Elephant and the Blind Men, Finding the Oneness of God and Man

There is a little known religious theory regarding God, Man & the Universe which proposes that Man himself is God. This theory can be found in literature of most of the world's religions. John Max Morell, a life-long Christian Scientist, after a lifetime of thinking about this theory has written a book which brings together teachings from the world's major religions. He presents the old story from India of the Elephant & the Blind Men in which he compares the elephant to the Universe & the six blind men to the six major world religions. He suggests that the religions are blind men for not recognizing the value of the philosophy that Man is God. He devotes a chapter to each of the major religions in which he quotes, not orthodox teachings, but hidden teachings which define God as infinite Spirit & generic Man as His very image & expression. From the Hindus he quotes teachings to the Upanishads. From Judaism teachings of the Qabbalists. From Islam teachings of the Sufis. There are chapters on Confucianism, Taoism & Buddhism & from Christianity teachings of Christian Scientists. These quotations point to a theory in which the universe is infinite Consciousness, spiritual & not material & qeneric man is the focal point or idea of that Consciousness. Mr. Morell suggests that this theory can only be understood when we lay aside the word. "God" & use its more spiritual synonyms such as Mind, Spirit & Love so that we can say, "I am Spirit, I am Love, I am Mind" etc. He presents his philosophy in which each Man & Woman are one with their Universe. Mr. Morell has published this book himself & it can be obtained by sending $14.50 plus $3.50 for rmailing to John Max Morell, PO Box 581, Gold Hill, Oregon, 97528.Morell, John Max is the author of 'Elephant and the Blind Men, Finding the Oneness of God and Man' with ISBN 9780970445605 and ISBN 0970445601.