"Stop Knowing God. It's Time to Be Him." - Part 2
- Feb 4
- 3 min read
From knowledge to Being: the ultimate mystical Leap that changes everything
Dear seeker,
We have come a long way together. First, we left the safe haven of believing (studying the Map) and took the leap into knowing (swimming in the mystical Ocean ourselves). What an enormous liberation!
But the Journey does not stop with the experience of God.
An even more radical, more sacred truth awaits. A truth so intimate that words almost fail to describe it. It is the question that every mystic ultimately asks:
What is the significant mystical difference between 'knowing God' and 'being like God'?
Let's peel this back layer by layer.
Level 2: Knowing God (letting yourself be carried by the Ocean)
This is the phase of mystical union, which we discussed last time. It is an overwhelming experience of love and connection. You feel God's presence so intensely that the separation between you and the Divine fades away.
It is like a wave that knows it is part of the ocean. The wave experiences the power, the depth, the infinity of the ocean. It is completely connected to it. It knows this.
But the wave remains a manifestation of the ocean. It still has the shape of a wave. There is still a subtle awareness of 'I' experiencing this unity.
Knowing God is a sacred knowledge. But, paradoxical as it may seem, it preserves a final remnant of duality: the observer and the Observed.
Level 3: Being like God (the Wave realises that it is the Ocean)
This is the quantum leap. The final awakening. It is no longer an experience you have, but a realisation of what you are.
It is the moment when the wave realises that it was never separate. Its essence is the ocean. Its movement is the movement of the ocean. There is no longer a wave within the ocean; there is only ocean, expressing itself as wave.
This is the Christ experience: the complete realisation of your divinity, here, in this body, on earth. "...; with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me;...". - Galatians 2:20 (YLT).
It is not about becoming like God, as if you were not already. It is about awakening to the reality that has always been true: "I and the Father are One." (John 10:30).
The difference summarised:
Knowing God: You experience the connection. "I am a child of God."
Being like God: You are the connection. There is no longer an "I" that feels connected. "... for in Him we live, and move, and are; ...". - Acts 17:28 (YLT).
What does this 'Being' look like in everyday life?
This is not an abstract concept for a monastery cell. It is a practical reality.
It is not praying for Love, but acting as Love.
It is not hoping for Peace, but being Peace in a chaotic situation.
It is not seeking God in heaven, but recognising God as your own deepest Self, and therefore in everything and everyone."..., one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,...". - Ephesians 4:6 (YLT).
God is not an external being, but the omnipresent Reality that permeates all of creation and every human being.
'In all' (immanent): This speaks directly to 'recognising in your deepest Self'. God is not far away, but present in the core of every being (= the Christ).
'Through all' (active): God is the working, creative force throughout everything. Everything exists and functions through His present power (= Holy Spirit).
'Above all' (transcendent): This prevents it from becoming a purely pantheistic idea ('everything is God'). God is also still the Source that transcends everything (= God's kingdom).
It is the trinity of God's relationship to creation: transcendent, immanent, and active. This verse captures the full mystical tension between the awareness of God within us and God above us.
My invitation to you is not to become greater, but to go deeper. Beyond your personality. To the Source itself... .
The question is not, "Am I ready for this leap?"
The question is, "Am I willing to acknowledge what I have always been?"
Let it sink in. Share your findings below. This conversation is sacred ground.
With infinite love,
peter parthoens
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