To help understand God, there are 7 seemingly paradoxical attributes, some having corollaries, that can assist you in discovering who and what God is. These are the 7 paradoxical attributes of God which will be explained in succession:1) God can be close or distant to one's Self; 2) God's unconditional love has conditions; 3) God is self-contained, complete, and whole, but constantly growing, expanding; 4) God is sexless, but contains all masculine and feminine characteristics; 5) God is faceless, yet can be seen; 6) God's conscious mind is It's creations; 7) There would appear to be an infinite number of choices that can be made in every moment, but in fact there are none.
God can feel so distant, cold, and alien but can be close/within/personal/loving.
God's unconditional love has conditions.
God is self-contained, whole and complete, but constantly growing, expanding.
God is sexless, yet has all feminine and masculine attributes.
God is faceless, yet can be seen.
God's conscious mind is It's creations.
God seems to give us an infinite number of choices for every moment, but in fact there are none.
The 7 Paradoxes of God
1) God can seem to be distant from us or feel as if It exists inside of us.
From each human conscious mind's point of view, God's presence can be felt as either personal/near/within or distant/cold/non-existent, depending on that person's conscious attitude/relationship toward God. In other words, a person's consciousness can have little or no connection to God, or have a total connection. This is the first paradox of God-- that It can appear near or far, for it all depends on one's conscious mind's choices regarding that relationship to It. Our conscious mind can avoid God, deny God's existence, but God can not ever abandon It's creation because God's Energy is what not only created each individual but it remains within/as a part of and sustains each person while running the inner/physiological life. Denying there is a God is like saying something does not exist because one can not see it, although just because one can intellectually deny it's existence or turn your back on it does not mean it does not exist. We can say we breathe air, or we can say we breathe energy-- it does not matter since the basis of air is the sea of energy around us and that is all part of God's mind. Going back, remember a mind is the totality of consciousness/awareness of it's connectness to It's surroundings. So we can say we breathe in God/with God since we can say that God is that energy in the air we breathe. If you just say that God is that energy around us and which we constantly use as we breathe, then it is difficult to deny God. Whether we consciously recognize that we live within God's sea of energy or not does not change anything.
There are many who have lived many years without admitting there is a God, only to later start to feel that Presence--sometimes this conscious recognition of this sustaining force and energy can occur suddenly. Sometimes it is a realization that occurs over time as a person recognizes what can be accomplished by admitting the usefulness of a conscious relationship to one's Creator. That is what can bring God from distant to close in an instant of time. Here is a way to view God. Everywhere we look, everything we touch or feel, is full of energy; just use the term God to describe this energy. This energy has nothing to do with an anthropomorphic God who judges every movement of our existence and tortures so many in so many ways, but a reservoir of energy to draw our every breath from, to do what we deem important to continue to carry forward our lives. Be careful how we choose to use this energy, for it can be unfortunately used for destructive and selfish purposes. So God can be felt by our conscious mind as near, even within, even contacted as from deep meditation, or distant, leaving us isolated and all alone, depending on whether one believes there is some value to forging a relationship with God using one's conscious mind. This ability to be near or far in one's personal relationship to God depends on whether a person wants to acknowledge It's presence, is paradoxical since God can be both near or far, so God can be either according to a conscious mind's orientation.
The question arises as to why we can not decide immediately to use our conscious mind to make that connection, why does it take work to reconnect/reunite our conscious and unconscious minds so God's energy/mind can be revealed in it's entirety at our conscious mind's discretion? It is like you have to master the physical world or at least prevent it from being a distraction, before one is allowed to view once again life in it's totality. Before we are born, consciousness is in tune with total environment. The conscious and unconscious minds have to be brought into synchrony once again as they were before birth. Regaining this oneness allows the conscious mind to have a clear perception of how God works through our unconscious.
God, where have you gone?
Left feeling so isolated, alone,
I couldn't find you anywhere
Just as they had said
That you would be no where
But I searched anyway to be sure
High, low, here and there
And then I saw you,
Within, and everywhere,
That's where you can always be found
I'm ashamed for thinking you'd left me
Thank you for always being around.
2) God's unconditional love has conditions.
God energy is unconditionally flowing through us on a constant basis, to do with it what we would like as we make the decision to use it in different ways. Then exactly what is the judge of our actions? It turns out that when creation was set in motion certain physical laws were created at the same time, and unless we follow the dictates of those laws, we in effect end up in negative judgment of ourSelf which was created and is even now supported by our Creator. This unconditional love, a showering/streaming of life supporting energy through us whether we like it or not, becomes paradoxical when we see that we can only stay balanced/happy when we follow those rules (conditions) imparted since the beginning of time. This abundance of energy flowing through us allows us to tie into the positive aspect of these rules, which, to summarize, are: maintain some modicum of exercise, for the body, as a transformer, has to maintain and support your energy; fuel this body and mind with live and nutritious fuel/food; keep a positive mental attitude and place nothing above God in importance. This is the second paradox of God: unconditional love from our Creator has conditions attached to it (relative to our human lives) because to live at a positive and harmonious level requires following the simplest of rules.
God showers us with wonderful energy
In every moment of the day
Never asking anything from this bounty
It can never be used up
But to function at our best
As we bask in this downpouring
This energy should be used wisely
Otherwise trouble could come our way
Productive not destructive
Progressing not regressing
Choose to follow the natural laws
So contentment follows your days.
3) The third paradox is that God's creations are It's conscious mind.
Because everything in this universe is developing, moving forward in time, God can be said to have a mind in that there is a plan to God's development of Creation. Remember that a mind is the total energy flow in an entity. We have to understand God does not have a conscious mind in the usual sense. Does God have a consciousness? It can be said It does. Does He have volition? Yes, as His Creations develop their way through time, the will of It's creatons are the actions brought forth by God. As It's creations have born fruit, they have developed/become the outlet for His mind, a virtual and vicarious unconscious mind, so that we ourselves, as humanity, have become part of the spokesmen of God's Mind, with our consciousness. Like an infant getting used to the world, putting things in motion, being able to feel, but not being able to put anything into words, our Lord pushed forward His creations, and we have all been blessed to be a part of this effort. Our minds enhance the expression of It's consciousness while using ours. A simple statement to this fact is the axiom that the expansion of consciousness is a never-ending phenomenon, both for yourself, for God, for all of creation.
The Mind of our Creator
Is unlike any other mind
Being the origin and synthesis
Of all of it's conscious
And unconscious minds
It grows along with Creation
It's beyond ideation
Never before or ever can
Another mind like that be .
4) This leads us to the fourth paradox, the recognition that God is not a non-changing, static entity, but a wonderful force behind Creation-constantly growing, becoming more.
Humans are special in that we are called upon to assist God so that He can continue to grow. By enhancing our awareness/individual consciousness we in turn assist God to be become more of what He is while we become more of what we are. So if God is omnipotent, all-knowing, ever-present, which many say He is and I agree, then is there any need for God to be more than what It already is? The truth is, yes; since we are all a part of the energy flow in this Universe, which is God's mind, we are in fact part of God and exist as a part of His Mind. Then as we advance our Selves in knowledge/understanding/ awareness, we enhance God's ability to carry out the development, at every level, infintesimally small at the galactic level, tiny at the solar system's level but important here on our Earth, His Grand Plan for His Earthly creation. That is a bizarre twist, to have the Almighty omnipotent reliant upon His seemingly insignificant little creations for an important part of the sustenance of His consciousness and growth.
Lord, you have created us
And we are yours
and you are ours,
You are all the energy
Thank you for creating time
Which pushes us forward
Change is the only constant
Until the end of time
We'll continue to honor
These processes put forth.
5) Another paradox of God, is that He is sexless, while at the same time having all the attributes of masculine and feminine.
The receptivity, to nurture and soothe, the power and strength, are energies all of which are found within God. The explosive power of cataclysmic natural events or the serenity of a pool of spring water, they all can be said to be emotional expressions of God. However, since God is sexless, the emotions which are displayed in human relationships are people's attempt to associate with one another using God's energies. In the broadest sense, sex is the energy transfer from one to another, although most humans only think in terms of the physical energy transfer as the act of sex. There are levels of feeling from a total block of any reception of energy from others, what one might call a psychopathic narcissism, to being totally receptive of another's energy, a state of pure empathy. Within this spectrum of human emotion, people are utilizing God's energies, with or without acknowledging it, to become more of what they are.
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6) Another seemingly paradoxical attribute of our God is that our Creator is faceless, yet can be seen.
One problem with seeing God is that one doesn't know what they are looking for. Some might envision a old bearded man, like the images of a Greek god, enthroned higher up.
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