God

God. What is God? There are a lot of varying beliefs about this matter. I've decided it's time to put mine to words.

One of the closest descriptions I have read is actually in a science fiction book. In the Robert Heinlein book, Stranger In a Strange Land. “Thou art God, and I am God, and all that groks* is God!”

• The word groks also came from the book. It translates to “to drink” but means more than drink. A thing that “groks” is anything that lives, in any way. Plants, animals, people.

This is a pretty good description, but I really feel it goes deeper than that. God is part of everything that exists naturally, and everything that exists naturally is part of God. The Earth itself, the dirt, the water, the air, the sky, the other planets, the stars. Everything. God is existence itself. Everything that is, everything that ever was, everything that ever will be.

I hear God's voice in the songs of bird, the crash of waves, the wind in the trees. I see God's face in the stars, the eyes of a child, the way things move. I feel God's love in the kindness of a stranger, the gentle touch of an animal, the beauty in everyday life.

God is part of everything and everything is part of God. There is beauty, love, joy, pain, hate, anger in every moment of life.

That's why it's so important we work together with each other as much as possible. We are all a part of something bigger. And it's part of us. God is in each and every one of us. Which means we are all part of each other as well. Everything we do effects everyone else, and while often imperceivable, those effects still matter.

There is no one path to enlightenment. There is no one way to God. There is only your own for you. There is only my own for me. Many times, paths cross and converge, and are sometimes shared, at least for a time. But that doesn't mean the times they don't are wrong. It just means during those times, for the ones following them, their paths are meant to be separate.