I love this explanation. A Jesuit once told me… “how can you hope to learn about God when you’re only focused on one book, when that book has ties to other faiths and other cultures. In order to learn, you have to see his many faces throughout the world. Otherwise you’ll just see one perception. People are complex they have different personalities why wouldn’t you think God is just as complex.”
It was my godfather. When my dad and mom were struggling and working, my mother went to the church for help and met him and a nun who eventually became a part of our family. I loved him so much and thought about becoming a priest because he inspired me so much. He traveled to so many countries and studied so many religions and cultures and truly did so much help with the poor. He was kindest man I ever knew and had an empathy in him that made me look at him like a saint. I really miss him…
@@omnihuntress208128 If only everyone, or most of the world did this. Not only to see the wisdom and many correspondences between them, but to leave their ugly and ignorant foundations of "spiritual racism" or "religiphobia" behind.
I've always perceived the spirits that surround me, the spirits of air, fire, earth and water, the spirits of trees, rivers, lakes, mountains, houses etc. as my neighbours. They are part of our world. In the same way, I ask my human neighbour for help if my car breaks, I ask my spirit-neighbours for help if I have problems in more metaphysical matters and thank them for their help via offerings. I personally don't see how that may affect my relationship with God or Christ himself.
I can’t say I have seen or felt many spirits, but I have always a very deploy spiritual person I have always believed in magic from a very young age because I felt this pull towards it, a true calling, at a young age I also started questioning the faith I was raised with: Christianity, I was really little when I stopped believing in Santa and god both on my own. But I have never not believed in the impossible the strange and the magical. I have a friend who like me was interested in witchcraft and we’d talk a lot about stuff and they seemed to have a sort of deeper connection as well. One day I fake over to their house and they told me there were these woods near the path where they had gone and seen a water spirit and they told me it was angry and so that’s when they ran away, they told me they got a bad feeling and then the water started splashing and there was a very odd fish shadow thing they saw. So naturally I went there and I didn’t believe them entirely but I was willing to just see for myself, so I opened myself up (honestly I barely had to try) it was so clear and yet odd I can’t quite explain but the spirit communicated with me, not through words or emotions or medial images but just a transference of information like I was apart of the spirit taking apart of it so I could understand what it was saying itself was distinct from me but also apart of me when it spoke. She said to affect that it tolerated me because I came respectfully and humbly and openly, but she told me using a mixture of her emotions and my own memories how this land used to be filled with many rivers and ponds and lakes, but that over the years man had filled the lakes and re routed the water and she grew angry and bitter towards people and she seemed to say “come and look at what they’ve done and go!” she was willing only to explain herself that much and then as quickly as it had happened it was over and I left because I respected her wishes. So 3 things 1 this was my first encounter with a spirit 2 I knew it was female instinctively 3 I knew her name which I later learned means Leaping Water in a native tribal tongue. I have spent the years since then wanting to know what a spirit is It was a personal experience that I much value for having taught me something, i gave her the title in my heart of “daughter of the rains” out of respect
@@bestwitch2931 I think this person is reffering more to an animistic perception. In animism each thing in the world has an animus, it's like a spirit. That doesn't mean a rock will reply you if you ask, but the rock sure makes part of a bigger structure, such structure being the planet itself. In a sense we are all part of a huge organism, both the good and bad elements, we all have spirits in our own way.
@@EM-xj8hy Is that really true though? Some people choose voluntary servitude to things they believe. Don't the hermetics and theurgists call upon the many names of the abrahaamic god? Don't the wiccans call upon a father god and a mother goddess? Well, I follow my own path but I can't really agree that all magus do follow their own path, I actually knew one that was as afraid of god as any classic christian.
@@pleasureisgood5957 well, there’s no point to it then. Might as well call yourself a Christian and bow down to the abrahamic false god. Or a Muslim. Or Buddhist. A magus is not supposed to be free of these shackles?! Otherwise what’s the point truly? I want one of you to answer truthfully. I’m trying to navigate this world avoiding all religious dogma and chaos magick has been the closest thing to that truth so far.
An excellent summation... Your last comment about Frater Acher's book, has again raised a question that keeps coming up for me: Why would anyone choose to engage in "goëtic" theurgy, and thus traffic with the demonic, when surely there are angelic and sublunary entities which can accomplish whatever one needs to accomplish? Two points, here: One, I realize I am just a newbie, and that this is probably a newbie question; and two, I also realize, Maître, that you can't answer questions from non-members, so I am asking this rhetorically. 🙏
The way you describe your belief I would personally rather call monadism than monotheism, the concrete difference being whether or not you believe there is anything that can be considered as separate from Godness (and I wholly agree with your message)
I wish I could share this with my dad. He believes I'm raising my children into "little pagans". (His words)-he has NO idea what I practice and I've decided not to inform. He brought us us Catholic and while I like the ceremonial aspect of my religious upbringing, I feel a pull to ceremonial Magick and practice that. It's the first time I've stuck with anything for this length of time. I'm grateful to just have a practice at all, before I had nothing and was spinning my wheels in a lot of broken patterns. At least there is a bit of steady progress. I appreciate your videos-always a pleasure
Broooo this is the second time you posted a video that answered a specific question that I had on the same day I thought of that question 😂😂 keep up the AWESOME videos!
Going to god "directly" is my preference, and if you focus on the alpha's rather than the omega you can always ask the omega which alpha is meant to help you
My magical and spiritual practice really skyrocketed; after I realized that my mind could not comprehend God. I thought I knew that but sometimes, we need to sit and be really quiet with "difficult" or incomprehensible information in order to really get something. I don't believe or disbelieve in God, I mean how could I if I can't comprehend him, I just accept everything and worship the God or Goddess in whatever aspect is relevant to the life my consciousness is experiencing.
My shock and joy at #3, oh how close I come to that path some days…. Lol. It would definitely be easier, other than the expense of that CS-80! Haha! Great video! (Quick aside, I’m assuming you’ve played with Cherry Audio’s CS-80 emulation? So good!!). Thanks again for all the great work. 🤓👍
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As per the kybalion. The All is All. To me that means the all encompassing presence is "All" things, good and evil, love and hatred, and whatever else we like to put a shine on. Also as per the kybalion, I am neither wrong nor am I right with regards to the above statement :). Thank you for the video.
I've had my own experiences in life and beliefs, but could never quite explain them or get them in an order that made sense. After watching a few of your videos you've helped give perspectives on things and clarified so much. Thanks for what you do man!
So I have been struggling to figure out how to worship and include God in my craft. I'm really new to all of this... but I love to learn, and the more I learn about Magick the more I feel like a kid in a candy store. It's like pure bliss considering that new possibilities are opening up to me daily now. Life is beautiful again and this explanation helped me come to terms with the thought and knowledge that I will never understand God but to try and keep trying and learning is a life long blessing. I'm not sure if this makes a much sense to read as it makes when I think it, but Thank you Foolish Fish.
Once again thank you. So often you speak about the issues which preoccupy my thoughts and despite my Kejawen path we do so in very similar ways. That we draw our line in different places is a personal choice and reflects our somewhat different paths, which I respect you for.
@@je-freenorman7787 That's an awfully imbalanced way to look at things. Masculine and feminine are two sides of the same coin. Neither meant to dominate the other, true enlightenment occurs when you recognize these two forces within yourself and bring them into balance with one another. Coexisting as one.
You completely nailed it! I couldn’t agree more. I came into magic through a more polytheistic route (kinda the inverse of you I suppose) but I found most of the prevalent polytheistic models to be unsatisfactory. I’ve since come to the experience that gods are aspects of the universal, much like how I am also an aspect of the universal. Real, but not static or divided. Simultaneously a part and the whole. Your videos are always fantastic and I hope you have a great day 💙
You explained your viewpoint very well and it was very easy to understand. At first I was a bit confused in the beginning of the video but watching until the end reminded me of what Spinoza might have believed. I don't know if you agree with his view of God. Personally I don't agree with your view nor Spinoza's (I consider myself a Christian), neither with the people that claim to be Christian and live in a manner that is at odds with what Christ taught. I think to an extent it's ok to feed spiritual "baby food" for some people but that's a whole different conversation, but basically it's why fellowship is so important. I really enjoy these types of Esoteric Saturdays and hope you make more. Cheers!
Another wonderful video. Smart, pragmatic, sardonic but not cynical and delivered in the quintessentially dry and witty (British) Foolish Fish fashion. Bravo and thank you!!!
The keyboard cut!! 😆 Great explanation! I also have intuited that a direct connection would cause me to lose my relationships, job and eventual life (if I weren’t spirited away in a chariot of fire).
In the early days after my first fully numinous experience, I couldn't understand why we still have any any kind of society left if all the people who claimed to be Christian, including all our politicians, were indeed permanently living with this kind of experience... I was so confused! Yeah, I was a pretty dumb kid XD Didn't take me long to work out what was _really_ going on... ;P
@@FoolishFishBooks See, you should’ve bought a Casio. The only things I buy that are “Yamaha” are my A/V receivers. “Casio… the ONLY TRUE Keys to the Kingdom.”
Your words and thoughts are easy to listen to and always leave room for further discourse. A pleasure, on a platform that is so often sadly full of carnival barkers.
Wonderfully put and explained. Great analogies too (and Acher’s too of course). Every now and then Mr. Fish comes up with some brilliant video like this: congratulations, pal! I couldn’t agree more! Light & peace!
This made me laugh so hard, the part in the beginning, "my god is better than your god". Even growing up catholic as a child I thought it was pretty ridiculous that there were so many religions and people fighting for their religions to be the right one, when we're all talking about the same thing. Even as a child the differences in religions already seemed more cultural than anything else and the only difference to me was which meat different people are allowed to eat. I loved the part about opening different valves. it's such a good metaphor. As well as if god really is all-encompassing, it makes so much sense that it would be way too much to live a normal life to experience it all at once.
@@moma8518 No, I said that's how it appeared to me as a child, based on how people lived their life when they were saying they were religious, that was the only difference to me. I already had a sense that we were all talking about the same thing anyway and there was no reason to fight
Glad I found your channel, and quite pleasantly surprised that you are so clear about the monotheistic aspect of early India - Parabhrahma, which most of the Indians keep buried deep in their subconscious while they fight over religion and castes 🙃😇 Thanks for all the info you share.
Peoples beliefs are personal things; so it is petty that people would click on your videos just to try to belittle them, without proper dialog. I can't argue with what you say, and agree that most of humanity currently lacks the required understanding to fit together the all the pieces of what existence is all about. I suspect people see certain things as real and material, and other things as mythical and intangible, and are not willing to adapt to any different way of thinking. I believe everything comes from one source, so everything must be related. I believe Magic, Spirituality and Science are the same thing; as are Will, Faith and Knowledge; and Ritual, Prayer and Learning. They are designed to help us reach a greater power.
Thank you for the wisdom. Listening to you makes me rethink many things that are on a subconscious level but need shedding light on now more than ever.
I agree, tho I have always wished someone would create a compendium of the various types of spirits and how they differ. For instance, if you ask an angel to help you get a job, vs asking a demon, does one manifest faster than the other? Is an angel more likely to give you a spiritually challenging job while a demon brings you excess and indulgence? What about things like Fae? or enochian angels vs hebrew angels?... there are so many different kinds of spirits and there is a lot of overlap in their abilities, but they all seem to have unique characteristics as well. I feel like id need to live to be over 100 years old to accomplish something like that.
I have arrived to your same truths and I started in Christianity but was seeking the truth no matter what the cost. It has also led me to esoterica and recently to your channel. I appreciate your true trust in the God that just what it is, all that it is. What can we do about it or to affect it but to experience it and observe it either consciously or blindly? The no thing that is all is unlimited creative potential energy unexpressed, the logos is the expressive energy, the perfect word or work, or in my words is perfect intention. I would rather live my life as an intentional creator rather than helpless experiencer. Woke
This concurs with my sentiments exactly. To attempt to pierce the veil beyond the Ain Soph would lead to madness and destruction, and should never be attempted. This is why systems such as the Abramelin rely on intermediaries.
Thank you so much for doing this channel. I've watched a few of your videos and they all really resonate with me. Love your clear explanations and your dry humour.😊
One could read about bad things happening to others and learn from them but there would be something missing. Its like knowing everything about swimming but never have been in the water. No one gets out of here without getting kicked in the cranberries.
Thanks for that shortcut! It would have taken me a few more years to reach perhaps some kind of conclusion and still not being able to expose it in such clear way...
This explanation of religion makes more sense then I hv heard in all my life. It is like u articulated how I arrived @ the point in my life where I hv been for abt 7 yrs now. I will share ur video w/ others that I know feel the same as I do. Thnx so much.
This is the first of your videos that I see (Even though I’ve been subscribed to your channel for, what?, a month?, maybe more?) and even though I am not a practitioner of magick (mainly because I don’t know where to start and also because my other intellectual ambitions demand so much time it leaves me little to go deep into magick) I am very interested on it. I find your opinion about God as an all encompassing Intelligence the pervades all to corners of existence, from the highest Hight to the lowest Depth, to be just the same sense I have had for a few years now. It is so obvious, yet, whenever you bring this in polite conversation, you will be frown upon. Such a shame. Thanks for all of your inputs. I think Otto was unto something when he talked about the Mysterium Tremendum as that awe inspiring horror of divinity. Not only as Divinity itself being able to drive you into insanity if you contemplated it head on (seeing the true face of God, the true form of the Goddess as she showed herself to Arjun, etc), but also as Divinity to be found in the most putrid lows. Some saints and lay people have found such lights in the most vile places on Earth. There is truth to that saying about how you need to go deep into Hell if you want to reach Heaven.
Yeah... I can't comprehend it with the mind so might as well say that "I don't know". But because of this freedom from ideology while growing up in Dutch protestant schools. Having an "Atheist" father but both parents believing in spirits and certain magicks (due to experiences). That always had me very open-minded, spiritual, curious and also scientifically minded I saw Jesus as a super hero. But it always stuck to me that Jesus said that "We are all God's children". Not just Jesus but us all. Which makes Jesus a kind of philosopher to me. I do have the thoughts when I see certain hilarious or awe inspiring "coincidences" that a Christian would say "Hey that's proof of God, see". I've also prayed before, but now I simply meditate. I could see the argument of a at least 5D consciousness of which we are part of. But basically you can think of a million things of what could be actually real. For all I know it could all be real, every religion is accurate or anything anyone can think of. If our reality is an illusion created by consciousness, then anything we can think of becomes part of that consciousness. And thus reality.
Brilliant video! As soon as I read the title of this I had an intuition about what you're gonna talk about and felt like giving it a like even before I could listen, but then I listened anyway and you are so right. P.S.: I love how in each video you remind people to be kind in the comments and to remember that the ones they interact with are people as well.
Hey Moni O Thank you so much for your kind words! And yes, it's often easy to forget we're not just fighting with sentences, but the people behind those sentences 😄
This very much go with the idea that everything is connected because if everything is then when you go back far enough there will be one source for all things. Everything is connected because it all came from the same place
Two things I heard once that fit this topic. "The treasure you are seeking is in the cave you are afraid to enter." And "you can't grow a tree to reach the heavens if the roots are too shallow to reach hell." You can't claim to have the best way if you only know the one way. How can you limit your perspective and claim to have clarity? Experience grants wisdom and knowledge. Not segregation. A limited person can never experience divine truths because they are not searching for them.
Ok, so this channel is great obviously, watched several hours of videos already - enlightening content for sure. But meeting not only a fellow magician and occultist, but also a synth enthusiast... Now that's a different level of connection.
I very much enjoy your videos, Denis! I am sure you know that whilst Vedic religion did develop into a more or less monotheistic faith, it did not start that way.
The driving force of creation is still unfolding in all it's glory. The core of all spirit and matter. It's busy keeping it all going. Everywhere and no where. I like option 3...
Before I watch this video I feel like I already agree by the title, I have found pieces of truth in every culture/religion and im happy because music allowed me to spread my awareness to other cultures growing up
@@FoolishFishBooks im glad! There's is so much to learn and practice from all over the world and I thing to remember is that this is our journey, some people will say something for practicing different beliefs but in the end the choices is ours and I jsut wanted to hear it from someone else because I find myself practicing so much from all over. Knoweldge is truly power and a power that could be used for the greater good 😁
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FINALLY someone acknowledges my analog synthesizer based faith.
The Rockin Church of Righteous Synths is definitely the correct path.
@@MichaelSplatkins Port-Amen-to
I love this explanation. A Jesuit once told me… “how can you hope to learn about God when you’re only focused on one book, when that book has ties to other faiths and other cultures. In order to learn, you have to see his many faces throughout the world. Otherwise you’ll just see one perception. People are complex they have different personalities why wouldn’t you think God is just as complex.”
Ah this is beautiful! THank you for sharing!
@Martin Luther Sorry to jump in on this....but speaking as someone who was raised Catholic, Jesuits are Everywhere.
It was my godfather. When my dad and mom were struggling and working, my mother went to the church for help and met him and a nun who eventually became a part of our family. I loved him so much and thought about becoming a priest because he inspired me so much. He traveled to so many countries and studied so many religions and cultures and truly did so much help with the poor. He was kindest man I ever knew and had an empathy in him that made me look at him like a saint. I really miss him…
100%
Omg, yes. They are incredibly brilliant.
I am a Christian and a magician also and would like to say thank you. Perfectly said.
I just believe you can learn from all religions and their gods and deities.
100% yes!
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve studied most all religions and philosophies and take the good each has to offer and leave the rest.
But of course🤣 how can any modern minded person not agree☮️💞
@@digdug6515 you would be surprised who believes and/or non-believers in this...
@@omnihuntress208128 If only everyone, or most of the world did this. Not only to see the wisdom and many correspondences between them, but to leave their ugly and ignorant foundations of "spiritual racism" or "religiphobia" behind.
I've always perceived the spirits that surround me, the spirits of air, fire, earth and water, the spirits of trees, rivers, lakes, mountains, houses etc. as my neighbours. They are part of our world. In the same way, I ask my human neighbour for help if my car breaks, I ask my spirit-neighbours for help if I have problems in more metaphysical matters and thank them for their help via offerings. I personally don't see how that may affect my relationship with God or Christ himself.
I can’t say I have seen or felt many spirits, but I have always a very deploy spiritual person I have always believed in magic from a very young age because I felt this pull towards it, a true calling, at a young age I also started questioning the faith I was raised with: Christianity, I was really little when I stopped believing in Santa and god both on my own. But I have never not believed in the impossible the strange and the magical. I have a friend who like me was interested in witchcraft and we’d talk a lot about stuff and they seemed to have a sort of deeper connection as well. One day I fake over to their house and they told me there were these woods near the path where they had gone and seen a water spirit and they told me it was angry and so that’s when they ran away, they told me they got a bad feeling and then the water started splashing and there was a very odd fish shadow thing they saw. So naturally I went there and I didn’t believe them entirely but I was willing to just see for myself, so I opened myself up (honestly I barely had to try) it was so clear and yet odd I can’t quite explain but the spirit communicated with me, not through words or emotions or medial images but just a transference of information like I was apart of the spirit taking apart of it so I could understand what it was saying itself was distinct from me but also apart of me when it spoke. She said to affect that it tolerated me because I came respectfully and humbly and openly, but she told me using a mixture of her emotions and my own memories how this land used to be filled with many rivers and ponds and lakes, but that over the years man had filled the lakes and re routed the water and she grew angry and bitter towards people and she seemed to say “come and look at what they’ve done and go!” she was willing only to explain herself that much and then as quickly as it had happened it was over and I left because I respected her wishes. So 3 things 1 this was my first encounter with a spirit 2 I knew it was female instinctively 3 I knew her name which I later learned means Leaping Water in a native tribal tongue.
I have spent the years since then wanting to know what a spirit is
It was a personal experience that I much value for having taught me something, i gave her the title in my heart of “daughter of the rains” out of respect
Why do you believe in christ? The whole point of being a magus is following your own path? Why are you bowing down to anyone?
@@bestwitch2931 I think this person is reffering more to an animistic perception.
In animism each thing in the world has an animus, it's like a spirit.
That doesn't mean a rock will reply you if you ask, but the rock sure makes part of a bigger structure, such structure being the planet itself.
In a sense we are all part of a huge organism, both the good and bad elements, we all have spirits in our own way.
@@EM-xj8hy Is that really true though?
Some people choose voluntary servitude to things they believe.
Don't the hermetics and theurgists call upon the many names of the abrahaamic god?
Don't the wiccans call upon a father god and a mother goddess?
Well, I follow my own path but I can't really agree that all magus do follow their own path, I actually knew one that was as afraid of god as any classic christian.
@@pleasureisgood5957 well, there’s no point to it then. Might as well call yourself a Christian and bow down to the abrahamic false god. Or a Muslim. Or Buddhist. A magus is not supposed to be free of these shackles?! Otherwise what’s the point truly? I want one of you to answer truthfully. I’m trying to navigate this world avoiding all religious dogma and chaos magick has been the closest thing to that truth so far.
An excellent summation... Your last comment about Frater Acher's book, has again raised a question that keeps coming up for me: Why would anyone choose to engage in "goëtic" theurgy, and thus traffic with the demonic, when surely there are angelic and sublunary entities which can accomplish whatever one needs to accomplish? Two points, here: One, I realize I am just a newbie, and that this is probably a newbie question; and two, I also realize, Maître, that you can't answer questions from non-members, so I am asking this rhetorically. 🙏
The way you describe your belief I would personally rather call monadism than monotheism, the concrete difference being whether or not you believe there is anything that can be considered as separate from Godness (and I wholly agree with your message)
The yamaha synth got me lmao
I wish I could share this with my dad. He believes I'm raising my children into "little pagans". (His words)-he has NO idea what I practice and I've decided not to inform. He brought us us Catholic and while I like the ceremonial aspect of my religious upbringing, I feel a pull to ceremonial Magick and practice that. It's the first time I've stuck with anything for this length of time. I'm grateful to just have a practice at all, before I had nothing and was spinning my wheels in a lot of broken patterns. At least there is a bit of steady progress. I appreciate your videos-always a pleasure
I thoroughly sympathise. Also great that you feel you've found something you can hold on to! Best wishes to you!
What u offer?
The One in Many....Thank you for your channel, I no longer feel so alone.
Hahaha!
We’ll all live in a beautiful color crayon illustration from the watchtower magazine!
Brilliant!
Broooo this is the second time you posted a video that answered a specific question that I had on the same day I thought of that question 😂😂 keep up the AWESOME videos!
Makes sense, I have come realise most people are not aware that the source has multiple aspect all expressed differently
Going to god "directly" is my preference, and if you focus on the alpha's rather than the omega you can always ask the omega which alpha is meant to help you
This! This is exactly it! Very well said. This is the exact sentiment that I've followed and I'm happy to hear you say it so eloquently.
I'm So glad I found this channel . You are an awesome teacher !
I don't know... Those vintage analogue synthesizer modules seem pretty tempting.
My magical and spiritual practice really skyrocketed; after I realized that my mind could not comprehend God. I thought I knew that but sometimes, we need to sit and be really quiet with "difficult" or incomprehensible information in order to really get something. I don't believe or disbelieve in God, I mean how could I if I can't comprehend him, I just accept everything and worship the God or Goddess in whatever aspect is relevant to the life my consciousness is experiencing.
My shock and joy at #3, oh how close I come to that path some days…. Lol. It would definitely be easier, other than the expense of that CS-80! Haha! Great video! (Quick aside, I’m assuming you’ve played with Cherry Audio’s CS-80 emulation? So good!!). Thanks again for all the great work. 🤓👍
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Great video 👍. There are very few people like you who are not only extremely knowledgeable and articulate but also humble and open minded. ❤️
As per the kybalion. The All is All. To me that means the all encompassing presence is "All" things, good and evil, love and hatred, and whatever else we like to put a shine on.
Also as per the kybalion, I am neither wrong nor am I right with regards to the above statement :).
Thank you for the video.
🥰 your comment got my attention as I recently bought the Kybalion book and I’ve been listening on audiobook too while I’m driving and can’t read 💫
This in a nutshell ....☯ Yin and yang, and within each half is a small part of the other.
I love your analogies.
Your outlook is refreshing.
Thank you for your time.
Not often that I watch something twice back to back, your standing in a space with a great overview, I like that and funny too. Thanks ff
I've had my own experiences in life and beliefs, but could never quite explain them or get them in an order that made sense. After watching a few of your videos you've helped give perspectives on things and clarified so much. Thanks for what you do man!
So I have been struggling to figure out how to worship and include God in my craft. I'm really new to all of this... but I love to learn, and the more I learn about Magick the more I feel like a kid in a candy store. It's like pure bliss considering that new possibilities are opening up to me daily now. Life is beautiful again and this explanation helped me come to terms with the thought and knowledge that I will never understand God but to try and keep trying and learning is a life long blessing.
I'm not sure if this makes a much sense to read as it makes when I think it, but Thank you Foolish Fish.
Once again thank you. So often you speak about the issues which preoccupy my thoughts and despite my Kejawen path we do so in very similar ways. That we draw our line in different places is a personal choice and reflects our somewhat different paths, which I respect you for.
Well thought out and enlightening as always.
@@je-freenorman7787 That's an awfully imbalanced way to look at things. Masculine and feminine are two sides of the same coin. Neither meant to dominate the other, true enlightenment occurs when you recognize these two forces within yourself and bring them into balance with one another. Coexisting as one.
You completely nailed it! I couldn’t agree more.
I came into magic through a more polytheistic route (kinda the inverse of you I suppose) but I found most of the prevalent polytheistic models to be unsatisfactory. I’ve since come to the experience that gods are aspects of the universal, much like how I am also an aspect of the universal. Real, but not static or divided. Simultaneously a part and the whole.
Your videos are always fantastic and I hope you have a great day 💙
Thank you Ry! Glad this resonates 😄🙏
Yup, the ALL & The One
You explained your viewpoint very well and it was very easy to understand. At first I was a bit confused in the beginning of the video but watching until the end reminded me of what Spinoza might have believed. I don't know if you agree with his view of God. Personally I don't agree with your view nor Spinoza's (I consider myself a Christian), neither with the people that claim to be Christian and live in a manner that is at odds with what Christ taught. I think to an extent it's ok to feed spiritual "baby food" for some people but that's a whole different conversation, but basically it's why fellowship is so important. I really enjoy these types of Esoteric Saturdays and hope you make more. Cheers!
“Monotheism is a suckers bet”
-Pope Don Juan King Kong XXIII
As a musician, I've LOLed at #3
Another wonderful video. Smart, pragmatic, sardonic but not cynical and delivered in the quintessentially dry and witty (British) Foolish Fish fashion. Bravo and thank you!!!
The keyboard cut!! 😆 Great explanation! I also have intuited that a direct connection would cause me to lose my relationships, job and eventual life (if I weren’t spirited away in a chariot of fire).
In the early days after my first fully numinous experience, I couldn't understand why we still have any any kind of society left if all the people who claimed to be Christian, including all our politicians, were indeed permanently living with this kind of experience... I was so confused!
Yeah, I was a pretty dumb kid XD
Didn't take me long to work out what was _really_ going on... ;P
@@FoolishFishBooks See, you should’ve bought a Casio. The only things I buy that are “Yamaha” are my A/V receivers. “Casio… the ONLY TRUE Keys to the Kingdom.”
@@scottmassino3051 XD Very good, I can really get behind a quality dad joke! :D
Your words and thoughts are easy to listen to and always leave room for further discourse. A pleasure, on a platform that is so often sadly full of carnival barkers.
I'm not surprised that we're on the same page here but I didn't expect your explanation be so entertaining :D
Hahaha! I definitely had fun making this one! I'm glad you had fun with it too, @Silkweaver :D
Lol right ?
Wonderfully put and explained. Great analogies too (and Acher’s too of course). Every now and then Mr. Fish comes up with some brilliant video like this: congratulations, pal! I couldn’t agree more! Light & peace!
This made me laugh so hard, the part in the beginning, "my god is better than your god". Even growing up catholic as a child I thought it was pretty ridiculous that there were so many religions and people fighting for their religions to be the right one, when we're all talking about the same thing. Even as a child the differences in religions already seemed more cultural than anything else and the only difference to me was which meat different people are allowed to eat.
I loved the part about opening different valves. it's such a good metaphor. As well as if god really is all-encompassing, it makes so much sense that it would be way too much to live a normal life to experience it all at once.
So you believe that Hinduism and Islam prescribe to the same beliefs and are only different in the kinds of meat they eat?
@@moma8518 No, I said that's how it appeared to me as a child, based on how people lived their life when they were saying they were religious, that was the only difference to me. I already had a sense that we were all talking about the same thing anyway and there was no reason to fight
Great channel man. It takes a lot to bring truth to the ignorant
Glad I found your channel, and quite pleasantly surprised that you are so clear about the monotheistic aspect of early India - Parabhrahma, which most of the Indians keep buried deep in their subconscious while they fight over religion and castes 🙃😇 Thanks for all the info you share.
Yesterday I was again rethinking on this subject, I know wasnt a coincidence that your video came on my recommended, thank you for sharing this!
Hi!! Liked your video and as usual, had to say Love you !!!!!!!!! XD Yes i know you are married BUT your fan here
Glad you liked it, @Tronald! :D Best wishes to you!
I agree, our simplistic human understanding can not apprehend the source of it all.
I love the picture of the little boy looking carefully at the ground.
I was having a discussion regarding this topic last week and this video sums up everything beautifully. Bravo FF
Hi @silly banana! :D So glad you liked it! Thanks for the kind words and the support!
This whole segment should have been enter viewed by Clancy on The Midnight gospel
Holy shit I love the Jehovah's witness reference! Exjws! #represent
Peoples beliefs are personal things; so it is petty that people would click on your videos just to try to belittle them, without proper dialog.
I can't argue with what you say, and agree that most of humanity currently lacks the required understanding to fit together the all the pieces of what existence is all about. I suspect people see certain things as real and material, and other things as mythical and intangible, and are not willing to adapt to any different way of thinking.
I believe everything comes from one source, so everything must be related. I believe Magic, Spirituality and Science are the same thing; as are Will, Faith and Knowledge; and Ritual, Prayer and Learning. They are designed to help us reach a greater power.
Thank you for the wisdom. Listening to you makes me rethink many things that are on a subconscious level but need shedding light on now more than ever.
The longer I practice, the more this resonates 💜
Brilliant, brilliant video. Pure gold.
Thanks 👍☮️💞
My GOD is best 🍄
I agree, tho I have always wished someone would create a compendium of the various types of spirits and how they differ. For instance, if you ask an angel to help you get a job, vs asking a demon, does one manifest faster than the other? Is an angel more likely to give you a spiritually challenging job while a demon brings you excess and indulgence? What about things like Fae? or enochian angels vs hebrew angels?... there are so many different kinds of spirits and there is a lot of overlap in their abilities, but they all seem to have unique characteristics as well. I feel like id need to live to be over 100 years old to accomplish something like that.
Durga really helped me with this, all aspects as One. Also, I recognized the Paradise Earth pic instantly haha that's indoctrination for ya
🔥haha, love your show flow brooo, thanks for the shine, we love you 🔥
Once again, a really excellent presentation. The valve analogy is spot on for me. Thank you again 😊
Wow, I can't wait until I can share this! Thank you.
Ah! Great to know you liked it! Best wishes to you, @Amanda! 😄🙏🙏🙏
I absolutely resonated with this! Love this content please continue to make videos.
The comparison at the end is great!
Fish you never disappoint❤❤
Well put. I hope this paints a picture for those who don't yet fully understand.
I'm so glad you liked this! Yes, not always an easy one to explain!
I also came to esoteric alchemy through Christianity as well. 🙂 Feels good to be free of the dogmatic realm of things.
I have arrived to your same truths and I started in Christianity but was seeking the truth no matter what the cost. It has also led me to esoterica and recently to your channel. I appreciate your true trust in the God that just what it is, all that it is. What can we do about it or to affect it but to experience it and observe it either consciously or blindly?
The no thing that is all is unlimited creative potential energy unexpressed, the logos is the expressive energy, the perfect word or work, or in my words is perfect intention. I would rather live my life as an intentional creator rather than helpless experiencer. Woke
Oh! You've beautifully worded this description I've been wrestling with for like a year now lol
Thank you!
This was an excellent explanation! Thank you for doing this video. It is really helping.
This concurs with my sentiments exactly. To attempt to pierce the veil beyond the Ain Soph would lead to madness and destruction, and should never be attempted. This is why systems such as the Abramelin rely on intermediaries.
Thank you so much for doing this channel. I've watched a few of your videos and they all really resonate with me. Love your clear explanations and your dry humour.😊
😄🙏 thank you for your kind words!
One could read about bad things happening to others and learn from them but there would be something missing. Its like knowing everything about swimming but never have been in the water. No one gets out of here without getting kicked in the cranberries.
your channel has been great for me keep up the good work💪
Thanks for that shortcut! It would have taken me a few more years to reach perhaps some kind of conclusion and still not being able to expose it in such clear way...
Definitely choice number 3.
Thanks for the great video !
This explanation of religion makes more sense then I hv heard in all my life. It is like u articulated how I arrived @ the point in my life where I hv been for abt 7 yrs now. I will share ur video w/ others that I know feel the same as I do. Thnx so much.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm so glad my model resonated for you!
wonderful, thoughtful with a good sprinkle of hilarity.... so much for people to think about.... thank you!
Ah! Thank you so much for watching, Josephine! High praise indeed!
@@FoolishFishBooks and well deserved!
ThankYou kindly, Mister !
Love the subtle jab to Duncan trussel I laughed my ass off
6:22 thank you for that LOL
Thank you for another AHa moment, much appreciated
My pleasure, Stephen! I'm so glad you've found the video useful! 😄
Love it! Thank you per usual My Brother!
This is the first of your videos that I see (Even though I’ve been subscribed to your channel for, what?, a month?, maybe more?) and even though I am not a practitioner of magick (mainly because I don’t know where to start and also because my other intellectual ambitions demand so much time it leaves me little to go deep into magick) I am very interested on it. I find your opinion about God as an all encompassing Intelligence the pervades all to corners of existence, from the highest Hight to the lowest Depth, to be just the same sense I have had for a few years now. It is so obvious, yet, whenever you bring this in polite conversation, you will be frown upon. Such a shame. Thanks for all of your inputs.
I think Otto was unto something when he talked about the Mysterium Tremendum as that awe inspiring horror of divinity. Not only as Divinity itself being able to drive you into insanity if you contemplated it head on (seeing the true face of God, the true form of the Goddess as she showed herself to Arjun, etc), but also as Divinity to be found in the most putrid lows. Some saints and lay people have found such lights in the most vile places on Earth. There is truth to that saying about how you need to go deep into Hell if you want to reach Heaven.
Great video! Ps, the Indian views of gods are aspects is soo accurate.
Yeah... I can't comprehend it with the mind so might as well say that "I don't know".
But because of this freedom from ideology while growing up in Dutch protestant schools. Having an "Atheist" father but both parents believing in spirits and certain magicks (due to experiences). That always had me very open-minded, spiritual, curious and also scientifically minded
I saw Jesus as a super hero. But it always stuck to me that Jesus said that "We are all God's children". Not just Jesus but us all. Which makes Jesus a kind of philosopher to me.
I do have the thoughts when I see certain hilarious or awe inspiring "coincidences" that a Christian would say "Hey that's proof of God, see". I've also prayed before, but now I simply meditate.
I could see the argument of a at least 5D consciousness of which we are part of. But basically you can think of a million things of what could be actually real.
For all I know it could all be real, every religion is accurate or anything anyone can think of. If our reality is an illusion created by consciousness, then anything we can think of becomes part of that consciousness. And thus reality.
Brilliant video! As soon as I read the title of this I had an intuition about what you're gonna talk about and felt like giving it a like even before I could listen, but then I listened anyway and you are so right. P.S.: I love how in each video you remind people to be kind in the comments and to remember that the ones they interact with are people as well.
Hey Moni O
Thank you so much for your kind words! And yes, it's often easy to forget we're not just fighting with sentences, but the people behind those sentences 😄
This very much go with the idea that everything is connected because if everything is then when you go back far enough there will be one source for all things. Everything is connected because it all came from the same place
Two things I heard once that fit this topic. "The treasure you are seeking is in the cave you are afraid to enter." And "you can't grow a tree to reach the heavens if the roots are too shallow to reach hell." You can't claim to have the best way if you only know the one way. How can you limit your perspective and claim to have clarity? Experience grants wisdom and knowledge. Not segregation. A limited person can never experience divine truths because they are not searching for them.
I love how you explain this subject and with humor lol
Wondering if you can do a video on GOM books on which ones are your favorites
Blessings Dennis, lovely, lovely words.
Great topic ! Thanks for covering it brother .
Awesome work bro, love you
Ok, so this channel is great obviously, watched several hours of videos already - enlightening content for sure. But meeting not only a fellow magician and occultist, but also a synth enthusiast... Now that's a different level of connection.
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Thank you. This actually makes sense of many questions that I have had. :)
I very much enjoy your videos, Denis! I am sure you know that whilst Vedic religion did develop into a more or less monotheistic faith, it did not start that way.
Frater Acher is great.
One of my favorite modern Adepts.
The driving force of creation is still unfolding in all it's glory. The core of all spirit and matter. It's busy keeping it all going. Everywhere and no where. I like option 3...
You got me at the synthesizers!
Before I watch this video I feel like I already agree by the title, I have found pieces of truth in every culture/religion and im happy because music allowed me to spread my awareness to other cultures growing up
So is there nothing wrong practicing practices from all across?
I certainly do!
@@FoolishFishBooks im glad! There's is so much to learn and practice from all over the world and I thing to remember is that this is our journey, some people will say something for practicing different beliefs but in the end the choices is ours and I jsut wanted to hear it from someone else because I find myself practicing so much from all over. Knoweldge is truly power and a power that could be used for the greater good 😁
VERY INTERESTING INTERPRETATION----THIS RESONATES
#3 is the one true way 🎹
There is the voice of God within the Yamaha CS-80. I'm glad someone else understands
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Bravo! Beautifully put.