I agree to Slip's insight. To it, I would add the insights of two of my favorite Christian Mystics, who wrote about the idea of imaginal consciousness:
"I could tell you from now until the end of time that your own Wonderful Human Imagination is God, and you could hear it but never apply it. Quite often we cannot bring ourselves to apply it because it is in conflict with our training, but it does not operate itself, we are the operant power. We are told in the 118th Psalm, "The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our sight." Many years ago, sitting in the silence, my eyes closed in contemplation but not really thinking of anyone partic¬ular thing, a huge quartz appeared before my eyes. Then it shattered, fragmenting itself into many, many pieces. As I watched, it quickly reassembled itself, but this time it took on the human form seated in the lotus posture. As I look¬ed, I realized I was looking at myself. Then it began to glow, and when it reached the intensity of the sun, it exploded and I awoke in my chair. The stone I had rejected was myself. I could not believe I, myself, was the cause of the phenomena of my life. I thought "he" did it, "she" did it, "they" did it . . . the world did it, but certainly I am not responsible. These things happened because of others, but I looked at the stone which the builders rejected. "It's the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our sight." When we see this world as a world of appearance behind which the reality of imagining lies, we find the truth. All things exist in the human imagination, and by that I mean the individual's imagination. In your own bosom you bear your own heaven and your earth, and all that you behold, though it appears without, it is within, in your imagination, of which this world of mortality is the foundation stone. It is the tree. Christianity is its fulfill¬ment. It is the fruit, but the tree is Judaism, and all that it contains will come out, eventually, in a plan, a wonderful plan that was there in the beginning of time. That, we call Christianity. Blake said, "I know of no other Christianity and no other gospel than the liberty both of body and mind, to exercise the divine arts of imagination." Then he adds, "The apostles knew of no other gospel and the worship of God is using his gift." Then he states, "God became as we are, that we may be as he is." What is the gift? Blake also mentions that. He said, "Man is imagination, and God is man and exists in us and we in him. The eternal body of man is the imagination and that is God Himself, the Divine Body, Jesus." As you are seated here, it's all about you. Your own Wonderful Human Imagination is the God of the universe. That is the one spoken of as the Lord Jesus. Is it really true? You are called upon to test it and see. I rejected the fact that I was the cause of the phenomenon of my life and thought everyone outside of myself caused it. Then I saw the vision. Here is a stone, a quartz, fragmented, then it came together in the shape of a man seated in the lotus posture. As I looked at it I saw that it was myself. Then I realized I was the cause. He is the dreamer in me. One day he is going to awake from this dream, and, when he awakes, I am he and he and I are One." - Neville Goddard On Apr 14, 9:07 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > When considering theories of parallel universes one must consider that > life, of any form, may exist elsewhere. With this consideration one > must rethink the concepts of purpose and of a supreme being, even one > that may have initiated the creation of our universe. How is this? > Many, in the form of postulation deny or uphold the existence of a > creator and often confine inquiry or speculation to human perception > within the confines of the human world, that being earth and our > immediate universe. However, with the possibility of parallel > universe comes the possibility of parallel life forms and life forms > unknown. Hypothetically, one or more of these life forms may be well > beyond our level of intelligence and have considered establishing > another universe and so put forth the necessary elements to create the > universe in which we now exist. Upon the successful completion of > said universe the life form decides to expand upon it with the > addition of organisms and so on. The question of course still remains > whether or not that being who created a new universe had put forth > "purpose" upon the organisms that inhabit said universe. We seem to > have this innate sense to travel out beyond our gravitational confines > in an effort to explore our solar system, to reach beyond what is only > conceivable in the mind and through the equations formulated by > physicists who really never offer any tangible element. Therefore, > what is really beyond our reach physically or resultant of any quantum > calculus remains speculative without malleability. We cannot prove or > disprove the existence of a creator from another universe nor can we > establish the purpose of such a creation but only by reason can we > establish our own individual truths by which we set forth to live. > Looking elsewhere for purpose is moot, as it has been for thousands of > years. The real answer to purpose is that which "we" establish for > ourselves, individually and as a group, each day, each hour and even > each minute of our lives. Beyond general purpose there is the issue > "quality of purpose". By that we can see the origins of conflict > throughout humanity, the collision of purpose, the establishment of > purpose by infringement upon others. If there were a divine purpose I > would assume that it is to promote good and conquer bad. For me > purpose is to have peace and bring joy to others so they may have > peace and bring joy to someone else, creating a cycle of peace, love > and joy. All that "really" matters; the enjoyment of life. If one is > not enjoying life then one is not purposing to do so. What is your > purpose today? > > On Apr 13, 1:43 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > its likley a by product of my imaginary conscienceness but i would > > like to entertain the thought that some how there is some sort of > > universal mind,conscienceness or metaphisical energy force that is > > trying to evolve into a better structured universe that is more > > condusive to abetter quality of lifes exsitence.if there is a god as > > modeled by human organised monolithc religions ,artificial god must be > > drunk dead or insane to give human beings power of freewill to do what > > self destructive actions humans do to their selfs,other humans,animals > > and their planet home earth ! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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