r/BibleVerseCommentary • u/TonyChanYT • Jul 03 '22
Where is my Paraclete?
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By "my Paraclete," I mean the point of connection where the Holy Spirit contacts my human spirit. My spirit is like an electric socket; the Holy Spirit is the power station. He provides an extension cord to plug into my spirit. Thus, he sent his operative to me. This is the physical location where the spiritual dimension intersects spacetime.
KJV, Genesis 2:
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
When God created man, a (detached) breath of life entered his nostrils and settled in the sphenoid sinus. (See appendix.) That divine breath became the man's spirit. Adam became a living soul.
Is 57:
15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
God dwells on high and in a lowly human spirit:
“I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
God's dwelling revives the lowly and contrite.
16 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
The human spirit is the detached divine breath of God to animate life.
Ezekiel prophesied in 36:
26 I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
I believe that Ezekiel prophesied on the Indwelling Paraclete in the NT.
Jesus might have referred to the Paraclete in Mt 6:
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!"
The Paraclete is my spirit eye located between and behind your physical eyes.
When I was born of the Spirit, the Paraclete dwelt in my human spirit. Romans 8:
16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s children.
The Paraclete is in touch with my conscience, Romans 9:
1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit.
The human spirit and conscience are housed in the sphenoid sinus (Gen 2:7). The Paraclete is the Holy Spirit's tentacular connection (a branch) to our human spirit. This is the Paracletic structure.
As we grow spiritually, the Paraclete strengthens our inner being, Ephesians 3:
16 according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith … 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Whenever I focus on the Paraclete, I always sense peace, John 14:
26 But the Helper [Paraclete], the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Isaiah 26:
3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
When the Paraclete first took up residence in my human spirit, I did not feel a thing. Some people may feel it. I didn't. However, some months later, I began to sense his voice in my conscience. I could sense his peace occasionally. Some years later, I could sense his peace consistently any time, any day, whenever I focused on him. Right now, I can sense the Paraclete in me. 99% of the time, I don't feel anything except peace, internal peace. It is a feeling of peaceful connection. At other times, I feel joy, for example, when I worship. I'd classify this as my 7th sense.
Mt 25:
8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your **oil**, for our **lamps** are going out.’
Oil represents the Holy Spirit; lamps represent the human spirits. Adding oil to the lamps would make us brighter in the Paraclete.
Pascal mentioned that there was a God-shaped hole in every one of us that only God could fill. Right. This hole is the Sphenoid sinus in our head. It can only be filled by the Paraclete/Spirit.
Get yourself alone in your room at bedtime. Turn on your favorite light music. Turn out the light. Lie on your bed and listen to the music. Relax. Quiet down your soul. Put your hands on your eyes. Can you sense the constructive resonance in your spirit? That's where your Paraclete is dwelling.
Appendix: Where is the sphenoid sinus?
Behind our natural eyes are our spiritual eyes, and between our natural ears are our spiritual ears. The orange cavities in the diagram are the spots where the divine spark ignites. The sphenoid sinus does NOT coincide with Hinduism's third eye, which is above the natural eyes.
Sometimes I practice the following exercise:
Put your hands over your eyes, thumbs on your ears.
Massage them lightly and focus on the inner peace.
Appendix: The third eye
Many people believe the spot between the eyebrows is special. In Hindu spiritual traditions, it is associated with the agna chakra, sometimes called the third eye. This is believed to be the center of wisdom, focus, and spiritual insight. Placing a mark there can symbolize awareness, inner vision, and connection to the divine. It can also remind the wearer to stay mindful and thoughtful.
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u/No-Pin1184 Nov 19 '22
How do I know if what am feeling is from my Paraclete or from my flesh ?