Ok, try this on for size. I have personally seen what some would call "god". This vision lasted for approximately eight hours and remains one of the most dazzling memories I have acquired in this short lifetime. The vision was of Vishnu laying on the serpentine Sesanaga. I will tell you this, it certainly seemed like "god" and you certainly could have fooled me and it certainly appeared to be the source of everything. You have to understand that worship was not required, if anything, it was discouraged. Simply being there was quite enough for "the boss" as He(she/it) doesn't get a lot of visitors these days.
You can perhaps imagine how hard I chuckle when I hear people tell me "You cannot know god" or "god is unknowable". "Really?" I tend to muse. I do wonder what it was that I have had the good fortune to see? I guess it only counts for the Abrahamic god and if that is the case, then that is truly sad. Poor blighters.
As I have gotten used to my view of "god" my viewpoint has morphed over the decades. Mysterious force? No, not really, although people have some pretty mysterious ideas about what "god" is. PS: I do not follow the Abrahamic version of god, nor would it ever occur to me to do so. It has always struck me as being a very stunted vision of this aspect of reality.
Two things stood out. One was the unimaginable love -- sadly, it can only be directly experienced. The second was the unbounded joy or ecstasy.
To totally fry your brain cells, I should note that I have gone well past this early "vision" of "god". I doubt anyone here could understand what I now directly perceive. There are no words to describe it really. Ah well, I don't claim to be right or the only one who "knows". Just something for folks to ponder.