Mind, God, Self & Reality

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Wednesday, November 29, 2000

God, Mind, Self and Reality

When God was creating the Universe where did his Mind come from?

What was his True Self at the moment of Creation?

Does God have Mind or Self?

If so, what, exactly, is the “Mind” and “Self” of God? And, where did they come from?

If no, how is Reality possible?

Of course the words “God”, “Mind” and “Self” are only exactly what they are…lines and dots on your screen, words in language and in speech, sounds and letters used in communication, used to convey something inherently human, maybe even exclusively human, an acknowledgement of our unknowing, of our limitations, of the infinite complexity of the Reality we live in and the fact that a singular human mind and brain will never grasp it in its entirety. It does not mean, however, that we can not be intimate with it, on contrary, one can only enter it in the moment of not-knowing, in the moment of not experiencing, in fact, in the very moment of non-being, which is exactly this very moment of your life.

One can not not be it even if it is beyond what we are and are not.

And entering it, always fragmentary and incomplete, because it happens in the realm of the Real not yet symbolized in cultural images / signs and letters, is often easier than finding ways to communicate it to others.

This inquiry in to the most absolute and fundamental of all religions, all spiritual paths and all scientific psychologies converge in this very question. What is God, what is Mind, what is Self, how do we search for it and how do we express what we discover?

Are we to become monks and mystics? Should we contemplate, meditate, pray, recite, chant? Should we study the brain and mind scientifically and experimentally?

What is the path? Is there a path? Or maybe many paths?

The very fact that there is religion, art, and science only confirms the multiplicity and fragmentation of our (un)knowing. Or, maybe there are no truths and discoveries but only narratives and rhetorical / interpretative survivors?

These are important questions. What are your thoughts about it?

Where is your mind, your Self, your Reality and your God in this very moment?