The Kingdom of God is within You - Luke17:21

The Letter Aleph - Secrets of the Hebrew Letters with Rabbi Avraham Trugman

2012-01-15T06:28:00.000-08:00

Secrets of the Hebrew Letters
with Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman
based on the book "The Hebrew Letters"
by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh

The Letter Alef

Why we celebrate Dec 25th .... Moses and the Burning Bush 25th Kislev

2011-12-30T21:14:00.000-08:00

Many Christians are confused on the date of Jesus Birthday. We seem to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Dec 25th. More likely this is the date that the Magi arrived, bringing gifts to the young baby known as Yeshua bar-yosef, Yeshua ha-moshiach and Yeshua ha-notzri (Jesus the Nazarene) from the Hebrew word "Netzer", Branch of David and root of Jesse. It is more likely that Jesus was born during the month of October, at the time of the Jewish Festival of Sukkot and the stable or manger was actually the traditional Sukkah. It doesn't matter the actual date of Yeshua's birthday. December 25th was chosen because it approximates the 25th of Kislev, the Jewish Festival of Lights that commemorates the miracle of Hanukkah but more importantly the original construction of the Mishkan, the Holy Sanctuary of the Divine Presence .... as Yeshua was the fulfillment of that creation of the Divine Light coming into the World to teach us that we are all "One with the Father" as he was One with the Father. Ein od Milvado. God is One, there is nothing other than God. A Light has come into the World. Rejoice and be glad. Ameyn. Ameyn. Ameyn.

Happy Hanukkah

2011-12-26T13:20:00.000-08:00

Blessing over Candles

Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe

asher kidishanu b'mitz'votav v'tzivanu
Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us

l'had'lik neir shel Chanukah. (Amein)
to light the lights of Chanukkah. (Amen)
Blessing for Chanukkah

Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe

she'asah nisim la'avoteinu bayamim haheim baziman hazeh. (Amein)
Who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days at this time

Shehecheyanu (first night only)

Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe

shehecheyanu v'kiyimanu v'higi'anu laz'man hazeh. (Amein)
who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season (Amen)

25 Kislev - (1312 BCE) - Mishkan completed
The vessels, tapestries, wall sections and other components of the Mishkan (the portable sanctuary or "Tabernacle" which was built under Moses' direction to house the Divine Presence during the Israelites' journeys through the desert) were completed on the 25th of Kislev of the Hebrew year 2449 (1312 BCE). However, the Mishkan was not assembled until 3 months later, when, beginning on Adar 25 of that year, it was set up and taken down daily for a 7-day training period prior to its dedication on the 1st of Nisan. The Sages said that Kislev 25 was compensated 12 centuries later, when the Maccabees dedicated the Holy Temple on Kislev 25, 3622 (139 BCE).

25 Kislev - (162 BCE) The Greeks make pagan sacrifices in the Temple
"Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God." (1 Maccabees 1:59)

25 Kislev - (164 BCE) - The Hanukkah miracle

Why does Jesus call God the Father ? In Hebrew abba.... In Aramaic "av"

2011-11-05T05:25:00.000-07:00

Through most of the New Testament Jesus calls God simply Father. In Hebrew the word is abba.
The word abba derives ultimately from one of the simplest words in one of the world's oldest languages, ancient Hebrew, or Aramaic. The root of abba is av, the Hebrew word for father. It is one of the simplest words in the world because it is formed from just two letters, and those two are the first two letters of the Hebrew alefbet. Aleph and Bet (also spoken as vet), In the image above the letters are read from right to left. Alef looks like an "X" and bet (vet) looks like a backwards "C"

Jesus usually spoke in parables and metaphor, did this word have another hidden or secret meaning ? Probably.

What does the Aleph-Bet mean ?
In Hebrew and Aramaic these letters are also numbers. Aleph being One and Bet being Two.

1. Aleph: is the supreme living Energy. It is One, but it is also hidden in multiplicity. Aleph is immeasurable. And the mathematical symbol for "infinite"

2. Bet: the Hebrew definition of bet is house, container, support of the eternal.

So together the letters Aleph + Bet (av) represent the "Infinite" living Energy that is contained in all things.

"Bet is any support of Aleph. Aleph with everything, everything with Aleph, Bet with everything, everything with Bet. This means that the eternal is everywhere, in all that is." - Suares

When you read the gospels as they are written and you place this idea wherever you see the word Father, and think "av" the infinite within all things, the words become illuminated.

When you say the words "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ".... and think "av".... "The Infinite Energy and Life within all things...." You begin to realize and remember that yes, God is not separate from the Universe in heaven somewhere, God is simply everything that exists, and does not exist. Everything is made of energy, and so are you. Energy never dies, and neither do you. Energy is neither made nor destroyed. It just is. Another way of thinking of this concept would be to imagine a burning bush that is on fire yet does not consume itself, and sings "I am that I am" ... That is all there is. Amen.

Where is God ? by Alan Watts

2011-10-10T10:18:00.000-07:00

God is the most obvious thing in the world. He is absolutely self-evident - the simplest, clearest and closest reality of life and consiousness. We are only unaware of him because we are too complicated, for our vision is darkened by the complexity of pride. We seek him beyond the horizon with our noses lifted high in the air, and fail to see that he lies at our vary feet. We flatter ourselves in premeditating the long, long journey we are going to take in order to find him, the giddy heights of spiritual progress we are going to scale, and all the time are unaware of the truth that "God is nearer to us than we are to ourselves." We are like birds flying in quest of the air, or men with lighted candles searching through the darkness for fire - Alan Watts (p. 91 Behold the Spirit)

Behold the Spirit - The Necessity of Mystical Religion

The Tree of Life. A discussion between Adam and Science.

2011-09-26T18:43:00.000-07:00

Adam: Creation is Beautiful !

Science: Yes, creation by natural selection.

Adam: Yes, Nature is beautiful, and awesome ! - The "God" of Spinoza (and Einstein) at work.

Science: We are part of nature, so we see it as beautiful. It is a reflection of ourselves.

Adam: Exactly correct. We are Nature. There is no difference, no separation whatsoever. What we do to Nature, we do to ourselves.

Science: We are the part of nature that is conscious of itself.

Adam: I wonder if there are any other parts also conscious of themselves ....

Science: It's entirely possible, but we have no direct or compelling evidence at this time. We should keep looking.

Adam: Maybe rocks... how would we know ? Maybe fermions ...

Science: Not likely. Look for something alive.

Adam: After grade 11 Chemistry I see everything at the sub-atomic level... everything is spinning and dancing in space.

Science: Right, but it's not conscious.

Adam: Maybe they are only dreaming. Some other level of Consciousness.....

Science: There is no reason to think so.

Adam: Maybe some will eventually evolve.... like we did. It's just a matter of time.

Science: It's entirely possible that some did, somewhere else. But, again, we have no direct evidence at this time.

Adam: But WE are evidence that Consciousness evolves out of nothing. What more evidence do you need ?

We come from the fire.... Turn the World around.

2011-05-30T16:36:00.000-07:00

I was in a discussion with an Atheist and I was explaining my understanding of "God" and they sent me this. And it is EXACTLY how I understand God. We come from the Fire. Moses saw it as a burning bush, and the burning bush was afire yet not consumed by the fire. Everything is made of that same fire. At least I know "I AM" (so are you) Turn the World around .....

The Christian Teaching is correct : Jesus is God. The Jewish Teaching is correct : Jesus was a rabbi. The Muslim Teaching is correct : Jesus was a prophet. How can all 3 be correct ?

2011-05-18T14:06:00.000-07:00

The Christian Teaching is correct : Jesus is God.
The Jewish Teaching is correct : Jesus was a rabbi.
The Muslim Teaching is correct : Jesus was a prophet.
How can all 3 be correct ?
The Hindu Upanishad Teaches : Everything is Brahman. The One supreme, universal Spirit (God=Allah=HaShem=ALL)
The plurality we perceive, we experience, we objectify is not "hiding" or "covering" Brahman - it IS verily Brahman.
sarvam khalvidam brahma
Every leaf, every drop of water, every cloud in the sky, every object, animate and inanimate, is all Brahman.
Whatever you perceive at any time at any place is only Brahman and nothing but Brahman. אין עוד מלבדו

In the immortal verse from the mANDUkya upaniShat:
turIya is not that which is conscious of the inner (subjective) world, nor that which is conscious of the outer (objective) world, nor that which is conscious of both, nor that which is a mass of consciousness. It is not simple consciousness nor is It unconsciousness. It is unperceived, unrelated, incomprehensible, uninferable, unthinkable and indescribable. The essence of the Consciousness manifesting as the self in the three states, It is the cessation of all phenomena; It is all peace, all bliss and non-dual. This is what is known as the Fourth (turIya). This is the Atman and this has to be known.

So Jesus was a jewish rabbi prophet who mysteriously understood the teaching of the Hindu Upanishad and said "Before ABrahm ...I AM (Yod-heh)" (John 8:58) and the Kingdom of God is also within YOU. - Luke 17:21

Peace and Peace also be with You. Namaste. Ein od Milvado. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman

Love transmutes all to celestial light.

2011-05-15T12:29:00.000-07:00

“…Being is without beginning and indestructible; it is universal, existing alone, immovable and without end; nor ever was it nor will it be, since it now is, all together, one, and continuous.” ~ Parmenides

Love transmutes all to celestial light.— Rumi

‎"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." ~Saint Augustine

Dropping your facades, what remains? Just Being. ~Ezra Bayda

The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot

Only one way to understand & discover the nature of thinking—by arriving at the standpoint of stillness that lies beyond thought. ~Kingsley

Each separate being in the universe / returns to the common source. / Returning to the source is serenity. - Lao-Tzu

In the Silence is where all the power is. In the Silence is where all the answers are.
~Robert Adams

Calmness is the living breath of God's immortality in you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

At times we look around with sudden awareness and wonder where we have been.

No rush to find any answers, because we are the answer; no hurry to go anywhere, because there is absolutely nowhere to go. ~ Peter Kingsley

Nothing outside yourself can save you; nothing outside yourself can give you peace. ~ACIM

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. ~Yasutani Roshi

You are hidden from me. But it is You who keeps me alive. ~Rumi

‎"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." ~ Dalai Lama

Who are you then ? You just are.

2011-05-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

You are already the transparent presence of Awareness. Why do you want to go somewhere ? ~Rupert Spira

Oh, the joy of another mysterious new Today to unwrap! ~Cheri Huber

The whole of existence is a mirror whose essence you are.— Rumi

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Go out of your house like a shepherd. ~Rumi

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. ~Richard Bach

Everything exists for the purpose of joy in the moment. – Abraham Hicks

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. -Joseph Campbell

The only longing to follow is the longing to know Who you are. ~Leonard Jacobson

There is only LIFE ..... Open your heart. Embrace the freshness & newness of life. Because this is it. This is everything. ~Scott Morrison

Feel your Reality in the stillness, when there is no mind, no thoughts. Who are you then ? You just are. ~Robert Adams

Everything that you call the world is a sensation inside yourself. - Deepak Chopra

Everything is available for you in the here & now. Love, compassion, silence, bliss, Oneness. ~Leonard Jacobson

All I want is to be born, now, into this Goodness. ~Byron Katie

Sanatana Dharma: the ground of infinite actualization.

2011-03-30T14:22:00.000-07:00

Sanatana Dharma recognizes that the Ultimate Reality, which is the ground of infinite potentiality and actualization, cannot be limited by any name or concept. The potential for human wholeness (or in other frames of reference, enlightenment, salvation, liberation, transformation, blessedness, nirvana, moksha) is present in every human being. No race or religion is superior and no color or creed is inferior. All humans are spiritually united like the drops of water in an ocean. Therefore: Give a person freedom to think, freedom to believe, freedom to disbelieve and freedom to adopt a way of worship, which suits his/her temperament. After all, what is important in worship of God is the sincerity of heart, not the outer form of worship. Don’t divide the human race into conflicting armies and camps of Holy believers and Unholy Others. Sanatana-Dharma.tripod.com

The Non-dual Teachings of Yeshua ha-Notzri, Jesus the Nazarene.

2011-03-23T17:19:00.000-07:00

Jesus the Nazarene (ha-Notzri/Branch of David) teaches that "The Kingdom of God is within You" Luke 17:21 If the Kingdom of God is infinite, and is also within you does that mean that you contain the infinite ? How does one contain the infinite without being Infinite One Self ? If you are infinite you are One with the Universe that is also infinite. How can you make yourself separate from the infinite. That is the illusion of duality, and Jesus teaches non-duality. The Kingdom of God is WITHIN You, and within everything. It is all that exists. There is nothing other than "that". Ein od Milvado. אין עוד מלבדו

"God is One, there is none other", can also be interpreted as "There is nothing else" Not that there is only One God (Monotheism) ... rather, there is only One Infinite Everything, and you and Jesus and Buddha and your neighbor are part of that Oneness. It is not Atheism it is called Monism. Huge Difference.

Some, like Baruch Spinoza say that "Everything is God" That is Non-dual thought. There is Only One. Nothing else.

There is One Spirit, or energy, that unites all of Creation.

2011-03-11T18:20:00.000-08:00

There is One Spirit, or energy, that unites all of Creation. It permeates everything. It unites all the atoms of the universe. It connects all human beings with one another and with everything else in creation. Although we may appear to one another as separate, disconnected beings, we are each extensions of the Creator's spirit. What happens to one of us touches us all. There is a unified, psychic ecology among all events in creation. - Henry Reed

"Jesus" by Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam They used to call him Jesus... they still misunderstand him.

2011-03-06T18:39:00.000-08:00

They used to call him Jesus
Long time ago
They're still calling him Jesus
don't you know
They crossed the wood and hanged him
A long time ago
They still misunderstand him
Those who don't know
And in the evening his love will lead the blind
In every secret corner there in your mind

They called him Gautama Buddha
Oh long time ago
He turned the world to order
Don't you know
He used to sit knowing
Oh long time ago
Where you and me were going
And in the evening his love will lead the blind
- Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam

Love your neighbor as your SELF.

2011-03-06T16:20:00.000-08:00

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is LIKE it: ‘Love your neighbor as your SELF. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” - Matthew 22:36-40

In this exchange Jesus illuminates the most important Commandment/Law/Way (TAO) when he uses the word "SELF". When he says the 2nd is LIKE the 1st.

When he says Love your neighbor as your "SELF", combined with the 1st Way (Tao) Love Allaha (Brahman/SELF) with all your heart, with all your soul, all your mind, all your strength and Love your neighbor as your "SELF" - it completes the circle. Allaha (Brahman/SELF)=neighbor=SELF

"Love your neighbor as your SELF" was the EXACT CENTER VERSE OF THE BOOK OF THE TORAH. As his teacher, Rabbi Hillel, said: "All the Commandments are within this command."

Spend Wisely .... You won $ 86,400 a Day Contest

2011-02-23T08:43:00.000-08:00

Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your use.

However,this prize has rules, just as any game has certain rules. The first set of rules would be:

Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you.

You may not simply transfer money into some other account.
You may only spend it.

Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400.00 for that day. The second set of rules:
The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, Its over,the game is over! It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.

What would you personally do?

You would buy anything and everything you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, right? Even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every cent, and use it all, right?

ACTUALLY This GAME is REALITY!

Each of us is in possession of such a magical bank. We just can't seem to see it.

The MAGICAL BANK is TIME!

Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us.
What we haven't lived up that day is forever lost.
Yesterday is forever gone.
Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time....WITHOUT WARNING.

SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?
Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars.
Think about that, and always think of this:
Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.
So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and enjoy life!
Here's wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day.

Start spending.

Love Everyone, Always. Happy Valentine's Day. "From Your Valentine"

2011-02-14T08:33:00.000-08:00

Valentine became a patron saint of Lovers when the Roman Emperor made it illegal for couples to get married. He needed men for his army and could not draft married men. Valentine continued to marry couples in secret. When the emperor found out, he had valentine thrown into prison. While in jail he became a close friend of the jailer's young daughter. Just before he was executed for his crime, he sent her a letter in which he told her to remain faithful to God. He signed it, "From your Valentine." He is a saint because he died for doing what was correct. He was a martyr for LOVE.

Love everyone, always. Happy Valentine's Day

Ojibwe story of Creation and the The Seven Fire Prophecy

2011-02-06T04:52:00.000-08:00

Way-nah-boo-zhoo held up his hands to make them stop making such a noise and said, “You have all puffed yourselves so full of air to make everyone think you are great. Because of this you could not swim to the bottom of the waters. In a new earth you must remember that you are all connected. Not one of you is more important than another. You must learn to love, honor, and respect each other in the circle of life. Each of you has some energy to share with the others of the circle. And the circle finds a way for each to make a contribution. These are the Original Instructions that you have forgotten. Perhaps Wazhusk, the muskrat, can do what all of you wish. Would you be happy to live on the new earth if the muskrat brought the first mud from the bottom of the waters?”
“The Eighth Fire is a term arising from the teachings of the Seven fires prophecy. The teaching suggests that if enough people—of all colors and faiths—turn from materialism and instead choose a path of respect, wisdom and spirituality, environmental and social catastrophe can be avoided, and an era of spiritual illumination will unfold.”

Was Jesus a Master of Kabbalah , Ka'ab Allah and the mystical Aleph-Bet?

2011-01-22T04:21:00.000-08:00

And Jesus said " Hear, O teacher, the ordinance of the first letter and pay heed to this, how that it hath lines, and a middle mark, which thou seest, common to both, going apart; coming together, raised up on high, dancing, of three signs, like in kind, balanced, equal in measure]: thou hast the rules of the Aleph." - Infancy Gospel of Thomas (80 Ad)

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas and the mystical Aleph-Bet

I found a part in the "Secret" Infancy Gospel of Thomas (80s C.E) that suggests that Jesus had a mystical understanding of the Aleph-Bet.

VI. 1 And on the morrow he took him by the hand and led him to a certain teacher, Zacchaeus by name, and said unto him: Take this child, O master, and teach him letters. And the other said: Deliver him unto me, my brother, and I will teach him the scripture, and I will persuade him to bless all men and not to curse them. 2 And when Jesus heard that he laughed and said unto them: Ye speak that ye know, but I have knowledge more than you, for I am before the worlds. And I know when the fathers of your fathers were begotten, and I know how many are the years of your life. And every one that heard it was amazed. 3 And again saith Jesus unto them: Marvel ye because I said unto you that I know how many are the years of your life? Of a truth I know when the world was created. Behold, now ye believe me not: when ye shall see my cross then will ye believe that I speak truth. And they were astonished when they heard all these things.

VII. 1 Now Zacchaeus wrote the alphabet in Hebrew, and saith unto him: Alpha. And the young child said: Aleph. And again the master said: Aleph, and the young child likewise. Then again the third time the master said: Aleph. Then Jesus looked upon the teacher and said: Thou that knowest not the Aleph, how canst thou teach another the Bet? And the child beginning at the Aleph said of his own accord the two and twenty letters. 2 And thereafter saith he: Hear, O master the ordinance of the first letter, and know how many incomings and lines it hath, and marks, common, going apart, and coming together. And when Zacchaeus heard such designations of the one letter he was amazed and had nothing to answer; and turning about he said unto Joseph: My brother, this child is of a truth not earthly born: take him away therefore from me.

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Another version also discovered:

VI. 1 Now a certain teacher, Zacchaeus by name, stood there and he heard in part when Jesus said these things to his father and he marvelled greatly that being a young child he spake such matters. 2 And after a few days he came near unto Joseph and said unto him: Thou hast a wise child, and he hath understanding. Come, deliver him to me that he may learn letters. And I will teach him with the letters all knowledge and that he salute all the elders and honour them as grandfathers and fathers, and love them of his own years. 3 And he told him all the letters from Aleph even to Tav clearly, with much questioning. But Jesus looked upon Zacchaeus the teacher and saith unto him: Thou that knowest not the Aleph according to its nature, how canst thou teach others the Bet? thou hypocrite, first, if thou knowest it, teach the Aleph, and then will we believe thee concerning the Bet. Then began he to confound the mouth of the teacher concerning the first letter, and he could not prevail to answer him. 4 And in the hearing of many the young child saith to Zacchaeus: Hear, O teacher, the ordinance of the first letter and pay heed to this, how that it hath lines, and a middle mark, which thou seest, common to both, going apart; coming together, raised up on high, dancing, of three signs, like in kind, balanced, equal in measure]: thou hast the rules of the Aleph.

VII. 1 Now when Zacchaeus the teacher heard such and so many allegories of the first letter spoken by the young child, he was perplexed at his answer and his instruction being so great, and said to them that were there: Woe is me, wretch that I am, I am confounded: I have brought shame to myself by drawing to me this young child. 2 Take him away, therefore I beseech thee, my brother Joseph: I cannot endure the severity of his look, I cannot once make clear my (or his) word. This young child is not earthly born: this is one that can tame even fire: be like this is one begotten before the making of the world. What belly bare this, what womb nurtured it? I know not. Woe is me, O my friend, he putteth me from my sense, I cannot follow his understanding. I have deceived myself, thrice wretched man that I am: I strove to get me a disciple and I am found to have a master. 3 I think, O my friends, upon my shame, for that being old I have been overcome by a young child;- and I am even ready to faint and to die because of the boy, for I am not able at this present hour to look him in the face. And when all men say that I have been overcome by a little child, what have I to say? and what can I tell concerning the lines of the first letter whereof he spake to me? I am ignorant, O my friends, for neither beginning nor end of it (or him) do I know. 4 Wherefore I beseech thee, my brother Joseph, take him away unto thine house: for he is somewhat great, whether god or angel or what I should call him, I know not.

What is the God of Spinoza ? The One Einstein believed in.

2011-01-15T03:09:00.000-08:00

Albert Einstein said over and over again ..... “I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists.... "

What then, is this "God" of Spinoza ?? In his work called "Ethics" Spinoza says "Nothing can come into being or exist without God.

Spinoza's Ethica ordine geometrico demonstrata (Ethics demonstrated in geometrical order) is based on a deductive method derived from Euclidean geometry. Spinoza maintains that the validity of ethical ideas can be demonstrated by mathematical argument or proof. Spinoza asserts that ethics can be based on a geometric model in which axioms and propositions follow each other with logical necessity. This reflects the view that ethical truth has the same logical necessity as mathematical truth. Spinoza sees ethics as a rational system corresponding to the rational nature of the universe.

The Ethics is divided into five parts: Part I. "Of God;" Part II. "Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind;" Part III. "Of the Origin and Nature of the Emotions;" Part IV. "Of Human Bondage, or Of the Strength of the Emotions;" Part V. "Of the Power of the Intellect, or Of Human Liberty."

Each of the five parts of the Ethics consists of several definitions and axioms, followed by a series of propositions and corollaries.

The propositions of Part III are followed by forty-eight definitions of the emotions, including desire, pleasure, pain, love, hatred, hope, fear, despair, joy, disappointment, humility, pride, anger, shame, cruelty, benevolence, etc.

Spinoza begins by describing what can be known about God. God is infinite being, according to Spinoza. God is infinite substance, consisting of infinite attributes, each of which expresses God's eternal and infinite essence (I, Prop. XI).1

God necessarily exists, argues Spinoza, because God's essence is existence. God's essence is perfect, and therefore God's perfection implies that God must exist. God's essence and existence are the same (I, Prop. XX). Each attribute which expresses God's essence also expresses God's existence.

According to Spinoza, infinite substance is indivisible (I, Prop. XIII). If infinite substance were divisible, it could either be divided into two finite parts, which is impossible, or it could be divided into two equally infinite parts, which is also impossible. Thus, there is only one infinite substance.

Since God is infinite substance, Spinoza argues, no attribute which expresses the essence of substance can be denied of God (I, Prop. XIV). Every being has its being in God. Nothing can come into being or exist without God.

According to Spinoza, the will and the intellect are modes of thought. The will is the same as the intellect. In God, intellect is actual and not potential, because in God intellect is fully actualized. This means that things must necessarily occur in the manner in which they occur, because the intellect or will of God is fully actualized.

For Spinoza, God is the necessary cause of all things. All things by nature proceed from necessity. All things are predetermined by God, and for anything that exists, some effect must follow.

Spinoza argues that thought is one of the attributes of God (II, Prop. I). God can think an infinite number of things in an infinite number of ways. God�s infinite intellect comprehends all of God�s attributes.

According to Spinoza, God is the essence of substance. Thought and extension are attributes of God. Thus, God is the essence of thinking substance (i.e. mind) and of extended substance (i.e. body).

Substance is defined by Spinoza as a mode of being which implies necessary existence. God is infinite substance, and outside of God no other substance is possible. Thus, Spinoza�s philosophy is pantheistic, in that it claims that God is present in all things.

Spinoza argues that the human mind is a part of the infinite intellect of God (II, Prop. XI, Corollary). All ideas are present in the intellect of God. Ideas are true and adequate insofar as they refer to God. Ideas that logically follow from adequate ideas are also adequate. Ideas are false and inadequate insofar as they do not express the essence of God.

According to Spinoza, an idea is adequate and perfect insofar as it represents knowledge of the eternal and infinite essence of God. Spinoza says that, since the idea of anything actually existing must come from God, the human mind is capable of knowing God (II, Prop. XLV).

For Spinoza, the will cannot be separated from the intellect. There is no such thing as free will, because the human mind is determined in its willing by a cause other than itself. God�s will, which has no cause other than itself, reveals itself by necessity rather than by freedom. Thus, Spinoza explains that the will can only be a necessary cause of action, and not a free cause of action (I, Prop. XXXII).

Spinoza also argues that from any idea, an effect must necessarily follow. Insofar as an idea adequately refers to God, its effect is caused immediately by God. Insofar as an idea inadequately refers to God, its effect has intermediary causes and is not caused immediately by God.

Spinoza explains that the human mind may have both adequate and inadequate ideas. The mind is active insofar as it has adequate ideas, and is passive insofar as it has inadequate ideas. The mind may have more or less adequate ideas, according to whether it is more or less subject to reason. The mind may have more or less inadequate ideas, according to whether it is more or less subject to emotion.

According to Spinoza there are three primary emotions: desire, pleasure, and pain. All emotions arise from desire, pleasure, or pain. Desire may arise from either pleasure or pain. Pleasure may be produced by a transition from a lesser to a greater state of perfection. Pain may be produced by a transition from a greater to a lesser state of perfection.

For Spinoza, perfection is the same as reality II, Def. VI). The more perfect a thing is, the more real it is. Inasmuch as God is absolutely perfect, God is also absolutely real. God is infinitely perfect and infinitely real.

Spinoza claims that the more perfect a thing is, the more active and less passive it is. The more active a thing is, the more it becomes perfect (IV, Prop. XL). Perfection and imperfection are modes of thought.2 The mind is most perfect when it knows God.

Spinoza argues that knowledge of good and evil arises from the awareness of what causes pleasure and pain. The greatest good of the mind, and its greatest virtue, is to know God (IV, Prop. XXVIII). To act with virtue is to act according to reason (IV, Prop. XXXVI). If we act according to reason, then we desire only what is good. If we act according to reason, then we try to promote what is good not only for ourselves but for others. Freedom is the ability to act according to reason. Freedom is not the ability to make free, undetermined choices. Freedom is the ability to act rationally and to control the emotions. Servitude is the inability to act rationally or to control the emotions.

Spinoza admits that all emotions may not necessarily conflict with reason. Emotions which agree with reason may cause pleasure, while emotions which do not agree with reason may cause pain. Inability to control the emotions may cause pain.

According to Spinoza, pain is the knowledge of evil. Pain arises from inadequate ideas, i.e. ideas which do not adequately express the essence of God. Knowledge of evil is thus inadequate knowledge (IV, Prop. XIV). Pleasure is knowledge of what is good. Pleasure arises from adequate ideas, i.e. ideas which adequately express the essence of God. Knowledge of good is thus adequate knowledge.

Spinoza argues that to live according to reason is to live freely, and is not to live in servitude to the emotions. If we act according to reason, then we are guided by love and good-will and not by fear or hatred.

Spinoza maintains that reason can control the emotions. Reason is virtue, and virtue is love toward God. The more we love God, the more we are able to control our emotions (V, Prop. XLII, Proof). The better we can control our emotions, the better we can understand God.

For Spinoza, the more active the mind is, the more adequately it knows God. The more passive the mind is, the less adequately it knows God. The more active the mind is, the more it is able to avoid emotions which are evil. The more passive the mind is, the more it accepts emotions which are evil.

The question arises as to whether Spinoza�s philosophy is able to reconcile the existence of good with the existence of evil, or the existence of truth with the existence of falsehood. If God is infinite substance, then how can any kind of evil or falsehood occur? If God is perfect, then how can God allow the existence of evil or suffering? Spinoza�s answer is that evil is a lack of good and that falsehood is a lack of truth. Error and falsehood arise from inadequate knowledge of God. Knowledge of evil arises from inadequate ideas, i.e. ideas that do not adequately refer to God. Knowledge of good arises from adequate ideas, i.e. ideas that adequately refer to God.

Spinoza argues that all ideas are found in God, but that ideas are true only insofar as they adequately refer to God. Truth is adequate knowledge, but falsehood is inadequate knowledge.

Did Jesus really exist ?? Yes, according to Albert Einstein.

2011-01-14T19:49:00.000-08:00

In an interview published by Time magazine, with George Sylvester Viereck, Einstein spoke of his feelings about Christianity. Viereck was a Nazi sympathizer who was jailed in America during WW II for being a German propagandist. But at the time of the interview Einstein thought Viereck was Jewish.

Viereck began by asking Einstein if he considered himself a German or a Jew, to which Einstein responded that it was possible to be both. Einstein further elaborated that he considered nationalism to be "the measles of mankind."

Viereck moved along in the interview to ask Einstein if Jews should try to assimilate, to which Einstein replied that, "We Jews have been too eager to sacrifice our idiosyncrasies in order to conform."

Einstein was then asked to what extent he was influenced by Christianity, to which Einstein replied as follows, "As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene."

Einstein was then asked if he accepted the "historical existence of Jesus," to which he replied, "Unquestionably! No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life." TIME

Isha Upanishad and the Rabbi called Ysha ha-notsri

2011-01-13T16:45:00.000-08:00

Isha (Yhsha) Upanishad

Translated and Commentated by Swami Paramananda From the original Sanskrit Text This volume is reverently dedicated to all seekers of truth and lovers of wisdom

This Upanishad desires its title from the opening words Isha–vasya, “God–covered.” The use of Isha (Lord)–a more personal name of the Supreme Being than Brahman, Atman or Self, the names usually found in the Upanishads–constitutes one of its peculiarities. It forms the closing chapter of the Yajur–Veda, known as Shukla (White). Oneness of the Soul and God, and the value of both faith and works as means of ultimate attainment are the leading themes of this Upanishad. The general teaching of the Upanishads is that works alone, even the highest, can bring only temporary happiness and must inevitably bind a man unless through them he gains knowledge of his real Self. To help him acquire this knowledge is the aim of this and all Upanishads.

Isha Upanishad

Peace Chant
OM! That (the Invisible–Absolute) is whole; whole is this (the visible phenomenal); from the Invisible Whole comes forth the visible whole. Though the visible whole has come out from that Invisible Whole, yet the Whole remains unaltered. OM! PEACE! PEACE! PEACE!
The indefinite term “That” is used in the Upanishads to designate the Invisible–Absolute, because no word or name can fully define It. A finite object, like a table or a tree, can be defined; but God, who is infinite and unbounded, cannot be expressed by finite language. Therefore the Rishis or Divine Seers, desirous not to limit the Unlimited, chose the indefinite term “That” to designate the Absolute. In the light of true wisdom the phenomenal and the Absolute are inseparable. All existence is in the Absolute; and whatever exists, must exist in It; hence all manifestation is merely a modification of the One Supreme Whole, and neither increases nor diminishes It. The Whole therefore remains unaltered.

I - All this, whatsoever exists in the universe, should be covered by the Lord. Having renounced (the unreal), enjoy (the Real). Do not covet the wealth of any man. We cover all things with the Lord by perceiving the Divine Presence everywhere. When the consciousness is firmly fixed in God, the conception of diversity naturally drops away; because the One Cosmic Existence shines through all things. As we gain the light of wisdom, we cease to cling to the unrealities of this world and we find all our joy in the realm of Reality.
The word “enjoy” is also interpreted by the great commentator Sankaracharya as “protect,” because knowledge of our true Self is the greatest protector and sustainer. If we do not have this knowledge, we cannot be happy; because nothing on this external plane of phenomena is permanent or dependable. He who is rich in the knowledge of the Self does not covet external power or possession.

II- If one should desire to live in this world a hundred years, one should live performing Karma (righteous deeds). Thus thou mayest live; there is no other way. By doing this, Karma (the fruits of thy actions) will not defile thee. If a man still clings to long life and earthly possessions, and is therefore unable to follow the path of Self–knowledge (Gnana–Nishta) as prescribed in the first Mantram (text), then he may follow the path of right action (Karma–Nishta). Karma here means actions performed without selfish motive, for the sake of the Lord alone. When a man performs actions clinging blindly to his lower desires, then his actions bind him to the plane of ignorance or the plane of birth and death; but when the same actions are performed with surrender to God, they purify and liberate him.

III - After leaving their bodies, they who have killed the Self go to the worlds of the Asuras, covered with blinding ignorance. The idea of rising to bright regions as a reward for well–doers, and of falling into realms of darkness as a punishment for evil–doers is common to all great religions. But Vedanta claims that this condition of heaven and hell is only temporary; because our actions, being finite, can produce only a finite result. What does it mean “to kill the Self?” How can the immortal Soul ever be destroyed? It cannot be destroyed, it can only be obscured. Those who hold themselves under the sway of ignorance, who serve the flesh and neglect the Atman or the real Self, are not able to perceive the effulgent and indestructible nature of their Soul; hence they fall into the realm where the Soul light does not shine. Here the Upanishad shows that the only hell is absence of knowledge. As long as man is overpowered by the darkness of ignorance, he is the slave of Nature and must accept whatever comes as the fruit of his thoughts and deeds. When he strays into the path of unreality, the Sages declare that he destroys himself; because he who clings to the perishable body and regards it as his true Self must experience death many times.

IV - That One, though motionless, is swifter than the mind. The senses can never overtake It, for It ever goes before. Though immovable, It travels faster than those who run. By It the all–pervading air sustains all living beings. This verse explains the character of the Atman or Self. A finite object can be taken from one place and put in another, but it can only occupy one space at a time. The Atman, however, is present everywhere; hence, though one may run with the greatest swiftness to overtake It, already It is there before him. Even the all–pervading air must be supported by this Self, since It is infinite; and as nothing can live without breathing air, all living things must draw their life from the Cosmic Self.

V - It moves and It moves not. It is far and also It is near. It is within and also It is without all this. It is near to those who have the power to understand It, for It dwells in the heart of every one; but It seems far to those whose mind is covered by the clouds of sensuality and self– delusion. It is within, because It is the innermost Soul of all creatures; and It is without as the essence of the whole external universe, infilling it like the all–pervading ether.

VI - He who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings, he never turns away from It (the Self).

VII - He who perceives all beings as the Self’ for him how can there be delusion or grief, when he sees this oneness (everywhere) ? He who perceives the Self everywhere never shrinks from anything, because through his higher consciousness he feels united with all life. When a man sees God in all beings and all beings in God, and also God dwelling in his own Soul, how can he hate any living thing? Grief and delusion rest upon a belief in diversity, which leads to competition and all forms of selfishness. With the realization of oneness, the sense of diversity vanishes and the cause of misery is removed.

VIII - He (the Self) is all–encircling, resplendent, bodiless, spotless, without sinews, pure, untouched by sin, all–seeing, all–knowing, transcendent, self–existent; He has disposed all things duly for eternal years. This text defines the real nature of the Self. When our mind is cleansed from the dross of matter, then alone can we behold the vast, radiant, subtle, ever–pure and spotless Self, the true basis of our existence.

IX - They enter into blind darkness who worship Avidya (ignorance and delusion); they fall, as it were, into greater darkness who worship Vidya (knowledge).

X - By Vidya one end is attained; by Avidya, another. Thus we have heard from the wise men who taught this.

XI - He who knows at the same time both Vidya and Avidya, crosses over death by Avidya and attains immortality through Vidya. Those who follow or “worship” the path of selfishness and pleasure (Avidya), without knowing anything higher, necessarily fall into darkness; but those who worship or cherish Vidya (knowledge) for mere intellectual pride and satisfaction, fall into greater darkness, because the opportunity which they misuse is greater. In the subsequent verses Vidya and Avidya are used in something the same sense as “faith” and “works” in the Christian Bible; neither alone can lead to the ultimate goal, but when taken together they carry one to the Highest. Work done with unselfish motive purifies the mind and enables man to perceive his undying nature. From this he gains inevitably a knowledge of God, because the Soul and God are one and inseparable; and when he knows himself to be one with the Supreme and Indestructible Whole, he realizes his immortality.

XII - They fall into blind darkness who worship the Unmanifested and they fall into greater darkness who worship the manifested.

XIII - By the worship of the Unmanifested one end is attained; by the worship of the manifested, another. Thus we have heard from the wise men who taught us this.

XIV - He who knows at the same time both the Unmanifested (the cause of manifestation) and the destructible or manifested, he crosses over death through knowledge of the destructible and attains immortality through knowledge of the First Cause (Unmanifested). This particular Upanishad deals chiefly with the Invisible Cause and the visible manifestation, and the whole trend of its teaching is to show that they are one and the same, one being the outcome of the other hence no perfect knowledge is possible without simultaneous comprehension of both. The wise men declare that he who worships in a one–sided way, whether the visible or the invisible, does not reach the highest goal. Only he who has a co–ordinated understanding of both the visible and the invisible, of matter and spirit, of activity and that which is behind activity, conquers Nature and thus overcomes death. By work, by making the mind steady and by following the prescribed rules given in the Scriptures, a man gains wisdom. By the light of that wisdom he is able to perceive the Invisible Cause in all visible forms. Therefore the wise man sees Him in every manifested form. They who have a true conception of God are never separated from Him. They exist in Him and He in them.

XV - The face of Truth is hidden by a golden disk. O Pushan (Effulgent Being)! Uncover (Thy face) that I, the worshipper of Truth, may behold Thee.

XVI - O Pushan! O Sun, sole traveller of the heavens, controller of all, son of Prajapati, withdraw Thy rays and gather up Thy burning effulgence. Now through Thy Grace I behold Thy blessed and glorious form. The Purusha (Effulgent Being) who dwells within Thee, I am He. Here the sun, who is the giver of all light, is used as the symbol of the Infinite, giver of all wisdom. The seeker after Truth prays to the Effulgent One to control His dazzling rays, that his eyes, no longer blinded by them, may behold the Truth. Having perceived It, he proclaims: “Now I see that that Effulgent Being and I are one and the same, and my delusion is destroyed.” By the light of Truth he is able to discriminate between the real and the unreal, and the knowledge thus gained convinces him that he is one with the Supreme; that there is no difference between himself and the Supreme Truth; or as Christ said, “I and my Father are one.”

XVII - May my life–breath go to the all–pervading and immortal Prana, and let this body be burned to ashes. Om! O mind, remember thy deeds! O mind, remember, remember thy deeds! Remember! Seek not fleeting results as the reward of thy actions, O mind! Strive only for the Imperishable. This Mantram or text is often chanted at the hour of death to remind one of the perishable nature of the body and the eternal nature of the Soul. When the clear vision of the distinction between the mortal body and the immortal Soul dawns in the heart, then all craving for physical pleasure or material possession drops away; and one can say, let the body be burned to ashes that the Soul may attain its freedom; for death is nothing more than the casting–off of a worn–out garment.

XVIII - O Agni (Bright Being)! Lead us to blessedness by the good path. O Lord! Thou knowest all our deeds, remove all evil and delusion from us. To Thee we offer our prostrations and supplications again and again.
Here ends this Upanishad

This Upanishad is called Isa–Vasya Upanishad, that which gives Brahma–Vidya or knowledge of the All–pervading Deity. The dominant thought running through it is that we cannot enjoy life or realize true happiness unless we consciously “cover” all with the Omnipresent Lord. If we are not fully conscious of that which sustains our life, how can we live wisely and perform our duties? Whatever we see, movable or immovable, good or bad, it is all “That.” We must not divide our conception of the universe; for in dividing it, we have only fragmentary knowledge and we thus limit ourselves.
He who sees all beings in his Self and his Self in all beings, he never suffers; because when he sees all creatures within his true Self, then jealousy, grief and hatred vanish. He alone can love. That AH–pervading One is self– effulgent, birthless, deathless, pure, untainted by sin and sorrow. Knowing this, he becomes free from the bondage of matter and transcends death. Transcending death means realizing the difference between body and Soul and identifying oneself with the Soul. When we actually behold the undecaying Soul within us and realize our true nature, we no longer identify ourself with the body which dies and we do not die with the body.
Self–knowledge has always been the theme of the Sages; and the Upanishads deal especially with the knowledge of the Self and also with the knowledge of God, because there is no difference between the Self and God. They are one and the same. That which comes out of the Infinite Whole must also be infinite; hence the Self is infinite. That is the ocean, we are the drops. So long as the drop remains separate from the ocean, it is small and weak; but when it is one with the ocean, then it has all the strength of the ocean. Similarly, so long as man believes himself to be separate from the Whole, he is helpless; but when he identifies himself with It, then he transcends all weakness and partakes of Its omnipotent qualities.

Abwoon D'Bashmaya - The Lords Prayer in Aramaic

2011-01-10T16:26:00.001-08:00

The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH by Carlo Suares

2010-12-29T16:01:00.000-08:00

Available here : The Second Coming of Reb YHShWH
Carlo Suares was a biblical scholar and extraordinary student of the Kabbalah who developed a very personal, idiosyncratic, and compelling vision of mystical Christianity. He speaks in beautiful language, imagery, and poetical mystical concepts to the modern seeker of a genuine relationship with the divine.
His focus in this book is the so-called second coming of Jesus, or the Reb Yhshwh, as he insists on calling him (doing the Reb, he says, the courtesy of calling him by his real name, as well as attempting to shed, by this simple act, the overlay of Hellenistic mystery religion grafted on to Yhshwh's thoroughly semitic teaching by the Hellenistically educated and influenced evangelists, Paul in particular). To him, the second coming is an immanent event in the here and now, happening within consciousness. It is a dual movement towards monistic consciousness while still being rooted in the personal perspective of the individual. A non-dual awareness and vision of form and emptiness, the noumenal and the phenomenal, the sacred and profane, unity and diversity, results from this movement inconsciousness. He provides straightforward, as well as interpretive and Kabbalistic, references to both the Canonical and Gnostic gospels to make his point, consistently using the figure of Peter, "the Rock," in both his roles as founder of the hierarchical church and the disciple who's consciousness was most rooted in materialism, as a counterpoint to the consciousness Yhshwh enables and opens in humanity. That consciousness has much in common with that described in the literature of other non-dual mystical philosophies, such as Advaita Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, and Hindu Tantra, but Suares' spin on it remains very much his own and never sinks to the level of the generic spiritual insight.

This is a complex and wonderful book, challenging the reader, and going way beyond the superficial treatments of mystical Christianity that are currently popular in the New Age press. Suares seeks not to convince, but rather, to allow his readers to think, feel, and experience directly, for themselves, in a spiritual fashion. He seeks to give a taste of Gnosis, the Gnosis offered by Reb Yhshwh, whom he unabashedly claims as his spiritual inspiration and teacher, while thoroughly rejecting mainstream churches of every persuasion.

In the current renaissance of interest in both historical and contemporary Gnosticism, Carlo Suares is a name that is not well known, but needs to be. - Review by Tom Nash

I Love You and Buddha too .....

2010-12-09T02:43:00.000-08:00

Oh Jesus I Love you, and I Love Buddha too, Rama Krishna, Guru Dev, Dao de Jing and Mohammad.

These are (some of) the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded:

1. And he said, "Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death."

2. Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. [And after they have reigned they will rest.]"

3. Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the (Father's) kingdom is within you and it is outside you.
When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."

4. Jesus said, "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the place of life, and that person will live.
For many of the first will be last, and will become a single One."

5. Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.]"

18. The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."

19. Jesus said, "Congratulations to the one who came into being before coming into being.

77. Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained. Split a piece of wood; I am there.
Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."

48. Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in a single house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move from here!' and it will move."

49. Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who are alone and chosen, for you will find the kingdom. For you have come from it, and you will return there again."

50. Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where have you come from?' say to them, 'We have come from the light, from the place where the light came into being by itself, established [itself], and appeared in their image.'

113. His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
"It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Rather, the Father's kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people don't see it."

The Gospel of Thomas (Sayings of Jesus / Logia)

Black Elk, Lao Tzu, Aldous Huxley, Dalai Lama, Marcus Aurelius, Carlos Barrios

2010-09-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes from within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the centre of the universe, dwells the Great Spirit, and that this centre is really everywhere, it is within each of us." - Black Elk

The greatest wisdom is in simplicity, Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you will find your way. -Carlos Barrios

"Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy towards yourself.
By simply being on the spot, your life can become workable and even wonderful. You realize that you are capable of sitting like a king or queen on a throne. The regalness of that situation shows you the dignity that comes from being still and simple." ~ Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

"If we penetrate deeply into all aspects and all areas of life, we will find that hidden behind everything is love. We will discover that love is the force, the power and inspiration behind every word and every action. This applies to all people, irrespective of race, caste, creed, sect, religion or of what work people do." - Amma

"The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men." - Albert Einstein

"We often think of peace as the absence of
war; that if the powerful countries would reduce their arsenals, we
could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our
own minds - our prejudices, fears, and ignorance. Even if we
transported all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the reasons
for bombs would still be here, in our hearts and minds, and sooner or
later we would make new bombs. Seek to become more aware of what causes
anger and separation, and what overcomes them. Root out the violence in
your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully"-Thich Nhat Hanh

Always we hope someone else has the answer. some other place will be better, some other time it will all turn out. This is it. no one else has the answer. no other place will be better, and it has already turned out. At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. There is no need to run outside for better seeing. Nor to peer from a window. Rather abide at the center of your being; for the more you leave it, the less you learn. Search your heart and see the way to do is to be. ~Lao Tzu~

A child-like person is not one whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, but a person who has given theirself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention."
~Aldous Huxley~

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air, a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air,but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize:a blue sky,white clouds,the green leaves the black,curious eyes of a child~our own two eyes. All is a Miracle." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. - Dalai Lama

"Our life is what our thoughts make it." - Marcus Aurelius

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. - Goethe

Baruch Spinoza and the Nazarene - Namaste !

2010-07-08T16:05:00.000-07:00

I had to read Baruch Spinoza, Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, the Isha Upanishads, Siddhartha and the Zohar to understand what Jesus was talking about. In the aramaic, Jesus (Yahshua the Nazarene) always calls "God" Abwun. (Aba Father) or "Father in Heaven" - the letters also mean the cosmic Light within all things (Aleph+ Bayt) . Slowly Christians are starting to see that Jesus was some sort of Master of Tao (The Way) who saw that the Light exists in everything so that the 1st Law is the same as the 2nd Law. Love God (the Light within ALL) as your neighbor, as yourself - whatsoever you do to the least of your brothers that you do unto me. Jesus says "I am in my Father (Abwun) and I am in you and you are in me (John 14:20) Once you realize that everything is connected you cannot harm another - I think the Buddha also says that, so do not hate, show only kindness, compassion and understanding. Then you will discover the true Light that Jesus was talking about. - Within yourself. Luke 17:21

Namaste (the Light in me sees the Light in you)

"I honor the Spirit in you which is also in me." -- attributed to but not claimed by author Deepak Chopra
"I honor the place in you in which the entire Universe dwells, I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Integrity, of Wisdom and of Peace. When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are One."
"I salute the God within you."
"Your spirit and my spirit are ONE." -- attributed to Lilias Folan's shared teachings from her journeys to India.[citation needed]
"That which is of God in me greets that which is of God in you."
"The Divinity within me perceives and adores the Divinity within you."
"All that is best and highest in me greets/salutes all that is best and highest in you."
"I greet the God within."
"The light in me sees the light in you" -- attributed to Bridget Laureira's experience with yoga practice in New York City.

I agree with the Dalai Lama. We need Compassion and Unconditional Love.

2010-05-27T04:51:00.000-07:00

I agree with the Dalai Lama’s claim that “the essential message of all religions is very much the same.” – He calls it compassion.

Yes, Love your enemy and there is no enemy. Unconditional Love. It's what is needed.

Jesus did not come to die on the cross. He came to Live and he died because he said he was "yod heh", that He was One with Abwun.

The Nazorean came to remind us of 2 things. Love your Neighbor as yourself. Love "Abwun" with all your heart, mind and soul.

Something to read–> "Everything is God" - http://bit.ly/d2YznV

There is “one truth” behind the “many faiths,” and that core truth, he argues, is compassion. – Dalai Lama (True)

My Favorite Henry Miller Quotes... How much Joy !

2010-05-27T01:03:00.000-07:00

Heaven is Now:

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. - Henry Miller

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. - Henry Miller

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious,awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. - Henry Miller

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. - Henry Miller

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. - Henry Miller

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. - Henry Miller

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. - Henry Miller

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. - Henry Miller

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. - Henry Miller

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, .... Henry Miller

Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. - Henry Miller

The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. - Henry Miller

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature. - Henry Miller

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?' - Henry Miller

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. - Henry Miller

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. - Henry Miller

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. - Henry Miller

The Perennial Philosophy - Aldous Huxley

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PHILOSOPHIA PERENNIS - the phrase was coined by Leibniz; but the thing - the metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds; the psychology that finds in the soul something similar to, or even identical with, divine Reality; the ethic that places man's final end in the knowledge of the immanent and transcendent Ground of all being - the thing is immemorial and universal. - Introduction to The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley

The Perennial Philosophy is primarily concerned with the One, divine Reality substantial to the manifold world of things and lives and minds. But the nature of this one Reality is such that it cannot be directly and immediately apprehended except by those who have chosen to fulfil certain conditions, making themselves loving, pure in heart, and poor in spirit. Why should this be so ? We do not know. - Aldous Huxley

Do not ask whether the Principle is in this or that; it is in all beings - Chuang-Tzu

One Nature, perfect and pervading, circulates in all natures - Yung-chia Ta-shih

Behold but One in all things; it is the second that leads you astray. - Kabir

When the Ten Thousand things are viewed in their oneness, we return to the Origin and remain where we have always been. - Sen T'sen

Goodness needeth not to enter into the soul, for it is there already, only it is unperceived - Theologia Germanica

The Beloved is all in all; the lover merely veils Him; The Beloved is all that lives... Rumi

The Perennial Philosophy - Aldous Huxley

Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh

2010-05-07T04:34:00.000-07:00

What I'm reading this weekend.
Found this on the book shelf. Forgot I had it.

"True understanding comes from true practice. Understanding and love are values that transcend all dogma." — Thich Nhat Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ)

"Because you are alive, everything is possible."
— Thich Nhat Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ)

"As Buddhists or Christians... understanding is the most important component for transformation. If we talk to each other there is a possibility that we can understand the other person better. When we understand another person, we understand ourselves better. - Thich Nhat Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ)

Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Ein Od Milvado" - Nothing exists except God

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Ein Od Milvado - there is nothing else but God.

When one contemplates things, everything is revealed as one. - Zohar

I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Earth's crammed with Heaven, And every common bush afire with God. - Elizabet Barrett Browning

Ein Od Milvado - There is only God. God is One.

Someday you will hear all things applaud your wonder. Life claps in awe of the Divine's performance. - Meister Eckhart

The only zen you find at the top of mountains is the zen you bring up there - Robert M. Pirsig

To know yourself, to surrender to the truth of yourself, is to surrender to love. ~Gangaji

The Kingdom of God is within you - Yahshua the Nazorean (Luke 17:21)

The Real Science of Avatar

2010-04-25T14:55:00.000-07:00

The Real Science of <i>Avatar</i>

Lennon, Luke, Buddha, Yahshua, Love, Love, Love, Love

2010-04-24T15:50:00.000-07:00

For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.- John Lennon

And people cannot provide it for you. I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you. - John Lennon

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky.I believe that what people call God is something in all of us-Lennon

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without-Buddha

The Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21) - Yeshua the Nazarene

“Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.” - Buddha

“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” - Buddha

“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” - Buddha

"So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself."-- Alan Watts

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” Buddha

"Wisdom of Awakening is inherent in everyone It's because of the delusion under which our mind works that we fail to realise it ourselves" - Neng

"... Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known.." Gospel of Thomas

"As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins" - Albert Schweitzer

"Seeing myself in others and others in myself, whom could I harm, whom could I exploit?" - Buddha

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Mead

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." ~ Albert Einstein

"Oh Jesus I love you, and I love Buddha too, Ramakrishna, Guru Dev, Tao Te Ching and Mohammed." - Mason Jennings

"What you are accomplishing may seem like a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed" Mother Teresa

"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." - Albert Schweitzer

Jesus Claymation : Luke 17:21 The Kingdom of God is Within You

2010-03-22T09:48:00.001-07:00

My latest stop-motion clay animation.

Jesus Needs New PR by Matthew Paul Turner: claymation jesus

2010-03-22T08:34:00.000-07:00

Jesus Needs New PR by Matthew Paul Turner: claymation jesus

Here's my version: Jesus stop-motion animation speaking Aramaic

I created this stop-motion animation using the Free Single Framer for Mac and iMovie.
I need help with my ancient Aramaic though.

The Lord's Prayer spoken in Aramaic

2010-03-21T14:45:00.000-07:00

Yahshuah the Nazarene. (YHSHWH) : A Clay animation I'm working on. I'll try to do all of the Aramaic Matthew. I need some help with the translation of the ancient Aramaic - Please leave me some comments. Thanks for visiting. Peace be with You.

"Love your neighbor as Yourself" Love your enemies.

2010-03-04T19:50:00.000-08:00

Leviticus 19:18
“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Matthew 5:43
[ Teaching about Love for Enemies ] “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy.But I say, love your enemies!

Matthew 19:19
Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

Matthew 22:39
A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Mark 12:31
The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

Luke 10:27
The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Romans 13:8
[ Love Fulfills God’s Requirements ] Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.

Romans 13:9
For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.” These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:14
For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

James 2:8
Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Matt 5:39
But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.

John Lennon quotes on Peace, Love and God

2010-03-01T19:34:00.000-08:00

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I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky.I believe that what people call God is something in all of us-Lennon

I believe that what Jesus & Mohammed & Buddha & all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong-Lennon

I'm a most religious fellow..... I only now understand some of the things that Christ was saying in those parables - John Lennon

You're all geniuses, & you're all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. - John Lennon

The only hope for us is peace. Violence begets violence. You can have peace as soon as you like if we all pull together. - John Lennon

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.- John Lennon

You have to do it yourself. That's what the great masters and mistresses have been saying ever since time began - John Lennon

... the instructions are all there for all to see, have always been and always will be. There's nothing new under the sun. - John Lennon

And people cannot provide it for you. I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you. - John Lennon

I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another. - John Lennon

It's quite possible to do anything, but not to put it on the leaders and the parking meters. - John Lennon

“A dream you dream together is reality.” - John Lennon

"I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!" - John Lennon

"Love is the flower you've got to let grow." - John Lennon

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon

The more I see the less I know for sure. - John Lennon

I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one - John Lennon

Get out there & get peace, think peace, & live peace & breathe peace, & you'll get it as soon as you like. - John Lennon

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon

Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.- Lennon

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind-Lennon

"Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem." - John Lennon

Feelin Groovy - Slow down you movin' too fast...

2010-02-27T16:01:00.000-08:00

Slow down, you movin' too fast
You gotta make the MORNING last
Just kickin' down the cobblestones
Lookin' for fun and
Feelin' groovy____________

Hello lampost
Whatcha knowin?
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain'tcha got no rhymes for me?
Doo Bee Doo Doo,
Feelin' groovy____________

Got no deeds to do
No promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all its petals on me...
Life, I love you,
All is groovy___________________

Everything Is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism

2010-02-27T06:57:00.000-08:00

"This exploration of the radical, yet ancient, idea that everything and everyone is God will transform how you understand your life and the nature of religion itself. While God is conventionally viewed as an entity separate from us, there are some Jews—Kabbalists, Hasidim, and their modern-day heirs—who assert that God is not separate from us at all. In this nondual view, everyone and everything manifests God. For centuries a closely guarded secret of Kabbalah, nondual Judaism is a radical reorientation of religious life that is increasingly influencing mainstream Judaism today.
Writer and scholar Jay Michaelson presents a wide-ranging and compelling explanation of nondual Judaism: what it is, its traditional and contemporary sources, its historical roots and philosophical significance, how it compares to nondual Buddhism and Hinduism, and how it is lived in practice. He explains what this mystical nondual view means in our daily ego-centered lives, for our communities, and for the future of Judaism." Click to Order : Everything is God

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” - Buddha

2010-02-21T16:39:00.000-08:00

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“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” - Buddha

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without-Buddha

The Kingdom of God is within (Luke 17:21) - Yeshua the Nazarene

“Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.” - Buddha

“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” - Buddha

“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” - Buddha

“A jug fills drop by drop.” - Buddha

“However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?” - Buddha

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”- Buddha

“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself” - Buddha

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” - Buddha

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” - Buddha

“To understand everything is to forgive everything” - Buddha

Do not hate. Love your enemy and there is no enemy.

“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” - Buddha

Only Non-violence will end the violence.

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”- Buddha

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.- Buddha

Love your neighbor as yourself. - Yeshua the Nazarene

What is God ? What did Jesus say ?

2010-02-21T06:32:00.000-08:00

What is God ? For starters how did Jesus refer to God ? He always used the word "Father", but how do you say "Father" in Aramaic ? AB.The "Our Father" starts with the aramaic words "Abwun"
He used the letter/numbers Aleph-Bayt. That's the key to understanding What "God" is. In Kabbalah the letter Aleph+Bayt combination means the Cosmic Light within. That is what "God" is. That is what Yeshua was also referring to in Luke 17:21 "The Kingdom of God is within" Where and What is God ? Within you, within your neighbor, within that tree, within that rock. Everything is God.

Jesus said, "It is I who am the light which is above them all. It is I who am the All. - Logion 77

From me did the all come forth, & unto me did the all extend. Logion 77

Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there. - Logion 77

That which you have will save you if you bring it forth from yourselves - Logion

Release the chains of darkness Let me see, Lord let me see; - Johnny Cash

2010-02-20T18:31:00.000-08:00

Oh, lord, help me walk
Another mile, just one more mile;
I'm tired of walkin' all alone.

And lord, help me to smile
Another smile, just one more smile;
Don't think I can do things on my own.

I never thought I needed help before;
Thought that I could get by - by myself.
But now I know I just can't take it any more.
And with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help

Oh come down from Your golden throne to me, to lowly me;
I need to feel the touch of Your tender hand.
Release the chains of darkness
Let me see, Lord let me see;
Just where I fit into your master plan.

I never thought I needed help before;
Thought that I could get by - by myself.
Now I know I just can't take it any more.
And with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
With a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help

I Love you and Buddha too.

2010-02-19T20:32:00.000-08:00

Lyrics to Mason Jennings "I Love you and Buddha too"

Oh Jesus, I love You
And I love Buddha too
Ramakrishna, Guru Dev
Tao Te Ching and Mohammed

Why do some people say
That there is just one way
To love You, God, and come to You?
We are all a part of You

You are un-nameable
You are unknowable
All we have is metaphor
That's what time and space are for

Is the universe Your thought?
You are and You are not
You are many, You are one
Ever ending, just begun

Alright, alright, alright
I love You and Buddha too

Oh Jesus, I love You
And I love Buddha too
Ramakrishna, Guru Dev
Tao Te Ching and Mohammed

Why do some people say
That there is just one way
To love You, God and come to You?
We are all a part of You

Alright, alright, alright
I love You and Buddha too

Oh Jesus, I love You
(I love You, Jesus)
And I love Buddha too
Ramakrishna, Guru Dev
Tao Te Ching and Mohammed

Why do some people say
(I love You, Jesus)
That there is just one way
To love You God and come to You?
We are all a part of You

You are un-nameable
(I love You, Jesus)
You are unknowable
All we have is metaphor
That's what time and space are for

Is the universe Your thought?
(I love You, Jesus)
You are and You are not
You are many, You are one
Ever ending, just begun

Alright, alright, alright
(I love You, Jesus)
I love You and Buddha too
Alright, alright, alright
(I love You, Jesus)
I love You and Buddha too

And Buddha too, and Buddha too, and Buddha too
(I love You, Jesus)
And Buddha too, and Buddha too, and Buddha too
(I love You, Jesus)
And Buddha too, and Buddha too, and Buddha too
(I love You, Jesus)
And Buddha too, and Buddha too, oh yeah

God and The "Ethics" of Baruch Spinoza

2010-02-17T19:50:00.000-08:00

Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza (Hebrew: ברוך שפינוזה‎, Portuguese: Bento de Espinosa, Latin: Benedictus de Spinoza) (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death. Today, he is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy, laying the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. By virtue of his magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes' mind–body dualism, Spinoza is considered to be one of Western philosophy's most important philosophers.

Samuel Shirley, who translated Spinoza's complete works into English, summed up the significance of Spinoza's philosophy as follows: “To my mind, although Spinoza lived and thought long before Darwin, Freud, Einstein, and the startling implications of quantum theory, he had a vision of truth beyond what is normally granted to human beings.”

Spinoza's philosophy is largely contained in two books: the Theologico-Political Treatise, and The Ethics. The former was published during his lifetime, but the latter, which contains the entirety of his philosophical system in its most rigorous form, was not published until after his death in 1677. The rest of the writings we have from Spinoza are either earlier, or incomplete, works expressing thoughts which were crystalized in the two aforementioned books (e.g., the Short Treatise and the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect), or else they are not directly concerned with Spinoza's own philosophy (e.g., The Principles of Cartesian Philosophy and The Hebrew Grammar). He also left behind many letters which help to illuminate his ideas and provide some insight into what may have been motivating his views. (Wiki)

We all need more kindness in this World.

2010-02-16T06:06:00.000-08:00

There is only, ever, Now. Without end.

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I'm happy living in the Ever.

The 1st time the Word "Father" is used in the Bible.

2010-02-15T18:45:00.000-08:00

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Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his Father and Mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Laws of the Universe.

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"I especially like the Law of Gravity. It keeps me grounded. - Feb 15th 2010

Our Father (Abwun) spoken in Aramaic

2010-02-04T05:21:00.000-08:00

The Prayer To Our Father
(in the original Aramaic)

Click here to hear it spoken in Aramaic

Abwûn
"Oh Thou, from whom the breath of life comes,

d'bwaschmâja
who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration.

Nethkâdasch schmach
May Your light be experienced in my utmost holiest.

Têtê malkuthach.
Your Heavenly Domain approaches.

Nehwê tzevjânach aikâna d'bwaschmâja af b'arha.
Let Your will come true - in the universe (all that vibrates)
just as on earth (that is material and dense).

Hawvlân lachma d'sûnkanân jaomâna.
Give us wisdom (understanding, assistance) for our daily need,

Waschboklân chaubên wachtahên aikâna
daf chnân schwoken l'chaijabên.
detach the fetters of faults that bind us, (karma)
like we let go the guilt of others.

Wela tachlân l'nesjuna
Let us not be lost in superficial things (materialism, common temptations),

ela patzân min bischa.
but let us be freed from that what keeps us off from our true purpose.

Metol dilachie malkutha wahaila wateschbuchta l'ahlâm almîn.
From You comes the all-working will, the lively strength to act,
the song that beautifies all and renews itself from age to age.

Amên.
Sealed in trust, faith and truth.
(I confirm with my entire being)

The Teaching of Rabbi Yahshuah ben Adam

2010-02-02T20:33:00.000-08:00

Be Love. (Aleph-Bayt)

It's the true teaching of the rabbi Yahshua. (Jesus) The teacher and mystic who always called "God" the Aleph-Bayt. (Ab) and taught that The Kingdom of God is within - Luke 17:21

He was crucified for saying the simple words "yod heh" --- "I AM"

Love your neighbor as yourself. Love your enemy. Turn the Other cheek. Be Love -- (Unconditional Love)

Be the Aleph-Bayt. Be the yod heh.
It's within, and in everything. It's ALL that exists. We had forgotten but we are now remembering.
We were asleep, but now we awaken. Blind, but now see.

Zhuangzi Chuang-Tse

2010-01-31T20:18:00.000-08:00

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"The universe and I came into being together; and I, and everything therein, are One." ~ Chang Tzu

Since all things revolve around a common Love, the heavens and earth are made of one substance. - Zhuangzi

When I awoke... I didn't know if I was Zhou dreaming I was a butterfly, or if I was a butterfly dreaming I was Zhou. - Zhuangzi

Restricted knowledge isn't as good as expansive knowledge. - Zhuangzi

"Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone." - Zhuangzi

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. - Chuang Tzu

You will always find an answer in the sound of water.- Chuang-Tse

"It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see." — Henry David Thoreau

When desires are dissolved in the primordial presence, peace and harmony naturally occur + the world orders itself ~ TaoTeChing37

Love for mankind is the first step toward spirituality. -Kirpal Singh

Aleph Bayt. ALL Love - Be it

2010-01-31T12:20:00.000-08:00

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Why did Jesus always call "God" Aleph Bayt ? אב (Father)

From 300 BC to 300 AD. ie: Dead Sea scrolls (Sons of Zadok/Essenes) - I'd love to see all writings since 0 AD through 300 AD - ALL LOVE. Be it.

Hebrew "Father" is Aleph-Bayt. And the numbers 1 and 2
I'd like to get my hands on book of Matthew written in Hebrew.
It's Hidden I guess... ALL LOVE = One. Aleph

http://translate.google.ca/translate_t?hl=&ie=UTF-8&text=Father&sl=en&tl=iw#iw|en|כל

כל האהבה אוליב Be Love. That's what you are. - Be Love.

When you study letters - you realize that it's all about LOVE. Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. We are ALL ONE LOVE.
When you read the letters from left to right - it sounds like "Be it - ALL LOVE"
אב. Bayt -Aleph Be it. ALL Love. Jesus called "God" ABBA. ALL LOVE -BE IT BE IT - ALL LOVE.

Learn your Alphabet. Alpha-bet. Aleph-Bayt. All Leph Be it. All Love - Be it.
Be it - ALL Love. Aleph. Olive. bayt aleph.

Jesus spoke on the Mount of Olive. or was it the Mount of Aleph ... ALL-LOVE
The 1st 2 letters of the Hebrew Alpha-bet. (and all others) I just realized that. Aleph Bayt (A Love. Be it)

RT @TheQuietAnswer Only in each other can we find ourselves. #ACIM

A Love. Be it. (aleph bayt)

It's too bad more people don't know about Q or Thomas - it would end all the Wars. @MartijnLinssen

I'd like to get on a dig in Egypt or Qumran - where they'll most likely find the Logia (Q) later this year. (or next)

Earlier Logia ( sayings of Jesus) ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logia

Papias (c 60 - 130) Early Christian Bishop of Hierapolis,"Expositions of the Oracles of the Lord" states: "Matthew compiled the Logia in the Hebrew language, and each person interpreted them as he was able", survives only in quotations made by Irenaeus and Eusebius.

RT @Cosmunity The spirit who lives in us all, is equal as the spirit who lives in the world and all universes

RT @InnerPeaceSage Life Is. I Am.

Q or Bayt (Aleph Bayt Bayt Aleph) sayings ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_document

Sayings of Jesus - Logion (Gospel of Thomas)

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Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it. - Logion 113

Jesus said, "It is I who am the light which is above them all. It is I who am the all. - Logion 77

From me did the all come forth, & unto me did the all extend. Logion 77

Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there. - Logion 77

That which you have will save you if you bring it forth from yourselves - Logion 70

Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of heaven. Logion 54

What you look forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it. - Logion 51

We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord and established itself and became manifest..Logion 50

If they ask you, 'What is the sign of your father ...', say to them, 'It is movement and repose.'" Logion 50

Blessed are the solitary and elect, for you will find the kingdom. For you are from it, and to it you will return. Logion 49

If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away.-Logion 48

Jesus said, "Love your brother like your soul, guard him like the pupil of your eye." Logion 25

There is light within a man of light, and he lights up the whole world. If he does not shine, he is darkness.-Logion 24

When you make the two one, & when you make.. the outside like the inside... then will you enter the kingdom.-Logion 22

"Tell us what the kingdom of heaven is like." He said to them, "It is like a mustard seed. It is the smallest of all seeds. Logion 20

If you become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will minister to you. - Logion 19

Jesus said, "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being. - Logion 19

Blessed is he who will take his place in the beginning; he will know the end and will not experience death. - Logion 18

When you come to dwell in the light, what will you do? Logion 11

Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of heaven - Logion 6

... For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest. - Logion 5

For many who are first will become last, and they will become one and the same."- Logion 4

But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty. - Logion 3

When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. -L3

Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. - Logion 3

From .... The Gospel of Thomas (50 AD)

A Course in Miracles - Quotes #ACIM

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"Ask for Light and learn that you are Light." #ACIM

"...if you want peace, you must give up the idea of conflict entirely...." #ACIM

"Joy is eternal." #ACIM

"There is nothing that you cannot do." #ACIM

"Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all." #ACIM

"Only in someone else can you forgive yourself,...." #ACIM

"...you cannot be anywhere but in the Mind of God." #ACIM

"Heaven is not a place....It is merely an awareness of perfect oneness." #ACIM

"Heaven itself is reached with empty hands and open minds." #ACIM

"Love is One. It has no separate parts and no degrees." #ACIM

"Your goal is to find out who you are." #ACIM

"It is impossible to overestimate your brother's value." #ACIM

"The truth is simple; it is one without an opposite." #ACIM

"Love makes no comparisons." #ACIM

We are made of star stuff. - Dr Carl Sagan

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“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” - Carl Sagan “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

Jill Bolte Taylor - the brain and what We are

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Meister Eckhart and God

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God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk. - Meister Eckhart

The knower and the known are one... God and I, we are one in knowledge - Meister Eckhart

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. - Meister Eckhart

Words derive their power from the original word. - Meister Eckhart

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. - Meister Eckhart

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love. - Meister Eckhart

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. - Meister Eckhart

To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God. - Meister Eckhart

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. - Meister Eckhart

The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me. - Meister Eckhart

Every creature is a word of God. - Meister Eckhart

There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. - Meister Eckhart

Let there be Light. Our Universe 13.7 Billion Years ago....

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"The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the earliest image yet of the universe -- just 600 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was just a toddler.
Scientists released the photo yesterday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. It's the most complete picture of the early universe so far, showing galaxies with stars that are already hundreds of millions of years old, along with the unmistakable primordial signs of the first cluster of stars." ....
Actually, you can see, after a fashion, farther back in the comfort of our own home, if you have a TV with the older picture tube (not an LCD or a plasma set). Cut the set on to an unused channel (you may have to disconnect the cable input), and look at the static on the screen. About 10% of that static is caused by radiation emitted about 379,000 years after Creation during a period called The Recombination (This is when God actually said "Let there be light!"). The radiation was originally an orange-colored light, but space has expanded by a factor of over a thousand over the 13.7 billion years since then, thus stretching the orange light wavelengths a thousand times, changing them into the microwaves that react with the old-style television tube."

Isha Upanishad - Everything is God

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It moves and It moves not. It is far and also It is near. It is within and also It is without all this. - Isha Upanishad

All manifestation is merely a modification of the One Supreme Whole .... The Whole therefore remains unaltered. - Isha Upanishad

All existence is in the Absolute; and whatever exists, must exist in It; - Isha Upanishad

In the light of true wisdom the phenomenal and the Absolute are inseparable. - Isha Upanishad

The indefinite term “That” is used in the Upanishads to designate the Invisible–Absolute, because no word or name can fully define It. - Isha Upanishad

OM! That (the Invisible–Absolute) is whole; whole is this (the visible phenomenal); from the Invisible Whole comes forth the visible whole. - Isha Upanishad

... the One Cosmic Existence shines through all things - Isha Upanishad

...so long as man believes himself to be separate from the Whole, he is helpless. - Isha Upanishad

That is the ocean, we are the drops. So long as the drop remains separate from the ocean, it is small and weak; - Isha Upanishad

That which comes out of the Infinite Whole must also be infinite; hence the Self is infinite. - Isha Upanishad

...there is no difference between the Self and God. They are one and the same. - Isha Upanishad

Transcending death means realizing the difference between body and Soul and identifying oneself with the Soul - Isha Upanishad

..when he sees all creatures within his true Self, then jealousy, grief and hatred vanish. He alone can love. - Isha Upanishad

He who sees all beings in his Self and his Self in all beings, he never suffers - Isha Upanishad

We must not divide our conception of the universe; for in dividing it, we have only fragmentary knowledge and we thus limit ourselves. -Isha Upanishad

.... behold the vast, radiant, subtle, ever–pure and spotless Self, the true basis of our existence. - Isha Upanishad

When a man sees God in all beings and all beings in God, and also God dwelling in his own Soul, how can he hate any living thing? - Isha Upanishad

He who perceives the Self everywhere never shrinks from anything, because through his higher consciousness he feels united with all life.

He who perceives all beings as the Self for him how can there be delusion or grief, when he sees this oneness (everywhere) ? Isha Upanishad

He who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings, he never turns away from It - Isha Upanishad

It is the innermost Soul of all creatures & It is without as the essence of the whole external universe... Isha Upanishad

It is near to those who have the power to understand It, for It dwells in the heart of every one - Isha Upanishad

Albert Einstein and the Nazarene.

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As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene.... No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life.

God according to Albert Einstein, Baruch Spinoza, Carl Sagan

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Carl Sagan writes,

Some people think God is an outsized, light-skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of every sparrow. Others—for example Baruch Spinoza and Albert Einstein—considered God to be essentially the sum total of the physical laws which describe the universe. I do not know of any compelling evidence for anthropomorphic patriarchs controlling human destiny from some hidden celestial vantage point, but it would be madness to deny the existence of physical laws.

And Einstein states:
I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings. (Albert Einstein)

And Spinoza writes:
Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived. – Baruch Spinoza

We feel and Know that we are eternal. – Baruch Spinoza

God is the indwelling …… Baruch Spinoza

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. – Baruch Spinoza

Einstein believed that “God” exists in everything. He is the same kind of atheist as Baruch Spinoza. One that believed “God/Nature” is all there is.

"I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." (Albert Einstein, 1954)

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived. – Baruch Spinoza

“I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.”
Albert Einstein – 1949

However, Einstein’s God was not the God of most other men. … Einstein’s God appears as the physical world itself, with its infinitely marvelous structure operating at atomic level with the beauty of a craftsman’s wristwatch, and at stellar level with the majesty of a massive cyclotron.
Ronald W. Clark, Einstein: The Life and Times, New York: World Publishing, 1971, pp. 19-20.

Some Baruch Spinoza Quotes.

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Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived. - Baruch Spinoza

We feel and Know that we are eternal. - Baruch Spinoza

God is the indwelling ...... Baruch Spinoza

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by Love. - Baruch Spinoza

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. - Baruch Spinoza

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. - Baruch Spinoza

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone-Baruch Spinoza

...all things exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature. - Baruch Spinoza

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow. - Baruch Spinoza

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. - Baruch Spinoza

I call him free who is led solely by reason. - Baruch Spinoza

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. - Baruch Spinoza

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself. - Baruch Spinoza

My Favorite Peace Pilgrim Quotes.

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“You are within God. God is within you.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“This is the Way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with Love.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”- Peace Pilgrim quotes

“The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.” - Peace Pilgrim quotes

“Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“As I lived up to the highest Light I had, higher and higher Light came to me.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“For Light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“We are that which activates the body.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“We are all cells in the same body of humanity.” - Peace Pilgrim quote

“A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.”- Peace Pilgrim quote

The Ad Herennium - Memory Technique (90 BC)

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Why is it that some images are so strong and sharp and so suitable for awakening memory, whilst others are so weak and feeble that they hardly stimulate memory at all ? We must enquire into this so as to know which images to avoid and which to seek.

"Now nature herself teaches us what we should do. When we see in every day life things that are pretty, ordinary, and banal, we generally fail to remember them, because the mind is not being stirred by anything novel or marvellous. But if we see or hear something exceptionally base, dishonorable, unusual, great, unbelievable, or ridiculous, that we are likely to remember for a long time.... We ought then, to set up images of a kind that can adhere longest in memory. And we shall do so if we establish similitudes as striking as possible; if we set up images that are not many or vague but active (imagines agentes); if we assign to them exceptional beauty or singular ugliness; if we ornament some of them, as with crowns or purple cloaks, so as the similitude may be more distinct to us; or if we somehow disfigure them, as by introducing one stained with blood or soiled with mud or smeared with red paint, so that it's form is more striking, or by assigning certain comic effects to our images, for that too, will ensure our remembering them more readily. The things we easily remember when they are real we likewise remember them without difficulty when they are figments." (Ad Herennium - 90 BC)

Mark 15:17
They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.

Isaiah 52:14
Just as there were many who were appalled at him — his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness—

John 19:34
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.

Are you implying there was no historical Jesus ?

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My Response to Rationalists:

You asked,
Are you implying there was no historical Jesus?

Jesus exists before History. Because he understood that he was the same “I am” that exists in all things before time.

You are the same “I am” – everything is “that”

Why does evolution stop at the monkey, the fish, the Icthys, the algae, the bacteria, the single celled organism, the zygote ?

Where does the Universe come from ?

What does the best Science tell us ?

From a single point? – A Quark ? A fermion ? A Higgs Boson, something smaller ?

Infinitly smaller – that means that we have all evolved from “that”

We are all made of the same stuff. Carl Sagan called it Star Stuff – and he was correct,

Einstein was Correct.

Baruch Spinoza was Correct.

Yahshua (Esse) of Nazareth was Correct.

The Essenes, the Nazarenes were Correct.

Parable ? Yes .

Mythology ? Yes

Fiction ? Yes

Quantum Physics ? Yes

Truth ? What is Truth ?

Luke 17:21 Research by Ilaria Ramelli - Catholic University Milan

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....In this study Ilaria Ramelli clearly demonstrates that in Luke 17:21 the right translation of Jesus’ words is not, “God’s Kingdom is among you,” or “in the midst of you,” as modern versions into English and other languages gener- ally render, but “God’s Kingdom is inside you.” Strong support for the latter comes from ancient Syriac versions of this and other Gospel
passages, from a systematic investigation of the meaning of e)nto/j in all of Greek literature anterior to, and contemporary with, Luke, and from a careful analysis of the expression e)nto/j + genitive in the New Testament and the Septuagint. Ramelli argues that, if the evangelist
had meant “The Kingdom of God is among you,” he would have used, not e)nto\j u(mw=n, but e)n me/sw| u(mw=n, which is widely at- tested in this meaning in the New Testament and especially in Luke.

Moreover, the translation that Ramelli advocates and that the Syriac versions support fits better in the immediate context of an address to the Pharisees and in Luke’s theology and conception of God’s Kingdom, and is also corroborated by a Kingdom logion in the Gospel of Thomas and by Greek and Syriac Patristic exegesis.

Click here to see the full paper,
http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol12No2/HV12N2Ramelli.pdf

"I am in my Father, and you are in me and I am in you"

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John 14:20

On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

God's Spirit lives in you - 1 Corinthians 3:16

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1 Corinthians 3:16

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

Where is God ?

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1 John 4:12 reads......

"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
13 We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

Gospel of Thomas (Q) 3

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Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty."" Gospel of Thomas (Q) 3

The Way is YH-Sh-WH or Y-Sh-WA

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What is the Way to God ? Well YH-SH-WH called himself the "WAY"

And he also said:"The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21.

The Hebrew letters are Yod Shin Vav Ayin (YShWA) or Yod Heh Shin Vav Heh (YH-Sh-WH)

The Way, The Truth and the Life.

Ohm.

"The Kingdom of God is Within You" Luke 17:21

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The Coming of the Kingdom of God

"Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21