What Molly said…and, since you are apparently new to ME, such notions of triunes appear to be innate within us rather than the dogma of one theology and arise within many cultures and epochs, mostly within philosophy and ontology. One simple example can be found in Plotinus:
“Plotinus is considered to be the founder of Neoplatonism. Taking his lead from his reading of Plato, Plotinus developed a complex spiritual cosmology involving three foundational elements: the One, the Intelligence, and the Soul. It is from the productive unity of these three Beings that all existence emanates, according to Plotinus. The principal of emanation is not simply causal, but also contemplative. In his system, Plotinus raises intellectual contemplation to the status of a productive principle; and it is by virtue of contemplation that all existents are said to be united as a single, all-pervasive reality. In this sense, Plotinus is not a strict pantheist, yet his system does not permit the notion of creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothingness). In addition to his cosmology, Plotinus also developed a unique theory of sense-perception and knowledge, based on the idea that the mind plays an active role in shaping or ordering the objects of its perception, rather than passively receiving the data of sense experience (in this sense, Plotinus may be said to have anticipated the phenomenological theories of Husserl). ….” For more, continue reading at: http://www.iep.utm.edu/plotinus/ On Sep 12, 7:32 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > my view, and thanks for asking, is that while nothing is external to > god, god is also an essential part of who I am. The paradox here, is > that I am both differentiated (individual), and undifferentiated > (god). I am god (Father), myself (Son), and my experience (Holy > Spirit), expressed in states and stages and dimensions of > consciousness. > > On Sep 11, 9:45 am, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2009/9/11 Molly Brogan <[email protected]>: > > > > there is nothing external to god > > > It now appears that there are two gods, then. Yours, which is not > > accountable to any standards apart from itself and Pat's which is > > accountable to Logic (and from there to a lot of other things by > > necessity). > > > Or are you adopting a panentheistic position vis a vis your god? > > > As I understand pantheism and panentheism... > > > It is most accurate is to say that pantheists claim that god is IN > > everything. > > > The distinction is needed because of panentheism which declares that > > everything is a PART of god. > > > A pantheist would say that god is in a rock while a panentheist would > > say that the rock is a part of god, in a way that could be viewed as > > comparable to the rock being to god what our DNA (or a molecule) is to > > us. > > > Panentheism's position is that it is the elemental aspects of the > > universe that comprise god -- as opposed to pantheism which sees god > > as permeating those elements. > > > In a panentheistic view I suppose that Logic, Morality, etcetera is a > > PART of God. Is this close to your view?- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
