a word on god:
there can only be one true statement made on this subject: god is. that´s the truth, and it is indisputable.
BUT! god is not anything. god only is. it is not a being, an entity, a concept, or a myth. god did not create, nor can it destroy, anything. god is not powerful, merciful, caring, or kind. god does not love you. god will not punish you. god is not watching because god doesn't care. in fact, god isn't there. god only is. any further qualification is farce. it goes without saying that god has no name, no country, no form, no rules, no wishes, no desires, and, certainly, no religion.
god only is, end of story.
and since god can only be, all other attributes commonly accredited to it—and there are a lot—are transferred from god to man. in the traditional definition, on every single count, man assumes the properties of god. (and when i say man, i am referring to human kind. 'man' is simply the truncated version) man is the authority, the decider, and the judge. man is divine. his power is without limit. his capacities are boundless. man is both the creator and the created, the source of energy, and the orator of circumstance. indeed, circumstance does not make the man, it reveals him to himself. man is not a product of his environment, the environment is the product of man.
god may be understood as that which is greater than the sum of its parts. a universal gestalt, if you like. but even this is cheating. i am using words to muddle and confuse a perfect expression. god is. nothing more, nothing less. this realization is absolute. it hasn't anything to do with science, religion, or philosophy. it is the simple stating of the fact: god is.
of course, it would be easier to simply replace this pregnant word-symbol for something with a little less glamour. "all that is", for instance, would be a fitting replacement. however, i like the word 'god'. it is so intrinsic to our language that i prefer to fix it and use it. but remember, any form of personification will shatter the sublime reality of god. the matter must be dealt with utmost delicacy, with elegance, with grace. 'grace' is another word-symbol that would be a fitting replacement. 'love' is yet another.
in accordance with this, you are no longer required to believe in god. how can you? it is impossible. you can not believe in something that is. it is! it requires no belief, no leap of faith, no stretching of the imagination. you do not have to pray to god, talk to god, or live for god. in fact, it is perfectly okay to forget god completely. it won't make any difference. god will continue to be, plain and simple. don't expel so much of your energy trying to grapple with the totality of god. that is idiocy, the foolish business of religion. instead, live in abundance. fill your life with love. surround yourself with it so that it reaches every corner and crevice of your being. be so full of love that it spills into every detail of your life. feel the joy! relish the ecstasy! move into compassion. follow your bliss. it matters not what you do, but that you do it with the whole of your being in consensus. the details are irrelevant. it matters little whether you move through prayer and meditation or song and dance. if done with love, with grace, it will lead to god.
belief in god is never encouraged because it is impossible. the reality of god is an experience, not a belief. in the ocean of events, god will reveal itself. and when it does, no resistance will be met. you will not be coming to terms with something new, but coming home to that which you already knew. when one has the fortune to finally know god, all else will seem eclipsed.