Interesting correlation between God and light in major world religions...

[ajay0]

OK, so let's compare.....

My questions were in response to what you said about the "fruits" of true worship......

I said...."Jesus did say "by their fruits" we would recognize his true disciples. So what are we looking at? What are the "fruits" that a worshipper of the true God should display? How many gods are there really? How many did Jesus say there were?...and what qualities should a worshipper of the true God display? There is a list but the majority only do what is least required of them. Its human nature though, isn't it?"

How are all these related to the OP's theme of correlation between God and light in the major world religions !

If you do not have anything significant to say of any intellectual substance, not an issue. But please don't derail the thread with totally unrelated posts of the Devil, dogma and other infantile ideas.

 

[Fool]

15.22 ▶ Questioner: You also said that you offered the Law of One, which is the balancing of love/light and light/love. Is there any difference between love/light and light/love?

Ra: I am Ra. This will be the final question of this time/space. There is the same difference between love/light and light/love as there is between teach/learning and learn/teaching. Love/lightis the enabler, the power, the energy giver. Light/love is the manifestation which occurs when light has been impressed with love.

 

[stvdv]

I would say this may provide more proof that the major world religions are identical in their core, with only superficial differences on the outside creating cause for extremism and conflict. If you find any further proofs or evidences in this regard, please do share it here.

Thanking in advance.

Thanks, I like this thread, I missed it before.

My Master described 3 steps:
1) You are in the Light
2) The Light is in You
3) You are the Light

 

[firedragon]

I have come across some observations which depict an interesting correlation between God and light in the major world religions....


In Hinduism, the Vedas and Hindu scriptures considers the Shivalinga as representing a cosmic pillar of light. The Dharmic monotheistic sect the Prajapita Brahmakumaris consider God to be a point of light. The Upanishads and enlightened masters have also described Brahman to be self-luminous.

In Islam, Allah has 100 name's, and one of them is Alnoor ( the Light).

“God is light,” says 1 John 1:5, in the Bible in Christianity.

In Judaism, Psalm 76:4 says of God, “You are radiant with light.”

So this correlation between God and light, is a common denominator in these four major world religions.

Imo, the fire worship in Zoroastrianism may be illustrating this correlation between God (Ahura Mazda ) and light as well,light being emitted by the fire.

I would say this may provide more proof that the major world religions are identical in their core, with only superficial differences on the outside creating cause for extremism and conflict. If you find any further proofs or evidences in this regard, please do share it here.

Thanking in advance.

Whats your take on Satan himself disguised himself as an angel of light?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

[QUOTE="ajay0, post: 6031911, member: 40509"
In Judaism, Psalm 76:4 says of God, “You are radiant with light.”

So this correlation between God and light, is a common denominator in these four major world religions.[/QUOTE]
That is thin bordering on silly.

 

[Goddess Kit]

It's actually a cliche, akin to that of monsters in the dark.

 

[Thief]

and God was God.....of the Dark

before He created Light

 

[PearlSeeker]

and God was God.....of the Dark

before He created Light

A word is a silent thought before it is spoken.

 

[PearlSeeker]

Light and darkness in mandorla

The mandorla or the nimbus is an iconographic symbol in the shape of a circle or an almond-shaped oval signifying heaven, Divine Glory, or Light. Mandorla is Italian for "almond." (Orthodox Wiki)

"In icons of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the mandorla is used to depict sacred moments that transcend time and space, such as the Resurrection and the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ and the Dormition of the Theotokos. These mandorla often are painted in several concentric bands of different color, which become darker in progression to the center of the mandorla. This accords with the church's use of apophatic theology, as described by Dionysius the Areopagite and others: as holiness increases, only increasing darkness can depict the luminance and brightness thereof." (Wiki)

"This “cloud”, clearly paralleling the cloud Moses entered in order to converse with God, is also represented by the mandorla. It is at the heart of God’s revelation to the Jews first, and then Christians: it is impossible to comprehend God. But to know God, to encounter and converse with Him, and to fully experience Him is possible. It happens through entering this “cloud of unknowing”.

What Scripture cannot express in words, Icons capture in the mandorla; yet what we can experience of God’s glory goes beyond even images. This is why the mandorla surrounding Christ usually shows concentric bands of shading which get darker toward the centre, rather than lighter. We must pass through stages of what seem like increasing mystery and unknowing, in order to encounter Jesus Christ."

(The Mandorla in Icons – Revealing Mystery)

 

[Thief]

A word is a silent thought before it is spoken.

and when Moses did ask for a Name.......

Say to people.....I AM!
and they with understanding will know Whose las this is

 

[LAGoff]

God speaks 'light' into existence on 'day' one. You can say this 'light' is to reveal God's plan and purpose to us, since light as we know (the sun, moon and stars) weren't spoken into existence until the fourth 'day'. (Genesis, chapter 1)
Perhaps Proverbs chapter 8:1 to 9:6 is a hymn about this.

 

[PearlSeeker]

Infinite Light (Ohr) in Jewish mysticism:

Ohr - Wikipedia

Chapter 53: Infinite Light - Shefa and Ohr (part 1) - Chassidus Applied

Infinite Light Made Simple - The Power of Is