
Reference: The Postulates: Postulate Mechanics
These postulates explore God and individuality as identities.
A postulate is a foundational assumption taken as true, from which everything else is derived.
Abbreviation: PS = Postulate
Postulates
PS 31: The Divine Principles are considerations underlying the Universe.
- In Abrahamic religions, divine principles are expressed in terms of God and His characteristics.
PS 32: The basic identity of God derives from an identification with Unknowable.
- God as unknowable is viewed as ineffable or inexpressible.
PS 33: The characteristics of God derive from various postulates and considerations.
- Omnipotent derives from the ability to postulate.
- Omniscient derives from the postulate of knowable.
- “God as Creator” derives from the consideration of cause.
- “God as Universe” derives from the postulate of substance.
- Self-sufficient derives from the postulate of awareness.
- “God is One” derives from the postulate of oneness.
- Omnipresent derives from the consideration of infinite space.
- Eternal derives from the consideration infinite time.
- Loving derives from the consideration of harmony.
- Holy derives from the usefulness of these postulates and considerations.
PS 34: God is basically a conglomeration of human knowledge mixed with authority.
- People basically pick and choose out of God what suits them.
PS 35: People are usually identified as different individualities.
- An individuality is usually a mixture of many identities.
PS 36: An individuality is basically an identification with consciousness.
- The consciousness is different for different individuals.
PS 37: Consciousness is made up of sensations, perceptions, concepts and knowledge.
- Consciousness starts with the sensations coming from body and mind.
PS 38: The body establishes the physical basis of the individual.
- Physical sensations generate fixation on the body.
- Assimilation of physical sensations resolve this fixation and provide proper perception of the body.
PS 39: The individual mind is an extension of the body.
- Physical sensations are assigned meaning by the mind to generate perceptions.
PS 40: The mind establishes the mental basis of the individual.
- Mental perceptions generate fixation on the mind.
- Assimilation of mental perceptions resolve this fixation and provide proper understanding of the mind.
PS 41: The mind assimilates sensations and perceptions into concepts and knowledge.
- The sensations, perceptions, concepts and knowledge together form experience of the individual.
PS 42: Unassimilated experiences establish a sense of individual self.
- The sense of an individual self generates fixation on the individuality.
- Assimilation of all experiences resolve this fixation and provide proper perception of individuality.
PS 43: Actual individuality derives from the oneness of the universe.
- The actual individuality is in harmony, consistency and continuity with the universe.
PS 44: An individuality in violation of oneness with the universe is an anomaly.
- An individuality in disharmony, inconsistency and discontinuity with the universe is an anomaly.
PS 45: God and individuality as identities are anomalies to be resolved.
- An anomaly is indicated by disharmony, inconsistency or discontinuity.
- An anomaly introduces arbitrary, contradictory, or missing data.