Vedas, different religion similar teaching. Aham Brahmasmi ("I am the divine") and Tat Tvam Asi ("That Thou Art") mean that God is not just an entity "up in the sky," but the eternal consciousness dwelling within every being. Lord Krishna, spoke Bhagavad Gita summarizing all the Upanisads; who declared Himself the highest Truth and Supreme Being (God). In Vedas, there is only God beyond form and concepts, who cannot be worshiped as such, but only the concepts of God can be worshiped. (which is undoubtedly the fact) Thus, God as an entity cannot be worshiped, but only concepts of God can be worshiped. And these concepts are assigned some attributes and qualities for the sake of worship. Anything that is worshiped is just a concept in our minds. That is the stark reality. As the Vedas tell, they (concepts of God) “created a form where the form was not, created light was light was not, and born together with the (spiritual) dawn”. “They regenerated themselves (in the sky of mind), assuming the names used in Yajna”. It is clear in Vedas that concepts of God (called Devas in Vedas, esp. Rigveda) are born in “the spiritual dawn”. They are “the shining ones” (RV 1.6) who “light up the sky”. (sky of mind) They are the rays of God, the spiritual sun. Thus, God, the “spiritual sun”, “sows inspiration”, and hence is called “sower” (Savita) and prayers to Savita are for “inspiration. The spiritual sun, is again, the Self of God that encompasses the whole creation. (Ref : Rigveda 1.164 and many others) It pervades everything and yet encompasses externally. (Yajurveda 40) This “Sun”, is poetically called “the Truth hidden behind the golden vessel (of delusion)”, (Yajurveda 40) and poets pray to “see this Sun” ( remember the prayer “jyok ca sUryam drshe” and many verses in Rigveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda) Alternatively, the final Reality is poetically called the “who” (kaH), as the answer to the question “who is God?”. (Ref : Hiranyagarbha hymn, Rigveda 10.129, cited in YV, Sh. Brahmana and many others) (Also compare with Aitreya Aranyaka: “who is the Self we meditate upon.”)

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Jesus is sinless and the only mediator between God and man. 1 Timothy 2:5 "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,"

If you like Hinduism so much, you might as well sacrifice goats for Kali and Durga. Not me, Jesus was the perfect sacrifice.

Krishna is sinless. So your perfect sacrifice is human? For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.” – Leviticus 17:11 If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the Lord.” – Leviticus 1:3 He must remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.” – Leviticus 4:35 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.” – This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old. Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.” – Exodus 29:38-39 There bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.” – Deuteronomy 12:6 Say to them: ‘This is the food offering you are to present to the Lord: two lambs a year old without defect as a regular burnt offering each day.” – Numbers 28:3 The next day they made sacrifices to the Lord and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.” – 1 Chronicles 29:21 I'm just comparing that's all.

There is nothing to compare, as Hinduism requires animal sacrifices. Krishna and all the Hindu gods and goddesses are satanic. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 "And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."

The God of the bible required animal sacrifice. Now human sacrifice. In Hinduism there is only one God Brahma. Although it too exists within a trinity Brahma is responsible for creation, bringing all things into existence. Vishnu maintains the Dharma, preserving the cosmic order. Shiva embodies the destructive aspect, responsible for transformation and the cycle of birth and rebirth. Kali is just a representation of Time, like Saturn, and a destruction of the ego. The goal of Hinduism is Moksha is the realisation that the individual soul and universal consciousness (Brahman) are identical — there was never any real separation. Dvaita Vedanta describes it as eternal loving union with a personal God. What all schools agree on is that Moksha brings an end to suffering and an experience of boundless peace and joy. What does Christ say You are the temple of God, to crucify the worldly desire, to have the Holy Spirit of God within, to be one in Christ, for God to draw the son to himself, and be all and in all.

It also has solar symbolism, fisher of men in Pisces, lamb of God in Aries, Lion of Judah, the harvester in Libra, the virgin of Virgo, and consuming of the deity seen in the Dionysus, dying and rising God, The Anthesteria was an Athenian festival that celebrated the beginning of spring. It spanned three days It was said the dead arose from the underworld during the span of the festival. The basilissa (or basilinna), wife of the basileus, underwent a symbolic ceremonial marriage to the god, possibly representing a Hieros gamos. In some instances, records show the god participating in the ritual via a masked and clothed pillar, pole, or tree, while his worshipers eat bread and drink wine. Eleusinian Mysteries Demeter suckling Iacchus had become such a common motif https://eden-saga.com/en/mythology-egypt-isis-great-goddess-awakening-pentecost.html In the Orphic tradition, the "first Dionysus" was the son of Zeus and Persephone, and was dismembered by the Titans before being reborn.Dionysus was the patron god of the Orphics, who they connected to death and immortality, and he symbolised the one who guides the process of reincarnation. These Bacchic rituals were said to have included omophagic practices, such as pulling live animals apart and eating the whole of them raw. This practice served not only as a reenactment of the infant death and rebirth of Bacchus, but also as a means by which Bacchic practitioners produced "enthusiasm": etymologically, to let a god enter the practitioner's body or to have her become one with Bacchus. I can see why the Jews see the Hellenistic culture within Christianity, but then with their New Moons, and their eating of the passover , all seem to be in one way or another Agricultural worship, at least based around it, 12 tribes, 12 disciples, 12 months of the year, 12 x12 144.

Maybe it's all mystical, after all the Jews now follow the Kabbalah, which has similarities to the hellenistic ideas in the 200-300 AD, alchemy teachings, and chakras of buddhism.

But have you experienced Indian spirits? There are other documented experiences outside of the Christian concept.

But have you experienced Indian spirits? There are other documented experiences outside of the Christian concept.

Yes, I have, but I don't believe those spirits to be God Almighty. In my people's ancient beliefs, and many other CA ndns spirituality too, Coyote is the creator spirit that created everything. I have no faith at all in that belief.

Why? That belief kept your ancestors living in harmony with the earth.

"Harmony with the earth" just signifies a stone age society with little technology or medicine with short hard lives usually. We were no different than the others who came later except we didn't have their weapons. We still fought each other, and killed each other, and waged war against our enemies, usually over land encroachment or revenge. Much of what has been passed as knowledge of our old ways is simply not true.

I didn't know that, thank you for your humble honesty.

Somehow or another the "legend" of the "peaceful native American at one with nature and each other" has sprung up from non ndns. They have made us out to look like the "hippies" and back to the landers of their own society. Some of us were far mor numerous and warlike than were others, but we all crafted weapons to use against each other and our foreign enemies. When the Spanih/Mexicans first came with their armored horses and knights/lancers, we found our former selves facing the Sherman tank of the times. This is one reason the missions were so successful, and so many of us still have Spanish/Mexican names. Our numbers and technology could not stand up to theirs.

I've read some pretty harrowing stuff about how the white man treated the Indians in warfare. I also read the forced sterilisation on the women in the 60s and 70s. Is it true they fought off the Vikings?