By the Book!

 

What can we learn about Creation from the world's spiritual traditions? What can we know about God, the universe, or our final condition? Are we left in the dark with no information, or do the world's traditional scriptures and traditions give us any clues?

The world is full of religions and their texts, as well as other assorted spiritual traditions. Some of these works have creation narratives. Some teach us insight into God. Some even lay out the endgame for the world and what will come after. According to these traditions, God is awesome! He created the heavens and the Earth and all found therein. In the texts, he is understandably very callous to life. He creates and destroys it. Can give a fate worse than death to those on his bad side, hell...

What about the Universe? The heavens above? The vast starry firmament? Inferred from traditions, it is a vision in God's mind's eye, much like one can have in meditation, daydreaming, or even while asleep in dreams. Only God visualizes on a much grander scale. God practices creation visualization, or causes things to exist by visualizing them into being. To quote the bard, we are but the stuff dreams are made of...

In the end, what will be? Do we perish? Do we die and rot away back to the earth we are made of? Do we go to hell to suffer endlessly for not being powerful enough to escape such a fate? Are we gifted with a utopian plane to dwell in bliss with God? Traditionally, God is taken to be good. In the Bible, God confesses to being Holy! So it is a very real possibility that at the end of our planetary existence we may all live happily ever after, redeemed by God's grace and cleansed by his love, while shown the errors of our ways by his vast creative potential. 

Thus, the religious and spiritual traditions paint a vivid picture in our minds. Compared to a public school education, which leaves us an accidental birth in a universe of coincidences that lead to life and this day. We are not even good stewards of our resources, having no ark emergency plan to provide for our neighbors when disaster strikes, including floods, fires, and famine. We are not even preserving all the life forms on our planet, with the destruction of natural habitats causing the loss of species. We could certainly do much better as well as much worse.

Relationship With God

 

What is your relationship with God? Is God just a myth to you? Or is God someone you worship and pray to? Or is God your oldest ancestor and constant companion on your walk through this life? Have you given your relationship with God any thought?

Many stories of Gods, called myths, have been passed on to us. There are Greek, Egyptian, Oriental, and other myths that have been written down and preserved. Is that all God is to you? Just a modern-day myth? Just a tall tale some people still believe to explain the weather, disasters, and sickness? Is God someone else's explanation for life? 

Is God someone you believe in? Do you worship and pray to God? Is God your explanation for the origins of the Universe and life? Is God the silver lining in the dark clouds in your life? Can God heal your loved ones? Can God provide for you from his kingdom? Is God a living being in your life?

Do you live inside of God, in his mind's eye vision? Is God always with you? Does God see all you do? Does God know your thoughts and still have your back? Your advocate? Is God your companion through life? If we did not have the cross to bear of Adam's sin, would you be with God now in Paradise?

God is either a myth or the most important person we can know as children of Eve. He is either make-believe or can answer our prayers, raise us from death to eternal life, and have a place prepared for us in Heaven. Give some thought to your relationship with God. God is a living God if he is not a myth, and he can make his presence known if you seek him. 

Truth As The Seed...

 

The sower sows the word. The word Truth is an excellent seed. It is the seed of the Tree of Knowledge, which branches out into different specialities. Law and order is one of these branches. In it, Liberty is revealed as the highest law! Theological Cosmology is another branch of the Tree of Knowledge, in which Godhead is taught. We will discuss the Tree of Knowledge, Liberty, and Godhead in the following sections.

Truth is the seed to sow to grow the Tree of Knowledge. Fact upon fact, the seed sprouts and blossoms into the majestic tree. The trunk thickens, and the specialized branches grow. Soon, all knowledge is revealed in the tree's branches: Math, Science, Technology, etc. Language skills and arts are among the many branches. To grasp the Tree of Knowledge's wisdom, sit pen and pad in hand and write all you know to be the truth in any subject. Fill in what you don't know with research.

Liberty is revealed as the highest law in the branch of Law and order. It is a natural law that the framers of a body of law grant all known harmless liberties allowance to the ruled, or the framers violate the harmless liberty of the subjects. Laws are revealed as capable of being tyrannical or, on the contrary, promoting anarchy. In between these extremes, law bodies regulate the realm's subjects. The best bodies protect the subjects, property rights, and liberty to engage in harmless activities.

What if cosmology were a theological subject because everywhere and everything was in God's mind? What if anything anywhere was connected to God's mind by contact, like a subway car getting its power by contact with the third rail? What if, by using God's mind, Godhead could be achieved in assorted degrees of mastery? What if the only barrier to personal Godhead is belief in someone else's monopoly thereof? Pray for guidance from our Heavenly Father if you are unsure if Godhead is shared by God's faithful family members. 

Tree of Knowledge, Liberty, and Godhead, all taught by the truth, developed into bodies of specialized topics. The truth will liberate you from your ignorance to intelligence on any subject you explore. The more branches you visit and study, the greater your knowledge will grow. Until we are restored to the Garden and see the Tree God grew, we must content ourselves with our studies.