Tag: God
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – Postscript: Scripture and the Eternal – What Was Always So
What if the final unveiling is not new? What if it is the quiet recognitionof what was always shiningbeneath the veil? The Scriptures — when read not only as history or doctrine,but as signs of Being —whisper this truth from the beginning: “The Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world.”— Revelation 13:8 The…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 7: The Last Revelation — The End of Symbol, the Appearing of Truth
“I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.”— Revelation 21:22 “The city has no need of sun or moon… for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.”— Revelation 21:23 “There shall be no night there.”— Revelation 21:25 No…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 6: On Earth as in Heaven — The Return of the Whole
“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”— Matthew 6:10 “The whole earth is full of His glory.”— Isaiah 6:3 “For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God.”— Romans 8:19 Not a Journey Upward — But a Return of Sight When Jesus…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 5: The Christ Who Reveals — From Savior to Self-Revealing of Being
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory…”— John 1:14 “He is the image of the invisible God… in Him all things hold together.”— Colossians 1:15–17 “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”— John 14:9 From Mediator to Manifestation For many, Christ is understood as a mediator — the…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 4: God as Being — The Ground of All, the Form of All
“In Him we live and move and have our being.”— Acts 17:28 “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’”— Exodus 3:14 “In Him all things hold together.”— Colossians 1:17 Beyond the Image of God For much of Christian history, God has been spoken of in relational terms:as Father, Judge, Shepherd, King.These are not…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 3: No Longer Through a Temple — The End of Mediation
“I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it,for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.”— Revelation 21:22–23 The Final Image The Book of Revelation closes…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 2: The Veil and the Light — Law, Symbol, and the Coming of Presence
“The law was our tutor to bring us to Christ,that we might be justified by faith.But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.”— Galatians 3:24–25 “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.”— 2 Corinthians 3:18 The…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 1: I AM — From the Name of God to the Structure of Reality
“I AM WHO I AM.”— Exodus 3:14 “Before Abraham was, I am.”— John 8:58 The First Unveiling When Moses asks God for a name, he is asking for something familiar: a word he can carry back to the people, a way to speak of the divine. But the answer he receives is not a name…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – Introduction
This series arises from a quiet question that lives in many sincere hearts:What if the truth of Christianity is not a doctrine to defend,but a presence to recognize? Throughout the centuries, the Christian faith has expressed its light through words, rituals, images, and symbols. But every symbol—however sacred—is also a veil: a sign that points…
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The Unfolding of Truth – Appendix B
The Veil and the Real: Islam, Mysticism, and the Eternal Structure “He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.”— Qur’an, Surah 57:3 Islam and the Ontological Unity of Being At the heart of Islam is the affirmation: “There is no god but God.” This statement, while theological on the surface, also…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being– 5: Toward Fulfillment — Christianity and the End of Dualism
The Return to What Has Always Been True Christianity stands today at a threshold — not of decline, but of fulfillment. After centuries of tension between its deepest intuitions and its inherited metaphysics, the time has come to see what has been gesturing from the beginning: that the truths it proclaims are not mere hopes…
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“I Am” – 1: The Unshakable Foundation of Being
The Most Certain Truth The search for truth often begins with questions about reality and existence: What is the nature of being? Yet, the most fundamental certainty is not found “out there” but within the immediacy of our own awareness. Before we inquire about the nature of reality, we must first recognize that we are.…
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Mind & Heart – 8: The Essence of Divine Love: The Metaphysical Foundation of Love in NDEs, Contemplation, and Being
Love Beyond Human Experience Throughout history, divine love has been described as the highest and purest form of love, one that surpasses human limitations and reveals the fundamental nature of reality. Those who have undergone near-death experiences (NDEs) often describe encountering an overwhelming, unconditional love that transcends all earthly conceptions. Similarly, in deep contemplation, mystics…
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The Unveiling of Being – Article 7: Religion, Theology, and the Movement Toward the Eternal
Religious thought has long sought to grasp the nature of ultimate reality, often articulating it through symbols, narratives, and doctrines that attempt to bridge the finite and the infinite. While diverse in form, religious traditions share an underlying impulse: the recognition of something beyond the transient, something absolute and indestructible. This movement, though often expressed…
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Post 55 – Beyond Theism and Atheism: A Call to Transcend the Debate
Few debates are as cyclical and fruitless as those between theists and atheists. The same arguments have been exchanged for centuries, with neither side truly convincing the other, as both operate from assumptions they rarely question. The theist often seeks to demonstrate the existence of God through metaphysical or moral arguments, while the atheist dismisses…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 8
Religion and the Eternal: Creation, God, and Necessity Religion has long been the primary means through which humanity seeks to understand ultimate reality. It provides narratives that shape meaning, morality, and our place in the cosmos. Yet, within religious thought, there is a fundamental tension: the assumption that God or the divine is eternal and…
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Near Death Experiences 4: Light, Beings, Encounters and Cultural Filters
One of the most common features of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) is the encounter with luminous presences, divine beings, or deceased loved ones. Many describe being enveloped in an all-embracing light, standing before a figure of ultimate authority, or undergoing a review of their life in the presence of compassionate observers. However, while these elements appear…
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Post 36 – Religion and the Necessity of Alienation: Toward a Unified Understanding of Reality
Introduction The empirical self, separated from its transcendental whole by the limitations of time, perceives itself as fragmented and alienated from its own totality. In this alienated state, it naturally seeks meaning and connection beyond itself, often turning to religious or mythical frameworks. These frameworks attempt to bridge the perceived gap between the empirical and…
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Post 27 – The Structure of Being on the Illusion of Dualism
Introduction The Structure of Being perspective challenges a series of dualisms that are often taken for granted. By questioning the very idea of becoming—that things emerge, change, and vanish—this view exposes a fundamental mistake in our understanding of time and existence. This mistaken view gives rise to several apparent dualisms: Moreover, these themes resonate with…
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Post 17 – The Infinite Whole: Understanding Love, Suffering, and Reality
The Impersonal and the Personal When we analyze the nature of Being, we find that it is an unchanging, eternal whole. Nothing truly comes into existence or disappears: everything simply is, necessarily and forever. This perspective may seem impersonal, but it does not deny the distinctions we perceive within existence. Rather than being random or…
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Post 15 – God, Beyond God, and More than God
The truth of Being, freed from the error of nihilism, demands a profound reconfiguration of how we perceive reality. Inevitably, this also affects our understanding of God. Are our traditional concepts of God still adequate, or are they burdened by nihilistic assumptions? Can they be salvaged, or must we move beyond them? If theistic terms…
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Post 9 – Ethics, Morality, Love and Freedom
Ethics and Morality Beyond Nihilism Here’s a provocative question to start with: If everything is eternal and unchanging, does that mean reality is predetermined? At first glance, this might seem disheartening—almost as if our choices don’t matter. But in Post 4, we explored the concept of free will and arrived at an intriguing conclusion: our…
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Post 6 – Rethinking Nihilism in Religious Thought
What Would Become of Our Systems of Thought? What would become of our various systems of thought if we were to remove from their core the nihilistic persuasion? To a certain extent, we have already explored that, but let us now get a bit more specific, perhaps starting with religion and spirituality. First, a brief…
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Post 2 – The Eternity of All Things
Intuitions of the Eternal We have spoken of the unassailable truth of our Being and our awareness of time and space, but there is yet another form of awareness; more elusive, less dependent on our senses, and harder to define. It is something we all experience at times yet struggle to articulate. This awareness emerges…
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A Fundamental Contradiction When we seek the truth, the most fundamental certainty is our existence, or more specifically, the awareness that “I am.” This self-evident truth requires no external validation. It is immediate, solid, unchanging, and impervious to doubt. Equally apparent is our experience of reality, shaped by space and time: “I am aware of…
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