Humans have always shown a desire to connect with the Creator in whatever way that looks. Earliest studies of humans find rituals for burial that testify to the human desire to know what exists beyond the confines of our life on Earth.The problem as I see it is that we think of God as a single entity. If we believe that God is omniscient, that is impossible. God by that definition is unlimited entities.
We are a tribal animal. We want community for protection and identity. Our tribes have expanded to political and cultural boundaries but still follows the concept of tribe.
If we see God as an omnipresent, then we must include the universe as well as our planet.
It is difficult for the human mind to conceive the enormity of the Spirit of God, a spirit that is life itself. We try to narrow God down to a level we can understand.
And that requires a sacred book.
We want a God that gives meaning to our lives. That explains what it means to be alive, to have a spirit within us that is beyond mind and body.
So we worship a book that we look to in order to define our God. It is our Bible, our Quran, our Vedas, our stories of the gods or God we seek. We claim to follow a divine being, but what we often really worship is the human language that explains what we cannot understand.My spiritual language is Christainty. It is how I learn the nature of God. It is not the only language there is. How can any one set of understanding cover an endless divine spirit? No human can understand the vastness of what I call God. In my tradition, God is the Alpha and Omega. Yahweh — I exist.
With a sacred book, the nature of God is defined in a way we can learn to commune with God. I believe that is the purpose of a sacred book. My understanding of God comes from the teachings of Jesus and the stories of others through time who have come to a relationship with the divine. It is the way I have found to reach the presence of God. It is what my tradition calls the Holy Spirit that speaks in ways beyond human language.
Early Christians called themselves followers of The Way. It is a listening. It is a following that acknowledges the wonder of the King of the Universe, a term often used in Jewish liturgical prayer. It is living in the presence of God. Worship does not explain what I feel in the presence of the Spirit of God. It is more akin to praise. It is a stillness and a wonder.
It is not a book.
Humans have always shown a desire to connect with the Creator in whatever way that looks. Earliest studies of humans find rituals for burial that testify to the human desire to know what exists beyond the confines of our life on Earth.
The problem as I see it is that we think of God as a single entity. If we believe that God is omniscient, that is impossible. God by that definition is unlimited entities.
We are a tribal animal. We want community for protection and identity. Our tribes have expanded to political and cultural boundaries but still follows the concept of tribe.
If we see God as an omnipresent, then we must include the universe as well as our planet.
It is difficult for the human mind to conceive the enormity of the Spirit of God, a spirit that is life itself. We try to narrow God down to a level we can understand.
And that requires a sacred book.
We want a God that gives meaning to our lives. That explains what it means to be alive, to have a spirit within us that is beyond mind and body.
So we worship a book that we look to in order to define our God. It is our Bible, our Quran, our Vedas, our stories of the gods or God we seek. We claim to follow a divine being, but what we often really worship is the human language that explains what we cannot understand.
My spiritual language is Christainty. It is how I learn the nature of God. It is not the only language there is. How can any one set of understanding cover an endless divine spirit? No human can understand the vastness of what I call God. In my tradition, God is the Alpha and Omega. Yahweh — I exist.
With a sacred book, the nature of God is defined in a way we can learn to commune with God. I believe that is the purpose of a sacred book. My understanding of God comes from the teachings of Jesus and the stories of others through time who have come to a relationship with the divine. It is the way I have found to reach the presence of God. It is what my tradition calls the Holy Spirit that speaks in ways beyond human language.
Early Christians called themselves followers of The Way. It is a listening. It is a following that acknowledges the wonder of the King of the Universe, a term often used in Jewish liturgical prayer. It is living in the presence of God. Worship does not explain what I feel in the presence of the Spirit of God. It is more akin to praise. It is a stillness and a wonder.
It is not a book.
