--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Software release out the door, deadline over, and > now I have more time to play, so I will... > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > Meanwhile, about that "God" thingy. Here's a way that maybe > > you can relax about my vocabulary and allow me to use that > > word:
A recent thought I had around 'God': When I read the guidelines for this forum now as five posts per day it occurred to me that with growth invariably comes structure. We see it and accept it in the material world all the time, with the growth and acompanying structure for example, comparing the simplicity of a one lane village with the nearly incomprehensible complexity of a large city. Growth is accompanied by structure. Why should the worlds of our consciousness be any different? If we can have large cities, why not extend the organization of where we live beyond the structure of a large city, or a large country, even bigger than that? The hierarchy of beings, the gods, buddha, shiva, vishnu, brahma, krishna, the ant, the elephant, the lion, time, and space, each with its own domain. I don't see the infinite structure of the Universe as a constraint. Not at all. The structure, culminating in God, is just like jelly on a peanut butter sandwich. Along for the ride, sweeter. Built in. And intimate. There is an aspect of God that is sometimes lost when we try to comprehend the infinite immensity of God. It is the intimacy of God, the familiarity, the relationship, that keeps the Reality of God Awake. And because that relationship is practically impossible to achieve all at once, we use the agency of the saints in order to familiarize ourselves with God. And so why God, and not just the universal Me? It is true that my nature is infinite, infinitely connected to everything. So why recognize the relationship with God? Why create that duality? It has to be because of love. To gain that intimate relationship with the fabric of the Universe itself, that then creates a duality so that love has a constant direction, towards our higher self. And how do we know God exists? Purely because so many people recognize Him! And true it may be on the one hand as Barry says that God is schizophrenic, which is certainly true. On the other hand, God is not trying to be anyone. God already Is. God always Is. So there is enough structure there, in God, to delight even the most curious seeker, the most thoughtful ponderer, the keenest intellect. Is this the only way to be gain happiness in life? Impossible to say. Probably akin to paying for an option when buying a car, "I'll take the sport trim package please." "That will be an additional $415 sir." "OK"
