Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
“consubstantial with the Father”
What
does that mean?
This reflection is my attempt to clarify these
mysteries a little.
I hope you find this helpful.
This is best experienced as a guided
meditation,
so if you can, have someone read it to you while
you
close your eyes and exercise your imagination.
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Imagine God before the
beginning:
infinite in size,
infinite in intelligence,
infinite
in power,
with no limitations of time or space or energy;
THE
Godhead.
Being the Godhead, God is absolutely in
control,
and God is absolutely ALONE.
God applies intelligence and realizes
that
the greatest joy anyone can know comes by
sharing a mutual
love with another.
To love and be loved by someone other than
yourself
is the greatest source of happiness.
So, God decides
to no longer be alone.
The lonely God person begets a fellow God person.
If you will, God clones God.
Thus there are now two absolutely equal persons.
Both infinite in size.
Both infinite in intelligence.
Both infinite in power.
Both with no limitations of time or space or energy.
Being clones, neither is parent,
neither is child.
Both have always existed.
Since each is
infinite and unlimited,
there is still only one Godhead, but with
two persons,
(as Star Trek writers would say, two sentient
beings).
With two persons,