God (the Triune Godhead) - Traits. , page 1


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Topic started on 6-1-2013 @ 05:21 PM by NewAgeMan
Infinitely mysterious

Infinitely loving

Infinitely wise

Infinitely intelligent

And very very funny, if not infinitely so (which might not be very funny if one could never stop laughing).

Infinitely just

Infinitely merciful

Infinitely kind

Infinitely generous

Infinitely beautiful

Infinitely magestic

Infinitely complex

Infinitely simple

Infinitely perfect

Infinitely infinite

Always present (whether we perceive it or not)

Never changing

Streadfast and Immovable (rock of ages)

Infinitely reasonable (thus the humor at our human folly and ignorance)

Gracious, kind hearted

Slow to anger

Unrelenting and without compromise (another source of his humor)

Playful

Creative

Sympathetic

Upstanding (a funny thing for us to say from his perspective relative to us)

Righteous

Glorious, and awesome

Inscrutable

Liberating ("our Liberation is God's compulsion" C.S. Lewis)

Protector

Uplifter (forever raising up the lowly and the downtrodden to increasingly higher heights)

Visionary (can see things from the POV of a first/last cause in eternity with absolute objective and fully informed self awareness)

shall I keep going.. ?

Disciplinarian (but in and through love)

Parent

Brother

Friend

King

Child

Savior

Teacher

Healer

Therapist, counselor (very funny, both from our perspective and from his)

Gracious in form and thought deed and character

Charming

Sorrowful

Joyful

Triumphant

Genius

Host - thrower of celebrations

Understanding

Patient

Powerful

Virtuous (where Virtue may be defined as "power, restrained")


reply posted on 6-1-2013 @ 05:49 PM by NewAgeMan
Originally posted by BlueMule
reply to post by NewAgeMan


neti, neti


Can you elaborate on that a little bit? I'd google it (ok let me go see..)

The significance of neti neti

Neti Neti, meaning, "Not this, Not this", is the method of Vedic analysis of negation. It is a keynote of Vedic inquiry. With its aid the Jnani negates identification with all things of this world which is not the Atman, in this way he negates the Anatman. Through this gradual process he negating the mind and transcends all worldly experiences that are negated till nothing remains but the Self. He attains union with the Absolute by denying the body, name, form, intellect, senses and all limiting adjuncts and discovers what remains, the true “I” alone.[1] L.C.Beckett in his book, Neti Neti, explains that this expression is an expression of something inexpressible, it expresses the ‘suchness’ (the essence) of that which it refers to when ‘no other definition applies to it’.[2] Neti neti negates all descriptions about the Ultimate Reality but not the Reality itself. Inuitive interpretation of uncertainty principle can be expressed by "Neti neti"[3] that annihilates ego and the world as non-self (Anatman), it annihilates our sense of self altogether.[4]

Yep, you grok, you get the joke, the humor of understanding, g wiz for a minute there I thought you were wagging a disapproving finger at me, as if to say tsk tsk, while shaking your head in disappointment, but no you get it.

neti, neti!

You'd better be good for goodness' sake!


reply posted on 6-1-2013 @ 06:32 PM by BlueMule
reply to post by NewAgeMan


In all those cases, an experience is the key... only through experience (i.e finding treasure) can one know that one knows nothing.

edit on 6-1-2013 by BlueMule because: (no reason given)



reply posted on 7-1-2013 @ 12:46 AM by NewAgeMan
Originally posted by BlueMule
reply to post by NewAgeMan


In all those cases, an experience is the key... only through experience (i.e finding treasure) can one know that one knows nothing.


Yes, isn't that quite remarkable.

"So do not be afraid nor let your hearts be troubled little ones (part of) for it pleased the father (first father of creation as an everlasting first/last cause) to share his kingdom with all his children!" (said with a smile, as if sharing the best good news of all time).

"And be of good cheer,

for I have overcome the world."

It's a shared experience, whereby the circle of joyful knowledge is completed in the good-willed, good-natured humor of authentic understanding and comprehension - and that is very very generous indeed, and liberating too, to be on the receiving end of that, to be "in on the joke" so to speak.


"Life is a Mighty Joke. He who knows this can hardly be understood by others. He who does not know it finds himself in a state of delusion. He may ponder over this problem day and night, but will find himself incapable of knowing it. Why? People take life seriously, and God lightly; whereas we must take God seriously, and take life lightly. Then, we know that we always were the same and will ever remain the same.......the Originator of this joke. This knowledge is not acheived by reasoning.
But it is the knowledge of experience."

~ Meher Baba


edit on 7-1-2013 by NewAgeMan because: Baba quote added - seemed appropriate.



reply posted on 8-1-2013 @ 01:07 PM by NewAgeMan
reply to post by twoturtles

Well then he must have a sense of humor, in so far as his "final solution" was to send his own son and take on full responsibility for the sins of the world, and although that hasn't worked out completely according to plan, the seed has taken root, at least with some among us, and will bear its fruit in the fullness of time and history.


reply posted on 8-1-2013 @ 03:19 PM by NewAgeMan
reply to post by truejew

One in the same God, but even Jesus saw himself as sent by and in intimate relationship with, and now that he's "gone" his spirit remains, so now he's a spiritual reality, and yet having experienced the human dimension, and extending himself to us, he is God "processed" for our enjoyment (spiritual food). It's a mystery, not some differentiated three God in one system, you misunderstand what I meant by Triune Godhead which is really just an allegory for the mystery. That said I agree with you that Jesus was and is God. Used to have a hard time with that idea until it came to me one day as an epiphany after all the research I'd done, and that still amazes me, that God the creator of all could come to this place of all places in the form of a human being - says a lot about the human form as the byproduct of a very long evolutionary process by design.. standing next to the very Godhead in eternity.

Brother let us be and remain in one accord, do not let this divide us for the sake of our common love of God in Jesus Christ. Thank you.

edit on 8-1-2013 by NewAgeMan because: edit

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