Nope, still filtered. Your other comment comes through all right. There are a few words and phrases and sites that admin doesn't like anywhere, even in Wild West communities, and those are usually easy to avoid with self-reflection. It might not be worth trying to get past the filter here, or it might be worth posting as a new post in c/FreeSpeech (where I can rescue it even if autofiltered) or someone else's community (c/Aposemitism is pretty active nowadays).
Luke 6:11-12 KJV: "Jesus ... went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God"
Not KJV, look at original Greek texts. In the passages where Jesus withdraws to pray, whether on the mountain during the 40 days in the desert or in the garden of Gethsemane, the manuscripts do not say that he prayed to God. They specifically mention that he prayed to the Father. Also in Luke 11:2 even in KJV he teaches to pray to the Father "And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.".
Well, when there's a dispute about the text I don't quibble (especially if the person is doubtful of texts in the first place), and Step Bible at 6:12 gives "τοῦ θεοῦ] Byz ς WH omit] D itd", which means that "to God" is in three traditions including the received text and omitted in two including an uncial text. But questions like this are based on preponderance of many types of evidence and you're indicating you're deciding it based on cohesion of a gnostic system that filters through Valentinus and others. That's why I asked about how we can decide such matters because a mere note about what textual critics hold today, or in the past, isn't enough when broader truth claims are in view.
you're indicating you're deciding it based on cohesion of a gnostic system
In Gnostic philosophy, the Monad is the absolute source, it is all consciousness, eternally existent and unchanged. And aligns perfectly with what I have been able to determine in my own life. Once I was able to break away from the church, and its teachings. I realized that everything in the universe moves and vibrates at a unique pace due to a certain energy level. Even what seems as stationary objects are actually in motion on a microscopic level because of constant vibrations. Everything, from our thoughts to our feelings, possesses its unique vibration. We call this frequency. The universe whispers only to those who vibrate at the right frequency.
If you pay attention to the text in the NT you'll see Jesus’s prayers were never requests, they were statements of alignment. Before raising Lazarus, he didn't ask the Father for a miracle. Instead, he said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me.” The connection was not being sought, it was recognized as already established, constant, and unbreakable. In today's understanding you could speak in terms of Positive Thinking. Thinking positive actually makes you vibrate at a higher frequency, and this is something we can prove today.
When Jesus withdrew to the mountains or prayed in the garden, the Greek texts of the NT describe him addressing "the Father" not "God.". Pay close attention to his words. In the context of Gnostic cosmology, this is not a familial or tribal deity, but an acknowledgment of absolute unity with the Source. When Jesus taught the Lord’s Prayer, he did not create an exclusive formula. He began with "Our Father" indicating the Monad as the source of all consciousness. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" - here, the kingdom is not a distant thing to hope for but the fullness of consciousness to be realized. Which is Pleroma. Prayer in the context of Gnostic philosophy is recognition, declaration, and alignment. Jesus thanked the Father for outcomes as if they had already occurred.
Jesus’s declaration, “Whatever you ask in my name will be given to you,” is misunderstood. And used by the church as worship and begging in his name. Jesus was not inviting worship, but demonstrating how to pray from the consciousness he embodied, the Christ consciousness, or Monad awareness. When you pray from this level, reality reflects that alignment.
Nope, still filtered. Your other comment comes through all right. There are a few words and phrases and sites that admin doesn't like anywhere, even in Wild West communities, and those are usually easy to avoid with self-reflection. It might not be worth trying to get past the filter here, or it might be worth posting as a new post in c/FreeSpeech (where I can rescue it even if autofiltered) or someone else's community (c/Aposemitism is pretty active nowadays).
Not KJV, look at original Greek texts. In the passages where Jesus withdraws to pray, whether on the mountain during the 40 days in the desert or in the garden of Gethsemane, the manuscripts do not say that he prayed to God. They specifically mention that he prayed to the Father. Also in Luke 11:2 even in KJV he teaches to pray to the Father "And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.".
Well, when there's a dispute about the text I don't quibble (especially if the person is doubtful of texts in the first place), and Step Bible at 6:12 gives "τοῦ θεοῦ] Byz ς WH omit] D itd", which means that "to God" is in three traditions including the received text and omitted in two including an uncial text. But questions like this are based on preponderance of many types of evidence and you're indicating you're deciding it based on cohesion of a gnostic system that filters through Valentinus and others. That's why I asked about how we can decide such matters because a mere note about what textual critics hold today, or in the past, isn't enough when broader truth claims are in view.
In Gnostic philosophy, the Monad is the absolute source, it is all consciousness, eternally existent and unchanged. And aligns perfectly with what I have been able to determine in my own life. Once I was able to break away from the church, and its teachings. I realized that everything in the universe moves and vibrates at a unique pace due to a certain energy level. Even what seems as stationary objects are actually in motion on a microscopic level because of constant vibrations. Everything, from our thoughts to our feelings, possesses its unique vibration. We call this frequency. The universe whispers only to those who vibrate at the right frequency.
If you pay attention to the text in the NT you'll see Jesus’s prayers were never requests, they were statements of alignment. Before raising Lazarus, he didn't ask the Father for a miracle. Instead, he said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me.” The connection was not being sought, it was recognized as already established, constant, and unbreakable. In today's understanding you could speak in terms of Positive Thinking. Thinking positive actually makes you vibrate at a higher frequency, and this is something we can prove today.
When Jesus withdrew to the mountains or prayed in the garden, the Greek texts of the NT describe him addressing "the Father" not "God.". Pay close attention to his words. In the context of Gnostic cosmology, this is not a familial or tribal deity, but an acknowledgment of absolute unity with the Source. When Jesus taught the Lord’s Prayer, he did not create an exclusive formula. He began with "Our Father" indicating the Monad as the source of all consciousness. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" - here, the kingdom is not a distant thing to hope for but the fullness of consciousness to be realized. Which is Pleroma. Prayer in the context of Gnostic philosophy is recognition, declaration, and alignment. Jesus thanked the Father for outcomes as if they had already occurred.
Jesus’s declaration, “Whatever you ask in my name will be given to you,” is misunderstood. And used by the church as worship and begging in his name. Jesus was not inviting worship, but demonstrating how to pray from the consciousness he embodied, the Christ consciousness, or Monad awareness. When you pray from this level, reality reflects that alignment.