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Author: Bryce Haymond

Trinitarian Symbolism in terms of other Metaphysical Philosophy, Theology, and Science

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Bryce Haymond6 Comments

The Christian Trinitarian formula has been expressed in many other ways throughout history, including in secular disciplines. Here are some possible correlations.

Posted in philosophy, religion, scienceTagged God the Father, Godhead, Heavenly Father, holy, Holy Ghost, metaphysics, philosophy, science, Son of God, Spirit, theology

Wave Analogies of Consciousness, Mind, and Ultimate Reality

May 6, 2020May 14, 2020 Bryce Haymond1 Comment

Many analogies can be used to help describe our nature, reality, the mind, and consciousness. Here are a few using waves.

Posted in nature, philosophy, psychology, scienceTagged analogy, consciousness, duality, eeg, metaphor, mind, New Age, nonduality, ocean, quantum mechanics, wave, wave-particle

Does God have a Face? A Mystical Perspective

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Bryce HaymondLeave a comment

What does it mean to see God's "face"? To see God "face to face"? Perhaps it is not the literal meaning that we often think it means.

Posted in philosophy, psychology, religion, scripturesTagged Buddhism, contemplation, face-to-face, God, Meister Eckhart, Moses, seeing, seer, St. Augustine

How Our Mind May Construct our Sense of Separation from God

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Bryce Haymond1 Comment

The human mind itself may create the illusion of separation from God or Ultimate Reality, and all other dualities. But how? And why?

Posted in philosophy, psychologyTagged avidya, consciousness, cosmic consciousness, Fall, illusion, maya, mind, object, objective, separation, sin, subject, subject-object split, subjective

Did Jesus Ever Doubt His Oneness in God?

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Bryce Haymond1 Comment

We seem to often think that Jesus always knew perfectly that he was One in God, and that this realization never wavered his entire life. But did it?

Posted in history, Jesus, prayer, psychology, scripturesTagged Christ, Christ consciousness, cross, doubt, duality, ego, false self, Jesus, nonduality, oneness, true self

Is There Free Will in Mysticism?

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 Bryce HaymondLeave a comment

Mystical experience seems to reveal that there is no separate self. What implications does this have for free will?

Posted in nature, philosophyTagged choice, ego, free will, freedom, illusion, Jesus, self, Spirit, thought

A Mystical Interpretation of Jesus’ Parable of the Tares

April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 Bryce Haymond4 Comments

This parable may have a better interpretation viewed through the lens of mysticism than the traditional "us versus them" approach.

Posted in Jesus, psychology, scripturesTagged duality, ego, false self, Jesus, Kingdom of Heaven, parable, separation, symbol, symbolism, tares, true self, war, wheat

The Impasse of Explaining the Whole Scientifically or Theologically

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Bryce Haymond2 Comments

It seems that no concept that the mind can hold within it will be able to explain the nature of Ultimate Reality.

Posted in nature, philosophy, scienceTagged holographic, map, natural law, nature, reality, religion, science, symbol, theory, ultimate reality

What is the Mystical “Light of God”?

April 2, 2020April 17, 2020 Bryce Haymond2 Comments

Many mystics describe seeing a bright light in their experiences. What is that?

Posted in philosophy, psychology, religionTagged blinding, blindness, consciousness, ego, ego death, energy, enlightenment, God, illumination, light, photon, sun, ultimate reality

Is there Joy without Misery? Good without Sin/Evil?

March 20, 2020March 22, 2020 Bryce HaymondLeave a comment

Can we have one without the other? Possibly not. These may be polar opposites which only find expression when both are possible.

Posted in philosophy, scripturesTagged Adam-God, Book of Mormon, Christ, coincidentia oppositorum, duality, evil, Fall, Good, Joseph Smith, joy, misery, nonduality, Rumi, sin, suffering, unity of opposites

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