replace them with chants and rituals and new priests who are retreads of the old.” GivingLooksAgeChurchConsciousnessDiscoveryBraveDelightAppearancePriestsRitualPermissionTrapsNew AgeCeremonyAltars Author:Richard Bach
“After 32 years as a priest , I think its fair to say that most institutional churches are very limited in addressing higher levels of spiritual consciousness.” ThinkingYearsSpiritualChurchLevelsConsciousnessHigherFairsPriestsHigher Level Author:Richard Rohr
“Part of Krishna consciousness is trying to tune in all the senses of all the people: to experience God through all the senses, not just by experiencing Him on Sunday, through your knees by kneeling on some hard wooden kneeler in the church.” PeopleTryingHardChurchConsciousnessSensesKneesTunesSundayKrishnaKneeling Author:George Harrison
“Full sexual consciousness and a natural regulation of sexual life mean the end of mystical feelings of any kind. In other words, natural sexuality is the deadly enemy of mystical religion. The church, by making the fight over sexuality the center of its dogmas and of its influence over the masses, confirms this concept.” KindMeanEndsFeelingsFightingNaturalChurchConsciousnessEnemyInfluenceMassConceptsSexualityRegulationDogmaMysticalLife Means Author:Wilhelm Reich