RE: [FairfieldLife] Does the universe have a purpose?
I concur that this explanatory account, i.e. of physical creation through the Agency of the Christ Universal, with reference to the individual Jesus of Galilee appearance - may not fit closely with theological ideas of conservative Christians but it fits closely with oft repeated theological statements such as: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God..." John 1:1 (partial explanation…of the Father’s Selfhood) "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Col.1:16-17 (partial explanation…the Christ was present in the earth Sphere when it was without form, that is when it was non-material. When matter began to be He was the Master Spirit through whom the Father wrought into orderly constellations the material universe, the Creator of all, working through the Christ, produced, after ages of continuous urge, the cosmos - Earth and the whole Cosmos of matter is the Body of Christ - The Christ descended with matter as matter descended by precipitation) "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us..." John 1:14 (partial explanation…the Christ Who came to Galilee was but the Earth-expression of the Christ Universal. He, by Whom man came to be and to persist, thought forward into matter, and His thought took on expression in Jesus of Nazareth) I think that we err if we make too literal those spiritual realities (albeit theoretical to many) that limited minds associated with physical senses designed to experience a physical universe (partial purpose of the universe) simply do not have the capability or capacity of grasping. PS. I must apologise for my lack of attention to words in a previous post. I said that Formless Will was to become acting as some energising force etc. but that would give the wrong impression, in my opinion, because, in short, Formless Will itself always remains Formless or it should cease to be itself. It would be fairer to say that Formless Will is the cause of creative potential on behalf of the Supreme Being, and that creative potential should be the foundation of some energising force etc.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Does the universe have a purpose?
Upfronter, Thank you for your synopsis of the concept. However, IMHO, the concept is not currently discussed in academia or theological circles. The concept may upset many conservative Christians since it does not fit closely to ideas from the Protestant or Catholic church. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : There is no video to be referred to as the extract I have used is taken from a series of books entitled The Life Beyond The Veil first published in 1920 (given during the Fist World War), which received a fairly large readership due to Lord Northcliffe, proprietor of the national newspaper the Daily Mail, regularly publishing the scripts in that widely read newspaper. Interestingly, the exceptional reference, in my opinion, to a type of self-referral creative principle, i.e. that – prior to spiritual form, there was formless Will to become acting as some dynamic entity operating from outside and superior to creation, and that the Earth became, in its own turn, interpreter of the meaning of the work of the ages which had become articulate, at length, in Earth's genesis – that is, it reproduced from itself the principle of creation and gave it expression – was placed firmly in the consciousness of relative circles of the British public 100 years ago (and further afield), a long time before Maharishi spoke of the manifestation of the entire creation from the self-interacting dynamics of consciousness.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Does the universe have a purpose?
There is no video to be referred to as the extract I have used is taken from a series of books entitled The Life Beyond The Veil first published in 1920 (given during the Fist World War), which received a fairly large readership due to Lord Northcliffe, proprietor of the national newspaper the Daily Mail, regularly publishing the scripts in that widely read newspaper. Interestingly, the exceptional reference, in my opinion, to a type of self-referral creative principle, i.e. that – prior to spiritual form, there was formless Will to become acting as some dynamic entity operating from outside and superior to creation, and that the Earth became, in its own turn, interpreter of the meaning of the work of the ages which had become articulate, at length, in Earth's genesis – that is, it reproduced from itself the principle of creation and gave it expression – was placed firmly in the consciousness of relative circles of the British public 100 years ago (and further afield), a long time before Maharishi spoke of the manifestation of the entire creation from the self-interacting dynamics of consciousness.
