12-12-2016, 11:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2016, 11:09 PM by SargeMaximus.)
(12-12-2016, 08:01 PM)eternity Wrote: I have NOT read it cover to cover, so my opinion was based on partial experience. I defer to your knowledge in it if that's the case.
But I was getting at the notion that God is a jealous god, and will get mad if you place another god above him (acknowledgement of other beings, and exhibiting human like characteristics - jealousy and pride...) which is in stark contrast to other posts which refer to god as the supreme who is above human characteristics, who is the ALL, all that is anything
The god in the bible (specifically OT) is definitely a jealous god. I assume (since he made man in his image) that is why he has such feelings.
The god of the OT is NOT an "all loving" being and very much loves with prejudice and conditions.
Not sure what posts you are talking about, but I can tell you that the god of the OT is anything but above human characteristics.
Think of it like this:
God (the father) creates man in his image, and so, anything that man has (emotions, desires, etc) god also has, because we came from him. (of course, the REAL truth is that god came from US
)But you get the idea. In the book (and within that context - the story is the 'truth'), this is the most likely reason why god has those characteristics.
It's also worth noting that the OT god is seen as seperate from his creation, whereas it is more accurate to see "God" as "all things", like you alluded to.
(12-12-2016, 08:01 PM)eternity Wrote: Really, from what I've gathered from around the world's religions and various teachings is that the "supreme" is the same thing in every belief system, but is revered or perceived slightly different than each other. The Abrahamic religions seem to talk about the same supreme as does vedic Hinduism, who refer to supreme as Shakti.
So I find it interesting that they all have a common thread and it seems kybalion refers to the same common thread but delves deeper in how to UTILIZE the energy of the universe.
Yes, utilization is what I'm after as well lol. It's all well and good to get in touch with power, but quite another to be able to wield it.
That's one of the reasons I "moved on" from "The Power of Now". The book is more or less about becoming one with the "supreme" that you speak of (which is just a state of mind, much like emotions. It might even BE an emotion, who's to say) but didn't offer any way to utilize it. With PoN, it was just another sleeping pill rather than a steroid, if you get my analogy.
