We are living in a world of illusion

MMS · Dec 30, 2021

Marks said:
A lot of good stuff in sufi mysticism too:
The Sufi imagination – Mark Vernon

“So praise to the One Who remains unknowable, so He is not known – and Who is known, so that He is not unknown!” Ibn ‘Arabi exclaims in a typically paradoxical theophany.

this is what im currently reading
PHILOSOPHY : Theonomy : the Names of the Divine

interesting to see all the thought processes side by side

@DoubleClutch

Marks · Dec 30, 2021

You mentioned describing this holding us back and here we are trying to name a thing, all things and grab onto that which cannot be grasped or explained. Just is.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

:wow:

Marks · Dec 30, 2021

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“He who is above all else”: The Strongest Argument for the Existence of God
Ya Ali Madad: The Rationale for Praying to God and Calling upon the Imams in Prayer

MMS · Dec 30, 2021

Marks said:
@MMS

“He who is above all else”: The Strongest Argument for the Existence of God
Ya Ali Madad: The Rationale for Praying to God and Calling upon the Imams in Prayer

it could be both technically

the concept of boundary and being bound are just ideas. So how true they are depends more on the observer than the one who is doing the fashioning

take for instance my insinuation of Yodh (Iah) . Within the symbol, it pictographically explains your birth, the potentiality of all of your choices, and the possibilities of your life and your death. In one symbol

It grows as it comes, and it has a voice of its own. Its servants are its shepherds. It represents the hand of God and his power, in terms of its position in "The Name" it could be argued as the God of The Name itself.

As stated in an earlier post it only takes two points and a "fold" to define the third dimension. Yodh also satisfies that theoretical requirement. If you abstract the name as I do, you'll see it is also the image of the lamb :ehh:

So the entire world and cosmos as you know it could be within a single letter, which also exists in its own creation (and all creations for that matter) and can theoretically give rise to all things.

We are living in a world of illusion
put two shins together it look like a serpent :ehh:

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We are living in a world of illusion

Koichos · Dec 31, 2021

MMS said:
There is more than one Musa out there

The first Moshah (son of ʿAmrom) had only one brother (ʾAharon) and one sister (Miryom). The second Moshah (son of Maimon) had a younger brother Dowidh who was a merchant. He was lost at sea in a shipwreck in 1169 or 1170 en route to India, where he was hoping to obtain goods to sell of a higher quality than those available in Africa. Ramba"m, whom we call 'the second Moshah', is an acronym composed from the initials of the words Rabbeinu Moshah ban Maimon; we know exactly who the Ramba"m was, who his father and brother were, when and where they lived and died, how they earned their livings, and so on. The Ramba"m's dates are given on his grave-marker in T'varyoh and also on a plaque fixed to the wall nearby: he was born on Shabboth, Pasah Eve, 14th Nison 4895 [30 March 1135] and died on Monday, 20th Teveth 4965 [13 December 1204]. The 817th anniversary of his p'tiroh was Friday, 20th Teveth 5782 [24 December 2021]. He is justly noted for his 'Mishnéh Torah', a monumental work that codifies the entirety of Jewish Law, arranged by topic, and deals individually with every one of the 613 laws; there are 14 main divisions and a total of 84 individual treatises.

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FROM MOSHAH UNTIL MOSHAH THERE AROSE NONE LIKE MOSHAH

Here lie the remains of
'The Great Eagle'
The giant of Torah, wisdom, understanding and medicine
Who brought healing to kings of flesh and blood
Author of the 'Yodh Hazoqoh'
Rabbeinu MOSHAH BAN MAIMON p.b.u.h.
Born 14th Nison 4895 (30 March 1135)
Died 20th Teveth 4965 (13 December 1204)
in Cairo, Egypt
and buried in the Holy City of T'varyoʾ.
May his memory last forever, ʾOmén.
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The young Moshah's native city of Cordoba was captured by the Almohades in 1148 when he was only 13 years old and, for the next 12 years, Rav Maimon (his father) wandered with his family to and fro in a nomadic existence, first in Spain and then in Morocco, settling for a time at Fez (a city 170 kilometers east of the modern Moroccan capital of Rabat) in 1160. However, circumstances became increasingly difficult for them there and, just five years later, they sailed to Yisroʾel where they lived in coastal city of ʿAkko (just across the bay from Heifoh or 'Haifa', 15 kilometers away to the southwest; it was an ancient city and is mentioned as early as Shoftim 1:31) and then in Yarusholayim, finally settling in the city of Fostat, Egypt. It was there that the Ramba"m composed his magnum opus, the מִשְׁנֵה תוֹרָה Mishnéh Torah (also known as the יָד הַחֲזָקָה Yodh ha-Hazoqoh or 'Strong Hand', because יָד = 14 and the Mishnéh Torah is arranged in fourteen Volumes); he gives a number of dates for its composition in the actual text, referring to שָׁנָה זוֹ 'this [present] year' as 4936 (1175/1176), for example, in Hil'choth Sh'mittoh w'Yovel §10:6 and as 4938 (1177/1178) in Hil'choth Qiddush ha-Hodhash §11:16.

MMS · Dec 31, 2021

I said Musa, not Moshah :mjpls:

respectfully

Maimonides - Wikipedia

Moses ben Maimon[note 1] (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (/maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz/ my-MON-i-deez)[note 2] and also referred to by the acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם),[note 3] was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin.

gorem trickeration is afoot

Moses in Islam - Wikipedia

After having reached adulthood, according to the Quran, Musa is passing through a city when he comes across an Egyptian fighting with an Israelite. The Israelite man is believed to be Sam'ana, known in the bible to be a Samaritan, who asks Musa for his assistance against the Egyptian who is mistreating him. Musa attempts to intervene and becomes involved in the dispute.[26][self-published source] Musa strikes the Egyptian in a state of anger, which results in his death.

We are living in a world of illusion

MMS · Dec 31, 2021

@Koichos

Moshah was known as "The Great Eagle" you say?

Prometheus - Wikipedia

The punishment of Prometheus as a consequence of the theft of fire and giving it to humans is a popular subject of both ancient and modern culture. Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, sentenced Prometheus to eternal torment for his transgression. Prometheus was bound to a rock, and an eagle—the emblem of Zeus—was sent to eat his liver (in ancient Greece, the liver was thought to be the seat of human emotions).[7] His liver would then grow back overnight, only to be eaten again the next day in an ongoing cycle.[7] According to several major versions of the myth, most notably that of Hesiod, Prometheus was eventually freed by the hero Heracles.[8][9] In yet more symbolism, the struggle of Prometheus is located by some at Mount Elbrus or at Mount Kazbek, two volcanic promontories in the Caucasus Mountains beyond which for the ancient Greeks lay the realm of the barbarii.[10]

Job 41:24-34

24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

Marks · Dec 31, 2021

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PSALMS 139:4-14

4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

DoubleClutch · Jan 1, 2022

MMS said:
this is what im currently reading
PHILOSOPHY : Theonomy : the Names of the Divine

interesting to see all the thought processes side by side

@DoubleClutch

i check that out.

this channel is what I’m currently watching

Koichos · Jan 3, 2022

MMS said:
@Koichos

Moshah was known as "The Great Eagle" you say?

Prometheus - Wikipedia

The Hebrew honorific הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֹל is taken from Y'hazqeʾl 17:3.

MMS said:
Job 41:24-34

A humorous aside, I think that, in view of the second clause, people are concentrating on the wrong kind of 'tail' in ʾIyyov 40:17.

:יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֹ כְמוֹ־אָרֶז גִּידֵי פַחֲדָו יְשֹׂרָגוּ
Its tail can get as hard as cedar-wood; the sinews of its testicles are entwined.

Consider the implication of the metaphor יַחְפֹּץ . . . כְמוֹ־אָרֶז '[it] can get as hard as cedar-wood'.

MMS · Jan 3, 2022

Koichos said:
The Hebrew honorific הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֹל is taken from Y'hazqeʾl 17:3.

A humorous aside, I think that, in view of the second clause, people are concentrating on the wrong kind of 'tail' in ʾIyyov 40:17.
Consider the implication of the metaphor יַחְפֹּץ . . . כְמוֹ־אָרֶז '[it] can get as hard as cedar-wood'.

I read it as an allegory for the nations of Syria and Lebanon whenever Cedars are mentioned (respectfully)

the "Feast of the Tail" ceremony also involved the boundary markers of Egypts kingdom going back to its first kings (where Canaan was Egypts "inheritance")

this is why I say the Old Testament is a heavily corrupted collection of texts due to the nature of the kingdoms of the levant and the original perspective of who and what each term represented. Now all the sides are attempting to reinterpret to suit their own respective agendas

maybe its this tail
Ouroboros - Wikipedia

We are living in a world of illusion

how does time behave? Is it circular or linear? maybe it appears to be both depending on perspective

Qetesh - Wikipedia

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Exodus 20:24

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.