Amore wrote:There are multiple ways of interpreting it. I tend to see God as consciousness aware of consciousness - on which Love is based. Then is the issue of defining love. To me, love is appreciating what is (good & bad) while striving for what's best, through trial & error. With this definition, all from microscopic microbes to planetary systems love, but not all love in the best ability they're capable of. Ie: The fact that amost 1 billion (1/7th) of the world's population is starving, is not some external tyranical grandpa in the sky's wrath - but rather the lack of conscious and love of many in powerful positions, in neglecting to responding to the needs and cries of many around them.
Maybe God (like metaphysics) is largely about what could be - faith, possibilities. Someone was just pointing out to me that the phrase "I AM THAT I AM" in Hebrew is "I will become what I will become." In other words, God is that which we need God to be, or maybe God is the law of cause and effect - of which many are clueless of energetic causes. I admit, I have a lot to learn in this area. I think it's dynamic - changing - and not compliant with being tested by scientific method, so it is often ignored, despite real influence.
I like your take on this. I AM is about consciousness. I AM that I AM is sort of like, "I think therefore I am."
This can be used countless models, and people use it to make their different points.
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I AM who I AM
I AM what I AM
I AM because I AM
The models also draw lines between the manifested and the spirit, "As is above, so is belong."
But basically, I agree it means that God is consciousness.
The Bible says something that I think is important, "God is the Living Truth." Truth, like math, doesn't change. 1+1 will always equal 2. But there are much more complex laws, amazing laws. And Mathematicians have basically admitted, there is a God. Maybe not a old dude sitting in a cloud, but the universe is a "house of order." Rules and laws cannot be broken.
But, I say that Living Truth is infinite and formless. But, it creates consciousness. And so, the truth is consciousness. I consider Father God to be Truth, Mother God to be consciousness. But, they are also one and cannot be separated. But, we see them differently as consciousness can move, create, shift, while the truth never changes. When the Mother observes the Father in his fullness, she too is infinite and nothing. When she ignores a part of the truth, not seeing the fullness, she is divided. The parts cannot see the whole truth, even though the whole truth still functions. In a sense, the I AM's are divided, but they still sum the whole, or "hole."
But, the "God is Love" part comes in the question, "Why?" Why would God do this? And the answer is, "want." God wanted something. Because God is god, there is not need for justification, just a want. That "want" is the blue print of the universe, the reason from it's existence. That want, is God's love.
Want is the engine of creation. Love is a nice word for it, but want is its nature.
But, "appreciation" is part of the truth. To me, Christ, the son of God, is the spirit of respect and appreciation. It is, when dealing with consciousness, the only way to create long term relationships, which the universe is built upon. Everything is relative, therefore the laws that govern relationships are indeed the creator of our world.
But, love, want, is manifested as the engine of life in many different ways. My favorite are black holes. They are massive, hungry holes of desire that give galaxies their form. People are sort of the same way. You can want something, but never really have it. If you ever "claim to own" something, it will slip from your grasp. We can love our loved ones, but they are never ours. The spirit of love will hold them near, but still allow them to be what they will be. If we claim them, the energy shifts and different laws apply.