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SearchPlease explain the statement, "God is a Pure Idea as is Christ."
Question:
I'm having a problem with the statement, ”God is a pure Idea, as is Christ." God is "I AM" or pure awareness, or the ability to know, or the knower. An Idea, however pure, is something that is known. It is not itself a knower. So if God is a pure Idea, it suggests that there is something else that is the knower of this Idea. This is not to say that the knower cannot be known; just that an Idea is itself not a knower. The knower, awareness, can know itself. But awareness is not an idea; awareness is that which can know an idea. OK, you see my problem and I trust, as usual, you'll straighten me out.
Answer:
Thanks for your subtle question. God, the Known, Wills to be Known. To Know Christ is to Know God, for They share the same Will. Pure Awareness is another term for the Known. They are the Same.
In this world, awareness is synonymous with consciousness. Awareness can be trained to reach the forgiven world, which is the gateway to the Known. To the ego, God is the great Unknown, yet in Knowing Christ in God it is apparent that there is no ego. The ego was the doubt about self, yet Knowing Self in God is Certainty. In Certainty, there is no doubt. This is another way of saying "Perfect Love casts out fear."
Love always,
David