We were in line at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California waiting to get in to see and hear the marvelous British comedian, Eddie Izzard, and talking about our appreciation of his gifts and his being. She said, "I'd vote for Eddie for God" and I concurred. After all, he so aptly describes the human condition while brandishing his heart on his sleeve. What more could anyone want in a divine being? We laughed and parted, wishing each other a great show.
During the show Eddie declared his new atheism, having abandoned agnosticism, and for the next hour or so worked through a bunch of reasons why - very funny and intelligent stuff, as always. I recommend Eddie's comedy to all progressive thinkers and open hearts. He won't offend your mind or assault your sensibilities, this high energy angel of humor with a conscience. Check out his website. I love borrowing his DVDs from my local library. And, there is a new bio documentary called Believe I look forward to seeing.
Oddly enough, based on the depictions of God he gave, I too am an atheist, which is interesting since I'm in ministerial school, The Holmes Institute School of Consciousness Studies. It no longer seems odd to me though. Most depictions of God I come across do not represent my belief at all. I honor the Father in the Sky model of God for those for whom it resonates in the soul. And, I honor a different view of the divine for those of us who feel that difference to the core of our being. People need a version of the Something Greater that speaks their hearts into life and we are each unique in brain wiring and life experience. How could we not believe in different views of the Infinite? It is infinite, after all.
More than anything else, while listening to Eddie gleefully skewer the idea of God as a guy lost in the clouds of his own making or witnessing Bill Mahr morosely and futilely search for an idea of divinity intelligible to him in the film Religulous, and at so many other times, I feel left out. "Hey," I want to say, "what about New Thought ideas of God? What about the brilliant synthesist of the world's wisdom traditions, including modern science, Ernest Holmes, and his philosophy called The Science of Mind?" We are usually left out. Guess we need better marketing or something.
So, for the sake of balance, here's a brief introduction to the God I believe in. No need to use the word God; Life will do, or Infinite Creative Intelligence or Omnipresent Consciousness or Quantum Foam for short. All that exists is one infinite field of possibility which constantly expands information; all that exists is consciousness lavishing itself upon the physical manifestations which naturally spring from its own creativity.
What does that mean to us humans? We are as much God stuff as mosquitos and glaciers are AND, unlike those God forms, we have a level of conscious mind able to understand that. One infinite mind includes the mind I am using. That means...
There is a power in the Universe that you use day in and day out to shape your life experience. Why not use it consciously?
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