No One Can See God and Live
The Tao of Christ
English - November 05, 2022 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.49 MB - ★★★★★ - 87 ratingsSpirituality Religion & Spirituality Christianity non-duality non-dualism advaita taoism tao te ching christian mysticism nonduality spirituality contemplative progressive christianity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
There is a theme in both the Old and New Testaments that points to the heart of nondual awareness. It is expressed most clearly in the Book of Exodus. Moses asks to see God’s glory and God responds, “You cannot see My face; for no one shall see Me and live.” The Bible repeatedly says that no one can see God and live. God is described as holy, and no mortal can be in the presence of the holy God according to the Bible.
In other words the ego – the separate self – cannot survive the presence of God. The little self is consumed in the fire of the One Self of the universe, who is God. The false self burns up in the presence of the true self. In the Presence of the One True God, the One Divine Self, all false selves disappear. There is only one Reality and that is God. This is a nondual Reality. Like a fire it consumes all others. It shakes the foundations of our lives (to use another biblical metaphor) and what remains – what is unshakeable – is Real.