Church of Jesse:
(really the church of You)
I believe I am God, but I don't want
you to worship me -
because I believe everyone is their own
God. Worship yourself.
You have the power to create your own
heaven, happiness, utopia, while alive.
I am the God of my own world, you of
yours.
We share the world, of course, and we
should help each other get there..
we could therefore play power games,
and pound our chests like gorillas to see who is the alpha, or I
could tell you that I am perfect, and you are lowly, and should
submit (such as to Allah, Islam means submission) to my will. Which
I am totally fine with, by the way, but if you do it, you should do
it by choosing to agree with me, because you find my opinions
reasonable and compelling, not because of blind obedience or faith in
my divinity. But to each his own.
Allah, in fact, and perhaps this is a
“spell” elicited by modern linguistic deconstructionism, makes me
think of All a H; H is the 8th letter, and the word 'God',
in numerology based on the english alphabet, base 10, in which every
word corresponds to a number between 1 and 9, sums to 8- so therefore the arabic word for god in english makes me translate the meaning of H as code for God: thus Allah as
'All a God'.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, says
the bible.
I am, is God's name, of which I choose
the third interpretation.
(1. God is God. 2. the bible is God,
(as if the words were alive),
and 3.You (the reader) are God, which
includes me, I am God.)
My 'Allah' interpretation includes
everyone, not just readers of whatever holy book.
And, as Adi Da said, reasonably I
think, “Reality is all the God there ever is.”
So that expands the concept beyond a
universe-creator deity from the deep past (an alien life-form?), your
more immediate creators (your parents), the bible (the full set of
concepts, memes, interpretations, and practice), anyone who claimed
godhood in the past in the biblical tradition (such as Jesus), a
corporate body of believers such as all of Christianity/the
sangha/your particular church, etc. I would add, maybe everyone in
your head (all in all is all we are?) as another step in the
progression of expanding conceptions of God, or even all of humanity,
or everyone of good will (of any and all or even no religion). But
reality includes things, animals, stars, empty space, and I think the
best concept of God includes everything, not just that fragment of
reality with consciousness. After all, people are things, too. And
we are animals, of course. Or, in the words of madonna, you're a
superstar, yes that's what you are (lol). 2 stars to like: The
north star provides direction, and the sun provides warmth. Anyway,
the progression culminates in the Universe, which is everything, the
All, or what I call the YOU-niverse. Reality may be infinite, but
everyone's world, in truth, resides between their ears (which of
course includes telepathy, vibes, dreams, memes, communication,
prayer, and maybe even computers). We do interpenetrate. The
boundaries are indistinct. And our brains each have more neural
connections in them than there are atoms in the universe, if I
remember correctly. We must create our own virtual reality, a place
we enjoy, which is virtuous. We shouldn't exclude those who are
suffering, or places that might seem hellish (such as a dungeon, or
someone “locked-in” who is paralyzed, or perhaps the inside of a
star). We should extinguish our personal suffering, vanquish those
who persecute us, separate ourselves from the causes of suffering,
and get to the place of loving life, constantly renewing and
increasing our affinity, and I find Buddhist doctrine helpful in this
regard. Love everything, love everyone, as Dostoevsky said. Love
all, serve all, as the hard rock cafe says. Be good! (the entire
message of all religions, ever!) Love life!
Peace be with you.
Hopefully having an open mind, allowing
everyone in your head, will create a riotous party, where everybody
has a rollicking jolly good time, or at least loses some dukkha, and makes progress
toward bliss.
