03-28-2012, 02:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-28-2012, 02:10 PM by godwide_void.)
That sentence stood out to me as well. A simple statement, yes, but one which is a tad complex in truly comprehending it. There's also many ways for one to approach it and many volitional formations behind its proclamation.
There is an inherent danger in developing a God complex; "I am God", therefore I hold the supposed qualities of invincibility, infallibility, being indestructible, and am free from any possible unfortunate series of events occurring to me. What happens then, when this "God-like" fellow discovers a pigeon delivered some excrement to his hair, and gum is on his shoe, and the bills to pay keep stacking, and his house gets foreclosed, and he is now forced to relocate to a cardboard box beneath a bridge? A complete mental breakdown would be served for dessert, I'm sure. Because in the mind fettered by arrogance and conceitedness (the two usual attributes of a typical megalomaniacal/egotistical God complex holder) in light of the knowledge that he is Creator, only a life full of pleasure is fit for him, and there's nothing else to be said. Needless to say the crucial factor that he is still in the process of becoming flies over his head, and one cannot simply say "I am God" and leave it at that.
The view Russel posits is much, much more fruitful and one which is far more existentially healthy to ascribe to. Acknowledgement of one's divinity entails that you do not mistakenly identify with whatever characteristics or definitions you feel apply to you and rather understand that you, any particular 'you', is actually the proverbial 'wizard behind the curtain', the one whom controls the flesh and blood vessel used to navigate, the one who is before any thoughts form, before sounds are made, behind any and all decisions, the one who undergoes and gives rise to the process and phenomenon of awareness; God is "consciousness without an object". One cannot be conscious and be separate from consciousness. All which has being has such because of another being who is responsible for animating everything.
Much of the difficulty in integration of 'enlightenment' lies in the obstacles of allowing this truth to dwell indefinitely, unwavering, to seep deep down within, that none of which one believes defines them actually succeeds in doing so. The temporary persona which the Creator dons is defined by the appearance, the mannerisms, the beliefs held, the home, the interests, the relationships, etc. There is no facet of human life which actually makes one who they really are.
Acknowledgement shouldn't necessarily carry with it any emotional charge or response. When it finally sinks in it should be a most humbling and calm feeling which accompanies it. What one chooses to do as the self-realized avatar of God of their particular experience of the Creation is entirely up to them. It is important to remember however, that all around you is God, and that whatever particular frequency your unique form of God vibrates at will attract to Itself corresponding aspects of God (people, circumstances) which vibrate similarly. As God you function as the architect and the magnet which draws unto itself the tools you will use to sculpt your reality.
Some might interject and say, "If I am truly God, then why am I not omnipotent, omniscient? Why am I subject to the cogs of fate, of menial day to day meandering?" It is then that understanding of oneself as God who has only just begun a journey of re-understanding Itself is necessitated. The entire study of spiritual evolution comes into play which would then offer the needed explanation as to why it is that 'God' would take such vastly handicapped forms which pale in comparison to Its/Our true form. One Infinite Creator wishing to know Itself via One Infinite Creation is the very short synopsis.
Gary, how do you see Bring4th as? Every day that passes, understanding of the nature of existence and the divine grows amongst this community. We are all the chess pieces of the Creator. We are all being moved around the game board, this forum, sharing this, discussing that, postulating this, making threads about that, because we all seek better understanding of these simple statements: "All is One", "I Am (that I Am)", "God is in all things", etc. Our collective efforts to decode the divine mystery, despite all the information here resulting from collaborative efforts between co-Creators, in the end, all of this benefits only one being. The very same being who initiated contact with three other aspects of itself in 1981 and successfully compiled an extraordinary metaphysical, theosophical and spiritual work. The very same being who created this website. The very same being who joins this forum under various monikers. It might've been "different people" who committed all of these various actions but in the end, it was the same "person" all along; all acted according to the supreme will of One. All continue to follow the will of the One. This will be so until All have become One and One decides to experience Itself as All once again, for an indeterminate period of time in innumerable ways.
There is an inherent danger in developing a God complex; "I am God", therefore I hold the supposed qualities of invincibility, infallibility, being indestructible, and am free from any possible unfortunate series of events occurring to me. What happens then, when this "God-like" fellow discovers a pigeon delivered some excrement to his hair, and gum is on his shoe, and the bills to pay keep stacking, and his house gets foreclosed, and he is now forced to relocate to a cardboard box beneath a bridge? A complete mental breakdown would be served for dessert, I'm sure. Because in the mind fettered by arrogance and conceitedness (the two usual attributes of a typical megalomaniacal/egotistical God complex holder) in light of the knowledge that he is Creator, only a life full of pleasure is fit for him, and there's nothing else to be said. Needless to say the crucial factor that he is still in the process of becoming flies over his head, and one cannot simply say "I am God" and leave it at that.
The view Russel posits is much, much more fruitful and one which is far more existentially healthy to ascribe to. Acknowledgement of one's divinity entails that you do not mistakenly identify with whatever characteristics or definitions you feel apply to you and rather understand that you, any particular 'you', is actually the proverbial 'wizard behind the curtain', the one whom controls the flesh and blood vessel used to navigate, the one who is before any thoughts form, before sounds are made, behind any and all decisions, the one who undergoes and gives rise to the process and phenomenon of awareness; God is "consciousness without an object". One cannot be conscious and be separate from consciousness. All which has being has such because of another being who is responsible for animating everything.
Much of the difficulty in integration of 'enlightenment' lies in the obstacles of allowing this truth to dwell indefinitely, unwavering, to seep deep down within, that none of which one believes defines them actually succeeds in doing so. The temporary persona which the Creator dons is defined by the appearance, the mannerisms, the beliefs held, the home, the interests, the relationships, etc. There is no facet of human life which actually makes one who they really are.
Acknowledgement shouldn't necessarily carry with it any emotional charge or response. When it finally sinks in it should be a most humbling and calm feeling which accompanies it. What one chooses to do as the self-realized avatar of God of their particular experience of the Creation is entirely up to them. It is important to remember however, that all around you is God, and that whatever particular frequency your unique form of God vibrates at will attract to Itself corresponding aspects of God (people, circumstances) which vibrate similarly. As God you function as the architect and the magnet which draws unto itself the tools you will use to sculpt your reality.
Some might interject and say, "If I am truly God, then why am I not omnipotent, omniscient? Why am I subject to the cogs of fate, of menial day to day meandering?" It is then that understanding of oneself as God who has only just begun a journey of re-understanding Itself is necessitated. The entire study of spiritual evolution comes into play which would then offer the needed explanation as to why it is that 'God' would take such vastly handicapped forms which pale in comparison to Its/Our true form. One Infinite Creator wishing to know Itself via One Infinite Creation is the very short synopsis.
Gary, how do you see Bring4th as? Every day that passes, understanding of the nature of existence and the divine grows amongst this community. We are all the chess pieces of the Creator. We are all being moved around the game board, this forum, sharing this, discussing that, postulating this, making threads about that, because we all seek better understanding of these simple statements: "All is One", "I Am (that I Am)", "God is in all things", etc. Our collective efforts to decode the divine mystery, despite all the information here resulting from collaborative efforts between co-Creators, in the end, all of this benefits only one being. The very same being who initiated contact with three other aspects of itself in 1981 and successfully compiled an extraordinary metaphysical, theosophical and spiritual work. The very same being who created this website. The very same being who joins this forum under various monikers. It might've been "different people" who committed all of these various actions but in the end, it was the same "person" all along; all acted according to the supreme will of One. All continue to follow the will of the One. This will be so until All have become One and One decides to experience Itself as All once again, for an indeterminate period of time in innumerable ways.