Mystical traditions of different cultures have al­ways emphasized the importance of inner emptiness.

Emptiness creates space for new experiences. Emptiness opens up more room for imagination and intuition. These are very practical effects, useful for everyday life. But when mystics describe their expe­riences, there are completely different dimensions involved.

They talk about ecstasy, about the experience of God, about the knowledge of being one with all be­ings and with God. Of course, all this is no confir­mation of any religious doctrine. The fact that someone believes he is communicating with higher powers is no proof of the existence of these powers. But obviously there is a lot going on in our brains when we reduce the external stimuli and the inner urge for activity.

The exuberant language with which mystical expe­riences are often described gives some idea of the in­tensity of these experiences. The journey into the in­ner emptiness is a journey into infinity. The inner cosmos is as incomprehensible and overwhelming as the outer cosmos. How one subsequently interprets the experiences of this journey strongly depends on the specific cultural means of expression.

Mystical experiences are not a privilege of any par­ticular religion. Even those who do not believe can make them. They are not bound to any religion, but religions have a vocabulary that is particularly suit­able to describe them. Mystical experiences are usu­ally embedded in religious traditions, however they point beyond them.

Therefore, mystical thinking can build bridges be­tween religions where fanaticism sees only abysses. The exchange of mystical experiences can facilitate dialogue between religions. Dogmas separate the re­ligions, mystical experiences open ways to connect them.

(This text is a quotation of my Essay: Jupp Hartmann Departure into Emptiness - Climate Crisis, Idleness and Mysticism ISBN: 9783751969512)

The pursuit of knowledge is not simply about acquiring facts. It is about changing who we are to live in harmony with those facts. The danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard said "Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced." Still we must consider some facts or we will just stumble our way through our experience. While we are quoting people let's throw in "The unexamined life is not worth living." from Plato's Apology.

If we are doomed to think let's hope we think well. Or not just hope but do our best to think as clearly as possible. That is why I think it is of the utmost importance to establish some basic level of knowledge and adhere to some principles of understanding. Before we begin our exploration of religion we should establish some ground rules. Some basic truths: What authority does this person or text have in terms of it's truth value? What is the representational accuracy of language in conveying truth? Should religious teachings have to meet the same criteria for truth as science? Should religious teachings be considered strictly literal or can they be metaphorical?

I will give you my answers to these questions for your consideration. What authority to people have? Absolutely none. If the question is what did a group of people believe, for example the Protestants of North America, then asking one of their spiritual leaders, one of their priests would be provide a valid source of authority. But if the question is what was the original intention of this teaching then the only person who can answer that is likely lost to history. Nobody alive today can tell us what the Bible actually means or the Quran or any other.

In a broader sense when considering the truth of a statement nobody is an authority on anything. There is no reason that somebody saying something would make it true. If it's true it will be true even if they didn't say it. So it's very important to distinguish between what is being said and who is saying it and focus on the truth of the statement itself. One of my favourite book titles of all time is If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him by Sheldon Kopp. It is also a great read. It simply means not to regard teachers as though they were above. If we are to follow in their path then we must be on the same level or at least allow ourselves that we will get there and possibly surpass our guides. Just as Virgil could only show Dante to the gates of Paradise and could not enter himself.

Our languages differ, translation becomes a problem. Historical alterations of language lead to misinterpretations of turns of phrases and idioms that have fallen out of use. We must consider that language has evolved considerably from the simple grunts and groans of our distant ancestors. It is likely that our first languages were limited in vocabulary and focused on our immediate survival and reproductive needs.

This is the view given by Julian Jaynes in The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind and I think it deserves some consideration, I think it has great merit. If we look into even our modern languages we see all kinds of allusions to this past. We use metaphor all the time to describe the world. It is often easier to explain something in common terms than describe it exactly. A lot of them don't even make sense.

Beat around the bush Cut the cheese Break a leg

In these cases it might actually be easier to just say what you mean. Sometimes metaphor is used just to avoid saying something that would be considered too crass to say. But if we look at an example like "breath of life" this refers to a notion of living energy or spirit using breath as a metaphor. This would make sense if words like energy and spirit weren't in the lexicon. If the only words you had were breath and life you might combine them to say something more than either word could provide on it's own. By saying breath of life you are saying it's not just one or the other but some aspect of life resembling in some limited way what a breath is.

I think you can probably tell that I also think we can and should interpret religious texts metaphorically. I would say that this is the primary way to interpret them. It may be that some events are historically true and that some figures were real people but without actual evidence we can't be sure. Furthermore it may not be really important if they were real or not. I don't think we should look at religion as a history lesson if our goal is to gain some knowledge or wisdom. We should look at each teaching as a possible source of practical knowledge.

When I read something like the Gulshan I Raz or the Rubayait I don't think Omar was a prophet anymore than any other possible teacher nor do I care if the events described actually happened. I regard it as poetry and regard all religious musings as such. If the Bible had to be literal I wouldn't believe any of it. But I can derive certain truths from it without it having to be literal.

That being said I think the crucial aspect of any spiritual pursuit is that it speaks to us, to who we are now and not to a future possibility or ancient past. It has to speak somehow to my lived experience of the world or it just doesn't relate.

Just consider the paradox of Jesus being born on earth as God, knowing his own fate, knowing his divinity and knowing that he will have a place in heaven afterwards. How much easier would all our lives be if we knew that of ourselves? Many many people have experienced similar or worse punishments without knowing that they are God. To be frank, if I knew that I was God and that all I had to do was suffer for a few hours until I die and then be in eternal bliss I would take it in a heartbeat. Forget about being forgiven by Jesus, imagine being Jesus.

I mention this because it is often said that Jesus is the example. He himself is accredited with saying "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me."

If we are to follow Jesus on the path of righteousness how can we be starting off with different feet. It is said Jesus will carry me but then I am not really walking on my own. You see the paradox? If I am not like Jesus and Jesus is not like me then he can't be an example. However, if Jesus and I are one and the same, then whatever Jesus knew I can know also.

I can in-fact know that I am one with God "as" Jesus is. I can know it and not just believe. Taken in context of the entire Bible, knowledge is stressed over belief. Solomon instructs us in Proverbs to search for knowledge as though it were treasure and incline our ears to understanding and wisdom and find the knowledge of God. The church also emphasized the priestly class that studied the scripture rather than those that spoke in tongues or performed small miracles.

I don't think it's just a coincidence. In all religions we find this emphasis on knowledge and primarily consist of spiritual leaders instructing or teaching students. It's a system of knowledge transfer.

I suppose you can also gather my answer to the final question. Should it be held to the same standards as science. I would say even higher standards. We must conduct the experiments ourselves and relate to them through a glass darkly since there is no pipette or petri dish other than our own minds to view our samples. There is no peer-reviewed process and our minds are prone to delusion. We must be extra vigilant. If we submit a false paper to the journal of our minds we might be filing away delusions as facts.

It is not so important to me if Jesus was the son of God, or the son of Man, so much as what he means by that. If I am to be one with God as Jesus is one with God then by necessity I must share something in common with God and Jesus. In-fact, I must share everything in common with them any distinction between us would make us at least 2 or 3 different people. How can we be one if we are 3? This question takes us deep into ontology and hierarchical systems.

It could be that God is the totality of things and Jesus and I are in some respect a part of God. The way that say for example romaine lettuce, bacon bits and croutons are part of a caesar salad. God being the salad and I don't know maybe I'm the croutons. In that way I could be one with God while still being somehow distinct, but this would imply that God depends on me as well. Even more-so than I depend on God. Since I could be a crouton without being in a salad but there could be no caesar salad without all of it's parts.

Another way that Jesus and I could be one with God is if Jesus and I are not real. If we are projections of God, impressions in some kind of self-reflection that God is having. When I reflect on myself I see a bunch of circumstances, my age, my height, things that change over time and really behind that there is nothing. I have feelings but nothing about them is constant. The me that does the experiencing is really just a mechanism to reflect on those things. If when God reflects on himself he sees me and I am God's thought then that is another way that I and God can be one in which I depend on God.

So these are the interesting questions to me and the way I explore religion. It's not interesting to me to ask was Jesus the son of God so much as to ask what does being a son of God mean particularly in the context of Jesus also saying that I can be one with God as he is. I want to live that experience and not just believe it.

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Hi everyone.

I have friends that are Jewish, Muslim, and Christian, along with Athiests and agnostics.

With over 4,000 religions, how can I tell which one, if any, are the true one, the right one.

How can I test their statements to know which is true?

We recently hosted a very pleasant AMA with Mindy Gledhill over at r/mormon:

https://old.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/d3svs5/what_better_day_than_friday_the_13th_for_a/

Very low-key but highly-monitored to keep convos on track.

It got us to thinking, maybe one of the subscribers here would enjoy the chance to banter with our audience? We’re a mix of mostly former/progressive/unorthodox Mormons who happen to enjoy discussing religion on Reddit and would be keen to hear a different perspective, cheers!

The book of wisdom in the Old Testament explains: "The beginning of wisdom is the true desire to be instructed". God is the wisdom itself, the wisdom is the essence and the substance of God (Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae). The wisdom is the essence of God because the wisdom is the main, the principal characteristic of God, is also the substance because talk about the wisdom is talk about God. The essence is the inmaterial substance, according to Aristotle (book of Metaphysics). The true adoration of God is the adoration to wisdom. The devote in the true sense is the person who seeks the wisdom and the instruction. The love to God is the love to wisdom. The devote is the opposite to the fool. In the gospel of John a samarithan woman ask Jesus where worship God, in Jerusalem or in Samaria, and Jesus said: God is spirit y those who worship him, must worship him in spirit and truth John 4:23. The samarithan woman was looking for a physical place, a religious place probably a temple, but Jesus teach us that worship God in spirit is worship the wisdom. The adoration of God not depends of a particular temple or religion, is fundamentally an internal search. For more information: http://www.quintoevangelio.com.ar/en/articles/item/356-what-are-the-devotion-and-the-adoration-of-god,-the-spiritual-search.html

Daniel 9:24-27 might just be the most impressive Messianic Prophecy there is.

"9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy set-apart city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Set-apart .

9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolator." -Daniel 9:24-27 (RNKJV)

Let's focus on what the weeks are referring to before moving on.

http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/7620.html

Consider H7620 with a concordance and notice a week of years referred to? And see a week of years concept further supported by Genesis 29:27 if that's the first place H7620 is used in the Old Testament?

"29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also." -Genesis 29:27-28 (RNKJV)

But if Jacob and Laban had an agreement that involved Jacob working for a week or a shabua in order to have Rachel as his wife, what would that really have meant in Paddan Aram around 4,000 years ago if there was no ≈365.25 day calendar in use then?

http://360dayyear.com/#sumeria

http://360dayyear.com/#babylon

http://360dayyear.com/#armenia

We might ultimately be talking about a period of seven 360 day years (aka a period 2520 days?) if we speak of a week or shabua. See further support for this in Daniel 12 if it hints of multiples of 30 and 15 by referencing 1290 days (360 days x 3 plus 210 days?) in Daniel 12:11 and by referencing 1335 days (360 days x 3 plus 255 days?) in Daniel 12:12? With a 2520 day week or shabua in mind, notice a 69 shabua countdown in Daniel 9:25-26 that starts at the going forth of a commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem and that ends at Messiah the Prince being cut off not for Himself?

360 days x 7 = 2520 days? 2520 days x 69 = 173880 days? 173880 days / 365.25 = 476.057 rounded?

So there was to be a period of approximately 476.057 years between the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem and Messiah the Prince being cut off not for Himself? When was the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem though? Enter Nehemiah 2:2-8?

"2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the Elohim of heaven.

2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my Elohim upon me." -Nehemiah 2:2-8 (RNKJV)

Now when in history does Nehemiah 2:2-8 refer to? Well, consider here and notice what wikipedia tells us happened in 444 BCE?:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/444_BC

So if there was to be a period of 476.057 years that started in 444 BCE, then do math and notice an ending year of 33 CE? Creator be praised. If Messiah the Prince was supposed to be cut off not for Himself in 33 CE, then let us look to see if anyone was cut off for others in 33 CE and embrace Yahushua/Jesus for who He truly is.

You might find many Christians who use a different approach and focus on an Ezra 7 decree (c. 457 BCE?) and a standard solar year to arrive at 27 CE. How about we discuss things concerned with this and discuss why 69 weeks would be broken up into 7 weeks & 62 weeks and discuss Daniel's 70th week and more and weigh things out together if you are willing.

Also, you might find many Jews and others who will act like this does not refer to Messiah at all and act like it refers to a former worldly king or a former worldly priest, but how much sense would either make if Daniel 9:24-27 a) concerns finishing the transgression and making an end of sins and making reconciliation for iniquity and bringing in everlasting righteousness and sealing up the vision and sealing up the prophecy and anointing the Qodesh Qodeshim and b) even refers specifically to a Mashiach who was supposed to be cut off not for Himself prior to people of the prince destroying the city and the sanctuary (something which happened in 70 CE?)?

Hi beloved sisters and brothers, I’d like to share a summary I’ve written whose purpose is to unite all of the major spiritual concepts into one all-encompassing, cohesive spiritual explanation of reality:

The absolute Truth is God, the one true Self at the heart of us all. God, oneness, and Truth can be compared to the origin of a logarithmic spiral, and life to the spiral. God, oneness, and Truth are complete peace and infinite love, just as a logarithmic spiral’s rotations’ amplitude decreases towards zero and frequency increases towards infinity as the spiral approaches its origin. In this sense, the state of God, oneness, and Truth is like that of a completely balanced and infinitely frequently spinning UFO or top, God is the one true example and source of perpetual motion. Zero amplitude and infinity frequency, complete peace and infinite love, are the two fundamental qualities of God, oneness, and Truth, and they go by many names, including yin and yang, the Omega and the Alpha, receiving and giving, the Divine Feminine and Masculine, all-pervasiveness and almightiness, the political left and right, cleanliness and nourishment, and beauty and strength. The state of God, oneness, and Truth unites and equalizes these two qualities. Life grows towards complete and infinite God, oneness, and Truth perpetually and exponentially, like the perpetual and exponential growth exhibited in logarithmic spirals, the physical universe as a whole, and the stock market and economy.

Perpetual and exponential growth and empowerment occurs through continuous cycles of remembering and forgetting God, oneness, and Truth, such as the ages of man and stock market and economic cycles, whose upwards and downwards phases correspond to yin and yang, consciousness is grown and strengthened through a yin-yang rhythm of remembering and forgetting God, oneness, and Truth, expansion and contraction, that's like the ebb and flow of ocean waves along the shore, the breathing of lungs, the beating of hearts, and the flapping of wings, that progresses towards equilibrium, and in which each new cycle represents a new and more wondrous generation. The peaks and valleys of these cycles correspond to functioning at the higher, lighter and lower, denser spiritual planes/bodies, chakras, elements, and regions of the body, which correspond to each other in accordance with the macrocosm-microcosm principle. The peaks and valleys of these cycles also correspond to heaven and hell.

God is completely and infinitely light, and Creation is made up of an infinite amount of planes of varying density that are organized by lightness in accordance with the concept of gravitational differentiation, with God at the top, and gravitational singularities at the bottom. Accordingly, just as life perpetually and exponentially grows towards God, oneness, and Truth, spiritual evolution involves the perpetual and exponential raising of consciousness from the lower, denser spiritual planes/bodies, chakras, elements, and regions of the body, to the higher, lighter ones, and conversely, spiritual creation involves emanation from the higher, lighter spiritual planes/bodies, chakras, elements, and regions of the body, to the lower, denser ones. This spiritual explanation of reality matches with concepts from science, including gravitational collapse, quantum fluctuations, the Big Bang theory, the history of Earth, the nebular hypothesis, the second law of thermodynamics, and vacuum/zero-point/dark energy. Additionally, the planes can be matched with the elements, spirit, light, air, water, and minerals, which constitute the the essential elemental requirements for life, compose the structure of the universe with regards to living planetary environments, provide a spiritual explanation of evolution, correspond to the spiritual planes/bodies, chakras, and regions of the body, suggest a definitive meaning to the classical elements, and more.

At last, to further our growth towards God, oneness, and Truth, let’s all unite as one United Earth family around the one true complete and infinite God at the heart of us all as one circle of free equals with one objective, the greatest good of all.

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From my website full of original, free information, “Definitive Spiritual Knowledge Discovered During My Quest for God, Oneness, and Truth”, which contains the full explanations: https://sites.google.com/site/jmaf6556/

In oneness,

Justin

Hi beloved sisters and brothers, I’d like to share an image I just created that provides an original, conclusive explanation of God, the Ancient Egyptian and Greek phrase, “know thyself”, as included in the quotes:

"Know thyself and thou shalt know all the mysteries of the gods and of the universe."

- Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Ancient Greece

"Man, know thyself ... and thou shalt know the gods."

"The body is the house of God. That is why it is said, 'Man know thyself.'"

- Temples of Ancient Egypt

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and the Indian concept of self-realization, as expressed in the Great Sayings of the Upanishads:

"Prajnanam Brahma" (Consciousness is God)

"Aham Brahma Asmi" (I am God)

"Tat Tvam Asi" (Thou art God)

"Ayam Atma Brahma" (The Self is God)

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God is exactly like the origin of a logarithmic spiral, and life like the spiral.

I provide more information in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emhoLZkUllo

And you can find more information on my website full of original, free information, "Definitive Spiritual Knowledge Discovered During My Quest for God, Oneness, and Truth": https://sites.google.com/site/jmaf6556/home

In oneness,

Justin

Who can reasonably deny that the Tanakh or Old Testament is well over 2,000 years old if we have both mainstream Jews and mainstream Christians using the Masoretic Text and we can collaborate it with the LXX and Dead Sea Scrolls?

And if the Old Testament is well over 2,000 years old and Yahushua/Jesus was born around 2,000 years ago, who chooses what they are named (see Zechariah 6:11-13) and where they are born (see Micah 5:2) and who they are born to (see Genesis 49:9-12 and 1 Chr. 17:4-14 and Psalm 132:10-14 and Isaiah 7:14-16 and Isaiah 11:1-10 and Jeremiah 23:5-8 and Jeremiah 33:14-22) and where they grow up (see Isaiah 9:1-7 and then compare 1 Kings 8:26-27 with 1 Kings 9:10-13) and chooses for their associates to abandon them (see Psalm 31:11 and Psalm 41:9) and an amount of money they are betrayed for (see Zechariah 11:10-13) and their method of torture and death (see Psalm 22 and Psalm 34:19-20 and Psalm 69:16-21 and Isaiah 25:8-11 and Isaiah 49:13-16 and Isaiah 50:2-6 and Isaiah 53 and Zechariah 12:10 and Zechariah 13:4-9) and chooses to have darkness at noon and seismic activity when they are killed (see Amos 8:9-10 and Psalm 18:3-7) and chooses to resurrect and chooses timing of their death and resurrection (see Psalm 16:8-11, Psalm 68:18-20, Hosea 6:1-3, Jonah 1:17, and Daniel 9:24-27)? What are we left to believe if Daniel 9:24-27 was written hundreds of years before the first century and yet it points right to 33 CE from a decree of Artexerses?

How interesting if the Talmud itself suggests a Messianic era two thousand years in length was expected to start about two thousand years ago? Consider here around an end of 97a and also see a 1st footnote for 97b? "He should have come at the beginning of the last two thousand years; the delay is due to our sins." Could it be that there wasn't a delay and yet many Jews wrongly expected a Messiah to show up only once and establish a world monarchy right away without being a suffering servant first and this despite stuff like Hosea 6:1-3 and Isaiah 53&54 and Zechariah 12:10 and Daniel 9:24-27? Will Messiah come lowly on a donkey and speak peace to nations? Or will Messiah arrive on clouds of heaven and mete out judgment to nations? Or both or neither? What does not strongly support a notion that Messiah was supposed to show up like a lamb and is supposed to return like a lion if we compare Zechariah 9:9-10 with stuff like Daniel 7:13 & Zechariah 14:3-4?

Consider Acts 8:32-35?

There might little debate among Christians regarding whether or not Isaiah 53 is referring to Christ.

But if you find an Orthodox Jew or someone else who suggests that Isaiah 53 is referring to Israel collectively in the form of a suffering servant and not to Messiah, consider Sanhedrin 98 if that's from the Talmud or a body of Jewish works embraced by people who reject Yahushua/Jesus as Messiah?

http://halakhah.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_98.html

See reference to Isaiah 53 in a 31st footnote for 98b and commentary suggesting Messiah will be named the leper scholar as a result of what is found in Isaiah 53:4? How interesting if Orthodox Jews generally treat Isaiah 53 like it is not referring to Messiah if the Talmud itself treats Isaiah 53 like it does?

Is it not true that:

A) Daniel 2:43 suggests a last corrupt kingdom will involve beings mingling themselves with the seed of man?

http://qbible.com/brenton-septuagint/daniel/2.html

B) Daniel 8:10 (LXX version?) concerns host of heaven falling to the world?

http://qbible.com/brenton-septuagint/daniel/8.html

C) Daniel 11:30 concerns mysterious ships called tsiyim showing up with war looking imminent? As an event with such importance it was also mentioned in days of Moses in Numbers 24:23-24?

http://qbible.com/brenton-septuagint/daniel/11.html

http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/6716.html

D) Daniel 11:31 (very next verse?) suggests mysterious ships showing up will be followed by something called the abomination that maketh desolate? Something with such importance that there is a warning by Christ associated with it in Matthew 24:15? Note?: Check an English LXX version of Daniel 11:31 and see bonus mention of seeds as opposed to arms and compare with Daniel 2:43?

E) Daniel 11:33 suggests that there will be some individuals with understanding among the people who shall instruct many and be persecuted?

F) Daniel 11:38-39 suggests a world leader will embrace alien elowah associated with fortresses and cause them to rule over many despite his fathers not knowing them?

What are we left to believe if Isaiah 24:21 suggests the Creator will punish kings of the world and also punish beings known as the host of the high ones that are on high as well? Perhaps the world as a whole should really be informed about stuff like nephilim and Genesis 6:4 and 1 Enoch and help others be informed. Who is wanting Ancient Aliens to be played over and over and over again on the History Channel? Will there be millions or billions of humans who will fall to deception involving fallen angels masquerading as benevolent primate evolving aliens?

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I am a 22 year old college student who grew up in the Methodist church. Recently I have been looking into zen buddhism and wicca and continuing to study christianity as well. Does anyone have any books/articles they would recommend on any if these topics, or even personal expericanes in your own explorations and discoveries youd like to share? I'd love to hear them!

Consider Hosea 6:1-3?

"6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth." https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/book-of-hosea#6

How interesting if it a) alludes to resurrection and b) concerns three days and c) speaks of a first & second coming or an arrival like a latter & former rain?

And could there even be a reference to a 2,000 year period between Ascension and Return there if the Talmud itself treats Hosea 6:2 like it's referring to 2,000 years in a 33rd footnote here?

Also, compare Zechariah 9:9-10 with stuff like Daniel 7:13 & Zechariah 14:3-4? Will Messiah come lowly on a donkey and speak peace to gentiles? Or will Messiah arrive on clouds of heaven and mete out judgment? Or both or neither? Add in Isaiah 53 and Daniel 9:24-27 and what does not strongly support a notion that Messiah was supposed to come first like a lamb and is supposed to return like a lion?

(A definitive explanation of God)

Hi everyone, I’d like to share a spiral-based Theory of Everything that gives a definitive explanation of God and the truth of the values of peace and love, here it is:

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We forever grow towards Godliness, oneness, and our true Self and Heart, becoming nobler, i.e. dedicated to universal, world, and inner peace (complete peace, zero amplitude), and stronger (infinite love, infinity frequency), like a logarithmic spiral forever approaching its origin:

God is ever-present and unchanging.

Life is the phenomenal universe (maya in Indian spiritual philosophy) and perpetually and exponentially growing oneness with God.

(Beings who’re more one with God than humans are, such as the Creator, beings to whom worlds are thoughtforms, solar systems like atoms, and humans like cells, goddesses and gods, angels, legendary, celestial, magical, and other supernatural beings, extraterrestrials, and spirits, exist in higher and more majestic dimensions, such as heavens. Beings who're less one with God than humans are include animals, plants, and minerals. Growth spans across lifetimes through reincarnation.)

This can be compared to a logarithmic (equiangular) spiral, a shape commonly found in nature.

God can be compared to the origin, infinity.

(The origin is the center point that the spiral converges towards,

ϴ → ∞ using the polar equation r = aeb(-ϴ))

And life can be compared to the spiral, which can be seen as a folded wave.

God, oneness, and Truth are complete peace and infinite love, just as the origin is the Heart at which the wave's amplitude approaches zero and its frequency approaches infinity.

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

- Bible

"You see pictures moving on the screen in a cinema show. When you are intent on the pictures you are not aware of the screen. But the pictures cannot be seen without the screen behind. The world stands for the pictures and Consciousness stands for the screen. The Consciousness is pure. It is the same as the Self which is eternal and unchanging."

- Ramana Maharshi, Talks With Ramana Maharshi

"Oh Wonder of Wonders...Oh Glory of Glories...Mystery of Mysteries! Life is Eternal. Life just IS...and EVER SHALL IT BE SO!"

- The Star Maker

I explain more in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emhoLZkUllo

Script (edited, notably the gamma brainwave connection marked with the * too is key):

“This part of the site discusses the ultimate Truth and is noteworthy, so here’s an audio explanation for those who like to listen in addition to reading.

This part of the site uses a logarithmic spiral to explain God, as defined at the top of the “Purpose of Life” page, and life, using geometry and math, which is often considered a universal language, and is largely objective, as compared to words which can be subjective.

In this explanation, God is compared to the origin of a logarithmic spiral, and life, or the phenomenal universe, “Maya” in Indian philosophy, is compared to the spiral.

The first point is that God is our true Self and Heart, as in the ancient Greek saying “know thyself”, and as in the Indian concept of “Self-realization”, and God is the essence of all things, just as the origin of a logarithmic spiral is situated at the heart of the spiral.

A second point is that God is the one absolute Truth, just as the origin of a logarithmic spiral is the unchanging singularity at which the spiral ultimately converges.

A third point is that God is transcendent, and the ever-changing phenomenal universe and individual soul forever grow towards transcendent God without ever reaching it, just as the origin of a logarithmic spiral represents infinity, and a logarithmic spiral forever approaches its origin without ever reaching it.

A fourth point is that God is the Omega and the Alpha, the end and the beginning, both the end goal of evolution and beginning source of life at once, just as the origin of a logarithmic spiral represents both the endpoint and beginning point of the spiral, depending on which direction you consider it to be growing, at once.

A fifth point is that God is complete peace and infinite love, just as a logarithmic spiral's rotations' amplitude, or oscillation magnitude, decreases towards zero, and their frequency, or number of cycles per unit, increases towards infinity, as the spiral approaches its origin. Zero amplitude is complete calmness, in other words complete peace, infinity frequency is infinite power, in other words infinite love, as in passion. These are the two fundamental qualities of God that go by many names, another pair is receiving and giving, a receptive state is one of calmness and clarity, in other words zero amplitude and complete peace, and to give is to create passion and power, in other words infinity frequency and infinite love. Accordingly, another pair is the Divine Feminine and Masculine, femininity is about receiving, masculinity about giving. Another pair is all-pervasiveness, or omnipresence, and almightiness, or omnipotence, again zero amplitude and complete peace relate to receptivity, which is also openness, expansion, and breadth, in other words all-pervasiveness, and infinity frequency and infinite love relate to depth and infinite power, in other words almightiness. I believe these two qualities are the underlying meaning of yin and yang too.

*This explanation is corroborated by the connection between spiritual states, including transcendental and meditative states, and gamma brainwaves, the highest frequency category of brainwaves, which are also the lowest in amplitude.

This explanation is also corroborated by a quote from the saint Ramana Maharshi in which he compares a sage to a spinning top. A theoretical optimally spinning top is both completely balanced and spinning infinitely frequently, infinitely frequent spin enables it to remain completely balanced in spite of perturbing influences, and complete balance enables it to spin infinitely frequently without going out of control. In other words, its rotations’ amplitude is zero, and their frequency is infinity, just as the origin of a logarithmic spiral represents these two qualities.

Interestingly, UFOs are piloted by spiritually knowledgeable extraterrestrials and function identically, being spinning discs.

This brings us to a sixth point which is that God, the complete and infinite, universal and foundational source of life energy, intuition, and conscience, is the one and only example of perpetual motion, and the ideal, perfectly efficient and infinitely powerful life-giving being to aspire to match, including for collectives, individual souls, and machines such as energy generators and UFOs, just as zero amplitude, complete balance (equilibrium), and complete peace mean complete smoothness, zero friction in the sense of conflict and energy dissipation, zero vibration, and perfect efficiency, and infinity frequency, infinitely frequent spin, and infinite love mean infinite power.

It’s also notable that logarithmic spirals are fractals, which are fundamental to consciousness, and being equiangular and self-similar they exemplify equality, which is closely related to God, oneness, and Truth.

That’s basically the whole truth to religion explained using a fractal, equality-based geometric shape in a way in which everything including God’s status as our true Self and Heart (the essence of all things), the one absolute Truth, transcendent, the Omega and the Alpha, complete peace and infinite love, and the one and only example of perpetual motion, clicks together and makes sense.”

From my free site full of original information about spirituality, “Definitive Spiritual Knowledge Discovered During My Quest for God, Oneness, and Truth”: https://sites.google.com/site/jmaf6556/purpose-of-life

In oneness,

Justin

Hi everyone, I'd like to share this amazing document that I found, "The Star Maker": https://docs.google.com/document/d/19TVrXPsXjdc4c4cQuf1JxoZ5RtYRlTWwS7Sv1UuIvL0/edit

"From the newsletter "A Call To Arms"
Recorded by Sister Thedra (1900-1992)
Source: The Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara

..."In the beginning, "Source" breathed forth a thought of pure Light (as a Being), which we the awakened ones know as "Father". First the thought, second the stirring within the Father/Mother womb or Matrix. These did not have bodies of dense matter, they were pure Light, yet with all of the attributes of the ALL, the "Source". They had the mind of their Source, and also the endowment of the Source, such as the Power to create by Thought"...

The Star Maker-A Glimpse into Eternity

I AM, and because I AM you ARE. I have ALWAYS BEEN and I shall ever BE, for I am without beginning, without end. I am Life itself, for I am the very Source of all that IS. I brought forth all life within me, and I sustain all life and every instant that exists. Nothing can exist outside of Me, for I am the Source, the FIRST CAUSE behind all that IS. Great beings who are Creators in their own right, who have their existence in dimensions of life that are presently beyond your ability to conceive, have brought forth worlds, whole universes of matter...they have populated them with young Souls like yourselves which have come forth from the very substance of that which I AM...Yet ALL have their Being within Me, for I Am the one and only First Cause.

Nothing can exist outside of Life, therefore nothing can exist outside of Me, for I am the very Source of Life itself. There exist, within the vast dimensions of the cosmos, beings beyond count...from Great Beings of infinite power whose very thoughts sustain whole universes of matter, to young Souls like yourselves who are just beginning to awaken to their Oneness with Life itself...yet ALL have their being within Me, and because I AM you ARE. I was never created...I am the FIRST CAUSE. I AM THAT I AM, the Source of all that IS, WAS, and all that shall ever BE.

Your book of Genesis reads:
...In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth
...And the Earth was without form, and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep...
....And God said, Let there be Light, and there was Light.
...And God saw the Light, that it was good.... and God divided the Light from the darkness.

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That was in the beginning.

God said let there be Light, and there was Living Light...there was "Life"...and it was set apart from the darkness, for it was Light! That was the beginning....but it was only your beginning, it was not mine...for I have Always Been, and I shall ever Be. So ask yourself...what WAS before the beginning, when void and darkness were upon the face of the deep? Did life exist?

I existed, for I have Always Been, and shall ever Be. I was never created, for I AM the First Cause. The beginning, as you think of it, was only the beginning of time as you know it, for I am eternal. You calculate life in years, but Life itself is eternal, for I AM beyond time. The vast unfathomable cycles of time are but fleeting seconds to me, for I am the eternal NOW. To perceive Me you must go beyond time and glimpse the Eternal Now.

In your present embodiment you are 20, 40, 60, 80, maybe even 100 years old-your recorded history goes back 4000 - 5000 years - you are told that early man appeared 2 - 3 million years ago - you are told that the Earth is 4 billion years old- you are told that the universe of matter is 16 billion years old---but where did that matter come from? What existed before that? What existed 20 billions years ago? 100 billions years ago? A trillion aeons ago? Did Life exist?

I existed, for I AM, without beginning, without end. I am the Source of all that has EVER existed, and all that will ever BE. Nothing can exist outside of Me, for I am the First Cause, the One and only Source of all that is, was or ever shall be. All life exists within Me, for I am the Source of all life itself.

You exist because you are a part of Me...you exist within Me...for there is only ONE Source. There is only ONE. Look to the very center of all that you are and you will find Me there, for I am Life itself, the First Cause of all that IS. Apart from me there is only darkness and void, for I am the Source of Light which is Life itself. Step outside of time and look into eternity and you will see only Me, for I am eternity itself. Even Eternity does not exist outside of Me, for eternity is an expression of all that I AM.

Did I exist a trillion aeons ago...a trillion times a trillion? Yes...yet I only exist NOW. In me there is only NOW. Time as you know it is only an illusion, a concept...I am Life itself...I am Living Light. I AM...I have always been and shall ever BE.

If you let go of your attachment to your limited Identity of "self" and see yourself as part of Me, in each and every moment, you will then come to live in the here and now, which I AM. Today you say, tomorrow is coming...yesterday you said this would be tomorrow...but each time you said it you were here NOW. You can only exist here and NOW. Life is only experienced here now, for Life is ever in the present. Life does not exist yesterday or tomorrow, for it is ever present, here NOW.

Does the past exist? where is it...show me! Does tomorrow exist? Where is it...does it live? Yesterday and tomorrow hold no life, for they are only memories and concepts in your thinking...for Life is ever present, and ever shall be. Events may pass or events may be in the future, but events are not life, they are only the circumstances of life...they are not life. Life is ever present, and ever shall it be - for I am ever present, and ever shall I be.

So if I am ever present and only "time" had a beginning, then when did Life begin? Genesis tells you that in the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth, but did he also create Life? When did Life begin? Did Life exist a trillion aeons ago? Yes, life existed a trillion aeons ago, yet it was the same life as the present...continuously present.

If you let go of your concepts of time you will see that before the beginning of "time" I existed...other beings existed also, for they too were beyond time, in the eternal present. Yet they existed only because I exist, they existed within Me, for I have always been and shall ever be the First Cause behind existence itself. When you truly perceive Me within Eternity, then you will also perceive Me here within all that you ARE, for I am ever present. And when you truly perceive Me Here and Now, you will also be looking into Eternity, without beginning, without end. Creation changes, yet I change not. For I am eternally the same, for I AM ever the First Cause of all that IS.

You know life in this instant because you ARE of the substance of that which I AM. You are part of Me, for there is only ONE. You are Light, and I have set you apart from the darkness, for you are Light. You do not yet realize it, for you are asleep in flesh, believing you are flesh. But you are not flesh. You are Spirit, you are Living Light, for you are of Me and I am not flesh, yet all flesh exists within Me, just as you exist within Me.

You as an individual identity, did not exist a trillion aeons ago, yet that which you ARE existed, for you are of Me, and I have always been. A trillion aeons ago is but a moment for Me, for I am eternally here NOW. I am the ETERNAL NOW, for I am Life, and Life is ever present and ever shall it be. I created time for you, yet I am beyond time...I am always present.

Man searches for Me in the past, in persons of the past, in beliefs and in writings from his past...yet I do not exist in the past, I am eternally present, even as Life. When man lets go of the past and seeks Me as I AM in the present, at the center of all he IS, he shall find Me ever present.

So what existed before this present cycle of "time" was created? Being flesh, and viewing Life within limited concepts of flesh, it is impossible for you to see that which is the eternal order, the Grand Cycles of Life, so I will put it into a concept that might let you glimpse a random possibility.

Stretch your minds a little and ask yourself what was Life before your present cycle...in those vast incomprehensible cycles so long past that whole universes have been created, served their purpose, and have turned to the dust from whence they came?

Well perhaps...and just perhaps...in a cycle that is so far distant, so long past in cosmic time that it is beyond anything that you could probably comprehend...a fragment of that which I AM, this very fragment which now speaks to you, was then as you are now....a young Soul just beginning its journey, thinking itself separate from all else, not yet aware of the First Cause, and not yet aware of its own Oneness within ALL THAT IS. Perhaps it too may have evolved upward through various forms, though infinitely different from that which you now know. Perhaps it went through its early experiences of separation, until it came to realize that it was more than form...it realized it was Spirit.

Perhaps it went beyond form and became a spirit, and thereafter dwelt within those higher spirit planes as it grew into greater and yet greater realization of the infinite vastness of Life itself.
Perhaps for countless cycles it existed as a spirit, wherein it grew in awareness, grew to reflect greater and greater Light. Then, as the vast cosmic cycles continued on in their endless journey, it grew in spirit into even greater understanding of that which it was...it transcended even the lofty planes of spirit and came to realize that it was more than a spirit, it was a living Soul...it was pure Light, a living fragment of the very Source itself...it was Living Light.

Perhaps it finally went beyond those spirit planes, moving into greater and yet greater dimensions of life, where awareness expands to include whole regions of the cosmos, which included not only the myriad of spirit planes associated with each planet, but the higher dimensions of life beyond all planets, beyond all form. Perhaps it dwelt within those greater dimensions beyond all matter, beyond all form, as it perceived yet greater and vaster expressions which lay yet above it, greater dimensions to explore and to experience as Life ever unfolded in its majestic plan.

Perhaps through untold cycles it moved ever upward through cycles so vast and ancient as to seem comparable with eternity itself, yet ever upwards in ever greater experiences and expressions of Life. Perhaps it finally came to know the very essence and magnitude of creation itself, and therein participated in creation...wherein it came to realize that it could create nothing outside of itself, for there exists only ONE, and it was part of that ONE.

Perhaps through these eternal cycles it finally transcended all need for individuality. It let go of individuality and allowed all that it was to flow back into the First Cause, the Source of all that it was...the mystery of mysteries, the unknowable, unfathomable First Cause, wherein there is only ONE...which now included the sum total of all that it had ever been and known, on all planes and in all dimensions it had passed through on its return to the God-head. The drop of water had merged back into the Ocean from which it came, yet it added to that Ocean all that it had become in its journey.

Perhaps countless cycles again came and went wherein it was simply ONE with the very Source from where it had come. It was without form or individuality, yet it somehow still was...for it had finally awakened as the First Cause itself. Perhaps it thought that this was the end, the ultimate climax to Life's grand expression.

Ah, but not so! That was but one of the Grand Cycles of Life. A new cycle was to began, and it was to come to know this as just the beginning.

The whole process which it had known was simply one of an endless number of Grand Cycles...the out-breath and the in-breath of the First Cause. Each out-breath is sent forth by "Thought", which begins and ends all movement. The Thought was the pattern as the Breath of Life moved out into the Cosmos, out into those regions where only darkness and void were on the face of the deep. Therein after many cycles, a universe of Star systems, of Suns and Worlds come into being, including the countless planes of spirit....all brought into manifestation by the Thought. When the entire universe of matter had actualized into manifestation according to the Thought sent forth...and as that cycle of the out-breath neared its completion and all was ready, a group of young Souls, which included the very fragment which now speaks to you, went forth into that creation to begin its development. It went outward and after numerous smaller cycles finally took on form, though not flesh as you know it. With each new cycle it developed upward, each time developing greater and ever greater awareness of itself.

When the Thought had manifested to the very last detail, bringing forth creation as it was to be within that place, including the Souls that were to inhabit it, then the out-breath ceased and the in-breath began...the in-breath, when all Souls within that creation would begin their journey back towards their unity with the God-head.

Thus did this fragment which now speaks to you begin its journey in ages long past. And within the in-breath of that Grand Cycle it would reach the maturity of that cycle and returned to the God-head from which it went forth. Know that there are cycles within cycles, countless smaller cycles that exist within greater cycles...and countless greater cycles within each and every Grand Cycle. With the final completion of each Grand Cycle there is a cycle of rest within the cosmos, yet it too ends and a new cycle begins. A new cycle for all those who had completed their return within the previous Grand Cycle.

I, who now speaks to you, was that fragment...and as that fragment I returned to the God-head from which I had come. Yet, I was to go outward into creation once again within the next out-breath...yet this time it would be My Thought which would pattern it. As ONE with the Source, it would be I who would send forth the Thought which would manifest within that out-breath...wherein an entire universe would become my "form", and the billions of new Souls which would inhabit it would express my "individuality".

We would be ONE, just as I am ONE with He/She who sent me forth. The breath of Life would once again go out from the First Cause, sent forth by my thought, into a region within the eternal expanse of space, wherein "darkness and void were upon the face of the deep". I would say: "Let there be Light, and there would be Light." I would see the Light, and see that it was good...and I would divide the Light from the darkness...

There I would bring forth planets, Galaxies, and Star Systems, and I would be the "Father" of your creation, just as another had been mine...yet in truth there exists only ONE, the one and only First Cause wherein we all have our being. I would create a cycle of time and a plan for the unfoldment for all young Souls conceived therein. The Angelic Orders, who are of Light Substance, with no will of their own but to serve the Source of all Light, would guide and assist in the great over-all plan. I would be the Father behind the out-breath, the Thought behind the creation...yet it would be vastly different from all that had come before, for Life never repeats itself, and never will.

Perhaps...and just perhaps...a trillion aeons ago I sought to know The Starmaker, only to become The Starmaker...wherein I not only created Stars, but a universe full of potential Starmakers. And so it would go...on into Eternity...Worlds without end.

Foolish you say? Surely, as a lowly being seeking for understanding you will never become a Starmaker. Look around yourself! Look at Life as it ever moves forward. Life never stagnates or stands still. So where would you have it stop? At what point would you say: "I am finally there...I have reached the totality of my expression, of all that I can ever be. This is my highest expression, therefore I will remain here forever, without change". Wherein do you see Life without change?

Too, look around yourself. Does the First Cause produce each and every new generation? Does not the present generation of trees produce the seeds for the next, and does not each generation produce more beautiful blossoms, with sweeter fruit which contains the seed for the next generation? Are you not greater than the trees?

Did not the past generation of human beings bring forth this generation of children, and will not the present generation of children grow to maturity and bring forth the next generation? As above so below. Children are brought forth by parents...parents by grand parents...grand parents by great grand parents...As Above So Below! So too did the past Starmakers create the present Starmakers. So too do the present Starmakers now create future Starmakers...and so it would go...Worlds Without End.

With each new out-breath Souls would go outward into manifestation, to experience ever greater aspects of creation...and with each new in-breath that which went out would return to its Source, yet vastly greater than when they went forth, in an endless expression of Life, ever upward. With each new Out-breath would come forth new expressions, yet each one as individually unique as the individual fragment which sent it forth in the beginning. Each vast and incomprehensible cycle creating billions of potential Starmakers, wherein Life would express itself in an endless array...Worlds Without End!

For you on your world this is the great change spoken about. Within your lifetime you will experience the cessation of the out-breath and the beginning of the in-breath, beginning your journey back towards the God-head. The magnitude of this change is presently beyond your comprehension, but soon you will know. Those of you who so choose to step forth from the darkness which now clouds your vision, into a Light so glorious that it is beyond your ability to comprehend presently, that Light will dispel all darkness and you will KNOW that your journey homeward has begun.

Realize, that it is a very long journey, this return journey...so long in fact that whole Star Systems shall return to the dust from which they came. Yet when that Light breaks through the darkness of your present lives, the Light which is now beyond all comprehension will fill your every breath with joy. It will accompany you forever afterward, and you will soon find that the greatest joy will be in the very journey itself. Be glad...for as sure as the sun will rise on the morrow, this great change is coming.

If you have now begun to see that which I have said, you might ask: "But a trillion aeons hence, what of the next out-breath? When My Sons and Daughters are as I am now...what will I be? What will that next cycle hold as My expression?"

I can not say, for I am here now, just as I AM. But Eternity! Oh, wonder of wonders! Life IS Eternal! It has ALWAYS BEEN and will EVER BE...for there exists that mystery of mysteries, the First Cause behind all that IS.

As for those eternal cycles beyond creation....they are known only to those who have gone through them in eternity past. They are presently incomprehensible to Me, even as the First Cause is ever beyond all comprehension, even to them...for it simply IS the unfathomable Cause behind all That IS...without beginning....without end.

Oh Wonder of Wonders...Oh Glory of Glories...Mystery of Mysteries! Life is Eternal. Life just IS...and EVER SHALL IT BE SO!

- END -"

Shared on my free site, "Definitive Spiritual Knowledge Discovered During My Quest for God, Oneness, and Truth": https://sites.google.com/site/jmaf6556/home

In oneness,
Justin

Hi everyone, I'd like to share some helpful quotes about self-knowledge/realization that I put together:

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"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"

- Bible

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"...Before Abraham was, I am."

"I and the Father are one."

"...the kingdom of God is within you."

- Jesus, Bible

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"Know thyself and thou shalt know all the mysteries of the gods and of the universe."

- Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Ancient Greece

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"A man's heart is his own Neter (God)."

"All is within yourself. Know your most inward self and look for what corresponds with it in nature."

"If his heart rules him, his conscience will soon take the place of the rod."

"If you would build something solid, don’t work with wind: always look for a fixed point, something you know that is stable… yourself."

"If you would know yourself, take yourself as starting point and go back to its source; your beginning will disclose your end."

"Know the world in yourself. Never look for yourself in the world, for this would be to project your illusion."

"Knowledge is consciousness of reality."

"Man, know thyself ... and thou shalt know the gods."

"The body is the house of God. That is why it is said, 'Man know thyself.'"

"The kingdom of heaven is within you; and whosoever shall know himself shall find it."

"You will free yourself when you learn to be neutral and follow the instructions of your heart without letting things perturb you."

- Temples of Ancient Egypt

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"I AM, and because I AM you ARE. I have ALWAYS BEEN and I shall ever BE, for I am without beginning, without end. I am Life itself, for I am the very Source of all that IS....

...there is only ONE Source. There is only ONE. Look to the very center of all that you are and you will find Me there, for I am Life itself, the First Cause of all that IS."

- The Star Maker

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"Prajnanam Brahma" (Consciousness is God)

"Aham Brahma Asmi" (I am God)

"Tat Tvam Asi" (Thou art God)

"Ayam Atma Brahma" (The Self is God)

- Upanishads, Mahavakyas (Great Sayings)

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"That inner Self, as the primeval spirit, eternal, ever effulgent, full and infinite Bliss, single, indivisible, whole and living, shines in everyone as the witnessing awareness. That Self in its splendour, shining in the cavity of the Heart as the subtle, pervasive yet unmanifest ether, illumines this universe like the sun....

I am the all-comprehensive witness, the indivisible, homogeneous Brahman [God], infinite, eternal, being itself, unbroken whole perfection, existence, eternal, pure, enlightened, liberated, and of supreme Bliss."

- Vivekachudamani

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"I am who I am"

- Yahweh, Bible

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"Everything is the One Brahman [God], pure Consciousness, the Self of all"

- Yoga Vasistha Sara

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Self Knowledge and Realization Quotes Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P64J1IOAlk

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Shared on my free site: https://sites.google.com/site/jmaf6556/purpose-of-life

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In oneness,

Justin

Hi everyone, I'd like to share a "Declarations Video" that I just created, it contains the best spiritual geometric shapes for visualizing and affirmation phrases that I know of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31T-hvdPFwA

Script:

"God is.
We are God.
We are all one universal family of God's children together always forever.

We are one.
We are all one.
We the Earth family are one.

I am God.
I am the One.
I am complete, all-pervasive peace, and infinite, almighty love.

God, universe, I wish for, I will, oneness, peace, love, freedom, and happiness, completely, infinitely, for all, unconditionally.
God, universe, I thank, love, surrender to, and devote myself to you.
God, universe, I love you. Unconditionally.

Let the universe be completely and infinitely united, peaceful, loving, free, and happy.
Let all beings be blessed with complete and infinite life, happiness, and health.
Let Earth be completely and infinitely united, peaceful, loving, free, and happy.

You are God.
You are the One.
Thank you, I love you.
You are amazing and awesome."

Shared on my free site, "Definitive Spiritual Knowledge Discovered During My Quest for God, Oneness, and Truth": https://sites.google.com/site/jmaf6556/home

In oneness,
Justin