12-20-2017, 01:34 PM
Hello, friends.
I am discussing the non-duality of the Universe and the need to see and love all other selves for they can be teachers and mirrors of the selves we are with a Christian friend.
He thinks this concept is too esoteric, too Jedi, and reeks of Eastern philosophy.
I would like to relate it to him in a way he can read and comprehend thus Bible verses.
What verses from the Bible can you all think of that help illustrate the idea that (just gonna pasre part of our discussion):
I am discussing the non-duality of the Universe and the need to see and love all other selves for they can be teachers and mirrors of the selves we are with a Christian friend.
He thinks this concept is too esoteric, too Jedi, and reeks of Eastern philosophy.
I would like to relate it to him in a way he can read and comprehend thus Bible verses.
What verses from the Bible can you all think of that help illustrate the idea that (just gonna pasre part of our discussion):
Quote:Every single person out there wants happiness. Some define that different than others. Money. Power. Greed. Pain. Sorrow. Happiness to one is not always the same for another. Just like we are a self, so too they are a self. Every other being is an other-self. They are mere reflections of who we are inside. They are teachers and we are their students much like we are teachers and they are our students. That which we have aversion to is merely a reflection of who and what we need to work on internally. The duality of us and them... the separation we think exists ... is an illusion. It is a distortion created by our mind. Ultimately everything comes from a single source. All is One. We are them. We create our reality. Miserable on the inside and we'll see misery outside. Happy and love inside and we begin to see things as it actually is. If all comes from God and all returns to God, then all is of God and we are to love and honor Him, that means loving and honoring all of those we share this space with.