D I S C U S S I O N
Black and White ... and gray. An introduction.
I presume that science does already and will continue to prove the existence of "god" and/or a creator. I do not presume that science dis-proves the existence of god or a creator, as certain academic circles would have us believe.
Science and nature teaches us about opposites, and we can easily see it everywhere we look. We've all heard of how opposites attract, polarity, and many other opposite antonyms.
The gray is where we humans comes in. We are the result of the coming together of the two great "gods", mother and father, God and Soul, black light and white light (black and white), positive and negative, and many other ways of expressing duality. We are The Child. The third addition making the trinity, like Jesus, the son. For those of us who have any protestant, christian or evangelical upbringing, we can compare it like the above, Father/God/Spirit, Mother/Mary/Soul and Child/Jesus/Christ trinity, but it is hard to just explain away in simple equations. There's not always an equivalent to each character in each of our sagas. Here we can merge this spirituality with science starting with numbers. One could agree that in the beginning there was just 1 (God, Father, Spirit, Aether). This 1 came together with another 1 (Mother, Soul) and became 2, a duality. The duality added or created rather, another 1, forming the 3, or a Trinity, and thus then all other numbers are formed in this way. 1 and 2 (1+1) are spirit forms or the "unseen" so-to-speak. The 3 is the material part of this world we can see with our senses (our human side). With much detail, again, all other numbers follow.
Obviously we are all on a journey to find truth and therefore many of these terms used above, will be interchangeable for what ever reason, language differences, pre-programming, and just different world views, but the essence of the issue here is that most of us all have the same foundational thought and belief in "a greater thing than we" that had a hand in or created all of this material world and finally, what are we doing here then? What is the purpose of all of this?
This page is meant to start DISCUSSION in the mind, into all of these things. I have no desire to "be right"; only to present truth and facts as I find them. As we all know, no two people think alike. We can be similar but most of us see things very differently in all matters and also use the WRONG words to describe such. Not intentionally, but that does happen too when we are challenged! I encourage you to try to learn about language. Where we get our words, how they were created. A basic book on etymology will do to start. Another great resource is a pod cast called Words for Granted if you have limited time, and it will be sure to get you interested! Really read and research the meanings of words and try to think and relay your thoughts and feelings not only truthfully but in new ways.
"Never did nature say one thing and wisdom another." ~ Edmund Burke
Learn More
Below is a link to more FREE online ancient texts from the Internet Sacred Text Archive that will help in your journey to truth.
"Sin" will HURT YOU. It's not [so much] that we're disobeying God or God's laws. God is giving us life-saving ADVICE. Humans turned good advice into LAW.
-from Essene teachings
SMALL QUOTES AND MESSAGES
wise thinking
"The unprepared and unfit could not rise to the challenge of thinking. A man cannot use wisely, a knowledge which is beyond his comprehension. What he cannot use, he abuses. What he cannot understand, he mis-understands. The result is a general collapse of the esoteric tradition. From this, the world has not yet recovered." -manley p. hall
more from the Bhagavad Gita about Right Action
I shall now describe the path of selfless action. You have a right to perform your natural prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to any fruits of that action. You should neither act with desire to enjoy the fruits of your work, nor, as a result, should you be attached to neglecting your duties. After giving up desire for the fruits of action, situate yourself on the path of devotion. Equally disposed to success and failure, carry out the duties prescribed according to your nature. To remain equipoised in either success or failure of the outcome of action is known as yoga (not the physical exercise; yoga means “the way”). Fruitive action is extremely abominable in comparison to “yoga”, or equilibrium in selfless action. Those who crave the fruits of their actions are misers - they are impoverished, being full of desires. Therefore, take shelter of the intelligence of which selfless action is the aim and objective. A person who is not motivated by desire to enjoy the fruits of his actions rids himself of both good and bad deeds within this very life. Engage, therefore, in the path of selfless action, since such “yoga”, or equilibrium in selfless action, is certainly the art of action. Wise men of steady intelligence liberate themselves from the bondage of birth by renouncing the fruits born of action. Thus, they enter into that state of divine tranquility which is attainable only by the devotees.
freedom, tyranny and the repeat of history
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. – Thomas Paine Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. -I Peter 4:12-13
enlightenment and encouragement
There should not be just encouragement but also enlightenment. Encouragement alone is not substantial. Enlightenment alone lacks confidence. The combination can/will free you from lamentation. -Bhagavad Gita
from, the yoga of jesus
“The light of God shines equally in all, but because of delusive ignorance all do not receive, reflect it alike. Sunlight falls the same on a lump of coal and a diamond, but only the diamond receives and reflects the light in brilliant splendor. The carbon in the coal has the potential to become a diamond. All it requires is conversion under high pressure.”
“I like your teachings. But are you a Christian? The questioner was talking for the first time with Paramahansaji. The Guru replied: Didn’t Christ tell us ‘Not every one that saith into me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven.’? In the Bible the term heathen means an idolater: one whose attention is centered not on the Lord but on the attractions of the world. A materialist may go to church on Sundays and still be heathen. He who keeps ever alight the lamp of remembrance of the Heavenly Father and who obeys the precepts of Jesus is a Christian. He added, ‘It is for you to decide whether or not you think I am a Christian.’ ” -Sayings from Paramahansa Yogananda
from, ho'oponopono
“If you think you are the creator of everything that happens to you, then you have the power to change it.”