The Universe/Multiverse is like a Fractal and we currently only comprehend it from our position within the Mandelbrot set, so we basically only know what we currently know, but god encompasses all that we do not yet know also. Not the "god in the gaps" cop-out, just an open-ended equation that means we will never stop expanding and evolving.
I don't believe we truly ever die, just our physical form decomposes back to its basic elements, but our consciousness/soul is the real "us".
Most of all, Christians have the concept of being "Created in the Image of God" all backwards.
Yes, we are created in the image of the Creator, but that Creator is US.
We are Created to be Creators.
We are the creators of our own lives, as much as we are the Destroyers of the same. The "image" of god is our Imagination which is the pure source energy of our ability to Create.
All things spring from our imagination. This is why god is Imaginary. Imagination is Creation.
Yes, we are created in the image of the Creator, but that Creator is US.
We are Created to be Creators.
We are the creators of our own lives, as much as we are the Destroyers of the same. The "image" of god is our Imagination which is the pure source energy of our ability to Create.
All things spring from our imagination. This is why god is Imaginary. Imagination is Creation.
Sadly Christians have imagined GOD in their image, thus anthropomorphizing god into a petty, vindictive male figure replete with all the baser instincts stemming from superstition (resulting from a lack of knowledge). The Bible is a book of fairytales used to manipulate and coerce people into alignment with a form of dictatorship which inhibits free imagination, hence stymies evolution and expansion, which is the antithesis of our true nature.
I think Imagination is a wonderful and creative tool. If one could imagine that there was indeed a spiritual aspect to living, it would be through our Imagination that one would gain access to it.
I'm not an atheist, but I am most definitely not a religious person either.
Think about this: If you are familiar with the Electro-Magnetic Spectrum, and have at least some familiarity with how the receptors in our eyes work, you know that our eyes are only designed to perceive a very tiny portion of that spectrum, which we call Light waves (color). We cannot see microwaves, gamma waves, etc, even though they are part of that same spectrum. So imagine if you somehow could see those other waves. Now realize again that you cannot. In this manner if there was something right in front of your face that was only visible in the higher or lower portion of the spectrum, you would not know it was there. We just are not designed to see it.
I separate the concepts of spirituality from religion. Religion is a form of mass mind-control, typically forged out of superstitious fear and mandates that the "believer" abandons their own ability to think rationally to blindly adhere to the dogmas of their faith, even when those dogmas seem to contradict what they sense is fundamentally true and false.
Rather, as a spiritual person, I feel we are free-flowing entities, who can tap into our spiritual nature by allowing our Imagination to open and expand our perception beyond the physical senses.
Our social and religious structures have ingrained within us that is it wrong to be playful and imaginative. Even though everything that we use to define ourselves and our societies actually sprang from our imagination: language, inventions, tools, art, music, Everything. The very fact that we are able to communicate via a computer is the result of someone tapping into imagination, and then we create shared imagery through our communication which occurs solely in our minds through imagination.
We create our reality through our Focus and Intention.
Everyone does it all the Time, even when you are blind, deaf, colorblind, in a sensory deprivation chamber, on drugs, drowning, etc. We mentally focus, energy becomes matter. Everything else is just background or white noise, the "Hum of the Universe", potential. Then it becomes real (to us) because we call it forth in our mind.
Sure people hear you say that and it sounds like magic or wishes, fairytales and unicorns. But Science has already demonstrated how we use our body's various receptors, skin, eyes, ears, etc. to register input which are in the form of energy waves (light, sound, etc.) which processes to our brains and is interpreted. All reality happens in our minds. Always has, always will. If your "meat puppet" body, which is not you, malfunctions, things can cut off certain receptors, and thus reality changes for you to accommodate your new perception status. If you die, meaning your "meat puppet" body becomes severed from your use in perceiving this Reality anymore, then you move on into the higher realms and your journey here is over and this Reality ceases to be of primary focus.
Everyone does it all the Time, even when you are blind, deaf, colorblind, in a sensory deprivation chamber, on drugs, drowning, etc. We mentally focus, energy becomes matter. Everything else is just background or white noise, the "Hum of the Universe", potential. Then it becomes real (to us) because we call it forth in our mind.
Sure people hear you say that and it sounds like magic or wishes, fairytales and unicorns. But Science has already demonstrated how we use our body's various receptors, skin, eyes, ears, etc. to register input which are in the form of energy waves (light, sound, etc.) which processes to our brains and is interpreted. All reality happens in our minds. Always has, always will. If your "meat puppet" body, which is not you, malfunctions, things can cut off certain receptors, and thus reality changes for you to accommodate your new perception status. If you die, meaning your "meat puppet" body becomes severed from your use in perceiving this Reality anymore, then you move on into the higher realms and your journey here is over and this Reality ceases to be of primary focus.
Meanwhile you are here, perceiving through your "meat puppet" body, and interpreting everything through your receptors and making value judgments based on your life's experiences. Some elements you gloss over or ignore (even if they are important to others, but they aren't your focus, so they don't matter.)
Others you focus very strongly upon. You don't even fully acknowledge just how much you focus on them, but the intensity is so palpable that its like you are digging a groove into the fabric of reality, and you are making sure that each step in your path moves you closer and closer to your desired outcome. Sometimes things do happen in a way that seems like a miracle or magic, such as spontaneous remission from cancer, or whatever else you might feel qualifies, but mostly we just create through intention (focus) transforming energy into matter (in our minds).
"Nothing really matters until it matters to us, and once it matters then it becomes matter." - Pholus
That is what is meant by "Thoughts become things."
It is true that imagination, if wielded destructively, can cause great harm (war, weapons, hate-speech, and even religions are proof enough of that), but if wielded creatively it can achieve fantastic heights.
I do not believe in some anthropomorphic god-entity, but rather that everything that is, and even that which we do not yet comprehend or are not yet aware of, is "god." That means you and I, and everyone else is also god... not "gods", but rather just one single total god. That we are ALL connected and entangled at a quantum level, and through this we are able to exchange information, even when we are not completely conscious of it.
The way I view everything is as a Fractal. That everything at a macrocosmic level is mirrored at the microcosmic level too. We are typically only aware of our position within the fractal and the higher and lower positions are typically beyond our physical perception, but technology, like telescopes and microscopes are slowly demonstrating these greater and smaller worlds and we are acclimating to these new ways of "seeing".
In Physics, especially Quantum Mechanics, there is a study of higher dimensions; like multiverses and such. This is all part of our ever expanding and accelerating awareness.There are quick routes to expanding awareness, such as Salvia and DMT, but these routes can also be easily accessed through meditation.
To me, this is Spirituality and it is exciting, and it is only limited by the limitations that we place on ourselves and our imagination.
I embraced the idea that I had creative power, and realized I was putting this in action all the time, daily, minute-by-minute, deciding what and how I would act and react, I realized there was nothing to fear, and there was no reason to view myself as a victim of life in need of a Savior, but rather as the master of my own reality and able to face all things, no matter how difficult it might seem by my own power.
I don't need to worship or pray to some God as though I was a mere servant, but I see myself as part of everything, and I am excited. And even death has lost its power. Death, to me, is simply a transition from this point on the fractal, to the next.
So you see, while others may squirm and become angry at the thought of my saying their God is Imaginary, it is really a double entendre. I mean that they truly imagine this god in their mind, but I am also hoping to inspire them to realize they can also imagine for themselves a better reality without all the baggage of fairytales and dogmas.
There are these Evangelical/Fundamentalist Christians who claim that it is only through religion (especially their brand, of course) that society can know the differences between right and wrong and to understand and incorporate so-called “morals.” While religious morals have a place, they often over-step their bounds when they seek to control aspects of others’ lives which have absolutely no bearing on them and pose no threat to society, such as deciding who can marry or what a person can do with their body or life.
These boundary invasions are even more obscene when they seek to enforce their religious morals on people who want nothing to do with their religion.
These boundary invasions are even more obscene when they seek to enforce their religious morals on people who want nothing to do with their religion.
Religious morals are arbitrary and externally imposed and typically based on the dogmas of whatever that religion believes, even when that belief comes from a place of fear or ignorance.
I reject the notion that we need externally enforced morals by nature if we truly comprehend that we are all connected.[source - my friend - Pholus Xephyr]
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