Describe your God

[CharmingOwl]

The king of heaven sits on top of the clouds and is the leader of a celestial bureaucracy. The other gods and spirits pass prayers through a chain of people and they eventually make their way up to him if his intervention is required. He spends his time in the sky realm managing concubines, scholars, and all kinds of affairs required for governing celestial deities and other tasks that need to be done in the sky realm. He wears blue robes and wears a hat like this one to signify his position as head of the celestial bureaucracy. However, most of this information is not a major part of the practice since Hechun is very distant from us in the physical world and thus we cannot interact with him directly. Most information and mythology does not come directly from busy Hechun, but from secondhand accounts of the other gods. However, they all appear to hold him in high respect and esteem so it is likely we have a good idea of his character from these stories.

For his physical appearance, he tends to choose to appear as an old man with a long white beard to show off his age and wisdom from being in the position he is in. However, there is no reason to believe he could not choose to appear as a young man either, as is rumored he has done during certain events to eavesdrop on what the other celestial beings were saying about him while they thought he was not around. He rewards those on Earth in various ways for their good deeds but leaves punishment and enforcement of karma up to the secretary of the god of death who judges them once they die.

 

[Jimmy]

The king of heaven sits on top of the clouds and is the leader of a celestial bureaucracy. The other gods and spirits pass prayers through a chain of people and they eventually make their way up to him if his intervention is required. He spends his time in the sky realm managing concubines, scholars, and all kinds of affairs required for governing celestial deities and other tasks that need to be done in the sky realm. He wears blue robes and wears a hat like this one to signify his position as head of the celestial bureaucracy. However, most of this information is not a major part of the practice since Hechun is very distant from us in the physical world and thus we cannot interact with him directly. Most information and mythology does not come directly from busy Hechun, but from secondhand accounts of the other gods. However, they all appear to hold him in high respect and esteem so it is likely we have a good idea of his character from these stories.

Hat looks oriental

 

[CharmingOwl]

Hat looks oriental

It is. The hat comes from the Han dynasty I believe. I'm not sure why that is the hat, but the actual version worn by Hechun may not be completely similar to this kind. It most likely has some differences while having this general shape and design.

 

[Jimmy]

God is comforting imo. Just to sit back and think how big he is and that he goes on forever just brings comfort to the heart and soul. Raising self awareness too. No claustrophobia here. Haha He’s giving us just the right amount of room to live in imo. Haha Oh wait a minute there are no walls.

 

[Jimmy]

My God is inextricably tied to one individual on earth imo. He’s basically God in the flesh. When he dies all of existence ceases. But of course he is born again and it all starts over imo

 

[Jimmy]

Gods good imo

 

[Heyo]

I don't have any gods and this thread describes perfectly why. No two posters have described the same "god", everyone has their own version. What more evidence do I need to conclude that "god" is a word without meaning? If such an entity exists it is at least clear that nobody knows what it is like - let alone what it wants from me.

 

[Jimmy]

I don't have any gods and this thread describes perfectly why. No two posters have described the same "god", everyone has their own version. What more evidence do I need to conclude that "god" is a word without meaning? If such an entity exists it is at least clear that nobody knows what it is like - let alone what it wants from me.

Whatever works for you

 

[Sand Dancer]

Which god?

Yahweh/Jesus.