The Question:
The following question was brought to my attention by an email correspondent. Following the question you’ll find my thoughts on the question that I’ve replied to said individual.
“One deep existential knot I’ve within myself is belief that the Universe/God/Goddess doesn’t care about us. It seems like that in lot of ways, that we’re here on our own. I believe that “God” is real but unlike Christians for example, I’m not convinced that “God” has compassion for me or has my back or anything like that.
Just curious what kind of thoughts you have on this.”
Thoughts On The Question
That’s a good question.
Thoughts on the topic I can share.
Fact is, at various times I’ve had many different — often contradictory — thoughts on this.
Spoiler alert: I have not boiled down these many divergent thoughts into any kind of “coherent answer”.
The patchwork quilt of thoughts on this topic remain unresolved.
However, I do believe the journey through their diversity has nurtured the maturation of something within me.
Below are what could be considered separate pieces of a puzzle, or options at a buffet.
Orphan syndrome.
Whether as a child or an adult, when both parents are gone (or effectively gone) the world can become much larger with a perceived absence of anyone that will have compassion for you. This does not seem to be a learned behavior. Rather, it appears to be hard-wired into the very nature of the machine.
In the higher spaces there is no other.
In lower mundane spaces duality rules. Here we can entertain stories of a god that is oh so grand — omni-this, omni-that, and definitely not us.
But in the god-state these stories ring hollow. As we are immersed back into the dream gradually the stories lose their flavor — like an over used tea-bag.
The linguistic brain is the wrong tool to deal with questions of god.
I believe …, I think …, I have been told …, I …, any statement starting with these beginnings is most likely a symptom of being identified with the linguistic brain as the source of you. Using the linguistic brain in an intellectual struggle — trying to figure out what in the heck is going on with this god stuff — is a prescription for deeper and deeper identification with the machine. It is the wrong tool.
In higher spaces there is oneness, love, gratitude, and compassion.
The oneness, love, gratitude, and compassion (in no particular order) simply are. Compassion exists. There it is. Are you the source, the target, the one holding, or the one being held? How about all of the above?
God-State can be your doorway practice.
Entering into the God-State then voluntarily stepping back into the dream over and over will do the trick.
Your view of these topics will evolve based on personal experience personally experienced.
I suspect your view will be a patchwork that is not centered in the linguistic brain.