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What is god made of?
- Thread starter dyanaprajna2011
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God is made of Love.
Yes, in human language it is LOVE.
Love is not a thing. Its a concept, a feeling, its chemestry.
I am out of frubals can some one give him one for me.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
God is Spirit. The cosmos is God's body.
What is spirit.
Contemplative Cat
energy formation
Spirit is Consciousness
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
May you be touched by his Noodly Appendage!
God of the gaps Unless you meant something deeper? Also does that make me God?
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
God is made of the by-products and vagaries of human psychology and sociology.
What is god made of?
Pure Consciousness.
That's the fundamental constituent of the universe and can't be broken down into anything finer.
What we think of as the universe is congealed consciousness.
Pure Consciousness.
That's the fundamental constituent of the universe and can't be broken down into anything finer.
What we think of as the universe is congealed consciousness.
Runewolf1973
Materialism/Animism
"That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
yoda89
On Xtended Vacation
There are so many philosophies and different concepts of what a God it is hard to say. Depending on its definition a more powerful species could be a God compared to us.
May I ask why you ask? Just curious.
At any rate, I'm not a monotheist nor an Abrahamic, and given my gods are the various aspects of reality itself, what a particular god is made out of depends on the god in question. In general, we humans would know them as either composed of (1) Idea (in the case of things that lack substance, such as feelings, abstractions, meanings, and "imaginary" things) or (2) physical substance and Idea.
For example, Sun Spirit by science is known to be composed of about 74% hydrogen, 25% helium, and 1% other elements. It is also known to have various other physical properties such as the emission of electromagnetic radiation and the production of a fantastically large gravity well. In terms of Idea, Sun Spirit is also understood by us as embodying things like happiness, power, strength, energy, life-giving, and so forth. These are the things Sun Spirit is made of: physical substance and Idea. These things are it's soul/essence/spirit as we understand them as humans.
I would suspect that it is related to a particularly pernicious koan he has chosen to wrestle with. I think he's doing an excellent job with it, so far!May I ask why you ask? Just curious.
dyanaprajna2011
Dharmapala
Quintessence said:
Crossfire hit on part of it. The koan is working in my mind even when I'm not focusing on it. But more specifically:
I get bored at work, and sometimes my mind wanders. Last night, for some reason, it went to evolutionary history, and particularly the Cambrian explosion. Which led to the rise of civilization 5000 years ago, and then to the Axial age 2500 years ago. I was contemplating what these things meant in the realm of evolutionary biology. And then it hit me; my mind went to the question, "what is god made of?" Somehow, I got the idea at this time, that light and water represented the body and mind, and how science still can't adequately explain either one, so there must be some sort of "higher power", maybe not necessarily god (as a Buddhist, I call it dharmakaya and tathagatagarbha), but something else, and how this higher power in some way may have directed aspects of evolution, particularly human evolution. But it made me wonder: if it's something natural, it should leave some sort of mark on the physical realm. Which led to, "what is god made of?" It made me wonder about what all natural theistic theologies there are, such as pantheism, but also how does other religions explain god in such a manner.
But like crossfire said, it all ties in with my koan.
You've just been given a glimpse of where my mind goes when I let it wander. Scary, isn't it?
Crossfire hit on part of it. The koan is working in my mind even when I'm not focusing on it. But more specifically:
I get bored at work, and sometimes my mind wanders. Last night, for some reason, it went to evolutionary history, and particularly the Cambrian explosion. Which led to the rise of civilization 5000 years ago, and then to the Axial age 2500 years ago. I was contemplating what these things meant in the realm of evolutionary biology. And then it hit me; my mind went to the question, "what is god made of?" Somehow, I got the idea at this time, that light and water represented the body and mind, and how science still can't adequately explain either one, so there must be some sort of "higher power", maybe not necessarily god (as a Buddhist, I call it dharmakaya and tathagatagarbha), but something else, and how this higher power in some way may have directed aspects of evolution, particularly human evolution. But it made me wonder: if it's something natural, it should leave some sort of mark on the physical realm. Which led to, "what is god made of?" It made me wonder about what all natural theistic theologies there are, such as pantheism, but also how does other religions explain god in such a manner.
But like crossfire said, it all ties in with my koan.
You've just been given a glimpse of where my mind goes when I let it wander. Scary, isn't it?
Have you checked out Samkhya yet?
NobodyYouKnow
Misanthropist
To me, God is something that as soon as I pen these words to cyberspace, it isn't 'God' anymore.
I have read a few replies saying 'consciousness' or 'love' and I could also add to that description the Hindu gamut of Sat, Chit, Ananda - Truth, Consciousness, Bliss or Satyam, Shivam Sundaram - The Beauty of Shiva's Truth...all of these descriptions are true, but can only just scratch the surface.
Whatever way you look at it, those who have had the experience have been trying to describe it for years now and nothing can ever come close...even that level of Siva-love I'm feeling in my heart right now (which is just soaring through the roof).
Siva doesn't have to be limited by our mental 'box'...yeah, He can be (and is) Light, Omnipotence, Beauty, Consciousness, Bliss, Guru, Mother, Child, Tree, Stone...then, you just run out of those mental 'Post-It notes' to remind yourself about everything Siva is, so you tend to go; '"Ok, Siva is everything...there! happy now?" and spend the rest of your life working out what the implications of all that really is...
So what is God made of? If God could be 'made of' anything, that would be the first dead give-away it wasn't God....all I have is;
Aum Namah Shivaya
I have read a few replies saying 'consciousness' or 'love' and I could also add to that description the Hindu gamut of Sat, Chit, Ananda - Truth, Consciousness, Bliss or Satyam, Shivam Sundaram - The Beauty of Shiva's Truth...all of these descriptions are true, but can only just scratch the surface.
Whatever way you look at it, those who have had the experience have been trying to describe it for years now and nothing can ever come close...even that level of Siva-love I'm feeling in my heart right now (which is just soaring through the roof).
Siva doesn't have to be limited by our mental 'box'...yeah, He can be (and is) Light, Omnipotence, Beauty, Consciousness, Bliss, Guru, Mother, Child, Tree, Stone...then, you just run out of those mental 'Post-It notes' to remind yourself about everything Siva is, so you tend to go; '"Ok, Siva is everything...there! happy now?" and spend the rest of your life working out what the implications of all that really is...
So what is God made of? If God could be 'made of' anything, that would be the first dead give-away it wasn't God....all I have is;
Aum Namah Shivaya
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NobodyYouKnow
Misanthropist
About this Love...
I thought I knew what love was, but all I have ever known, all I have ever felt is just a sense of warm, nostalgic companionship compared to this!
I thought I knew all of the ways I could be loved...apparently, I was gravely mistaken.
Siva just totally fills my heart and mind, becoming my own longing for Him. That love is pure, complete and absolute.
I am/was 'speaking from my heart' in both these posts. God is made of my own desire, until I transcend my desire. The love is incredible!
I thought I knew what love was, but all I have ever known, all I have ever felt is just a sense of warm, nostalgic companionship compared to this!
I thought I knew all of the ways I could be loved...apparently, I was gravely mistaken.
Siva just totally fills my heart and mind, becoming my own longing for Him. That love is pure, complete and absolute.
I am/was 'speaking from my heart' in both these posts. God is made of my own desire, until I transcend my desire. The love is incredible!
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