Believe in God?

I met a man last week who volunteered the information that he is an atheist. Being from Bible-belt country, I admired his openness. He said he didn't believe in God, the big Guy with flowing white beard sitting in a rocking chair or throne somewhere up in the far away sky. Neither do I, does that make me an atheist?

If I were asked, "Do you believe in God?" What would be my response? "Yes" seems to be a totally inadequate answer. It's like answering "Yes" to, "Do you believe in gravity?" It seems to me that there is something beyond belief... Knowing. Knowing comes from experience, although it is quite possible to be mistaken about the meaning of an experience.

What is the ONLY thing I can know with absolute certainty? I exist. But the "I" referred to is not the image that I see in the mirror, or that you see with your eyes. In a mirror or with the naked eye, both are images, temporary images. Everything in this world, including the world itself, the universe even, is a temporary image... the multifaceted image of the "I."

Yes, "I" exist. Every conceivable, changing image that "I" can imagine proves to me that "I" exist. And for a moment, "I" was so dazzled by my own prolific imagination that I forgot that the images were just that, images, images of Me.

"I" am the image maker, but only when I am goofing off, projecting images with Zeus-like precision, hurling images as if lightening bolts hither and yon... yaaawwn!!! For such antics would surely be boring if it were not for the fact that the images carry a residue of consciousness. Admittedly the images can be entertaining, mesmerizing even. But how long will "I" choose to witness the kaleidoscopic display, before its pointlessness and repetitiveness become apparent and tedious? How long before "I" choose to lay aside the toys of projection and return to real Creativity by extending my eternal, limitless Self? Watch and see!

Yes, stay alert... watch and see! Watch and see how Love ends Its favorite game: Projections. The game that began with awe will end the same way, in loving awe. Watch and see!

Is there a God? Watch and see the Love of God reveal it Self in images of the love, the peace, and the certainty of Knowledge, the Knowledge that transcends belief. Stay alert... watch and see. "I" will. "I" am.