Jesus Didn’t Ask for Worship - He Showed Us How to Awaken
Invoking the Holy Spirit for what would seem like to most a supernatural ability to call on greater forces for help, is as simple as explicitly asking it for help. Holy Spirit, please heal my mind, my consciousness, my spirit, my body which I welcome you to reside in eternally. And forgive me, Father, for any missteps I’ve made along the way. On my path forward, please continue to guide my mind, my thoughts, my actions. Lead me on the way consistent with your plan and purpose for me. Amen
Despite what appears to be supernatural, is in fact completely natural. An ability we've always had access to as members of the universe. This natural ability has long been neglected by most since they're either skeptics of religion in general or their churches either neglected to emphasize this is what Jesus was teaching us how to access. Many of these churches are instead directing all worship to him instead despite his teachings. This is a great litmus test to see which churches are actually consistent with the teachings of Jesus.
Any church that neglects to teach or emphasize the invocation of the Holy Spirit and explicitly asking to replace our will with its divine guidance—is ultimately derailing its followers. It’s not complicated. To invoke the Holy Spirit is to activate something innate within us—a divine switch waiting to be turned on. It's like shifting from first gear to third; without this shift, our spiritual journey stalls. Focusing exclusively on Jesus, without turning inward to the Spirit he pointed us toward, misses the mark.
It’s essential to recognize that Jesus, empowered by divine influence through the Holy Spirit, came not to redirect worship to himself but to show us how to access and embody the Spirit. Worshiping Jesus instead of listening to what he taught—namely, to praise our Source and walk with the Holy Spirit—is a misstep. That form of worship veers dangerously close to idolatry, directly contradicting his own message. One of the greatest distortions of his teachings was the posthumous insertion of dogma requiring his worship—something he never instructed. He was clear about where to direct praise: to the Father, to the Source, and to the ever-present Spirit. Forming countless sects and splintered identities within Christianity is yet another betrayal of his call for unity. At last count, there has been 45,000 denominations of Christianity, which is sufficient evidence that there has been 2000 years of human ego trying to maintain the spirit of division in the human species. Attempting to keep us as separate as possible in a faith that explicitly instructs us to embrace and advocate for unity as humanity and unity with our source. The constant desire for people to create their own customized version of the faith when it has always been incredibly clear and direct influence of human egos. It's critically important to abandon all the superfluous and unfaithful aspects of what Jesus taught and be faithful to the very clear set of instructions that Jesus taught that frankly could fit on a pamphlet.
Whether or not these distortions were part of an intentional sabotage of his message, the truth remains: the human ego has a tendency to manipulate divine teachings to fit its preferred worldview. And that egoic influence has been at work for centuries.
To restore Jesus’ teachings to their intended power, we must strip away the additions layered on by tradition and dogma. Many have left Christianity not because of Jesus’ message, but because of how thoroughly it’s been misrepresented. This must be acknowledged. Refusing to worship Jesus may upset those deeply attached to tradition, but this attachment is not faithfulness—it’s resistance to truth. It means adhering strictly to the teachings of Jesus. If Jesus had sought praise, it would have been an enormous red flag of his intentions and revealed an egoic impulse fundamentally at odds with everything he embodied. True spiritual teachers do not demand worship; they guide others toward awakening.
At most, Jesus deserves profound respect for the immense price he paid in his mission to awaken others. But worship was never what he sought. Instead, we should emphasize invoking the Holy Spirit and directing our praise toward the Father—the Source of all.
Christians must begin asking the Holy Spirit for guidance, healing, and spiritual awakening. Without this shift, Christianity becomes dominated by loud, self-righteous voices who claim to represent Jesus while perpetuating hatred and exclusion—exactly what he stood against. These individuals believe they are upholding his message, but in truth, they are distorting it.
A true follower of Jesus proclaims to the universe and to the divine within that we are all One. We extend love and blessings to others as expressions of the same divine essence we ourselves carry.
The death of Jesus made was not intended to be an act that earns us salvation through belief alone. Despite what many have been taught, his death is not a spiritual transaction that guarantees heaven. The bliss of awakening—the euphoria of enlightenment Jesus called Heaven is within and available to all of us now—can only be found by living what he taught, not by merely shouting his name and declaring out loud how much you believe or love him.
Invoking the holy spirit for all guidance, forgiving others, helping the poor and suffering, helping the strangers in our lands, loving our divine father and source, etc is what guarantees you the results that Jesus taught.
Remarkably, this awakening can be realized without ever stepping foot inside a church, though many may naturally be drawn to community once they experience the profound clarity and peace that comes with spiritual enlightenment.
For those who feel challenged or even offended by the central thesis here—that our love and worship should be directed to the Father, as Jesus himself instructed, rather than to Jesus the man—it’s crucial to examine the roots of that resistance. Often, it stems from attachment to long-held traditions rather than fidelity to what Jesus actually taught. Letting go of these misdirected customs allows us to embrace the deeper spiritual truths he came to reveal.
I believe that in time, the Holy Spirit will no longer be seen solely as a concept rooted in the spiritual or religious realm. It will eventually be recognized within the domain of quantum physics—empirically observable and demonstrably real. In many ways, this shift has already begun through the growing understanding of the quantum field, a fundamental force that permeates all of existence. What Christianity calls the Holy Spirit, other traditions have described in their own ways: Hinduism speaks of the Supreme Soul (Paramatma), Buddhism refers to Adhiṣṭhāna, and mystical traditions often use the term Universal Consciousness—a particularly fitting name, as it echoes Jesus’ teaching that we are all intrinsically connected as parts of a greater whole.
I also believe that a broader cultural evolution may lead us to refer to “God” more commonly as “the Universe,” a term that speaks universally and inclusively. After all, no atheist or agnostic can deny the existence of the Universe. And I suspect that when Jesus, a poetic and deeply intuitive teacher, spoke of “our Father,” he may well have been referring to this very source—the Universe itself, the origin from which we all come and with which we are ultimately one.
In my own prayers and reflections, I offer deep gratitude and reverence to Jesus—not as the object of worship, but as the vessel through which the divine message of our father was delivered via the direction and guidance of the holy spirit which we also have access to. He was fully guided by the Holy Spirit, and his mission was to awaken those around him to that same divine presence within themselves. The results of his teachings are real and replicable, available to anyone willing to walk the path he illuminated.
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