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Letter to a Friend - The Universal Mind is Not "God"
I sensed a sort of apprehension about my suggestion of the Universal Mind as not being "God" at the meeting the other night, and I wanted to clarify. I had some thoughts that came to me -- of course after the meeting -- that I wanted to share with you, and I think they will make my point more clear. The reasons I make this claim are many, and I will cover only the most important ones here. First of all, If consciousness were necessary for the process of creation, then creation could never have occurred. Consciousness by it's very nature requires two components at the very minimum in order to exist. It requires an active component and a passive component. It requires something to "be conscious" and something to "be conscious of". If this is required in order to affect creation, from where then will these two antecedent components arise? Albeit, still very difficult to explain the nature of some unseen original cause arising from the state of "nothingness", it has fewer components or concepts to accept than a conscious self aware benevolent originator. By this, what I mean is that that which is the "Creator" transcends consciousness, and in fact cannot possess any qualities that would be considered describable. For any description would ultimately "limit" that which is being described to the contents and definitions of that description. And I know that the "Creator" is "Limitless", therefore it defies all description.
The Universal Mind, just like the Individual Mind is an "outlet" or channel for the distribution of the creative power -- not the originator of it. The Universal Mind is the distributor of the creative essence on the "Cosmic" level, or in the grand scale, and the Individual Mind is the distributor of the creative essence on the "Local" level or in the plane of the particular. What the creator creates is the "Spirit" or the "Life-In-Itself" which is essentially the "Moment" -- the "Here" and "Now" which is in a constant state of "becoming". As an Individual Mind I cannot fully comprehend the Universal Mind nor the creator, I can conceive of them, but I cannot fully envelope them. To do this would require becoming the Universal or Infinite, and then I would no longer be the Individual. Just as the Universal cannot act on the plane of the particular, as to do so would mean to become the particular, and thus no longer would it be the Universal. We are the "Microcosm" to the "Macrocosm". We are identical in like and kind as the Universal, just on a smaller scale -- in Its Image after Its Likeness. The Universal Mind has, through the processes of evolution, gotten the Livingness to the point of generating a species that is capable of the expanded self-recognition of the highest human personality (thus far) within us. However, the process of creation is a never-ending process, and we are the manifestation of the Universal in the Individual to continue the process of creation on the plane of the particular.
Mind is not the intellect, it is the medium in which the Spirit is evidenced and its thinking is made corporal. Mind is the ultimate substance from which all form arises. Spirit is the force of Thinking, which impresses upon the Mind to bring forth the forms that are desired. And the mind brings substantive or palpable expression to these thoughts or Spiritual activity. However, the Universal Mind and the Individual Mind and the consciousness they possess are products of creation, not the cause. The Minds are like hoses that distribute the waters of life. They do not create the water nor are they the pump that creates the pressure by which the water is delivered, they simply decide when and where the waters will be distributed -- they "choose" which flowers will be watered, so-to-speak. The Universal Mind is like the public water works (the big distributor) which delivers the waters to all of the Individuals, and the Individual Minds are like the garden hose (the little distributor) that delivers the waters to the particular gardens.
The brain is not the thinker, for if a brain were required for thinking to occur, then how does the Universal Mind think, as it is not possible that an infinite Mind can have a containing brain lest it not be infinite. The brain is an organ that acts as a bridge between the corporal and the Spiritual. It passes sensations back and forth between the two states of self by taking sensations that are formulated and meaningful in the corporal and translats them into thought patterns that the Spirit can then understand and interpret as Spiritual activity. In reciprocal action, the Spiritual, can then respond with the complimentary sensations that when passed from the Spiritual back to the corporal are again translated through the organ of the brain through the medium of mind and made into corporal thought patterns that are appropriate and understood by the corporal or physical expressions of the Spiritual. But the brain does not originate the thoughts just as the heart does not originate the blood, it simply processes and distributes it to the appropriate places as needed. The brain processes the sensations it receives from the Spiritual and produces the images and sounds and other sensations that make sense to the corporal being by responding to the sensations sent by the Spiritual to the corporal being thus soliciting the appropriate physical responses to those sensations, like pulling the hand away from the fire or moving deeper into the embrace of a lover or feeling the beauty of a sunset or intentionally imbibing the scents of the pleasant odors as we perceive them.
The Universal Mind, as I was trying to express, is Adam of the Bible -- or, more to the point -- the "only begotten son". From this Universal Mind a portion was descended down into the Spiritual activity we perceive as matter which is Adams rib which was taken to make Eve. Eve is the physical Universe (in thought form at this point) -- the Womb of all creation. And the two (Mind and Body) were to "go forth, be fruitful and multiply" (marry and have children), and from this union all life forms of the Universe would arise. Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone. That is why it is represented as a rib -- as bone -- "solid matter". This too is the "Fall from Grace", the Universal became aware of itself and knew it was naked (had no corporal body) and set out to produce a form into which it could manifest itself, and in doing so it turned away from the creator and into itself, basically this is the birth of consciousness -- it became aware that "I AM". This is the "and there was Light" which is not to say "visible light", but the light of consciousness. But Adam (and Eve, as they are two aspects of the same essence) was lonely, and wanted company, because in knowing that "I AM", it also became aware that "I AM ALONE", as it is an essential Unity, a ONEness -- the only way that the Universal can express and remain Universal ... alone. So it set out to create a companion - or more to the point a limitless number of companions. But being a Unity or ONEness, the only way it could achieve this is to conceive of the Image of Itself reflected within Itself, but as a thought within Its own Mind, it had to be a self thinking thought -- Like Itself. It had to posses "Free Will". For the Love it both expresses and desired MUST be spontaneous, and freely "given" or it is not Love at all. For one of the defining qualities of Love is that it can be withheld. For if it cannot be withheld, then it is neither spontaneous nor freely given. It would be obligation.
This, as well, is why the stories of Jesus start with the "Immaculate" conception and "Virgin" birth. Again, here, we are talking about the original creation and Adam and Eve. They were ascribed to the story of Jesus to mystify the story and withhold it from all but the wise whom could see the Truth. Jesus was a human just like you and I, he was a Master of Mental Science and lived it in every aspect of his Life, it was his Life in the Literal. That is why phrases like "take up your cross and follow me" were used -- That is to say, again, you (the Spirit) make the Mind Body Union, and partake of the Life that is ME -- the Truth. And "He that saves his life shall lose it, but he that gives up his life for ME shall not perish but shall have Life everlasting". That is to say -- He that clings to the errors of the corporal and continues to believe in the deception will perish it the trappings of the deception, but he that gives up his old life of error for ME (or the Truth) shall not perish but will have their Spiritual eyes opened to the Infinite Life that is in and through ALL. When Jesus walked upon the waters (which I still hold to be completely possible) is the same reference as in Genesis where "the Spirit of God Moved upon the Waters", and the "Water to Wine" at the wedding is a reference of Life from Lifelessness -- bringing forth all of the living forms, especially "Man" -- "Why did you save the BEST WINE until the last". The Father of the wedding is the Creator, and the marriage is again between Mind and Body -- Adam and Eve -- the outward expression of the Life and the Livingness.
Even this explanation is limited, as it too is filtered through a corporal brain, and fitted to a given framework of language and the inherent meanings in words as interpreted by the addressee. But I do hope that in my efforts here I have made more clear my initial statements of Universal and Individual Minds and the relationship between them. We can continue to think of the Universal Mind as "God", but we must then relieve it of the quality of originating the creative power. This is of course a very fine line and many would argue that there is no difference between originating the power itself or having no limitation at to how one can use the power that just IS. I, however, feel that the distinction is of a very vast nature and with it carries immense implications as to the nature and place of the Individual Mind and the consciousness it possesses, as well as the reciprocity between the Individual and the Universal Minds.
Okay, I'll get down off of my soap-box now ...
-- Victor
The Universal Mind, just like the Individual Mind is an "outlet" or channel for the distribution of the creative power -- not the originator of it. The Universal Mind is the distributor of the creative essence on the "Cosmic" level, or in the grand scale, and the Individual Mind is the distributor of the creative essence on the "Local" level or in the plane of the particular. What the creator creates is the "Spirit" or the "Life-In-Itself" which is essentially the "Moment" -- the "Here" and "Now" which is in a constant state of "becoming". As an Individual Mind I cannot fully comprehend the Universal Mind nor the creator, I can conceive of them, but I cannot fully envelope them. To do this would require becoming the Universal or Infinite, and then I would no longer be the Individual. Just as the Universal cannot act on the plane of the particular, as to do so would mean to become the particular, and thus no longer would it be the Universal. We are the "Microcosm" to the "Macrocosm". We are identical in like and kind as the Universal, just on a smaller scale -- in Its Image after Its Likeness. The Universal Mind has, through the processes of evolution, gotten the Livingness to the point of generating a species that is capable of the expanded self-recognition of the highest human personality (thus far) within us. However, the process of creation is a never-ending process, and we are the manifestation of the Universal in the Individual to continue the process of creation on the plane of the particular.
Mind is not the intellect, it is the medium in which the Spirit is evidenced and its thinking is made corporal. Mind is the ultimate substance from which all form arises. Spirit is the force of Thinking, which impresses upon the Mind to bring forth the forms that are desired. And the mind brings substantive or palpable expression to these thoughts or Spiritual activity. However, the Universal Mind and the Individual Mind and the consciousness they possess are products of creation, not the cause. The Minds are like hoses that distribute the waters of life. They do not create the water nor are they the pump that creates the pressure by which the water is delivered, they simply decide when and where the waters will be distributed -- they "choose" which flowers will be watered, so-to-speak. The Universal Mind is like the public water works (the big distributor) which delivers the waters to all of the Individuals, and the Individual Minds are like the garden hose (the little distributor) that delivers the waters to the particular gardens.
The brain is not the thinker, for if a brain were required for thinking to occur, then how does the Universal Mind think, as it is not possible that an infinite Mind can have a containing brain lest it not be infinite. The brain is an organ that acts as a bridge between the corporal and the Spiritual. It passes sensations back and forth between the two states of self by taking sensations that are formulated and meaningful in the corporal and translats them into thought patterns that the Spirit can then understand and interpret as Spiritual activity. In reciprocal action, the Spiritual, can then respond with the complimentary sensations that when passed from the Spiritual back to the corporal are again translated through the organ of the brain through the medium of mind and made into corporal thought patterns that are appropriate and understood by the corporal or physical expressions of the Spiritual. But the brain does not originate the thoughts just as the heart does not originate the blood, it simply processes and distributes it to the appropriate places as needed. The brain processes the sensations it receives from the Spiritual and produces the images and sounds and other sensations that make sense to the corporal being by responding to the sensations sent by the Spiritual to the corporal being thus soliciting the appropriate physical responses to those sensations, like pulling the hand away from the fire or moving deeper into the embrace of a lover or feeling the beauty of a sunset or intentionally imbibing the scents of the pleasant odors as we perceive them.
The Universal Mind, as I was trying to express, is Adam of the Bible -- or, more to the point -- the "only begotten son". From this Universal Mind a portion was descended down into the Spiritual activity we perceive as matter which is Adams rib which was taken to make Eve. Eve is the physical Universe (in thought form at this point) -- the Womb of all creation. And the two (Mind and Body) were to "go forth, be fruitful and multiply" (marry and have children), and from this union all life forms of the Universe would arise. Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone. That is why it is represented as a rib -- as bone -- "solid matter". This too is the "Fall from Grace", the Universal became aware of itself and knew it was naked (had no corporal body) and set out to produce a form into which it could manifest itself, and in doing so it turned away from the creator and into itself, basically this is the birth of consciousness -- it became aware that "I AM". This is the "and there was Light" which is not to say "visible light", but the light of consciousness. But Adam (and Eve, as they are two aspects of the same essence) was lonely, and wanted company, because in knowing that "I AM", it also became aware that "I AM ALONE", as it is an essential Unity, a ONEness -- the only way that the Universal can express and remain Universal ... alone. So it set out to create a companion - or more to the point a limitless number of companions. But being a Unity or ONEness, the only way it could achieve this is to conceive of the Image of Itself reflected within Itself, but as a thought within Its own Mind, it had to be a self thinking thought -- Like Itself. It had to posses "Free Will". For the Love it both expresses and desired MUST be spontaneous, and freely "given" or it is not Love at all. For one of the defining qualities of Love is that it can be withheld. For if it cannot be withheld, then it is neither spontaneous nor freely given. It would be obligation.
This, as well, is why the stories of Jesus start with the "Immaculate" conception and "Virgin" birth. Again, here, we are talking about the original creation and Adam and Eve. They were ascribed to the story of Jesus to mystify the story and withhold it from all but the wise whom could see the Truth. Jesus was a human just like you and I, he was a Master of Mental Science and lived it in every aspect of his Life, it was his Life in the Literal. That is why phrases like "take up your cross and follow me" were used -- That is to say, again, you (the Spirit) make the Mind Body Union, and partake of the Life that is ME -- the Truth. And "He that saves his life shall lose it, but he that gives up his life for ME shall not perish but shall have Life everlasting". That is to say -- He that clings to the errors of the corporal and continues to believe in the deception will perish it the trappings of the deception, but he that gives up his old life of error for ME (or the Truth) shall not perish but will have their Spiritual eyes opened to the Infinite Life that is in and through ALL. When Jesus walked upon the waters (which I still hold to be completely possible) is the same reference as in Genesis where "the Spirit of God Moved upon the Waters", and the "Water to Wine" at the wedding is a reference of Life from Lifelessness -- bringing forth all of the living forms, especially "Man" -- "Why did you save the BEST WINE until the last". The Father of the wedding is the Creator, and the marriage is again between Mind and Body -- Adam and Eve -- the outward expression of the Life and the Livingness.
Even this explanation is limited, as it too is filtered through a corporal brain, and fitted to a given framework of language and the inherent meanings in words as interpreted by the addressee. But I do hope that in my efforts here I have made more clear my initial statements of Universal and Individual Minds and the relationship between them. We can continue to think of the Universal Mind as "God", but we must then relieve it of the quality of originating the creative power. This is of course a very fine line and many would argue that there is no difference between originating the power itself or having no limitation at to how one can use the power that just IS. I, however, feel that the distinction is of a very vast nature and with it carries immense implications as to the nature and place of the Individual Mind and the consciousness it possesses, as well as the reciprocity between the Individual and the Universal Minds.
Okay, I'll get down off of my soap-box now ...
-- Victor
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Permalink Reply by Mindmaster on -
Read David R. Hawkins's books.
There is reality and there is Reality. As we have realities, so God has Reality. Reality is His dream.
I met a man once online who had an experience with God. He was foating in a cloud aand he saw the totality of Creation. In awe, he asked, "This is what You are?"
And the one with him smiled and said, "This is what I am like." in both agreement and correction.
The Course in Miracles teaches that the Separation came when man beieved in lack. Eden is not a specific place. Eden and Heaven are Reality As Is, free of lack.
god is the unmanifest and Reality is the Manifest. he is the Totality.
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Floating in the clouds with God is a very primitive metaphor at best. Communication between the "Creator" and man directly is completely impossible. Communication between the Universal and the Individual is a constant and ongoing state, but then the Universal is not the Creator. Separation came when Man began to believe in himself as a source rather than an outlet. When Man turned his "Mental Mirror" toward the material and believed it to be a cause in itself, rather than an effect. Thus reflecting that which is not the Life-In-Itself, but instead the limited material, and therefore became like it. The more we become aware of the Life and the Livingness, the more we become like it.
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Permalink Reply by Mindmaster on
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I seek Enlightenment. I have heard that it is rare to do so.
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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Good for you! There is no more noble pursuit, no higher cause. And, yes it is very rare indeed. Most simply want an easy out, and therefore accept some simplified explanation concocted by another. So quit wasting your time in books, you will never find enlightenment in there. You will only find someone else's interpretation there. Some whom may know, and some whom may only know the language. If you must read even one book or take one step from where you are right now to find enlightenment, you will never find it. It is within you and always has been, and that is the only place where you will find it. The rest will serve only to confuse or obfuscate.
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Permalink Reply by Mindmaster on
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I'm not altogether certain what it is or how to find it. Not exactly. Come to think of it, I'mm not even sure exactly why I seek it. I only understand that those who choose it as a life goal aare destined for it, and that it is probably the onl real place to be going. People just seem to me to be walking around in a dream, withouut really comprehending that the reality they see was made by them, and is not Reality as is. I want to escape the ego, and wake up and see. Right nw, i only have faith that it will find me. I would like to find a teacher, to help me master the Law of Attracction. I believe that is my next step.
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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Remember, in your quest, that Enlightenment is NOT a goal, it is only the first step. It is the "turning on of the light" or "the beginning of sight". By no means is it a destination. There is no destination, there is only a journey.
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Permalink Reply by Jane on -
Why is communication with the 'creator' impossible? Isn't anything possible?
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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That which is the the cause of all that is, is beyond any form of communication. That which we have been calling God for thousands of years is not the Creator it is a product of creation, not the cause of it. It is often accepted that the Universal Mind is God -- the Creator, I simply don't see it that way. The Mind is the consciousness behind our form, but there is a force back of it as well. That which is the cause of all there is, is not conscious nor contemplative, as I said earlier, it defies all description. We can continue to think of the Universal Mind as God, but it simply is not the "originator" of the creative power, that's all.
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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As if what is really god is behind the power of the universe?
I like your depth, I am trying to grasp it!
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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Yes, The Creator is neither personal nor partisan. Think of it as an Infinite well-spring of the Life-In-Itself, or the Spirit or the Moment or the Love -- whatever you choose to perceive it to be or choose to call the power. The Mind just thinks it's God, because it itself is the first thing that it was aware existed as it can have no knowledge or awareness of anything prior to its own existence, and it's thought-forms comprise all of the rest of palpable Universe. Now that the Mind has evolved enough to possess the expanded self-awareness of the highest personality, it is becoming aware that It too is a part of the Creation.
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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Just to bend your head, think on this one for a bit -- "Isn't anything possible?"
If anything is possible, then is it possible to find something that is impossible?
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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Hey Mindmaster,
I'm not sure what you mean by wanting to "master the Law of Attraction". You can't master the Law of Attraction any more than you can master the Law of Gravity. They just are. Laws are the relations between things after they exist. If what you mean is that you want to make conscious use of the Law of Attraction, that is quite a different proposition. The laws have no causative power in themselves, they are effects that naturally proceed from the creative process. The Law of Attraction cannot create wealth or anything for that matter. Only in your Mind can you create these things, the idea is this, you recreate yourself in your mind, you fashion yourself into the expression of happiness that you most wish to experience, and you hold this mental image as your predominant mental attitude and the product of that resonance will be inextricably drawn into your realm of being. If you really want to start seeing real changes in your everyday experiences, first learn the Law of your Being, and then Learn the Law of Creation, and the Law of Love ... From these all other Laws will simply fall into line as a matter of course. And no matter what there is to the contrary that seems to be being evidenced in the outside world, know that you are perfect right here, right now. Anything to the contrary is only the manifestation of dis-harmonious race thinking.
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