God Exists In Everything He is and Does: Check it Out For Yourself!
Take a look at the picture on your left and tell me that God doesn't exist. Look at the beautiful colors: the light bouncing off of the leaves. I took this picture earlier this morning. The tree's beauty caught my eye while I was walking home from the coffee shop so I went home, got my camera, and headed back to the park where it stands.
When I first caught sight of the tree, my heart skipped a beat. I'm not joking. I was totally overtaken and consumed by its beauty. I stopped dead in my tracks and just stood there staring at it. Then, I took a deep breath in and thanked God for giving me the gift of seeing this tree in all of its 'fall' glory.
Then, it occurred to me, "God exists in everything equally just as much as he exists in this tree." I began to think about the fact that every single atom on this Earth throbs with God's energy (or Prana, Holy Spirit, Life-Energy, etc.: whatever you call it). I began to look at things differently and, all of a sudden, everything began to shimmer like the radiance of the tree leaves. Just remembering that everything contains the 'life-force' energy, that same energy that beats our hearts, is refreshing and rejuvenating.
So, I ask you to see for yourself just how amazing this 'life-force' is. Look at anything in your immediate vicinity and just stare at it. Look it over. See what it's made of and what unique characteristics it possesses. Then, look at that object with the awareness that every single atom that makes up this piece of matter is throbbing with the 'life-force' energy. Every single atom. I guarantee that you will see that object in a new light. Think of every atom in your very own body as containing this life-force energy. This type of meditation reminds us that everything in the world is made of the same energy--albeit in different forms. The Hindus make a great analogy for this concept: you can have 100 pieces of different shaped gold jewelry, but in the end, its all just gold.
We are ALL gold. Every single sentient and insentient thing in the Universe is made up of the same energy; I call this energy God. Take a look at the leaves in the photograph below and then tell me that God doesn't exist.
All photos copyright 2005 D.L. Brophy
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posted by Unknown at 5:01 PM
11 Comments:
Lovely pictures!!! That tree is so beautiful and serene...I want to take a nap just looking at it!!!!
Wow! What great pics! Like a Picasso, but real!
Thank you, Anonymous.
I've been taking pictures for most of my life; it's always the simple photographs with natural lighting that appeal to me.
I am very happy with the way the 'three leaves' photograph turned out. I just used simple sunlight and let the leaves do the talking for themselves!
Hi Bhakti ! In response to your comment on John's Blog about Zappa for Prez (that is.......The USA moving over from the dark side to the light):
Here's the formula:
In our current administration what works is to have a Doofus Charlatan as the "front man"
(Beefhart vs Bush) while the evil genius pulls the strings from behind the scenes (Zappa vs Cheney) and the PR man gets the info out to the public at large (Michael Moore vs Carl Rove)
Michael Moore would be Secretary of State the Truth
Rudy }:{)
Hey--GREAT POINT! Yes, I'll agree--we'll have a 'muppet' type character in the front, and a genius in the background.
I'm not a huge Michael Moore fan (needs to get rid of the hat). I'd prefer Jon Stewart (even though he's really short).
p.s. Check out my post entitled "Does Humor Belong In...(Ode to Frank Zappa)--it's one of the earlier posts, probably in September or early October.
Thanks for commenting!
:)
Bhakti
Not really a logical argument: "I find something pretty, therefore God exists." Even Anselm came closer to making me believe. =)
You're completely correct in stating that this is NOT a 'logical' arguement. It is totally beyond logic.
My intent was not to say that pretty things mean that God exists; my intent was to say that it took something pretty to remind me that God exists in everything.
It was more about remembrance than anything else.
Being a devout devotee of the Eastern Philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, and through direct experience, I can truly say that it IS my experience that God exists in everything: and the mere anatomy of the atom suggests this to be true.
So, without pontificating breathlessly about the subject, I will just say that I know God exists in NOT so beautiful things too, for example: George W. Bush. He's made up of the same fabric that everything else is. It's just that looking at him doesn't cause remebrance of God, it causes remembrance that he'll be out of office in a couple of years (or, hopefully, sooner!)
:)
All in good fun--thanks for your comments, Alex. Visit again!
Yeesh! All you had to do was put up a picture of Kate Beckinsale, and I'd have believed.
Though, I still say Anselm's a fool.
I agree with you 110%, Alex--I, too, hate myself when I pontificate breathlessly. Words are useless, unless when you want to communicate. (WHAT?!?!?!?)
I don't know Anselm; does that make me a fool??
Okay, I read a TAD bit of Anselm's work online (and I mean a tad bit). From what I can tell, he seems to be trying to PROVE something that the Ancient Hindus 'experienced'. I don't really think that you can PROVE (or make anyone else believe) the parameters (or lack thereof!) of God's existence, so his argument, in my opinion, would be rendered futile. However, (keeping in mind that I only read 10 minutes of his theory) if he were to write about HIS experience of the qualities of God, rather than trying to 'reason away' the qualities of God, perhaps you would not think him such a fool.
I don't know, my cup is empty, and at the same time, my cup runneth over.
I'll sum up his semi-complicated arguemtn on your more recent post...
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