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Old 13-10-2022, 04:58 AM
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If there was no 'I' would there just be God?

What stops existence from just being God? I imagine that if there was *only* God then everything would be perfect. Instead we have a situation whereby there are many things and beings separated or imagining they are separated from God.

If suddenly all the 'I' vanished, would that solve the issue? If there was no 'I' then would there be just God again? In a way I am asking if it is our 'I' that separates us from God?
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Old 13-10-2022, 01:27 PM
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In a way I am asking if it is our 'I' that separates us from God?

Imo, its our 'Dualistic' mind that constructs our sense of separation from God.
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Old 13-10-2022, 01:56 PM
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Imo, its our 'Dualistic' mind that constructs our sense of separation from God.

Sky, I know you will hate this but the “I” in the most realistic way is the ego. That is our sense of self knowing that we are distinct from others…including God. Because we are stuck with it we have to learn how to use it in a beneficial way.
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Old 14-10-2022, 05:43 AM
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Sky, I know you will hate this but the “I” in the most realistic way is the ego.

No I dont hate it Mo, thoughts are just thoughts
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Old 23-10-2022, 01:18 PM
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God is where thoughts come from and is in a way those thoughts (wisdom) and when we speak that wisdom it is now the living word of God made real (talking out loud)
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Old 23-10-2022, 02:42 PM
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God is where thoughts come from...
I don't hear many people saying this.
Reminds me of something in the Bhagavad Gita.."Perceive me in every thought'' or
In every thought perceive Me.
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Old 24-10-2022, 06:50 PM
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If suddenly all the 'I' vanished, would that solve the issue? If there was no 'I' then would there be just God again? In a way I am asking if it is our 'I' that separates us from God?

I (or for that matter you,me ,we ,they etc) separates us from God . This not only separates us, it discriminates / differentiates / categorize into higher/lower/superior/inferior) . And this is where the problem lies with "I".

So the challenge is to have an I which does not have this negative side effect. This 'sting'/'thorn' of I can be removed by believing /seeing / feeling of God everywhere including we. That we we'll neither have superiority or inferiority complex and ur worldly dealings can be enjoyable for all.

God has intentionally kept 'I' alive and not created an utopia. If He does that there will be no challenge to our intellect / wisdom /capability. And the thrill and excitement out of life would be gone. So God in order to make us worthy and give us credit for something novel/great/ingenious, has intentionally kept the world away from utopia.
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