The thirteenth disciple rides again!
Happy Easter to those who believe in the Easter Bunny, the risen Jesus, or whatever that keeps your spiritual rowboat floating merrily and peacefully down the stream!
I believe in all of us!
This season may serve as an invitation to transformation, a time to uncover new life beyond the confines of societal or religious constructs. When we no longer adhere to imposed rules, we gain the courage to fully confront our human suffering and find liberation through its acceptance.
Push away the stone of resistance and step into the light of your own Easter sunrise. The narrative of Jesus’s resurrection holds power not in distant adoration but in the mirror, it offers to our own capacity for change and renewal.
No mythical or spiritual savior will carry our burdens for us. Hero worship may inspire, but true transcendence lies in recognizing the hero within, the untapped self-yearning to awaken. The blossoming of this unique potential belongs solely to us, and it requires courage to confront the shadows of betrayal, pain, and past suffering.
Healing does not flourish in denial; it emerges when we expose our wounds to the warmth of love and self-compassion. To remain entombed in an unhealed past is to live life within a grave of our own making. Every one of us will face the task of rolling away the heavy stone of our trauma, yet every one of us also possesses the strength to do so.
This Easter, may we honor the cycle of death and rebirth, not just in cultural myths but within ourselves. For within the resurrection, whether told through the lens of the Bunny or the Christ, lies an eternal reminder of the human potential to rise, transform, and claim the fullness of our being.
The True Easter Message: A Call to Liberation and Transformation
This Easter weekend offers an opportunity to reflect deeply—not just to celebrate, but to resurrect the hidden truths within tradition, society, and us.
Easter, at its core, is not about passive observance or glorification of suffering. The resurrection of Jesus carries profound personal meaning, but only if we engage with it actively. It’s a call to liberate ourselves from our own self-imposed tombs—fear, shame, trauma, and societal control. These tombs confine us, both spiritually and socially. The stone rolled away from Jesus’s tomb is not merely a historical image; it is a metaphor for the weight of our wounded past, our self-judgments, and the imposed limitations of systems that bind us. Easter asks us to push the stone away ourselves and step into the light of liberation, courage, and transformation.
The world today remains entangled in cycles of crucifixion. Innocence, truth, and love are consistently sacrificed at the altar of systemic oppression, greed, and misrepresentation. Faith, originally meant to unite and heal, has too often been deformed into a tool of division, exclusion, and harm. This is not a new development. From ancient religious rigidity to modern moral compromises, religion and faith traditions continually struggle to reconcile their teachings with their structures. Both historical and modern Christianity reveal this disparity, often prioritizing authority, dogma, and political gain over the original messages of compassion and justice exemplified by Jesus.
What is particularly harrowing in our age is the so-called “deification of demons” through political and social systems. Figures like Donald Trump represent one of the most glaring modern examples. No longer simply a man or politician, he has become, for many, a false idol and a symbolic “savior” for societal grievances that have festered for decades. Yet in him, we don’t see a savior rooted in love, truth, or hope, but the embodiment of division, ignorance, and exploitation.
WTF does not quite capture the insanity of people promoting the Trump devil.
It is confounding to note how many spiritually disfigured men wore Donald Trump’s dirty spiritual diaper on their heads.
Historically, humanity has elevated mortals into gods for centuries—from Roman emperors deified posthumously to political leaders turned messianic figures. Such idolatry often stems from manipulation, blind reverence, and a hunger for power. The consequences are grave, as blind allegiance erodes morality, fosters disunity, and accelerates societal degradation. Trump’s leadership, embraced by a specific subset of Christian organizations and evangelical movements, desecrates what Christianity claims to stand for. Compassion has been exchanged for cruelty, and spiritual growth for political gain.
Evangelical Christianity’s alignment with Trump exemplifies the corruption of faith. Instead of championing love and justice, parts of modern Christianity have been manipulated into tools of oppression. Policies opposing immigration, vilifying marginalized communities, and dehumanizing asylum seekers contradict the Biblical teaching to “welcome the stranger.” The faith that speaks of loving all people has been inverted to justify cruelty, control, and exclusion.
This descent into moral decay isn’t new. Throughout history, the choice of power over compassion has perpetuated suffering. Much like Pontius Pilate offering the mob a choice between Jesus and Barabbas, modern societies often choose corruption and convenience, leaving justice and truth to be “crucified.”
The current societal illness transcends specific leaders like Trump. It reveals the broader tendency of institutions and masses to idolize flawed figures while silencing genuine voices of truth. When we elevate those driven by ego and greed, the world burns under the weight of collective ignorance and deliberate cruelty.
Easter offers an antidote to these cycles of darkness, but only if we shift our focus. The true story of Easter is not about celebrating the resurrection of a man as a distant or untouchable event. Rather, it calls us to embody resurrection in our own lives. Every one of us has the capacity to rise beyond fear, shame, and divisiveness.
Healing and transformation demand courage. They require us to confront our deepest wounds and stop burying our humanity. The stone blocking our growth must be confronted with conscious action. Liberation and spiritual awakening do not come from worshipping external saviors or conforming to dogmatic expectations. They arise from self-awareness, accountability, and a commitment to embody love, justice, and persistence every single day.
Jesus’s resurrection is a metaphor—that freedom and enlightenment come not from external miracles but from the profound inner work of truth-seeking and healing. The tombs we are called to leave behind are metaphorical, symbolizing the prejudices, fears, and false comforts that paralyze us. The resurrection teaches not escapism but the courage to transform suffering into love, stagnation into growth, and detachment into connection.
Faith, when stripped of agendas and manipulation, is a deeply personal and liberating force. It should not require subjugation to hierarchical systems or blind allegiance to particular ideologies. True spiritual growth dismantles these constructs, reconnecting us to the universal values of compassion, unity, and love.
Easter asks us to move beyond ritualistic celebrations into purposeful living. The resurrection calls us to accountability—not to kneel before altars of deceit, but to rise with courage, to love without prejudice, and to act as vessels of compassion in a fractured world.
To the seekers of truth, Easter’s message is clear. The world will protect and elevate those who perpetuate division, but it will bury the dreamers, the peacemakers, and the voices of progress. And yet, the stone can be moved. The light can still shine through the darkness. It is our responsibility to embody that light and reject the forces that thrive on fear, status, and control.
The true miracle of Easter lies not in one man’s rising but in all of humanity’s potential to rise. It encourages us to heal, build bridges, and abandon illusions that no longer serve us. If we truly wish to honor the message of resurrection, we must rise to challenge corruption, injustice, and apathy.
Push the stone away.
Walk out of your tomb.
Rise.
Organize into the growing resistance against the anti-Christ.
