As I was saying…again for oft times, apologies to the inimitable Allah-De now of blessed memory, a great many are still struggling within themselves over the concept of the Supreme Being, the Almighty Creator God. According to those who have occupied themselves flashing their radar to cover past millennia, they have come to the conclusion that unbelief, partial belief, and absence of clarity in the recognition of the Most High worsen from generation to generation.
As the pursuit of materialism intensifies, the narrower the horizon gets and the less the capacity becomes to recognise the high, the sublime, and the noble. The instrument for the pursuit of materialism is the frontal brain which is the seat of the intellect. The over-cultivation of the frontal brain at the expense of the hindbrain engenders imbalance and the adherents get themselves obsessed with only what is within space and time which the intellect cannot transcend. As nothing can go beyond its origin, the frontal brain harbouring the intellect, cannot go beyond the material, whereas the hindbrain is ordained the spiritually receptive part of the brain linked with the spirit which in turn is linked with the Spiritual Kingdom from whence it comes and from where it can receive guidance and virtues.
With heavy deposits of dross overlaying the spirit, transmission from intuitive perception through our solar plexus is correspondingly hampered. It is such that dreams are not helpful any longer. The true picture that is being sent forth is distorted by the radiations of the frontal brain, the cerebrum, which gathers its materials from around it, summits, conferences, and other forms of opinions around it. The message being transmitted from the cerebellum suffers from what may be likened to an exposed film. Such is it that today there are tons of papers presented at conferences that lead mankind to nowhere. Any wonder, it was foreseen by Prophet Isaiah (720 B.C.) ages ago and it is said that in these times, the Age of the Holy Spirit, “Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us” (Isaiah 8, 10). That is the time of Imanuel as Isaiah interprets the meaning of ”God is with us.” We are told, “It is the great time of perplexity in which one conference follows another, when distrust is everywhere, unrest and uneasiness, when hopeless confusion spreads ever more.” Isaiah went further: “The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.” (Isaiah 24: 20).
Because of the disastrous decline and the hindering of the hindbrain to make mankind truly living, philosophers rush to fill the vacuum. In response to the demand for proof of the existence of God, the Greek philosophers and theologians talk about Prime Mover proof; that there is a force that must have kick-started the planetary motion. This found resonance in renowned physicist Isaac Newton’s sensing–who said that force outside our universe must have been responsible to give impulse to the rotation of planets in orbits. Philosopher and Theologian Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 argued that God is a being nothing greater than Whom can be conceived.” There is the postulation of the Cosmological proof Of God which states in response to “What caused God?” that “God does not need a cause! He is a necessary being whose cause must be sought in himself.” There are other postulations referred to as Teleological proof of God and the Moral proof of the Most High. The latter proof is that self-evident moral consciousness which flows from human conscience provides proof that a higher power and authority must have implanted moral consciousness in man from the cradle. Arguments, arguments, and theories, the province in which the intellect finds fulfillment and triumphal joy! Despite the narrowing in discernment and decline generally, practically all men feel something deep within when unexpected fortune suddenly falls on our laps or during deep sorrow. These are occasions that the inner being, the spirit that we are, is momentarily cleared of sediments overlaying it. When we dream, where do we think we are, and what causes it?
As I tried to invite us into contemplation last week following the enquiry posted to this column, there is God, only one God. He is Life and Power. Being Life, there was never a time He was not Life. The Divine Realm is an automatic consequence of His Being, the Radiations of His Being. Thus, like Him, the Divine Realm has no beginning and no end; it is eternal. Before Creation, God’s Radiations did not go beyond the boundary of the Divine Realm. The Divine Realm, as I had had cause to state in this column is separated from the Throne of the Most High by an ocean of flames that has no possibility of cooling down. Only His Two Sons, the Lord Jesus Christ, Love, and the Holy Spirit, His Will and Justice could cross the flaming ocean because the radiations that gave rise to it they carry as their essence, being Parts of the Father.
Creation came into existence when God the Father severed a Part of Himself and the Part was anchored at the boundary of the Divine Realm to give light and drive motion into the void. The severed Part arising out of His Will, from the Holy Word, “Let there be Light, and there is Light,” formed Itself into four equal-arms Cross with Holy Spirit as Power in the Centre. Radiations from Him, from His Countenance, shot out from there to give light and life to the void. Each of the Arms represents Truth, Purity, Love, and Justice. The Cross radiated powerfully behind Jesus when He was on earth and the Dove, Power above His Head. Gifted persons were permitted to behold these sublime Signs as pointers to His Origin and Identity so that those gifted could bear witness openly.
God, therefore, created through and in the Holy Spirit. The first set of Creatures to emerge were the Primordial Beings who were created in the Image of God by which is meant the attributes of God, such as His perfection; the intensity and clarity of their consciousness; inconceivably powerful, great in size and beauty, who serve without first considering—in absolute loyalty. They are the spiritual ideals and prototypes for all that has come into being and for development. Below their plane is that of the Created Beings who could not come into being because of the tremendous pressure in Primordial Creation.
In the annex to the Divine Realm at the summit of Creation, the Holy Spirit has His Abode as Son of Man, from God to Man to keep and maintain the Creations as eternal Mediator governing all the Creations and the Lord Jesus Christ ruling in the Divine Realm, personal in Activity even after reuniting with His Father. The Holy Spirit is equally personal in His Activity, yet Part of the Father. Creation evolution lasted 15 billion years, a long process of evolution as science has discovered, 20 million out of which the earth needed to cool down to a temperature that permits life to develop, with man as the last and the most sovereign.
In the enlightenment available today on earth, we learn that teachers were sent at different epochs to guide men. At a time, humble and obedient human beings behaved, and scintillating melodies rose from the earth in grateful thanks to the Throne of Grace for the beauty of life and of their world. This did not last long before acrimony and dissent ensued. Men would no longer listen to their Intuition and the gulf began to arise between earthmen and Spiritual Guides. It became wider with each generation as men began to immerse themselves in material pursuits and struggle for power and influence, conceding suzerainty to the intellect in place of the spirit, they could no longer understand the Language of their Lord and Creator. In the ordinance of the Creator, the intellect is to be guided by the spirit because the former is its tool. It is to act as the handmaiden of the living spirit, as its servant. It is also to transmit the strong upward urge for what is sublime, pure, and perfect received from the spirit.
Teachers and prophets began to emerge sent by the Almighty. These were Elijah, (830 B.C.); Isaiah, (720 B. C.); (630 B.C.); Lao-Tse (600 B.C.) in China; same period as Zoroaster, that is, (600 B. C.) as well, in Persia now called Iran; and Buddha (550 B.C.) in India; and Moses who received the Ten Commandments, (1200). All were sent by God Almighty. Men did not hearken to their teachings and admonitions. When men were recalcitrant and the harmony on earth was being disrupted, devastation was setting in despite the unceasing help from Above, the Almighty sent the Lord Jesus. The penetrative power of the prophets could no longer suffice because the fundamental thoughts underpinning the spread of the knowledge of the Most High and religious movements being used as the vehicles had been caught by the bug of material pursuits sometimes disguised as the truth. With the Holy Spirit, (Justice), God the Father and Jesus the Son, (Love) form the Holy Trinity. The self-acting and inflexible Laws of Nature, of Creation are the activities of the Holy Spirit dispensing reward and punishment in reciprocal actions. Retribution falls unfailingly on the originator forming his fate and of every human being depending on the seed each has scattered.
The Material Creation is the school for the human spirits to learn the Will of the Most High, the manifestation of Which is in the Laws of Nature, heed it, mature, cultivate refinement, and ennoble the spirit all of which leads to self-consciousness, the only passport to the Kingdom of Heaven, Paradise. With the discernment brought about by the increasing maturity of the spirit, the question of Who is God will no longer arise.
Lagos-Ibadan expressway
With the rains with us, and promising to be more frequent and heavier, we do not need to look into the crystal ball to predict that we are in for really a prolonged time of agony, pains, and failed appointments. April 30, the promised day of delivery has come and gone without relief. When last year this column first intervened in the predicament of the commuters on the all-important road, I wondered whether Julius Berger can behave the way it has done on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Germany and not get sacked and bombarded by a barrage of suits against it and against the government by citizens and corporations. Why is it impossible to work on the road under floodlights as it is done in saner climes? I did raise the question last year. The extra costs it would have required we can say have gone with the health impairment and missed appointments in hospitals or business meetings caused by the road reconstruction! These cannot be compensated for by the contractor company and the government.
The thought of traveling on the road is nightmarish on its own. You cannot plan your journey. You can’t use Lagos-Ikorodu bursting out at Iperu to link with the expressway nor can you use Lagos-Sango Otta-Abeokuta Road! What do you do, you resign yourself to fate. Government officials hardly use the road, so they are alienated from our harrowing daily experiences. The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is the busiest in Africa with more than 250, 000 vehicles plying it daily. People living in places abutting the road spend not less than five to six hours every day going out or coming in. Some leave home at 5.30 am and reach their offices at 1.15 pm. Someone told me that going to Ibadan took him 6 hours, and 7 hours on his way back to Lagos. And the government does not see it as work that has become an emergency!! When will Nigerians heave a sigh of relief on the road?
My mailbox has been inundated with letters of complaints largely by residents of the area some of which I will run next week, joining Channels Television that has commendably spotlighted the unspeakable experiences of our people who have no choice but to use the road.
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