OUR SOULS ARE WISE. OUR MINDS NEED A LANGUAGE FOR THINGS.

It is important to define things in life. Language and definition are everything. I like to say our soul does not need a language. It already has one. It is the mind that needs language. We do not need to define god for our soul. But our mind is tricky beast and loves to follow the path of how we define things.

Why do we need to believe in God, or do we? We do not need to believe in anything really. Why? Because everything is exactly what it I regardless of what we believe. Most religions have some sort of symbolic prophet or messiah that sit son top of them. One could say these exist because we can define such things, whereas good luck defining God. Prophets exist to let us know, good luck defining God. We can only define our human struggles and accept, if we choose to, that there is a divine wisdom that can guide us. One of the best definitions of God I once heard came from an atheist who said, if God is was simply a term to describe all we know and do not know in the universe, I would believe in God.

The importance of some definition for God in my personal belief, is that it leaves room for us to believe the possible. Our minds are tainted by our pasts, our cultures and even our own dispositions. How do we truly know what is possible? The notion of God leaves a door open for things outside of our blinders to find a way in if we allow them to. Wisdom is a thing of uncovering what we fail to see or accept. We look to God and say, show me. If our answer is honest, if we are unafraid to get the response, often an answer will come. It may not be the answer we want or expected, but we want truth, because we can work with truth.

It can feel discouraging to embrace any notion of God. Why? Should it not be uplifting at all times? To reveal what is possible is to reveal that wonderful things seemingly beyond our grasp are possible. But it is also to accept the reality that suffering and despair exist that are also beyond our comprehension, unless we are in the midst of such a thing. This is why it is such an important practice not to see anything as an escape including God. There is no escape but there is wisdom and best case scenarios.

To argue about God is pointless. I hope nobody in this practice wastes a moment of time arguing about God. It is the ultimate foolish argument. Again, we can believe what we choose to believe, but there is this notion is what descends from God is the male and female, in harmony and wisdom, unseparated, we have the divine mother and father. Why? Because are people. We have mothers and fathers. We have good ones and not so good ones. Again, our soul does not need such a language but our mind does. It helps our mind to understand the nature of divine energy and wisdom as wisdom descends and takes many forms depending on the circumstance. We are ll in our lives, whether we believe or not, reconciling with some form of divine mother and father. This can unleash our greatest love and gratitude, or perhaps our most profound anger and sense of betrayal. Like any parent, these archetypes are simply waiting for us to purge.

I have found a tremendous importance to recognize these archetypes in my practice. Especially the mother who has been put in the shadows by many religions. Yet older religions tend to have the mother front and center in their practices. This is not about paganism or witchery. It is about the wisdom of the mother which is everything. We can feel divine energy that feels fatherly or motherly. This is why most all practices. Even the ones where a male figure stands forefront, have all had to allow the existence of the mother, Mary, Quan Yin, because we know, instinctively, at least half of divine love is feminine in quality, It is actually more in my experience. The divine father is simply expressing the wisdom of the mother in his fashion. So, it is important o have brief discussion on how this Church views God. We use the term God. It means something. A term is needed for whatever it is that is the sum of all things and is greater and wiser than us.

What about Gods? The church follows the teaching of Christ here. No. This just complicates things. There are archetypes and it is wise to study archetypes for what they are. This is a very spiritual path, to take away the personal nature of things and see the archetypes at work through our selves and others. It is very empowering. This what all gods represent in some way, for better or worse. So, this sums up this ministers view of God, so you know if you come hang out with us. We all develop our own relationship to this term, and there is no requirement to follow any notion of God here. Just keep in mind, a notion of God helps us to be small, to be fallible, flawed and keep our ego in check. Practices are most important. These are what lead to our health and well being and how we connect to others. If there is God, rest assured it does not need us to believe in it. It is the other way around.

Is God love? God is all things. So, yes God is love, but God must be everything else. So many people ask, why would God allow this or that? If it is a good God why would he (?), do such a thing? And now we are lost in an eternal head screw. So love is love. God is all things. We can’t deal with all things can we? That is God’s business. The divine order of things. We can only focus on the human things that matter to our existence. So this is what we can do, if we choose to.