Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hi Everyone, namaste:

We are now on paragraph 9 of chapter 10 in the First Letter to the Orinthians from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."

"So some of you may take your divinity the wrong way and think that since you are God, anything goes.  You can make up your own rules and do anything you want to. That would be your ego-self talking.  The God within you is love, and love does the best for each and everyone and all."

Commentary: We are part of God, and so we are divine, but while on earth we often get lost in delusion and misled by our egos. Divine love gives us a standard to live by so that God can express through us.

Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hi Everyone; namaste:

We are now on paragraph 6 of chapter 10 in the First Letter to the Orinthians from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul." (page 88)

"I don't want to talk down to you.  You are as good as I am.  You know your situations better than I do.  When you realize that you are one with God you can see that God is the only doer.  When you identify with God, you want to do your best.  You move to transcend your ego-self, you begin to see that you are connected to all life.  You begin to see your larger Self everywhere. We don't reduce God to what we are; he raises us to what he/she is.  The God in us raises us up.  Jesus is the prime example for many people.  He was the man raised to Godhood.  You can do the same through the power of God within you.  Identify with God."

Commentary: One of the keys to rising above your ego is to realize that God is the only reality.

Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hello Everyone; namaste;

We are now on paragraph 4 of chapter 10 in the First Letter to the Orinthians from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."

"These are just warning markers for us along the way.  We can learn from the mistakes of others as well as our own.  We don't want to become over-confident.  We're not exempt from falling down again. Forget about confidence in your ego-self. Cultivate God-confidence.

Commentary:  As we move up on the spiritual path we can never get complacent and think we now understand everything and can just coast along in a false confidence  Ever the high and mighty can fall down again, and that happens when the ego slips back into control.  So let us all remember that God is the only reality..

Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hello Everyone; namaste:

We are continuing with chapter 9, paragraph 6 of the letter to the Omans from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."

"Can any of us see the total wisdom of God? Can any of us call God into question abut his infinite identities? Do you know why a person is born blind? Do you know why one person is born into wealth and another into poverty? Do you know why one person dies young, while another lives into old age? Do you know why one person is born in the jungles of Borneo and another in Paris, France? Do you know why one person has beautiful features while another seems ugly? God is God no matter how, why, when, or where he shows up Love is what holds us all together. I don't care if you call yourself a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Confucianist, atheist, agnostic or whatever, unless you know God as the one and only life and love of this universe and acknowledge that God accepts everyone, loves everyone, and indeed, is everyone, then I think your religious beliefs are incomplete, and this is the sadness I carry with me. These good people of all faiths and no faith are all already part of the eternal God, and they don't even know it."

Commentary: Ego-identities tend to get in the way and obscure the God within, that is why people of all faiths and no faith don't see God in each other. Once you see what the ego is doing, in yourself and in others, and you don't let it control you, then it becomes easier to see God in yourself and in others.

Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

Hello Everyone; namaste:

We are continuing with chapter 8, paragraph 9 in the letter to the Omans from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."*

"God does have a master plan. He knew love would shape our lives. There was no need to force us into obedience. She didn't make us into puppets. She set us free in love and gave us the power to co-create our lives and our universe. And then, after setting us free to do whatever we willed to do, she stayed with us to experience everything we experience, to create everything we have created and to become more magnificent through us. So what do you think, with God on our inside like this, how can we lose?"

Commentary: This is in response to people who say God created everything, then stepped back to let us fight it out for evolutionary supremacy. God is right here with us in the middle of this cosmic drama because God is all there is. We are expressions of God. If you see yourself as separate from God, then you might have an ego problem. If you see yourself as an expression of God, then the ego is off its throne and your true individuality starts shining through.

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Gospel of One; Letters of Aul

hello Everyone; namaste:

We are continuing with chapter 8, paragraph 3 in the Letter to the Omans from the book "Gospel of One; Letters of Aul."

"When we focus on God we enter the bright and happy free life. But if we focus on our ego, we end up thinking more about ourselves than God, and then our lives become more cramped and circumscribed by various limitations. Remember, God is joyous life for everyone, love for everyone, abundance for everyone, respect for everyone."

Commentary: This is a clear choice between being ego-centered or God centered. To be God-centered is to know everyone else, everything else as part of your greater Self, and thus to act in the Self-interest of the whole.