The
invisible part of reality has a very
distinct set of attributes that are
quite different from the attributes
of physical reality. Some of
the more obvious differences
are described below.
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Inside
or Outside:
You'll notice that there is a
viewing perspective of either being
inside of something or outside of
it. For example imagine you
are inside your home.
Now imagine you are outside of
it. Are you inside or
outside of Christianity, Buddhism,
Islam, et cetera? Are
you inside or outside of the United
States, Canada, England, et
cetera? Are you inside
or outside of your physical
body? Are you
inside or outside of God?
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Inside
or Outside of God:
Nowhere is this inside /
outside distinction more important
than in regards to one's religious
beliefs. Are you inside
and an integral part of God, or do
you see yourself as outside and
separate from God? Although the
Christian Bible clearly indicates
that humans are inside God,`
the vast majority of
Christian churches
teach that humans are outside of
God. In Judaism, one can find
both the inside believers and the
outside believers , and Islam is
clearly an outside of God religion.
The Eastern Religions such
as Buddhism and Hinduism, and those
who adhere to the principles of the
present-day Universal
Spirituality '
movement believe that humans are
inside of God -- that humans are an
integral part of
God.
Hinduism:
Although Hinduism worships many
Gods, underneath they believe that
at their core, everyone is part of
God.
Buddhism
Buddhists
believe that they are not their
physical bodies -- that they are an
eternal, non-physical
consciousness. They do not
define what this non physical
"whatever-it-is"
is.
According to
those who believe that they are
inside God/Creator, heaven is NOT a
physical place. It's a
state of being -- a
joyful, blissful, happy state of
being. It's is part
of non-physical reality.
The same
principles apply to Satan and his
place of eternal damnation that was
reported to be beneath your
feet. The inside / outside
perspectives give vastly different
answers to question about the nature
and location of hell. Do
any of you still believe that there
a super-powerful, super-evil
character living in a "fiery
furnace" somewhere beneath
the crust of the
Earth?
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Competition
Versus Cooperation:
The outside-of-God perspective
promotes separation, scarcity, and
competition. The
outside-of-God people tend to play life the same way
football players play football -- constantly at odds
with those who are not on their side, fighting in an endless
win/lose war, while glorifying and making heroes of the most
aggressive and the most violent. There's never
enough. In order for me
to have, someone else must do
without.
The
inside-of-God
people are much more likely to play life the way members of
an orchestra play music. '
The goal of each orchestra member is to function in mutual cooperation
with every other member and create of a product that benefits
everyone. In the case of an orchestra, the product is beautiful
music which can be a blessing for a hundred people or a hundred
million people. Regardless of how many people hear
the music, there is no significant difference or cost to those
in the orchestra, itself. There are no
losers. Which
way are you playing?
Time
after time cooperation has proven to
be far superior to fighting,
destroying and killing, and
yet, destruction is glorified
and is the focus of the vast
majority of the mass
media. Many Christian
leaders teach that destruction is
good because it means the end of the
world is at hand and they (the true
believers) will soon be in heaven
with Jesus and God. The
outside-of-God, Islamic extremists
are promoting mass destruction of
anything and everything that is not
in perfect alignment with their
beliefs.
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Violence:
When you look at the propensity for
violence, you'll become aware still
another significant
difference. You'll notice that
the outside-of-God religions,
Christianity, Judaism and Islam, all
have a long and bloody
history. Are you aware
that Buddhism (an
inside-of-God religion) is the only
major religion that has never
started a war. The vast
majority of those who practice
Universal
Spirituality. '
also oppose
wars and violence.
From
outside-of-God, war makes perfect
sense to the winners. About
fifty percent of all human resources
are directed at producing or using
tools of war, death and
destruction. And a significant
portion of the remaining fifty
percent is either destroyed or used
to defend against the
destroyers.
From
inside-of-God, war is like your left
hand declaring that it's going to
destroy your right hand.
Both sides are part of the same
universal body.
For example,
just imagine what could have been
done with the four trillion dollars
that Bush and company have wasted,
murdering people and destroying
property in Iraq and Afghanistan. And
compared to the trillions more that
have been wasted on wars over the
past one hundred years, the Iraq
dollars are just a drop in the
bucket.
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Our
Earthly environment:
Caring for our irreplaceable,
Earthly Environment is still another
area where there's a vast difference
between the inside-of-God
and the outside-of-God
perspectives.
Traditional Christianity, in direct
denial of the Christian Bible, (Ecclesiastes
3:19) has, for centuries, promoted the
belief that man and nature are
separate. They
proclaimed themselves separate from
both God and nature and that the
Earth was merely a temporary
stopping place for good Christians
who are on there way to
heaven. From this
perspective, what happens to the
Earth is
irrelevant. "Subdue and
conquer" the Earth has been a
long-held belief. As a result,
the Earth has all-too-often been
treated with the same care and
respect given to a disposable
diaper.
Make-believe-born-again Bush and his
multi-millionaire,
Christian-talking, atheist-acting friends are
spearheading reckless, irreversible,
environmental
destruction in the name of The
Great God Money.
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A person who already has millions of
dollars has to be literally insane
or stupid to the Nth degree to sell
one's own grandchildren for a few
dollars more.
In stark
contrast, those who hold the inside-of-God
perspective are much more likely to
view the Earth a Sacred Mother, to
be honored and
respected. The people
who believe themselves to be part of
God and part of Nature are
spearheading the movement to reverse Global Climate
Change.
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One
Life or Many:
Another important distinction is
which of the three possible
assumption of life a person believes
in. Readers are directed
to an overview of
Life's Three
Fundamental Human Assumptions:
Christian One-Life-ism,
Reincarnation, and Atheism. '
Believers in Christian one-life-ism
believe that they are outside of
God, and believers in atheism deny
the existence of a
Creator. There is no
evidence to support either of these
beliefs.
Those who
acknowledge their intimacy with God
are much more likely to have
examined the physical and
circumstantial evidence that
strongly supports the belief in
reincarnation and equally as
strongly rebukes other two
possibilities.
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Separation
or Unity: Most
people do not consciously
participate in their own
destruction. Unfortunately,
many people have been programmed
to mechanically and
unconsciously participate in their
own destruction. The
classic example of this is the
Christian doctrine of "original
sin." It's one to
the most destructive beliefs in the
entire world. It's
second only in it's destructive
power to the belief in jihad by
radical Islam. Both of these
beliefs and their resultant
destruction are a products of
believing one's self to be separate
from God and separate from their
fellow humans.
Those
who perceive themselves as
inside of God are much more likely
to understand that everyone and
everything is part of a single
unified whole.
"What you do onto the least of
mine you do onto me." (Matthew
25:40)
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Am
I My brother's Keeper?
The outside-of-God People have made
up all kinds of rules about how
other people should live their
lives. Rule after
rule. Law after law --
all designed to protect themselves
from their fears --
fears of pain and deprivation,
which by the way, are mostly
function of their self-imposed
separation from God, separation from
nature, and separation from their
fellow humans. They have in
essence, become their brother's
jailers.
The
Inside-of-God people tend to be far
more tolerant and
allowing. They are far
more likely to understand and
practice The
Universal Law
of Allowing. '
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Stealing
Versus Creating:
Stealing only makes sense in the
contest of separation from
God. When one realizes
his/her intimate connection to
Creator and one's capacity to
intentionally create in one's own
reality, stealing becomes not only
unnecessary, it proves itself to be
self-destructive.
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Victim
Consciousness -- Self-created
Realty:
People who perceive themselves to
being outside of God tend to
play victim
consciousness. If they
are religiously inclined, they'll
likely pray in the format of begging
God for favors.
Those who
perceive themselves to be inside God
are more likely to study the laws of the
universe ' and
consciously and intentionally apply
them. They'll likely
perceive their lives as self
created.
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