Point of Unity.. Healing Dualism

Pat · Point of Unity.. Healing Dualism

From Spiritheart.org

Once the heart has been awakened, then the mind too begins to comprehend a non-linear love-based reality.

Projections at a personal level often give us a sense of self in others, or a sense of God/Spirit/Source through others. Ultimately, though, one must move past projections into a direct perception of the underlying reality of God/Spirit/Source. This movement generally takes place in a gradual progression.

In projecting at the macrocosmic level, humanity has a tendency to personify the Creator in its own image. Biblical statements from Genesis to the effect that we are created in His/Her image are our reversed attempts to understand and relate to God. Thus, in traditional and fundamentalist religions God/Spirit/Source takes on a will like ours and gets angry, as witnessed in much of the Bible, when things don't go the way He/She "wishes." Simply put, human beings tend to project their own nature upon that which they seek to understand.

I propose that what we experience as "God's wrath" or the "strictness" of a Radiant Being of Love is really the product of the Laws of Cause and Effect along with our own karmic circumstance. In my estimation, humanity has confused the Laws of Cause and Effect with the One God/Spirit/Source for a very long time. This leads to feelings that God is our personal ally or enemy, as the case may be. Certainly the Laws of Cause and Effect are a part of God/Spirit/Source, but that doesn't necessarily mean The Supreme "wills" what happens as a result of them. I view the relationship between humans, the Laws of Cause and Effect and the One Supreme Being as being similar to that between a wise parent and the child. A parent knows the child must experiment to learn about its limitations and potentials, and thus allows the child to do so in a controlled environment. Similarly, God/Spirit/Source allows humanity to experiment with the Laws of Cause and Effect, and the latter maintain a sense of balance in the Creation as the experimentation proceeds.

That analogy falls somewhat short, however, because I do not personify God/Spirit/Source as a "parent." Instead, I perceive God/Spirit/Source in all things, as an omniscient and all-loving Presence, which gave birth to our souls out of love for Itself and us equally and the desire to expand the Great Love. And this loving Presence allows our souls to experiment with the experience and concepts of love in Creation, even if those experiments are self-destructive at times.

Consider the analogy of a society in consensus that a certain action is immoral. Consequently, that society may pass laws that make such an action illegal. Can it be said that those in society who adhere to the consensus, which resulted in but pre-dated the law, have directly willed the individuals who now break that law into being punished? The consensus is analogous to the all-permeating Presence of God/Spirit/Source. In this analogy man's laws correlate to the Laws of Cause and Effect, and the individuals who must contend with illegal actions represent all of humanity.

Not many in our world today seem to be conscious enough of the Laws of Cause and Effect to make informed choices concerning their actions and the resultant repercussions at various levels. At least the people of the Old Testament recognized that these laws existed, even if they did confuse them with God/Spirit/Source. Efforts to increase awareness of these natural laws would go a long way towards reconciling many of society's problems.

What, then, is the nature of the Supreme Deity if not the Laws of Cause and Effect? If we are to believe that what Isho'a/Jesus and many other illumined masters taught us to be true, then the answer can only be love. And what is love in its higher spiritual, non-emotional form, other than pure being which expresses as absolute, unconditional acceptance? To know that one is accepted by God/Spirit/Source, with all of one's limitations and faults, has to be one of the most comforting and expansive thoughts one can entertain. The one great law is the Law of Love. This law fulfills [balances] all others, including the Laws of Cause and Effect. Isn't this what the Master Isho'a demonstrated over and over again during his time on earth? Isn't this what he indicated when he answered the question concenring which was the greatest of the commandments? His Love was such that people who were ensnared within the Laws of Cause and Effect were instantly brought into balance and subsequently released from them, at least until they re-created their state of imbalance. They were healed of the imbalances which occurred as a result of the natural laws when they became the focused subject of the Masster's great love. This, then, is the Point of Unity which heals all dualism, the Law of Love. The Laws of Cause and Effect can only be active in the sense that we know them when polarities exist in a state of imbalance.

How might we apply this to our daily lives? Perhaps I might offer a personal experience. Awhile back, I was in a deeply contemplative state, entertaining the nature of our reality and all the atrocities which occur in our world. I then "heard" within my mind the words: "everything happens as a result of the Law of Love attempting to manifest in Creation." With these words came an overwhelmingly expansive and powerfully good feeling. I enjoyed this for some time before it occurred to me to pursue the contemplation further. Once I resumed the contemplation, the question arose, "how could something as horrendous as, say, the actions of a Hitler be related to the Law of Love attempting to manifest in Creation?" Again, the inner response was swift and clear: I heard in my mind, "Hitler had love for his ideal, although it was a grossly distorted ideal." With that sentence an inner gnosis swept over me like a tsunami consuming a low-lying shoreline. All of a sudden I understood something that had eluded me all of my life.

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bluestar8 · Point of Unity

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