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If God did not exist, intentional states of consciousness would not exist. But intentional states of consciousness do exist. Therefore, God exists. Peter Kreeft has put forward a deductive form of the argument from consciousness [7] based upon the intelligibility of the universe despite the limitations of our minds. He phrases it deductively as ...
In its acception of divine sovereignty, svātantrya is described as an absolute power of action, or, absolute power of freedom. [8] This power arises from the mirror-like ability of the supreme consciousness (caitanya) to contain images (vimarśa) [1] [9] – the whole universe being a mere image shining inside this unique god-consciousness.
The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss is a 2013 book by philosopher and religious studies scholar David Bentley Hart published by Yale University Press.The book lays out a statement and defense of classical theism and attempts to provide an explanation of how the word "God" functions in the theistic faiths, drawing particularly from Christianity, Islam and Hinduism.
It is not a matter of making out each person a 'God', but on the contrary, realizing that within each person lies the potentiality of responding to God by bringing that encounter into consciousness." [ 9 ] He further proposed the existence of a new post-Jungian archetype of pilgrimage .
Higher consciousness (also called expanded consciousness) is a term that has been used in various ways to label particular states of consciousness or personal development. [1] It may be used to describe a state of liberation from the limitations of self-concept or ego , as well as a state of mystical experience in which the perceived separation ...
Without this capacity for shining forth that consciousness has, nothing could appear to consciousness. [7] For Ratnākaraśānti, prakāśa, the luminous pure mind, which is also a reflexive awareness ( svasamvedana ), is the only thing which is real, all appearances are illusory and false. [ 7 ]
Self-realization — A consciousness of the self as a reality. Silence — The inner realization of the One Life. Simple consciousness — Consciousness, as in an animal. Sin - Missing the mark. There is no sin but a mistake and no punishment but an inevitable consequence. Sonship — Man as the Son of God. Soul - The Creative Medium of Spirit.
The effect of inspiration was to move the writers so as to produce the words God wanted. [12] In this view the human writers' "individual backgrounds, personal traits, and literary styles were authentically theirs, but had been providentially prepared by God for use as his instrument in producing Scripture". [ 13 ]