Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Meek



My cousin interviewed me for her religion class. The following are the results.

1)    What is your understanding of the origin of the universe? 

To put it simply in my understanding, everything came from nothing which was at the same time everything. Which when supported by either religion or science can be explained in extreme detail.


2)     How would you describe your view of human nature?  (Are human beings basically “good”?) 

I think that all human beings are wired for the purpose to survive and procreate. All things come then from love or a cry to be loved. Love being the thing that helps us collaborate in groups-independently for optimal survival and also what drives us to procreate. I think when we are thinking of others (the group) or we are reaching out intentionally to love another, (procreate) we are activating the “good nature” within the human capacity and sole drive within our biological processes. 


3)     Do you believe in God (a divine being or power)?
                           Yes

a.    If so, could you describe what God is like?

 In science we know that everything around us is made from energy. Energy being the smallest form of anything in the entirety of the universe.

There are three laws that energy must obey and always has:

1.    Moves in form, through form and out of form.
2.    Always will be and always has been
3.    Neither can be created nor destroyed

If you ask a theologian about what God is in ANY religion he will tell you this same definition. I think that people get lost in the definition of what religion is.

Referring to the quote from number four, God is within us because he is what makes up the entirety of the universe itself.

How else would know every strand of hair on your head?

“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” –Matthew 10:30

Or how else would he know you before you were born? If time is also definable by energy particles then this would apply as well.

"I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb." -Jeremiah 1:5

He is immortal because he is time itself.

 "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades." -- Rev. 1:17-18


b.    Does God have a plan for humankind?

Yes, to experience itself fully through as many probabilities as possible. This defines God’s perfection, not in a romanticized definition but that everything that could happen in any reality or probability can and will, within the constructs of “him” being the mighty universe with several densities-dimensions. His “plan” is a predetermined road of time that always has been since the “creation” and that is to experience “himself” fully in as many forms and realities as possible.

"You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself."
-- Alan Watts 


4)    Can human beings know God?  If so, how?

You are God experiencing himself.

Jesus was once asked when the kingdom of God would come. The kingdom of God, Jesus replied, is not something people will be able to see and point to. Then came these striking words: “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)

 “No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” -- 1 John 4:12 

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst? -- 1 Corinthians 3:16

We are not God in the sense of the universal consciousness which has power over everything but we have the ability to create and destroy on our own level. We can then experience God-The universe through ourselves through quiet contemplation, prayer, mediation and services like loving our neighbor and have a humble healthy love for yourself. That we fill ourselves with so much love that we can effortlessly overflow that love to give to others.




5)    How would you explain the presence of evil in the world?  Why do human beings do evil things?
           It is a call for love.

I think evil or darkness, is just confusion and separation from the ultimate truth, God which is everlasting love.

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” -- 1 John 4:7

6)    Do you believe that reconciliation is possible (and if so, on what basis) between:
a.    People of different racial, ethnic, or religious viewpoints?
                                   
                             We must see that we are all one.

“And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” -- Mark 12:31

b.    God and humankind?

Knowing the truth of God is the reconciliation itself. It is the knowledge that God is love so there is no higher law than to love all things unconditionally.

7)    What is your view of truth?
a.    Are there universal norms of “right” and “wrong” that all of humanity must acknowledge?

All things are right in love without attachment or without expectation.

b.    If so, what are they based upon?

The only time anyone does anything that would be considered wrong, it is fear instead of love based.

8)    Do you believe that history is moving towards any goal?
                                         
No, I do not. Since history itself is a series of events culminated through the view point of human perspective history is technically not even a definable actuality in reality. Therefore the goal would only be held in the viewpoint of the individual observer.

9)    Is there anything beyond this life (e.g. a life after death)?

Yes, we are guaranteed this not just from holy text like the Bible but from science as well. Since we can neither be created nor destroyed and always will be always have been. We are infinite in nature, just not guaranteed the human form and/or we are not guaranteed what human consciousness (or at least what humans define as consciousness). I think that all parts of God -- the universe are conscious.

10)              Given the state of our world (e.g. the prevalence of war, ethnic & religious division, and global warming), is there any hope for humankind?


  Yes, the hope will be in the pursuit of truth which will lead us to unconditional love again.

But first, we must address the lies that have prevailed throughout humanity for thousands of years.

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” -- Matthew 5:5 

THE MESSAGE Let us usher in the new earth, where each is held is such esteem without explanation. A shoulder to lean on, a hand to wipe away the tears is offered without knowing his faith, background or gauging qualification. It is not about pressing your faith, your culture or corporate national structures. It is about becoming one with the land, the universe and your personal relationship with God. With this all men will question from your personal actions: “what do you do different?” Let each person come to their own process.

THE MEEK are those who are gentle, humble, and unassuming, simple in faith and patient in the face of every affront. 
Chromatius, Tractate on Matthew

IF IT IS the meek, the helpless, the disabled, who will inherit the earth, this is perhaps because the earth, God's earth, the real earth, can be had on no other terms. It is a gift. Or, in the words of the beatitude, it is an inheritance.
Simon Tugwell, The Beatitudes

THE LAND is always inherited; it is not taken. It is not ours to take, but God's to give. Thus we have no absolute right to it. Our "inheritance" of any land ultimately demands fidelity to God's vision for the household, how we are to live in the land.
Michael H. Crosby, Spirituality of the Beatitudes

GENTLENESS, to be sure, is a fruit of meekness. But the main point about the meek is not their gentleness but their quiet faith and trust in God. 
The meek turn again and again to God for help, for direction, and for the sheer joy of it.
John W. Miller, The Christian Way

THE SCRIPTURES make much of meekness … and so it is the more appalling that meekness does not characterize more of us who claim to be Christians. Both at the personal level, where we are too often concerned with justifying ourselves rather than with edifying our brother, and at the corporate level, where we are more successful at organizing rallies, institutions, and pressure groups than at extending the kingdom of God, meekness has not been the mark of most Christians for a long time.
D. A. Carson, The Sermon on the Mount

THE PERSPECTIVE My life anytime I entered any place where there was supposed to be “stepping stone” to success, there were always those who would tell me or push upon me their beliefs. The only thing I could never bend a knee to was the fact that it went against the strong vibration of my heart was telling me, what the spirit which moves through me was ever guiding me to. That all of these missions and institutions did not open their hearts or ears, I would stand quiet ever fervent in loving them even though they would tell me that things were different. That only certain things deserved certain rights, certain position. That in order to get ahead you needed to step on others, leave them in the dust. Then even after all of this wasting my life grinding away, climbing to the top all that I would show for it was a ticket to heaven through some networking skills, God’s grace and pension that would hopefully last me until that fateful day. But you see, I could not swallow that pill. I could not cover the mouth of my scream pulse, telling me my decision to embrace them with love ever still and then run in the other direction. To hide away and anytime that I would interact out of that space to give myself completely in love anyway. 

 I am in the process of trying to help create a land where the meek shall walk the Earth unbridled. 

Where the pure of heart, the soft and gentle are uplifted.

The standing, breathing embodiments of the divine ascended masters will preside to empower and nurture this gift that has been given to us.

All things come from the heart space. The only truth is love. This truth is infinite. Hence God's immortality.  

Walk in constant question.

Am I moving through my heart?

I love you all so much.
Namaste, we are one. <3 nbsp="">

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful I couldn't have answered better! Thank you for sharing. Namasté and Shanti Om.

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