I've got no idea what that gobbledygook means (or even if it means anything), except that it's a catch phrase often heard from folks who pour their brains into New Age self-help books; from folks who're searching for Your Hidden Inner Power! ... from folks who're anxious to affirm "the progress of their on-going journey of self discovery, revelation and awareness of the infinite universe."
Like, wow.
The universe is infinite, so it seems to make good New Age sense that the goal of any sincere spiritual space-quest is to "become a harmonious part of the infinite whole." The infinite whole ... really?
Then why does God Jehovah somehow end up being in the hole instead of being the whole?
When God is mentioned in holistic spaceology, we find New Agers trying to re-define Him either as "something we're all part of" or as "a concept each person must decide for themselves."
So if you decide I need a miracle now! it's no problem, because Me-First theology insists God can be processed into a kind of convenient between mind-meals spiritual snack, or re-packaged as a take-as-required vitamin supplement: "The Secret's" own power bar.
Anybody out there wondering what's wrong with defining God according to our own terms?
What's wrong with that is
(1) God created us, and doesn't need us to return the favor
(2) God reveals Himself in scripture, not through the latest Have-Him-Your-Way best seller
(3) If "We're all part of everything" then Satan must be part of everything too, so it follows that "We're all part of Satan" ... except that folks content to voyage along inside their inner-spheres never say that.
What's the critical difference between faith based on "I'll make up God as I go," and faith in Christ through total and complete surrender?
The consequential differences are that unlike a I-Deserve-To-Be-Happy paperback author, God the Father never said Go Ahead, Have It Your Way ... nor does God allow excuses for our sins.
"Now then," said Joshua, "throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."
- Joshua 24:23
Blessed is the man
who makes the LORD his trust,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods
who makes the LORD his trust,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods
-Psalm 40:4
If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- 1 Timothy 6:2-6
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