I am re-reading the classic, “Discover the Power Within You” by Eric Butterworth.  This book was the first to really free my conscience from the burden of organized religion.  While I appreciate the spirit of community and the values that are reinforced through religion, I sensed that Jesus’ real message had been lost in a sea of dogma and man-made rules and rituals.

 

The crux of the book’s message is this:  “The aim of the spiritual evolutionary process in you is to produce a man who completely manifests the inner life of the spirit.”  Jesus came to provide us with instruction and tools to achieve that.

 

Some other quotes from the book that hit home for me:

“In his search for the ‘holy grail’ man has looked everywhere and in vain, but he has failed to look within himself.”

“… there is no place in all the world where you can get closer to God than where you are right now.”

“… when you come to yourself, when you wake up, when suddenly you come alive to the within of you, the depths of you, then God is very real to you—not as a person separate from you, but as an added dimension of you, as a living presence ever with you.”

“We are human in expression but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality.”

“God is in you as the ocean is in a wave.”

 

Butterworth shares, “Christianity has been exclusive and sectarian, but if Jesus’ concept of the Divinity of Man could be clearly understood and widely disseminated, His teaching would sweep the world and create a great spiritual revolution.  He taught, ‘Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free.’ (John 8:32)”

 

Are we on the cusp of this revolution?  I believe we are.  There are new thought leaders, new books, and new communities of thought that are embracing this teaching and creating a new mindset.  Old books by previous thought leaders are coming back to life – like Butterworth’s book.  How far will it spread and how fast?

 

I am so excited to be part of this spiritual revolution!