Thank you George for sharing this with me. I have read and my hearts feels the truth of this teaching. I will continue to read and study though all your shares to understand more.
I do believe that only by loving and knowing we are all here experiencing together will we truly find peace on this earth. And that will take a whole collective. I am not in charge of the whole collective and starting with me, getting clear and knowing this within myself is where I do begin.
Thank you Alicia. No single one of us is in charge of the whole collective, but by making all others more important without being against ourselves, we recognize the wholeness and that changes everything. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for your beautiful words! You’re describing the light of physical energy, which cannot be reflected upon itself without changing itself. If this were us, we could have no true identity. Spiritual light has no such limitations, which we are.
The nature of Name’s spiritual light is agapé, transparency/luminosity and permeation. We don’t reflect upon ourselves to see ourselves but to see through ourselves to see Name in each other in our singularity in Word. This is agapé, unconditional love, making each other more important.
Hello: Thanks for the link. I am not a religious person. However, I have, when I and my eyes were better, redacted and translated texts from Chrysostom and the Cappadocian Fathers. However, my mother spoke the truth when she pegged me as a heathen.
Calling someone a heathen is Old Testament jargon for judging people according to the appearance of their behavior without any knowledge of what’s in their heart. By the graciousness of your words, I would say there is a lot of love in your heart. To paraphrase, those who love know God because God is love. I use the word Name to refer God or Life so the nonbeliever is included. For Jesus was more concerned about how we treat each other than believing in God. He said, “If you don’t believe in me, believe in my works,” which were based on his love for everyone. Take care my friend.
Deep writing. If one engages the complexity of what you have written, then a consciousness of clarity is what should occur. Everything is connected…nothing exists in total isolation.
It is not me. It is the times we are living in. Many of us are awakening to these things at the same time. For whatever reason, I have been able to articulate them, but it is a group experience without contact. I cannot articulate it without others.
For example, after I publish an article on Substack, evolved from previous ones, I get my best insights from “knowing” what others see beyond what I wrote. I don’t mean to sound crazy, but that is what it feels like.
A few have said to me that I wrote what they were feeling but could not put words to it. Yet I read another author on Substack who said that their best editing occurs after they publish something.
So maybe, it is just a part of us that needs public attention before we can do our best. It is beyond me. I cannot say for sure. But what matters is whether people follow the insights to learn how to love the enemies of human conscience. That is what the times we are living in is all about.
I do not share personal information because I teach on Substack anonymously.
Teaching with confidence while humbled by the love and power that come from loving an enemy of conscience may appear contradictory to humility, depending on the culture. This is especially true when I must speak in spiritual absolutes, for even if they resonate as true in the minds of those of us who live by the relatives of science, they may take it offensively. Likewise, those of us of faith may see my approach as having a lack of faith and too philosophical. Please bear with me as I do my best to keep the focus off me and on the subject, trying to stay neutral, invisible, neither liked nor disliked, like a window. This is facilitated by my remaining anonymous.
Thank you George, a really interesting post. I'm a simple and straightforward sort of person (even though I like to think) and much of what you have written is beyond me at this time. I will need to read it a few more times I think!
Thank you Steve. The mind and heart working in harmony and discord is not a simple and straightforward matter, even though, like myself, that’s how we like to live our lives.
We usually avoid pitfalls and enjoy life without realizing that what is behind the present crisis is our inability to see beyond the appearance of things.
I’m concerned that you’re likely to go back to your simple approach, like so many others, and not invest the time to understand yourself better.
If by chance, we as a people together take the uncomfortable steps to see better, start here:
Thank you George for sharing this with me. I have read and my hearts feels the truth of this teaching. I will continue to read and study though all your shares to understand more.
I do believe that only by loving and knowing we are all here experiencing together will we truly find peace on this earth. And that will take a whole collective. I am not in charge of the whole collective and starting with me, getting clear and knowing this within myself is where I do begin.
Thank you Alicia. No single one of us is in charge of the whole collective, but by making all others more important without being against ourselves, we recognize the wholeness and that changes everything. Let me know if you have any questions.
I will :) thank you!
Thank you! Beautiful text! I fully agree.
The only thing I would add to the second point is that light is also a form,
and anything that has form is no longer “light” in my understanding.
This is very close to Dao.
By giving meaning to anything from any position,
we distort its true essence.
Thank you for your beautiful words! You’re describing the light of physical energy, which cannot be reflected upon itself without changing itself. If this were us, we could have no true identity. Spiritual light has no such limitations, which we are.
The nature of Name’s spiritual light is agapé, transparency/luminosity and permeation. We don’t reflect upon ourselves to see ourselves but to see through ourselves to see Name in each other in our singularity in Word. This is agapé, unconditional love, making each other more important.
Hello: Thanks for the link. I am not a religious person. However, I have, when I and my eyes were better, redacted and translated texts from Chrysostom and the Cappadocian Fathers. However, my mother spoke the truth when she pegged me as a heathen.
Calling someone a heathen is Old Testament jargon for judging people according to the appearance of their behavior without any knowledge of what’s in their heart. By the graciousness of your words, I would say there is a lot of love in your heart. To paraphrase, those who love know God because God is love. I use the word Name to refer God or Life so the nonbeliever is included. For Jesus was more concerned about how we treat each other than believing in God. He said, “If you don’t believe in me, believe in my works,” which were based on his love for everyone. Take care my friend.
Deep writing. If one engages the complexity of what you have written, then a consciousness of clarity is what should occur. Everything is connected…nothing exists in total isolation.
That is the challenge, to encourage such engagement.
May I ask your background, how did you come up with such insights? 👍
It is not me. It is the times we are living in. Many of us are awakening to these things at the same time. For whatever reason, I have been able to articulate them, but it is a group experience without contact. I cannot articulate it without others.
For example, after I publish an article on Substack, evolved from previous ones, I get my best insights from “knowing” what others see beyond what I wrote. I don’t mean to sound crazy, but that is what it feels like.
A few have said to me that I wrote what they were feeling but could not put words to it. Yet I read another author on Substack who said that their best editing occurs after they publish something.
So maybe, it is just a part of us that needs public attention before we can do our best. It is beyond me. I cannot say for sure. But what matters is whether people follow the insights to learn how to love the enemies of human conscience. That is what the times we are living in is all about.
Your voice is so unique….. you must have a unique background.
I do not share personal information because I teach on Substack anonymously.
Teaching with confidence while humbled by the love and power that come from loving an enemy of conscience may appear contradictory to humility, depending on the culture. This is especially true when I must speak in spiritual absolutes, for even if they resonate as true in the minds of those of us who live by the relatives of science, they may take it offensively. Likewise, those of us of faith may see my approach as having a lack of faith and too philosophical. Please bear with me as I do my best to keep the focus off me and on the subject, trying to stay neutral, invisible, neither liked nor disliked, like a window. This is facilitated by my remaining anonymous.
Thanks for sharing. I must say it is very deep insight…, rarely seen from other posts.
Thank you George, a really interesting post. I'm a simple and straightforward sort of person (even though I like to think) and much of what you have written is beyond me at this time. I will need to read it a few more times I think!
Thank you Steve. The mind and heart working in harmony and discord is not a simple and straightforward matter, even though, like myself, that’s how we like to live our lives.
We usually avoid pitfalls and enjoy life without realizing that what is behind the present crisis is our inability to see beyond the appearance of things.
I’m concerned that you’re likely to go back to your simple approach, like so many others, and not invest the time to understand yourself better.
If by chance, we as a people together take the uncomfortable steps to see better, start here:
https://georgeallenbooks.substack.com/p/can-we-save-our-democracy?r=4pmgma