It is through the attempted transference of Reality to non-reality, that what seemingly became Reality, was and is called and referred to as 'God'. History tells us something of humanity's first confrontation with that which became known and classified as a god or gods. A god or gods were seen in terrifying events of the unknown. The god or gods were the personification of terrifying events that occurred in nature. The god was manifested through displays of power. Unspeakable fear was humanity's initial reaction to the god's display of power. Fear and the resulting instinct of survival, called for appeasement..what could be done to lessen the threat. The god/gods or eventually "God" seemed to have power over life and death. Beyond seeming to have power over life and death, as in cataclysmic events of nature, power was, consequently, also given and attributed to a god or a deity as its proper due. To mollify and appease the god and to buy insurance against further threatening events. As competitiveness is an attribute of humanity, competitiveness is also an attribute of god as the action of division began to divide also God. Humanity divided. God divided. The divided segments of humanity claimed segments of God as their benefactor and Savior. As representatives of the people, these gods or God, actually did and does have power over life and death as the archetype of intelligence/humanity which created its own demise through the process of division that is the determinate of all Creation. Of course, on a higher level of truth, humanity's existence was threatened and on that level God was and is the master of Life and Death. As such, humanity tried and tries to block god's/God's destructive power through appeasement, as in alliances, as in petition, prayer and sacrifice. Eventually to this end agreements or covenants were made, rituals were enacted; all to insure survival...all to conquer the inevitable death-the block to Perfection.
Non-reality reproduces within itself the Reality/Non-reality dichotomy that it may take on the characteristics and become that Reality. This would be like recreating Reality into a staged reproduction with actors replacing real life characters. Like cannibalism, non-reality attempts to image (devour) Reality's characteristics and then deny its existence that it may exist in its place. Creation/Intelligence/humanity cannot allow itself to see within itself this dichotomy. Through this imaging and consequent denial of Reality, humanity has struggled throughout history with good and evil, grace and sin. This struggle has shaped who we are and what we do. The questions resonate in every time and culture:"what is good and what is evil?, "how did goodness and evil come about?", "why are evil, pain, and suffering in the world?", "who or what is responsible?", "where can we place the blame?" And the most profound and most occurring question of all, "How can a God of love allow evil (bad things) to happen?"
.........to be continued...............
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