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I can't tell if this is or is not what Hyperspace Fool was saying, but I was just thinking that there's no reason that I should be humble that does not also apply to God. If God exists as you, Eliyahu, believe him to exist, then I think we would both find it hard to imagine him thinking to himself such things as: "Shoot, there's no way that I could be God." I read a wonderful article entitled "Drugs and Jewish Spirituality" in which the author expressed my general sentiment which is that God, and our relationship with God, can be experienced in so many deeply mystical ways that it is silly for us to cling to this "God as father" model which has been forced down our throat for so many years. God can be anything or everything. It's an idea too abstract to be contained in the sober mind and, when it is finally communicated from one person to another, it has to crystallize into a concrete form that should not be taken literally. My belief is that all sacred texts' reference to the nature of God should be considered beating around the bush at best.

The times when I've realized that I am God have also been accompanied by the realization that such an idea spits in the face of all that I, as a finite being, have considered to be virtuous in the past. Thus is the irony of the situation. For example, to an all-encompassing God, all love is self-love in one form or another. We can't expect the psychology of a unitary consciousness to be the same as ours because simple concepts such as selflessness fall apart at that level of consciousness.

As individual people, we are constantly focussed outward. The realization that you are this universal consciousness is simply the realization that all outward-pointing perceptual arrows end up pointing inward at the soul. The self is everywhere, and everything you experience is a part of you and vice versa. The soul contains the essence of all things. I believe that this is something that has been said uncountable times by mystics and philosophers in every culture for thousands of years, and it is (IMO) the essence of what most psychonauts are referring to when they say "I am God", or whatever.

<blockquote data-quote="hixidom" data-source="post: 3574863" data-attributes="member: 12065">I can&#039;t tell if this is or is not what Hyperspace Fool was saying, but I was just thinking that there&#039;s no reason that I should be humble that does not also apply to God.&nbsp; If God exists as you, Eliyahu, believe him to exist, then I think we would both find it hard to imagine him thinking to himself such things as: &quot;Shoot, there&#039;s no way that I could be God.&quot;&nbsp; I read a wonderful article entitled &quot;Drugs and Jewish Spirituality&quot; in which the author expressed my general sentiment which is that God, and our relationship with God, can be experienced in so many deeply mystical ways that it is silly for us to cling to this &quot;God as father&quot; model which has been forced down our throat for so many years.&nbsp; God can be anything or everything.&nbsp; It&#039;s an idea too abstract to be contained in the sober mind and, when it is finally communicated from one person to another, it has to crystallize into a concrete form that should not be taken literally.&nbsp; My belief is that all sacred texts&#039; reference to the nature of God should be considered beating around the bush at best.The times when I&#039;ve realized that I am God have also been accompanied by the realization that such an idea spits in the face of all that I, as a finite being, have considered to be virtuous in the past.&nbsp; Thus is the irony of the situation.&nbsp; For example, to an all-encompassing God, all love is self-love in one form or another.&nbsp; We can&#039;t expect the psychology of a unitary consciousness to be the same as ours because simple concepts such as selflessness fall apart at that level of consciousness.As individual people, we are constantly focussed outward.&nbsp; The realization that you are this universal consciousness is simply the realization that all outward-pointing perceptual arrows end up pointing inward at the soul.&nbsp; The self is everywhere, and everything you experience is a part of you and vice versa.&nbsp; The soul contains the essence of all things.&nbsp; I believe that this is something that has been said uncountable times by mystics and philosophers in every culture for thousands of years, and it is (IMO) the essence of what most psychonauts are referring to when they say &quot;I am God&quot;, or whatever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hixidom, post: 3574863, member: 12065"] I can't tell if this is or is not what Hyperspace Fool was saying, but I was just thinking that there's no reason that I should be humble that does not also apply to God. If God exists as you, Eliyahu, believe him to exist, then I think we would both find it hard to imagine him thinking to himself such things as: "Shoot, there's no way that [i]I[/i] could be God." I read a wonderful article entitled "Drugs and Jewish Spirituality" in which the author expressed my general sentiment which is that God, and our relationship with God, can be experienced in so many deeply mystical ways that it is silly for us to cling to this "God as father" model which has been forced down our throat for so many years. God can be anything or everything. It's an idea too abstract to be contained in the sober mind and, when it is finally communicated from one person to another, it has to crystallize into a concrete form that should not be taken literally. My belief is that all sacred texts' reference to the nature of God should be considered beating around the bush [i]at best[/i]. The times when I've realized that I am God have also been accompanied by the realization that such an idea spits in the face of all that I, as a finite being, have considered to be virtuous in the past. Thus is the irony of the situation. For example, to an all-encompassing God, all love is self-love in one form or another. We can't expect the psychology of a unitary consciousness to be the same as ours because simple concepts such as selflessness fall apart at that level of consciousness. As individual people, we are constantly focussed outward. The realization that you are this universal consciousness is simply the realization that all outward-pointing perceptual arrows end up pointing inward at the soul. The self is everywhere, and everything you experience is a part of you and vice versa. The soul contains the essence of all things. I believe that this is something that has been said uncountable times by mystics and philosophers in every culture for thousands of years, and it is (IMO) the essence of what most psychonauts are referring to when they say "I am God", or whatever. [/QUOTE]