God is an archetype
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God is an archetype that represents qualities humans admire and strive for, such as love, protection, and wisdom. However, worshipping God as a deity separate from ourselves limits our ability to experience deeper realities. God is ultimately an unidentifiable symbol created by humans to understand the world, but there is no need to define God or ascribe human qualities like gender. A better understanding is that God represents the harmony in all of creation, including within ourselves, and we should seek to manifest wisdom and love in our own lives rather than rely on conceptions of a divine being.
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This document discusses the human tendency towards overthinking and provides several examples. It notes that while humans have a unique ability to think, excessive thinking can become problematic. The document shares stories of refugees suffering greatly and an 83-year-old war veteran who endured hardship but maintained a positive outlook. It encourages cultivating an ability to detach from one's thoughts and look for opportunities instead of dwelling on problems through overthinking.
Good god goding!
This document discusses the concept of "goding" which refers to letting go of beliefs and words related to God and instead opening one's heart to feel the unseen spiritual forces. It advocates questioning and examining spiritual matters internally rather than blindly believing doctrines. It also emphasizes using awareness, discernment, intuition and best intent to make choices, and describes how humans seek spiritual fulfillment in many ways when this need is not met otherwise.
Mistakes need retakes
This document discusses mistakes and how they provide opportunities for growth. It states that mistakes are often the result of misperceptions, misinformation, or ignoring moral failings. While mistakes can have negative consequences, they also allow us to re-evaluate situations and improve. The key is to learn from mistakes instead of repeating them. Seeing our lives as a "script" that we can rewrite, we should aim to minimize mistakes through awareness, discernment and choosing more positive options. Mistakes show that we are trying and provide direction for our lives rather than defining us.
Art of positioning love
The document discusses positioning yourself harmoniously in relationships to avoid being too close and burning bridges or too far away and feeling isolated. It recommends seeking out positive people who see your strengths and can provide constructive feedback on areas for growth. Letting go of negativity, charges against yourself, and desires through meditation can open you up to deeper love and intimacy and lead to a happier life. Meditation training involves relinquishing attachments to views and roles to avoid suffering from clinging.
Constructive anger
Anger can be used constructively in certain situations if expressed discreetly and with awareness. For balanced individuals, anger can sometimes be expressed outwardly through a performance of anger while remaining calm internally. In meditation, assertiveness may appear as anger to others. William Blake said that energy itself is neutral and it is best to experience emotions purely without judgment. The key is witnessing emotions from a state of awareness rather than reacting or repressing them. Skillful means like assertiveness, humor, and compassion can help diffuse anger in others. Anger should pass quickly and letting go of anger allows one to experience love and harmony again.
Jesus? an Amalgamation?
The document discusses the idea that Jesus may have been an amalgamation or archetype rather than a literal son of God. It suggests Jesus represents the Christ energy or spirit of love within all people. Loving Jesus, whether as a real person or symbolic figure, leads one to cultivate qualities of love and build an "inner temple". While some believe in Jesus' divinity, others see him as a positive role model to emulate. Ultimately, the document argues we all have access to "glimpses of love" or a holy spirit within, and can choose to be motivated by figures like Jesus or the best aspects of other people.
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- 1. God is an Archetype November 19, 2019 All words are free to worship. All worship is an ancient ‘belief’ ritual, and only necessary when one needs the use of ‘belief’. Some say ‘god’ is love, but do we worship love, or even those we experience love with? Love is not an expression of reverence for a love one as it is said to be for a deity. An archetype is something molded in the mind to represent an example of quality we adhere to either as a belief or as a touchstone of appreciation possibly to the degree of deep reverence. Worshipping of ones image (ie,. God) can be a step to seeing beyond the attachment to a word or words that need to be ‘unattached to’ to experience deep realities. Depending on the personal identification of an archetype, while useful, misses the real silent beneficialness of the harmonious gifts that enable life and love to exist. There is no need to ascribe a word to that and then rearrange the word to fit a dogma unless the mind can’t see beyond the object (in this case ‘god’ or god as a father) and it’s used as a devise or crutch for the mind to understand at one’s stage in life. God is real and not, but an unidentifiable symbol of what humans prefer in someone looking out for them here and hereafter. To paraphrase Ecclesiastes 1.17 in it’s condemnation of the pursuit of wisdom is as folly as one who chases after the wind. Each of us has the ability to see, understand and manifest what any ‘holy man’ has and could display. We are only limited by the limits we set within as obstructions. The term God is anthropocentric. It is our creation. Knowledge is not knowing and ‘knowing’ should never be an ‘ego trip’ for those who think they ‘know’ God. Conceptions are false imaginations, dreams of the human ego. We are not the only ’thing’ in the image of god. The trees, earth, stars, animals, men and women…everything that exists is in ‘god’s image’, not just man. God is not divided into two - the creator and the creation. Creation is God. There is no god who is separate, apart, sitting somewhere presiding engineering, administrating beyond the world. The very world, universe, being is god/godding. Best to be open to not attaching to knowledge of a duality of god as creator and creation, instead opening oneself to an eternal creation always seeking harmony. First seek and focus on the harmony within you. Love life and life will love back! Yesss Self Love Center