This is a reprint of a comment I made to the article on Hell and Satan http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977329558 by Carla G.
This best taken within the context of the article it was written to ... an extremely interesting thread and highly recommended with 150 great comments.
I present it here and this way, mainly for my my own record keeping, because it so well ties in with other articles I have written on the very same theme, believing that the more ways it is presented, the better the chance of those interested to eventually come to understand.
So feel free to stop now ... otherwise, here it is in it's entirety:
And the thread gets better and better ... :-)
I really like Bent's take on all of this ... not long ago in a comment, I tried to layout a view based upon a circle representing a universal sphere, about where God was positioned (this is sort of a metaphoric/allegorical view) where on the opposite side of us, on that ring ... looking at us with his right hand extended in loving acceptance ... we, being the "human" equal but "opposite" of God (made in his image) ...
Yet we, in our life, having "forgotten" that connection, look OUTward, without believing in that inner connection, this connection being spiritual and subjective, does not register on our outer oriented 5 objectively physical senses ... yet it still comes in on the 6th INtuitive INternal sense, which we basically ignore compared to the other 5 ... materialism has become ever more powerful in forming our "reality" ... which we do create according to our own thoughts and where we put our priorities (combined with such thoughts of others, they become the mass human mind of humanity that co-creates our joint social reality) ...
We all intuitively know that we have choices in life, to live or die by, thus we see the "best" choice as the correct one, the positive one, (+), some say the "right" one ...
Then of course dualistically (+/-), the corresponding opposite choice would be the "worst" choice, as the wrong one, the negative one, (-), some (conservatives) say, the (left/liberal) one ... :-) ... that which leads to hell rather than heaven. :-(
So when we look at this arrangement dualistically, (+/-), we see ourselves alone, as the ego (/) at the very center of these choices. Thus the ego is always conflicted and "divided" about which direction to go, about which direction to choose as to choices, (+) which he sees as the best and (-) which he sees as the worst, (+/-) ...
In this dualistic process, the ego (/) sees itself always striving in one straight line direction to the "right" (say for demonstration), towards the extreme of that linear scale he calls "perfection" (and the promise of God if religious) ... he/she may even "conflict" with the "left", the so-called wrong direction, seeing it as evil and leading to hell ... sometimes, at the very basis of such decisions, there is so little difference between choices, that the person (/) cannot easily decide on which is the best direction to go ... just maybe ... think about it now ... just maybe you are really OK just where you are in the process, neither excessively good or bad, just naturally human, doing OK and really good enough for that time and place in creation ... ? ... centered and balanced, nothing really "special," just able to accept the present reality found to be withIN ...
But NO, not according to dualism based upon extremes ... so they (such thinkers) feel compelled to envision those extremes as the examples in their mind, good heaven (like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow) on the right, and the hell of destruction (nothing "worth" anything) on their left ... and of course they are told by society, also dualistic, that they cannot EVER accept "grey areas", everything must be decisive, NO FENCE SITTING ALLOWED (the bible tell us so) !
Thus always moving, always striving hard for the "prize" ... and looking to their left and imagining enemies chasing them, trying to trip them up, and ready to destroy them ... thus they FEAR and come to HATE the enemy to the left ... exaggerations of such ideas and feelings builds Gods and Monsters in their minds ... they can never rest, they must always stay vigilant, on guard, suspecting the "other" as a danger to them ...
Is it any wonder that we have the problems that we do in such a world ???
Is there a better way ... an alternative to this dualism ? ... Yes ? ... No ? ... Maybe ?
The answer for some will be No ... for those that like their dualism, those whose minds are made up, those that KNOW right from wrong and have "that" fixed goal in mind that they have committed to, and maybe sworn to on a Book of Faith ... they are committed, often pious and righteous about it. (their choice and as a group they prefer each other exclusively).
For all others ... maybe ... for the relatively few, that want a BETTER way of living with a better outlook about where they go upon death, and just who they will go there with, to share experiences with ... the answer would be a resounding YES !!!
The latter group will seek something BEYOND (transcendent to) dualism ... they will want more SPIRIT in their life right now ... more peace and love, more acceptance and cooperation with each other and all those they associate with ... forever !
It is these that will seek, and opt for a TRINITY (+=-) relationship to God and God's Spirit in the here and now, right where they are as a human being on earth, that which will save them from suffering, give them the grace and peace of mind now, the ability to not see fear and hatreds of others as a threat to, or a condition of, their present life ... thus knowing beyond faith or doubt that they are loving, loved and protected by God via Spirit, forever through even eternity ... what could be better ? How to "get it" ?
All they have to do is seek ultimate truth from God INtuitively, from right INside of themselves, their body actually being the temple of the Spirit of God, their own Soul, their higher Self, that is transcendent to their lower ego self (which dualists relate to).
That higher Self/Soul/ Spirit/Truth/even the "Christ" of Jesus ... is the (=) that completes the Trinity by bridging the gap/void/ego (/) of duality (=/-) ... that which will automatically transfer you from the linear scale of dualistic striving for distant "perfections" that will never be reached in this lifetime in "that" (dualistic) way ... transporting you to the very center of the "holy cross" (remember circular/spherical/linear metaphor here yet), the central balance point of all creation, right where you truly belong as a human in relationship to God in this here and now !
It will be at "that" point in time, of just such a realization of your true divinity, that you will become as a god, under, and with, God, as one of his "spiritual" agents (actually a god) here on earth ... just as Jesus was upon his baptism by fire (Spirit).
At the moment of "that" realization, you will be at the center of our universe spiritually, at the intersection of the "cross" between the former dualistic realm of others, at the very center of that linear scale, the balance point of that reality ... there realizing for the first time the truth of it as compared to the truth of the whole of the spherical picture of universal reality that contains that cross withIN it ...
Where before as a dualist you looked OUTward and sought God, never "seeing" him/her, you will then/now realize that you have never really been apart, his Spirit has always been withIN you, speaking as your INtuition, that which you never really trusted ... Now you will know without a doubt, the TRUTH that has SET YOU FREE ... FREE AT LAST !!!
That/This, being the value of Trinity relationship (+=-) ... admittedly a PARADOX for a dualistic thinker that demands extremes of right VERSUS wrong , who demands one OVER another (+/-), who CAN NEVER SIT IN THE MIDDLE (=) of anything, because the dualist considers such a middle (/) as a void, a nothing, a grey area of indecision, a trap next to the evil that MUST be escaped ...
Once the transformed being has come to realize that at the transformational center of the metaphoric cross, being there transported spiritually to the very center of the universe, they can then return back to where their physical body still resides ... at that spot on the outer edge of the earlier considered "sphere" (or even back to the center of their linear scale if they want) ... knowing that God is the TOTALITY of EVERYTHING (+=-) and that God's SPIRIT (=) is at the very center and throughout it ALL. Being found the very strongest at the center of every NATURAL TRUTH withIN creation ... INcluding yourself and every other person (NAMASTE (Wanda, I will read your e-mail later and get back to you :-)) ...
Thus such a one will KNOW God as the equal but opposite to themselves, be God still considered on that opposite "side" of the sphere, where the one now sees when looking for, because the one now knows the truth of the DIRECT LINE connection aCROSS the diameter of said sphere ... and the REAL MEETING at the very CENTER withIN ... (however one wants to consider that, metaphorically or literally) ... and at the Center of all, or anything, you can go so far as to realize that God always has your back ... because in reality you ARE BACK to BACK with God at all times, and the Spirit is that which INtervenes (between everything).
Another SYMBOL of such a relationship would be the symbol for INFINITY (the lazy 8, on it's side) ... think about it ...
Because this is the crux of my own spiritual experience and subsequent findings, that which I wrote my book about, and what I believe is the theory of everything, that which I call the BET (+=-), the BASIC EQUATION of TRUTH ... all but the ones who earlier took the NO route, might MAYBE consider copying this for future review ... it may well be worth it beyond what your present imagination may allow ... LOVE TO YOU ALL !!!
Jerry Kays, Apr 26, 2008, 2:19pm EDT
(reprinted from: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977337277 )
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