Gambit
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Well, a lot of us are definitely off course.
"You have made us toward yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." - St. Augustine
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What is God's will?
- Thread starter Gambit
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Well, a lot of us are definitely off course.
"You have made us toward yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." - St. Augustine
Interesting. So you use the common aim of good as a means of suggesting a benevolent God, but readily admit that many of us are not running to this God's aim?
I mean, I'm paraphrasing, but how does that in any way make God's will knowable (sic)?
Gambit
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Everyone desires the good (happiness), but that does mean everyone is fulfilling their desire.
I agree not everyone is filling their desire but I would imagine there are plenty of believers who wouldn't equate good with happiness.
Gambit
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They would equate happiness (love, joy, peace, etc.) with the Supreme Good (God).
Which is starting to sound very much like a self fulfilling prophecy in terms of this thread.
Gambit
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What's the prophecy?
That God's will can be determined, and more specifically that the actions of people direct us to this conclusion.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
God himself is directing us to this conclusion because he is drawing us to himself....the Supreme Good.
Then he's drawing you more than me, mate. I'll stick with his will being unknowable.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Gods will is your will. that is when you truly realize your true inner Being, your true inner Self, that's it, simple.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
That will get you nowhere.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Agreed. That's spiritual enlightenment.
"Ultimately everyone must remember the Will of God, because ultimately everyone must recognize himself. This recognition is the recognition that his will and God's are one." - A Course in Miracles
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Yes its nice to meet another in pure Consciousness.
Yoshua
Well-Known Member
God's will is allowing ourselves to submit to his authority as He is the one who will be the center of your life. His plan for us will be followed instead of our own will. This does not mean that we should not pray and plead to God our desires and needs. There is still a room for God to hear our prayers, but on top--His will always prevail for He knows what is good for us and what is not good for us.
Thanks
Milton Platt
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So my starting point is....if there is a supernatural, all powerful, all knowing being that can just speak the universe into existence, isn't it incredibly absurd to think you can actually know his will??? You can read whatever humanly written "holly book" you choose and say it is in there. But if he is so mind mindbogglingly intelligent, for all you know what ever you think he has stated may be nothing but part of an incredible scam and his true intentions are entirely malevolent. You would never know. How can you confidently say you can fully and completely plum the depths of an intellect that is so far above your own?
Kueid
Avant-garde
With others minds its possible? I mean, can someone know the will of another? The way you put it, we can't. Is that what you believe?