God...

What does God look like

March 08



I like to think that there Is God.

I prefer to believe that there Is God -rather that there is not.

Assuming that there is, i often contemplate on the idea of

"What does God really Look like" ...

I find the personification or anthropomorphic idea
rather childish and far fetched.
It is such an obvious concept of projection
and a rather primitive one born of necessity
desperation and limited perception or imagination.

A baby Hippo looks pretty much like its mum and dad
only so much smaller
A baby Elephant, and a baby Giraffe and a baby Baboon...
and so on ...

God created Man therefore man looks like God?...
therefore God looks like Man???...

God of course created elephant...and hippo...and giraffe...
and snake ...and worm..........therefore???....

No - No - No!...God cannot possibly look like an elephant
or giraffe or ...baboon because Man is the most intelligent
creature and the crown of creation on Earth - therefore......

Yes, on Earth!...but Is Earth All there is?...

How much beyond the Tree and its munching leaf
Is a Caterpillar aware of?...

Surely God must look like a giant caterpillar from that angle
at least until one day the caterpillar changes into a Butterfly
and then can have a wider view and experience
of its surroundings beyond the tree and the leaf.

Personally, I too prefer the idea of personification
because it is easier and much more comforting
to imagine a benevolent Face to turn to at times of need
despair or unbearable pain, rather than ...
...Some One or Some Thing ...without shape, without sound
without colour, or any discernable substance
and completely invisible ...pretty much... like it is right now!...

It appears rather cruel and i believe it is so for any poor human.

Yet, this is where one of our greatest challenges probably lie:

To believe and trust in something that Is and Looks
entirely and unimaginably different!

All seeing, All knowing, All powerful and Ever Present
Creating, Destroying, Ever-changing, yet
Shapeless, Formless, Soundless and Completely Invisible
other than its Parts and Actions in All their manifestations
or totally indefinable even by any of these terms



and like the caterpillar on its small leaf
hoping to one day be transformed into Butterflies
and have a better wider view and perception
of what there really is and of what we are
that are not able to imagine at this stage.


When All man made structures and preconceptions Fall
True vision may be revealed.

In the mean time there is nothing more comforting to imagine
than a benevolent Face to turn to at times of need and despair

And no better one than that of a Benevolent Fellow Man ...

Alter Ego

Posted by Orion
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Why?...

Why?...

March 08



The term 'Food Chain" starkly reveals a very raw
if not cruel to our eyes aspect of Nature.

Every living creature depends for its development, survival
and continuation upon the consumption of another creature
be it a plant or another animal.
Alive or dead...

Every creature, in one way or another
seems to be sacrificed in the process of Nature's Law
and for the purpose of Nature's Plan
...if there is one.

One way I see this process is:

'Life feeding itself from itself
thus continually recycling
changing and perpetuating itself.'

Another way perhaps is the theory
of the process of transmutation of the species
to a higher order in the chain.

Whatever the Real event behind the veil of appearances
and whatever Nature's Plan and Purpose
there is one aspect of it i find difficult to accept
understand or in some way substantiate:

Why must it be done in that way?

Why in a way that appears merciless and cruel?
Why with pain, fear and cruelty of an abrupt death
since every creature will eventually come to a natural end?

Is this possibly one very clear, very dramatic way
bringing to consciousness that death, pain and fear
are only a temporary part and an appearance
in an otherwise veiled continual Process of Transformation
at all levels?

Every creature is naturally equipped
with a sense of fear for danger
and instinct for self preservation and survival.

If All creations are part of a transmutation process
then nothing in reality perishes.

If so, is the sense of danger illusionary
and the instinct of self preservation
serving only a temporary purpose
i.e. preserving
a particular form of expression and manifestation
at a particular point of time?

Even if any of these speculations are true
the question still remains;

Why?...why must it be done in this way?
Why with fear and pain?
Why through a cruel untimely death?

Is it possible that there might be a momentary
merciful revelation of that reality
at the moment of a creature's surrender to death
as perhaps a benevolent touch of Life?...

Alter Ego

Posted by Orion
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Introspective...

Introspective

April 08



Some times I feel rather lost when trying to understand
the different aspects of life
the world and all that occurs in it.

Without firm Belief or Faith, even if a false one
it is like traveling in unchartered territories without signposts.

Yet it is often in lost circumstances
that some of the greatest discoveries have been made.

Alter Ego

Posted by Orion
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Shadows...

Shadows

June 08

Now and then
The mind unexpectedly opens a door into a strange place
where desolate aspects of self are lurking in the dark

Shadows of some forgotten past.



Like Hecate in the dark cave of the mind
ghost images spinning imaginary spidery threads
inside deceptive mirrors
of a past that cannot not be revisited
and a future that can never be created...

Alter Ego

Posted by Orion
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Truth...

Moments of Truth

June 08

How many painful truths
often become disturbingly clear
for just a few fleeting moments



Yet sooner than even the pain has subsided
we choose to close our eyes to them
and carry on as if they never happened.

Alter Ego

Posted by Orion
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Tides...

Tides

Nov 04



I turn my focus inward and upwards

I let each coming challenge pass like the waves of the beach

Some just merely touch my toes
Some cover over my ankles
and when big tides comes
I feel immersed up to my chest or even higher.

But in the end when all is past
I still remain....

This is the nature of Life.

Alter Ego

Posted by Orion
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