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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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