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On the LP, an avatar is a sometimes real, sometimes mythic individual who teaches a revolutionary and emancipatory spirituality. Examples include Jesus, Aradia,<ref><sup>1</sup> | |||
< | 1Mike Sosteric, “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution,” ''Athens Journal of Social Sciences'' 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88, <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.30958/ajss.9-1-4</nowiki>; Mike Sosteric and Pathfinder, “Aradia - The Female Messiah - Progressive, Grass Roots Spirituality,” ''The Lightning Path'', 2005, <nowiki>https://www.patreon.com/posts/135477215</nowiki>.</ref> and Buddha, prior to the doctrinal corruption of his teachings. | ||
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Spiritually, an '''Avatar''' (Sanskrit:अवतार) is an individual who has attained [[Perfection]], who can thus maintain a strong and persistent [[Connection]], and who has devoted their life to helping the world [[Heal]] and [[Connect]]. | |||
Most successful spiritual traditions have an avatar (or two) at their root. As Abraham Maslow noted: | |||
<blockquote>The very beginning, the intrinsic core, the essence, the universal nucleus of every known high religion… has been the private, lonely, personal illumination, revelation, or ecstasy of some acutely sensitive prophet or seer. The high religions call themselves revealed religions and each of them tends to rest its validity, its function, and its right to exist on the codification and the communication of this original mystic experience or revelation from the lonely prophet to the mass of human beings in general.<ref>Maslow, A. H. (2012). The "Core-Religious" or "Transcendent" Experience. In J. White (Ed.), The Highest State of Consciousness (pp. 339-350). New York: Doubleday. | |||
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In Hinduism, an Avatar (from the Sanskrit avatara or "descent") is the descent of a specific and powerful identity into a [[Physical Unit|Physical Unit]] for the purpose of correcting the direction of humanity and preventing a [[Descent into Darkness]]. In Hinduism, an avatar is commonly seen to be an incarnation of [Vishnu]] that has descend into the body to correct conditions and return [[Dharma]] to the world. IN Buddhism, | |||
"The perfect one who reveals the face of God to the world is not the Divine Being in human form, but the human being whose person has become a manifestation of the Divine Attributes by his own personality having been consumed in the fire of the love of God."<Ref>Ali Shah Ikbal, Islamic Sufism (Tractus Books, 2000). p. 55.</ref> | |||
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Avatar
On the LP, an avatar is a sometimes real, sometimes mythic individual who teaches a revolutionary and emancipatory spirituality. Examples include Jesus, Aradia,[1] and Buddha, prior to the doctrinal corruption of his teachings.
Historical Avatars
Avatars > Jesus Christ, Kalki, Mahavrata, Muhammad, Rishabhanatha, Rumi, Saptarishis, Swami Vivekananda
Syncretic Terms
Avatar > Bodhicitta, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Vow, Divine Messengers, Holy Ones, Messiah, Qutb, Samyaksambuddha, Saoshyant, Tathagata, Tirthankaras
Related LP Terms
Avatar > Connected One, Light Work, Lightworker, Perfected Connection, Perfected One, Perfection
Non-LP Related Terms
Avatar >
Notes
Spiritually, an Avatar (Sanskrit:अवतार) is an individual who has attained Perfection, who can thus maintain a strong and persistent Connection, and who has devoted their life to helping the world Heal and Connect.
Most successful spiritual traditions have an avatar (or two) at their root. As Abraham Maslow noted:
The very beginning, the intrinsic core, the essence, the universal nucleus of every known high religion… has been the private, lonely, personal illumination, revelation, or ecstasy of some acutely sensitive prophet or seer. The high religions call themselves revealed religions and each of them tends to rest its validity, its function, and its right to exist on the codification and the communication of this original mystic experience or revelation from the lonely prophet to the mass of human beings in general.[2]
In Hinduism, an Avatar (from the Sanskrit avatara or "descent") is the descent of a specific and powerful identity into a Physical Unit for the purpose of correcting the direction of humanity and preventing a Descent into Darkness. In Hinduism, an avatar is commonly seen to be an incarnation of [Vishnu]] that has descend into the body to correct conditions and return Dharma to the world. IN Buddhism,
"The perfect one who reveals the face of God to the world is not the Divine Being in human form, but the human being whose person has become a manifestation of the Divine Attributes by his own personality having been consumed in the fire of the love of God."[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1 1Mike Sosteric, “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution,” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88, https://doi.org/10.30958/ajss.9-1-4; Mike Sosteric and Pathfinder, “Aradia - The Female Messiah - Progressive, Grass Roots Spirituality,” The Lightning Path, 2005, https://www.patreon.com/posts/135477215.
- ↑ Maslow, A. H. (2012). The "Core-Religious" or "Transcendent" Experience. In J. White (Ed.), The Highest State of Consciousness (pp. 339-350). New York: Doubleday.
- ↑ Ali Shah Ikbal, Islamic Sufism (Tractus Books, 2000). p. 55.