The following is a reply I sent to someone after they asked of my thoughts on God.



Most people fear the unknown. It's a survival instinct. But throughout (known) Human evolution, there have been those who went beyond their basic primal survival fight/flight imprinting, and ventured into the dark. So, while the many follow evolutionary/survival instincts by not taking risks (therefore helping to insure survival at an individual level, but not really 'evolving' - only surviving), on occasion, some individuals follow another path, by transcending those very same survival mechanisms. Those who do dare venture into the unknown, do so great personal risk, with very little individual gain to look forward to. Both are necessary for a species to continue (in the long term). This is what I mean in 'reach for the unknown'.



'...and find you've touched the face of God':
God, Alla, and so on are words used to describe an individual - a creator in most cases. An actual being, great beyond all others, to be both feared and cherished. For myself, discovery is just that - it opens emotions within my self beyond mere existence or survival. And like the Omnipotent Judeo-Christian God, my Discovery is to be both feared and loved, and for good reason - there are dangers in the dark. But there is danger in staying in the light, as well. While sticking to law (of survival in this case) and not upsetting the "balance of nature" may help to insure short-term survival for the individual, it does the opposite in the long run by allowing the whole to grow stagnate, until it ceases to exist.



'...and recognize that face as your own.':
This I will have to leave impossibly short of a complete lineation. While we, with Ego (identity of self) see our 'selves' - as separate, individual 'things', the fact remains that we are more than that. We are What Is. People fear a god simply because they fear themselves, and refuse even to acknowledge that they are God, or Universe, or The Ode To Joy, as well as devil, pain, envy, stupidity, and all the rest. Discovery is inspiration - evolution, and therefore Life. Without it, we, and ego, cease.




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