Ref#32: God with Form ; God without Form; and Godel's Theorem
a) The author prayed to a God with Form or a father-
like presence whom I called 'The Lord' during this fearful ordeal.
Because my heart was on fire the focus of my attention during my
prayers was within. It was prayer from the heart. My heart
opened up to Heaven. However, I found that the conception of
God with Form as a father-like presence, though of great
importance in stabilizing my mind throughout the Refiner's Fire,
was not verified in the Great Silence. Instead this conception,
which was only of the mind, vanished in the Great Ocean of
Nirvana: God without Form.
b) 'That which can not be comprehended by mind but
by which the mind is comprehended - know that alone to be
Supreme Being and not this or that God whom ordinary people
worship.'
Kena Upanishad 1.5
(from an inscription on the wall of the Temple at Banaras
Hindu University)
c) Godel Theorem: A system of axioms can never be
based on itself: statements from outside the system must be used
in order to prove its consistency.
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