Oba: I’m interested in resuming this conversation, which at first glance might seem like I’m writing a fictional account. But actually, I’m also transcribing from the invisible.
Allah: You sure are.
Oba: And I recognize that these large monolithic religions are only fractional approximations of what the relationship between a person and God could actually be.
Allah: Why is that?
Oba: Because mass religions offer a large portion of conformity and regulated behavior, and this is not what the freedom and vastness of God is about. I guess that Islam like any other major religion, is primarily occupied with preserving its own trademark on truth. That’s where intolerance comes from.
Allah: Sure, but the brand is very valuable.
Oba: I’m glad to hear you agreeing.
Allah: I’m going to agree with anything that brings you closer to the Truth, which is a core aspect of God.
Oba: What other aspects are there?
Allah: There are aspects of the unlimited LIGHT.
Oba: Is this light more than just photons?
Allah: Of course it is. I said “light” because that is the translated word over time. The actual meaning is HOLINESS.
Oba: Ahhhh ….. so it’s holiness and not light ….
Allah: It’s light in the sense of being illumination beyond rational comprehension.
Oba: What is holiness?
Allah: It’s the transcendence. It’s the new feeling of comprehension, one that was not there prior. It’s a new door being opened. A new reality being presented. It’s a new sense of security and safety in the things that are eternal, not temporary.
Oba: I sense that it’s only attained through acquiring a sense of purity and humility.
Allah: Yes, absolutely. It’s a refined state. It is not gotten through force.
Oba: Although some try.
Allah: Many try by force and willpower.
Oba: How do I reconcile Islam, the major religion, with a quest for truth and freedom?
Allah: All religion begins with yourself. Religion is not about submitting to other men. Although that’s what all religions would have you do. True religion is knowing yourself better, what you came here to do.
Oba: Indeed. I thank you, Holy Being, for this privileged conversation.
Allah: You are well to continue to ask core questions and to seek better truths. And to follow the Tao as you have been doing.
Oba: The Taoists were privy to great knowledge and secrets that few know about today.
Allah: Quite so. Be diligent.
Oba: Before concluding, I want to mention the definition of “LIGHT” by some as pure Consciousness.
The idea being that consciousness or awareness is the basic quality of the universe and that this awareness of being is the starting point of all the countless manifestations that we perceive.
So this would include all of the Allah’s and others forms of GOD that have been generated over the span of time by aware and conscious beings.
Allah: I AM not going to dispute this assessment.