A 10 Point Definition of God, Man and Creation

1)    All that exists throughout the cosmos was conceived and created by and is under the control of a singular, but currently inconceivable and therefore indefinable source and power.  (Although this concept may have appeared in the past under a variety of forms and been known by a number of titles, there has always been a basic, although not always evident, point of understanding of this condition amongst most religions and philosophies.)  This concept is generally referred to in modern times under the title of "GOD".

2)    Although God cannot be "known" logically, God's nature may be observed throughout creation and a clue to God's character may be found in and induced from the consistency of all things.

3)    Although God is within all things, God is not simply "ALL THINGS".  God is also apart from and relates to all things.

4)    All things, being naturally a part of God, reveal a part of the nature of God.  Humanity, especially, mirrors that nature.

5)    There are three general aspects of humanity that can be used to dramatically demonstrate important characteristics of God.  They are:

The Physical, The Intellectual and The Spiritual

6)    As a man cannot be said to be the body only, neither can a man exist without the physical - - so too, God is not the universe, but neither can God be comprehended without considering the structure and nature of the universe.

7)    As a man is aware of himself intellectually, intellect alone is only a part of that which makes us human.  The physical is the extension and completion of that which comes from the intellect - - so too, God uses all physical things to complete that which has been conceived by God.

8)    As man has an inexplicable life force which permeates his body and mind - - so too is all of creation permeated and moved by the Spirit of God.

9)    There is a point where man and God are indistinguishable.  At that point there is communication between the both of them.

10)    As God relates to all things - - so too do all things have a relationship with each other.

The Simple Truth

        There is only "Being", there cannot be "Non-being".

The Complex Concept of the Simple Truth

        What then is the nature of Being?  To determine what the nature of something's being is it must be determined how it was conceived by God, as God is by definition, ultimate reality.  If something's nature is erroneously perceived, then there is illusion and no reality.  In determining the nature of something's being, I will use four terms, referring to conditions of relativity, which may be useful:

(1) Activity, (2) Passivity, (3) Creation and (4) Destruction.

        The first two conditions of Activity and Passivity refer on a very elementary level to things which are in motion and those which are still.  Two questions which logically arise from this viewpoint are:  (A) Is Activity restricted to a "maximum velocity" (such as the speed of light)?  and (B) Is Passivity ever completely without some level of motion or vibration?

        A thing may be described as having an active state or a passive state.  Using the idea of "Force" as an example, Active Force (or Positive Force) refers to that which propels and Passive Force ( or Negative Force) refers to that which draws unto itself.

    The last two, Creation and Destruction, refer to an ongoing process.  Matter, it is said, cannot be created out of nothing, nor can it be dissolved into nothingness.  Still, there exists the relative conditions of "Creation", or rather the building up of matter, and that of "Destruction", or rather the breaking down of matter.  Each of these depends on the other for the success of their respective process.

    These two pairs of phenomenon can be said to be able to be combined to form four symbolic conditions which are:

    The world of perception is generally defined by opposites, which are merely parts of the world of conception, or rather the world as it is.  The illustration below symbolizes the relationship between those two "Worlds" and the reconciliation of the apparent conflict between the two.

    How is it that the World of Conception could be the ultimate reality?  As was previously stated as the "Simple Truth" nothing can be "no thing".  It is my belief that the foundation of all creation is Truth, Beauty and Love.  But what we perceive as these three conditions are often illusions of reality.

    TRUTH is not merely a compilation of all the facts.  No thing can be false, just as there can be no thing which has no being.  There can be a false perception of a thing or a thing can be falsely represented.  Also, there can be factual definitions or perceptions of the way things are, but TRUTH is the condition of Being; or in other words, it is nature perceived as it was conceived by the Creator.

    BEAUTY does not refer to something's form, texture or other sensual properties.  Instead, it is the understanding of the condition of its Being.  A thing may be perceived as being attractive or one can be attracted to a thing, but if its essence is unknown the perception of its beauty may be illusionary.  Something may be perceived as being repulsive, but when its true relationship to all things is understood as it was conceived by the Creator, its Beauty is then known.

    LOVE is that which can best be described as the interrelationship of all things to all things.  It is that force or bond, indescribable, which relates a singular thing to the totality of the universe.  The perceived opposites of support and rejection can only exist through mutual co-operation.  The thing being given support or attention does so by the condition of another thing being rejected or neglected.  Or, in other words, it is Love which causes the condition which allows one thing to be seemingly rejected so that the other may be attended to.  In turn, that which was formerly rejected will enjoy its period of attention.  The appearance of inequity at a given point in time is the result of a false perception of the dynamics of Love.

    The beauty of nature is the consistency that is existent throughout, and the simplicity with which it functions and governs itself.  The same basic laws which apply to a planet orbiting a star apply to the simplest atom as well as the greatest galaxy.  Because of this simple consistency, we are able to learn of and understand things which might seem to be beyond our scope, merely by understanding that which is within our reach.

   In order to gain understanding of Truth, or rather the condition of being,  or perhaps more simply the nature of God, we need only look to Man in his relationship to nature and draw correlations between his structure and the symbolic structure of the universe.

    The first observable condition of man is that he has form, or that which is called the Physical.  The body is composed of matter as are all things, and is subject to the same laws of physics as are all things.  It can be stated then, if God is the source of all things, there can be no thing that is not a part of God.  If God partakes in the totality of the physical universe, then there is a part of God that can be conceived as physical.  Or, it can be stated in other words that the physical universe is the "Body of God".  (NOTE:  When the Lutherans, which is what I was raised to be, talk about the Sacrament of Communion, they say that Christ is " in with and under" the bread and wine, whereas the Roman Catholic church states that the bread and wine are transubstantiated into the literal body and blood of Christ.  I say that in light of my contentions both are true since there is never a time where the bread and wine are NOT the body and blood of God.)

    Secondly, Man possesses mental faculties, ranging in their functions from the maintenance and control of bodily functions to the processes of awareness; will, speculation, communication etc. and many others which are unnecessary to list.

    Philosophy has throughout time dealt with the questions that naturally arise from the observations of these mental properties and how, if at all, they might relate to an universal mentality, or as it has been called, a cosmic consciousness.

    It appears that there is order in the universe, and as man is able to perceive that order, he reasons that there must have been That which devised that order.  If we accept that there is a mental function existing throughout the universe, two basic assumptions seem to follow.  First, that since we as humans display mental functions and that there appears to be consistency throughout the universe, then the nature of the function and conditions of the cosmic mentality need not be different from that of man's, and in fact it most probably is the same.  Second, that this apparent sameness suggests that our mentalities as individuals, as well as that of our species, is a part of the function and structure of that cosmic mind, just as our individual bodies are a part of the physical universe.

    Thirdly, there is a condition in the universe which has been called Life, but which is so sublime that it defies, even to this day a finite definition of words.  We may be aware of its existence by knowing our own possession of it, but we cannot point conclusively to that which causes life to be or makes life exist in one thing and apparently not in another.  For that matter, we cannot say for certain that that which we commonly accept as having no life, may not, through more accurate observations, reveal a living condition that had been previously unrecognizable.  (See Guy Murchie's book, "The Seven Mysteries of Life")  But even though life may defy definition, few, if any, would say it does not exist.  It is because of this dilemma that man, while observing that he cannot point to the instant that life ceases to be, has speculated that life may  not in fact cease to be at the moment of "death".

    The flow of energy which generates the life forces to animate the body cannot logically become nothing.  As no thing can be without "being", anything with "being" cannot cease to be, it merely changes form.  These life forces have been referred to by many as "the Spirit".

    As the body is composed of matter, and can in fact be defined as so much water, iron calcium etc., and as the body is built up from a single cell to a complex organism by means of the assembling of those elements needed, so too does the body decompose into those elements eventually, while at no time during this cycle does to universe appear to gain or lose the minutest part of its matter.  It would seem then, by the consistency evident in the universe, that that which was memory, awareness, will etc. might also be subject to similar laws that govern the body or physical.  It may come from the cosmic mentality and at the end of the time that the body exists, it may also return to that from which it originated.

    It would also seem that those life forces that animate the body need not exist only within the individual physical forms that are said to be living, or that the areas outside those forms are necessarily devoid of those or similar forces, nor that when those forces cease to animate those bodies, that they cease to exist.

    It may be that the entire universe is pervaded with this force, and this force affects all things.  The universe, if it were physical only, would not need to move and change form, it could just as well have been created static.  The universe, if it did not have design, would be chaos.  Even the so called Chaos Theory assumes that the chaos is by "design".  And just as man has a mind that moves his physical body that is animated with life, so too the universe may be filled with the Mind and Spirit of God, according to the design of God to fulfill the function of God.

    Here, then, is a symbolic example of the nature of God as it is reflected in the nature of man.  (Or in other words, man, having been created in the image of God.)  It can be said that man consists of three natures that interact so sublimely that although they may be discussed as separate entities, Man would not exist as such without all being present.  They are The Physical, The Mental and The Spiritual.

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    The physical body of man may be defined as the material elements and compositions that serve to build a recognizable form.  Also, the physical changes and complexities, resulting from material interactions subject to the laws of physics and chemistry, fall under this category.  All things easily recognized as having life are moved by a force.  The life forces or energy flows within a body motivate and regulate the material composing the body so that it may function in balance.  This force compels the living organism to grow and satisfy its will.  Internally, parts of an organism are sacrificed in order that the greater whole may prosper, as in the cases of white blood cells, skin cells etc.  In this way the order of the body functions in balance.  Externally, any given organism may be seen as both a consumer and being in the actual condition, of being consumed, suggesting a relationship with the balance on the universe.

    God has been defined as being all present and all powerful, implying that there is nowhere where God is not.  As power suggests the physical effect and as the universe is in motion, due to a universal force that seeks universal balance, the Universe can be conceived symbolically as the Body of God.

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    The mental aspect of man consists of a conscious nature, a subconscious nature and an autonomous nature, the last concerning itself with the physical functions of the body.  The subconscious and conscious mind deal with that which has sometimes been called the psychic nature of man, and although it relates to the physical by its influences and motivations, it also concerns itself with that which lies beyond the physical.  It deals with such things as time, desire, speculation etc.  It is that area that gives rise to philosophies, religions, superstitions etc., and is the least understood as a reflection of the nature of God.  Some would say that it exists that God might eventually be known an is the connection between the Mind of Man and the Mind of God.  However, the most important functions of the mind in so far as it is concerned with the external is that of perception and conception.

    The physical body perceives the universe through the senses, the mind compiles this data and forms opinions as to the nature of the universe.  Reality can only be what it is and it is as it was conceived by the creative force.  Therefore, when the mind erroneously defines reality, it is functioning in the real of false perception, when it understands a part of reality, it is said to have a concept of reality.

    If one is to know the Mind of God, one must be able to separate those things which are perceived, such as time and all other relative qualities, from the reality of the universe.  Perfection is concerned only with the mental nature of the universe and exists only in the Mind of God.  God is that which has perfect awareness, perfect will, perfect memory and perfect anticipation, which are all one in the same.  Since there is no time in the Mind of God, past, present and future are an illusion, since they are merely a perception of our misunderstood observations of only the physical aspects of the universe.

    Once the Mind of Man contains the Concepts of God, the "Spirit" or Life Forces of the Universe are seen as that which animates al things Physical and the three-fold nature of Man is seen as a reflection of the Perfect Nature of the Cosmos.

    Of course, all that having been said, I am forced to admit I might be wrong.

However, I don't think so, so if you are interested in further speculations in this area, click on the link to "Sacred Sexuality" below.