On 5/7/2010 11:09 AM, Pat wrote:
On 7 May, 15:53, RP<[email protected]> wrote:
God is the mind which concieves the universe , He is the mind which
runs it, and He is the mind which destroys it. He does not see in the
manner in which we see each other and He does not act in the manner in
which we act. His awareness and action is transcendental in nature. In
our vanity we may pretend to comprehend Him, but we do not see or
accept the fact that our intelligence is not infinite but only a few
grades above that of animals. We have to just look at animals to
realise that , after all our understanding also is finite. We are
learning and growing day by day , but we are far from being Supreme.
Well, He does see as we do, but He also sees in a way we do not. When
you look at something, in reality, it is Him that is seeing (and
hearing and every other sensation any of us sense). And His ability
to multiprocess all our awarenesses (and the awareness of all living
things!) is a part of what defines His transcendant abilities. But
there are more (unseen) places than just this 4-D universe and His
wareness includes all that, as well. You're also right about our
level of consciousness being not that much above other animals. It is
our conceit that leads us to believe we are far greater than they
are. But we're not. God can think like a tree (and, in fact thinks
like each tree, as each tree's awareness is, in fact, His), yet no
animal can. I'm not sure that God's understanding is infinite, but it
is comprehensive, that is, it covers everything, though there may be a
limit, that limit is far beyond our comprehension.
By seeking god in things both great and small, what good does knowledge
of the supernal do us? This may sound like an ethical question, but I
think the ontological systems taste like steel (cold and bureaucratic)
except to the meditative mind. How might we bring it down to the
expressive, experiential domain that each life is unfolding? I hope this
makes sense. There seems to be a spin associated with the dominance of
hierarchy and order, a hypothetical plane where there is a removal of
emotion and experience, a cold and mechanical world. That place could be
seen as a destination (top down), it's other coinciding 'spin' is
somewhat opposite as it is in process. I see the process spin (bottom
up) as the plane of experience, compassion, evolution.
This skepticism is not directed at you personally but a general
observation. One is that we would follow an oppressive belief system
which we methodically recreate ourselves to fit into. The other is that
we each would be informed and guided through the progressive domains of
our personal evolutions without denying our experiences or knowledge. I
hope you manage to add that 'flesh' to the skeleton of this interesting
God you are discovering. Looking forward to seeing your book, what
category would I find it in? *chuckles
This sounds much like panpsychism, an area I once dismissed but upon
recent study is sounding very 'right' (for me, now).
