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What is the scriptural support for us being a part of God?

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    Peace be upon you Danish, Enquirer, and all,

    Thank you both for the kind words. Perhaps you give me too much credit. It is "WE" who have gotten to where we are, discussing such crucial topics as this thread about ONENESS. One does not grow without resistance, and we have all provided resistance for each other.

    While I appreciate the kind words, I would ask that you "please do not feed the animals", and by that I mean my EGO. D As good as it might "feel" to hear such compliments, it can be very harmful if I take it too seriously. Lets continue to make this forum a place for resistance and growth.

    Regarding this topic, I think you all have given the verses that I would have given in support of this idea. I will have more to say about the topic later, it has far reaching consequences. Our IDENTITY, who we think we are, gives us great power.

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      Peace be upon you Enquirer,

      I was looking at the other thread which prompted you to start this thread and I saw a verse that you mentioned that I forgot about but have promoted before which is the verse that states that Musa was told to take his shoes off. I agree that this implies that the journey is not a physical journey, like the one to Mecca to walk around a stone, but instead a spiritual journey within.

      I also want to mention that there is a verse regarding one "looking about the skies" but was told that the true Qibla was the "masjid al haraam" (place of hearing and obeying the restrictions), which is a place within man's being, not a physical object for people to face AT ALL TIMES. D

      The God is the Core of our Being. It is God's "ruh" (energy) that is blown into us that gives us LIFE, gives us BEING. It is the God who SEES, HEARS, etc THROUGH our VEHICLES.

      Think of a pure light shining through different colored window panes. As it shines through the red window pane, it becomes limited, same with blue, yellow, etc. But WITHIN the red, blue, yellow light, is the ESSENCE, the pure light from which they are all made. The human must stop identifying with colored lights and go back to the pure light. We are not our houses, we are not our clothes, we are not our bodies, we are not our thoughts/images, we are not our emotions. So who are WE?

      I do not say the above lightly, I have reflected and confirmed the above statements as we all should.

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        God is the Light of the heavens and the Earth. The example of His light is like ................................................................................

        Imagin the whole existence glowing with this light.
        His light sustains everything in existence.

        God forbids us to worship any idol in any form, but when it comes to comparison with LIGHT, it becomes permitted.

        LIGHT of the lights.

        It has a yellow-greenish GLOW (OLIVE OIL). Just as with the allegory of the GARDEN and rivers of heaven.

        1. Faces on that Day will be shining.
        2. Looking at their Lord.

        The close ones to him will be able to look at HIS MAJESTY LIGHT OF THE LIGHTS and their faces also becomes shiny.

        HE is the most subliem energy field which existence upon HIS power exists and grows. HIS GLOW is shines upon everything.

        this has made me to contemplate a lot on its meaning, but still it has a lot more to reveal. further elaboration on this matter from sisters and brothers is appreciated.

        This Forum is a blessing.

        peace

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          Peace alpha97. There are a some people who state that God is light.That we and everything that exists are derivatives of light. It is interesting,i mean even darkness may just be a lesser amount of light. scientists are pondering over whether light is a wave or a particle or both,a bit mysterious.. Many religious experiences are called ;'seeing the light'. Ignorance or darkness is referred to when one is in illusion and does not perceive/see the light.In the verse you refer to god is called light,as is his guidance. Many near death experiences or out of body experiences report seeing a bright light. Could light be our true essence?(and the true essence of everthing.) Ps; The hologram theory may also be related to light,and this topic?
          .Peace all.

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            peace everyone

            I think it was Danish and enquirer who said Kyle (idolfree1) was 'the most enlightened member on this forum.' Although i agree that Kyle is a very smart individual (and so are some other people on this forum), i would refrain from calling him, or anyone else for that matter, the 'most enlightened.' Because if we do that, we are basically telling everyone that they should follow whatever Kyle says because he is smarter than they are. And it would also be degrading the opinion of those who disagree with him.

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              peace phoenix. I did also mention that we all make mistakes in our interpretations.(even kyle. ) So i did not mean that we should follow idol-free,or that those who disagree with him are necessarily wrong. We should follow what we verify is right,not any single person. My point was on certain general issues, in my opinion, he is the most enlightened member.(note the words 'most enlightened' are relative.) This is not to downgrade other posters,who can also have great ideas. Great ideas can come from many sources. I just like to give credit and encouragement to people,so they can get some feedback... Just as i say my mum is the best cook in my family,it doesnt mean i am criticising my sisters cooking ability or that my mum knows everything about cooking. I do disagree with idol-free on certain issues,(eg homosexuality.) but i feel his methodology,experience and ideas are very good.
              Peace all.

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                phoenix1
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                peace

                thanks for clearing that up. and i agree with you about Kyle.

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                  Peace 'phoenix1',

                  I think it was Danish and enquirer who said Kyle (idolfree1) was 'the most enlightened member on this forum.' Although i agree that Kyle is a very smart individual (and so are some other people on this forum), i would refrain from calling him, or anyone else for that matter, the 'most enlightened.' Because if we do that, we are basically telling everyone that they should follow whatever Kyle says because he is smarter than they are. And it would also be degrading the opinion of those who disagree with him.

                  You definitely need brushing up your understanding level before becoming judgemental and getting carried away. Your muttering above has no bearing and semblance to what I wrote earlier. Please re-read my post below

                  The above verses are full of wisdom, no doubt proclaimed by the mystical/philosophical minds of that time, and so are some of the ones of OUR times, and likewise I do admire some of the wisdom a few people have here on this forum, perhaps a level above, one of which I had my doubts before, and that is Kyle, with due respect to all others. A blurred mirrored vision defogged on my part and ventilated clear.

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                    Peace Kyle,

                    Thank you both for the kind words. Perhaps you give me too much credit. It is "WE" who have gotten to where we are, discussing such crucial topics as this thread about ONENESS. One does not grow without resistance, and we have all provided resistance for each other.

                    While I appreciate the kind words, I would ask that you "please do not feed the animals", and by that I mean my EGO. As good as it might "feel" to hear such compliments, it can be very harmful if I take it too seriously. Lets continue to make this forum a place for resistance and growth.

                    The point I was driving at, was that, I understood and digested some of the spiritual concepts in relations to reality/nature you?ve been talking about, which when compared to Quranic injunctions side by side seemed rather unrelated, and for which I had issues about that led to misunderstandings earlier. Nevertheless, it was a compliment to be acknowledged and not purported to become harmful. That's all. wink

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                      peace Danish

                      I didn't mean to say that in a negative way. sorry. I wasn't judging you. I was just trying to put my thoughts out there so that people wouldn't start talking about who is more 'enlightened' than who.
                      And i think my post was directed more towards enquirer.
                      again, sorry.

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                        peace Danish

                        I didn't mean to say that in a negative way. sorry. I wasn't judging you. I was just trying to put my thoughts out there so that people wouldn't start talking about who is more 'enlightened' than who.
                        And i think my post was directed more towards enquirer.
                        again, sorry.

                        Thank you for clearing it up and I do apologise for being a little harsh at words, though not my intention. No hard feelings. PEACE. )

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                          thank YOU

                          PEACE

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                            Peace Enquirer, All, and welcome Alpha97,

                            My only contention with saying God is light is the following Light has a speed and hence is governed by time. Perhaps this is splitting hairs, but I think to encapsulate God into something tangible, governed by universal laws, would be a mistake and far undershoots the reality.

                            On the other hand, to use the example of how light can radiate in all directions and so on is certainly helpful in understanding the effects of God, however, the essence is well beyond words.

                            Where the Holographic Theory relates to light, in my understanding, is only as the means to accessing the source. The light, as in a hologram, is bounced off of the source to reveal the picture. The source itself is where the essence remains. The picture that is revealed is the illusion, furnished by light.

                            Perhaps in the astral plane or parallel universe or dimension(whatever you want to call it) what people see as "light" during near-death experiences is another entity altogether, and can only be described as light because that's all these folks can relate it to. I've read accounts of this "light" being all-encompassing, not blinding, but also attached with feelings of absolute peace and serenity. These sensations seem to go hand in hand with what they are seeing and later calling "light".

                            Peace,
                            Tay

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                              peace tay. you make very valid points. I would clarify that light could be the constituent part/derivative of god,not the whole of god..The whole of god is probably unknowable. The speed of light, i believe,may be variable but scientists have yet to verify this. Also the speed,once again is related to a part,not the whole.I think the whole is infinite and the sum total of all that exists,but not a seperate entity in itself. This theory is the same as; the god is everthing that exists in different forms/manifestations of energy..Ie the light can be the common factor,but in infinite different forms.The whole cannot be seen totally by virtue of its size being infinite.(not all parts are physically visible by an individual,due to some parts of the god being 'infinitely'/disproportionatly large or 'infinitesmally' small,or a different dimension/form of energy/light..)
                              Peace all.

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                                Peace

                                I like to think that God is the root behind all things that exist, not being that which exists. God stands behind manifestation and projects it. God's works do not constitute God, but are an expression of God. I'd thus warn that you not take the light parable in the wrong way. That being, it is a parable.

                                Joe

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                                  Hello All,

                                  Peace Enquirer, All, and welcome Alpha97,
                                  My only contention with saying God is light is the following Light has a speed and hence is governed by time. Perhaps this is splitting hairs, but I think to encapsulate God into something tangible, governed by universal laws, would be a mistake and far undershoots the reality.

                                  That would my contention aswell. I have reservations with stating God as Light and hence "energy" because God then is reduced to a human concept which is "energy". This goes against the insight of the past sages, seers, meditators and mystics who have said that "God" is beyond all human concepts.

                                  Making God as Energy also has very important implications to the very Idea of God itself. In fact if you make God as Energy then God as a Creator can be dispensed with because energy is in a constant state of flux and energy can neither be Created nor Destroyed. Therefore one can say Energy alwasy existed and will continue to exist forever and because it was in a constant state of flux, energy transformed into matter and the matter transform itself to energy again...and hence no need of a Creator.

                                  Therefore God must be matterless and energy-less as the Kalam Argument goes...therefore God as light is indeed a parable...

                                  Just my two cents...

                                  Regards,

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                                    Peace all. The whole(god.) is beyond total comprehension,but that does not mean some of the parts cannot be comprehended. If we cant comprehend/understand god why do we glorify him? If we cant comprehend him,is our concept of him an illusion? Can god not be partially understood by the 'attributes' traditionally given to him? I thought the quran stated' Not to follow that of which you have no knowledge/verification'? How can we follow an idea which cannot be comprehended/verified,even partially? I think i should clarify that i am saying god=all that exists,and all that exists is constituted of energy.(in different forms.) And yes,i do believe energy is eternal and in a constant state of flux/changing of forms.The need for a 'creator ' i think is misunderstood. When certain conditions are met,then energy can manifest into a different form such as matter or a seemingly 'new' creation.. An example is the birth of an animal from the conditions of the sperm and egg meeting succesfully. There is no real creation out of nothing,there is just a new expression of energy that manifests itself to others. The soul or 'essence' or energy of the animal always existed,it has just joined with other matter.(ie a new body for the soul,when previously it/the soul was 'unseen'.)
                                    The opinion of some past mystics can correlate with this view; if they stated god is everthing, then a part of god can be directly verified.
                                    Sometimes i feel making god above all comprehension(ie not being able to even comprehend parts of the god.) is reducing god to nothing or just a powerless/unverifiable,contradictory,mysterious, 'leap of faith' idea.(and there is no 'real' such thing as 'nothing',nothing is an illusion or just the inability of our senses to perceive something.) The totality of god may be incomprehensible(due to its infinite nature.) but the parts/manifestations/constitutents of god can definately be verified.
                                    Peace all.

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                                      peace to all,

                                      God HIMSELF gives the example of light because HE knows that we need tangible things to relate to. As HE does with example of heaven and in afterlife. Because that is also beyond our comprehension, but HE makes it tangible. The fruits, carpets, rivers,...... and as it goes for hell fire an burning. HE helps us to associate and comprehend.

                                      HE is not talking about light of guidance, but the light of earth and heavens , so it encompasses all beings, living or not. the whole existence.

                                      I do understand that his essence is beyond any imagination. but I do believe from this verse that HE is giving us is an allegory to quench the thirst of our imagination. HE is giving the example of a self radiating oil which gives light upon light and not only to our awareness but to earth and skies.

                                      I enjoy very much the thoughtful and compassionate sphere of this forum.

                                      peace

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                                        Peace alpha97. Very interesting post. Welcome to the forum )

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                                          This is an article i wrote couple of months ago. I am rewriting it now, it was my first, so i had to get used to explaining while keeping a broad audience in mind. So it is not a perfect article, i am changing a lot of things to it now, my understanding has grown so much since i wrote it, but it is has exactly the same subject, so eventhough it is a rough version, maybe you enjoy it.....

                                          Peace Arnoldyasin

                                          A scientific approach to God?s image and the Oneness of God

                                          ?What is God? Where is God?? Every person on earth will give you a different answer to these questions. ?Nowhere. Outside the universe. In heaven. In yourself. God is love. God is the Quantum Zero Point Field. God is energy. God is in these rocks. Inside this temple.? These are some remarks people could give. Which one is true? They are all based and formed on personal experience, intelligence, feelings, knowledge, personal opinions, knowledge formed by religion or tradition, conjecture. So is God for everyone different? Is our God experience subjected to every persons willingness of limit to where God can be present in their lives, can the experience be formed? I believe they are all true, and none. Humankind always has to form something into a shape, to name it. An experience or feeling, a scientific idea about the world around us. We always have to label it, put a name card on it. Shape it into an image. This is no weakness, it?s build within our nature, it helps us to deal with the things we encounter in life. But in one thing we went wrong, went ahead of ourselves, crossed a limit. We tried to grasp the Ungraspable. See Him who can?t be seen.

                                          Some see God as energy, some see Him in the smile of a child. We try to find Him somewhere in our lives. To give form to God, to grasp Him. Give Him a place, and by doing so we give Him a size, a form, a limit to where He is present in our lives and thoughts.
                                          I say; STOP! Drop all the thoughts you?re having and let?s start over, from the beginning. Look at ourselves and wonder why do you have such thoughts? On what experience and knowledge you have formed God on? Is it reasonable, did you really search God, or did you search a form or place for Him? Did you allow people to form Him for you? When you reflect on yourselves to see where you?re ideas come from, you will see that, most of it comes from your background, education, experience. All things that are limited and by thus create a limit for God unknowingly. So let?s start over and see where we will end.

                                          You will agree with me that there are two worlds we can reach; the world we see with our eyes, touch with our fingers, the air we breath. The material world. The other one is linked to this world, but can also go beyond it. The world of feelings. Love, happiness, pain, hate, hope, despair, anger, sorrow. We all know them, we all have a different approach to them, we name them like this, we can?t truly grasp them, but nobody will deny their existence. These worlds are linked, intertwined in one another, they form one another. So let?s see what we know now about the first world, the material world.

                                          Science has come a long way. Every time they thought they had reached a limit, a new horizon appeared. The knowledge of the building blocks that form our material world, got smaller and more complicated over the years. First we started to understand that everything was build with small ?construction? blocks, and we called them molecules. This idea is thousands of years old, coming from the ancient history, passed on to us through the ancient Greeks. The fundamentals of the laws of the building blocks grew over the ages, until the 19th and 20th century we started to understand that they had so many properties, they also had to be formed by even smaller particles. Being present in each molecule in a different amount and formation and giving each molecule its unique qualities. Protons, neutrons and electrons. And of course these later on turned out be constructed by again smaller parts, quarks. Quarks had smaller substances and from there on it never stopped. Now we have reached a point we know we can?t go further. We start to understand we live in one unlimited energy field. No vacuum, no spaces between the energy. Scientists have given it different names but they all agree on
                                          the properties, Zero Point Field, Akasha field. The name doesn?t matter.

                                          Because of this discovery we can understand a lot of things we earlier couldn?t explain, now we can fill in the blanks. Now quantum physics works together with biology, neurology, chemistry, philosophy and religion. New theories emerged from all different fields of science, explaining the most fundamental questions. The communication between cells, where gravity gets its energy from. The field answered a lot of material world answers. But it gave also a new explanation for the reality of the material world. People always hear things like; this life is an illusion, or life is a dream. Most religions say it, the holy books mention it. Philosophers wrote hundreds of books about it. Now this idea, this way of thinking comes from a place we would not expected to come from; science. In neurology there were already ideas that the world didn?t exist outside us. Our senses feel, hear, see, taste something coming from outside us. It goes trough our nerves and inside our brains and the feeling gets reproduced to our conscious. So we can never step outside our brain and nerves to experience the outside world. How then can we know it is real? This pondered scientists and philosophers for years. In dreams you can feel senses, experience realness. Climb a mountain while never leaving your bed. You don?t need a reality around you to experience things.

                                          Life looks like a big super movie, a hologram. The people who examine the outside world, came with the same conclusion. There is no ?outside? just a ?something?. But not only outside you, you yourself are part of that ?something?. Even your conscious is build up out of that ?something?. Life is truly a hologram?. So there you are, reading this, with your thoughts. Thinking they are only in your head. There is no head! There is nothing, and everything. We are all connected with everything. Part of the ?something?. All is real, but in the same time not a real as before, only your thoughts and actions remain. Your choices of feelings when you experience the hologram is all that that is real. But also still based on that ?something?.

                                          But what creates this hologram? Allows your choices? Your consciousness? All sciences show a design in the creation around you and in yourselves. When you read this article, you know it was written by an intelligence. I could have taken some ink and drop it on a piece of paper a million times. Never would it have formed a sentence, even a word. I have to direct the ink, control it to form a word or a sentence. The design in DNA, the law of physics that balance the mechanism of the creation are so precise, like in the words of professor Paul Davies? This can be no trivial detail, no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here?. So what?s behind this perfectly formed hologram, this perfect movie set? Does the energy field form it? So we can name this field God? No, then you start limiting and labeling again. I myself wouldn?t call it that. That kind of description makes an ?it? out of the ?something?. The something designs our being, our experiences, our world. God is everything, and goes beyond everything, beyond your thoughts. Beyond the field. God doesn?t end up on a chalkboard between thousands of formulas. Just like feelings, the Everything can?t be described. You can?t write the feeling of love for me on paper, you can only describe the effect the feeling has on you. The field can be an expression of God, a way to show His power and presence to us. Showing that you can?t escape Him, you can?t get attached to things, possessions. It?s all a hologram, not real. The only real attachment is to Him. The field is balanced, controlled by perfect laws, creating us and our universe. It shows us a message, He is here, wherever that is.

                                          ?It ? knows, ?it? forms. ?It lives and makes us live. It is conscious and truly unlimited in every-thing. And an ?it? can live, but an ?it? is something not personal. An ?it? is something unknown. But we know that?s not the case, we have known ?it? from the beginning. In every language we give a different name, but the meaning is the same. God, Allah, Aum, Adonai, Wakantanka, Ahura Mazda. So many names, but all the same qualities given to the Highest being, the Highest Reality. The Ultimate Everything. And still a lot of scientists can?t find there place in religion, they acknowledge the fact of a Creator, but don?t know what to do with their ?discovery?. The image of that Creator mentioned in the revelations of the world, say the same thing we know now through science. But they look at the religions and only see the traditions and superstitions that surrounds the religions. They don?t take the effort to go beyond these things that bury the true meaning mentioned in the holy books and oral traditions. Most traditions and beliefs that comes with a holy revelation, contradict what that revelation says. The scriptures are more realistic, more grown than the later formed traditions that surrounds them. The doctrines that later on have been formed, has more to do with the power and position the people gained using the scriptures, or misunderstandings that formed over the years, superstitions. They buried the true message hidden in the revelations. The scriptures are always the innocent victims, their words used too give people authority, instead of giving the scriptures the true importance. And by thus later on getting labeled as concocted. They are seen as ignorant efforts to explain our reason of existence, but doesn?t science try to do the same?

                                          Of course it is really important we have to look at scriptures in a scientific way. We have to look at the psychology and social factors behind the revelations. Their history and purposes for the laws and wisdom mentioned in them. I?m not going to start the discussion in this article, which scripture is wrong or not, how much they are corrupted or not, that is not the purpose of this article. The purpose of this article is to show that the main message in the revelations are all the same, that science shows the same information. That is, stop giving God a form or place. Let?s stop trying to grasp the Ungraspable. God is everything, and can?t be comprehended. This is sometimes hard for people to understand. We are a ?thing? that can never engulf the Everything. But we still can have a relationship with Him. We have been created with a meaning, so to know us, we have to start with knowing Him. Some people say? Look God inside of you?. I say turn it around; ?Look you inside of God?.

                                          I am the Producer and the Destroyer of the whole universe. There is nothing else, O Dhana?gaya! higher than Myself; all this is woven upon Me, like numbers of pearls upon a thread. And all entities which are of the quality of goodness, and those which are of the quality of passion and of darkness, know that they are, indeed, all from Me; I am not in them, but they are in Me.
                                          Bhagada-vita Chapter 7, verses 6 and 10.
                                          O You who are All! You are of infinite power, of unmeasured glory; you pervade All, and therefore You are All!
                                          Bhagada-vita Chapter 11, verse 40

                                          Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
                                          Deuteronomy 4,39

                                          O?man, worship the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Originator, Immortal, All-pervading God, and dedicate thyself to Him.
                                          Sama Veda, book2 agneya kanda, decade 1, verse 7

                                          The visible and invisible universe displays His grandeur. Yea, He is greater than this universe. All worlds are but a part of Him, the rest lies in His Immortal, Resplendent Nature.
                                          Yayur Veda, Chapter 31. verse 3

                                          The birds and beasts, the trees and rocks, are the work of some great power. We believe that He, Wakantanka, is everywhere.
                                          Chased by bears, Chief of Lakota Indians

                                          "It is I who am the light which is above them all. It is I who am the All. From Me did the All come forth, and unto Me did the All extend. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find Me there."
                                          Gospel of Thomas, verse 77

                                          To God belongs the East and the West. Wherever you turn the presence of God is everywhere
                                          All-pervading is He and All-knowing.
                                          Quran, Chapter 2, verse 115
                                          This is God, your Lord; there is no god but He, the Creator of all things. So pay homage to Him, for He takes care of everything. No eyes can penetrate Him, but He penetrates all eyes, and He knows all the mysteries, for He is All-knowing.
                                          Quran, Chapter 6, verses 102-103
                                          That is so for God is the undeniable Reality. It is He who brings the dead to life, for He has the power over every thing.
                                          Quran, Chapter 22, verse 6

                                          So science and religion can walk hand in hand, they are meant to walk hand in hand. They complete each other. They are not each others enemies, they are true brothers.

                                          ?For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.?
                                          Robert Jastrow, astrophysicist

                                          So now science serves theology, it helps in the better understanding on how great a miracle it is we are here. It helps to a better understanding of the wisdom given to us by our ancestors.
                                          But it helps also in one real important matter. In the information given above, it is clearly shown that there is only one everything. You can?t have two everything?s, you can?t split it up in little fractions, or place the power in a certain spot. Everything is one and alone. Everything is everywhere. Imagine, EVERYTHING??Everything you look at, your computer, your reflection in the mirror. The stars above, the whole universe and what lies beyond it. Everywhere you look, you look at Him. You can?t grasp it, you can?t form a picture or place for Everything. God is One. There is only one origin. One beginning. One Everything.

                                          Almost all traditions and revelations, oral or written, proclaim this. From the Bible to the Vedas, the Quran to the Zend Avesta, the traditions of Buddha to the traditions of the American Indians. From east to west, north to south. Almost all people, cultures know the most High. They all proclaim the One is above all. There is nothing else that has power, nothing else that matters. Nothing that goes beyond it. How then can it be their doctrines and way of thinking contradict this? Hindus proclaim their monotheists while worshipping hundreds of statues. Christians claim their monotheists while saying He is split up in three parts. American Indians say mother earth nurtures them. Muslim mention Muhammed next to God. Buddhists give power to Buddha. People who acknowledge a Most High, but are only dealing with their ancestors or all kinds of spirits. And the list goes on and on. They give power or importance to something that is just a ?thing? inside the Everything. A ?thing? that is not even a drop in the ocean of Everything. A ?thing? that is so minute, so powerless, because it is build up out of the Everything. When you build something, or mention a name, you use God?s presence. You ?borrow? God to make a statue, praise a name, bow down for something. When you use your thoughts, you make use of God. God gave us the power to form our reality around us, using Him. So when you praise something that is not the Everything, you praise something that has no power of its own. It doesn?t belong to itself. It isn?t loose from the Everything. It is made up out of the Everything. That little part does not resemble the Everything.

                                          It would be like somebody grabbed your hand, folded your fingers so it formed a fist and say;? this fist can help me, this fist is special. Hit that person for me, protect me, fist.? Wouldn?t you say; ?the fist is not special, without me it can?t do nothing. I decide if I would help you, the fist can?t decide on its own. I?m its master. Why don?t you ask me to help you? Why do you ask a part of me, That has no power of its own? Where has this idea come from?? then the person might say; ?Ok, then I ask you to help me with your fist?. Wouldn?t your answer be; ?I decide if I help you with my fist, I decide with what I?m going to help you.? Imagine then you helped him, protected him using your fist. And afterwards he would say; ?thank you, I swear there is no protector but you and your fist is your helper.? wouldn?t you start all over again? ?my fist didn?t help you, I did, why mention it even? I used my fist, and may be it was an important means to help you, but still I helped you. It was me, and me alone who helped you. Why mention it like you have to??
                                          So think closely how you ?use? God. In what ways you use the power given to you, and Who to give thanks too.

                                          Understand this and you know the true relation between you and God. There is no space between you and your Creator, no barrier. The revelations say there is no god except God, no power except the Power. This is not only a theological fact, it is now also a truly scientifically one. There is only one Everything, only one Power, One God. All is One. Let all the people of all religions understand this and we have something that truly unites us. This is step one to the higher ladder of evolving to a higher society. This will make us forget we have some differences like our color of skin or language. We are all related, created by the same One, for the same purpose. To find ourselves. All the holy revelations and creeds have the same main theme. We have to drop all the superstition and traditions that stop us to grow as humans and society, the things that are not confirmed by the scriptures and logic. And learn the background and history of the scriptures and traditions. Lets put the revelations next to the scientific discoveries, and get rid of the things that holds us back. Let us be ruled by reason and wisdom, using both science and religion. Let us grow back to another. lets pick up our ladders to God and find the chains that binds us, not separate us. Lets return to God.

                                          God There is no god but He, the Living, Eternal, Self-subsisting, Ever-sustaining. Neither does somnolence affect Him nor sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth; and who can intercede with Him except by His leave? Known to Him is all that is present before men and what is hidden (in time past and future), and not even a little of His knowledge can they grasp except what He will. His seat extends over heavens and earth, and He tires not protecting them He alone is all High and Supreme.
                                          Quran, Chapter 2, verse 255
                                          Surely the believers and the Jews, the Nazareans(Christians) and the Sabians, whoever believes in God and the Last Day, and whosoever does right, shall have his reward with his Lord and will neither have fear nor regret.
                                          Quran, Chapter 2, verse 62 and Chapter 5, verse 69.

                                          Who, dedicating all their actions to Me, and (holding) Me as their highest (goal), worship Me, meditating on Me with a devotion towards none besides Me, and whose minds are fixed on Me, I, without delay, come forward as their deliverer from the ocean of this world of death. Place your mind on Me only; fix your understanding on Me. In Me you will dwell hereafter, (there is) no doubt.
                                          Bhagada-vita, Chapter 12, verse 6

                                          Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one God! Therefore you shall adore the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
                                          Deuteronomy Chapter 6,verses 4-5
                                          Gospel of Mark, Chapter 11, verses 29-30

                                          God is the Creator of the universe, its One Lord, the sustainer of luminous objects like the sun. He was present before the creation of the world. He sustains this earth and the sun in past, present and future. Let us worship with self dedication of our soul, Him, the Embodiment of Happiness.
                                          Yayur Veda, Chapter 23, verse 1

                                          Him who I desire to worship and celebrate with my hymns, I beheld just now with my eyes, Him who knows the truth, Him, the Living Wise, as the source of the good mind, the good action, and the good word, so let us put down our gifts of praise in the dwelling-house of the heavenly singers?.For the Holy One held I Thee, Mazda Ahura.
                                          Zend-Avesta, Chapter Gatha 2, verses 8-9

                                          Great Spirit, You have always been, and before You nothing has been.
                                          There is no one to pray to but You. The star nations all over the heavens are Yours, and Yours are the grasses of the earth. You are older than all need, older than all pain and prayer.
                                          Sioux Prayer

                                          Agree and be united Let your minds be all of one accord, even as the learned sages of ancient days, unanimously worship GOD.Athar Veda, Book 6, Hymn 64, verse 1

                                          Sourches

                                          Physics and Philosophy; Werner heisenberg

                                          The Field; Lynne McTaggart

                                          The Tao of physics; Fritjof Capra

                                          The reenchanted Cosmos-Welcome home in the universe; Ervin Laslo

                                          The Holographic Universe; Michael Talbot

                                          The Mind of God; Paul Davies

                                          Quran, English translation; Ahmed Ali

                                          The Bible, English standard version

                                          Gospel of Thomas, English translation; T. Lambdin

                                          Bhagada Vita, English translation

                                          Zend Avesta, English translation, Irano-Aryan Faith and Doctrine; Albert Pike

                                          Athar Veda, Sama Veda and Yayur Veda, English translation; Devi Chand

                                          American Indian prayers and thoughts; Multiple sources

                                          Author Arnold Mol, 2006

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