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Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
reply to post by Olise
Incredibly written. I look forward to following this thread. Thank you.
One of the quotes in my signature applies here: "He who calls himself a master is still the student. He who claims he has found the way is surely lost. He who says he has the answers is asking the wrong questions. He who claims to be a wise man is surely a fool." - Unknownedit on 18/6/2011 by Iamonlyhuman because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by xizd1
The True Mind?
For me it's like chasing a shadow in the darkness. Perhaps I could catch a glimpse if I knew where to look. I may as well be blind.
Thanks I will continue to follow this thread and maybe find that starting place.
Originally posted by bogomil
reply to post by Olise
You wrote:
["And even that person who is more concerned with terrestrial matters will come to seek this knowledge, given the events that you are about to experience in this world: for the time has come to restore all things. The atheist will struggle with this truth and the theist will have a hard time digesting it, having been conditioned to perceive things a certain way."]
This has been said regularly for two thousand years now. Maybe some of your crowd will be lucky and say it again, when a natural catastrophe happens anyway (and ofcourse forget about all the earlier failed attempts of prophesy).
Quote: ["To start with, you perceive things based on the perspective from which you are looking at each thing;"]
This is especially typical of theists, and why I personally am a philosophical sceptic.
Quote: ["Post your questions as one seeking knowledge, not as one conceitedly seeking to disparage."]
Does that mean, that you are taking on a guru-role? And 'disparage'...does that mean, that no-one must question your qualifications as a guru?
Quote: ["There is a difference between seeking true knowledge of any given thing and a conceited prejudice toward that thing: before concluding on a path of belief, seek first the truth regarding that thing: for condemnation or estimation without knowledge is not ignorance but conceit."]
That's the same advice I usually give to theists, who have hijacked science.
Quote: ["Life! Before unveiling the Secret of Life, as revealed to John by the only begotten Light of the Father, it is necessary to ponder these questions: What is the only begotten Light of the Father? Who is this Father? What really is life? Is life what you suppose you are experiencing? Is the organism which you perceive to be alive life? Can life in itself actually be seen?"]
I believed the idea was to be very critical of sources etc. What happened to that?
Quote: ["The human body, in spite of the awesomeness of its incredible anatomy, is merely vanity: a vessel through which the spirit experiences life:"]
What spirit?
edit on 19-6-2011 by bogomil because: syntax
Originally posted by Olise
Ignorance acknowledges the lack of knowledge of a given thing, and seeks knowledge of it; but conceit expresses an egotistic knowledge of all things, in spite of the darkness it calls knowledge: hence a seeking mind receives and a conceited mind lacks;
"How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup."
Originally posted by Olise
You see effects which the rays reaching your eyes and subsequently converted into electrical signals form in your brain: in essence you are actually observing the electrical signals in your brain and not light: for the inside of the brain is in absolute darkness and never comes in contact with light, thus matter is a concentrated bit of information relayed to the brain through electrical signals; and since the brain is in darkness, it is dead: its life is projected through electrical signals; like a dark room with images being projected on a screen.
Originally posted by Olise
And because you are inside of this bubble, which is the soul, you cannot see it, you can only see what’s in it with you; but if you were to be outside the structure/bubble looking in from above it, you could then see both the soul and its contents.
Originally posted by Olise
for the day you consume that which is dead, you make it alive in you
Originally posted by Joecroft
reply to post by Olise
Hi Olise…
I’ve noticed you around…lol
I’m looking forward to reading your future posts on this thread.
S+F
Originally posted by Olise
Ignorance acknowledges the lack of knowledge of a given thing, and seeks knowledge of it; but conceit expresses an egotistic knowledge of all things, in spite of the darkness it calls knowledge: hence a seeking mind receives and a conceited mind lacks;
I can very much concur with what you have written above, based on my own spiritual journey and quest for truth so far. And there is a parallel with Jesus words when he said “we must become like little children”. Children ask questions and have no prejudices that have been built up over a lifetime of experience. And they are not afraid of what others will think of them (ego) if they do not know the answers.
For me, the key lies in the words “letting go”, which is very similar to becoming like a child. It’s hard to receive, when there is already information getting in the way or blocking the flow.
Which reminds me of this old Zen proverb…
"How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup."
I have a few questions, for what you have written so far…
Originally posted by Olise
You see effects which the rays reaching your eyes and subsequently converted into electrical signals form in your brain: in essence you are actually observing the electrical signals in your brain and not light: for the inside of the brain is in absolute darkness and never comes in contact with light, thus matter is a concentrated bit of information relayed to the brain through electrical signals; and since the brain is in darkness, it is dead: its life is projected through electrical signals; like a dark room with images being projected on a screen.
We know that signals are being sent to the brain, which is in complete darkness. The electrical signals, as I understand it ,are then being sent and viewed by the real us, within our souls etc…
My question is this…
How do you know that there isn’t a real (physical) world out there, which also exists outside/alongside of the spiritual one, which guided and created it?
Originally posted by Olise
And because you are inside of this bubble, which is the soul, you cannot see it, you can only see what’s in it with you; but if you were to be outside the structure/bubble looking in from above it, you could then see both the soul and its contents.
Have you witnessed this structure/bubble for yourself? and if so, then how?
And…
How can you view your own soul, from outside of your soul?
Originally posted by Olise
for the day you consume that which is dead, you make it alive in you
In your opinion, what does the above verse taken from the Gnostic text really mean?
Please understand that these questions are not meant as any form of ridicule; I have not come here to bring condemnation.
Sometimes questions help to reveal greater truths, especially to others who maybe watching and reading…
- JC
Originally posted by Olise
for the day you consume that which is dead, you make it alive in you
Originally posted by Joecroft
reply to post by Olise
Hi Olise
Thanks for your answers…
You’re a lot like myself…quoting Zen proverbs and other material outside of the bible, like the Quran... It’s early days, but I’m starting to like your style
I was wondering if at this stage it wouldn’t be too forward if I were to ask you what you believe in? Church or religious group …if any …or a shortened synopsis encapsulating your beliefs…
As for my beliefs… and this is the short version…
I believe Jesus is the “Son of God” and that he had the Father living and speaking through him. I also believe that all things were created through Jesus and the Father God; which is very much in line with some of what you have written so far, with the exception of course, of the feminine Barbelo aspect.
I had no religious upbringing at all and used to be and Atheist/Agnostic, until I had an awakening (long story) about roughly 2 and half years ago; so in spiritual terms, I’m still a baby lol…
Last year I received the Holy Spirit while reading the Gospel of John, but I do not belong to any Christian church denomination; partly because I have rejected many parts of Christianity, but not all parts.
I have been drawn to the Gnostic texts only fairly recently, and I’m still just scratching the surface in that regard…
I have many more questions for what you have written, but I will leave them until my next post.
Peace be with you Olise…
- JC
Originally posted by Olise
…And again, in the book of Isaiah 32, which you should be familier with since it is part of the cannonical Bible, "Blessed are you that sow beside ALL waters"; and in 54, "He shall sprinkle many nations (not earthly nations, but spiritual nations."
…So, as you can see from these texts, not one single member of any religion is unimportant; it is religion itself that is destructive;
Originally posted by Olise
Yes, he, the Only-Begotten Light is the Son of the Father; not the primate/carpenter, but the Spirit he hosted: as you can see from the Apocryphon of John, which I quoted earlier, "I took form in my SEED". What you call the Barbelo aspect is the TRUE WORD of the LIGHT, whom you refer to as Jesus: what you are troubled of is that which was referred to as The Stone which the builders rejected.
Originally posted by Olise
What do the builders of the Kingdom use in their construction?
Originally posted by Olise
What do the builders of the Kingdom use in their construction? Is it not the Word, which they compiled into what they call the Bible? Yet the most important of all the books, which is the True Revelation of the Savior who is the Divine Light of the Father, they left out: in essence, in rejecting his Word they rejected Him; but what's new. As it is written, "The Stone which the builders reject is (will) become the Head-Stone of the corner: (it states, IS because all things have been written into being, see Psalm 139: 16); it is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, (which houses are Judaism and Christianity).
Originally posted by Olise
Stay on track with this thread, and you will come to be amazed: for you are already troubled. And just so you will know, it is easier for one who is not already filled with contaminated water to receive the pure: for one who is already filled with water does not thirst, even though the water he is filled with is contaminated: thus you were "Awakened", that you may drink of the water of life.