Universe
The universe is a multidimensional manifold where all dimensions intersect the dimension of knowledge at all their points. Hence, knowledge pervades the whole manifold, making it into a magical self-luminous holographic world of exquisite meaningful deep knowledge. The colors, textures, and flavors of physical objects express the essential qualities themselves, this way the phenomenal world expresses the perfections of Being. The darkness of the night expresses the stillness and mystery of the black peace essence; the redness of blood and fire reflects the vitality and vigorous energy of the red strength essence; the yellow of the sun and of flowers embodies the lightness and delight of the yellow joy essence, and so on.
Inner Journey Home, p. 316 • discuss »
Inner Journey Home, p. 316 • discuss »
The whole universe, appearance or manifestation, appears as mind, but divine mind, universal mind. Nothing falls beyond the purview of this universal mind, for it is all manifestation. We are all in God’s mind, as God's thoughts; so are all objects both inner and outer. We may recognize here how our individual minds are reflections of universal mind, microcosms of the macrocosmic mind.
Inner Journey Home, p. 316 • discuss »
Inner Journey Home, p. 316 • discuss »
If we think of the universe as God, we are thinking of it as not only consciousness but as some kind of pure intelligence. This means that its action is not mechanical and arbitrary, but completely spontaneous and free. The universe manifests at each moment completely spontaneously, and the spontaneous action is the action of intelligence, the action of creativity. So the best way for us to open ourselves to this realization is to go along with it. To become free, we have to learn to surrender, to go along with what happens. This is the most important methodological basis for our work: We stay with what is, and allow it to unfold. The only doing that is necessary is understanding our situation enough to see how we believe we are choosing what happens, when in reality, we are not.
Facets of Unity, p. 122 • discuss »
Facets of Unity, p. 122 • discuss »
When we see the Universe as Oneness without perceiving the functioning, we're looking at a deeper reality in some sense. We're seeing the Supreme dimension of pure presence or maybe the Nameless dimension of pure awareness, and we’re seeing it as a state where time is not there, where it seems there is only eternity. But to see the Universe as Oneness in the level of Christ, time is there but redeemed as real time. Then time is nothing but transformation, change, and functioning. So we redeem the human mind by resurrecting its concepts as real. The concept of time, the concept of space, the concept of an object, the concept of humanity are resurrected as made of consciousness, made of the truth, made of reality. All forms are a direct manifestation of the life of the Father as the Son. This is my understanding of the contribution of Christianity, a contribution that no other tradition so clearly and definitely makes.
Diamond Heart Book V, p. 303 • discuss »
Diamond Heart Book V, p. 303 • discuss »
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