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Originally posted by mysticnoon
OK, I think I am starting to understand the meaning behind your words.
Still, if everyone did God's Will, loved everyone, and sought to Glorify God in all their actions, disputes would still arise because every person would have their own concept of what it means to live in God's will.
To love everyone is a high ideal and a worthy one, but in reality it is not so easy to practice within the context of society. The most we can achieve is to show loving kindness and understanding to everyone we meet.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
The only people that I have encountered whom I considered truly served God regarded themselves as less than dust at the feet of their Lord. If you're a king unto yourself, isn't it yourself that you serve?
You see, I am still puzzled by your terminology.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
As I said earlier, I enjoy most of what you write, and I agree with a fair bit of it, but this King thing still bothers me. It seems to condradict the whole humility thing.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
Also, how do you know it is not God's Will for you to live within the constraints of society's law?
What is more humble than treating everyone like Kings and Queens? I am not raising myself over anyone my friend, I am raising everyone up to the same level.
If you cannot see all as Kings and Queens, then you are setting some over others. That is not humble. No one has a right to rule over another. You yield that right by choice.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
Also, how do you know it is not God's Will for you to live within the constraints of society's law?
Because I was not born with it.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
I do not see any of my fellow souls as a King or Queen from a spiritual point of view, and I do not see the necessity to invoke the terms with the exclusion of the one Lord of my soul, God. Spiritually, I recognize no other King or Queen.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
Born with what?
I see. You have a lord of your soul that you are subject too. I understand that view my friend. The Lord IS my soul. That is why I am King. If you prefer to remain a subject, that is fine. I won't call you King or Queen if you find it objectionable. That does not change what I know about myself though.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
You are welcome to call yourself whatever name you please. I was just trying to understand what Kings and Queens have to do with loving everyone. I think you have explained yourself now, though I do not agree with your view.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
reply to post by IAMIAM
I see. You have a lord of your soul that you are subject too. I understand that view my friend. The Lord IS my soul. That is why I am King. If you prefer to remain a subject, that is fine. I won't call you King or Queen if you find it objectionable. That does not change what I know about myself though.
You are welcome to call yourself whatever name you please. I was just trying to understand what Kings and Queens have to do with loving everyone. I think you have explained yourself now, though I do not agree with your view.
Originally posted by Akragon
You're king or queen of your own path, no one is responsible for your actions but you, thus you're also ruler(king or queen) of your own soul.
Hes not saying "hes God" but a part of him...
IAMIAM is a wise soul without a doubt...
Originally posted by IAMIAM
Originally posted by Akragon
You're king or queen of your own path, no one is responsible for your actions but you, thus you're also ruler(king or queen) of your own soul.
Hes not saying "hes God" but a part of him...
IAMIAM is a wise soul without a doubt...
You so get me my friend!
I am not wise though. Christ figured all this out long before me. I simply learned from him. You understand what I say, so you are equally as wise as I am. The wisdom comes from within.
With Love,
Your Brother
You're king or queen of your own path, no one is responsible for your actions but you, thus you're also ruler(king or queen) of your own soul.
Hes not saying "hes God" but a part of him...
Originally posted by mysticnoon
He said his soul IS Lord, not that the Lord is a part of him. Perhaps I am misunderstanding his expressions.
I agree that I am responsible for my own actions, but that also means that I am subject to the consequences of my own actions, so really I am a slave to my own actions/desires in this world, which is what I said in my initial post to IAMIAM on this matter
Originally posted by IAMIAM
Originally posted by mysticnoon
He said his soul IS Lord, not that the Lord is a part of him. Perhaps I am misunderstanding his expressions.
Let's try it a couple different ways my friend.
In a full glass of water, is a drop of water within the glass any less than the whole?
Would the whole be less without it?
Is the drop greater than whole?
Here is another way...
God is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omnibenevolent, and Omniscient.
Therefore, GOD must be within all things, at all times.
You cannot be separate from God, nor is God separate from you.
Your consciousness is part of the consciousness of God, just as the drop is part of the whole of the water in the glass.
When I say I am King, I am acknowledging the divinity within me AND YOU.
With Love,
Your Brother
When I say I am King, I am acknowledging the divinity within me AND YOU
your actions create your own Karma...so if your actions are loving and positive, then you're not a slave to your actions.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
Yes, I see that now. However, like I said previously, I reserve the words King or Lord for God, so I feel somewhat uncomfortable if someone uses those terms casually to address everyone.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
To illustrate with the drop of water analogy, for me the Lord is the ocean, whereas the drop is my soul. The drop is not the ocean, though the drop and the ocean are of the same essence of water.
It is something new, at least I do not know anyone other than the Sikh he hold this philosophy.
I see no reason for the division between God and I.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
This must be a unique Sikh, as it is the first I have heard that they hold to this philosophy. I use the Guru Granth Sahib Ji as an inspirational reference text, and I have not found a single passage where it suggests that we are all King or the Lord. Again, that my just be my own understanding.
Wonderful! Since you have a background in Sikhism, then you may understand better if it is simply refered to as the Khalsa?