Pseudo-Spirituality....? I thought what an interesting topic for discussion!

[Heart2Soul]

On a post I was told my pseudo-spirituality was not impressive or believable....I had to seek the Holy Spirit about this....what it actually is and am I guilty of this charge....I pursued a little research on it...some are very harsh with their teachings...wow...but with the definition in this link that I found I considered it and, yes I suppose by definition I am guilty....I went back and apologized for my post that caused anger and insult...so going forward I thought wow this is can apply to a lot of people at one time or another in my life...including myself.....
I am not creating this thread in spite or revenge I am actually interested in everyone's knowledge of it....

Here is one of many answers I found when searching

file:///C:/Users/patty/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/20120609%20The%20Human%20Soul%20-%20Pseudo%20Spirituality.pdf
The link is the full article in pdf...here is an excerpt...

The Human Soul – Pseudo Spirituality Introduction Discussions & Meetings With People

Mary and I get to travel the world to discuss spiritual matters with groups and individuals Often we see that people are involved in many forms of pseudo-spiritual investigation This kind of spirituality has little positive benefit to the human soul Pseudo-Spirituality is often degrading to the soul’s condition
Alternate Title
Beware of Spiritual Clap Trap

Many in audience will feel the following during this presentation:

Denial – Because spirits with us do not wish us to confront our addictions to them
Anger – Because I wish to confront cherished notions and beliefs
Disengagement – Because you will want to believe this material is not relevant to yourself
Condescension – Because you will want to feel like you are “above all this”

What is Pseudo-Spirituality?
True Spirituality

Is any form of spiritual development that changes the heart condition of the individual and causes us to develop more in love, truth and humility, and allows us to receive Divine Love from God, which transforms the soul without limit. True Spirituality changes the core emotional self, and all actions that result from that change are natural and do not need to be forced or created by façade.

Pseudo-Spirituality

Is any form of spiritual development that does not change the heart condition of the individual, stops the individual from developing in love, truth and humility, blocks the individual from receiving Divine Love from God, and prevents true soul transformation Pseudo-Spirituality does not change the core emotional self, and all actions that result from it are unnatural, forced, and created by façade.

Well, I certainly can say I have been guilty of pseudo-spirituality in some cases....especially in dealing with my daughter...but that was something that God had to change in both of us...we are now closer than we have ever been...I am still in learning mode on this scenario....being a Mom is a very, very, very tough role to play....(wow...and I just have 2 children....really makes me consider what I have put my Heavenly Father through at times and He has millions of children to deal with...)

Okay I am going to send this and then post the rest of that article..

 

[Heart2Soul]

Okay this was the rest...

Qualities & Attributes Of Pseudo Spirituality

Attributes of Pseudo Spirituality

Complex-requires intellectual concentration
Appeals to error, injury & addictions
Illogical, little makes sense
Arrogant, denies true self & true condition
Mystical & mysterious, flaky & irrelevant
Self-righteous, inflates the soul into denial
Fake, promotes & loves façade
Promotes hierarchy in relationships Embellished, frilly, polished & marketed Self-reliant, we become a law unto ourselves
Panders to fear & grief
Self-glorifying, promotes self interest
Shallow, no-one has to change
Promotes addictions
Intellectual, condemns feeling
Gratifies the animal
Emotionally histrionic, enjoys fake expression
Hurtful, “loves” only a few
Weak, light & airy, promotes indecision
We feel good through spirit attachment
Metaphysical, no soul condition
improvement Requires payment for services
Exclusive, creates groups & cliques
Promotes self & ownership of knowledge
Appeals to the hearts of few, but many follow Uses the words without substance
Promotes the ‘appearance’ of love, but fails under real pressure
Promotes the ‘appearance’ of truth, but lies become exposed when investigated
Promotes the ‘appearance’ of humility, while fostering pride and arrogance

Being Honest With Self

To progress towards God, we must see what is really happening, not what we want to be happening Pseudo-Spirituality causes us to be misled spiritually. Often we are misled in one direction, and then, get misled in another direction. There is a deep need to be logical, and honest with ourselves.
Pseudo Spirituality Promotes Spirit Influence And Over-Cloaking Attributes of Pseudo Spirituality

Promotes our facade & fake involvement, and requires little knowledge of our real self
Promotes fake development of the physical or meta-physical, while generally ignoring the real soul condition
Promotes dependency on external spiritual influences & desires spirits to provide energy & experiences for the purpose of comfort & reassurance, to feel good or whole
Helps us live in and avoid threats and blackmails by spirit entities, by encouraging the enjoyment of the co-dependent relationship with those spirit entities
Hides or promotes addictions to “fake” conditions, either hides external spirit entity involvement or loves and champions the metaphysical experience above the soul development in humility, truth and love Helps us hide or live in our emotional, sexual, and spiritual addictions.
Addicted to using spirits to make the individual feel good, powerful, special, sexual, whole, in control
Promotes the interference of our relationship with God through having closer relationships with spirit entities and intermediaries

The World’s Addiction To Pseudo-Spirituality
The world is invested in staying addicted to Pseudo-Spirituality because it helps all participants to avoid their true selves (which comes from emotions of fear), while at the same time helping participants maintain the delusion that they are spiritually progressive (which comes from a distortion of the pure desire to be spiritual creatures).

Conclusion
If we are going to be truly spiritual:
We must grow in humility, love and truth Our heart must change, rather than just changing our actions with our mind or intellect Our feelings and emotions must change, rather than just forcing our actions Our actions will change and become completely natural rather than forced or façade based We will be able to receive Divine Love from God.



There was a part I deleted but you can go read it yourself and it was dealing with sex things...


So now having a fellow believer in Christ say this about me.... made me think well why did you have to go and cause this reaction...Oh and I am not offended because it's only true if God says it's true and reveals it to me by His Word and His Spirit....and I harbor no resentment...

Now I read this entire article and pondered it for a very long time...and in many of the attributes I said Lord that describes almost all of us at one point of time in our life....then I pondered the rest of it....thinking this is very thought and perhaps researched material.....

but then I talked to the Holy Spirit and said so can you explain it to me in simple terms? He said yes...this is pride...the downfall of many....I said Oh thank you Holy Spirit for this...I was thinking I may need to fast and pray, ask for healing, deliverance, well just a lot of stuff.....

Pride....we all have it....so I thank my fellow believer here for this because it was new to me and I enjoyed studying it....
Father I repent of pride....spiritual pride....I ask for forgiveness and ask the Holy Spirit continue to teach me how to avoid the Pride falls....Amen.


God Bless...goodnight....had fun posting today...don't usually get this involved.....I am not one to create topics because they usually get too heated and that is what I wish to avoid...

Peace!

 

[Philip James]

He said yes...this is pride...the downfall of many...

Pride is one of the most difficult things to overcome. I struggle with this daily..

God bless you for sharing this.

And peace to you also.

 

[Heart2Soul]

Pride is one of the most difficult things to overcome. I struggle with this daily..

God bless you for sharing this.

And peace to you also.

Your welcome....we all do brother......and the saddest part is we don't see it until that fall comes and the Holy Spirit is allowed to reveal what is in our heart that opened the door for this to come upon us.....acknowledging this is a huge step, repenting and giving it to God to remove it is the next, then following up with the instructions given us to walk in humbleness and love is the Grand Finale if we obey.....lol

 

[Helen]

Pseudo-Spirituality

Well sometimes the Enemy uses someone to doubt ourself too. And cause us to ‘over-think” a thing.
I have to admit that if someone commented something like that to me...I would take a pause...check the heart and the spirit in which I posted...and if my conscience still witnessed, then I would not double-think it....but move on. But, we are all different. :)

I think it is wise to weigh the heart and attitude of the rebuttals poster , if I believe they are being helpful and caring...I will take it to heart ...but if it’s just unkind criticism , I just step over it.

But bottom line for me...I have a tiny brain, and “big words “ ....like Pseudo-spirituality “...goes right over my head.


( it is 2.20am for me, and I can’t sleep...I am also on my iPad and it has tiny font...I am sure I will have lots of mistakes in the above...sorry)

 

[Triumph1300]

it is 2.20am for me, and I can’t sleep...

Same problem here.
It's 3 am. lol

 

[Heart2Soul]

But bottom line for me...I have a tiny brain, and “big words “ ....like Pseudo-spirituality “...goes right over my head.

Me too, Grace....lol.....like this word....I didn't even know it existed until yesterday...but when the Holy Spirit simplified it as pride I said ohhhh well why didn't they just say that....ha!

 

[Helen]

I didn't even know it existed until yesterday...but when the Holy Spirit simplified it as pride I said ohhhh well why didn't they just say that....ha!

I feel it is a worse 'slap' than pride. Pride is something we may have without even knowing it ,unless someone points it out to us or the Himself Lord pricks our bubble...Ha! What we know about God or His word is real...but we may speak it with pride..or self-righteously. ( something God was showing Job I believe.)
But pseudo-christianity!!...'bogus, phony, faked, contrived, pretended.'
That would be a deliberate deceptive thing...claiming something that we don't really have, and is not real.

But, I'd better shut up.... as you said the Holy Spirit told you that it was pride...and He knows all things better than me! :)

 

[Helen]

Same problem here.
It's 3 am. lol

Well I saw 3am too.
I managed to get three hours.
Praise God for iPads in the middle of the night!! :)

 

[Heart2Soul]

What we know about God or His word is real...but we may speak it with pride..or self-righteously. ( something God was showing Job I believe.)

Yes, and I believe this is exactly what He was saying to me....and when I looked at it in His perspective I couldn't deny it....it is humbling to have your "beam" in your eye being revealed to you in a situation like this and in my case I am thankful He showed me this.