I think it is useful to conceive
how the universe has both the quality of duality
and oneness at the same time. I view
it in this way: it is implicit that there is a duality between heaven and hell,
body and spirit, earth and sky, male and female, but this duality is contained
in an overarching oneness. The overarching oneness can be defined in this way;
The Lord is the one source of life and is love itself. Even though heaven and
hell are opposing forces, there is still oneness, because in the higher sense heaven
is life, and hell is anti-life, or spiritual death. That is different than each
having its own source; if that were the case it would be a true duality. But
the Lord is the only source of life, for heaven and hell; hell is an inversion
of his life; hell’s reception of his life is in a perverse form. The duality is
real, but it’s effects only manifest on the natural plane. In the natural plane
it is possible to be in emotional/spiritual duplicity, but on the spiritual
realm of heaven and hell everyone has a singular love, whether it be love or
hate for the Lord. Either way everything that exists is defined by the quality
of its relationship to the One – the Lord.
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Rev. Steve Sanchez
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