5 Realms of Existence - Baha'i Cosmology - Part 2 - Bridging Beliefs
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2020
- Part 2 of a multi-series presentation on this subject. Time stamps below 👇
Spiritual Cosmology examines the structure of reality, it's different stations and realms of Being: God, Angels, Manifestations, Prophets, etc. We continue exploring the 5 Realms, focusing on more precise definitions, and target the nature of The Manifestation (singular) and the un-knowability of Ultimate Reality.
Sections:
1. 0:15 Review of Part 1
2. 6:50 Háhút - The Unknowable Essence
3. 25:16 Meta-Reality
4. 46:08 Final Thoughts
Cosmology all parts:
Part 1 - • 5 Realms of Existence ...
Part 2 - • 5 Realms of Existence ...
Part 3 - • 5 Realms of Existence ...
Part 4 - • 5 Realms of Existence ...
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Allah'u'Abha! An Iranian Baha'i 🇮🇷 living in Norway 🇳🇴
Beautiful ! These lectures truly explain some of the more difficult teachings of the Faith.
Wow! As a new Baha'i, I am so grateful for this series. What drew me to this faith is the recognition of the oneness of humanity and the "deep unity," as you so eloquently put it, of religion. Your study of this unity with such depth is nourishing on both spiritual and intellectual levels. It is foundational, and so important! Thank you so much for putting these videos out!
Thank you so much for theses videos. Really, it calms my brains and heart. Trying to understand even a little bit what's happening was really a tought thing that was putting me on time off and research full of fever and doubts. Combine all the Manifestations, seeing the light but not being able to explain it. Trying even to put words on it is really difficult. So really, thank you for your sharing. I will share your video so I don't need to speak for a while 🤣. Allah'u'abha!
On a humorous note, when you said that a dog doesn’t understand what a door knob is, I had to laugh. My beagle definitely knew what door knobs were. She used to open doors all the time.
Thank you so much for your work! I am a new Baha’i in the US and have been wanting to understanding the writings on a grander philosophical level, especially within cosmology and ontology, (which within the Baha’i perspective appear to be very related). In my opinion, many Bahai’s have yet to understand how important and crucial these philosophical learnings are because they actually form a crucial “backbone” of the Baha’I faith learnings.
My only suggestion is that you should hesitate at no instant to refer to God as “He”. God is definitely a “He”, as spoken of in the Writings for certain reason. I do not think the Prophets did that for merely cultural reasons. Please do not give in to western illusions around God being “genderless”. They neglect the obvious reality that God is most evidently not an anthropomorphic type of Reality, but a divine Realitiy. God has “blessed” humankind with men and women, suggesting there is a divine significance to their bodies as they exist in this material world. This is in no way mere semantics and I will try to form an argument for why God must be referred to as “He” below:
The fact that God has blessed humanity with the predestinated stations of “man” and “woman”, suggests that they consist of their own divine capabilities. How could “manhood” be related to God? Well let’s look at the male body interactions, versus female body interactions. I am trying to be least grotesque, but simply put, the “man” is one who is actually the giver and creator of life as the “woman” is she who waits to receive that which shall take the seed to grow further life. God “seeds” human civilization new life as mother earth, waits to receive it. It is then the responsibility of mother earth, to take what has been seeded from God and His Manifestations, in order for it to grow. You could think of “mother earth” in relation to “father God”, as “the Churches” or “human society”, that waits to receive the Holy Spirit. Don’t you see? God is a He and could not be anything else! I am sure you could come up with your own arguments for this, when you understand the essence of my comment. To suggest God is “woman”, is to say that mankind “seeds life”, within God, when that can’t be the case at all! God is also Singular and One, so how could He, also be She simultaneously?!
Edit: To be clear though, 99% of what you are saying helps me so much with my own enlightenment, so thank you very much! These videos are so helpful.
Being a Baha'i I have dreams of higher education not of world. This education has to in you. It a universally of knowledge that cannon explained.
The quote at 23:50 reminds me a lot of the Tao Te Ching. There is an essence to reality, but if one is bound only by desire they will see only its manifestations.
The Tao that is the subject of discussion is not the true Tao.
The quality which can be named is not its true attribute.
That which was before Heaven and Earth is called the Non-Existent.
The Existent is the mother of all things.
Therefore doth the wise man seek after the first mystery of the Non-Existent, while seeing in that which exists the Ultimates thereof.
The Non-Existent and Existent are identical in all but name.
This identity of apparent opposites I call the profound, the great deep, the open door of bewilderment.
Translated by Walter Gorn Old (1904)
Hi how can i perhaps attend deependings or firesides that you conduct if there is an online platform
Hello. Pleased you’d want to. At this time, however, I’m trying to produce more content for group viewing. Keep an eye out for upcoming episodes
Good morning good dawning point for opening consultations here. However brief ... The difference if deep Unity and shallow unity is explained, well, thanks again.
You need to experience BEENING near the SUN. In the my visions where you will freedom from
In one vision I near the sun I did not feel the heat of the sun. The working in the sky
My head hurts... lol.. the makers of the matrix have had seizures, the Pope's head popped off and the rastafarians have quit smoking weed... lol, this is a lot to try to comprehend,.. sorry for the levity, i am taking it serious, but elvis has left the building, wow, then again we can't comprehend , except that which we're given to comprehend,.. one of the questions is always asked, how do we know we're even here, is everything a dream, is what's solid really solid, am i really sitting in my sleeper in my truck on a rainy night in Illinois,? Is all our existence just a cosmic simultaneous stream of thought of GOD? We're just a ripple in a constant stream of dimensions emanating from the constant creative power of GOD? And all in a constant loop that plays over and over again ? Like video tape ? I'm just throwing out concepts I've heard before. I know we can never fully comprehend our creator, but in PRAYERS it says we're created TO KNOW him and worship him, BUT now I've just just learned, how's the bible put it, all our rightousness is as filthy rags ? Or blasphemy as the BAB put it. And only acceptable through recognition and though the manifestation ? That explains another verse,... all fall short of the GLORY of GOD, BAHA U LLAH? Praise of him is equal as praise to God because he's the part of GOD we can know ?... I'll have to watch this again I'm sure,.. thank you for, a tremendous amount of work and thought this discussion took.
You need to be chosen into that concept learning for future reference not everybody will be trained only the ones that are blessed will be chosen cut of the education that no one can understand from this world is not the education of this world the next World to come
It is how beleive when you're ready to accept the religion taking him to the golden gates of your heart in the altar and the mind so learn wisdom and understanding the next World to come to prepare only those that it have having an education not really like a dream it feels like a vision
It is the levels of Humanity you must go through if only your chosen
The greatest name ordains you for this education if you believe in it within your own heart