God is a metaphor

Joseph Campbell said, "God is a metaphor for a mystery that absolutely transcends all human categories of thought, even the categories of being and non-being. Those are categories of thought. I mean it’s as simple as that. So it depends on how much you want to think about?"

I think about it a lot.

I am surrounded by people who are adamant about what they believe. I respect that. I never want to destroy anyone's fundamental beliefs. And yet, I often find myself wondering how they can be so shortsighted and unbending.

"Some people believe that to ask questions is proof that you are a non believer. I think not to ask questions is proof that you don't have enough faith to explore what you love.

There is a profound difference between God and religion. One is ineffable. The other is a collected source of man's interpretations and beliefs mixed in with an agenda to control.

One is eternal. The other is moribund.

It has always seemed to me that religion is an attempt to gain power over God. If that were possible then how could this beautiful mystery, this unknowable power be what we claim it is.

Sometimes I feel like I am drowning in God. It is a transforming experience of recognizing that everything I see, hear, feel and understand is a part of something so huge and unfathomable I will never understand it, but I will always be part of it. Forever more and before.