Metaphysical Theology 1

Rev. Dr. Thomas Shepherd

Jeffrey Fowler  

My entire theology is summed up in the understanding that God is Love.  All is Love and All is God.  We are God, and all things are One Thing. 

I believe that God, or Spirit, is inherently Good, and it is this Substance from which all good flows.  I believe God is personal as well as Principle.  God is the unchanging energy that lies within, gives rise to, and is the living manifestation of all things.  Spirit is everywhere present, all-knowing, and all-powerful.  It pervades all creation and is also the great uncreated Void beyond the realms of vibratory phenomena.  Spirit is always creating and always dazzled and amazed at the infinite ingenuity and originality of its creations.  I believe that through the process of Spirit creating, it has the opportunity to experience itself in new ways.  This is why the process of creation exists.

Human beings are God, but we have simply forgotten who we are so that we can enjoy the process of remembering once again.  We are each unique expressions of God and at the same time are, in fact, the totality of God.  Throughout the process of life, we each are evolving and expanding our consciousness so that we may experience more and more of the joy, love and bliss of who we truly are.  I believe this is an infinite process, as God is Infinite.  We are each first and foremost, spiritual beings.  We have a soul, mind and body, but as we expand our consciousness, we actually experience our own soul, mind, and body as the soul, mind and body of God.  In the process of evolution our mind becomes God Mind, our body, the Cosmos, and our Spirit, the superconscious awareness.

I believe that humanity as a whole is on a journey of evolution from separation to Oneness.  I believe we are all completely interconnected and one.  As we grow collectively, we grow individually, and as we grow individually, we grow collectively, until there is only the experience of Oneness.

I believe that our senses show us the world of duality, but our consciousness reveals through experience, the world of Oneness.  I think that life is existing on many levels of reality.  We are multidimensional beings existing on many planes simultaneously.  What appears to be solid form and separation on one level of awareness can be experienced as connected at another, and one at yet another.  The many levels (or dimensions) of awareness can even be experienced simultaneously, which becomes extremely subtle and difficult to articulate. 

I believe that in the hundred billion stars in our galactic system, and in the hundred billion galaxies that are estimated to be in existence, that there is vast, and diverse life all throughout the infinite, and miraculous expanse of space.  I believe that most of what we see here on earth has originated genetically from other locales.  This includes our own genetic and spiritual makeup.  I believe that there are billions of Christ-like beings all throughout our own galaxy, each dowered with their own radiant style and individuality.  I believe that through their silent, holy thoughts and tremendous vibrations of love, they help to inspire in our own consciousness movements such as Unity and many, many others.

Each of us is on a path of awakening.  God is human, and human is God.  We are love and life is love.  I feel that the highest reality is being and expressing love.  Just as the color white includes all colors, so too does love include and encompass all experience.  We are each here to experience a process of unending exploration, unlimited growth, and infinite divine joy.  In the process there can be much pain, but if we remember to use our powers for good, we can experience the entire human experience and all those experiences to come, from a place of ever-existent, ever-conscious, ever-new bliss.