Tag: Atman
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God is Infinite Intelligence: Science, Ancient Wisdom, and the Law of One
Listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator known for making complex scientific ideas understandable to the public. His commentaries about God opened the door to many ideas and questions in my own mind—not because he was necessarily presenting a spiritual explanation, but, in his view, because science, when taken…
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The Holy Spirit and Infinite Intelligence
Since I was a child growing up in a Christian church, I heard countless sermons about the Holy Spirit. As a child, it was difficult to visualize, much less understand. Like most children, I accepted what I was taught by the adults around me. But as we grow older, many of us begin asking deeper…
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The Quiet Intelligence Beneath the Conditioned Self
There are close parallels among many spiritual, mystical, and philosophical traditions concerning one of the deepest questions of human life: Who are we beneath our conditioning? Nearly every wisdom tradition, in its own language, points to a distinction between the conditioned ego-self and a deeper level of awareness, intelligence, or divine presence within us. In…
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Ye Are Gods: The Divine Spark Within Humanity
Across ancient texts, mystical traditions, sacred religions, and even certain channeled teachings, a recurring truth appears beneath the surface of symbolism and doctrine: you are not broken, you are not inherently sinful, and you were never truly separate from God. Whether expressed as the divine spark, the kingdom within, the Atman, the Buddha-nature, the indwelling…