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Amir, at base, I am as much you as I am me. These lyrics I am working on are about a love relationship but still applies to my curvy line of thought (and who’s to say we don’t have brotherly love for each other?!): I’m taking a trip On a Mobius strip. where I can converge with you. And you...

My own isolate consciousness dips down occasionally into an unknown source. I’ve had several very precise premonitory dreams and even a few psychoid events (Philip Groth) in which matter appeared to synchronize/dance with themes unfolding in a way that appeared somewhat independent of my own...

It is true that no thing (classical objects) lives on, but thingness is just a veneer of what we really are (that is, if one believes, as I do, that we are connected to deep convergent reality that is different than the surface “reality” which we have a tendency to believe it’s all there is)...

If at the deepest base of reality/existence, there is significant convergence or “entanglement,” then a “True,” lasting , “self” may be thought to “live” on via its influence , in a manner of “sanctification.” Since it was never only an isolated thing in the first place. Dying and spreading out...

Both. The connection with each other is “wide.” The connection with deep reality serves the connection with each other because of its highly convergent/interconnected nature (That is , I believe it to be, and modern thought in the form of quantum theory also tends to believe it to be). We must...

Religious freedom, yes. But sense of connection , what traditionally has been called “spirituality,” must be culturally enabled in order for the collective to sustainably work. This can be achieved independently of organized religions. But it would be a mistake (throwing a baby out with the...

This post on my thread about Maccabees and the Easter story goes on to describe a “Pattern” that is like a bleed over from Universal Mind, God, to our earthly plane of existence. The line of thought seems to closely match the concepts you shared in the above post. See if you see a similarity...

Hot off the theological processing presses: “Christian mindfulness” Assume that mind (and Universal Mind) is “open” by our standards. This fits with your and my value of not putting God into a box (claiming to identify Him, His nature), even though I tend to be more comfortable with a qualified...

One of many persecution/resurection cycles that Israel went through. The psychological imperative was to think resilience, whether in a tribe, nation, or individual. They recognized a theme and then through faith applied it, lived it. The story helped the people.

I do, like you, feel it is important to say we don’t know God, God’s nature. I encountered that stance in my own writing recently while editing a book in progress about a faith building father and son road trip (pilgrimage theme).

I really liked this line of thought. And will try to reflect on it for a few more days before commenting. It seems to resolve some of my apparent contradictions.

The shift to a Supranatural view within Christianity may be part of the necessary “tweaking.”

And the Supranatural view seems more consistent with democracy that assumes there is enough widespread positive human potential to build effective cooperation. Of course this means there needs to be a process of actualizing that widespread potential. Democracy means we “believe” in each other...

You and I seem to prefer Supranatural over Supernatural . Would the Hindu concept of the Atman (A universal “self”) fit our line of theological thought? My metaphysical belief is that the deepest level of selfhood is so convergent or “entangled” that it becomes a matter of semantics whether we...

What role, if any, did the Maccabee slaughter play in the resurrection theme literally embodied on the cross by Jesus? Jewish thought seemed to almost holographically go from plural/collective to singular/individual. And the pattern of resiliency is woven into creation, making it a story worth...

Wil, I think I see what you are saying: (one’s own) being in and of itself, and “Mind Itself “ (one of my nicknames for God) has a kind of otherness without another other! Perhaps spirituality is much about sensing something behind and beyond regular thinking. I once had a dream in which my...

About the whole transactional/Ransom thing: Yes, Thomas, I certainly don’t think of that notion as consistent with grace theology. Grace is not about owing, more about growing from a freely available abundance of God love. I also associate it with a focus on “plugging “ into energy (subtle...

I liked that, and the fact that you said that to the left brain, the right brain is like another “dimension.” But I go further into metaphysical speculation that each brain hemisphere (and various other brain functions. like the different brain waves) are like receivers and transmitters to...

All I know is that soon after my father-in-law died (whom I routinely had spiritual discussions with), I had a powerful dream with images symbolizing the baptism of Christ, followed by a male voice (not recognized as my father-in-law’s) woke me up saying “Matthew 3:17.” I immediately looked it...

The generalized nature of the right brain might be an interface to the deeper brain wave states. But the left brain can help us translate those vague messages (intuitive insights) into terms we can use in the surface reality that our existence has left us in.