Comments on: What do you see when you think of God?

By: Garnet David

Garnet David — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:16:50 +0000

Isabella- thanks for the thoughtful comment. I like how you separate the “human” need for a definition from the reality of an un-nameable and indescribable notion.

I’ve never heard of Hekate. I’ll Wiki it.

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:27:25 +0000

what do i see when i think of god?

nothing.

god is … a concept? everything-and-nothing? a verb, not a noun?

but my little brain needs something to hold on to so i give her something.

i experience god as revealing her/him/it/them-self in many forms. perhaps the most tangible form is the goddess hekate. this is one of my favourite depictions of her: http://www.loesje.info/esoterie/hekate.htm

By: tsisageya

tsisageya — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:13:03 +0000

Dearest Ron,
How nice for you.
However, I am FEMALE.
Quaking in your boots yet?
Goddamm, I hope so.

This is my work in progress. Please be kind because I am actually a wimp.
I was 52 years old before I ever saw a dead person.

That speaks volumes.
And asks many questions.
And states many facts.

There is punctuation.
I like punctuation.
In the English Language.

The King’s English, my ass.

“Royalty”? don’t get me started.
“Saints”? don’t get me started.

I’ve done got angry. More later…
…later….
I’m now 53. I’ve seen another dead person.
And learned about many more.

I LOATHE WAR.
…non sequiter…
In Iraq, I read that, the only thing the WOMEN ask for is help burying the bodies.

ENTER:
ENEMY.
…non sequiter…

PORNOGRAPHY: I’ve been noticing, for a while now, that, in the “liberal blogosphere”, there is no room for those who hate pornography and speak against it, NOR for those having anything good and truthful to say about Jesus.

Word.
But others have said it far better than I:
http://blogthoreau.blogspot.com/
Thoreau’s Journal: 21-Oct-1857

Is not the poet bound to write his own biography? Is there any other work for him but a good journal? We do not wish to know how his imaginary hero, but how he, the actual hero, lived from day to day.

By: Garnet David

Garnet David — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:28:19 +0000

tsageya and ron- thanks for the comments. it’s hard to describe something undescribable…nice to see you ron. take care, D

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:34:46 +0000

Today when I think of God I am amazed at how my thoughts have evolved over the years. So much had to be re-evaluated or just plain thrown out;
anthropomorphic: gone, along with the attendant characteristics, i.e., judgmental, ‘angry’, ‘Father God’ (exclusively masculine) etc.
Today all I can think of is; love…pure, radiant, empty (of form).
The energetic quality at the core of all existence (or non-existence) must, of necessity be that quality we call ‘love’, and that love is at it’s essence who we really all are.
Well, actually I guess you weren’t really asking for a long definition.
How about; God is. I am that I am. Existence exists. ‘God is love’ (John 4) ‘Know ye not ye are gods’ (Jesus in Matthew 10:34-37).
I think all these things and so much more. It’s truly inexhaustible and I fear I am exhausting you. Bottom line is: there is no (one) answer. It is beyond thought, knowing.
Perhaps there is only experiencing.
And welcome back!