For purposes of this thread I am proclaiming to be God. It's a big responsibility being God. You see you're all my creation. I'm my own creation. I
have to take responsibility for my actions. As my creation I must take responsibility for your actions. I must forgive you for your actions which harm
my creation. I must love you and see you as my equal. I also must humbly recognize without your part there would be no greater conciousness.
What? You? My equal? Yeah, you're God too you see. So you must do all those things too.
Guru Nanak
(Sikh)
As fragrance abides in the flower,
As the reflection is within the mirror,
So doth thy Lord abide within thee,
Why search Him without?
.
Sri Ramakrishna
(Hindu)
Do you know what I see? I see Him as all.
Men and other creatures appear to me only as hollow forms,
moving their heads and hands and feet,
but within is the Lord Himself.
Swami Vivekananda
(Hindu)
It is impossible to find God outside of ourselves.
Our own souls contribute all of the divinity that is
outside of us. We are the greatest temple.
The objectification is only a faint imitation of
what we see within ourselves.
Rumi
(Sufi)
Where is that Moon that never rises or sets? Where is that soul that is neither with nor without us? Don't say it is here or there. All creation is
Him but for the eyes that can see.
Zoroaster
(Zoroaster)
One need not scale the heights of the heavens
nor travel along the highways of the world
to find Ahura Mazda. With purity of mind
and holiness of heart one can find
Him in one’s own heart.
Baha'u'llah
(Baha'i)
"The worlds of God are in perfect harmony and correspondence one with another. Each world in this limitless universe is, as it were, a mirror
reflecting the history and nature of all the rest. The physical universe is, likewise, in perfect correspondence with the spiritual or divine realm.
The world of matter is an outer expression or facsimile of the inner kingdom of spirit. The world of minds corresponds with the world of hearts."
Native American
The first peace, which is most important, is that which comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the
universe and all its Powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere,
it is within each of us. This is the real Peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two
individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between
nations until there is first known that true peace which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men.
Lao Tzu
(Taoist)
Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space:
All are transient expressions of the Tao.
Vedas
(original Indian holy text)
There is one Supreme Ruler, the inmost Self of all beings,
who makes His one form manifold.
Eternal happiness belongs to the wise,
who perceive Him within themselves - not to others.
Lord Buddha
(Buddhist)
The subject on which I meditate is truth.
The practice to which I devote myself is the truth.
The topic of my conversation is truth.
My thoughts are always in truth.
For lo! my self has become the truth.
Prophet Mohammed
(Islam)
He who knows his own self, knows God.
Yehuda Ashlag
(Jewish)
There is no single substance existing in the world, whether it be that which we experience through the senses, or that which we perceive through the
mind, which is not comprised in the Creator. Everything emanates from Him. Therefore, what we know as contrary, or unrelated in Him, are but one
unified Substance.
Jesus Christ
(Christian)
Being asked by the Pharisees when the
kingdom of God was coming, he answered them,
"The kingdom of God is not coming with signs
to be observed; nor will they say, ‘Lo, here it is!’ or
‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
See, many great teachers have told me that I AM GOD. Do you disagree with them? Can you prove to me that I'm not? Sure I have an imperfect body that I
created, but at its core is Me, God. I like to think of Myself as a cell. One tiny, tiny cell of God. The question is am I a productive helpful cell,
or a cancerous life sucking cell? Never the less still God. Still part of the great I AM. What's your choice?
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