[phernikas]

i've discovered that my beliefs along with the beliefs of many other religious and non-religious have distortions which fall into two extremes which form a sense of "polarity". i've discovered that even the original gospel in the bible has been split into these extreme polarities.

the genuine gospel teaches the unity of being created in the one and being a co-creator with the one in us. in the one we all created, live, and move. there are two aspects of the gospel that are one and if they are separated, they cause distortions (because its only part of the one, but isn't the whole one).

the first half of the "gospel" (good news) of the one is that the infinite creator is our love, light (truth), and life, we can't invent another one of ourselves, we can only accept all there is. you can't give what you don't have either, right? in the gospel this is called justification (what god has given us). to overemphasize this aspect can make ourselves look selfish and try to restrict the infinite creator's will for us.

the second half of the gospel is that we share of the life/light/love we've received from infinite creator. this can only occur if you really accept all that is given to you. in the gospel this is called sanctification. to overemphasize this aspect makes the infinite creator look selfish and will make it appear that we have no free will.

when you put justification and sanctification together you get oneness and you're ready for ascension. this is called glorification in the gospel.

i believe its fairly easy for people to jump from one polarity to another. one part of the polarity has the infinite creator outside us coming in and the other part of the polarity has god inside and coming out. the reality is that it's both simultaneously, just like breathing. separating the two halves of one creates the polarity of spirit/love/god and flesh/ego/devil. when you put them together, they cancel out and create one mind (and many other minds in unity to the one).

[snislarne]

i've found that assimilating what early religious training i did have into my current understanding of things has not only helped me to better understand the subject matter in general, but also allows me to speak to others of the same upbringing in a similar manner.

the one major thing that really gave me confusion initially was while watching dan burisch videos on projectcamelot.com. although a lot of good has come from it, including being drawn to this website, he instilled a bit of confusion as well.

he, and i've heard others speak in this way as well, speak of service to others as "luciferian". immediately this brought to mind images of satan worship, of devilry and witchcraft, and honestly i felt that he might be a little bit whacked on the subject matter.

having dug myself into some of the research i realized that the reference was towards hedonism and worship of the material and self. still, i believe that speaking directly would of saved me some degree of effort.

i come from a family that is split in the middle on religon ~ one side is very mormon, the other side is very southern baptist. i've had a very hard time communicating on the subject of my take on things as they were blocked from the message in the way i was speaking. if what i told them went too far outside of their belief system, it simply was discarded.

i've tried my best to distill down what is important in the entirety of the bible that is read at my families houses, and in their churches. i think i've finally found some common ground in which to present to them more esoteric ideas in the future.

1. god is love.

2. god has created everything.

3. we are all sons and daughters of god.

honestly there was a much longer list than this, but it all felt more like sub topics within the basic outline.

and its a place to start with people i care very much about

good on you for using what you've been taught to translate and filter further spiritual progression. it seems like it was the whole intention in the first place doesn't it?

[TNgqZhLR]

i like your read and truth. thanks for sharing. keep going and build the bridge of understanding.

i believe its fairly easy for people to jump from one polarity to another. one part of the polarity has the infinite creator outside us coming in and the other part of the polarity has god inside and coming out. the reality is that it's both simultaneously, just like breathing. separating the two halves of one creates the polarity of spirit/love/god and flesh/ego/devil. when you put them together, they cancel out and create one mind (and many other minds in unity to the one).

[phernikas]

another thing i might add is that if it weren't for "justification", death would be the end of our consciousness. if it weren't for "sanctification", life would be miserable. "glorification" simply means going home. to see it from the eyes of our infinite creator, it's like we are already home (for us it seems like another space and time).