Questions for God

SubsidingInsanity wrote:

Why would god have a need to conceal himself?

That was my question.

Why would he even need faith and belief in him to know him?

That's a strange question. I tend to think that as we get closer to God the faith/belief part becomes stronger until is turns into knowing.

Why would he only reveal himself sometimes, not all the time, to believers?

I would like for him to reveal himself once to me. Maybe then I could get answers instead of more questions.

There's a flaw in this thinking and I don't believe it is god's.

What is the flaw?

If god has no 'need' to conceal himself, then he probably doesn't. The flaw is in our thinking that he does conceal himself or just shows himself to the chosen few. It's ridiculous to think god would behave in such a childish and arrogant manner.

You can't get closer to god if you don't have faith and belief in him. Again I do not think god has such needs. He's god for god's sake. :lol: We think we have to do something right in order to gain his attention, and again god would have no such need of us. Our thinking is out of whack in thinking god thinks and feels like us. She doesn't.

If you stand under the sun and soak in it's energy that energy then becomes apart of you and you also have the sun's energy within you.The sun is there for all to see and feel, you can close your eyes to it, that doesn't make it go away-except for you-,you can stay indoors or in the shadows, that don't make it go away or not real either-except for you.

Like the sun the thing called god is simply an energy source-the energy -LIFE- and like the sun it is quite detached from what it shines on ,the sun doesn't care if it burns you, it shines equally on all, what it's energy is used for is none of the suns business,
Would it surprise you to think god doesn't care about you or even know of your existence . Life is busy expanding itself to itself for itself and as far as god( the idea of) is concerned it has given you everything it has/is to give (itself completely), you are part of that life NOW or eternally (same thing) if you choose not to feel it and be apart from it well that's your own business, that's free will, that's life !

Has life concealed itself from anyone ? can it possibly do that ?
If I perceive god to be a hummingbird, well from where I live god has concealed itself from me and will continue to do so until either I move to another part of the world or I change my perception of what god is. change of mind changes everything, no change of mind nothing changes.

Happy Every Day
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Angelman wrote: If you stand under the sun and soak in it's energy that energy then becomes apart of you and you also have the sun's energy within you.The sun is there for all to see and feel, you can close your eyes to it, that doesn't make it go away-except for you-,you can stay indoors or in the shadows, that don't make it go away or not real either-except for you.

Like the sun the thing called god is simply an energy source-the energy -LIFE- and like the sun it is quite detached from what it shines on ,the sun doesn't care if it burns you, it shines equally on all, what it's energy is used for is none of the suns business,
Would it surprise you to think god doesn't care about you or even know of your existence . Life is busy expanding itself to itself for itself and as far as god( the idea of) is concerned it has given you everything it has/is to give (itself completely), you are part of that life NOW or eternally (same thing) if you choose not to feel it and be apart from it well that's your own business, that's free will, that's life !

Has life concealed itself from anyone ? can it possibly do that ?
If I perceive god to be a hummingbird, well from where I live god has concealed itself from me and will continue to do so until either I move to another part of the world or I change my perception of what god is. change of mind changes everything, no change of mind nothing changes.

Happy Every Day
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If your perception of god being the energy of life is true, then it makes no difference calling it god. The idea of god is lost.

SubsidingInsanity wrote: If god has no 'need' to conceal himself, then he probably doesn't. The flaw is in our thinking that he does conceal himself or just shows himself to the chosen few. It's ridiculous to think god would behave in such a childish and arrogant manner.

You can't get closer to god if you don't have faith and belief in him. Again I do not think god has such needs. He's god for god's sake. :lol: We think we have to do something right in order to gain his attention, and again god would have no such need of us. Our thinking is out of whack in thinking god thinks and feels like us. She doesn't.

Perhaps a better way to phrase that question would have been

Why is God concealed?

Personally, I believe that God is revealed to everybody sooner or later, but why the wait?

Angelman wrote: If you stand under the sun and soak in it's energy that energy then becomes apart of you and you also have the sun's energy within you.The sun is there for all to see and feel, you can close your eyes to it, that doesn't make it go away-except for you-,you can stay indoors or in the shadows, that don't make it go away or not real either-except for you.

Like the sun the thing called god is simply an energy source-the energy -LIFE- and like the sun it is quite detached from what it shines on ,the sun doesn't care if it burns you, it shines equally on all, what it's energy is used for is none of the suns business,
Would it surprise you to think god doesn't care about you or even know of your existence . Life is busy expanding itself to itself for itself and as far as god( the idea of) is concerned it has given you everything it has/is to give (itself completely), you are part of that life NOW or eternally (same thing) if you choose not to feel it and be apart from it well that's your own business, that's free will, that's life !

Has life concealed itself from anyone ? can it possibly do that ?
If I perceive god to be a hummingbird, well from where I live god has concealed itself from me and will continue to do so until either I move to another part of the world or I change my perception of what god is. change of mind changes everything, no change of mind nothing changes.

Happy Every Day
P

I think of God in terms of being a personal God who knows and loves me better than I do myself. What you describe sounds like nature to me.

Maguru wrote
][If your perception of god being the energy of life is true, then it makes no difference calling it god. The idea of god is lost.

Yes that's right, we can learn how to count using our fingers but when we have learnt how to count we no longer need the idea of using our fingers and it's ok to let the idea go because we KNOW how to count. When you KNOW god/life/source as a feeling of nothingness/peace/ love/light there is no room for thoughts or ideas.
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