The above quotes can be somewhat complex, arrogant & particularly attractive to delusion, namely, to believe the mind creates/constructs the universe & that the universe has no significance apart from human experience of it.
It is like a child that believes it is more significant than its parents, despite its parents feeding, caring & giving life to it.
Spiritual children that start to play with consciousness become infatuated with such notions, particularly Hindus.
Christianity itself can be accused of this delusion, when it refers to the Word literally to be Jesus: " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."
For example, Buddha was only concerned about how ignorance constructs the world of suffering in the human mind.
So what about Paul? Can the spirit of God overcome the challenges of birth, aging, disease, decay, death, loss & separation?
