Quotes About Existence

Scholar Michael S. Heiser has pointed out that the Hebrew word Elohim was more of a reference to a plane of existence than to a substance of being. In this way, Yahweh was Elohim, but no other elohim was Yahweh. Yahweh is incomparably THE Elohim of elohim (Deut. 10:17).[2]

Host of heaven" was a term that referred to astronomical bodies that were also considered to be gods or members of the divine council.[8] The Encyclopedia Judaica notes that, "in many cultures the sky, the sun, the moon, and the known planets were conceived as personal gods. These gods were responsible for all or some aspects of existence. Prayers were addressed to them, offerings were made to them, and their opinions on important matters were sought through divination."[9]

Some scholars have used the term monolatry of this view rather than monotheism, because monotheism excludes the existence of any other gods, while monolatry allows for the existence of other gods, but demands the worship of one God who is essentially different from all other gods.[21]

things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice.

All you are is a bag of particles acting out the laws of physics. That to me is pretty clear.

Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.

things are the way they are in our universe because if they Weren't, we would not be here to notice.

For string theory to make sense, the universe should have nine spacial dimensions and one time dimension, for a total of ten dimensions.

So: if you buy the notion that reality consists of the things in your freeze-frame mental image right now, and if you agree that your now is no more valid than the now of someone located far away in space who can move freely, then reality encompasses all of the events in spacetime.

I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like to believe it's worthwhile. And yet, I can't help but recall something ... said to me once when I was young: "All of these things with which we occupy ourselves don't amount to much in the cosmic scale of things, do they? No matter how extensively we ponder any particular topic, there is really very little there"--Gilbertus Albans, Reflections in the Mirror of the Mind

The medieval Dominican theologian Thomas Aquinas, who greatly influenced Eckhart and all theologians of the era, made the distinction between God as a verb (esse: to be) and the created universe as a noun (ens: being). Commenting on Aquinas, Paul Philibert, OP, says, "God is not a static reality on a shelf. God is active everywhere in the sense that wherever anything exists, God's is the present, active force of its existence.

Creation, for Eckhart, is filled both with God and exists in God. Its "mission" is to point beyond itself to God.

As one of the documents from a worldwide gathering of Dominicans states, "Dialogue is…a necessary mode of existence in a world of difference."8 Only through dialogue can we glimpse the beauty and deep insights of the world's spiritual traditions.

We must accept what comes to us at a given time, and not ask for more. But life is endless, so we never die; we were never really born. We just pass through different phases. There is no end. Humans have many dimensions. But time is not as we see time, but rather in lessons that are learned.

Our body is just a vehicle for us while we're here. It is our soul and our spirit that last forever.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." Spiritual

When you look at another person, in relationship, in therapy, in life, see their soul through lifetimes and eons of time. Not just the transitory physical being across from you. You, too, are such a soul.

We are beyond life and death, beyond space and beyond time. We are the gods, and they are us.

Are you a kind person here on earth, getting joy from your existence, causing no harm, and doing good to others?

fases. No hay final. Los humanos tienen muchas dimensiones. Pero el tiempo no es como lo vemos, sino lecciones que hay que aprender.[2]

EACH OF US IS IMMORTAL.

Nós não somos seres humanos a ter uma experiência espiritual. Somos seres espirituais a ter uma experiência humana.

Realize that life is more than meets the eye.

others remembered previous lives through meditation, or spontaneously while experiencing intense déjà vu feelings, or through vivid dreams, or in other ways.