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  1. SpiritQuest

    Let's talk about Satan

    Satan can be described as a metaphor for the human ego, it is that which sees everything as separate from the universal oneness of the all. Satan is the belief in death and fear, accusation and condemnation. But in truth, there is no death, there is only perceptual change, which people interpret...
  2. SpiritQuest

    "On this Rock I will build my church"

    Jesus explained that God's Spirit was in Simon and revealed it to him. Therefore the true Rock is the omnipresent Spirit of God that is in all of creation and also within us. The Sonship in its oneness transcends the sum of its parts. We are all one. The true gospel is the gospel of life.
  3. SpiritQuest

    Is the God of Abraham Really That Special?

    You are a unique perspective of the One Universal Consciousness who some refer to as the Ultimate Reality or God. What is an idol? It must be something that you deem important, It is your focus which determines your reality. Idols are like mental blocks that keep us bound in this perceptual...
  4. SpiritQuest

    Finding God

    When you seek, then you will find out what happens. I cannot tell you.
  5. SpiritQuest

    Finding God

    Yes, Jesus said to go into your closet (inner space) to pray. When your eye is single then your body shall be full of light. From darkness to light.
  6. SpiritQuest

    What is the Ultimate Reality?

    In the scriptures Jesus tells us to keep seeking for the truth, whatever that may be. Seek and do not stop seeking until you find. When you find, you will be shaken. When you are shaken, you will marvel and thus you will awaken. To know(gnosis) that the truth is within you as well as outside of...
  7. SpiritQuest

    What is the Ultimate Reality?

    Thank you all for the helpful responses and food for thought. Scriptures are indeed very helpful for they contain the wisdom and experience of our ancestors. Knowledge is a collection of separate facts which could be an infinite number of different(divided) facts. Total knowledge must be the...
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    What is the Ultimate Reality?

    The simulation argument posits that we are living in some type of computer simulation... http://www.simulation-argument.com/ We could all be computer programs running on a demon's lap-top computer. But is the demon also a program on some other being's computer? Where is the ultimate level or...
  9. SpiritQuest

    Which is more likely? To walk on water or walk on the moon?

    I also see Jesus walking on water as an allegory. When the mind is ruled by turmoil and is like the stormy sea as depicted in the gospel story, Jesus walked on the water and stilled the storm. In the book of Revelation there is the sea of glass which is representative of meditative states of the...
  10. SpiritQuest

    Gnostics and the god inside

    I would say yes this is true. Knowledge from books and observations of the external world can be considered as collections of separate facts. Inner knowledge or gnosis can be understood as the undivided wholeness of Being. This is the universal oneness that many people try to describe in many...
  11. SpiritQuest

    Any spiritual purpose in suffering?

    Life forms are relatively fragile and hence we experience suffering. As beings we experience a hierarchy of needs. Like a pyramid, the most basic needs at the bottom are water, food, shelter, warmth and rest. Moving up the pyramid there is need for safety and security, friendship, intimacy, love...
  12. SpiritQuest

    The Story of Jesus

    Stories like the Garden of Eden and Noah's Ark in the Bible are allegorical and not meant to be read literally. Perhaps some of the stories have a basis in historical facts. Reading the Bible literally leads to contradictions. Was Jesus crucified in actual history? He probably was but that is...
  13. SpiritQuest

    The Story of Jesus

    Hello psychoslice, nice to meet you. It took me several years to see the truth of what you are saying. In the Bible there are the books Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. There is also the Gospel of Thomas. There are several allegorical writings about Jesus discovered at Nag Hammadi Egypt...
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    The Story of Jesus

    Hello Rival, nice to meet you. In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus says that if you search the sky for the kingdom of heaven then the birds will be there before you. If you search the sea then the fish will be there before you. The search for the kingdom of heaven( enlightenment ) is an inner search.
  15. SpiritQuest

    Hello

    Thank you everyone for the kind welcome. I like the picture of the feast. We can all share food for thought.
  16. SpiritQuest

    The Story of Jesus

    Jesus was crucified at Golgotha (the place of the skull). The story of Jesus is symbolic, it is the story of enlightenment. It is an inner journey without distance.
  17. SpiritQuest

    Hello

    Hello friends, I am a seeker of knowledge, both external knowledge of the physical world and the mystical knowledge of spiritual experience. This appears to be a good forum for discussion of many interesting topics.
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