Strug gling with belief
AS I was saying… again for oft times apologies to inimitable Allah- De now of blessed memory, a great many are still struggling within themselves with the concept of the Supreme Being, the Almighty Creator God. According to those who have occupied themselves flashing their radar to cover past millennia, they have come to the conclusion that unbelief, partial belief and absence of clarity in the recognition of the Most High worsens from generation. As the pursuit of materialism intensifies, the narrower the horizon gets and the less the capacity to recognise the high, the sublime and the noble becomes. The instrument for pursuit of materialism is the frontal brain which is the seat of the intellect. The over- cultivation of the frontal brain at the expense of the hind brain engenders imbalance and the adherents get themselves obsessed with only what is within space and time which the intellect cannot transcend. As nothing can go beyond its origin frontal brain harbouring the intellect cannot go beyond the material whereas the hindbrain is ordained spiritually receptive part of the brains linked with the spirit which in turn is linked with the spiritual kingdom from where it can receive guidance and virtues.
With heavy deposit of dross overlaying the spirit, transmission from intuitive perception through our solar plexus is correspondingly hampered. It is such that dreams are not helpful any longer. The true picture that is being sent forth is distorted by the radiations of the frontal brain, cerebrum, which gathers its materials from around it, summits, conferences and other forms of opinions around it. The message being transmitted from the cerebellum suffers from what may be likened to an exposed film. Such is it that today there are tonnes of papers presented at conferences that lead mankind to nowhere. Any wonder, it was foreseen by Prophet Isaiah ( 720 B. C.) and it is said that in these times, the Age of the Holy Spirit, “Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us” ( Isaiah 8, 10). That is the time of Imanuel…” God is with us.” We are told “It is the great time of perplexity in which one conference follows another, when distrust is everywhere, unrest and uneasiness, when hopeless confusion spreads ever more.” Isaiah went further: “The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.” ( Isaiah 24: 20).
Because of the disastrous decline and the hindering of the hindbrain to make mankind truly living, philosophers rush to fill the vacuum. In response to demand for proofs of the existence of God, the Greek philosophers and theologians talk about Prime Mover proof; that there is motion force which must have kick- started the planetary motion. This found resonance in renowned physicist, Isaac Newton, who said force outside our universe must have been responsible to give impulse to the rotation of planets in orbits. Philosopher and Theologian Anselm of Canterbury ( 1033- 1109 argued that God is a being nothing greater than Whom can be conceived.” There is the postulation of the Cosmological proof of God which states in response to “What caused God?” that “God does not need a cause! He is a necessary being whose cause must be sought in himself.” There are other postulations referred to as Teleological proof of God and the Moral proof of the Most High. The latter proof is that self- evident moral consciousness which flows from human conscience provides proof that a higher power and authority must have implanted moral consciousness in man from the cradle. Arguments, and theories! Despite the decline practically all men feel something deep within when unexpected fortune suddenly falls on our laps or during sudden sorrow. These are occasions the inner being, the spirit that we are, is momentarily cleared of sediments overlaying it. When we dream, where do we think we are and what causes it?
As I tried to invite us into contemplation following the enquiry posted to this column, there is God, only one God. He is Life and Power. Being Life there was never a time He was not Life. The Divine Realm is an automatic consequence of His Being, the Radiations of His Being. Thus, like Him, the Divine Realm is eternal. Before Creation, His Radiations did not go beyond the boundary of the Divine Realm. The Divine Realm, as I had had cause to state in this column is separated from the Throne of the Most High by an ocean of flames that has no possibility of cooling down. Only His Two Sons, the Lord Jesus Christ, Love and the Holy Spirit, His Will and Justice could cross the flaming ocean because the radiations that gave rise to it they carry as their essence being Parts of the Father. Creation came into existence when God the Father severed a Part of Himself and the Part was anchored at the boundary of the Divine Realm to give light and drive motion into the void. The severed Part arising out of His Will, from the Holy Word, “Let there be Light, and there was Light,” formed Itself into four equal- arm Cross with Holy Spirit as Power in the Centre. Radiations shot out from there to give light and life. Each of the Arms represents Truth, Purity, Love and Justice. The Cross radiated powerfully behind Jesus when He was on earth and the Dove, Power above His Head. Gifted persons were permitted to behold these signs as pointers to His
Origin and Identity so that they could bear witness openly.
God, therefore, created through and in the Holy Spirit. The first set of Creatures to emerge were the Primordial Beings who were created in the Image of God by which is meant the attributes of God, such as His perfection; inconceivably powerful, great in size and beauty who serve without first considering— in absolute loyalty. In the annex to the Divine Realm at the summit of Creation the Holy Spirit has His Abode as Son of Man, from God to Man to keep and maintain the Creations as eternal Mediator governing all the Creations and the Lord Jesus Christ ruling in the Divine Realm, personal in Activity even after reuniting with His Father. The Holy Spirit is personal in Activity, yet Part of the Father. Creation evolution lasted 15 billion years, a long process of evolution as science has discovered, 20 million out of which the earth needed to cool down to a temperature that permits life to develop with man as the last and the most sovereign.
In the enlightenment available today on earth, we learn that teachers were sent at different epochs to guide men. At a time, the humble and obedient human being behaved, scintillating melodies rose from the earth in grateful thanks to the Throne of Grace for the beauty of life and their world. This did not last long before acrimony and dissent ensued. Men would no longer listen to their Intuition and the gulf began to arise between earthmen and Spiritual Guides. It became wider with each generation as men began to immerse themselves in material pursuits and power and influence, conceding suzerainty to the intellect in place of the spirit, they could no longer understand the language of their Lord and Creator. In the ordinance of the Creator the intellect is to be guided by the s pirit because the former is its tool. It is to act as the handyman of the living spirit as its ser vant. It is also to transmit the strong upward urge for what is sublime, pure and perfect.
Teachers and prophets began to emerge sent by the Almighty. These were Elijah, ( 830 B. C.); Isaiah, ( 720 B. C.); ( 630 B. C.); Lao- Tse ( 600 B. C.) in China; same period as Zoroaster, that is, ( 600 B. C.) as well in Persia now called Ira n; and Buddha ( 550 B. C.) in India. Moses who received the Ten Commandments,
( 1200). All were sent by God Almighty. Men did not hearken to their teachings and admonitions. When men were recalcitrant and the harmony on earth was being disrupted, devastation was setting in despite the unceasing help from Above, the Almighty sent the Lord Jesus. The penetrative power of the prophets could no longer suffice because the fundamental thoughts underpinning the spread of the knowledge of the Most High and religious movements being used as the vehicles had been caught by the bug of material pursuits sometimes disguised as the truth. With the Holy Spirit,( Justice), God the Father and Jesus the Son, ( Love) form the Holy Trinity. The self- acting and inflexible Laws of Nature, of Creation are the activities of the Holy Spirit dispensing reward and punishment in reciprocal actions. Retribution falls unfailingly on the originator forming the fate of every human being depending on the seed each has scattered.
The Material Creation is the school for human spirits to learn the Will of the Most High, the manifestation of which is in the Laws of Nature, heed it, mature, cultivate refinement and ennoble the spirit all of which leads to self- consciousness the only passport to the Kingdom of Heaven, Paradise. With the discernment brought about in the increasing maturity of the spirit, the question of Who is God will no longer arise.
Men would no longer listen to their Intuition and the gulf began to arise between earthmen and Spiritual Guides. It became wider with each generation as men began to immerse themselves in material pursuits and power and influence, conceding suzerainty to the intellect in place of the spirit, they could no longer understand the language of their Lord and Creator.