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if i am god, or i am brahman.
is there any real need to seek out an external temple, church, synagogue, or is not the body the house and the spirit of love the glory?
In what sense are you Brahman?
Not sure how this is relevent but okay.Nuk Pu Nuk
if self is god(oneness, monism), or self is brahman.
is there any real need to seek out an external temple, church, synagogue, or is not the body the house and the spirit of love the glory?
be still and no that I AM god.
Ayam Atma Brahma
Tat Tvam Asi
Aham Brahma Asmi
turn inward and communion with self is the only way. change must come from within self for self to realize oneness.It depends on who you are.
Some have no need. Others do. A place of worship is a tool, or as @Rival noted, a community. Some don't need this. Others do. We're all at different places in our spirituality.
What I mean is in what sense, theologically or philosophically speaking, are you Brahman? Two major theologians, Rāmānujā and Ādi Śaṅkara, interpret those Sanskrit statements differently.
The self at best is a small god. Seeking out an external temple, church, synagogue acknowledges this.if self is god(oneness, monism), or self is brahman.
is there any real need to seek out an external temple, church, synagogue, or is not the body the house and the spirit of love the glory?
be still and no that I AM god.
if self is god(oneness, monism), or self is brahman.
is there any real need to seek out an external temple, church, synagogue, or is not the body the house and the spirit of love the glory?
be still and no that I AM god.
The self at best is a small god. Seeking out an external temple, church, synagogue acknowledges this.
you first have to recognize it in self to recognize it in other as self.I don't see one better than the other. If I want to hug a loved one that doesn't devalue my love. If I want to meditate with beads that doesn't devalue it's intent. Food to many are considered sacraments so as things like scriptures and such.
Why separate external from internal? Let the sacrament within reflect the things and scenes of our environment and people without.
turn inward and communion with self is the only way. change must come from within self for self to realize oneness.
being baptized into the four great utterances, or the name.
be still and know
matthew 23:13
Not all are ready for that. It might be the goal(for many), but one must walk before one runs, typically.
hmmmmthat personality is the form. i'm speaking of the self that created it, formed it, but itself has infinite forms and yet has no static form.
I don't disagree. But, I'm still confused about the first premise in the OP.the verb from exodus 3:14. love has infinite forms and can be understood as a force that isn't exclusive to a form. self understands it as an action and not a form, or fixed form of matter
Why is god described as 'self'?if self is god(oneness, monism), or self is brahman.
because it takes no fixed image. deuteronomy 4:15Why is god described as 'self'?
if self is god(oneness, monism), or self is brahman.
is there any real need to seek out an external temple, church, synagogue, or is not the body the house and the spirit of love the glory?
be still and no that I AM god.
Right. But according to this it makes more sense to call it 'cloud' or 'voice', not 'self'.because it takes no fixed image. deuteronomy 4:15
'Being' makes sense, at least to me. Going from 'being' >>>> 'self' diminishes it. But besides that, I don't see what is gained by using the word 'self' to describe an infinite formless god. What's the connection between them, I'm still missing it?i'm being specifically vague. kind of like the idea of ninguna brahman, or paramatman. all forms arise and collapse from its being. being is a verb first and a thing second, deverbal noun