Originally posted by bochen4
The devil is simply the absence of God. Like Darkness is the absence of Light. *
Man is concerned with the punishments that come with sin. God is much more concerned with the glory and exaltation that man will miss out on if he chooses to leave the path that God has lain down for him to follow. *
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The devil, simply put, is all things that are not in Christ. Where are you?
Is that so? Who says? Did your preacher tell you that? Not to quote a 2000 year old book as true, nor as false but, "Isaiah 45:7 - I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."
In my own experience this is true.
And the same for me. I am the microscosm. I am all things and I have power to know and to do all things.
http://www.astralbb.com/viewtopic.php?t=81
But what Of the doing? *
Is it more important to BE, or is it important to DO? I say the latter, but it is based upon the first. I choose, I have my free will, I make my decisions. In the act of choosing is very important and I choose while keeping in my past experiences and things learned and gained, things that have become part of me, things that I am. I choose to be evil for example, to commit and evil act and to explore evil as it is and as I would be evil. That choice, is immensely important, and out of it things are created. I create aspects of myself that merge with me. I create an enviroment around me though that choice. I create consequences with that choice. And I even create oppertunities with that choice. But what matters more? What I create with the choice, or that choice alone? I say the choice alone, but even so, the things birthed by the original choice, can be used to make more choices, upon more choices upon more. *
In regards to that choice, nothing else matters, so much it matters not to the point that it isnt real. And the only real things I can see and call truly real, are things you cant necessarily touch, things you cant see directly. Things like consciousness and souls. Things like spirit and eternal essence. Everything else is just a by product of that and matters little in comparison. Its like my body, it not me, its not who I am. Its just a vehicle my soul used to get around in. But I can do things with it, and thats very important. Its a tool regardless, a very valuable and much sought after tool. *
Yet, they are real. Yet to be you must do. But what will one do? What will one choose? [/b]
http://www.astralbb.com/viewtopic.php?t=86
I hinted at it before, but now I am going to say it straight up: mankind has the greatest potential and power. From the time we are born we are raised to think that magic is only in fairy tales. Well Im sure many of you have had experiences as younger children, and even now, that tell you quite otherwise. I remember once creating fire out of thin air, and burning down my yard. I know that I have somehow affected PHYSICAL objects around me with virtually no (conscious) intention to do so. I know that I have felt things that I call divine and that I have also felt the sadness of a demon. But, I also know that I am not pure, nor am I tainted. I am not a holy or evil person, I am not a body with 2 legs, a head, and 5 fingers on each of my hands. Yet I am those things, and so much more. And I know that I dont have limitations besides what I put there myself and no one else. I know the importance of getting rid of those limitations and changing for the better. I know that I always give to people yet I am actually giving to myself, that I am a selfish individual. I know that anything is possible. And I know that I speak the truth, both to myself, and to those around me.[/b]
This should get some interesting reply's 8) And yes, I am the user who wrote all of that.
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