God is in the Particles

That’s why some people have a bad association with the word "God" and other people have a beautiful, heart opening association. It’s simple linguistics! We use a word to represent an object. Or in God’s case, an energy field.

When Christians think of the word “Allah”, they don’t summon to mind a blessed being who is all loving, but they think of a belief system that misguides terrorists to kill Americans. For a Muslim, the word "God” makes them think of a group of heathens. Thus, what connotes something beautiful and positive to one, connotes a negative energy field for the other. And vice versa.

What is so interesting is that every person has a different “God” because every person has their own associations and experiences with the thing the word God refers to. If we are lucky we have a pure definition where “God” is “love.” And hopefully, we have a pure experience of what “love” is to complete the definition.

But honestly, many of us have mixed definitions based on subconscious misunderstandings that have accrued throughout our lifetime. Some associate “God” with punishment. Some associate “God” with asceticism. Both beliefs wouldn’t inspire me to want to believe in God! Or ask that God for help. When I was younger I thought God was sexist: He sent his son to save humanity, not his daughter. Luckily, I let go of that interpretation which allowed me to embrace "God."

So basically all religious wars can come to an end. Right now. Because of this blog. We can see that our referent is the same even if our terminology is different. “God” is a universal force of “positive energy.” Literally, particles of positive energy. We're all praying to and calling in the universal force of positive energy and trying to let go of and release negative energy. Use the force, Luke.

These energy fields of good and evil exist in us and around us all the time and affect our decisions and our moods. Good and evil. Right and wrong. They exist within us and all we can do is try to increase the good and mitigate and apologize for the evil.

(Admittedly, the enlightened go beyond "good and evil" and see God's hand in everything so duality disappears. But that's another blog.)

If we don’t bring awareness to these positive and negative energies within us, they reside there and make unconscious (usually bad) decisions for us. We don’t know why we “feel like giving up” on ourselves or why we suddenly sabotage our relationships.

When we start to bring awareness to the energy inside of us, our decisions become more conscious. The more we clear negative energies from ourselves and around us, the more positive energy we can call in.

This is all to say, it doesn’t matter if you pray to “God” or “Allah” -- just pray to “that which is good.” Pray to positive energy. Call in what makes you feel good and let go of that which is toxic or makes you feel bad.

Try it right now. Uncross your legs. Take a few deep breaths into your pelvis and call in a certain energy. Maybe something less politically charged than "God." Try the energy field we call, “peace.” Repeatedly call in the energy form of “peace” into your body. You can say “I am peace.” Or “I call in peace.” Close your eyes, take a few breaths. Give peace a chance. As I do this, I feel my muscles relax, I feel serenity wash over me and a warm feeling of contentment permeate my body.

Let “God” be “good” to you. Release your judgments of him and call in that which can support you and help you. We can all use help! Call in the positive energy fields like the Greeks called in wisdom through Athena and love through Aphrodite. Call in the good stuff: trust, faith, joy, happiness, contentment, levity, laughter.

God is in the particles. Which means - God is in you.