posted May 09, 2013 09:32 PM            

When the term "God" is used in a metaphysical context, what does it mean to you?

posted May 10, 2013 01:19 AM            

God is....

Distance
Detachment
Waiting
Unreal
Observing
Lonely
a Joke
Wise
Quiet
Living
Hiding

waiting to be noticed.

a myth
a fairy tale (hate those)
Unreliable
Disappointing

That's it for today.
Could change tomorrow.

posted May 10, 2013 02:04 AM            

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When the term "God" is used in a metaphysical context, what does it mean to you?

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It would be AS AN EXAMPLE, like a big clear jello ball... God is represented by the clear jello.

The jello holds everything in place, and even nutrifies the things in the ball. God loves all his creation in this jello.

yep... God is One big jello mould, and we are the cherries inside it...

posted May 10, 2013 09:20 AM            

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Originally posted by Heart--Shaped Cross:
The most profound and "loaded" word in our language. The most profound archetype in the spiritual unconscious of mankind. God is the All, the Spirit which underlies, interprenetrates, transcends, predates, emanates, upholds, and eludes the All. God is the foundtainhead of every virtue; Love, Truth, Charity, Compassion, Hope, Faith, Courage, Patience, Devotion, etc. God is what is hinted at by all deep experiences of the mystical. God is a part of myself and all things, and we are all a part of God.

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Indeed

The 99 Beautiful Names as the perfect balance and harmony of all that is and creates understanding in the humans heart of how they Work together.

posted May 10, 2013 09:31 AM            

1
The Exceedingly Compassionate, The Exceedingly Beneficent, The Exceedingly Gracious

2

الرحيم

Ar-Raḥīm

The Exceedingly Merciful

3

الملك

Al-Malik

The King, The Sovereign

4

القدوس

Al-Quddūs

The Holy, The Divine

5

السلام

As-Salām

The Peace, The Source of Peace and Safety

6

المؤمن

Al-Muʾmin

The Guarantor, The Affirming

7

المهيمن

Al-Muhaymin

The Guardian

8

العزيز

Al-ʿAzīz

The Almighty, The Invulnerable, The Honorable

9

الجبار

Al-Jabbār

The Irresistible, The Compeller

10

المتكبر

Al-Mutakabbir

The Majestic, The Supreme

11

الخالق

Al-Khāliq

The Creator

12

البارئ

Al-Bāriʾ

The Evolver, The Developer

13

المصور

Al-Muṣawwir

The Fashioner, The Shaper, The Designer

14

الغفار

Al-Ġaffār

The Repeatedly Forgiving

15

القهار

Al-Qahhār

The Subduer

16

الوهاب

Al-Wahhāb

The Bestower

17

الرزاق

Ar-Razzāq

The Provider

18

الفتاح

Al-Fattāḥ

The Opener, The Victory Giver

19

العليم

Al-ʿAlīm

The Knowing

20

القابض

Al-Qābiḍ

The Restrainer, The Straightener

21

الباسط

Al-Bāsiṭ

The Extender / Expander

22

الخَافِض

Al-Khāfiḍ

The Abaser

23

الرافع

Ar-Rāfiʿ

The Exalter

24

المعز

Al-Muʿizz

The Giver of Honour

25

المذل

Al-Muḏill

The Giver of Dishonour

26

السميع

As-Samīʿ

The All Hearing

27

البصير

Al-Baṣīr

The All Seeing

28

الحكم

Al-Ḥakam

The Judge, The Arbitrator

29

العدل

Al-ʿAdl

The Utterly Just

30

اللطيف

Al-Laṭīf

The Gentle, The Subtly Kind

31

الخبير

Al-Khabīr

The All Aware

32

الحليم

Al-Ḥalīm

The Forbearing, The Indulgent

33

العظيم

Al-ʿAẓīm

The Magnificent

34

الغفور

Al-Ġafūr

The Much-Forgiving

35

الشكور

Aš-Šakūr

The Grateful

36

العلي

Al-ʿAlī

The Sublime

37

الكبير

Al-Kabīr

The Great

38

الحفيظ

Al-Ḥafīẓ

The Preserver

39

المقيت

Al-Muqīt

The Nourisher

40

الحسيب

Al-Ḥasīb

The Bringer of Judgment

41

الجليل

Al-Ğalīl

The Majestic

42

الكريم

Al-Karīm

The Bountiful, The Generous

43

الرقيب

Ar-Raqīb

The Watchful

44

المجيب

Al-Muğīb

The Responsive, The Answer

45

الواسع

Al-Wāsiʿ

The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless

46

الحكيم

Al-Ḥakīm

The Wise

47

الودود

Al-Wadūd

The Loving

48

المجيد

Al-Mağīd

All-Glorious, The Majestic

49

الباعث

Al-Bāʿiṯ

The Resurrecter

50

الشهيد

Aš-Šahīd

The Witness

posted May 10, 2013 09:36 AM            

52

الوكيل

Al-Wakīl

The Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate

53

القوي

Al-Qawwī

The Strong

54

المتين

Al-Matīn

The Firm, The Steadfast

55

الولي

Al-Walī

The Friend, Patron and Helper

56

الحميد

Al-Ḥamīd

The All Praiseworthy

57

المحصي

Al-Muḥṣī

The Accounter, The Numberer of All

58

المبدئ

Al-Mubdiʾ

The Originator, The Producer, The Initiator

59

المعيد

Al-Muʿīd

The Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All

60

المحيي

Al-Muḥyī

The Giver of Life

61

المميت

Al-Mumīt

The Destroyer, The Bringer of Death

62

الحي

Al-Ḥayy

The Living

63

القيوم

Al-Qayyūm

The Subsisting, The Guardian

64

الواجد

Al-Wāğid

The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing

65

الماجد

Al-Māğid

The Illustrious, The Magnificent

66

الواحد

Al-Wāḥid

The One, The Unique

67

الاحد

Al-ʾAḥad

The Unity, The Indivisible

68

الصمد

Aṣ-Ṣamad

The Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient

69

القادر

Al-Qādir

The Able

70

المقتدر

Al-Muqtadir

The Determiner, The Dominant

71

المقدم

Al-Muqaddim

The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward

72

المؤخر

Al-Muʾakhkhir

The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away

73

الأول

Al-ʾAwwal

The First, The Beginning-less

74

الأخر

Al-ʾAkḫir

The Last, The Endless

75

الظاهر

Aẓ-Ẓāhir

The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer

76

الباطن

Al-Bāṭin

The Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner

77

الوالي

Al-Wālī

The Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord

78

المتعالي

Al-Mutaʿālī

The Supremely Exalted, The Most High

79

البر

Al-Barr

The Good, The Beneficent

80

التواب

At-Tawwāb

The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting

81

المنتقم

Al-Muntaqim

The Avenger

82

العفو

Al-ʿAfū

The Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver

83

الرؤوف

Ar-Raʾūf

The Kind, The Pitying

84

مالك الملك

Mālik-ul-Mulk

The Owner of all Sovereignty

85

ذو الجلال والإكرام

Dhū-l-Ğalāli
wa-l-ʾikrām

The Lord of Majesty and Generosity

86

المقسط

Al-Muqsiṭ

The Equitable, The Requiter

87

الجامع

Al-Ğāmiʿ

The Gatherer, The Unifier

88

الغني

Al-Ġanī

The Rich, The Independent

89

المغني

Al-Muġnī

The Enricher, The Emancipator

90

المانع

Al-Māniʿ

The Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender

91

الضار

Aḍ-Ḍārr

The Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor

92

النافع

An-Nāfiʿ

The Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good

93

النور

An-Nūr

The Light

94

الهادي

Al-Hādī

The Guide, The Way

95

البديع

Al-Badīʿ

The Incomparable, The Unattainable

96

الباقي

Al-Bāqī

The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting

97

الوارث

Al-Wāriṯ

The Heir, The Inheritor of All

98

الرشيد

Ar-Rašīd

The Guide to the Right Path

99

الصبور

Aṣ-Ṣabūr

The Timeless, The Patient

posted May 10, 2013 12:01 PM            

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As for me, God is Love and is Home.

That's what I felt and Knew when I died, so that's all I can speak to.

posted May 10, 2013 04:07 PM            

And yes, I have Faith we too can evolve to that state of communication.

posted May 10, 2013 05:27 PM            

That is a super list juniperb! All the "I AM"s of God.....

posted May 12, 2013 10:05 PM            

Early this morning I woke briefly to a scenario whereby I was speaking hebrew words to a ghost inhabiting someone else. I just googled the meanings and am still wondering about the whole thing.

The story was that I was passing the corner of the front yard of someone's house. In the corner was a tall tree and a shed with an old man in it. Perhaps it was the husband of the old woman that lived at the house. Someone communicated to me that the ghost had left Bonnie's yard/house, Bonnie was the old woman that had lived at the house. I then found myself in a room somewhere with a wardrobe at the wall and some ladies seated at a table. The ladies said that the ghost was now in 'Laura' and they looked towards a corner of the room between them and the wardrobe. I looked over the table and saw there was a teenage girl/youngish woman there. She stood up and came around to stand in full view in front of the cupboard. She possibly was naked and she began to speak and then I saw that her face changed. And I agreed with the ladies and said yes I can see that the ghost is now in Laura.

I was a bit scared and started to speak in what I thought was Hebrew when I was speaking the words, and now have since found out that they have feasible Hebrew meanings.

I said 'Ah allay ek (or ay, both are remembered in that last part of the phrase, then I said) Ah malik ay'

Ah, apparently means God or from God
allay, means 'woe'
ek, means 'how' and is derived from 'ay' - ay was a canaanite city.

Malik (and my memory saw malech simultaneously) means king or chieftain and both malik/malech mean the same thing.

So I'm not sure of the connotation of ek meaning 'how' and ay (also known as 'Ai')meaning the canaanite city but possibly the translation encompasses that the means of something is the same as the saying 'all roads lead to rome' or perhaps that any issue can be sourced from whatever the goings on or significance was in the canaanite city. In some meanings, 'ay' is also associated with 'how'. So maybe it was a city that was associated with the derivative of some kind of suffering, and when I look it up on the internet, the canaanites apparently had terrible 'sins'.

So, possibly, and of course I can only partially believe the translations as its a bit of pot luck as to whether I have actually pulled the right meaning - however, going off the above meanings, I would say that the hebrew words mean:

From God - woe - how (perhaps I said what is this suffering for you to be like this, maybe? Or perhaps I was calling it to realize that this was between God and 'it'.

then something about: From God - king - of Ay, the Canaanite city.

So yeah, I'm not sure the emphasis on the words now, whether I was commanding or consolatory, or just trying to make it realize something.

When I said the first phrase, I felt like the ghost was enhanced and came more to the fore of the figure, then when I said the second phrase straight after, the ghost seemed to shrink and concentrate towards the middle abdomen of the person and may have been expelled.

I had a faint sensation that I had called the ghost out and my heart was racing for a bit and as the visions diminished I saw a goldish swirly cloud light in my half asleepness or dream state swirling there and I felt it was the ghost - but they were still freaking me out and I'm not sure what had just occurred. I also had a faint impression that the ghost might stay with me and not go away, but after 3 secs or so it went away and I must have gone back to sleep. Before I went to sleep I tried to make myself remember the words because I knew I would want to explore it all once awake.

So I guess now I wonder what has really occurred if anything. I think it strange that I was reciting hebrew and mentioning God. The ghost was terrifying in its strange state. I have no idea who Laura is though do know a couple of Lauras.

Laura is a latin name but does have a Hebrew associated name as well. The latin name means 'laurel' or sweet bay and is a symbol of honour, distinction etc. The hebrew version is Dafna, and probably both versions are derived from the old greek name Daphne, who was a nymph that was changed into a laurel tree when she was trying to escape from Apollo.

I know an old lady from my work called Bonnie. She was in her nineties and may have died by now as she was no longer suitable for rehabiliation and was unable to go home due to her deconditioned state. She was very sweet and once when she was unwell and the doctors were attending her after a loss of consciousness, she spontaneously reached her hand out to me and asked me to help her. She was infact incontinent of faeces and urine but the way she had reached her hand gently out to me had touched my heart as she calmly looked at me with such dignified sincerity - I had felt honoured at the time - though I guess some would be laughing at this account as I then had to apply myself to washing her and changing her clothes. She had had several occasions where she went into a type of coma over the last several days. Her poor old broken femur had not repaired properly and she had a degree of dementia. Her prognosis was not good and she had been delegated to a nursing home due to being unsuitable for either rehab or going back to her home with her old husband. I can't now remember exactly what she said when she reached out for my hand but it was possibly, 'oh hello darling, you'll help me won't you'.

I have had several dreams in the last couple of years whereby australian aboriginal ghosts come to me. I thought I might have one aboriginal ancestor but there is no evidence of it in the records as far as I can see yet, however, one ancestor's middle name was Adelong, which is an aboriginal name but also the name of the town that he was born in. I wonder if Bonnie had aboriginal in her as she had an olive skin and was quite laid back and not given to fussing - also she stoically handled severe pain without complaint - which maybe is consistent with how the older generation of aboriginal people were - due to the history of aboriginal people since white settlement in Australia.

I wonder about the dream symbolism of the ladies at the table. I only remember two vaguely and am not sure if the table was round or square. The 'norns' come to mind for me when thinking about the women. They are supposed to represent the past, present and future of fate. I think only two were present so perhaps if one was missing maybe it was the one that represented the 'future'. I didn't see them after my interaction with the ghost but felt they were looking on.

I felt I was kind of supplied the hebrew words as if a microsecond in front of my thinking, someone had told me the words to say, and I felt like I had to really work to say them believably, almost like I had to step up to the plate and look like I knew what I was talking about. Surely, it can't be this way really though. I wonder now if it is all to do with my own psyche or whether I actually had to perform some kind of vocation in this - I might be able to get more insight into it all over time as I am writing this straight after googling the meanings of the hebrew words.

I'm so grateful for the experience though, especially because it seems to have some kind of validity to the meanings.

posted May 13, 2013 09:09 AM            

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I wonder about the dream symbolism of the ladies at the table

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posted May 13, 2013 07:45 PM            

I feel that the meaning of the ladies at the table is about a change of fortune/circumstance that is required due to other social connections that are to be included in my life and are formative for other directions in my life. From the sensation of the weight and age of the women, a feeling arises in me that there is a degree of burden that will accompany this change.

The wardrobe in the dream also speaks of a necessary transition but it will arise with me pretty much oblivious of what is happening until I'm entrenched in the change.

I could post in the other forums but I was chiefly adding to this one because I thought it amazing to speak Hebrew concerning issues with 'God'. I have channelled other languages before in narratives but this was something new - a spontaneous addition to a dream and being enabled to remember the words so that I could explore them once fully awake.