TRUE SELF LOVE

True self love is a love of self whereby we will and seek our own true good, both spiritual and temporal? It is a love guided by right reason and divine faith.

In practice, to love ourselves means above all to combat our natural egoism which tends to impoverish our nature, and which seeks self-satisfaction through every kind of pleasure accomplished by any kind of means. It is a life lived with no guiding principle except the fulfillment of the desire of the moment.

We must love ourselves before we can reach out in love to others.

We must love others before we can "climb the steps" to perfect love of God.

But we must love God first if we are to truly love ourselves.

Spiritual Love is pure and unveiled. It is always present, regardless of whether or not we are in a relationship. It is in our own heart. We must find this love in the self and see that beauty is created by love.

In the Buddhist tradition, which has produced countless outstandingly generous and selfless individuals, there is an emphasis on developing love for our self as an indispensable prerequisite for loving others. Buddhists believe that if one does not love himself, then it is hard, if not impossible, to love other people.

In the Christian tradition the injunction is also to “love others as we love our self,” implying that we ought to love not just others but ourselves as well. In fact the assumption in saying that we should love others as ourselves is that we already do love ourselves and that we need to extend that love to others.

Buddha’s teaching on love states, just as blood nourishes the heart which keeps it flowing, so love nourishes spiritual freedom and is, in turn, kept flowing by it. The connection is so strong that Buddhism, often known as a Path of Freedom, could equally be called a religion of love. Perhaps this is what he had in mind when the Dalai Lama said his religion is kindness. For the Buddha, love is one of the paths to full spiritual liberation.

If we call Buddhism a path of love we need to be clear what we mean by love, or more precisely, what forms of love we are including.

Freedom is the guide, the measure, and the ultimate goal of all things. Buddhist love includes those forms of love that are characterized by freedom.

Love that involves clinging, lust, confusion, neediness, fear, or grasping to self would, in Buddhist terms, be seen as expressions of bondage and limitation.

Loving, kindness, compassion, joy, and a particular form of calmness and peace are the four kinds of love taught and encouraged in classic Buddhist teachings. None of these are uniquely Buddhist; they are four qualities that reside within the heart everyone, at least as potentials.

Teachings about the four forms of love existed in India prior to the Buddha; they were elements common to the Indian spiritual world which Buddha included within his system of practice.

While Buddhism cannot exist without love, it may be helpful to realize that love can exist happily apart from Buddhism.

Learning the ways of these four loves does not require one to become a Buddhist. It only requires a willingness to develop innate capacities.

In their most developed forms, the four types of love can each become a boundless radiance glowing from us. As such, love may flow from us equally toward all beings or it can glow freely without needing to be directed to anyone. When we feel boundless love without any particular object in mind, this is a form of great liberation.

People have experienced great love while in meditation, only to have it disappear quickly outside of meditation. It can be easy to love all beings in the abstract, but it can be a great challenge to do so when we have to live with them. It is one thing to love and another to express that love in daily life.

One of the most rewarding spiritual practices is to cultivate the ability to bring love into all aspects of our life and to all people we encounter. This entails learning how to express love while we speak with others, are in conflict with others, and are living with others. While this can be a daunting task, it begins with having the intention to do so.

Let us awaken the love in us and share it as a great blessing with all.

Truth

Truth, purity, and unselfishness - whenever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.

Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.

All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves, lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.

                                            Swami Vivekananda 

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, or insight

In Yoga meditation the subject is Spirit or the Self, mind is the object.

The process is Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) and Samadhi (Absorption) wherein only the essence shines forth in the mind, as if the mind were devoid even of its own form.

In Vipassana, the subject is the mind; the object is the paying of attention to the experience of the senses.

The objective of Vipassana then is to purify the mind. It is said, that all human actions emanate from the mind, and a pure mind by nature reflects love and compassion. Sustained practice of 

Vipassana can bring about a complete transformation of one’s human personality.

In the Kriya yoga meditation the human personality is dissolved into the Self.

In Vipassana with its origin in Buddhism, the core focus is on concentration, virtue and wisdom.

An example is focusing and directing the mind, with the primary intention on concentration and the letting go of thoughts, i.e. practicing non attachment.

Thoughts have no power of their own; they only have the power we give them. In this way they create our world.

Categories of thoughts are of two kids, desire and good will. The objective is to create good will.

Desires are difficult to uproot and can lead to addiction.

Renunciation of selfish desires is a primary objective.

Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the deep interconnection between mind and body.

It is through observation-based exploration of mind and body that the common roots of mental and physical impurities can be dissolved, so as to obtain a balanced mind full of love and compassion.

Through direct experience, the nature of how one grows or regresses, how one produces suffering or frees oneself from suffering is understood through the practice of Vipassana,

Life then becomes characterized by increased awareness, non-delusion, self-control and peace.

Vipassana teaches to see things in their true perspective, in their true nature. It is, in essence, a technique of self-observation and self-exploration. Self here is referring to one’s personality.

Vipassana especially the observing of the mind can be practiced by anyone and under all circumstances.

Vipassana will appeal to those who do not belief in one’s spiritual nature.

VISION OF YOGA-SAMADHI-INNER FREEDOM

‘Now’ an explanation of Yoga begins.

Now means freedom from the past, freedom from the known. It implies that we have to unburden ourselves from the past or our personal history and change our ways. But what will take its place?

Ridding ourselves of past mental impressions and established behavior patterns suggests living in the here and now. Yet in practice we habitually cling to the past for support of the present and future.

This is where illusion begins. Nothing in the phenomenal world remains the same forever, even our personality changes. We live in a constant flux of change. When we can accept that our personality represents, at this moment, the sum total of all our past experiences, we are greatly empowered, since this affords us the opportunity the make adjustments to our lives and correct false assumptions.

What is required is for us to take responsibility for our lives by asking: am I prepared to free myself from my attachment to the past, am I prepared to think about life in a different new way?

We all can relate to examples where we or others look to the past to justify their present situation. Examples are: I suffer of ‘’’ it runs in the family; I have never been good at this, I am like my ...we always have done it this way. Whether it is a question of health or competence, we have that tendency to look at the past to justify the present.

We also make projections into the future. We wonder what may happen. We compare the known of the past and the present and link it to the future. But we really don’t know the future, and this provides anxiety and creates a disturbed mind.

How then is it possible for us to embrace the unknown, without creating anxiety in the mind? It is by living consciously in the here and Now, in the present eternal moment, for what we think and do now, determines to a large degree, individually or collectively, our future. Patanjali states: ‘Forget about the past, hold on to yoga, samadhi.

Patanjali states in sutra 2 states:” Yoga-chitta-vṛitti-nirodhaḥ.”

When we are in a state of yoga, all fluctuations (vrittis) which normally occur in the mind (chitta) disappear. Being in yoga means living in freedom, in harmony and peace where consciousness flourishes and harmony nourishes our body, mind and soul.

Present Moment, a Spiritual Perspective.

What a beautiful gift one shares when living in the present moment. When not thinking of the struggles from the past, nor thinking with anxiety about the future, but always living in the here and now.

When we choose to live in the present moment, we live by the Spirit that is beyond past, future.

It is in Divine moments that we are open to the inner light of Grace.

Whether we live in regrets of our past or in fears of the future, nothing prevents us from connecting with the present moment, where we can let go of past struggles and anxieties.

Let us not look for lasting happiness outside of ourselves, for we won’t find it there, because it is within us at all times.

It is the ego that hides our true nature, which is of joy, pure potentiality and unconditional love.

We need to realize, that Spirit flows through us only in the present moment, only in the here and now. So let us walk in Spirit and let it express through us in service and in love.

When we remember our Divine nature, the “I am”, we realize that living in the present moment opens us to freedom, harmony and peace.

The present moment connects us with being, not with doing; it is being that leads to the path of enlightenment and wisdom.

How glorious it is to know, that within us resides that which cannot be threatened by any outside influences or circumstances. That something is our eternal Self.

We will need to trust, when we are anchored in the Infinite, life will take care of us. All our legitimate needs, as they arise, will be satisfied, but we must do our part.

With this understanding we will live every moment of our life as it is meant to be, in inner peace and freedom. 

Vision, the Future

When we see ourselves as spiritual beings and acknowledge life from that perspective and, we will then transform our lives by releasing the infinite potential inherent in us and give renewed purpose to life.

We will begin to live this life by centering our consciousness within, instead of living on the surface of things, where we perceive existence in ignorance, division, contradiction, suffering, and pain.

From this “witness consciousness,” we perceive matters with greater clarity and insight; are more in touch with the multiplicity of truths unfolding around us; experience greater harmony and oneness with others; and are generally more aware and conscious of who and what we are, and what purpose we serve in the world.

This inner-based quality of self-awareness and self-consciousness is actually just the starting point for an even greater change: the evolution and transformation of our being through contact with the spiritual dimension of life.

There are two primary means by which we connect to and are transformed by the Spirit.

First, we connect with our true Self. This opens us to a vast array of spiritual insights, forces, and powers in the universe, as we feel a sense of oneness with everything that is around us. Second, we can open ourselves up to the omnipresent spirit of the Supreme, allowing Its infinite truth to enter our being, to uplift, perfect, and transform us.

Through this awakening process from an ego based awareness to super consciousness our whole being is being enhanced and we begin to feel a profound connection with the cosmic spiritual reality. This helps us perceive life's and our own purpose as instruments of the Higher Power. Finally, out of all of these inner and outer experiences, we feel a deep and abiding Joy and Love.

When individuals infuse all parts of their being with this higher consciousness, there will gradually emerge a renewed personality and society whose existence is organized around the power of the Spirit.

We all can connect with Spirit in practical ways when we live in the present moment. Living thus, instills a peaceful interiorized mind. When the mind is still, we will engage our interpersonal relationships by listening with respect to the other person. We let spirit, instead of the ego express. This type of contact, combined with meditation will lead us to realize the Self.

What prevents us from living in the present moment is a restless mind. A mind that is locked into fixed, habitual patterns of acting and reacting. To be more aware of our own responses, we need to observe our mind and our activities from a detached perspective, with the intention to live a more creative and fuller life.

What happens when the Kundalini is awakened?

Once the Kundalini is awakened, one may have a variety of experiences such as: seeing flashes of light or colors, hearing internal sounds of bells ringing or bees humming, spontaneous vibrations or movements of the body, and greater mental peace, to name a few. If at this stage the student persists in spiritual practices like meditation, then the Kundalini will travel upward from the base of the spine, the muladhara chakra through the (Sushumna) upward trough all the chakras in succession and ultimately reaches the Sahasrara. When this happens, one attains a state of transcendental consciousness called samadhi, understands one's true identity, and thereby becomes gradually liberated.

What are the benefits?

Self-realization is the ultimate and the most desirable state to be attained, and the awakened Kundalini leads to this state. However, even when the Kundalini is aroused and spiritual evolution is substantially hastened; there is no guarantee that Self-realization will be attained in the current lifetime. Therefore, it is encouraging to know many tangible benefits are gained even during the early stages of the awakening and upward travel of the Kundalini.

Awakening the Kundalini has a general purifying effect on the body and mind. The aspirant's health often improves; he often feels light and energetic; the mind becomes restful.
Diseases of the body and impurities of the mind are often caused by irregularities and blockages of the prana. These impediments can be gradually eliminated once the Kundalini is awakened.


At more advanced levels the benefits are intensified and encompass more subtle realms. The devotee can achieve ever greater peace, control over his mind, become more creative, can experience profound inner joy. He becomes a more complete person who can function under adverse circumstances with great poise, and is able to consciously absorb prana from the universe and direct it for physical and mental well-being. Ultimately, the aspirant encounters knowledge of the Self.

What is Death, a Christian Concept

AMAZING AS IT MAY SEEM to some, death is a return. Man is soil and returns to the soil (Gen.3:19). The spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecc.12:7). The soul returns to the unseen whence it came (Psa.9:17 and Acts 2:27, 31). In fact Job speaks of death itself as a return when he says:

For I know that Thou wilt return me to death. (Job 30:23 AV).

Neither man as a whole, nor any part of him enters a new, unknown condition at death, but all returns to the state from which it emerged when life was imparted. Even as the body was created of existing entities, so with the spirit which was given by God; and at death these return to the same condition in which they were before.

What is God?

Many religions of the world are promising the experience of God, mental peace, and salvation to their followers, but are these promises being delivered?

We can only answer these questions when we examine our own experience.

Ministers preach that if their teachings are followed, believers will find salvation. Yet many people, after they return from their church or temple, are often more stressed, frustrated, and worried about their personal problems than are non-believers.

For those who are in search of Ultimate Truth and Enlightenment, being emotionally mature, peaceful and having tranquil mind is an important prerequisite.

Enlightenment is a state of freedom from ignorance that causes suffering.

Those who teach about God and salvation should make it clear, that the word GOD in itself is not God. God is Ultimate Truth. 

Unfortunately, it is through religious dogma that the human mind is often tempted with promises of the experience of God. This represents a weakness, since dogma simply represents an official system of belief or doctrine held by religious organizations and serves as basis of an ideology or belief system that cannot be changed without affecting the ideology itself. 

Dogma generally refers to religious believes that are accepted regardless of evidence.

In Christianity, religious beliefs are defined by the Church. It is usually based on scripture or communicated by church authority. It is believed that these dogmas will lead human beings towards redemption and thus on the paths which lead to God.

Often ministers or religious teachers just ask people to believe in God. They never explain the nature of God; this can lead to an obstruction to further spiritual inquiry and eventual enlightenment.

False promises are strongly discouraged when one reads the teachings of Vedanta, which warn one against simply believing in what others teach as truth, whether their teachings are based on books or on their own believes.

Vedanta suggests that to be wisdom guided, one has to realize the truth of one’s own being as an aspect of God.

To achieve this goal, Vedanta suggests a process of self inquiry. “Neti, neti—not this, not this, until one gets to the source of one’s being.

All knowledge of who and what we are, says Vedanta, lies within. This should inspire one first to the inquiry to know oneself and then to know the Self of all. This inquiry is supplemented through regular deep meditation practice.

We need to come to the understanding that the physical body is a moving shrine wherein the infinite light of knowledge, peace, and happiness shines.

Prayer is a major technique used in religions practice to seek satisfaction of desires and comfort when facing challenge.

Non Dualists like Vedanta use instead such invocations as:

"Lead me from the unreal to the Real; from darkness to Light; from mortality to Immortality".

This is an expression of spiritual desire that reminds one constantly of the goal of life, which is the awareness of the Supreme. It is not asking God or the supernatural being for help, but instead for guidance to know one's own real Self, one’s essential nature, which is the Self in all.

Many who practice traditional religion suffer because they are taught that they live in sin, that they are separate from God, separate from one another and from the Universe.

These concepts are illogical when they are analyzed with clarity of mind and pure reason. For that, which creates is present in all its creation including humanity.

In our guest for Ultimate Reality we first discover that we exist and that Supreme Consciousness or God also exists. Through further pondering we experience, "Thou art That." These two fields of experience appear to be different, but they are essentially one and the same. These are the mere progressive stages that follow one another.

But what is the meaning of 'Thou art That?' We should be very clear in our mind what the term 'Thou' implies. It is not referring to that which is seen as name or form, but to the unseen us, the hidden seer of all things, the knower of all things, that which alone prevails eternally, the Self.

The purpose of human life is to know God and as a result be free from pain and suffering; free from anxiety.

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you”.

                                                Matthew 6:33

All philosophical, psychological and spiritual discussions should make one aware of one’s true nature, since for a realized person, there is perennial joy in God as darkness and ignorance are dispelled.

For the realized, the universe is like a great poem of joy, a beautiful song, and a unique work of art.

For them God is the Ultimate Truth hidden behind all forms and names. 

When Are We Super-conscious?

Super Consciousness Yogananda: ‘The pure, intuitive, all-seeing, ever blissful consciousness of the soul. Sometimes referred to the various states of samadhi experienced in meditation, but specifically the first state of samadhi, wherein one drops ego-consciousness and realizes his self as soul, made in the image of God. Thence follow the higher states of realization: Christ consciousness and cosmic consciousnesses.

It is easier to know when we are not super-conscious than when we are super-conscious, because superconsciousness is our natural state. Super-consciousness represents our intrinsic nature. It is a state of wholeness. People, for whom it is natural to function from this high level of consciousness, are generally not aware that they are superconscious, they simply perceive the state in which they find themselves as being natural and any deviation from it as abnormal.

For people who are aware that they are in a state of higher consciousness, it should be made clear, that challenges to physical or emotional issues affect them the same way as people who are not aware. Yet those who are conscious of being in a higher state, of awareness, adapt quickly to adverse circumstances in a detached, but effective way, or they may chose not to respond at all.

We know that we are in a higher state of consciousness, when the goals or ideas we pursue just fall into place. When nothing seems to go right, then our awareness is flowing through one of the clouded areas of the mental realm where we are unable to see or perceive circumstances clearly.

Clarity of mind comes with clarity of vision and purpose.
We also need to be Aware of the Energy in and around us.
We need to embrace the totality of our being. Ordinarily our attention and energy flows into the outer environment, but it is important, that we are aware of our inner nature.

The easiest and most effective way is for us to become aware of the energies in the spine and in the head. When we direct the energy into the spine, we will forget the outside influences that previously occupied out attention. It is through this process that we leave the consciousness of the instinctive-intellectual area of the mind and move into superconsciousness. If we can remain totally centered in this awareness within our spine and bring the energy through an act of intention into the regions of the brain, we find ourselves immediately in a super conscious state

The idea is to permanently remain in this state of consciousness, but it is not as easy as it is said, because we have already conditioned our awareness to move into other channels of the mind. When that happens, we forget again that we are a superconscious, immortal being.
We will again think that the outer world is the only reality to know. Rather than being inner directed or self referring we may find ourselves again seeking the council of other people, rather than relying on our own inner strength. When we discover that this is happening, we need to meditate and go deep within ourselves into superconsciousness.

It is good to seek the company of other people who center their awareness within. This will make it easier for us to stay centred.  
Being around people who mostly worldly minded is difficult because they draw our awareness into the outside areas of their thought patterns.

When we internalize our awareness, we see the external world from the inside out.

Learn to Move Awareness

We must not think that the superconscious mind is way out of our reach, quite to the contrary, because as we already said, it is and has always been within us. All we have to do is focus our attention within.

We may be wondering why, if we are supposed to be super-conscious right now, do we not experience the enlightened awareness that comes with it? The answer is, that we may be superconscious now but not conscious of it at all times, or even for long enough periods to have these enlightened experiences.


It is through regular practice of meditation that we learn to move our awareness through superconscious areas just like a dancer learns to move across the stage according to the rhythm of the music. It takes practice for the dancer to acquire the skills. He has to live a disciplined lifestyle. It is the same for the contemplative. He has to work with and exercise the currents of awareness so dynamically that he can flow into a superconscious area and remain there long enough to look around a little bit and enjoy it.

Who am I?

From time immeasurable, human mind has always wondered about the mystery of existence, the vast universe, the Creator and such other questions; these eternal questions have eluded satisfactory answers from a rational plane.

The most important question for any human being is about his/her individuality i.e. who am I? What is my real nature? What is the purpose of my life? It is important to investigate these questions since without it; life is but a meaningless dream.

A human being can be viewed from two aspects: as body-mind unit displaying consciousness or as Consciousness experiencing body-mind idea.

If we accept the first view, we have to follow the materialistic view of the world explained by 'Classical Physics, and if we choose the second view, then we follow the spiritual view proclaimed by all major religions.

Which one is the correct view?

Though the Truth/Reality/God is one and same for all, the answer to this question, for a person, depends on what he/she thinks of himself/herself.

Do I consider myself a person based on body-mind that is functioning in the world or do I consider myself eternal spirit briefly experiencing body-mind idea?

It is very vital for an individual to decide this question for himself/herself, for on the basis of how we view of ourselves, we conduct our lives and see others and the world around us accordingly.

It can easily be observed in any society that all the moral laws are based on unselfishness. Unselfishness implies that we should be ready to sacrifice ourselves for others and should not be body-centric. Since unselfishness brings peace and harmony within a society and for an individual, it follows that considering ourselves as spiritual entities is extremely beneficial. It also gives us the necessary strength to face the life-situations. Hence it is worth trying to understand this 'spiritual view' of an individual.

Among all world religions and philosophies, it is the Eternal Religion of the Vedas and the philosophy of Vedanta that boldly proclaims the spiritual view of an individual.

Vedanta says that every being is essentially Pure Consciousness. The technical term in Vedanta for Pure Consciousness is Brahman or Atman.

What is the nature of this Pure Consciousness?

It is said to be birth-less and hence death-less, independent of body and mind, full of bliss and infinite. Pure Consciousness is described in Vedanta as Satchitananda (Pure Being, Pure Consciousness, and Pure Bliss).

It is worth noting here what Swami Vivekananda, the modern proponent of Vedanta, says about Vedantic prayer:

 'I have neither death nor fear, I have neither caste nor creed, I have neither father nor mother nor brother, neither friend nor foe, for I am Existence, Knowledge and Bliss absolute; I am the blissful one, I am the blissful one. I am not bound by virtue or vice, by happiness or misery. Pilgrimages and books and ceremonials can never bind me. I have neither hunger nor thirst; the body is not mine, nor I am subject to the superstitions and decay that come to the body, I am Existence, Knowledge and Bliss absolute; I am the Blissful One, I am the Blissful One. This says Vedanta is the only prayer that we should have.'

In the words of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: 'We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.'

Swami Vivekananda has defined the goal for humanity in his famous message: 'Each soul is potentially divine.

The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy, by one, or more, or all of these and be free.

This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details.

'The message that Swami Vivekananda gave to humanity is the essence of Vedanta philosophy. In India, for many centuries the teachings of Upanishads—the main source of Vedanta—were restricted to the all-renouncing monks who were living in seclusion from the society. Swami Vivekananda rightly foresaw the spiritual need of common man in the modern age.

He said, 'Shankara left this Advaita philosophy in the hills and forests, while I have come to bring it out of those places and scatter it broadcast before the workaday world and society. The lion - roar of Advaita must resound in every hearth and home, in meadows and groves, over hills and plains.'

In the wake of increasing materialism propelled by scientific and technological advances modern man/woman required a firm basis on which he/she can face this materialistic onslaught.

Vivekananda saw the supreme necessity for man, in this highly technological age, to grow beyond the physical-intellectual dimension and to unfold, to manifest, the ever-present Divine within, so that modern man would be able to digest, and properly direct to human ends, the vast powers that modern science and technology have placed in his hands.

Vedanta philosophy gives us a solid ground to stand upon in this ever changing world. It tells us that our essential nature is Pure Consciousness. Our goal therefore is to understand what consciousness level we find ourselves at present and how to proceed towards Pure Consciousness.

Yogananda and the Creative Process

These Biblical words refer to the threefold nature of God as Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Sat, Tat, Aum in Yoga).

God the Father is the Absolute, Unmanifested, existing beyond vibratory creation.

God the Son is the Christ Consciousness (Brahma or Kutastha Chaitanya) existing within vibratory creation; this Christ Consciousness is the "only begotten" or sole reflection of the Uncreated Infinite.

Its outward manifestation or "witness" is Aum or Holy Ghost, the divine, creative, invisible power which structures all creation through vibration. Aum the blissful Comforter is heard in meditation and reveals to the devotee the ultimate Truth.

The threefold nature of God in Hindu scripture is: "Brahma," the creator, "Vishnu," the preserver, and "Shiva," the destroyer-renovator.

The Trinity in Yoga is called: Sat, Tat, Aum or Father, Son, Holy Ghost. It is also known as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The Christ Consciousness" (imminent in vibratory creation. The "Shakti:" Energies or "consorts" of the Trinity, are symbols of "Aum" (Om, Amen) or the Holy Ghost, the sole causative force that upholds the cosmos through vibration (the word).

The Supreme Being or God prior to, or transcendental to nature is often referred to as Pure Consciousness or Spirit.

The Holy Trinity of God is:

God, Prior (outside) of creation or God the Father

God, as creation or first manifestation is God the Son

God, in creation is the Holy Spirit

Sometimes creation or son of God is called the Mother of God or Mother-Nature because all things are born from it.

The son of God also refers to a human who attains God or Self Realization (for as many as shall receive Him); also called Christ-hood.

God, or universal consciousness, has no human attributes. It is pure consciousness in the eternal state of SELF-AWARENESS, not Self Consciousness).

For the Father (Consciousness Spirit) judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the "Son" (Son of God or Christ Consciousness).

                                                             -Jesus, John 5:22

God did not make the world; God became the world (creation).

The many meanings of God:

   The Great One, Divinity or Father

   The Great One Diversity or Creation (Son)

   The Great One Destiny of the Holy Spirit as Mankind

Hua Ching Ni

God does not abandon people. It is people who abandon God.

Hua Ching Ni

Here is an ancient Taoist version or expression of the Holy Trinity of God.

Yang or Spirit Father (Yang at Rest)

Yin or Matter or Son (Reflection of God). (Yang in MOTION)

Tai-Chi the Integration of Spirit and Matter to Form Mankind (a human being) -living animated matter with a soul.

Tai Chi - spirit and matter (energy), the two aspects of Tao (God), united in complete balance and unity.

   Tao is not the name of God

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   Brahma is not the name of God

   Yahweh is not the name of God

   Allah is not the name of God

   God is not the name of God

These are names that only REPRESENT the ETERNAL SELF.

The OUTER CIRCLE around the Tai-Chi symbol represents the ONENESS of all "aspects" and "expressions" contained within.

The "center" of or source of a person's life is consciousness PRIOR to mental activity, also called the Holy Spirit.

 CONSCIOUSNESS in its natural state of ETERNAL SELF-AWARENESS is the heart, center, essence, nucleus, root and crux of all things.

Heaven, the abode of God, is the place where God manifests Him or It Self to the blessed, a condition of grace with God.

Heaven is one of the many synonyms for God, or Self Realization, i.e., spiritual enlightenment, also called Samadhi, Tao Satori, Nirvana, the kingdom of God, etc. etc.

Heaven is not a place; it is a condition and state of existence and being.

The astral plane or astral world is not Heaven. Early Christian mystics refereed to the astral plane as purgatory, the astral plane is a place where the soul understands the lessons it needs to experience and then reincarnates back into the earth plane to experience life, work out Karma, and try again to attain until spiritual enlightenment is attained

“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you”.

                                                                                Luke 17:21

Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

                                                                                John 3:3

We need to become re-established to our true and natural state of being as a new person as a spiritual being.

Our first birth is to be born into the world.

Our second birth is to be born again, when we returns to our original spirit Self.

To get to heaven is the goal of life. There are many heavens or centers of spiritual consciousness. The 7 chakra's are called spiritual centres.

The highest centre or the attainment of Self-Realization is "above" the lower centers. It is also called Satori, Nirvana, Tao, Paradise, Eden, Christ-hood etc.

Spirit being the only substance that there was when He wanted to

create, since there was no other substance but itself, spirit created all things out of itself.

Thoughts matters, energy, all things, are nothing but the different vibrations of Spirit.

As soon as the Spirit produced out of itself Cosmic Vibrations, (Holy Ghost, Aum, Cosmic Energy), the material cosmos with solid, liquid, and gaseous substances began to form.

After creating the Causal, Astral and Physical vibration, or Holy Ghost, the uncreated, unmanifested Spirit became God the Father. God the father is called the “Sat” in Yoga and is the Transcendental Intelligence, The Holy Ghost, became the consort of God the Father; that is, God the Father existed transcendentally, or outside the vibratory creation as a conscious, separate cosmic consciousness.

The Spirit, as God the Father, divides itself, as God the Father, the Holy Ghost Vibration and the Only Begotten Son, or Christ.

Spirit found that It could not sustain itself just by its inactive omnipresence, so it made itself manifest as the active Christ Intelligence in all vibratory creation, to create, recreate, preserve, and mould according to its divine purpose. The Holy Spirit, Om, is called the only Begotten (Christ) Son. It must be remembered that Christ consciousness in all specks of creation is the only existing reflection of God the Father. Father; hence, Christ intelligence is spoken of as the only begotten Son.

The Christian church has failed to differentiate between Jesus the body and Jesus the vehicle in which the only begotten Son, or Christ Consciousness, was manifested. Jesus Himself said that He was not speaking of His body as the only begotten Son, but of His soul which was not circumscribed by the body, but was one with the only begotten Son, Christ consciousness in all specks of vibration.

“God so loved the world (or matter); that He gave His only begotten Son” to redeem it; that is, God the Father remained hidden as Christ Intelligence in all matter and in all living beings in order to bring all things, by beautiful evolutional coaxing back to His home of All-Blessedness, when they should over-come all mortal tests, and should reincarnate in matter no more; i.e., “go no more out”.

Jesus said, “to all those that received Him, to then He gave the power to become the Sons of God.” The plural number in “Sons of God” shows distinctly from His own lips that not His body but His spirit was the only begotten Son, and all those could become sons of God who could clarify their consciousness by meditation, and receive or in an unobstructed way reflect the power of God. In other words they could be one with the only begotten reflection in all matter and become Sons of God like Jesus.