As a resident of our universe, we all have some opinion on a higher power or governing force behind existence; even if this opinion is that there is nothing out there. Our entire world history can be tracked by religious beliefs and mythology which have been commonly used as a means to comfort through explaining the unknown.
The religions which are currently followed and the higher powers which are currently worshiped belong to classifications that have adapted and transformed throughout time.
Some broad perspectives can be sub-categorized, like Christianity being divided into different groups, Lutheran, Catholic, Methodist, etc. just by the details of what is regarded as important.
Keeping on with the Christianity analogy referencing various sub-classifications, note that the foundational principles, the cornerstones and mortar which hold it all together, are the same between each classification.
Those who are good people and follow the important rules, including accepting Christ as your savior, will ultimately spend an eternity in Heaven.
Those who are bad people and neglect the rules, turning their backs on their religious guidings and not seeking to repent for their sins, will ultimately spend an eternity in Hell. The rest of the division into different classifications, as I boldly consider segregation of Church, is actually purely based on morality.
Some will be more likely to “spare the rod and spoil the child” while others see that type of reinforcement as sin incarnate. Others yet will even put specific commandments above the others, while some believe that simply praying and asking for atonement on a nightly basis is sufficient regardless of action or intention.
Further religious segregation can be attributed to many things, some (outside of Christianity, now) which are comprised of many gods.
It’s a little odd, I think, that large masses of our population can follow a religion which specifically states it is a sin to worship any other Gods than the one true God, while other large masses follow a religion which observes hundreds of entities as higher powers.
One side of the spectrum worships an individual deity for each aspect of our observed lives – a god of the sun, the lord of wind, the god of harvest, and the spirit of the woods. The other side of the spectrum worships a singular entity that governs everything alone.
Wouldn’t it mean that whoever is wrong is going to suffer an eternity of punishment for improper beliefs? Then, in an attempt to bring salvation to groups of people throughout the world and history, people have continually killed one another in a holy war – murder, at it’s best.
Some Christians in history actually used their “faith” as justification to spread fear through rape and pillaging after slaughtering the bulk of societies. Is this not a sin? Who is right? Who gets to exist in prosperous sanctity for having chosen the “good guy’s” side?
In my eyes – in my honest and logic-based belief system – God is all of these things. The bible, which is observed by all sub-classifications of Christianity, in my perspective, is mostly a compilation of metaphor.
It is taught that metaphor is the highest form of language; wouldn’t the explanation of life and all driving factors behind morality be defined through the highest form of language?
Considering the vast amount of things that are to be covered, a few thousand pages wouldn’t be nearly enough to actually define life, origination, creation, expansion, and everything else the bible preaches.
Thousands of people have their own understanding, and preach this notion, and claim it’s the truth. In a previous article, I stated that every one of these beliefs is correct in its own capacity because the person who truly believes it makes it correct for their own reality.
I may not believe in the conventionally preached aspirations associated with the entity; I may not believe that every story in the bible is 100% infallible truth, but I do believe in the associated positivity with the notion.
I do not think that God is a singular being – I do not believe that God is a sentient consciousness that witnesses, governs, judges, forgives, and outlives. I believe that God IS creation. I believe that God is all positivity, all good energy, and does have a physical and spiritual source location in the universe.
I believe that when we do well and feel good about it, we are drawing on God’s energy. When we are happy, we have God in us. When we are telling ourselves everything is going to be alright during a hard time, we are reaching into the astral form, the energy base of our Lord.
I believe that God exists as all that is good, all that prospers, all that will be cherished. In much the same way, the devil exists as negative energy – as our fears, our shortcomings, our greed, our selfish endeavors, our hate, our envy, and everything which makes us miserable.
God is love and the energy we draw on, recycled back to the singular entity, filling all, and within all – vengeful, yes, because of the strength of this prosperity.
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I enjoyed reading your thoughts . I grew up under the influence of many mind altering substances beginning at an age when my brain shouldn't have been getting influenced by anything synthetic . I'm 50 now and have been clear of all chemicals for approx 10 years . I grew up without religion or supervision my folks did at the time what they thought was best . Having to rescue my brain I decided to dive into Christianity all the way . I made great friends and eventually sobered up. Clearing my mind was difficult, scary and often times confusing but I managed . Now several years into the faith I started to question the ideology, history and facts concerning Christianity . Make a long story short I'm not a Christian any longer . I'm also not a Muslim, Jew, Hindu and or Seeker any longer . At this stage in my existence I'm testing the waters for Buddhism and Zazen. My mind is going through now sober with all its curiosity about the world what maybe perhaps it should have gone through as a teenager many years ago and often at times its overwhelming but I am full of gratitude . I'm not a philosopher, scientist and or theologian but in all my studies I to believe that I'm heading in the direction that everything boils down to types of energy in the universe or multi-universes or dimensions or whatever your school of thought is . Past life regression under hypnosis and NDE are very fascinating to me it's as close a description of energy that resonates with me. " Home at The Tree of Life." this book nailed it for me . I believe my consciousness is a byproduct of evolutionary quantum algorithm's giving way to my self awareness a type of energy processing at light speed . I do not believe in death because I have been given life . Types of energy those which create suffering and those which create love pick your fruit wisely because I do believe the soul recycles . What I am very interested in is something I can't seem to find anywhere concerning what is the energy that holds the souls departure from one incarnation to another the shell the wall the foundation that keeps who or what I am intact for the next experience . Anyhow these days I'm just trying to be the best human I can and when work and time permit I'm helping other humans who are less fortunate . Thank you again and religion as a metaphor makes sence to me .
Very interesting, Thomas. The "Home at the Tree of Life" is something I should probably look into. I wrote an article regarding the flower of life and it's stages, including the sephiroth within the tree of life. I've only ever experienced religion in short bursts, I think I transitioned through four or five belief systems in a year and decided that, without looking at it metaphorically, they're all inherent conflict; with open eyes it seems obvious that all forms have the same context.
I personally think that god is spontaneity, a spark, the instance something happens, God is nature i don't feel that the force we refer to as "god" is conscious in the fact that it holds us account able to our actions and reserves us i spot in the eternity made of our own choosing, because firstly i don't believe in eternity because everything must come to an end so that new things can begin, i mean one defining fact of the universe is that chaos or entropy always increases unless energy is being applied to allow the status quo to remain, thats the reason we age and die.
I think the greatest metaphor for god is a singularity event, this is one of the ways that it is theorized the universe was created basically everything came from absolutely nothing, and by nothing i mean the absence of reality, so a singularity is spontaneity and that is what i think god is. God is the force that creates reality
God, heaven, hell, good , bad , right , wrong all these are human coined terms to define what humans are not able to understand. There is only universal consciousness and you will understand how naive humans have been throughout history once you are able to connect yourself with it. This angel and demon bullshit has been created by religion which is an excellent tool to tame humans.
I have read that to understand good you must understand what evil is and the only way to fully understand it we must experience both. Is this the same with everything else that one goes through in life or many lives? Logic seems to say that any universal all knowing force would already know the choices that we would make in life before creation and thus invalidates any punishment of such choices and so the experience is the only requirement and failures are necessary.
I believe god is a being with magnificient talent and watches over and blesses people with good fortune