A FOCUSED OR PANORAMIC GOD

Parent Page :The Great Creative Energy

Focusing and concentration are easy and natural with anything beautiful, creative or awesome; and God is, at the very least, an amazingly powerful focal point.

And if there is no actual entity which is God, and the idea of God developed purely as a result of our abstract thinking system – the system which divides life into abstract bits to understand the relationship between subjects and objects – then exactly that makes God an ideal focal point.

And in our imagination, in the reality of our abstract understanding, nothing could ever function better than that. It will have a real psychological effect, regardless of any scientific, logical or rational ideas.

The primary practical problem is that religions and beliefs all involve intense forms of focusing and any strong focal point can easily become closed-minded.

And a closed-minded God could never create anything. God has to be open-minded.

Closed-minded Gods invite abstract philosophy, clever ideas, and hidden mysteries; quite apart from traumatising innocent people.

It was probably essential for the survival of our global community, that Nietzsche, Darwin, et al. questioned and destroyed the traditional idea of God.

But then Freud et al. replaced the centre of the world with an individual ego.

And nowadays, philosophers question if the ego is merely an abstract idea, in much the same way that Nietzsche previously questioned God.

The bottom line here is that God and the ego are both focal points. And only ever exclusively focusing is an unbalanced use of our sensory faculties. It limits our understanding, creativity and intelligence.

Every other animal on our planet alternates or coordinates almost all of their focused activities with periods of panoramic sensing.

Whatever we believe in, needs to be balanced with periods of panoramic sensing.

A tree creates apples and gives them freely, with no idea who eats them. The sun shines all round and, without even thinking about it, a fraction lands on earth.

The original spark didn't know what it was doing when it created a magical chaos of possibilities. Without it we wouldn't exist, but it doesn't know that. And it hasn't even any understanding of the concept of asking for anything back.

It deserves at least our recognition even though it asks for none. It actually deserves our appreciation and thanks even though it asks for none.

Such a non descript God is useless to organised religion or herd mentality, it has no morals, no order, no purpose. And focal humans need a plan, a way to understand life in terms of it having a purpose and meaning.

What a crazy and complicated situation we've made of it all.

The energy of the creation is still happening, every day. The residual 'heat' and vibration from the explosive moment of creation, is still vibrating in every direction, resonating throughout the universe; still permeating our atmosphere.

Any wholesome being would want to live in accordance with this creative energy, even though it doesn't ask for that.

The energy source is always there waiting for us to be open to it when we're ready.

And this all fits with my experience of panoramic sensing. It's consistent.

Animals taught me like the great rivers give water, the wind moves clouds, and the trees give apples – without even realising they were doing it, without having the purpose to teach, and without ever focusing on doing it. They gave freely and ask nothing back.

4 Sub-pages
Our Animal Gurus
Prayer
Death and Bereavement
The New-Age Religions

Modern Rational Problems with the Traditional God
A God who planned each one of our lives, aeons in advance – a conscious being who can make decisions and judgements – has the direct consequence that people in the modern rational turn away from God. Then why would such an all-knowing God allow horrible things, disease, war, etc. to happen... to innocent children?

Explanations are usually to do with "everything happens for a reason", "have faith" or "we can never know the ways of God". Hmmm...

A better explanation is that most of our suffering is created as a consequence of our own, or other peoples free will.

Free Will
But this leads us to a far more significant problem. We are asked to follow the will of God, and to give up our own free will.

It's curious how often modern people do actually give up their free will, with no reservation, to some form of modern popular herd mentality. And this, or an authoritarian God, will inevitably inhibit us.

However, even with a beneficial God, or simply the greater powers at work in the universe – we fear we could lose ourselves, our ability to choose, and even our individuality, by giving ourselves to God.

Theologians argue that this a paradox.

But the problem exists because we only appreciate life from the focused perspective. Both Chapters 2 and 3 analyse how focusing creates such problems.

From the panoramic perspective, it's no paradox. It's practical.

Even though vulnerable animals enter a state of panoramic consciousness with the self-interest of staying safe, any degree of self-interest is a distraction from being fully panoramically aware. And even though this is only a temporary state, it's a practical demonstration of how it works.

They have to devote themselves and all their senses to being panoramically aware. They have to be selfless in order to survive as individuals. And it doesn't restrict their free will at all, they can fly or run away at a moment's notice.

The creative spirit, the subtle energy source – the eternal spring which gives without ever running dry, without knowing who or what drinks its waters – asks nothing of us... and it's up to us if and when we want to bathe in its waters.

It enables our individuality and free will to develop free from self-pride, and also – free of all of the pressures and restraints of herd mentality.

4 Sub-pages
Our Animal Gurus
Prayer
Death and Bereavement
The New-Age Religions

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