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What is Sin?

I attended the Irreverend Live podcast at Trinity Church in Winchester on a sweltering Tuesday evening this week. It's a beautifully decorated anglo catholic church. 

As the debate went on I became more and more disassociated with what was being said - everything was about the many crises happening 'out there'. Yes, there were several hymans and a prayer but these seemed like ritual tokens rather than a focus. 

I looked up into the eves of the church wondering if God would show himself as the crisis signalling proceeded below.

People need a crisis. More than we need more important things.

Notice how I'm always pointing at the crimes of the world, 'out there'. And how those 'others' must be stopped. Or how "something must be done about it". And "its obviously two tier why can they not see it?". And the biggest of all "things are so much worse today" when clearly things materially are much better. 

Yes, as sinners, things might be worse. But sin is a binary matter. One is either 'hitting the mark', or not.

This observation is the main thing I point out to people in public discourse. The most astonishing thing is that everyone gets it immediately. And within a nano second have changed the subject or put up a ferocious fight to change the subject. 

Mysteriously you can observe this 'movement of thought' as it's happening in front of you. You can watch the body language change into defensive mode. The face takes a temporary demonic look. 

Plenty of signals here. I had several rewarding conversations following the event, many good people were present. And again, when I tried to bring the focus away from worldly crisis and to our true source, there was a powerful demand to bring earthbound crisis, judgement and division back into focus. 

It's worth looking into seriously. 

So what can we say about this pathology, where everyone wants a crisis to use as a hook on which to hang their suffering? Rather than seeking out our true identity?

I call it 'sin' - turning away from God. And turning with high energy toward material world crisis. 

Imagine the situation where ALL people obeyed the 10 commandments 100%. We would still be sinners. If we are still turned proudly toward a worldly crisis. 

It's like a drug to us. Hooking on to the next crisis in the world. Forgetting about looking for our true identity and home. A drug which gives plenty of temporary relief from the anxiety of being homeless, unidentified, enslaved in the material world.

It's a curious thing to observe. The allusion from the panel was to trust God and not fear death. A good start. Then one of the panel warned the audience to take care when asking questions for fear of being arrested, given the event would be broadcast. I'm thinking, so you do not trust God and you are still afraid of death?

I asked the audience about this afterwards and they said "but he has a mortgage and family to protect". To which I responded "and everyone says that!"

'What good is it to love those who love you. Even your enemy does that!' 

This is not a judgement call. It is not a critique of people. I am by no means any saint here. But I am observing what is happening in front of my face and confessing to it happening. In the hope that one day I will be able to turn around and face God. If I do not confess to my sin here, by removing energy from worldly crisis and seeking my divine spark, that will never happen. 

It is a radical 'new' way to look at a human beings, in systemic suffering. In exile.

In a way which might trigger the need to look for the source, to ask who I am and to look for where I really come from.

To make this search my first duty in the world. 

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