Is it really Atheism?

I just participated in two forums here in Hubpages and it gave me incredible insights on the kind of people who spend hours debunking the existence of Gd and invalidating religion.

Even as explanations are put forth that the bible is a compilation of myths written by many people over different periods of time. It is not enough, they continue to denounce it and everything that is Gd. Logic has already established that it is a piece of literature written by humans and yet they continue to chant its evils. This is about as productive as spending time calling Shakespearean sonnets as bad, bad, bad! There is something going on here that is more internal than it seems and I wince when a well meaning religious person makes a mistake of giving the atheist an excuse to vent his anger on his non-god.

Gd, according to the esoteric tradition, is an embodiment of the potential of man to master himself thereby mastering all forces present in his life. Whenever Gd is mentioned in the bible, it means in mystical terms, an aspect of that empowered Self.

So when the scriptures says "There is no god, but Gd" what its really saying is: The "I am" is the authority. This means,that the unbounded Self, free from past or future, becomes all powerful.

Religion came from ideologies presented by luminaries who have formed an empowering world view. Sometimes people get it, sometimes people don't.

The ideology of Judaism is ETHICS (action of goodness).
The ideology of Hinduism is BALANCE (acceptance of good and evil).
The ideology of Christianity is LOVE (ethics like you mean it).
The ideology of Buddhism is HARMONY (all is good).
The ideology of Islam is PIETY (goodness in action).
The ideology of Janism is ASCETISM (inaction is the ultimate goodness in action).

A person truly free from external ideologies does not need to spend time invalidating religion or Gd. He just acts like there is no authority nor positive force out there other than himself. So its up to him to take action, promote harmony, love what he loves, balance the forces in his own life and practice his own code of ethics that make him feel empowered and at peace.

People who spend time battling Gd externally is battling an inner self that is looming unacknowledged within them-- it is an angry godself, locked in the suffering of the past and is fearful of the future. This is a seed of the power he must face within him that requires him to be larger than his present conception of self. I find that atheism can sometimes be the first step to piecing together a fragmented self that was assaulted by external ideologies.It is a wasteland of a devastated world view. But like, Tohu and Bohu, the waste and the emptiness is the beginning of light, of a breakthrough. The mantra " There is no G_D" must continue to "...other than the "I am", (the aspect of self that exists unbounded by the past and the future) in order for atheism to graduate to true freedom from the external god of others.

The experience of wholeness does not have to pass through complete fragmentation. Sometimes a person just suddenly sees that he is not separate from his world and others after all. That feeling of wholeness can also come from the idea that We are THAT which we call Gd. Gd is the embodiment of our mastery. That whatever we do, we can do as Gd, as a powerful being unbounded by the past and the future, claiming authority to bestow good unto ourselves and others.

Some go through atheism for short periods, some become fragmented all their lives. Unless one's atheism grows into true accountability, it is just a shadow theism that has not been fully overcome. The strongest argument of atheists is this: "If there is a god, why is there suffering on this earth." An unfortunate question because the answer does not usually come. "Believers" usually have no answer to that because they grapple with that concept themselves. But what this question really means is this : "Gd, why are you letting me suffer, if you exist?Prove to me that you exist and end my suffering." The suffering is projected on to the external world. It is a cry to be saved because the idea is, that he needs to be saved. Why? because he does not know how he can save himself. The forces of the world are overwhelming him.

The thing is, he must realize that the world changes as he changes how he perceives the world. Physics has proven this truth at the level of energies. The breakthrough is, whatever you observe, changes it. The act of observation creates a chain of events that influences the behavior of energy.

The highest name of the Judeo-Christian Gd is YHVH, a name which is never spoken by the Jews. To Christians, it has come to mean "I am that am". But what does it really mean? In Hebrew the words are defined by their letters. Each letter used to be pictographs that communicate ideas as well as sounds. The pictographs that describe this highest name of Gd means : "I Behold, and lo!" -- whatever the self observes, becomes. It is never spoken because it is not a word but an act. The most powerful act of man is to observe within himself the power that he seeks.

So to end the suffering in this world,according to the mystics, be that who you seek Gd to be. That is the call of your internal godself. That angry punitive god you disdain is actually within you, seeking to destroy the idols that you've allowed others to build within your own soul.

As a student of the esoteric, the best way I can describe this journey is to quote the song from a Broadway play entitled Starlight Express:

Rusty the train: "Starlight Express, you must confess,are you real yes or no? Starlight express please answer me yes, i don't want you to go"

Starlight Express: "Only you have the power within you.Just believe in yourself the sea will part before you. Stop the rain and turn the tide...Only you, Rusty, I am You and only you!"

In the Upanishad period, this wisdom is found in one of the Veda's grand pronouncement:

"Tat Tvam Asi, You are that."

To cut the long story short, this is my message to the atheists :

You want something done, you've got to do it yourself! Wrap your logical brains around that.