Good God! / david

[Guest guest]

, "holmes_dc" <holmes_dc

wrote:

>

> My perspective (take it or leave it):

>

> The Self, as it exists beyond creation, is sat-chit-ananda – ever

> conscious, ever existent, ever blissful, formless pure awareness.

It

> is the substratum of the universe – the canvass on which all of

> creation is painted. While this is sometimes described as a state

of

> emptiness, is not emptiness as we normally conceive of it. It is a

> state of completeness and joy beyond anything that can be described

in

> words or experienced when identified with normal human

consciousness.

>

> Shrouded by Maya, the curtain of delusion, the Self is

differentiated

> into countless forms, and the duality of good and evil arises. The

> first manifestation of the Self within creation is God, the highest

> principle of good. From this, all else arises.

>

> Living a good moral life is extremely important if we want to

progress

> spiritually. Love and compassion are a reflection of the unity of

the

> Self in its pure state, and developing love and compassion for all

> beings brings us closer to this state.

>

> It is true that the desire to fix or save or the world can become a

> trap that binds us to it. However, truly selfless service, without

> the desire for personal recognition or attachment to any specific

> outcome, is highly beneficial.

>

> If we walk around saying, "I am Consciousness," but are narrowly

> focused only on achieving our own personal desires, this will not

help

> us to realize the Self.

>

> All of the messages on this subject reflect great love and

compassion.

> Thank you all for sharing.

>

> In Friendship,

> David

>

 

 

true compassion (or selfless love), as well

as real humility, cannot be learned by imitation

of behaviour and moral conduct, or be developed

on their own. those are natural byproducts of

increased realization of all the pervading unity,

of the nonexistence of illusory personal self.

 

but "the apparent is a bridge to the real"

the sufis say...

 

yosy