{Spherical Orientation [continued (7)]}[18th August 1988]

[Redbook5:308-309][19880818:1145g]{Spherical Orientation [continued (7)]}[18th August 1988]

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It is at +C†I~* (Crisis) that the change of direction can occur which transfers the Individual onto the Inner Circle and its spirals in the Spiritual Hemisphere, spiralling in towards the Creator-Father (F). This is the conception of Heaven** the implication of the Sphere in Christian thought since at least mediaeval times. However, the implication of the Sphere model is that the perfectly balanced Man – balanced all the way round the Circle – who is fully aware of the Spirit would… what? Be re-integrated in the Father, or directly into the Spirit? – Bear in mind that this is our model, not necessarily God’s: the distinction may be apparent to us, but not to God.***

*[See last previous entry]

**{& Hell? (but see [[Redbook5:310-311][19880818:1145i]{Spherical Orientation [continued (9)]}[18th August 1988], 311 (ex] 309 [amended)] top)}

***(per [2], +C)

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“There is something troubling you at the moment, isn't there? A paradox, involving Time and Change.”

“Yes.” I said, slowly. “I'm not quite sure about it, but I think it goes something like this.” [....] “I have been told that God is unchanging, and without, or outside, Time; but also that God divides himself, sending off Spirits of himself, which learn something new within Time and then bring it back to be united with God. It seems to me therefore that God must change; but I do not see how God can change, if he is outside Time. I'm sorry if that seems rather heavy for Sunday drinks." I added. "But you did ask.."

[...][He] nodded. “It is entirely appropriate for Sunday drinks. First, you need to understand that all our perceptions of the nature of Reality are interpretations, distorted by the nature of the part of it within which we live, the Separation. Everything you are told is merely a representation of Reality: not the Reality itself.

“This particularly affects our understanding of the relationship of Time, Change and God. As we are ourselves subject to Time and therefore to Change, it is particularly difficult for us to understand what is not, and how it can be not; which leads to the apparent paradox.

“The paradox is resolved, so far as it can be resolved for us within the Separation, in this way. God is within each of us: as the Spirit of God. God is, in fact, within each and every aspect of the Universe, down to the smallest constituent particle or wave, or whatever you care to call it. It follows from this that the Universe is within God: at all times, and in all states; and so are we. What this means is that the Separation is apparent to us: but not to God. The different aspects or manifestations of God are apparent to us: but not to God.

“I told you recently that God the Spirit exists outside of Time, but I am not sure that you understood me correctly. You may imagine the Separation here, God the Spirit there, in some Space or Dimension containing both of them within your mind. But there is no Space or Dimension outside of God. When I told you that the Spirit Alone knows all that has been, is, and is yet to be, it is because all things are within the Spirit; even though, to the things that are within the Spirit, it may seem otherwise.”

(– [2], as originally written)

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