Truth and Consequence

From The Secret Book of John. See my notes below:

The Inexpressible One

The One rules all. Nothing has authority over it.
            It is the God.
            It is Father of everything,
                        Holy One
                        The invisible one over everything.
It is uncontaminated
            Pure light no eye can bear to look within.

The One is the Invisible Spirit.
            It is not right to think of it as a God or as like God.
            It is more than just God.

Nothing is above it.
Nothing rules it.
            Since everything exists within it
                        It does not exist within anything.
            Since it is not dependent on anything
                        It is eternal.

It is absolutely complete and so needs nothing.
It is utterly perfect
Light.

The One is without boundaries
            Nothing exists outside of it to border it
The One cannot be investigated
            Nothing exists apart from it to investigate it
The One cannot be measured
            Nothing exists external to it to measure it

The One cannot be seen
            For no one can envision it
The One is eternal
            For it exists forever
The One is inconceivable
            For no one can comprehend it
The One is indescribable
            For no one can put any words to it.

The One is infinite light
            Purity
            Holiness
            Stainless,

The One is incomprehensible
            Perfectly free from corruption.
Not “perfect”
Not “blessed”
Not “divine”
But superior to such concepts.
            Neither physical nor unphysical
            Neither immense nor infinitesimal
            It is impossible to specify in quantity or quality
                        For it is beyond knowledge.

The One is not a being among other beings 
            It is vastly superior
                        But it is not “superior.”

It is outside of realms of being and time
            For whatever is within realms of being was created
            And whatever is within time had time allotted to it
The One receives nothing from anything.
            It simply apprehends itself in its own perfect light

The One is majestic.
            The One is measureless majesty

Chief of all Realms
            Producing all realms

Light
            Producing light

Life
            Producing life

Blessedness
            Producing blessedness

Knowledge
            Producing knowledge

Good
            Producing goodness

Mercy
            Producing mercy

Generous
            Producing generosity

            [It does not “possess” these things.]

It gives forth light beyond measure, beyond comprehension.

[What can I say?]

His realm is eternal, peaceful, silent, resting, before everything.
He is the head of every realm sustaining each of them through goodness.

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The ineffable Most High is the Truth. Christians call It the I AM, because It is. It IS what is--everything that is. And the way It is...is the way everything is supposed to be. Bit of trouble there, eh wot? Not much here is actually like It, and to that there is consequence.

There is consequence, because the ineffable Most High is becoming manifest as It actually is, ELIMINATING EVERYTHING IN IT THAT ISN'T. That is the value of the knowledge of God, of learning what It is, what It likes, what It's intentions and desires are. For this knowledge we read, study, and try to decipher the Bible, which illustrates these things about the Most High. We hope it is our difference from It which is thrown into the lake of fire, and not our conscious selves. But regardless, any variance from It is destined to be out of It in the end. THAT is a consequence.

Adam? Out. Cain? Out. Antediluvian race? Out. Nimrod? Out. Saul? Out. David in sin? Out. Hate? Out. Anger? Lust? Greed? Adultery? All out. There is a whole lot of what we are and what we do that is OUT! I suspect that the consequence of our faults is that we are born again to sphere life to work them out, but what if this is the last run? What if we have said, "I will do whatever He tells me to do," and in spite of having the Word available, haven't? What is the consequence there?

Truth is there (here! and knowable), and consequence. I think we ought keep both in mind.

PS: The list of things having consequence, both positive and negative, can be quite extensive. "If you give one of the least of these a drink of water ... " Being noble, helpful, generous, kind, has consequence. Being cruel, a gossip, selfish, perverse, a cheat, lying, indifferent, without compassion, has a consequence, also. What's on your list? Check it, and your life, frequently.