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The
Gnostic Claim - God IS
Knowable.
God IS
Knowable. What's more, Such
as It is, Divine Nature makes Its
knowledge incumbent upon creation. Ignore It at your peril. The good
news is that it is possible. It would not be asked of us if it
were
not.
All
words have meanings. All
meanings are meant to be explored. Meaning
is the source of knowledge. Knowledge is the understanding of meanings.
Realization is the deep understanding of meanings. Meaning is that
which
is indicated (by a word). A meaningless word nullifies its own
existence.
How does
one explore meaning? With
conviction, determination, investigation
and repetition! The word 'Gnostic' means Knower (of God). The word
'Gnosis'
means Knowledge (of God). The word 'agnostic' means to be without
knowledge
(of God), and therefore, ignorant.
Consider,
if you will, the meaning
of the word 'ignorant' (Spanish/Latin:
ignorante)- one who ignores. To ignore is an act of will and therefore
of deliberate denial and uncaring, and therefore unknowing, (of
the
Divine Nature of Existence). And now consider the consequences of
ignorance
- singularly the most damaging aspect of human existence. Fear, war,
pestilence,
disease, all the damaging elements arise from this one human quality.
The
war of light is always with knowledge, against ignorance.
Consider
the meaning of the word
'enlighten' - to remove the burden
(of ignorance). Consider the meaning of the word 'wisdom' - the
understanding
and practical application of knowledge. Do we know of anyone born with
them? Are they not, then, noble objectives?
Consider
the most fundamentally
beneficial (and beneficent) aspect of
human existence, the Knowledge of the Unity of us all. Is not
the
Unity Beneficent? Contemplate Divine Unity for one moment and see what
happens to you. Is not this Unity sufficient to speak for itself? The
slightest
contemplation of it can be magnificently inspirational. Unity is
the
Source of Inspiration. What is it that you listen to when
you
contemplate Unity?
All
religious, spiritual and
socially uplifting teachings are
inspired by this Unity. All religions, spiritual traditions, and
ancient
medical sciences and philosophies, from flower arrangement to
homeopathy
to the arts of war, include as an essential element a never-ending deep
contemplation of, and listening to, this Unity.
Consider
some alternatives. Would
you support the contention that the
Unity is incapable of speech? All of creation speaks to its
kind
and others in some form. Is not then speech an essential attribute of
The
Unity? If capable of speech, would you consider It incapable of
creating
one (or more) able to listen? Who were the great spiritual
leaders
of history? All claimed the ability, by Divine Grace and Will, to speak
for The Unity in the language of the people at that time. And was not
their
message of eternal benefit to those who listened?
Should
this Unity not have
qualities that are beyond our comprehension?
And should not this Unity be solicitous of our well-being, since It saw
fit to bring us into existence in the first place? Is it not Aware, the
Source and Author of a mother's love and a father's concern? Is this
Unity
not capable of creation? Did we, and the creation of the known and
unknown
universes, past, present and future, arise accidentally, as
though
somehow without the consent, knowledge, cooperation and willful
participation
of this Supreme Oneness?
Can
there be any thing greater than
this Unity? Should this Unity be
Knowing but not Conscious? We may have consciousness, but not that in
and
by which we exist? Should not this Seeing, Speaking, Creating, Knowing,
Willing, Compassionate, and Powerful Unity be able to give Itself a
name
unique to Itself in all languages, that distinguishes itself from all
previous
concepts and misconceptions? And would you consider this Entity
(Unique,
Whole and One In Itself) unable to make this Name, and its Will and
Purpose,
known to Its creation?
Contemplate
the meaning of these
words! Al-lah! The One,
greater than which there is nothing! Ahad! The Unique. Standing Alone,
beyond comprehension, without necessity of Creation. He is now as He
was.
Wahid! The Oneness, the Unity (Existing, Knowing, Seeing, Hearing,
Speech,
Will, Power ), Who comprehends all.
The
knowledge of Unity is a study;
the Knowing of Unity is a practice.
The Knowing and living in Unity is a primary obligation that supercedes
all other obligations in importance and priority. All action or
non-action
arising from this Knowing will be of the Source and successful. No
other knowing can claim this. One moment away from this knowing is
damaging
and to persist in its ignorance hardens the heart irreparably.
The
Knowing of Unity benefits us in
many ways. a) Personally,
with physical health and well being. b) Socially, with a caring,
unified
society and the power of love and concern that such a society can bring
to the individuals within it, and c) Societally, by allowing the
meeting
of the races for the purpose of global harmony and balance (of regional
deficits).
This
Divine Unity is the Source and
Creator of all Sciences, foremost
among which is the Science of Knowledge (of Divinity) itself.
Divinity
has revealed the Science
of Knowing Divinity and made it available
to those who would seek it. It's called Gnosis, 'Knowledge of God', or
'God Realization' and is often referred to as 'the mystic way'. It has
its roots in singular Truth and its origin in before time. The "Way"
(to
know God) has been espoused by every convinced individual from every
religious
and spiritual background.
What
could be more practical, in
any day and age, than the knowledge
of the science of knowing the Divine Unity of us all? Divinity
exists.
Even one's choice to ignore it affirms it. It is not erased from
reality
by such ignorance, only ignored.
Where
does one go to seek
knowledge of the Divine? Only the Divine can
have complete knowledge of Itself, and only by Divine Will could Divine
Knowledge be accessible to humanity. The Sufis say simply, "We know God
by God."
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