Sam Kneller's Blog, page 31
March 7, 2019
God’s spirit. The ruach Animates all Living Beings
God’s spirit, the ruach, is the force involved in physically and mentally animating all living beings. God’s spirit is the key to understanding how creation functions. It is the force that animates all living beings, both animals and human beings. Let’s see examples of this interplay. (Origin of Humankind, chapter 12.14) Here’s a summary of […]
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March 5, 2019
Spiritual Philosophy. Wisdom and Spirituality
Spiritual philosophy. The love of wisdom with an additional ingredient. The human being with spiritual enlightenment. Spiritual philosophy is the spiritually awakened human being. Someone whose wisdom has traveled into the world of inner-self. Within themselves, they’ve accessed a spiritual dimension. There’s a sort of calm bliss that carries various names like enlightenment, illumination or awareness. (Audit […]
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February 28, 2019
Ruach, The Core Senses of Sentient Beings
Ruach, in the King James Version of the Bible, is translated air, breath, wind, mind, and spirit. Let’s begin to see their relationship. Ruach is possessed by animals, man, and spirit beings including God Himself. It is also referred to as the Holy Spirit (Psalm 51.11, Isaiah 63.10,11). Nothing else endows all beings, only ruach. To […]
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February 26, 2019
Philosophy, the Love of Wisdom. Whose Wisdom?
Philosophy asks questions about the interconnection of the universe, the world, and humankind. The wisdom of the meaning of life is the conclusion of human thought. Philosophy is the realm of human reasoning about anything and everything. It departs from one recognized fact. Humankind is the highest form of life. Humans inhabit Earth and the question is why is it so? What is the purpose of this scenario? How do we live our lives? Humans, down […]
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February 21, 2019
Neshama Meaning? The God Given Human Mind
Neshama meaning? This is what God breathed into the first human. It conferred on Adam and all human beings all the singularities that define humankind. Neshama meaning? A question that religion has overlooked. And science, particularly psychology, grapples with. Finally, we’re getting a sensible answer that breaches the chasm which separates these two disciplines. It […]
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February 19, 2019
Observation, The First Way to Human Reasoning
Observation is the first, and major, way human beings gather information. From observation, facts are established. Hopefully correct facts. Observation is what humans do 24h/day. When we use our five senses to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch we’re observing and recording facts about everything we interface with. (Audit of the Universe, chapter 14.3) In Conan […]
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February 14, 2019
Neshama and Ruach Together Make Humans Human
Neshama and ruach are the two components possessed by every single human being. Together they confer humanity on humankind. Neshama and Ruach are the essential constituents that endow humans with their singularities and functions. Together they differentiate humans from animals and explain the insurmountable gulf that separates these two types of living beings. (Origin of Humankind, […]
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February 12, 2019
April Fools Day – 365 Days a Year
April fools day is a day of hoaxes. Tricking anyone by feeding them make-believe truths. Nowadays, we call this fake news. April fools day is every day of the year. Welcome to a world where we don’t know what to believe anymore. Welcome to technology that can spread information around the world faster than at any other time in the history of humankind. But, […]
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February 7, 2019
Life and Death are Major Issues. Which One Prevails?
Life and death are prime concerns of frail, mortal human beings. Which, of life and death, has the upper hand in the long-run? Life every time. With life and death, life always prevails because God breathed the breath of LIVES (plural, Genesis 2.7) into the first human being. Death is a stepping stone, granted, a […]
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February 5, 2019
Does Reasoning Ability Assure Logical Reasoning?
Reasoning with our mind is a human singularity. Does this reasoning ability allow each of us to think logically? Reasoning or rational thinking is part of human behavior. Animals spend most of their time looking for food and eating. We, humans, spend most of our time chewing the cud. We regurgitate and turn ideas over and […]
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