I'm sharing this here WITH permission The author of the subject comments below is a SPIRITUAL woman -- NOT a religious person. She gave permission for me to post her comments on the condition that she be anonymous.
I mentioned on a post, in another group, about rituals being used in all religions. (Rituals such as communion, prayers, bible reading, etc.)
She responded:
"I'm speaking on a more basic level than that. We spell with our words, thoughts, feelings & actions. When you recognize the creative powers in those 4 verbs then you will do each of those things with purpose & that's where you harness your magic.
"You will have thoughts & feelings and execute them purposely instead of letting your thoughts & feelings have you. You'll be conscious of every word that comes out of your mouth and you'll get it when the bible speaks of being ensnared by your words & how life & death is in the power of the tongue. You'll put more or less energy into certain thoughts knowing that what you think about, you bring about & where your mind goes energy flows & you'll get it when the bible tells you to hold every thought captive. That epiphany happens when you recognize & realize how deep meditation is and how extremely important visualization is and it all makes sense when the bible tells you that people without vision will perish.
"And even all the nonsense about Jesus being your lord & savior, you'll realize that Jesus is a metaphor for your own Christ consciousness. Therefore, YOU are your own savior. The father, son & holy spirit is a metaphor for your ego self, conscious self & super conscious self. That God in the sky is YOU. We are all made up of stardust. What's in you is what's in me and the bible used the story of Jesus to tell you that if you believe in "him", you can do as he can do..... girl you done got me started 
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"The religious twist to the bible is that after it drops all these jewels on you, religious institutions still want you to believe that "God" is a diety outside & separate from yourself & that you must worship & petition "him" to grant your wishes but then they contradict themselves by telling you to declare a thing & it is yours. If you can declare it, then why ask an outside source that has the option of answering with NO?"
