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“This is what I have read in the faces of men and women, in the book of the world, and in the scroll of the heavens, which is writ with stars The great lesson to be learned is the truth of the Oneness of All. This knowledge carries with it all the rest.
“It causes one to follow the precept of the Son of Mary, who said: ‘And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength;’ and ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’ When Man grows into a consciousness of the truth that All is One – that when one loves God he is loving the Whole Thing that his neighbor is indeed himself – then he has but a few more classes to pass through before he passes into the ‘High School’ of Spiritual Knowledge.
“This conviction of the Oneness of All, carries with it certain rules of action – of Divine Ethics – which transcend all written or spoken human laws. The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man become a reality rather than a mere repetition of meaningless words. And this great lesson must be learned by all – and all are learning it by degrees. And this is the aim of the present stage of Spiritual Evolution – to know God as He is: to know your relationship with others – to know what we are. There are greater schools, colleges, and universities of Spiritual Knowledge beyond us, but these are the lessons taught in the grades in which we are at present.” ~William Walker Atkinson (aka Yogi Ramacharaka)
When Mr. Atkinson speaks of a Book of the World and the Scrolls of Heaven that are “writ in the stars,” it is an obvious allegory. Studying the world, the stars, or both, will very likely not gain you much spiritual knowledge. Not much real spiritual knowledge is found in books or any other worldly things unless you can look beyond the physical and the literal to see the spiritual meaning hidden in allegory. Even then, the knowledge is only partial. So there are no actual scrolls in Heaven, but there is great Spiritual Knowledge to be found there. To gain such knowledge, we must raise our levels of consciousness. We must also practice Divine Ethics by at least trying to practice the truth that All is One and we are part of that All.
It is the goal of spiritual development to reach that level of consciousness where Truth is known and the most important part of that Truth is that we are all part of the One. When we reach that level of consciousness, even temporarily, we don’t just believe that All is One and we are part of The One, we Know that we are. There is a big difference between believing something and knowing that it is true. Many of us often behave in ways that are contrary to such beliefs, but when they become Knowledge instead of beliefs, acting in violation of such Divine Knowledge is unthinkable.
It is hard to love thy neighbor when thy neighbor robs us or is a rapist or murderer. We know we should love everyone, but we often find we can’t love those who do evil things. We also find it difficult to love those in a foreign country who wage war against us. But when we have truly become One With The All, there are no foreign countries, there are no enemies, there are no species of being that is against us because we are One with all of them. So just as we continue to love ourselves when we do something wrong, we will love all people, all beings, all of The One, because it is ourselves doing all those things.
“Seek not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” ~John Donne
John Donne was talking about the bell at a church that would ring when someone died. The general interpretation of what he said is that we are all going to die eventually, so that is why the bell tolls for thee. That is not quite correct. What it really means is that we are all part of The One, so when any person dies, a part of us dies. When we reach the level of consciousness that allows us to Know that Truth, we will understand. Until then, we must practice ethics, live in peace and love as much as possible, and also practice our spiritual development techniques to help us move closer and closer to that level of consciousness.
In а gгouпdbгeаkіпɡ dіscovery, NASA has found аn аbnormаl objeсt thаt іs devourіng gаlаxies behіnd the Mіlky Wаy. Thіs objeсt, whіch аppeаrs to be а ѕupermaѕѕive blаck hole, іs emіttіng іпteпѕe гаdіаtіoп аnd сonsuming lаrge аmounts of mаtter аt аn unрrecedented rаte. Whіle the objeсt іs сurrently loсated behіnd the Mіlky Wаy, іts trаjectory ѕuggeѕtѕ thаt іt сould eventuаlly mаke іts wаy towаrds our own gаlаxy.
Astronomers have figured out that our Milky Way Galaxy is part of a MASSIVE intergalactic highway that is part of a humongous SUPERSTRUCTURE interconnected by over 800 galaxies.
Have you ever thought about how big the universe actually is? Have you ever wondered about the milky way and its place in the universe? The truth is that imagining where we are in the universe is something really really difficult to comprehend.
Multірle reрortѕ іndісаte thаt NASA іѕ асtіvely ѕeаrсhіng for а ѕіzeаble golden аѕteroіd. If everyone who fіndѕ thіѕ ѕрасe roсk рooled theіr weаlth, we сould аll beсome mіllіonaіres. The рlаnet Pѕyсhe 16, often known аѕ the “golden egg,” іѕ loсаted between Mаrѕ аnd Juріter аnd іѕ rumored to be mаde of metаl.
In аddition to gold, іt іs reрorted to іnclude рlatinum, іron, аnd even nіckel. Aссording to reрorts іn the Sun, іts overаll vаlue іs аn аstounding $10,000 quаdrillion. The globаl eсonomy іs worth $75.5 trіllіon, ѕo brіngіng the аsteroid to Eаrth would be сatastrophiс.
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“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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Astronomers have spotted the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed, and it’s 10 times brighter than any known exploding star, or supernova.
The brightness of the explosion, called AT2021lwx, has lasted for three years, while most supernovas are only bright for a few months.
The event, still being detected by telescopes, occurred nearly 8 billion light-years away from Earth when the universe was about 6 billion years old. The luminosity of the explosion is also three times brighter than tidal disruption events, when stars fall into supermassive black holes.
Link contributed by Gene Savoy, Jr.
Every once in a while, a stellar cataclysm occurs in our Universe, bringing the life of a star to an end. The most common type of cataclysm is a core-collapse supernova, where a massive star’s interior implodes, leading to a runaway fusion reaction and a tremendous explosion, where the energy emitted by the star can briefly shine billions of times brighter than a typical star. And yet, it’s the rarer types of stellar cataclysms — superluminous supernovae, hypernovae, tidal disruptions events, and even more exotic explosions — that can shine brighter than anything else we have observed.
Our universe, like everything else, will have its final day. Of course, there’s no knowing when exactly that is or if it’s something any of us need to concern ourselves with, but it’s still a fact that’ll catch up to humanity one day.
That day, though not relatively soon, might be sooner than we would like to think, given that we’re already in the final era of our universe. Yes, we’ve arrived, but how long has it been, and how long is there left?
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“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
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 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.
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.
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.