Do you have a...

...conscience? Of course, you do! I have had the rare privilege of watching yours develop from the beginning until now, and I can’t help turning to Scripture to describe what I’ve seen: “And the boy grew up and became strong and was filled with wisdom and God regarded him favorably.” Anyone familiar with this verse from Luke 2:40 will quickly recognize the unfamiliarity of the wording I’ve taken from the Scholars Version translation which uses today’s English. How it applies to you is that you are on the threshold of abstract thought, something that will make more sense when you get there (which I think you already are). You’ll begin to wonder if the Mind is a product of the Brain or visa versa. You’ll begin to seriously wonder about where you came from and where you are going, and what is this conscience thing anyway?

I started writing this to you for two reasons. One, I don’t want you to ever be afraid of God, whether you believe in It or not. God is Love, and there is nothing scary about that. Two, because God is within you, you will never have to fear being alone. Beyond this, however, it’s pretty much between you and God. Let me point out that in the passage I quote, it says nothing about Jesus believing in God, only that God regarded him favorably. My connection to God is my conscience. I can find no evidence that it is not. My relationship with God is troubled and imperfect, but the most horrible mistakes I’ve made in my life have not severed the connection.

If there is any truth in the idea that each and every human being is an individualized expression of a God that comprehends Life through our collective experiences, it is not to be found in orthodox conventions. Even unorthodoxy doesn’t capture the extreme heresy of such thinking. Your connection with God is yours alone, just as mine. This partially explains the mystery of our relationship with God, and supports that all Life is, indeed, Sacred!

At this point, we enter the realm of Theology. To proceed further is totally your choice. Although each of our experiences of God is uniquely personal, our challenge is to look at someone else as having their own unique personal experience and to recognize that its source is the same as ours.