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Old 10-02-2022, 02:18 PM
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But seriously - had the Bible been written and supervised properly it wouldn't be so confusing.
My spiritual mentor would sometimes say things to me that were definitely not clear (confusing) and actually appeared initially to be quite absurd. However, the "absurdity" of such interactions triggered meditations that sometimes lasted 8-9 hours after which I realized that the interaction was NOT "absurd" and that I had to adjust my paradigm of the Reality. Sometimes, a "confusing" passage is intentionally meant to trigger deep reflection .... while, at other times, it may just be the product of a confused mind.

Perhaps, some Biblical passages may appear to be confusing but are actually meant to inspire deeper reflection on the nature of the Reality.
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Old 10-02-2022, 02:37 PM
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I would agree with Mo on the "I AM" interpretation.
We are pure awareness, consciousness, what is God if not consciousness?
Good point. Now ... what are the implications of that ?

Are there God-like implications?

Let's carry this a step further as we seem to have covered the basics.
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Old 10-02-2022, 03:58 PM
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Perhaps, some Biblical passages may appear to be confusing but are actually meant to inspire deeper reflection on the nature of the Reality.
Still Waters,

Of course…..:). Without challenge their is no interest…no self discovery(Self ?)….and no real truth. Real truth must be personal….not acceptance of another’s truth. If things are made easy for us we can take it for granted and probably shift our focus to the material world…..all to our detriment.
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Old 10-02-2022, 07:11 PM
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Of course…..:). Without challenge their is no interest…no self discovery(Self ?)….and no real truth. . If things are made easy for us we can take it for granted and probably shift our focus to the material world…..all to our detriment.
Do you think that is why Jesus, (made in the mage of God to stay on topic), spoke in so many parables?
I dislike these brain teaser, complicated parables!!!
I started a thread on this on another Forum...asking why would Jesus do this to simple peasants?
They didn't ask for this complication in stories.
I mean he had simple stories - like throwing seeds on rocks, in weeds or fertile soil...but some go over MY head.
Matt 25 is the big one ---Heaven is like the foolish virgins with lamps going to the bridegroom story..Huh?
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Old 10-02-2022, 07:39 PM
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Good point. Now ... what are the implications of that ?

Are there God-like implications?
No! Or I don't see any cause effect, I don't believe in an anthropomorphic God, there's plenty of consciousness everywhere.
Then depending on the mental factors of those consciousnesses, they have different abilities and accesses, but the form is usually adapted to the purpose, and/or product of evolution.
Product of evolution in all planes of consciousness, we need to extend Darwin's theory to those!
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Old 10-02-2022, 08:13 PM
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Do you think that is why Jesus, (made in the mage of God to stay on topic), spoke in so many parables?
I dislike these brain teaser, complicated parables!!!
I started a thread on this on another Forum...asking why would Jesus do this to simple peasants?
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Miss Hepburn,

Jesus, aware of eternal life, saw a much bigger audience than simple peasants. He knew that the parables must be unraveled by Spirit…and Spirit is accessible to all….whereas knowledge is not. The Pharisees had knowledge but not Spirit.
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Old 10-02-2022, 08:18 PM
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Jesus, aware of eternal life, saw a much bigger audience than simple peasants. He knew that the parables must be unraveled by Spirit…. The Pharisees had knowledge but not Spirit.
Ah, the Pharisees. I can see why Jesus would want to confound THEM!
And to make his disciples think.
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Old 10-02-2022, 08:26 PM
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God is made in the image of man.

God is a product of agriculture, and the scripture and beliefs are as well.
If we didn't domesticate and master our world we wouldn't have this God and we would've kept to worshipping spirits and nature.
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Old 10-02-2022, 08:38 PM
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God is made in the image of man.
Well, you could be right.
My image of God is a Spirit, Being, Entity beyond what Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry or Isaac Asimov ever came up with or Carl Sagan's 'Contact'.
Living, existing, dwelling within a million different Universes - in the infinitesimal to the enormous beyond our wildest imagination on
planes/dimensions we could not picture in our teeny pea brains.
(And STILL all these Universes are nothing but Holograms...projected or within the Mind of this Being.) That's 'God' to me.
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Old 10-02-2022, 08:39 PM
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Perhaps, some Biblical passages may appear to be confusing but are actually meant to inspire deeper reflection on the nature of the Reality.

Still Waters,

Elsewhere I mentioned that all of the Beatitudes were counterintuitive……real headscratchers…..opening the door for some of the same experiences that you shared…..
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