Chapter 1.5.2 My Awakening and Break from Institutional Religion
1.5.2 My break from Institutional Religion: In the 1970’s I had a series of spiritual experiences that began the true awakening to who I really was… a child of God. In John 4:20 we are told the following: “If a man say I love God and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?” This simple verse made me realize that modern religion did not know the true heart of GOD . Upon returning to America in 1970 as a student of electrical engineering at Wayne State University, I decided to seek out the truth of GOD outside of my traditional faith. I studied different religions and mystic philosophies to understand their view of GOD. Suddenly I noticed that as I searched for God he too was reaching out to me. My first spiritual experience was associated with an allergic reaction to penicillin. After being treated with penicillin for an insect bit I had my first near death experience. My bo...
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