Morality Vs Spirituality PART II

First Written on 24th Mar 2012

Posted Mar-24th, 2012
Shan Sharma

In Part I of this series we had briefly covered the definition of morality and then made clear certain aspects of morality and spirituality which are in total opposition to each other. A moral man though may be able to appease the popular moral demands of the society he lives in, will never be able to connect to the inner man and live in absolute integrity of what he is meant to be unless he moves on to spirituality by knowing the differences and living in application. In Part I we mentioned that morality is a “self-learned” code of conduct, which is based on human self evaluation (wisdom from below) ¹. I would like to take some time and expound on this to further the point, since this is indeed a very key element that defines a man, a family, a nation or society and the deficient moral grounds they abide in producing self inflicted wounds and putrefying sores all across the civilization.²  

The formation, learning process, and results of a non-spiritual atmosphere

When a child is born, he or she comes into the world with hands and feet which are formed in the womb of the mother. From the moment when the male and female elements join together to produce conception of a life, there is a constant development of the functions within the child being produced, to a point that when the child is delivered and comes into the world its eyes are functioning, its hands, arms, feet, legs, lungs, heart, and immensely intricate biological mechanisms are fully functioning. However, it needs to grow and forms stature and strength as it feeds on the milk and then nourished with food. Similarly the child even before it is born, has a fully functional brain, a soul, and a spirit ³. As the person at the age of say 1 month, starts listening to and seeing things that happens around him or her, it starts forming structures of information which become a reference point for future behavior. The human mind consists of a 10% conscious mind, and remainder 90% consists of the subconscious and unconscious mind. Many of these reference points fall into the deep abyss of our sub and unconscious mind and form involuntary attitudes and temperaments like resentment, negativity, happiness, positive attitudes and so on. These reference points are immensely subjective and are based on individual perception which is affected by the intensity of the stimuli, the direct environment, state of mind ( being hungry, hot, cold, in discomfort or relative comfort, etc), and a few other subtle parameters which can vary across an infinite magnitude. Similar patterns may occur within families, such as an angry father, an angry mother, frequent debates and arguments in the house causing one to inherit a personality which has nothing to do with God, unless a spiritual environment is harbored in the family, city or country. Having darkness reign in the house instead of the peace from above ⁴ and a house ruled by wisdom and order according to the word of God ⁵.

The soul in this infant, as it grows, becomes wounded by fear and every evil temperament that springs out of it due to the mature evil around him or her. Yet another innocent victim of society joins the troop. Would it be defiled or would it be conserved? That’s why the bible stresses that each and every human being must be born again if they seek to be united with God once again. The word of God says I wouldn’t put patches on your old pants or fix the broken cistern to fill it with water ⁶, I will give you new garments and a new cistern ⁷, this is being born again. Therefore, morality constantly tries to fix the broken clay cistern while it keeps developing new cracks and tries to fix it again. Spirituality on the other hand is receiving this brand new titanium cistern from God and letting go of the old mud cistern. Morality tries to rationalize things such as abortion to suite the zeitgeist or “the spirit of the times” of killing babies, while spirituality doesn't combat the problem by adding sin to sin, it spots the root of all sin and says let go of the broken cistern, do not put an abortion patch, or a contraceptive patch on your broken moral cistern because it is sin. Spirituality produces a life that is full, free from sin and combats sin at its seed, the mind, where the spirit has full dominion, if we are well yielded, therefore, has the best opportunity to have complete victory. Furthermore, as briefly mentioned in Part I spirituality relies totally and solely on the Spirit of God ⁷. The Spirit from above, given freely to all men who believe in the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ who came into this world to be the absolute payment for all our sins in accordance to the fulfillment of the righteous judgments of God ⁸. Only then can a man or a woman live free from condemnation ⁹ and truly live in a victorious position.

Notes:

1.  James 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.  James 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

2.     Isa 1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. Isa 1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

3.     Psa 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. Psa 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Psa 139:16  Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

4.     Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

5.     James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

6.     Mat 9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Mat 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

7.     Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

8.    John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

9.     Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.