An unedited meditation on life in Christ: Reality Is

[eaglesway]

Life= Energy, Time, Consciousness
Consciousness=Reality, Illusion, Duality

Duality is the area of overlap between illusion and reality- it is where we often live
The struggle, or quest of our lives is  sorting out the duality in order to experience reality.
Reality is light. Illusion is darkness. Duality is the battleground.
Duality is rationalization.(I know what to do but I reason with myself why I will not do it.)
Duality is procrastination.(I know what to do but do not do it)
The illusion that my life can continue in darkness without suffering chaos.
Reality is the awareness that if I do not do what I know to do I may suffer some consequences.
Reality can also be not knowing what to do.
Reality can also be not being able to do what I know to do.
In duality sometimes what we think is illusion is reality and vice versa.
Sometimes we are so conflicted that duality becomes our reality because of the limits of our awareness.

Delusion is the result of embracing illusion.
Delusion invites chaos and destruction.
Deliverance is the result of embracing reality.
Healing is the result of embracing reality.
Wholeness is the result of healing and deliverance.
Grace is the source of all that delivers and heals.
God is the source of grace.
God is I AM- reality.

A consciousness established in reality is secure in its awareness no matter what its circumstance.
A consciousness rooted in illusion is never secure no matter how serene its circumstance.
The result of a connection to reality is the wellspring of grace.
Awareness transcending circumstantial evidence is faith. "By faith we know the worlds were framed by the word of God...."
Awareness based in circumstantial evidence is illusion. "....so that the invisible things are greater than the things that are seen."
We are saved(delivered, healed, made whole) by grace through faith- and that is the gift of God.

Reality is that we must be connected to God.
Reality is that we are dependent upon His love and forgiveness.
Forgiveness is deliverance for the forgiver and the forgiven.
Reality is that without forgiveness there is no deliverance.
Illusion is that we can depend upon ourselves.
Unforgiveness releases chaos.
Duality is where we are learning the difference- illusions are always there in some measure.
You could say reality is sorting me out.
You could say reality is a fire burning up my illusions and bringing me out of chaos into wholeness.
You could say, "Our God is a consuming fire"
Or you could say, "God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all"
Or you could say, "God is love"

If you would be like my Father in heaven, forgive your enemies. Bless those who curse you.
Become a portal through which heaven comes on earth.
"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
What as God done in heaven that He would do on  earth?
Reconcile all. Restore all. Become all in all.

Illusion comes through the mind.
Reality comes through the spirit.
The double minded man is unstable in all his ways, but
When the eye is single the whole body is full of light.

Where you heart is there will your treasure be also.

Wrestling over knowledge in the mind is illusion. "Tho I understand all mystery and hav not love...
Wrestling with God for a heart of love is reality.....

Reality comes through wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Duality is where knowledge is sorted/transformed into wisdom and understanding.(waters above, waters below)
Illusion is knowledge corrupted at the spiritual level.(If the light that is in you is darkness how great is that darkness)
Doctrinal knowledge(limited sets of facts over-amplified in terms of their importance in the whole scheme of things), can be an illusion.


The renewed mind(true knowledge of God) is about becoming like our Father in heaven, "Be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind".

In reality a renewed mind is governed by love and wisdom.(James 3:13-18)
In the illusion the renewed mind rests in its knowledge.(James 3:13-18)
The true(real) knowledge of God is seeing the glory of God in the face of Christ.(2 Cor 4:1-5)

"And we all, with unveiled face beholding as if in a glass the face of Christ are being changed into that same(inward) image, with ever-increasing glory(progressively), by the Spirit of the Lord."

Light transforms chaos into wholeness.
Light transcends knowledge, because it is filled with wisdom, understanding, compassion and love.
Knowledge is just not enough.

The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Walk in the light, as children of light.

"We have received these great and precious promises so that by them we might become partakers of the divine nature".

[Ross]

Neat explanation.
Reality exceeds our personal attempts and highlights just how incredible our Father is Who is Father over ALL.

[eaglesway]

Neat explanation.
Reality exceeds our personal attempts and highlights just how incredible our Father is Who is Father over ALL.

Abba, Father :o)

[eaglesway]

Reality is the substance that is driving the mists of chaos into the night. :o)

[eaglesway]

I may try to put some parts of it to music now, Thanks for the suggestion :o)

[ed]

Very nice.

Been working on some things concerning the logic and faith.

As science works to understand the world, they are finding a fine tuned world, that can easily lead logically to faith in intelligent design.  A lot of it is over my head, but for a long time I have known that my faith rests in logic and rational thought.  If it did not I'm not sure that I could continue in it.

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[eaglesway]

I am glad that faith is not undermined by rational thought or logic, nor are reason and logic undermined by faith.

"By faith we know (understand) that the worlds were framed by the word of God."
"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God"

Our faith undergirds our logic, because it comes by and is rooted in the Logos(logic/expressed thought) of God.

Under Standing is the subsurface/deeper knowledge of the "ways" (principles and character) of God, who is seen in the "true knowledge of God"- the glory of God in the face of Christ, the express  image of God. By faith we understand.

To the degree that our reason and logic is infused with faith, we understand God's ways.

In my opinion God is entirely logical and His reason is a many faceted diamond of  goodness and truth.

Knowing Him is the key to all understanding.

[Cardinal]

 :cloud9: Beautiful and very true.... :thumbsup:. The difference between the carnal mind and the mind of Christ, put into practical explanation.

A friend of mine who received the baptism of the HG after a lifetime of not having it so far (she was 34 at the time), was told by God that everything she had ever learned about Him through her carnal mind was a lie. She said, "God! EVERYTHING???!" He replied, "EVERYTHING". Thus He began shaking her tree, and the false doctrines started to fall like overripe fruit.  :laugh:

No wonder to be carnally minded is DEATH, but His Spirit is LIFE and peace. Blessings....