Monday, September 04, 2006
The Test
This is about what you know; what you don't know; what you think you know. This is about "The Test".
Imagine there is a test which has every question, in the world, on it. When you take the test the questions are flashed into your consciousness. You answer them aloud. As soon as you answer one question the next question comes into your consciousness. And on it goes.
When you have completed the test, your score is given to you. It will look something like this..
To 99.9% of the questions you will have answered, "I don't know." (an indication of your level of ignorance). Of the remaining .1% your answers will fall into 2 categories; those you answered correctly (an indication of your level of knowledge), and those you thought you knew the answers to, but were wrong about.
The important thing about "The Test" is the third category of your answers. What do you know for sure? Does God exist? Yes - No? Are you certain? Do you know why you are certain? Would you bet the lives of your family on it? Let's try an easier one.
Do you subscribe (belong) to a religion? Understanding that everyone thinks that what s/he believes is true; and understanding that there are millions of humans who do not (will not) belong to the religion you have chosen, do you believe that your religion best represents the relationship between God and man? Do you accept that there are things about God that you are not supposed to know? (is it really not for us to know?)
As Neale Donald Walsch said in his book, "Conversations With God - book I", In the beginning, "All That Is" was all there was. Then, in another book we read, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.". This would be the first creation. Later in the same book we read, "And God created man in His image. In the image of God created He them.". This would be a second creation. Why? Why did God do all that? "I individuated myself an infinite number of times, yet I remain."
Prior to the creations, "All That Is" experienced Joy, Harmony, Peace, Beauty and Love, but not hatred, jealousy, greed, lust, envy etc. It needed us for that. It needed us in order to know what that experience was like. It needed us in order to experience everything that wasn't Joy, Harmony, Peace, Beauty and Love. I avoid the pronoun "He" because, of course, "All That Is" has no gender.
This topic will be continued. . . . .
Imagine there is a test which has every question, in the world, on it. When you take the test the questions are flashed into your consciousness. You answer them aloud. As soon as you answer one question the next question comes into your consciousness. And on it goes.
When you have completed the test, your score is given to you. It will look something like this..
To 99.9% of the questions you will have answered, "I don't know." (an indication of your level of ignorance). Of the remaining .1% your answers will fall into 2 categories; those you answered correctly (an indication of your level of knowledge), and those you thought you knew the answers to, but were wrong about.
The important thing about "The Test" is the third category of your answers. What do you know for sure? Does God exist? Yes - No? Are you certain? Do you know why you are certain? Would you bet the lives of your family on it? Let's try an easier one.
Do you subscribe (belong) to a religion? Understanding that everyone thinks that what s/he believes is true; and understanding that there are millions of humans who do not (will not) belong to the religion you have chosen, do you believe that your religion best represents the relationship between God and man? Do you accept that there are things about God that you are not supposed to know? (is it really not for us to know?)
As Neale Donald Walsch said in his book, "Conversations With God - book I", In the beginning, "All That Is" was all there was. Then, in another book we read, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.". This would be the first creation. Later in the same book we read, "And God created man in His image. In the image of God created He them.". This would be a second creation. Why? Why did God do all that? "I individuated myself an infinite number of times, yet I remain."
Prior to the creations, "All That Is" experienced Joy, Harmony, Peace, Beauty and Love, but not hatred, jealousy, greed, lust, envy etc. It needed us for that. It needed us in order to know what that experience was like. It needed us in order to experience everything that wasn't Joy, Harmony, Peace, Beauty and Love. I avoid the pronoun "He" because, of course, "All That Is" has no gender.
This topic will be continued. . . . .
