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God
Rabbi Darfour has a less radical picture of God than Walsch, better than the God of the catechism but still not enough to answer my many questions.
The rabbi wrote: “Our actions testify to whether or not we experience divinity in our lives.”
“Defining God has always been a problem for theologians, philosophers, all of us. In the twelfth century, Judaism’s leading philosopher. Moises Maimonides, also struggled with this dilemma.”
“His solution was not only unique for its day, it also permanently shaped Jewish thinking. God, he wrote, can be defined only negatively. We cannot describe Gods essence by means of positive attributes, only negative ones, by what God is not. “
“Maimonides’ contribution to Jewish thought on the subject of God was significant and major. It helped those who believed in God to avoid the pitfall of ascribing to God essential characteristics that if accepted would inevitably create a logical conflict. How for example could we portray God as being simultaneously merciful and just. That is a contradiction in terms. Maimonides’ negative theology avoided the pitfall.”
Mechanism
“God has given us … a mechanism with which to manipulate and affect the raw energy that is all of life”
What an empowering statement from Walsch. How awesome! That is why Walsch believes in a theology of application not supplication. Why plead to God, much less to the saints, when God has already gifted us with all the tools needed to create and manifest our desires.
Martha Beck in “Finding Your Way in a Wild New World”has a statement of belief that we have the ability to manipulate the physical world. Beck is no New Age fan.
Even the latest scientific in business research (March 2015) stresses application, not supplication. I will write about this in June when we return from a trip. This is the turf of my husband; I need to study and work with him.
George Sison wrote: “we often forget to live in the expectancy of the good that lies before us. There is so much good for all the areas of our lives. Remember that there is no limit to what you can co-create with God in your mind.”
Walsch reasoned out: “If you see yourself as a spiritual being, you would see yourself as having powers and abilities far beyond those of a simple chemical creature – powers that transcend basic physicality and its laws.”
Consider the following:
“Ye are gods and all of you are children of the most high.” Psalm 82:6
“According to your faith let it be done to you.” Matthew 9:29
“Truly, truly I say to you, he who believes in me shall do the works which I do and even greater than these things he shall do.” John 14:12
Please note that the biblical passages above were chosen from among the list of George Sison from one of his columns in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Humanity
I will be generous if I say I was simply irritated by telephone messages selling their wares/services at 11:30 in the evening. What must these “sellers” be thinking? Do they even think at all?
I admire the calm point of view of Oscar Tan towards the recent “yaya meal” controversy. This is about an offensive practice of an exclusive resort in Quezon province, Philippines.
Oscar Tan’s article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer had a comment on humanity I find useful: “… sadly this reflects a socio-cultural reality where some segment of our society still look look down…”
My lower self is inclined to “look down” on those who don’t use their cellphones prudently.
I should consider Neale Walsch’s:”these childish, almost infantile behaviors are seen by God as the uncontrolled and irrational tantrums of an unenlightened species, a breed of sentient beings in the primitive, primeval, primordial stages of its maturational process.”
I would like to be kinder like Chopra:
“It helps if you remember that everyone is doing [his] best from [his] level of consciousness.”
Spiritual Being
“I’ve decided that I am a spiritual being, a three-part being made up of body, mind, and soul. Each part of my tri-part being has a function and a purpose. As I come to understand each of these functions each aspect of me begins to move efficiently to serve its purpose in my life.”
“You could conceive of yourself as a spiritual being inhabiting a biological mass – what I call a body.”
“If you see yourself as a spiritual being, you would see yourself as having powers and abilities, far beyond those of a simple chemical creature: powers that transcend basic physicality and its laws.”
“You would understand that these powers and abilities give you collaborative control over the exterior elements of your individual and collective life and complete control over the interior elements- which means that you have total ability to create your own reality because your reality has nothing to do with producing the exterior elements of your life and everything to do with how you respond to the elements that have been produced.
Neale Walsch has graphically described the divinity of each person. George Sison supports the idea by quoting several Biblical passages I will include in another essay this April.