How can one possibly identify God and say, "That is what God is" when God is the essence of All That Is in a motivated force that is ever changing, ever creating, ever being"? How can one say, "God is love" when God is all encompassing? Love and fear, hatred and jealousy, compassion and mercy - all of these aspects of the one great creative force that we direct through our emotions.

How can one, with a mind which is temporarily locked in time and therefore must think in terms of beginnings and endings, possibly identify that which is beyond time, matter and space? The God that is now will not be the same as the God of the next moment, for 'God', though it may be a permanent condition, is not a static one.

As you are an eternally valid part of All That Is you cannot identify God OUTSIDE of you own wondrous being. To try to do so is to deny your divinity. You are looking outside yourself for that which emanates FROM you. From that which is called 'the God within'. To look for and experience this God within is much easier than trying to grasp the complexities of infinite creation. You turn to the here and now of your own being, your own thought processes and your own emotions.

You are created as an image of God, not because you have arms, legs, a body and a head, but because you are a perfect image of the Creative Force from which all realities spring. You, the real you, are the creative duplicate of the 'Father'. The only way you can perceive, understand and emotionally know the Father, is to understand and know who YOU are; then you will know God. Then you can say, "I know who the Father is, for the Father and I are one, and I know who I am!"

All the attributes that you give to your concept of God are yours. That which you conceive to be the highest intelligence, the supreme power, the pinnacle of grace and holiness is YOU. When you discover your godliness you will begin to direct your creative mind consciously and, it is to be hoped, skilfully. YOU are the only means of experiencing God. Any image that you have of yourself that is any less than God is a false image. Clinging to false images of Self is a sure way to create unhappiness, for, in reality, none of them is a permanent condition and you will never be content. Some typical false images are: "I am a failure", "I am a criminal", "I am unlovable", "I am this body" and so forth. These are all false concepts of your present physical and emotional conditions. They are impermanent, they are not what you are. You are the KNOWABLE GOD.