Birdie Transformation Programming
Week 16
“Church”
Before you read on, get a piece of paper (Din A4 or letter size) fold it lengthwise or draw a line in the middle from top to bottom.
This experiment works if you don’t think about it beforehand, so if you would like to get results, get the paper and a writing tool.
You will also need a watch, a computer clock or some other device that tells you when 30 seconds are over.
Got it?
Get it ready now. Don’t read further till you are ready.
Okay, you will be writing a word on top of each half of the paper, which should have 2 columns.
Once you write the word, keep writing for 30 seconds any other words or attributes that come up for you in association with the word you wrote on the top. Don’t think about it, just write what comes.
Then move to the second word.
Okay, here goes
First word – sexual
go write for 30 seconds.
done
Second word: – sacred
write for 30 seconds
ok, good.
Look at your lists of attributes/words. Notice what appeared.
Contemplate on the results and if you are willing, share your insight, observation or anything else on our private facebook group.
next:
Church
What does going to church mean to you?
Growing up, most of us were part of a system of a locally practiced religion. Some grew up Roman Catholic, others Protestant, some in the Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Islamic or in a Native/Nature tradition.
Whichever was the case for you, write down the parts you liked, the parts you did not like. You can also contemplate and clearly clarify in your mind what you liked/did not like about it.
Contemplate what religious organizations have done in the world over the centuries.
Consider the mystics and gurus in the religions.
All religions seem to have their rules and practices – and then there is the mystical section.
Consider that the word, the idea, really became flesh, like yours, like all manifestation. Consider that out of voidness came sound and light and manifestation, eternally ONE. Consider that all is love.
Now some questions for you:
Would you like going to church? If so:
What would you like going to church be for you?
How would you like “being in church” feel like for you?
What kind of space – internal and external – would you like your church to be?
Consider again your beliefs about sexual and sacred (see the list from above exercise).
Share anything about your insights, thoughts or anything else related to this in our private facebook group.