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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (8518)	12/5/2001 10:13:39 AM
From: James Calladine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

The simple analogy that CWG uses is that of a computer game on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains all the "outcomes" but we choose our individual path through it as we "play the game" Bill, that analogy is a good description, in a certain sense, of the operation of the ego. The "game programs" are analagous to the TENDENCY TO EXPERIENCE of the individual ego. The exact outcomes are not defined by those tendencies/programs because there always is an element of choice present within the framework of the "experience". However, the choices as seen by the ego are virtually always of the black/white variety, driven by the inclination to value pleasure above pain, etc, etc. In traditional Eastern teachings, these dynamics are typically described in terms of the operation of "karma". The view you describe (from CWG) typifies (in its clearest form), that of saint-type beings of the 4th stage of life, in which God is still viewed as an "other" and the ego sees itself as the servant of God. God can be seen as all around, and so on, but the "entity" still views itself as separate, but connected to God. Adi Da makes the point, relentlessly, that there is NOTHING but God, and any sense of separation from God is totally illusory (even though, of course, the ego experiences its personal reality as real). In other words, there really isn't anybody to be a co-creator with God. Ultimately, there is ONLY God, and God as the witness of ITSELF. And the productions of the ego are just more data, so to speak, functionally no different than the data of billions upon billions of beings of countless kinds, all arising in God and (another traditional definition) "ATOMS IN THE BODY OF GOD". Namaste! Jim

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (8518)	12/5/2001 11:07:55 AM
From: Frederick Smart	Respond to of 28931

Chosing To Receive The Infinite Path.... >>One really can't resolve such paradoxes to full satisfaction but analogy can help. One way of looking at this is that what we are "creating" is our pathway through the infinite matrix of ultimate reality. The simple analogy that CWG uses is that of a computer game on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains all the "outcomes" but we choose our individual path through it as we "play the game".>> Yes! ALL outcomes ALLready exist - now and forevermore. We simply "chose to receive" the path that opens up freely and naturally before us which is enlightenend with the eternal light of truth that emmanates and is ONE with the Divine Soul which we are all connected to. It's the same as "letting go" to let the natural power and energy of the river take you on your journey. It may appear that we are the one's creating or controlling the direction, but like the power of the river itself, the reality is that something bigger than us is supporting, guiding and loving us every single step of the way. The more we let go and open up to this, the more we "chose to receive" and become one with the ultimate infinite eternal truth that shines along the narrow pathway to the soul: LOVE. Peace. Light! ONE - LOVE GO!!