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And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one
Originally posted by ImaFungi
but yea,, just some thoughts i had,, NEW AGE MAN,,, what you think about revelations?
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
Originally posted by ImaFungi
but yea,, just some thoughts i had,, NEW AGE MAN,,, what you think about revelations?
I think it ends beautifully.
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by daskakik
It's personal, but I would say a complex combination of things...
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by daskakik
Interesting experiences. The content of our consciousness often effects these kinds of things. You mentioned that the first time this happened, you were a devout Christian. What of the second time, or had your faith waivered.
In my own experience, and I've had my share let me tell you, God works in strange and mysterious ways, but he's always, at the higher level, seeking to teach us something.
Is there anything to be learned from your experience other than simply that God is uncaring and indifferent..?
I've learned to look for the humor. Is there anything humorous about having the same experience twice, where the first time the being is all loving, and the 2nd he's totally indifferent and doesn't give a damn..?
22 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
~ Revelation 22
www.biblegateway.com...
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by daskakik
The "humor" you describe isn't really that funny, whereas the humor of understanding I'm referring to is immensely funny to the nth degree.
We can agree to disagree, but I'm like Carl Jung who, when asked if he believed in God replied, after a puff on his pipe "If I were to say that I believe in God would imply the possibility of disbelief, so I would have to say that, no, I do not believe in God. I KNOW there is a God."
The "problem" if you could call it that is that God, as infinite intelligence, who streches from one end to the other of everything, and then some, as the one who initiated it all, is also infinitely mysterious, who's apparent invisibility is also a type of virtue whereby virtue may be defined as power, restrained. To locate him in human history however, accompanied by not just story but cosmological vectors, is extraordinary to say the least. I'm sorry you didn't see it as it was presented.
That he keeps his "distance" for all due purposes (even though he's probably more intimate than our skin and bones), or appears to (except as per the central thesis of this thread pointing to the manifestation of God's love in time and history), is vitally important for both his sake, and ours, so that freedom reigns supreme, but the type of liberation I'm referring to, in fully "grokking" his Great Work, is of a whole other order, whereby the one who is set free to freely choose to good, with awareness IS the Christ also, as a non-localized, holographic Christ-mind free of judgement in an already-always state of perfect wholeness, integrity and righteousness.
This the bright morning star referenced in Revelation, which although symbolized by Venus, is the star of enlightenment. It's something that both Christianity and Buddhism share together. If not for the Work of Jesus Christ, however, who re-framed it wihtin the context of what I call the "relativity of human being" or the brotherhood of man, it would represent isolate consciousness (one with everything) but "what good is it that a man gain the WHOLE world, but lose his own soul (selfhood, character, passion, and desire for what is right)?"
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone —
while the morning stars (sons of God) sang together
and all the angels shouted for joy?
~ Job 38:4-7
We pretty much have to because I KNOW there is no god.
Originally posted by Americanist
reply to post by daskakik
We pretty much have to because I KNOW there is no god.
Really? Where’d you get the inside info? C'mon, cite references... We're dying to know. Literally.
I'm not trying to put him on a pedestal, and you can't get any higher than the height of the twin pillars of justice and mercy anyway!
What he and his life and work demonstrates, is a principal by which the higher, even the highest of the most high, reaches down to raise and uplift the lowly to increasingly higher heights, that we might also get to be where he is, which is at the very right hand of the Godhead itself, provided we don't assume and are willing to take a lower seat!
Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
~ Mathew 12:29 KJV
"Our liberation is God's compulsion."
~ C.S. Lewis
reply to post by Unity_99
My favorite section is actually where he wrote on the sand with his finger, for there is no law or karma, he sprung the thoughtscape cage door wide open, all traps were sprung, all revealed, for there is only LOVE MERCY and VIRTUE, though one must lift ones hand up to the hand of Love reaching down, as one needs to overcome the programming that is not Love within them, He opened the door, but in a sense we free ourselves until that time when we are freed.