Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy.

The ego knows itself by comparison.

Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God

Our job as conscious humans is to bring the beauty and goodness of everything to full consciousness, to full delight, to full awareness.

The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene of our crime.

Being informed is different from being formed, and the first is a common substitute for the second.

Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.