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God of Hosts

First, one has to define the terms used, specially when using the loaded words that mean different things to different people. God, aka the God of Hosts, a title according to the Catholic cannon, and i agree, is the physical body at the centre of the whole universe, as a point of reference, creative input, and experience of it (elemental earth), while the good Lord is the conscious mind with senses of right vs wrong (elemental water), with the Great Spirit, or the Holy Ghost, representing the space (Latin: Spiritus, means to breathe [in/micro and out/macro] (elemental air)), and the Soul is the emotional feeling/perception of changes in time (elemental fire).

The Soul has a free choice to either aid the needs of God, the host body, one's own and that of the others around, the family, friends, community, the species, the entire planet, and eventually, as the consciousness grows, encompassing the whole universe, or cause harm to the body, intentionally or not, hence the consequences are ripped later for the sawed deeds, otherwise, without the free choice there would be no freedom, hence no responsibilities, no consequences, only the boring predetermined fates, something that God obviously does not want for the human kind, nor the mindless melee.

All four elemental forces correspond to the foundations of life on earth and the four kingdoms of life, earth being the mineral kingdom, water being the fungi kingdom, air being the plant kingdom, and fire is the animal kingdom, with the fifth kingdom, as a capstone, representing the human kingdom of the universal awareness, micro and macro, ether, ormus, the energy of love, kindness, empathy, compassion, wisdom, encompassing the whole matrix of life and being aware of the big picture and the tiny details, hence the name of the species is homo sapiens, Latin for the "wise man."

Also, the body represents the needs, while the mind the wants, desires. however a healthy mind wants first to help its host body to get what it needs and to look after it well. as a saying goes, in healthy body is a healthy spirit. and my version, the body is holy, the rest is a story.

The body IS the nature, right smack at the centre of it all. hence the nature calls, and the reason, the mind, is part of the body’s sensory network monitoring and processing the information within and around it, using it to provide for the body’s needs, big part of the nature, before the consciousness is free to focus on the diverse desires and ideas of fun.

Sure the spirit (space) is infinite, however one attains life, and hence the remote possibility of immortality or a healthy lifespan by having a body, would it be an atom, a plant, an animal, human, robot, or galaxy, etc, as a centre of reference and experience, the body is the physical centre of the whole universe, and hence all the available options that define the free choice, self perception and determination of what one needs and wants.

The Hell is a metaphor for an unpleasant experience, life, or lives, if one to consider karmic repercussions of their actions during a lifetime to last thereafter effecting future reincarnations of that soul. 

In dichotomy to Hell is the Heaven, or Paradise, again, another metaphor for a pleasant experience full of joy, happiness, and satisfaction.

Eternity is a long time to gamble away unconsciously. Hence the Golden Rule reverberating throughout all religions and cultures, ye get out what ye put in, rip what ye sow, do onto others as ye want to be done onto thee, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, etc. 

Obviously the message is there for a good reason, and a good reason one must have to perceive it. The consciousness is there therefore to aid in determining the right from wrong, good vs bad, divine vs evil, proper vs improper and so on.

The freedom of choice is thus exercised in context of one's spiritual awareness, which determines the quality of the morals and ethics being practised and the kind of lessons one's own subconsciousness would ensue to its conscious self along the way.

Even the most delicate of things will turn hard under enough pressure. one always has to see things in perspective and not as a single snapshot of life disconnected from the rest of reality. Hence i am The Last High Priest Of The Universe. It takes wisdom to see things for what they are and not judge a book by its cover. 

Opinions are like assholes, everyone got one. The point is how deep does that opinion reflect the reality hence how much weight it would have in its impact and the consequences. Obviously one has the most effect and far lasting on oneself and one's immediate environment. It's hard life, hence it makes the people hard. But, even then, no matter how hard it may seem, there is always a soft spot within, and if someone wants to be a prick, there is for every asshole even bigger dick. 

the universe is a playground and the earth is where we learn how to share it. i am ❤ (love) this i am, not US O:) (angels) vs THEM 3:) (demons).

"the universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere." now + here = nowhere. you are the entire universe, micro and macro, at its centre -- your soul -- and as such you are enormously significant. take good care of yourself and your environment.

The distinction should be made between God (body/need) of Hosts and Lord (mind/want) of Hosts, Hence a subtle change after Genesis 2:3, when God (physical/host) rested on the seventh day after the creation of: 1. Heavens 2. Earth, then followed by in, Genesis 2:4, the appearance of Lord God (mind and body) with the 1. Earth 2. Heavens order of reference.

It is thus the consciousness, aka Lord (water element), is being aware of the host body -- God (earth element) -- and its needs, therefore Lord (conscious mind) is representing the moral, ethical values, judgement in right vs wrong, good vs evil etc. with the associated freedom of choice. 

The subconsciousness, as the dichotomy comes in two, along with the host body and the holy ghost then in on the performance opinion too of its conscious part, hence the sense of.humility for self and pride from others vs humiliation for self and condemnation from others.

Then the water reflects the light of the soul (fire element) representing change, time, feelings/emotions, love vs fear, care vs hate. Naturally this light of passions will reflect against the waters of the personal values system -- the ever so boring morals and dogma *teenager face*-of making the right decision by doing the good thing, 

And of course, not to forget an elephant in the room -- the space itself -- hidden yet reviled the air element (war vs peace, in/out, breathing), the micro/macro of the cosmos flow. 

Who needs to live, breathe, eat, shit, fuck, sleep? Not space. God needs that shit. Then the mind got to decide what is the best way for God's needs to provide. And God will help when God can, or else it will end up in Hell.

The trick is to distinct the right from wrong, and if mistake is made then learn from it and move along. The universe is a playground and the earth is where we learn how to share it.

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"the universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere," is a famous proverb which William Blake has so eloquently paraphrased in his book Songs of Innocence and of Experience. I did some research on its origins:

*1 - "The Universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere", William Blake wrote in 'Songs of Innocence and Experience'.

*2 - Pascal wrote in 'Pensees' #199, Penguin tr., "Nature is an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere". Nicolas of Cusa wrote similar things. Reference by Dan Lusthaus.

*3 - St. Bonaventure wrote in 'Itinerarium Mentis in Deum' "Chapter 5. The Consideration of the Divine Unity Through Its Primary Name Which Is BEING." ... "8. ... As eternal and most present, it encompasses and enters all duration. existing, as it were, at one and the same time as their center and their circumference. Likewise, because it is the most simple and the greatest, it is wholly within all things and wholly outside them; hence it is "an intelligible sphere, whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere". ...". Latin: "Cap V. De speculatione divinae unitatis per eius nomen primarium, quod est esse". ... "8. ... Quia aeternum et praesentissimum, ideo omnes durationes ambit et intrat, quasi simul existens earum centrum et circumferntia. - Quia simplicissimum et maximum, ideo totum intra omnia et totum extra, ac per hoc "est sphaera intelligibilis, cuius centrum est ubique et circumferentia nusquam".[14] ...". [14]Alan. aab Insulis, Theolog. Regul., 7. http://web.sbu.edu/theology/apczynski/courses/CLAR 101 Intellectual Journey/Itinerarium/lat5.html#para8

*4 - "God is an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere", appears in Bartholomaeus Anglicus' De proprietatibus rerum, as referenced in Bartholomaeus Anglicus and His Encyclopedia by M.C. Seymour et al. edition of the Trevisa translation. The source is popularly attributed to the XXIV Philosophers, see notes at the tail end of Book XIX. The Hermetic 'Liber XXIV philosophrum' (ed. C. Baumker in 'Beitrage' XXV. 208), found in the 'Summa' of Alexander of Hales (I. 19a and 60a); on which see M.-T. d'Alverny in P.O. Kristeller, 'Catalogus translationum et commentatiorum' (Washington DC, 1960), pp. 151-4. In DPR I. 16 (p. 53) BA cites Trismegistus as the author of the definition here ascribed to Secundus. Vincent, 'Speculum naturale' I. 4 (Venice 1591, IV. 4 va) attributes the first definition to Empedocles and gives the second as 'mens immortalis'. Within the metaphor of the rational soul as a circle of perfection BA joins these two Hermetic statements with an orthodox restatement of the philosophical concept of the Trinity, cf. DPR I. 2 and III. 13 (pp. 44-5, 103), which depends on Innocent III, 'Liber extra' published with his other decretals at the Fourth Lateran Cuncil of 1215. See further, A. Garci'a y Garci'a, 'Constitutiones concilii quarti lateranensis' (Vatican, 1981), pp. 41-6, and notes to 44/15 and 53/1. Reference by Juris G. Lidaka. www.georgetown.edu

*5 - "God is a circle whose center is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere", popularly credited to St. Augustine writing in the 'Confessions' (I am still trying to verify this. I haven't found it yet in the 'Confessions').

*6 - Oxford Dictionary of Quotations places it under "anonymous" and attributes the source to the "lost work of Empedocles". The dictionary also notes that the quotation is found in the 'Roman de la Rose' in the form "The nature of God is....". Reference by Norman Hinton.

*7 - it's also in Alan of Lille's Sermon on the intelligible sphere. See M-T d'Alverny's (wonderful) 'Alain de Lille: Textes inedits', p.297: "Deus est spera intelligibilis cuius centrum ubique, circumferentia nusquam." She cites also the Regulae theologiae, 7 (PL 210, 627). Reference by Jeffrey Fisher.

*8 - "God is a circle..." is also attributed to Plotinus in 'Enneads' VI, 5.4. Reference by Mark Murphy.

*9 - "An infinite sphere, the centre of which is everywhere, the circumference nowhere." God being defined by St. Augustine according to Henry Miller in 'Black Spring' p.103.

*10 - God is my centre when I close him in; My circumference when I melt in him. -- Silesius 'Cherubinischer Wandersmann' (1657 A.D.) 3.148: Gott ist mein Mittelpunkt, wenn ich ihn in mich schliess: Mein Umkreis dann, wenn ich aus Lieb in ihn zerfliesse. (Source: Joseph Campbell 'The Mythic Image' Bollingen Series C, p. I.64 (1974 A.D.) Princeton University Press, assisted by M. J. Abadie.)

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