Bruce - you say that we are responsible for our actions. There is a very interesting thread with the title "Are you in control" which addresses that view and I think comes down on the side that we may not be in control, and thus we may not be entirely responsible for our actions. You might check it out. Jim
On Aug 7, 6:16 am, bruce ralph <[email protected]> wrote: > Its interesting that we need to construct some supernatural > explanation to explain why we are here. Its probable that there is no > requirement for this. Its just a natural flow of energy that brings us > here. So here we are, feet on the ground, living life and responsible > for our actions. This is the fact and the challenge that we need to > consider. > > On Aug 7, 8:42 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Only if you can add or modify the oneness, which is the God in you. > > > On Aug 7, 8:37 am, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Does not matter, Molly ! I however need time to understand what > > > you've said. Perhaps, you can add or modify in the meanwhile. > > > > On Aug 7, 5:24 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think I should have added "and all experience" to that, or at least > > > > given it a "..." > > > > > On Aug 7, 8:19 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I am and I am all others...can you look in the mirror and as yourself > > > > > to call you God? this is how I see your question. The knife become > > > > > the chef at the point that the chef is the knife and the food and the > > > > > experience of eating and all others who have that experience. > > > > > > On Aug 7, 7:48 am, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > That may eminently be, Molly ! There are no constraints to what we > > > > > > may think or believe, and actually see its apparent truth. That is > > > > > > difficult enough for most but, along the path we are speaking of, > > > > > > they > > > > > > are the nearest milestones. > > > > > > > By what I understood, all you seem to be saying is that we are > > > > > > INSTRUMENTS of God. Since when did the knife become the chef ? Is > > > > > > God > > > > > > the ' I ' I am, or ' I ' the God that is ? Is it a case of > > > > > > congruence, identity, or are God and ' I ' different ? If I am God, > > > > > > shouldn't I ask the others to call me by that name ? If God is ' > > > > > > I,' > > > > > > which I am, what is the stone, the tree, the man with me, the > > > > > > woman I > > > > > > give to and take from ... the others, who are not ' I ' ? > > > > > > > On Aug 7, 4:25 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think that there is an aspect of us that is God, the God within. > > > > > > > there is also an aspect of us that is what some term Christ, our > > > > > > > unity > > > > > > > consciousness or the knowing that we are all others. We are also > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > spirit that moves between, the Logos - in Christian terms, the > > > > > > > Father, > > > > > > > Son and Holy Spirit. I am sure there are Buddhist and Islamic > > > > > > > terms > > > > > > > that compliment this and I know the Hermetic or Esoteric terms are > > > > > > > much more complicated. If all of this is within us, we are all > > > > > > > of it, > > > > > > > including God. > > > > > > > > Now I don't think that this means that we are only God, issuing > > > > > > > judgments bla bla bla. It means that within us, that realm of all > > > > > > > possibility that is creative and moves through us, is God, and > > > > > > > thus, > > > > > > > we are God. We are also human and individuals, the one and the > > > > > > > many. > > > > > > > How we integrate all of this and formulate our awareness in the > > > > > > > here > > > > > > > and now signify who we "are" and allow us to express and > > > > > > > communicate. > > > > > > > That's my view, anyway. > > > > > > > > On Aug 7, 3:09 am, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > " We ARE God." > > > > > > > > > Not yet, untill we know in truth, starting with : What or Who is > > > > > > > > God ? ! Till then, it is just the rise and ebb of emotion.- > > > > > > > > Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
