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Sovereignty and the Authority Problem

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You are a sovereign being. Sovereign essentially means “self-possessed”, or in other words, you own yourself. Nobody else is capable of directing or governing your body or your mind except yourself.

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Marcion of Sinope

Marcion of Sinope was an influential early Christian theologian who lived around 85-160 AD. He is best known for founding Marcionism, a belief system that distinguished between the vengeful God of the Old Testament and the loving God of the New Testament, whom he believed sent Jesus Christ.

 

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Hekate

Hekate, also known as Hecate, is a figure of significant intrigue and complexity within ancient Greek religion and mythology. She is often depicted holding a pair of torches or keys and is associated with crossroads, the night, and the underworld.

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Christianity – Genesis

The Christian Creation myth, as recounted in the Book of Genesis, begins with the profound declaration, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

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Without the water

Without the Earth, there is nothing to hold the water, without the water, there is nothing to contain the fire, without the fire, there is nothing, without the air, there is nothing to feed the fire.

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The Rainbow Bridge to Heaven

The concept of a bridge to heaven, often visualised as a rainbow, is a motif that appears in various religious traditions, symbolizing the connection between the earthly and the divine.

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Some thoughts on the structure of the divinity

An image depicting the cycle of creation through the birth of a baby, to a divine mother and father, who came from the nothing, and to the nothing must return.

If it was certain, that the structure of the divinity, commonly known as God, comprised of five key aspects, The nothing, The ineffable one, The Mother-Father, The Creator, and The Creation. Which current belief systems would respect that structure?

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Can you laugh your way to heaven?

An image showing a man surrounded by laughter, as he floats to nirvana.

The concept of laughter as a path to enlightenment or an afterlife, such as heaven or nirvana, is not a formal philosophy but rather a metaphorical interpretation found in various cultural and religious contexts.

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Was Christianity in England changed during the Victorian period?

An image depicting the trinity of the father-son-daughter

I travelled to a church in England, where the vicar told me that the window I was looking at, contained a graven image of God the Father.

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Thinking yourself happy

Girl dreaming of a bright future

A short note explaining the difference between pessimism and optimism.

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Theorising on hate

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An article about hate. What is acceptable? What is good guidance and why?

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Musings around Easter and the nothing that is something

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An article exploring some alternative philosophies and understandings behind the meaning of Easter, and the philosophy that there is nothing.

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Working through the Ultimate Question

An image of a man in a coma, thinking himself back to wakefulness. To illustrate an article about the ultimate question on truthofself.com

The myth is that God woke up to find himself alone in a vast empty expanse. He had no memory of who he was or how he got here, but he did find in his memory a very long list of sentences which God interpreted as clues to who he was.

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Latest revelations on the nature of God and the universe

Images of an ancient stone circle at sun-set. To illustrate an article about the nature of the universe, God and creation

I thought I’d give you all an update on my spiritual development as I’ve had a very weird week, very, very weird. So weird, I’m turning atheist.

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The void explored

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Let’s compare and contrast how different cultures have imagined and represented the void in their cosmogenic narratives, and what implications it has for their world-view and cosmology.

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Training the Ego – 10 – More Insight on Recurring Negative Thoughts

10 – More insight on Recurring Negative Thoughts There can be many sources of repeating negative thoughts, the type I would like to discuss here are those that seem to have their own life and are brought about by severe breakdowns in a person’s character, often these seem to be another person talking to you …

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Training the Ego – 9 – Meditative Healing Journeys

Intuitive Healing Journeys through Meditation It is important to learn the ability to go on an intuitive healing journey while meditating. There are common issues people face in the form of fears that prevent or interfere with their true expression of self. An example I was recently giving advice about was the case of a …

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Training the Ego – 8 – Recurring Negative Thoughts

Recurring Negative Thoughts Once you have worked at being mindful for some time, you will become aware that there are some thoughts and feelings that you struggle to eradicate. These include anger, fear, depression, hate and various other negative thoughts and emotions that you would rather be free from. This is because most of us …

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Training the Ego 7 – Ego and Labels

7. Ego and Labels Ego works in a similar way with our memories of interaction as Internet search engines do with tags – web pages are tagged with a group of labels that make it easier to seek out common information based on looking up those labels. The major difference is that ego labels us …

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Training the Ego 6 – Working with Ego – Full Mindfulness

6. Working with Ego – Full Mindfulness Full Mindfulness As you work towards quieting the mind and increasingly study your thought processes you will find that you automatically start to become fully mindful and you will begin to work with ego in the way I am about to suggest. The Ego presents to you thought …

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