We waited for the sky to break, for heaven to tear like fabric, for light to pour through a wound in the clouds and name us worthy or not.
Tag: gnosis
Matthew 13:10-17 BHT: Why Jesus Teaches in Metaphors
A translation where Jesus talks about why he teaches using metaphors and other symbolic tools, like stories, etc.
Can Atheists be Mystics or have Mystical Experience?
Does mysticism mandate theism? Or can one be an atheistic mystic? Is mysticism either theistic or atheistic, or something else?
Is it possible to “know” an Absolute, like God?
Is the human mind capable of comprehending any absolute? I suggest no. And yet, there is a way of "knowing" the Absolute.
The Speed of Light in the Vacuum of Consciousness
What can contemplation tell us about the speed of light or causality? Perhaps a lot, even All.
Ephesians 1 BHT, "Paul" talks about the Grace of Christ in All Beings
An addition to the BHT, where Paul (or a disciple of Paul) talks about the infinite Grace that Christ is found in all beings, and the type of wondrous insight and knowledge that God reveals in those who attain the consciousness of Christ.
John 17:3 BHT, Realizing God is Life
An addition to the BHT, regarding Jesus's definition of a timeless life in his Farewell Prayer or High Priestly Prayer.
2 Timothy 3:7 BHT, Knowledge doesn’t reveal the Truth
An addition to the BHT, about the limits of knowledge.
The Limits of Intellectual Thought & Knowledge
I recently read three different articles that all had a very similar message. It was essentially this: there is a limit to knowledge and intellectual thought, and some answers may not be found that way. I've written about this before, but there is always more to say. We'll see why, below.
What is Priesthood and Ordination?
I perceive that priesthood was originally an inner experience of Divine Power and Presence in humans, a deep Realization when they subdued their egoic psychological "natural man" self in consciousness, and perceived their real Being underneath it in Glory, beyond words. I believe humans eventually organized this mystical experience, and the knowledge of it, instituting it into the "ordination" to an "office" of "priesthood," meant to indicate those who had direct experience of God.