Your concept/image of God & You (June 19, 2007)

Infinite Peace!

Last Tuesday (June 19) we welcomed back to the Inner Work Circle our resident Hindu and VP/co-founder, Shakun V., who just returned from her trip from Belgium to attend the Global Council Meeting of the United Religions Initiative (URI). With fresh energy and inspiration from meeting again co-members of the big global URI family, she shared a bit about her experience there during the kamustahan.

The session proceeded with a sharing from each one around the circle on the two guide questions:
1. “What is your own concept/image/symbol which you can use to describe God?”
2. “How have you become out of this concept of God?” or “How do you relate to this concept of God?”

From the questions themselves you would know how the discussions came about, and a very interesting and enlightening session it indeed became.

We heard varied sharing from everyone and each gave his/her own unique insights which contributed to the richness of the diversity of perspectives that describe only one reality. Some of these may be familiar to you or resonate with you, some may seem absurd or far-fetched. But at TIWC we never judge a sharing, an opinion, or an understanding or belief:

God is…
… a mirror
… a cellphone
… the sun
… the yin-yang
… giver of free will
… loving mother
… maintainer of balance
… the equilibrium
… the relationship
… the experience of love as one relates with other human beings
… unconditional love
… divine source
… energy
… holy spirit
… the super soul
… the superconsciousness
… the primordial spirit
… the divine father & divine mother
… our ancestors
… oneness
… the is and is not, the both is and is not, and the neither is nor is not
… irrelevant in the quest to end all human suffering (according to the Buddhist teaching)

What about you? Care to share your own concept or experience of God?