July 30th

Absolute


They say, "You are god."
But everyone is.
They say, "All is god."
Then why are there differences?
They say, "All is an illusion."
But does that include god?

Those who follow Tao declare that there is no evidence that a god created our world. They have not found any empirical proof, and they cannot accept the idea philosophically. They reason that god must be absolute and this means oneness, omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. Naturally, anything separate and distinct would not satisfy this criteria. If there was a god and a world that god created, then there would be two things -- and god could not then be considered absolute. If there were an absolute god, there could not be anything separate from god.Everything is god. We are also god. However, we fail to realize this. Why? Because we look for god outside of ourselves. We make the mistake of taking ourselves as the viewer and then seek god as the object of our examinations. Unfortunately, everything we perceive is tainted by our subjectivity, and anything that we define as god "out there" cannot be god because it is not absolute. All you've found is something that exists in relation to your perceptions.
You are god. The only way to confirm this is to remove the barrier of subjectivity that prevents you from realizing your essential oneness with all things.

Personal Interpretation


If God is to be understood as absolute, then God cannot be sought beyond ourselves, for to suggest that such a power is separate from his creation is to suggest that that creation is not a part of all that such a power would encompass. The subjective lens through which we must view reality keeps us from seeing things as they truly are. We are a component of "God" and so is everything else in creation. There is power in recognizing the role we play in our own fates. We are one with all things and should make every effort to remind ourselves of this when the World attempts to tell us otherwise.