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.  

The work of people like Wayne Dyer (The Power of Intention)  Neil Donald Walsh (Conversations with God)  Esther and Jerry Hicks (the Abraham books and tapes) and dozens of others are challenging the established beliefs about connecting to an external God.   Popular videos such as "What the Bleep Do We Know" and "The Secret" are also challenging traditional, god-out-there beliefs.   For a detailed study of this perspective, readers are directed to the page titled:  Universal Spirituality '  

The outside-of-God  beliefs lead to some very dysfunctional behaviors   

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Where Is Heaven:    Again the inside/outside perspectives give vastly different answers to this question.   According to the Christians leaders ( who believe that they are outside of God)  heaven is in the Firmament, above the clouds where the birds fly.   They know that's true because it's written in Genesis of the Christian Bible.    When the Earth was flat, heaven may actually have been where the writers of the Bible said it was.    

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. '   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.

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