“The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.

Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.

There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard;

Yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

In the heavens, he has set a tent for the sun,

Which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs its course with joy.

Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and nothing is hid from its heat.

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure,

making wise the simple;

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes;

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true

and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and drippings of the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

But who can detect their errors? Clear me from hidden faults.

Keep back your servant also from the insolent; do not let them have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” ~Psalm 19: 1 – 14

The Heavens Tell the Glory of God

The author of the Psalms was a spiritual person and was not writing about the physical, so when he says “the Heavens,” he doesn’t mean the stars and planets of the physical realm, but the true Heavens, the spiritual dimensions above us here in the third dimension of matter. Likewise, “the firmament” sounds like something solid, something material, but it isn’t. You could replace “firmament” with “permanent” and get a better idea of what is meant. The realm of matter is not permanent but is constantly changing, so the real firmament is spiritual.

Pours Forth Speech and Knowledge

The Spiritual Realm is full of Knowledge and those who raise their consciousness to those levels—even if only briefly—gain some of that knowledge. If you have read some Near Death Experience (NDE) books, you know that in those realms, when you mentally ask a question, it is answered immediately. It is not speech in the physical sense but a more direct spiritual kind of hearing that doesn’t require ears, but consciousness. This is the kind of Knowledge that ancient Gnostics knew to be the true Gnosis, and not something found in books, as some modern Gnostic groups believe. That’s why the Psalm says there is speech, but it isn’t heard. It cannot be heard at all by the physical ears, but only by the awakened spiritual senses.

Laws and Ordinances Of God

The Laws and Ordinances of God are the supreme Laws and all must obey them if they are to be saved. But those Laws are now found in the Commandments or in other writings that are more the opinions and interpretations of men rather than the Law of God. This Law isn’t about what you eat, on Friday, Sunday, or any other day. It isn’t about what clothing you wear or who you have sex with. They are not about physical acts at all, but spiritual ones. That includes Love and living in peace with all, which may seem like physical things, but they are more spiritual than physical. Most of all, the Law of God is about awakening and developing the spiritual faculties now, while you are still in the physical realm.

Great Reward

Yes, there is a great reward in keeping the Law of God. That reward is to return in spiritual form to Heaven for all eternity. Many believe that reward goes to everyone when they die, but they are wrong. Do you really think Hitler or Ghenghis Khan went to Heaven when they died? If that were the case, Heaven would not be a place of Great Reward, but just another level of the mess we have here. So only the ones who have turned away from all forms of evil and embraced peace, love, humility, and spiritual growth earn that reward.

“The integral omnipresence of a unity numerically identical is in fact universally received; for all people instinctively affirm the God in each of us to be one, the same in all. It would be taken for certain if no one asked how, or sought to bring the conviction to the test of reasoning. With this effective in their thought, people would be at rest, finding their stay in that Oneness and identity, so that nothing would wrench them from this unity. This principle, indeed, is the most solidly established of all, proclaimed by our very souls; we do not piece it up item by item, but find it within beforehand; it preceeds even the principle by which we affirm unquestionably that all things seek their good; for this universal quest of good depends on the fact that all aim at unity and possess unity and that universal effort is toward unity.

“Now the unity, in going forth, so far as it may, towards the Other Order must become manifest as multiplicity and in some sense become multiple; but the primal nature and the appetition of the good, which is appetition of unity, leads back to what is authentically One; to this every form of being is urged in a movement towards ots own reality. For the good to every nature possessing unity is to be self-belonging, to be itself, and that means to be a unity.” ~Plotinus

Omnipresent Unity

It is true that there is an omnipresent Unity, but few of us are aware of it, and many don’t believe it. We have descended so far into the fractured realm of matter, that many think that each being is entirely an individual with no connection to any other. Nonetheless, the unity exists.

God in Each of Us

God is in each of us, or at least in our spirits, but few are truly aware of it. Some say that they know God is in them, but they don’t act as if they believe it. And like the omnipresence unity, many don’t believe it at all. Even some who believe in God don’t believe that God is in each of us. That is mostly because we come into this world of matter with our spirits in a dormant state. Until they are awakened, we cannot know that God is present in us, yet He is. And as Plotinus says, if no one questioned it, we would all take it for granted. Unfortunately, many do question it and use the logic that if we can’t prove that God is in us, then it isn’t true. They even question that God exists at all based on the same logic. The problem is, they expect material proof that God is in us, but God is spiritual, and nothing spiritual can be proven in the same way that you prove something of matter.

In studies done by quantum physicists, it has been proven that twin particles can react to each other, even when separated by a great distance. That proves to some degree that all things are connected, part on one Unity. That Unity is God, so God is in each of us.

Seeking Good

I don’t think it is true that all people seek the good. I think that there are those who seek good, and know what is good. There are others who seek good but are confused about what is really good for them and others. Then there are others who don’t seek good at all, but truly desire to bring evil into the world. And when it comes to doing the actual seeking, there are now four basic groups. There is the group that knows what is good and is seeking it in the proper ways; those who seek good, but do so in improper ways; those who seek good, but don’t know what is good, so they also seek in the wrong way; and those who don’t seek good and do it only by accident. But as Plotinus tells us, if you want the good, you must seek Unity, and that means seeking God and awakening our spiritual faculties so that we can connect with the Unity, which is God. As Jesus said, “Only God is good.” So if you are not ready to enter a spiritual development program like Cosolargy, at least try to do good.

Manifests a Multiplicity

Plotinus says that when we “go towards the other order,” which is to say, toward the separateness of the Demiurge and the realm of matter, we become “in some sense,” a multiplicity. The key to that sentence is, “in some sense”. That is because it is illusion. The separateness of material beings and material objects is an illusion. All are connected in the Good, all are part of the Unity, but all has to awaken and realize the truth of that Unity.