Oct 15 2012: Rather than a personified God, think of god-ness - the essence of being-ness, or the quality of be-ing.
God-ness is the statement "THIS IS" which answers the dual question, "to be or not be?"
"THIS IS" (the Big Bang) is the explosion of energy within which we and the universe exist. As this explosive energy cools and gels, self-awareness emerges, expressing the essence of be-ing-ness - to know that we are.
Consciousness is the expression of this self-awareness.
When we wonder "what am I?" we're expressing god-ness.
As Joseph Campbell might have put it, we are the eyes and ears of the divine, that it might experience life.
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God-ness is the statement "THIS IS" which answers the dual question, "to be or not be?"
"THIS IS" (the Big Bang) is the explosion of energy within which we and the universe exist. As this explosive energy cools and gels, self-awareness emerges, expressing the essence of be-ing-ness - to know that we are.
Consciousness is the expression of this self-awareness.
When we wonder "what am I?" we're expressing god-ness.
As Joseph Campbell might have put it, we are the eyes and ears of the divine, that it might experience life.