09-21-2009, 02:55 PM
Thanks to everyone for your participation thus far!
3D, certainly I think we can make a fairly strong case for Hinduism and perhaps even Islam, but I think we might be making too much of a stretch to say that Christianity is based on the concept of all being one. I raise the point here because coincidentally, in a discussion with a fairly strict Christian friend, he gave the exact same Jesus quote: "I and the Father are one", along with another well echoed quote: "John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me". I am fairly certain that most if not all standard Christians would fight tooth and nail against the idea that we are essentially one with god. The closest it comes to that is the acknowledge that God created man. But after that the name of the game is separation in most all forms.
Christian Mysticism may of course, be in much more harmony with the Law of One as you've indicated.
On a related note, Christianity came as a result of a split in Judaism, which is one of (if not the oldest?) known religion on earth. I understand that not all Jews accept one aspect of mystical Judaism which centers around the Kabbalah... because it is actually somewhat harmonious with the 'oneness' concept. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah#Ka...ing_of_God
3D, certainly I think we can make a fairly strong case for Hinduism and perhaps even Islam, but I think we might be making too much of a stretch to say that Christianity is based on the concept of all being one. I raise the point here because coincidentally, in a discussion with a fairly strict Christian friend, he gave the exact same Jesus quote: "I and the Father are one", along with another well echoed quote: "John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me". I am fairly certain that most if not all standard Christians would fight tooth and nail against the idea that we are essentially one with god. The closest it comes to that is the acknowledge that God created man. But after that the name of the game is separation in most all forms.
Christian Mysticism may of course, be in much more harmony with the Law of One as you've indicated.
On a related note, Christianity came as a result of a split in Judaism, which is one of (if not the oldest?) known religion on earth. I understand that not all Jews accept one aspect of mystical Judaism which centers around the Kabbalah... because it is actually somewhat harmonious with the 'oneness' concept. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah#Ka...ing_of_God