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The Christian texts, especially John and Paul, then return to the Psalms, Prophets, Kabbalah, and Chassidus, all showing the same truth:

> God is the deep Self beneath the ego. Prayer is alignment, not petition. The ego is the shell.

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PART 1: CHRISTIAN TEXTS

John 1:1–4

> “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.”

The Logos (divine rational structure) is both God and inside man (“light of men”).

Implies man contains divine substance.

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John 10:34–36

> “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said you are gods’? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came…”

Jesus quotes Psalm 82:6.

He affirms that humans are called “gods” because the Word of God is within them.

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John 14:20

> “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”

God is not external. He is within you — just as Jesus is within God.

Union, not separation.

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Galatians 2:20 (Paul)

> “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.”

The ego dies; the divine Self lives.

Echoes the idea of ego as an illusion that must be surrendered to find God.

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Romans 8:10

> “But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”

Christ (the inner divine) lives within — the body and ego are transient.

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1 Corinthians 3:16

> “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”

God does not dwell outside — you are the temple.

Only the ego makes you forget.

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PART 2: MORE PSALMS

Psalm 46:10

> “Be still, and know that I am God.”

“Be still” = silence the ego.

Then you’ll know (not believe) — that God is you.

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Psalm 139:7–8

> “Where shall I go from your Spirit? … If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!”

God is in all places, above and below — including within.

No escape = not “elsewhere.”

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Psalm 51:12

> “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

Prayer is inner transformation.

No external petitioning — it's God within who purifies.

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Psalm 23:1

> “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

True self (shepherd) provides internally.

Lack comes from disconnection from the internal shepherd.

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PART 3: PROPHETS

Isaiah 45:5–7

> “I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides me there is no God… I form the light and create darkness…”

God is all — not outside the world, but its source and substance.

There is nothing else.

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Isaiah 55:9

> “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways…”

Ego cannot grasp the divine.

Alignment (through stillness or surrender) is required.

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Ezekiel 11:19

> “I will remove the heart of stone… and give them a heart of flesh.”

Ego = stone.

Real Self = heart of flesh — alive, soft, feeling.

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PART 4: KABBALAH

Zohar, 3:113b

> “Man is a microcosm of the Divine.”

Adam Kadmon = archetypal man = divine form.

To return to God is to realize you already contain Him.

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Zohar 1:134a

> “The soul of man is a flame from God… cleaves upward constantly.”

The soul wants to return.

The ego is what binds it downward.

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Etz Chaim (Arizal, Shaar HaGilgulim 1)

> “All souls are hewn from the Throne of Glory.”

Your true identity comes from God’s own essence.

The ego is a later “shell” (קליפה).

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Sefer Yetzirah 1:1

> “He created His world with three things: Sefer, Sippur, and Sefar.”

The world is structured as a language — and we are made in that structure.

Consciousness (speech) links the Self and the divine.

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PART 5: CHASSIDUS (Chabad, Breslov, etc.)

Tanya, Chapter 2

> “The soul is a veritable part of God above (חלק אלוה ממעל ממש).”

Not metaphorical — literal divine essence within man.

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Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

> “The greatest knowledge is to know that we do not know — and that God is in that very place of not-knowing.”

Ego wants clarity; the Self dwells in silence and surrender.

To go inward is to find Him.

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Baal Shem Tov

> “Everything you see or hear is a lesson in serving God.”

External and internal reflect each other.

You are not separate from what you encounter — because God is All.

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Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson

> “The true ‘I’ of a Jew is the divine soul.”

The ego is a mask.

God and Self are not two — but the same when ego is removed.

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CONCLUSION

Across all layers —

Tanakh

New Testament

Kabbalah

Chassidus

— the consistent message is:

> God is not outside you.
He is your truest self — buried under ego, revealed in stillness and prayer.
“You are gods… and all of you are children of the Most High.”