I agree in principle, anthropomorphic deification springs from our need to identify with a supreme level of consciousness, which also has human attributes and characteristics. Which is silly. IMO, the Indivisible Being is beyond any conception we theorize about, desire to believe, or project a biased anticipation upon perceiving.
The old G-d of our ancient monotheistic scriptures is not the transcendent Cosmic Singularity, as Eliyahu & Hyperspace Fool clearly enlightened us about, it is somewhat a collectively and cluster of aspects of the One Being, as is so within Hinduism. The European Christian God is more like Zeus, minus the rest of the whole Greco-Roman pantheon of companion deities.
I also agree with your interpretation of time as being nonlinear, or even unreal in the sense of the Absolute state, the eternal. And you are definitely not crazy. I too feel that the Omniverse, as Brother HF enthusiastically refers to this totality of existence, always was/is and always will be. It may be continuously changing and morphing into new dimensions. An endless shifting of energy-patterns and myriad paradigms.
Beginnings and endings are merely polarities of the manifestation of duality. In the exact moment of now, we exist in an infinite vacuum in time. Arguably, our body and mind experiences a sequential reality but our inner pilot our internal observer, is behind the effects of the relative phenomena of the many planes and dimensions. In our minds, we are free if we seize the moment.
So, you are spot on, it can only be said that YHWH... IS... there is no "reality" to the past nor the future. We are here now and this is it. All paradigms intersect at this very moment. Sequential cognition does not exist beyond the boundaries of the time-space-continuum, and honestly... I believe it is fairly unimportant on a soul level.
Agreed. I ascribe Einstein's belief in a Unified Field of Energy. Being=energy, even as conversely, Non-being or No-thingness=The Void. We are inarguably interconnected parts of the whole totality. So yeah, right on man! We are the same energy that exists everywhere and too... as the shadow and mirrored opposite twin of the sheer emptiness of the unborn Void.
Insubstantial and substantial are One whole, essentially. All polarities are extensions of the Indivisible awareness. This is why I so love the idea of the Eternal Tao. Infinitely morphing into new paradigms, yet, unchanging and limitless. A paradoxical thought, eh? A force which is apparently existent and simultaneously, nonexistent. :?
So you are right, we are Gods plural, as seemingly isolated individuals. We are God reflections, made up of YHWH energy. It lacks the absurd super persona of the Biblical Lord of Lords. 'Tis a magnificent energy pattern, blooming throughout countless paralleled dimensions and limitless forms. I believe that much of this Omniscient energy exists insubstantially, formless potentiality, as the Clear Light of the Void. What has been called "THAT", although it ought to be called "THIS". How about "THAT/THIS"?
Hypothetically, it is THAT/THIS which give rise to the initiation of quantum fluctuation and the physical manifestation of the universe, which we are just now beginning to understand with deeper insight.
In that sense and at that angle of observation, one could rationally argue for a point in the interwoven fabric of illusory time, when the material paradigm exploded into dichotomous being. Thus forming the multiverse in all it's myriad diversity. But it is still initiated, become and exists innately/immanently, as THAT/THIS which transcends any division or progressive sequencing of Divine intention. It is as it is. It behooves us to marvel at it multiplicity and unity. A seamless, yet complex effulgence of expanding energy.
My brother, we share the same name. Though, each is pronounced through alternate interpretations of the Judeo-Christian traditions. Being born a Catholic Italian, my name is spoken as John Elijah. 8)
I truly honor and respect your very specific experiences. I can't put words into jamie's mouth, nor would I dare to presuppose I ever should put words in anyone's mouth. I have a hard enough time filling my own with expressions that don't come off as "religious", crunchy-flaky or fanatically extreme. But I can only answer that one from my own heart, see it from my own windowsill... and hope to be both, harmonious with all of your valid perspectives and also true to my own subjective vision of reality.
Your path is a respectable way to understanding the meaning of life. Thanks for the thread and the fascinating links. I also have seen demons, angels, elves, jesters, extraterrestrials, sages & magicians, transcendent spiritual masters, Avatars, etc... all delineated in their knowledge and arch-typical significance to our own human consciousness. I intentionally release the manifestation of these beings as they from within my mind.
For most of these immaterial "entities" exist upon the astral and causal planes and I seek the Quintessence, effulgently radiating these thought forms for reasons, which we as subjective observers, can never feasibly know. It just does as it wills... as it is. I surrender my subjectivity in order to merge with the One. So, experiencing immersion within the Supreme El. So too, I exercise focused intent to bypass much of the complex hierarchy of said entities, inter-phasing within the blinding light and wholly shattered by the core tone of the vibrating Word. :thumb_up:
I have also witnessed the level within myself which is eternally fused or perhaps woven into the Sacred Web, the all-pervasive Over soul of unified Omniscience. The Christ. The Buddha Mind. Brahman dreaming all of us into being. We, the extended thoughts of the Divine Balance. Thus Spake Zarathustra! We truly are flashing points of soul awareness, shining within The Grid. Each of us dreaming of awakening in this present lifetime, each of us children of Light and passing embodiments of Godliness. Many Gods, One hyper-reality within us all, the echo of an ageless, endless song, The Awakening of the Omniself.
Om Shanti and Shalom