Shining Light Upon Heresy

The word heresy can get under the skin. It, by definition, creates separation. When people use the term as describing someone’s identity, it defines who that person’s is in character within their mind. Is it time to start shining light upon heresy so that we can step away from judgment and enjoy life with less chaos and more love?

Let’s be honest. It’s easy to look around and judge another. This judgment moment opens a door to a path of heresy. The same is true for any sin, which I discuss in my article that relates to restoring inner peace.

The gossip. The judgment. It’s not in love, and in my opinion, it isn’t emulating God’s love for people; for Earth. What is heresy? What is a heretic? Is it possible to face the definitions of this type of situation and instead create less chaos and show more love?

NOTE: What you are about to read may trigger you. The root definitions found are based upon exploring beliefs that limit a perspective about oneself.

After taking a deep breath and grounding, please continue reading.

The general definitions found online have definitive ties to not practicing an acceptable religion. This is often depicted for those that worship the devil, but what I’ve discovered is the level of judgment that many fall into when they judge another, creates a pathway towards heresy energy within them.

If we set aside the worship of the devil as the only definition for heresy, we may just find a path of enlightment whereby there would be less judgment within the world and more faith in purity.

The road to heresy opens a door for one to worship a god of lesser intention, says the Lord God Almighty.

The pathway of hate and discord is not the Way, my child.

When it comes to heresy and not abiding by an orthodox doctrine there is much to consider. Including how there became a split in religious doctrines. My question is why are there judgements on the different doctrines? Why is it there are still wars steeped from a hatred of other religious doctrines? Why is it that the philosophical sects within religion are definitive splits within faith itself?

Why can’t we look at the different religious doctrines and see the threads of Truth that connect to Faith once again?

The hatred and more is splitting a community that is meant to know Love and teach it; meant to know Light and teach it also. Why then the pathway towards heresy? This is what I struggle with. Which is why I am explaining the energy behind heresy.

According to etymonline.com Heresy has several roots of meaning.

The root word in Greek, hairesis, means to choose, to be able to choose, a means of taking for oneself, a deliberate plan or purpose.

This led to the Latin word, hæresis, as “a school of thought or philosophical sect”.

The French word, hérésie, according to the Cambridge dictionary is the “holding or teaching of an opinion which differs from the official opinion”.

Within all experiences in life, what is accepted is based upon a personal perspective. All definitions explain heresy as a lower perspective of a belief or understanding of any situation, than what may bring forth an expansion from a higher perspective. It is something we choose to hold onto; something we take on ourselves, through our own perspectives. It may a portion or sect of what actually was, but it is something we felt important at the time.

The Beginnings of a Heresy Path

If the root word is truly based upon holding a sect of a belief that may have the opportunity of growth in any moment of time, why not consider this split of the word helping you notice the growth opportunity to move away from the diminutive of the sect of such a belief.

I pondered about why the english version was here-sy. “Here” is a present moment. When “-sy” is added as a suffix, there is a diminutive or pejorative force implied to that root word. There is more to explore with “-sy” from Dictionary.com. According to this resource, sy as a suffix implies “the quality in question is self-consciously assumed or feigned”.

Throughout life, if a belief was accepted about a situation where the person’s spirit feels nudged to explore, but avoided or delayed in that moment, then a shadow may occur. If the shadowed belief begins to define the journey where the person can’t accept knowing a different perspective about themselves or an experience, then the shadow may deepen further. In that case one may find that their spirit holding onto a heaviness within it.

Avoiding or not being able to face the shadow formed, from a delayed Guidance moment, is where the beginnings of a heresy path may occur.

When I reflected upon the meaning of heresy, I was shown a person wanting to be present in their life, but something inside of them was feeling a forceful weight upon their spirit. The hurt spirit that is weighed down, is a diminutive version of what could be for the person wanting to be more present. It is a lesser version of energy; a shadow of what is possible. When there is a forceful weight upon the shadow aspect of a person, there is a depth of habits or patterns within their life that has been accepted as who they are. This doesn’t necessarily mean they worship the devil, but the demon that is weighing down burdened energy within the person does have an obvious emotional attachment to such.

The “here” in heresy is the masked inner desire to be more present so you know what the shadow aspect is and have the opportunity to enter a healing and growth journey. The “sy” in heresy is minimizing the importance of what your inner self actual needs for health and wellbeing to be a priority in that moment.

Avoidance of this, in continuation, is the path for heresy; choosing to be outwardly present instead of facing the inward discomfort.

Before we realize there is a shadow moment to explore for growth, we may assume we are good. We may even feign an excuse as to why we need to be a certain way, in a specific experience. If this continues, the heresy path is formed and a person finds themselves within a cycle that does tend to generate hurt or pain within their life and, or another’s.

In addition, when it comes to being in heretic experiences, it is simply the person repeating or within a recurrent behavior or trait. This is derived from the “-tic” suffix (dictionary.com) meaning “a persistent or recurrent behavioral trait; personal quirk”. According to membean.com, “-tic” relates “to a process or state”. The shadow then becomes the drive within a habit or pattern within a person’s life.

Jesus’ teachings

When exploring my NIV Bible I was led to explore Ephesians 4:14-15, and in this verse it describes how a person may be knocked around and become confused if they aren’t well versed in how to navigate confusing waters and are listening to the world around them.

“Then we will not longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.”

In verse 14 the notes say that those in the infant stages of their journey, when seeking teachings could find distorted teachings and heresies. This is why many are teaching the spiritual journey by encouraging going within. To seek Guidance and explore what may be waiting for them; to know more about themselves that is worthy of exploring.

In Matthew 23, Jesus spoke of the Pharisees harming others.

“They tie up heavy loads and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.”

The heavy loads put upon another is energy of expectations that one must live within. The judgements upon another create the burdens if the person feels unworthy of being. The expectations of responsibilities in perception can become a weight that crushes a spirit. Often this may lead to a cry out to the Lord, “Why Lord? Why?”. The spiritual journey of someone that knows God’s Love but feels rejected by teachers of God’s Love, will often have them move away from the church; from doctrine teachings.

This may happen in various ways. Some may be something said that hit a wound within the person and they felt they needed to leave the church because they couldn’t work through this wound. This may be because it was part of the doctrine and ceremonial ways of the church. The safety felt within those moments may have felt lacking safety to come to a leader for help. This meant the Lord, himself, via Guidance was the method needed for the person to feel safe enough to face the shadow within them.

For others, the projected messages in life, including within church, may be difficult to work through. If the foundation of support within life is not seen, and Guidance is not felt because of burdens one carries, then the darkness of heavy loads accepted may make it easy for one to stay upon a heresy path.

Allow the Light to Support You

When we are walking in life, and the sun is behind us we see the shadow of ourselves before us. This in reflection, is the Way we have an ability to not fear our own inner shadow, but to trust in the Unconditional Light that flows within so we know the shadow isn’t to be feared any longer but is seen as ready to accept healing for that opportunity. If the weight is heavy, do not fear, because the Lord is good.

He will allow a “sect” of a belief that doesn’t fit your life any longer to be the focus for a growth opportunity.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment. Proverbs 10:13

The rod is the lesson, not the beating from the Lord that one may fear. The rod may be seen as a Light filled staff helping you stand upright to see the shadow before you. For we are not to judge ourselves within this moment, but to love ourselves enough to know the lesson the Lord is teaching us: to recognize the shadow, forgive, accept healing, and to know how to discern easier to seek the Wisdom available.

If we do this we will know we don’t need to judge, because the Lord is there supporting us and will have our back in moments of need when we choose to face what we are going through from our own perspective.

Guidance is always there supporting you through a healing moment to help you break free of the patterns of what was. The depth of burdens one carries is heavy to face, but that rod that is mentioned above is filled with Light that slices through those burdens filling them with Love so powerful that you will begin to feel empowered to step forward in new ways once more.

To move away from heresy is to choose to face the shadow, and allow the Light to Support You by not avoiding the shadow any longer. Then choosing to walk a path whereby not needing that shadow part of themselves is a natural part of their being.

When you do this you become accustomed to finding another path to nourish your soul; finding Unconditional Love and Unconditional Light within them, supporting them. It is those moments of wanting to be more present and facing the “-sy” within them; facing the diminutive shadow that helps them move away from what was to what is possible.

If you are questioning how to know this Love and Light, then I would like you to consider how your baby self would explore the world around you. The nudge to look and see something of interest. The loving guidance to wrap your fingers around those loving you in a cuddle. The moment of encouragement to smile or laugh for the first time or beyond those moments. The courage to sit, stand, crawl, walk…and so much more.

The Guidance inherent within our birth is the Love and Light supporting you as you learn to expand and grow within everyday life.

Is there hope for anyone that has heresy moments or a heresy journey? YES.

Jesus was clear about teaching of Love and Grace for all; clearly telling us to love one another, just as we would ourselves.

While a person may not worship another “god” they may develop a depth of burden within them that has them control life where they create a gambit within their life and get good at not denying Guidance, believing they are who they are and essentially integrate with their shadow.

Don’t let the shadow be integrated, for when you do the depth of darkness tries to master you and become you.

In 2 Peter 2:19, we are shown to not let these shadows rule over us.

“for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.”

The Spiritual Journey

The spiritual journey is your development of a relationship with your soul experiences you were meant to have. It is knowing your value and worth, knowing the Love and Light, and knowing that you are supported by Guidance within this Love and Light. The spiritual journey is knowing that this process or state of being is within you; within your temple. The journey of avoiding shadow and being within many heresy moments in time, may make you feel like you are a spiritual infant being tossed around by your emotions or beliefs.

If you avoid those emotions and turn away from discomforting moments, essentially hardening your heart towards yourself, you begin to forget part of you; parts of your soul. This continued path is a chosen negative path; a path containing heresy. The journey along a negative path, doesn’t need to define who you are, but it can. The heart-centered living and trusting in Guidance where you aren’t moving away from your soul, but choosing to know your soul experiences that help you love yourself and another is the Way.

When you follow Guidance, and make it a practice to face the shadow and accept healing, you are expanding into a new version of YOU that honors your temple. When you choose to get to know the Unconditional Love and Unconditional Light; knowing you are supported always you will know your value and worth in God’s eyes.

Anyone, even those that judge another’s religious sect, may find their beliefs in a sect from what God sees as possible for their spiritual journey. What perspectives are not explored that may mask an expansion of belief surrounding faith? Is judgment regarding an aspect, or sect of a doctrine hiding an opportunity in seeing the thread of Faith that can comfort the person enough to know God is within that doctrine also?

Knowing and being able to see value and worth within yourself and another is knowing God’s Love for you and all others…even through the resistance of change.

My belief is that God doesn’t see us as a heretic or within heresy in the way the definition became. He may have cried at the division and chaos that became; at the harmful labels and energy that weighed heavy upon those called this. Identity shifts are one of the hardest pathways to venture down. For me, I don’t see heresy or heretic as nouns, they are adverbs of states of being for a moment in time; a moment within our life. It is a moment in time that can always be transmuted and healed into a higher form of energy.

What if the spiritual journey was in alignment of 1 Timothy 1:5?

“The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”

If we allowed ourselves to embody this command for our spiritual journey, would we not find ourselves moving away from the heresy moments and into an apheretic journey?

The Apheretic Journey

When exploring a growth opportunity one may wonder the moment something happened to generate a growth path for our future. This exact moment is the “here” of that event; the moment in time and space. When we accept a sect of a perspective that may create a weight on our spirit, this becomes a diminutive force upon our spirit; a shadow of what was possible. This is essentially a view of what heresy actually is.

When I coach people along their journey, I often encourage them to try to shorten the time between an experience and when they face the shadow that happened. If they can learn to explore perspectives without necessarily taking on a hurtful reaction to what may become, it can help a person learn to see the unique value another has on life.

The root meaning of apheresis, according to etymonline.com, is Greek aphairesis; meaning “a taking away”. This makes sense, since ap- as a prefix means “going away from”, so this would be a going away from a belief we have been holding onto; a sect of understanding for that moment in time.

When exploring this further, I was shown that when we choose to face the shadow from those here-sy moments we are in an apheretic journey. This is a journey where we are exploring take aways of new higher perspectives, while the old limited belief is taken away or expanded upon by the limited forms of it being healed from us. If we were to do this once it is apheresis, but to turn it into a process or state of being in our life, we are enjoying an apheretic journey.

Steps to Consider for your Journey

When you find yourself in a moment where you find yourself stuck or life became too bumpy. The shadows that became or accepted within yourself is uncomfortable and your spirit just wants to heal. While this may have been a path chosen for a while, if you are facing it now it is a crossroads that you can choose a positive path forward. This path forward would taken you away from the heresy of what was to an apheretic journey of blessings.

The steps to consider are:

Try to embrace love, grace, compassion for yourself as you begin to explore the shadow you now recognize.
Allow yourself to explore what the root of this shadow may be from. Where it began, what it may influence within your life, etc. Often when we are living life, we see things a specific way. It is natural, but allowing ourselves to notice our perspective being a sect of understanding, not a full perspective is an opportunity for growth and healing. Asking these questions, will help you evaluate the value of the path ahead for which healing opportunity will be possible for you in this moment.
Recognize the extreme uncomfortable versus what a stretch is for you. Guidance will help manage this, so a person choice to explore without the Unconditional Love supporting you through this could create imbalance in the journey. If this happens find the Unconditional Love in Guidance and you will be supported to help you through this.
The steps towards healing may vary for each experience, so allow the Guidance to walk with you along the way.
Forgiveness is inherent in this journey of facing shadows of your life and receiving healing via your forgiveness, through the Law of Forgiveness.
Receiving the Loving Healing energy, via the Law of Transmutation of Energy, is one of the most beautiful experiences of blessings anyone can receive. Knowing Unconditional Love and receiving more of it, is the pathway to knowing Unconditional Trust which is built within every iteration of healing and growth chosen.

You, since a baby (maybe before), have done this thousands of times. You maybe didn’t realize it, or life may have gotten difficult for whatever reason or choices that were made. Think of this as muscle memory you are loving back into a working condition; one that helps build that pathway of a healthy habit once again.

Perspectives Matter

The journey you find yourself on may not have been all sunshine and rainbows. If you read through this you may have had a few moments of reflection just to get through it. This is natural. Why? Because the definitions of the words described changed over time, due to perspectives of those defining them, or what was accepted by large sects of society.

My question for you is this. Are you willing to accept a version of an expression based upon limiting perspectives or are you willing to trust Truth in a higher perspective that may be waiting for you? There is a reason philosophical discussions and root meanings exist. If you are willing to explore and notice the shift in perspective of what was to what is, then you may just find yourself knowing Guidance is showing how it fits to help you expand in your life.

History and ancient wisdom is there for a reason. We may be able to expand and become more modern, but we must be careful not to create more sects of understandings that limit perspectives instead of expanding them.

I hoping you found this message helpful so that you may have less chaos in your life and more love. My intention was not to scare you, but to expand your perspective with regards to viewing the journey of life with love, not hate for another.