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...Panendeism is the next logical step for Deism. As a unique focus within Deism, Panendeism is a culmination of God philosophies from the greatest minds in Physics....

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...onounced pænˈenˈdeɪˈĭzˈəm, is derived from the Greek pan (πᾶν), meaning all, en (ἐν) meaning in, and deus (Δεύς), meaning god. The earliest known use of the term was in 1995 by Jim Garvin, a Korean War veteran and Catholic turned Trappist monk. Garvin described his concept of deity as being similar to the "all-pervading Great Spirit" of the Native Americans, and called it ...

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...ETYMOLOGY OVERVIEW THE 5 TENETS OF PANENDEISM 7 POINT CODE OF CONDUCT PANENDEISM & THE PANTHEISM PANENDEISM & PANDEISM PANENDEISM & PANENTHEISM PANENDEISM & DEISM PANENDEIST TERMINOLOGY FOR GOD SUPPORTIVE THEORIES & MODELS REFERENCES...

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...On the Meaning of Sin proposes a different take on the mechanics of sin and rebirth in hell, coming from the perspective of an unorthodox trajectory in the worlds of arts, science, and Oriental philosophy....

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The coming of the Messiah.

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...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essentia...

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...ART II...32 CHAPTER I.....33 CHAPTER II....46 CHAPTER III ....67 CHAPTER IV....85 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY...113 TO THE READER....129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK ...130 DEDECATION....135 PREFACE.....137 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.....143 THE COMING OF MESSIAH...151 CHAPTER I.....151 CHAPTER II....160 CHAPTER III....163 CHAPTER IV....167 CHAPTER V.....168 ARTICLE I.......

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...T, LONDON MDCCCXXVII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 -ii- CONTENTS DEDICATION. ............ ............................................................................129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK .................................................... ............................................................................143 THE COMING OF MESSIAH...................................................... ... several months in my own heart, until there was not the shadow of a doubt left upon my mind that I had been in error, if the word of God was in the ... ... kingdom, till the Spirit shall have convinced the world in all its forms of policy and philosophy and refinement of utter worthlessness, and reduced... ...h the manifold wisdom of God.” Eph. iii. 10. This idea being clearly demonstrated to my mind as the root and germ of the dispensations both Jewish a... ...whom I have oft conversed concerning this work and the author of it. When the inquiring mind of the Spanish y outh was hindered from the food which ... ...ledge, or giveth forth any lessons of these divine things; —science being apostate, and philosophy vain, and all the world besides lost in the pitch... ... entered instead; and no longer to be discovered therein, by any methods of science and philosophy, as the unlovely lives and characters of our men ...

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...The Book of Zohar (Book of Radiance) is perhaps the most mysterious composition ever written. It contains the secrets of the whole of Creation, but until recently these secrets were shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Now the Zo...

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...VII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM THE COMING OF MESSIAH IN GLORY AND MAJESTY. PART II. (CONTINUED) PHENOME... ...s which we now proceed to examine, viz. the Christian church, and the captivity of Babylon, do not deserve so much the name of Phenomena, as of Anti... ...ena, as of Antiphenomena, or veils, clouds, and impediments, to the observation of the true Phenomena. They are those two great and ancient fortress... ...ile to their own misery; and if haply there should enter into you any elation of mind, any vain glory, or security, know, brethren, that you do not b... ... he did upon the natural branches thereof: “thou standest by faith, be not high minded but fear, for if God spared not the natural branches, take he... ...rchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first... ...r portion not less in size reigneth idolatry, in another heresy, and in another philosophy, and in another barbarism, &c. And in this same sense, it...

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...GOD PROPHECY by Dr. Paraskev 2 Introduction For some of us, this is a spiritual book that tells the real Truth of God. And the t... ...we could walk easily, smoothly, within a normal human lifetime. For others of us, it is a book that reveals what the future holds. For each human and ... ...still others, it's just a mundane book. It gives us a cure for the plagues of the 3 CONTENTS Part I: Planetary Prophecy ................................ ...oral one. What humanity still needs are the higher values (and attitude of mind) of a higher Vision: the Plan of God for us. 7 Plan of God What the P... ...s period, it is not realistic to expect another priority to prevail in the mind of human. And especially, it is not realistic to believe that a major ... ...ot realistic to believe that a major Spiritual Revolution will take place. Mind develops according to matter. And until mind is not relatively materia...

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...ed a moment to reflect, to be alone with your thoughts, this book will help you rediscover your inner compass. The Point in the Heart is a collection of excerpts from a man whose wisdom has earned him devoted students worldwide. Michael Laitman, a scientist and a Kabbalist, presents ancient wisdom in a compelling style. These stormy days, his site, www.kabbalah.info, offer...

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...The Point in the Heart A Source of Delight for My Soul Michael laitMan l ait Man Kabbalah Publishers 3 T... ...aitMan l ait Man Kabbalah Publishers 3 The Point in the Heart A Source of Delight for My Soul 4 the Point in the heart A Source of Delight for My... ... 85th street #51, brooklyn, new York, 11214, usa Printed in canada no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permi... ...will understand that this chase was prear- ranged in order to distract our minds from what is most important. as long as we closed our eyes to avoid ... ...f evil,” and the thought develops in me by the action of the upper light. Mind and heart alternate dominance within us, but we always move by the sa... ... and as vehemently as ever. sometimes it meets us uninvited, pecks at our minds and humiliates us to the ground before we find the famous ploy of f... ...chael Laitman, Professor of Ontology and the Theory of Knowledge, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in Medical Bio- Cybernetics, established a...

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...is prime student, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him a notebook, whose cover contained one word-Shamati (I Heard), containing transcripts of Rabash's conversations with his father, Yehuda Ashlag, author of a complete commentary on The Zohar. The following morning the Rabash perished.Following Rabash's legacy to disseminate the Kabbalah, Laitman published the no...

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...The Book of Zohar (The Book of Radiance) is an ageless source of wisdom and the basis for all Kabbalistic literature. Since its appearance nearly 2,000 years ago, it has been the primary, and often only, source used by Kabbalists. ...

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...in Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Israel No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permi... ...s book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in criti... ...ase of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. The Zohar: a... ...of humanity would rise and attain the spiritual world. With this vision in mind, Baal HaSulam devoted himself to composing a comprehensive, accurate,... ...er people, it seems like a collection of narratives, stories, and ancient philosophy. Only those who do not comprehend this book argue over it; but ... ... distinct they are in everyone. This is because our desires surface in our mind and sensations in a gradual order, in a certain sequence, so we may a... ...o that we could understand them with our egoism and realize them with our mind. In Hebrew, the word for “world” is Olam (from the word Haalamah—mean... ...e worthless creatures 3 4 6 THE ZOHAR (reason, logic, philosophy, and common sense), which inhabit the earth, witness deliveranc... ...ichael Laitman, Professor of Ontology and the Theory of Knowledge, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in Medical Bio-Cybernetics, established a...

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...Thanks to Dr. Smarandache for his interest in Chinese culture. I cannot decline his warm request to write the preface, even with my fragments of knowledge – no insight nor wisdom, and therefore can be misleading. I have been extremely regretful for my ideological errors and mistakes in previous publications, especially those concerning Buddhism. As I mentioned in t...

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...On the Cultural Contrast: East-West, preface by F. Liu. 4 -- Abstract by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 12 -- Preface by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 13 -- Biography of the Translator. 18 -- Publication Review by F. Liu. 22 -- Annotation in the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophic...

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...The primal natm:e of the effort to establish relation is already to be seen in the earliest and most confined stage. Before anything isolated can be perceived, timid glances mOve out into indistinct space, towards something indefinite; and in...

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...n fourteen years ago, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may ... ... this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. . It has hitherto been eompa... ... has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology. 1 and TIum' is to be understood in the context... ...s hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology. 1 and TIum' is to be understood in the context of... ...t is, indeed, philosophical; but it is not an academic work of discursive philosophy. It is mystical, but it belongs to what' Pringle-Pattison has t... ...as thus called in doubt the massive monistic system within which !dealist philosophy has worked. The direct influence of Buber on philosophical tho... ...st be read more than once, and its. total e££ect allowed to work on the' mind; the obscurities of one part (so far as they are real obscurities, an... ...observation and dis­ cussion, its cosmic and metacosmic origin is kept in mind. For it reaches out from the undivided primal world which precedes fo... ...Himself in lnind ~ For he who speaks the word God and really has Tho~" in mind (whatever the illusion by 75 which he is held), a.ddresses the true...

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...Can you remember? Can you see it in your hidden mind, in old memories? Quietly recall that you were chosen; chosen in Eternity to exist. Chosen to enter these Dreams of a Dream right now ?...

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