Quote from majestic:
You are not getting it, a lack of god is an impossibility, if god is all, there is nought that is not god, you cant ask what is outside of god, there is no outside
It's like asking what there was before the universes big bang, the question cant exist because time and therefore reality didn't exist
These are lofty matters full of paradox but put simply the devil cannot exist, we invented him because we cant face our own dark nature, the devil is the ultimate scapegoat, thats the real reason he has cloven feet
You are right about unopposed omnipotence and the non-dual reality of God. Blessings for sharing this profound "secret". It is a majestic "rock" you can build on.
However, everyone in a body has fallen for the idea of some power beyond omnipotence. You correctly identified this as an "invented" power of our own making. You are right, it cannot ultimately exist.
Yet, while we put faith in such power, its effects may seem real. Valuing its effects as "real" perpetuates the myth. Here is where those identifying with bodies stumble: This universe is an effect of faith in a mythical power beyond omnipotence. All bodies in it are effects of this faith.
Simply put, this world/universe/multiverse is the handiwork of a mythical power invested with treasures of faith, and handed the use of mind to accomplish a purpose: To explore all impossible scenarios in which there can be a power opposed to omnipotence.
This causes confusion between illusion and reality, imprisoning the mind that attempts to value both. For example, "time" is a vast illusion. The big bang is a vast illusion. Bodies are part of the illusion. They no more exist than the "devil". Yet, while you think them "reality", you fall for the tricks of the devil you empowered to make this universe. Thinking them real, you have succeeded in "proving" that there can be a power opposed to omnipotence.
Here is where
joab stumbles also. He thinks God made this universe. He knows not that he falls for the tricks of the devil, as the devil attempts to usurp the throne of God.
Is this possible? Of course not. Yet, while you value the things of the devil, you will think it so...and be confused.
In the Bible, the "devil" offered me the "whole world" if I would bow down to him. Of course, this is a story to make a point:
The entire universe of space/time/form is the devil's domain!
If you bow down to the devil, he will offer you "the secrets" to his universe, that you may gain what you feel deprived of. But if you buy into this train of thought, you will trap yourself within time and space...until you realize you already have
everything as the unopposed power that gives the devil his alleged reality. The only power the devil has over you is secrecy.
The only way the devil can keep a secret from the Son of God is if you think ignorance will bring you bliss. Ignorance is suppression of truth in order to experience an effect. Only the Son of God can suppress the truth, and that from himself. Therefore, only the Son of God can bind himself. It is only the Son of God who can bind himself to a body pinned to space and time. And it is the Son of God who can release himself from such a grave mistake.
When you expose the "secrets" of the devil, and bring them to the light of truth within you, they vanish, along with his universe of pain and suffering.
Jesus
