Thursday, November 3, 2011

Waiting for Fruition


If the world did not need you and you did not need this world, you would never have come here. God does not cast His precious child into the pain of this journey without purpose.

You say you cannot see a reason. Why should it surprise you that a creature cannot fathom the plan of its Creator? Nevertheless, eventually the fruits of your labor will blossom for all to see.

T. Freeman

This is why Eve, living among flowers, eventually herself gave off a scent of flowers.


"According to tradition, when the Creator placed Adam and Eve in
their earthly paradise, he entrusted Adam with the care of
animals and Eve with the care of vegetation. This is why Eve,
living among flowers, eventually herself gave off a scent of
flowers. But at the time of the first sin, she lost this power.
Before the fall, she emanated all kinds of delightful perfumes,
because she possessed the qualities and virtues that manifest on
the physical plane as fragrances. In fact, all psychic phenomena
correspond to something in the physical world: a fragrance is the
physical expression of a virtue, a nauseous odour the physical
expression of a vice.
And now, if women experience such a desire to wear perfume, it
is in remembrance of the time when they lived in paradise and
possessed this gift of naturally exhaling fragrances. But wearing
perfume is not the best way. There is nothing wrong with wearing
perfume, and even make-up, but if women learned to develop
certain qualities and virtues, they would have no further need of
artifice: they would regain their true fragrance, their original
beauty. "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Adulthood


Three things you must know to be an adult:

Don’t fool yourself.
Don’t fool others.
Don’t let others fool you.

—and do it all without trying to impress anybody.

T. Freeman

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

True Ideas


A thought that helps no one, not only is it not true, in the final result it never was. For all that is, physical or spiritual or Divine, was only created to be part of the repair of this world of action. And once that repair is done, all that will be true are those things that made it happen.

In every thought, look for the power to change the world.

T. Freeman

This


What is a blade of grass?

A blade of grass is infinite light expressing itself as a blade of grass.

What is an atom?

An atom is infinite light expressing itself as an atom.

What is a universe?

A universe is infinite light expressing itself as a universe.

In each, the Infinite Light says, “I am here and I am not here. I am this and I am not this. Through this thing, know its Maker, that which cannot be known.”

T. Freeman

The Promise Inside


No matter how much you distrust your own sincerity or question your motives, there is no trace of doubt that at your core lives a Godly soul, pure and sincere.

You provide the actions and the deed—just do what is good.

She needs no more than a pinhole through which to break out and fill those deeds with divine power.

T. Freeman

Force and Counter-Force


For every power for good in your soul, a counter-force crouches within to oppose it.

There is only one place that stands beyond assault, as it also stands beyond reason or need. It is the simple power to choose good and not bad, and it is the place where the soul meets God and there they are one.

In that place, where that resolute decision is made, the counterforce dissolves and dissipates. Indeed, it was created from that place, with the purpose of returning you to there.

And you have returned.

T. Freeman

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Vacation


When people want to free themselves from their humdrum workaday life, they go on vacation. They rent a cabin with half the rooms they have at home and sacrifice many of the conveniences they generally rely upon. They rough it. And then they feel free.

As it turns out, everybody agrees: When you let go of those material things you have become attached to, then you can start to be free.

T.Freeman

Perpetual Struggle


Some think life is all about doing good and keeping away from evil. To them, struggle has no purpose of its own -- to have struggled is to have failed. Success, they imagine, is a sweet candy with no trace of bitterness.

They are wrong, very wrong. Struggle is an opportunity to reach the ultimate, when darkness itself becomes light. In the midst of struggle, an inner light is awakened. Light profound enough to overwhelm the darkness, encasing it and winning it over.

But if darkness never fights back, how will it ever be conquered?

T. Freeman

So many people complain about the bad conditions they are forced to live in


"So many people complain about the bad conditions they are forced
to live in! They feel they are victims of fate, of society, of
their boss, even of their family… No, they must understand that
first and foremost they are their own victims: they are the ones
who consciously or unconsciously created their present conditions
in life by having particular thoughts and feelings in their past
lives and taking the actions they took. If they alter their
behaviour and their state of mind, conditions will change in
their next life, and even in this one.
Yes, depending on your attitude, conditions can change now. So
long as you think your external, material situations are the
deciding factors and you improve nothing within yourself, you
will continue to attract the same deplorable conditions. But if
you give priority to the spirit, to light and strength, your
conditions will eventually be modelled on these divine
principles. Since what is below is like what is above, in time
what is above will also be realized below."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Virtue and vice, strength and weakness, beauty and ugliness


"Virtue and vice, strength and weakness, beauty and ugliness are
different aspects of the good and evil we see expressed all
around us. But instead of learning how to behave in relation to
these two poles of the one whole, humans constantly ask
themselves why God allows evil to exist. They must no longer ask
this kind of question but understand instead that good and evil
are intimately connected, because as complementary poles they
have matters they must deal with together.
Our life on earth is wholly conditioned by the alternation of
day and night, and this alternation, which governs the life of
all of nature, also governs our physical and psychic life. We
would not know what light is if darkness did not exist, nor what
wisdom, justice, beauty and joy are if we were not forced to come
up against stupidity, injustice, ugliness and sadness.
Understanding is born of comparison and confrontation. If
opposites did not exist, we would live in an undifferentiated
state. "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Childish Joy


The natural state of man, the way God created us, is to be happy.

Look at children and you will see.

T. Freeman

It can happen that you suddenly feel flooded with light


"Quite unexpectedly, it can happen that you suddenly feel flooded
with light, that all of a sudden you are being projected upward,
all the way to your higher self. You are dazzled by this beauty
and immensity, and it feels as though from this moment on nothing
could bring you down from these heights. Unfortunately, this
doesn’t last. You have to pick up the threads of your everyday
life, with its same worries, its same temptations, its same
weaknesses. You feel cut off from your higher self, like a
fragment cast aside, rejected. Some time later, you again feel
enlightened, illumined, but once again it doesn’t last long, and
you begin to feel discouraged.
No, you must not allow yourself to be discouraged by the
fluctuations in your consciousness. If you persevere in your
spiritual work, one day, after all the highs and lows, the light
that comes to visit you will no longer leave you. You will have
crossed to the other shore, and you will be saved forever."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

le goût, au niveau subtil, n'est pas dans la bouche, il est réellement dans le coeur

Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait penser, le goût, au niveau subtil, n'est pas dans la bouche, il est réellement dans le coeur : tu goûtes les choses dans ton coeur. Le coeur, c'est là où le mal est inexistant, là où le mal ne peut pas entrer. Jamais le coeur ne peut être mauvais, ce n'est pas sa nature, un coeur peut être blessé mais jamais mauvais. On peut dire de quelqu'un qu'il a « bon coeur » mais pas qu'il a « mauvais coeur », cela n'existe pas ; on devrait plutôt dire qu'il est un « sans-coeur », c'est à-dire qu'il n'a plus de coeur, plus d'âme.

O. Manitara

Les paroles ont un goût.

Les paroles ont un goût. Tu dois goûter ta parole car celle-ci sort du coeur à travers la bouche, dans la salive, et ensuite elle est donnée comme un fruit qui a bon goût ou qui n'a pas bon goût. Tu dois voir que dans ta parole il y a une saveur. La parole qui a bon goût est la parole qui vient du coeur pur, qui est avec l'âme ; si ton coeur est avec ton âme, ta parole aura une âme. 

O. Manitara

Monday, October 17, 2011

All of Him


That force that holds electrons in their orbit and planets in theirs, explodes incessantly within the stars above and is the darkness that fills the empty space—-that force is a single whole and it is God.

It is not all of God. It is an expression of God. All of it could disappear in a single instant, and for Him nothing would have changed.

Where is it that you can find all of God? Wherever He wishes to be found.

Right now, He hides within some scattered branches placed upon an autumn hut.

T. Freeman

‘The Father and I are one’


"When Jesus said, ‘The Father and I are one’, he was summarizing
the greatest mystery of religion. And one day we too must be able
to say the same words.
Some will say, ‘Yes, but we’re not Jesus. He was the son of God,
whereas we are sinners.’ The Church has tried to make Jesus the
equivalent of God himself, the second person of the trinity, the
Christ, a cosmic principle, thus creating an infinite distance
between him and human beings. But is this the truth? Jesus
himself never said such a thing; he never claimed to be
essentially different from other people. He said he was the son
of God, but he did not claim this divine lineage for himself
alone but emphasized the divine nature of all humans. Otherwise,
what would be the meaning of the phrases ‘Our Father in heaven,’
‘Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect’ and also ‘The one
who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact,
will do greater works than these’?"

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The number 2


"From the point of view of Initiatic Science, the number 2
represents the 1 polarized as positive and negative, masculine
and feminine, active and passive. As soon as there is
manifestation, there is partition, division. In 1 there can be no
creation, because no exchanges are possible. In order to manifest
and make itself known, 1 has to divide. Unity is the privilege of
God himself, his exclusive domain. In order for God, the 1, to
create, he had to become 2.
In order to create, therefore, God projected himself beyond
himself by polarizing, and the universe was born from the
existence of these two poles. The positive pole exerts an
attraction on the negative pole, and vice versa. This is the
mechanism of action and reaction, which activates and sustains
the movement of life. The cessation of this movement would bring
stagnation and death, a return to the state of original
non-differentiation. The first lines from the book of Genesis
reveal that creation proceeded through successive separations. On
the first day of creation, God separated the light from the dark.
On the second day, he separated the waters above from the waters
below. On the third day, he separated the waters from dry land.
The 1 is an entity closed in on itself. To leave this state, this
entity must become 2. "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Monday, October 10, 2011

Explosive Joy


Joy is an overflowing, an explosion. Something enters a person's life for which he could never be prepared and his previously tidy self erupts in song, dance and joy.

Approach the Divine with a calculated mind and there is no window for joy. Embrace the infinite beyond mind and let joy surprise you.

T. Freeman

Le goût


Le goût est ce qui cherche quelque chose d'autre, sans arrêt. C'est pour cette raison que tu manges : toujours pour goûter. En réalité, tu vas vers la perfection du sens du goût, qui est la soif d'un monde supérieur : vouloir goûter et expérimenter une conscience supérieure. La perfection du sens du goût est la soif du savoir qui éclaire et du feu qui agit, la soif à la fois de voir et de faire apparaître. Tu veux voir un monde supérieur, non pas avec tes yeux, mais en le goûtant, et tu veux le réaliser.

O.Manitara

Friday, October 7, 2011

Dance with the Other


As a mother and the baby she holds in her arms, as a father and child, as two in courtship or in marriage, so we are with Him. One chases, the other runs away. One runs away, the other chases. One initiates, the other responds. The other initiates, the one responds. It is a dance, a game, a duet that plays as surely as the pulse of life.

Until one falls away and becomes estranged. Then the other looks and says, "This is not an other. We are one and the same." And so, they return to each other's arms once again.

It is a great mystery, but in estrangement, there is found the deepest bond.

T. Freeman

Time Machine


If you could travel back in time, what could you change? The world, its past and its present all belong to the Creator. All is as He wills it to be.

Perhaps you could replay some crucial scenes and distance yourself from the mess that occurred. Perhaps you could jump in and grab credit for some of the good.

But for that, you don’t need a time machine. All you need is to stand right where you are and say, “I messed up. I lost my chance. I learned my lesson and now I will do things differently.”

You will change yourself. You will change your past. You will say, “I am no longer the person who lived in that past.”
In fact, you do have a time machine.

T.Freeman

We Are the Child


Your child is not like everyone else; your child is you.

And yet, your child is not you; your child is his own person. A paradox.

Our souls are that paradox—on a greater scale: the nexus between God and His universe, where His own breath becomes His creation.

That is why we are called His children. And we call Him our Father.

T.Freeman

Sunday, October 2, 2011

God’s Fishing Net


The soul begins in an intimate, essential bond with a Source Beyond All Things. Even as she invests herself into a material world, into a human form, that primordial bond remains imprinted deep within her.

It is that bond that pulls her constantly to return, like a magnet pulling its lost other half. Our incessant search for meaning, all our striving for that which we cannot grasp, all is an expression of this dynamic, this thirst to return.

This desire to return is innate, yet it must be awakened. The soul must first realize she is distant. Return in all its strength and passion is found, therefore, in the soul who has wandered far from her true self and then awakened to recognize she is lost.

We are like the child being pushed on a swing by her father—the further our souls are thrust away, the greater the force of our return.

As well, the drive to return is God’s fishing net. For in its search to reunite with Him, the soul finds God in all the matters of this world. And so, these too are pulled in. And the deeper the descent, the greater the treasure.

T. Freeman

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Pleading to Exist


Isn’t this strange, that a created being should take part in its own creation? Can a caricature hold the pencil in his artist’s hand? Can the characters of your own story edit your words? Can the figments of your own imagination tell you what to imagine?

Yet here we are, created beings pleading with our Creator, “Grant us life! Good life! Nice things! Be out there, in the open! Get more involved with your world!”

Here we are, in the inner chamber of the Cosmic Mind, where it is determined whether we should be or not be, participating in that decision.

We are created beings, yet there is something of us that lies beyond creation.

T. Freeman

Monday, September 26, 2011

C'est le rôle de l'homme de recevoir la Lumière

C'est le rôle de l'homme de recevoir la Lumière, de la porter, de lui constituer un corps et de la mettre au monde. Il est donc important de savoir ce que l'on veut, d'être déterminé, engagé, dans une certitude absolue. Celui qui doute de la Lumière au moindre souffle de vent contraire ne la connaîtra jamais car elle ne pourra pas s'approcher de lui.

O.Manitara

Saturday, September 24, 2011

God formed Man, but He built Woman.


God formed Man, but He built Woman.

She is the framework of the home in which he lives, the ground on which he builds, his walls and windows upon the world and the roof that stands over his head.

She is the crown that sets him to rule over his world. Without woman, there is no man.

T. Freeman

Power of speech


"There is a great deal that could be said about the power of
speech – how it creates forms, how it acts on the psychic and
physical organs not only of those being spoken about but also of
those speaking and of those hearing what is said. Knowing how to
be fair, moderate and precise when we speak is one of the
greatest qualities there is.
 We write with a pen, but we also write with our tongue. Our
every word is a letter addressed not only to human beings but to
all the entities living in nature. Regardless of who you are
addressing, you should try to speak with a golden tongue. Yes,
for the human tongue can be made of various materials – lead,
copper, iron, pewter, silver or gold. A golden tongue brings
souls light and peace."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Le corps que nous avons


Le corps que nous avons est un corps qui nous a été donné à la naissance, mais comme nous ne sommes pas nés dans une tradition de la Lumière, nos corps subtils ont été accaparés par des mondes invisibles que nous ne connaissons pas. Ces mondes, nous les nommons sans les connaître. Nous parlons de la pensée, des sentiments, mais nous n'avons pas rendu conscients ces mondes, nous ne les avons pas nettoyés. Nous n'avons pas éveillé ces mondes, en regardant réellement ce qui était caché derrière eux, pour nous faire un corps sur la terre. Si nous voulons avoir des corps subtils, nous devons les reconquérir.

O.Manitara

They have banished God into exile


"They have banished God into exile.
They have decreed He is too holy,too transcendent to belong in our world.They have determined He does not belong within the ordinary, in the daily run of things.And so they have driven Him out of His garden, to the realm of prayer and meditation, to the sanctuaries and the secluded places of hermits. They have sentenced the Creator to exile and His creation they have locked in a dark, cold prison.And He pleads, "Let me come back to my garden, to the place in which I found delight when it all began."

T. Freeman

Out of diversity is born a perfect harmony.


"We are all individual beings, each with our own life. But we are
not alone; we are part of a whole, and the issue we face is how
to reconcile the demands of our individual life with those of
collective life.
Each individual is special. Cosmic Intelligence created such a
diversity of creatures, and we must not try to put them all on
one level and make them all the same. Everyone has the right to
express their differences, their originality, provided they are
in tune with the whole, as in an orchestra. What a difference
there is in shape, material and sound between the violin, cello,
piano, oboe, flute, harp, trumpet, cymbals and bass drum! But out
of this diversity is born a perfect harmony."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Life in Words


Plants live in a world of earth, water, air and sunshine. Animals live in a world of the body and its senses. Human beings live within a world of their own words.

The sages called us “the speaking being,” saying that our soul is filled with words. When our words leave us, our very being goes out within them. We conquer with them. We declare our mastery over Creation with them. Our words tell us that we exist.

For us, nothing truly exists until we find a word for it. All our thoughts of every object and every event are thoughts of words. Our world is a world not of sensations and stimuli, but of words.
Build your world with precious words. Fill your days with words that live and give life.

T. Freeman

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Sun & Moon


Each one of us is both the sun and the moon.

The sun is constant—every day the same fiery ball rises in the sky. But the moon cycles through constant change—one day it is whole, then it wanes until it has disappeared altogether. Yet, then it is renewed, reborn out of nothingness.

So too, we learn and progress by quantum leaps and bounds, yet the timeless, constant wisdom of Torah doesn’t budge from its place. On the contrary, the more we move forward, the deeper we fathom the truths behind us.

T.Freeman

Defining Your World


We are not passive observers of this universe, but rather partners in its creation. We are the ones who assign each thing its meaning, who bring definition and resolution to an otherwise ambiguous world.

In fact, we are legal witnesses who determine a matter of life or death: For each thing we hold, each event that enters our life, our word declares whether it breathes with Godly life or simply idles itself into oblivion.

T.Freeman

Lorsqu'on parle de pierre philosophale


Lorsqu'on parle de pierre philosophale, on parle de « pierre », c'est-à-dire du plus tangible, du plus concret qui puisse être, mais on parle aussi de «philosophale», de philosophie, c'est-à-dire d'un monde qui respire autour : la pierre qui pense, la pierre qui parle, la pierre qui sent. Cette pierre, c'est l'homme. L'homme est la pierre philosophale qui peut tout transformer en or ou en plomb. Celle-ci peut amener le plomb vers l'or, mais elle peut aussi amener l'or vers le plomb. On disait de la pierre philosophale qu'elle amenait la longue vie, la santé et l'immortalité. Cette pierre, c'est l'homme qui respire une intelligence supérieure du bien ou du mal. Le bien, c'est la vie, et le mal, c'est la mort. Le plomb est le corps physique de l'homme, qui va vers la mort : le plomb s'oxyde. Le processus de l'oxydation en chimie équivaut à un processus spirituel de mort.

O.Manitara

Sunday, September 18, 2011

A Connection Through the Times

There are two engines on the the “Kennedy” spacecraft, each engine five-feet wide. The spacecraft engineers wanted to make the engines wider, but couldn’t. That’s because the engines were delivered by railroad, and the distance between the rails was only five feet (or rather, four feet 8.5 inches). Why?
It’s because the American-made railroad was modeled after the British model, and in Great Britain the railroad was modeled after the trolleys, and the trolleys were modeled after horse-trams, and the width of the horse-trams was specifically made so the wheels would fall into tracks, and the distance between the tracks in Great Britain is five feet.
And that’s because the roads in Great Britain were paved by the Romans to fit the size of their military chariots, which were five feet wide. And that’s because the chariots were led by two horses and this was the width of two horses’ behinds!
So the size of the spacecraft’s engines depends on the size of a horse’s behind 2,000 years ago!
Michael Laitman


Love And Hatred Of “600,000 Souls”

600,000 souls are parts of a single soul created by the Creator.This single created being got divided into parts which we call “600,000″ souls. However, this number does not indicate quantity, but rather the quality of the connection between them. 
When the Creator gives rise to the desire to receive pleasure, everything is a single whole; the Creator, the vessel, and the Light are like one. But in this state, both the desire and the Light sense neither separation nor connection; they don’t feel whether the creature exists or not. There is a complete absence of any sensation because any sensation in the creature can be detected only through the opposition between the creature itself and what it feels.
For that, it is necessary to distinguish between the Light and the vessel and to feel their complete oppositeness and connection. However, when the vessel and Light connect, their difference doesn’t vanish since love emerges above hatred.
Both qualities have to emerge. The distance between hatred and love, darkness and light (hatred is revealed as darkness and love as light) gives the creature the sensation of its existence and understanding of where it exists and with whom it is connected. This is the reason why the World of Infinity is not enough to outline the creature and make it independent.
Only after the creature goes through the entire process of its development, meaning that it starts at the first stage, descends to the second, and then rises back to the third, does it begin to understand what the first state was about. The created being becomes independent and similar to the Creator. That’s why it is called Adam.
In the beginning (Stage 1), the creature was just a drop of semen. Then, it realizes that the breaking has occurred and corrects it. By doing so, the creature attains perfection. It is not considered a drop of semen any more, but rather, it has the power of 600,000 souls and represents one big autonomous soul.
“Six hundred thousand” stands for six Sefirot of Zeir Anpin multiplied by ten Sefirot in each of them and then by ten thousand, the power of the ascent of Zeir Anpin to Arich Anpin which governs all corrections. 60 x 10,000 = 600,000. Hence, the common soul (the general, final, corrected state) is called 600,000 souls.
Michael Laitman PHD
http://www.laitman.com/

An Honest Talk With The Creator




Question: What does it mean to “speak with the Creator?”

Answer: To “speak with the Creator” primarily means to do everything you can to try to reveal His image within you. Try to imagine: He is the reason for everything I feel. My thoughts, desires, and sensations are all Him, the One who has laid my foundation and forms me.
When I decide that my current reality is established by Him, then how do I treat everything that happens to me? There are two possibilities:
1. Directly structure my attitude towards my inner reality as my attitude towards Him. But this approach is inaccurate, incorrect, and unstable. There is no ability to test or verify it because I will surely be guided by my ego and err.
2. At first, I strengthen myself through my connection with others like me, and then I structure my attitude towards the inner reality by passing its image through this connection. In this case, I am definitely already in some quality of bestowal, and my qualities are adapted to the Creator’s image. Thus, instead of changing the image, I change my attitude towards it. This is what it means to “speak with the Creator.” 
Michael Laitman PHD

La pierre philosophale, c'est l'union harmonieuse de l'esprit et de la matière

La pierre philosophale, c'est l'union harmonieuse de l'esprit et de la matière, comme son nom l'indique. Celui qui possède uniquement une connaissance intellectuelle ne l'emportera pas par-delà la porte de la mort car l'homme emporte de l'autre côté uniquement les expériences vécues intensément dans les trois sphères de son être, les expériences qui ont un caractère d'éternité, de plénitude. Ce sont elles qui forment la rose au centre de la croix. Chaque âme incarnée vivait auparavant dans un autre pays où elle parlait et pensait avec une autre langue et pourtant dans sa nouvelle incarnation, elle ne se rappelle plus son ancien langage, ce qui démontre que l'âme ne garde que la quintessence la plus spirituelle, la plus intense d'une incarnation à l'autre.

O. Manitara

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Power of Not Thinking


Thinking has a profound effect. So does not thinking.

A mind obsessed with yesterday’s travesties, today’s aches and pains, and tomorrow’s dark clouds, creates problems where none exist.

It transforms daydreams into realities, molehills into monstrosities, innocent creatures into venomous snakes. All the more so when such words pass the lips into the tangible world we all share.

That is why simply turning your back to those thoughts is such a powerful form of healing—for every sort of illness. Distract your mind to good thoughts, productive thoughts, thoughts of confidence in the One Who Made You, and especially thoughts of Torah.

Heal your mind and heal your soul. You will heal your body as well.

T.Freeman

Being and Not Being


He made His world of contradictions, opposites that combine as one.

Being and not being,
infinity and finitude,
light and darkness,
form and matter,
quantity and quality,
giving and withholding.

At their nexus, a world is formed: Neither can exist without the other, all function together as a single whole.

They are mere modalities—He Himself is none of them. He mixes them and matches them at whim.

Paradox is our window to the Unknowable.

T.Freeman

Get Real


Why is God not real to you? Because your god is not real.

You begin with “Here I am, standing in this world,” and then you append, “and God is watching down on me.”

If you begin with the premise of your own reality, what room is there left for His?

God Is—and you and your world are a glimmer of His presence.

T.Freeman

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Transformation


When light pushes away the darkness, 
eventually another darkness shall come.

When the darkness itself is transformed into light,
 it is a light that no darkness can oppose.

T. Freeman

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Many people, without realizing, end up with two gods

Many people, without realizing, end up with two gods:
One god is an impersonal, all-encompassing, transcendent force.
But then, at times of trouble, they cry out to another, personal god, with whom they have an intimate relationship.
Our faith is all about knowing that these two are one. The same God who is beyond all things, He is the same one who hears your cries and counts your tears. The same God who is the force behind all existence and transcends even that, He is the same God who cares about what is cooking in your kitchen and how you treat your fellow human being.
God cannot be defined, even as transcendent. He is beyond all things and within them at once.
T. Freeman

No man can say he is free today because yesterday he was granted freedom.

No man can say he is free today because yesterday he was granted freedom.
Freedom is a source of endless energy. Freedom is the power behind this entire universe. Freedom is the force that brings existence out of the void.
You are free when you take part in that endlessness. When you never stand still. When you are forever escaping the confines of today to create a freer tomorrow.
T. Freeman