111 - It sounds like you're tying in the word sacrifice as part of the definition of sacramental, which I would do away with. The sacramental nature of something is simply representative of its divine purpose..its function/service as it applies to unity. You basically said the same thing in your original post. There is a hierarchical order of densities that allow the creation to fully experience itself. Viewing and understanding the hierarchy for what it is, more fully experiencing the wholeness of the Creator in everything, you move towards the sacramental.
Sacrifice implies some kind of compromise, but from the viewpoint of infinite unity the idea of sacrifice looses its meaning because any reflection of infinity and the process used to experience distortions is necessary and natural. The experience of an individualized portion of consciousness (moving away from oneness) then isn't less than, or a sacrifice, but it is simply the movement to one point of consciousness within the never-ending circle that is infinite unity. The balanced nature of the individual aspects of creation seems to be what Love is however, and so balance is what we ultimately return to.
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Sacrifice implies some kind of compromise, but from the viewpoint of infinite unity the idea of sacrifice looses its meaning because any reflection of infinity and the process used to experience distortions is necessary and natural. The experience of an individualized portion of consciousness (moving away from oneness) then isn't less than, or a sacrifice, but it is simply the movement to one point of consciousness within the never-ending circle that is infinite unity. The balanced nature of the individual aspects of creation seems to be what Love is however, and so balance is what we ultimately return to.
(07-02-2011, 12:41 AM)sticker_ninja Wrote: "Why mirror the divine creator when we could mirror The Great Destroyer?"
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