Before the Great Master Jesus manifested in the physical plane, man held the concept that that which he called 'God' was a male figure who was not only jealous, but vengeful; demanding an eye for and eye and visiting plague and pestilence, was and famine on even His chosen people.
When the Great Master changed the symbol to that of a loving father, perfect in all ways, he made God accessible to both the learned and the unlearned. A God to whom all mankind could relate. It was a giant step forward in understanding, but the learned were unable, and the unlearned unwilling, to penetrate the symbol any further. Instead of seeing the Source of all life and consciousness 'above, throughout and within all things' man kept himself apart from God by separating the Creator from the Created.
These days we fight over labels. We fight over the names we have given to our anthropomorphic concepts of God. Brahma, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah. A sign saying 'Brisbane' is not Brisbane itself. Would Brisbane change it the sign said 'City'?
For those who do not understand the word 'God', here is a quote from Goethe's "Fragment upon Nature".
"Nature! We are encompassed by her; impossible to escape from her and impossible to come nearer to her. The most unnatural also is nature. Who sees her not on all sides sees her truly nowhere. At each moment she starts upon a long, long journey and at each moment reaches her end.
"She lets every child enlarge upon her, every fool judge her, thousands pass heedlessly over her seeing nothing; yet she has friends among all and has her recompense from all.
"Even in resisting her laws one obeys them; and one works with her even in desiring to work against her. Love is her crown. Only through love does one come near to her. She has isolated all things so she may bring all together. All is eternally present in her, for she knows neither past nor future. For her, the present is eternity."
Do we know God when we say: "God is Love"?
Why brothers, Love is not God, Love is but Her crown!
© David Hurst 1995
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