“Only God is Real”
This statement has been echoing within me like an epic chorus woven throughout a melodious triumphant anthem. There’s been a voice within me, challenging me to bring my every fear, concern, guilt, pain, doubt and confusion to the altar of this statement.
It tells me that beneath every fear that arises within my mind, there is a belief that there is something other than God present. And in this belief that there is something “other” than God, is a part of my mind that is trying to invest energy into something that is not actually there, in an attempt to validate a part of itself that doesn’t actually exist.
And to be completely honest with you, I don’t fully understand it. But I recognize that I am not meant to fully understand, because miracles are the very thing that crumble the feeble walls of our limited understanding. Our understanding is wired for this world, yet miracles open us to the Reality beyond it.
“Only God is Real”
How can I say such a statement, when humanity is on the brink of nuclear war, when there is unprecedented death and disease, where our global economies are collapsing, when we are more polarized and divided than we’ve ever been, and when it seems as if we moving into an authoritarian regime governed by artificial intelligence?
This statement seems bypassing, avoidant, disrespectful and blasphemous in the face of a bleeding and suffering humanity!
“Only God is Real”
What if the suffering that we’re experiencing is our subconscious attempt to create a false world in order to validate a false self that doesn’t even exist?
We can create an experience for ourselves, even if there is no reality to the experience itself.
For example, a child can create a fearful experience of monsters living under their bed conspiring to devour them, even when there are no monsters actually there. The child will become frantic, and terror will completely envelope their mind and body, and they will gather all of their toy weapons to fight off the horrendous monsters that aren’t there. The child will create an entire reality within their mind, with hellish scenes replaying over and over, completely removed from the actual Reality that is present.
“Only God is Real”
What about bodies that are sick and dying? How could I say such a statement in the face of such literal death?
There is a Reality that existed far before your birth, and that will continue to exist far beyond your death. Do you really think this little moment of time in a body, this blink of eye, has the power to split you off from the enormity of existence that you have forever been a part of? Even the healthiest bodies are destined to crumble and fade at some point, like sandcastles gradually being swept away into the vast expanse of the ocean waters. Bodies, as beautiful and strong as some may be, are temporary makeshift huts that are destined to return to dust from the very moment that they are made.
So bodies are not so much of a solid thing, as they are an experience.
And experiences happen in time.
And what is Real is not bound by time.
Because what is Real is forever.
“Only God is Real”
And to be completely honest with you, I still don’t understand. But I recognize that I am not meant to fully understand, because miracles are the very thing that crumble the feeble walls of our limited understanding.
Our understanding is wired for this world, yet miracles open us to the Reality beyond it.
“Only God is Real”