Neoplatonism and Christianity

The collection of YouTube videos, of which this one is apart, is essential viewing in the journey to enlightenment and spirituality, although the writings of Bill W. are also important.

Here are my comments on what I have learned so far from the series, as well as my reactions coming from my own journey: 

Aquinas seems to have cribbed Plontius in his descriptions of the Trinity. Sadly for Christian philosophy, the evolution of Judaism was not known to those who criticized Origin or to Augustine. Had they been familiar, the story of Eden would have been seen as an allegory on blame rather than a human origin story, as well as the evolution of Satan and Baal in the distillation of monotheism from the Canaanite and Sumeric pantheons, including the God and the Sons of God in the Book of Job.

What was missed by the neoplatonists and the early church fathers was the radical humility of God, or of the Nous, or even as The One. Indeed, the Psyche (or soul or Holy Spirit or, in Hebrew mysticism, Shekinah), the Nous (or Word) and the One (or He Who Is - YHWH) must be radically humble, because if not, these ideas would be dependent on the actions or good works of their creatures. The One is in need of nothing. Paradoxically, the way to nothing is to be the One to others and to see the One in others through the radical humility of service and charity. This is the radical humility of Christ, who was gentle and humble of heart - who in Matthew 25 has us find him in the least rather than in faith, theosis, theurgy or seeking.

In the modern movement whose spirituality is the near death experience, the return to the Nous, the animation of the love from the Soul and unity with the One is a common feature - that of wholeness in the next life and union with aspects of the Divine. The concept of the life review is not an accounting of personal peccadillo, but of failures and successes in Love.

Accepting the radical humility of the Soul, the Nous and the One is the only way to actually find union with their emenations.