Cyclic Existence Until The Advent Of The Kingdom

Discussion in 'Religion, Beliefs and Spirituality' started by Thejourney318, Jul 31, 2014.

  1. #1 Thejourney318, Jul 31, 2014
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    Jesus said time and time again, 'the Kingdom is at hand.' A major thing repeated in the New Testament, is that the Kingdom of Heaven is coming, it is immanent. And yet, this was all said 2,000 years ago. For many, this just disproves all of it. Of course, since this is an obvious thing, Christians have their ideas on what he meant, why this doesn't disprove anything. However, I think it is something worth thinking about. Now, really the idea I am getting at is beyond Christianity, it's just the most obvious system to reference in this context.
     
    I think that the Kingdom, perfect reality, is imminent, in just the same way it was 2,000 years ago. I think that time is a sort of illusion which traps our minds and keeps it from actualizing the Kingdom. Themes of worldly existence endlessly repeat. The Kingdom will never be actualized in time. This is why Jesus repeatedly stressed, not having any thought for the world whatsoever. He basically stated an inverse relationship between the world and heaven, flesh and spirit. The more of your mind's energy is wrapped up in the world, the less it is in spirit, the further it is away from realizing the Kingdom. I think that each and every one of us is the Son, we are all Christ. But we are not aware, so we are of the world. In this world, suffering is a reality. Suffering is a major part of the illusion which keeps our minds in the world.
     
    The Kingdom is always at hand, but is never actualized. I think the story of Jesus is a sort of metaphor, of the process whereby the Self actualizes the Kingdom, or the perception of a perfect abode for the Self. The world is a drama which endlessly repeats, until the Kingdom is actualized. And the Kingdom is actualized just by our minds totally detaching from the world. This means concern with worldly things, as well as all discrimination, in terms of scaling things from good to bad, as well as identification of separate objects. There is the world and the Kingdom. The world is in time, the Kingdom is out of time. They are both of a single nature. The world, however, has the illusion of changing, because its objects are constantly changing. And yet it has only one nature, which we do not recognize it due to the illusion, which is the shifting of specifics, thinking things are changing but they never do. And it endlessly repeats, until we detach from it. And when we detach from it, we are born again, and it is then that we actualize the Kingdom.

     
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  2. Cool view. Really just solidifies that Love is my religion. Love is unworldly, it is within spirit. It helps take us out of the illusions. Jesus knew how to be one with all, vibrating so high with pure love people followed him.

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  3. i personally believe the kingdom will be actualized in our timeline at a point when jesus christ will retur to this earth and bring a kingdom his Father has prepared but i definitely agree that above all things in this life a true pursuit of love is most important. the bible truly teaches an excellent path of life from a moment to moment perspective.
     
  4. Jesus said...  :rolleyes:
     
  5. Why should anyone care what the character of Jesus said?

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  6. Why, should we not?
     
  7. The same reason we shouldn't believe Joseph Smith. Haha

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  8. Heaven is an appealing idea, unfortunately Christianity is a story of the stars told by astronomers placed in a zodiac calendar. I wouldn't mind chilling in the clouds someday...
     
  9. We were talking about caring. Why did we go to beliefs?
     
  10. I'm using the terms "believe" and "care" synonymous in this context.
     

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