I choose to follow a God of Love (rather than of knowledge or power).
There are however other Gods that are just as real.
There is no difference between any of these aspects of God; it's all the same "God"; all the facets of a diamond belong to the same diamond. One can know a person at work, at play, as a friend, as an enemy, as a parent, or as a lover, but the person is "one", despite the many 'facets of personality' that they display. The only thing that differs is one's own perspective in relation to that person...
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One can claim that reincarnation is a fact. Of course there is nothing that can be shared on that other than an acceptance of absolute authority to another's word.
Some statistical studies are quite interesting.
For example, as I recall, one study considered those people claiming to be reincarnations of particular people e.g. Joe Blogs at 35 Cow Lane, Putney in the 1830s.
Quite a lot of such identifications turn out to be valid - i.e. someone of that name did live there at that time.
Now of those modern day claimants, some proportion had birthmarks. About 90% of those with birthmarks, had those marks corresponding with a known injury of the person whose reincarnation they claimed to be.
As if a trace of the injury passed into the next incarnation.
I really do believe that birthmarks (particularly the port-wine kind) have some sort of relation to "past-life experience". I have seen any number of them that do in fact appear to be "injuries" (Who was that Russian leader who had the one on his forehead that looked like someone hit him with an ice ax?)
I once saw a Chinese girl who was quite pretty-except that she had a port-wine birthmark across the side of her face that exactly reproduced a "blood-spatter pattern". I mean this literally; it was even "triangulated", as if she had caught a spray of blood across her face!My father literally looked like he had "blood on his hands"; he had port-wine marks streaking across them like trails of blood. It would be interesting to know if any of these people had any inner idea about the "origin" of their marks!
There is no difference between any of these aspects of God; it's all the same "God";...
On one level that is certainly true but given human propensity to follow a range of god-like spirits, is it always true?
For example, which entity is the god of the Nazis?
WOTAN. No , really! The original intent of the Nazi party was to restore the old Teutonic "gods" and throw off the yoke of the Church. If you watch "The Triumph of the Will"(and you should; it shows "history in the making"!) you will see a procession led by three women holding weaving spindles; I think these were the "Norns"(Goddesses of fate). The whole movement got sidetracked, however, and Hitler became the 'object of worship"-which is probably fortunate, because if they had in fact succeeded in reviving the worship of Wotan, they might well have been a LOT more successful than they were!
I was Skyping last year with a woman who was looking out on to the North Sea (Scotland). I noticed that the North Sea was agitated and looking for the cause found that the Norse gods had their noses out of joint. At that stage my friend heard: You think you can run the planet without us!
So we placated the Norse gods a bit and shortly after the North Sea felt quite a lot more peaceful.
>The Triumph of the Will
I have watched it. The name is quite significant. Not service for a god of love.
>three women holding weaving spindles
See the opening scene of the Gotterdamerung. The rope of destiny breaks - leading of course eventually to the destruction of the gods . Note that the current Rhine is only a subsidiary of the larger Rhine that emptied through the English Channel when sea levels were lower.
>Hitler became the 'object of worship
Quite so. His picture was on the wall in the houses and he was prayed to.
>if they had in fact succeeded in reviving the worship of Wotan, they might well have been a LOT more successful than they were!
There were more agencies involved than that as you can see from the Nazi technology. In 10 years of increasing disconnect from the rest of the scientific world, the Germans leaped ahead perhaps 2 generations in some areas. www.amazon.com/Reich-Black-Sun-Secret-Weapons/dp/1931882398
The Black Sun is identified as Sirius.
Further the song of Britannia ruling the waves is said by some to refer to a treaty between the sea gods and Britain that was reactivated by John Dee - just in time for the Spanish Armada. Later there was exceptional weather for the exact period of the Dunkirk evacuation.
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
..the FACT of the EXPERIENCE is all that matters. It is unassailable and absolutely true.
I understand that eye witness accounts in court can vary greatly for the same event.
It is even more difficult in inner events as they can easily be a dramatisation analogous to a tv program.
One test of the reality of an inner event is to inspect the 5 electricities that exist above the 7 subplanes. If the electricities are not present in the scene then it is artificial.
One test of the reality of an inner event is to inspect the 5 electricities that exist above the 7 subplanes. If the electricities are not present in the scene then it is artificial.
Paul, way over my head. I am trying to come up with a way that I can relate your test to what I understand, if possible at my current stage of understanding.
A Simple Man, who tried and failed to reilluminate this planet.
Slogging Scotsman Ma’at Ankh Re
Who am I trying to kid for I can’t even resolve family darkness. Whoever is next to step up, please do.
[.. I am trying to come up with a way that I can relate your test to what I understand,...
It takes a lot of training to perceive the electricities. My reason for mentioning them was to point out that experiences need not be accepted at face value. That it is possible to test whether we are in some sort of dream.
To imagine electricities: visualise being in a room with various lights operating. This is the usual experiential situation: being surrounded by structures and beings with inherent light of various kinds.
Now imagine being able to see behind the walls at the same time. Now we see that the various lights (that radiate from beings) are actually supported by wires and electricity.
If the room contains a light that does not have an electric wire, then the light is not real.
To imagine electricities: visualise being in a room with various lights operating. This is the usual experiential situation: being surrounded by structures and beings with inherent light of various kinds.
I think that I may have spotted my problem. I dont "see" I "feel".
Take the example of the Sword that we have chatted about before that I found when you directed me to the Meistersingers. Yes I can viualise and see that, but the main thing is "feel", and "feel" is often the only thing. But I can visualise standing on Dragons Hill and plunging this sword down into the soil. Would be good to it combined with a real sword but that would probably get me arrested under the dangerous weapons laws (wonder how masons get around them - masonic meeting being a good reason for carrying I suppose). Anyhow I digress.
Now imagine being able to see behind the walls at the same time. Now we see that the various lights (that radiate from beings) are actually supported by wires and electricity.
If the room contains a light that does not have an electric wire, then the light is not real.
Similarly in our experience of the inner worlds.
ok I will reflect upon this Paul, but would have to say that I dont see lights in the manner you describe, far less wires, mainly because as I say I tend to "feel".
I assume by wires you are referring to the connecting primary energy flows?
A Simple Man, who tried and failed to reilluminate this planet.
Slogging Scotsman Ma’at Ankh Re
Who am I trying to kid for I can’t even resolve family darkness. Whoever is next to step up, please do.