Why are we constantly on an endless pursuit to find God...

Why are we constantly on an endless pursuit to find God in an unkown other-worldly realm?

I know why man strives to know the man who created him-his master, we know we are too imperfect to live without a higher authority and that makes us believe in the illusion of God. But why we believe in God is not my question. My question is why are we always looking for God or answers in a place where we cannot go to? Has it ever occurred to us that God might just be right here, on Earth?
Among the slums in India?
Among the homeless in Africa?
Among the downtrodden around the world?

To quote Bob Marley,
"Most people think,
Great God will come from the sky,
Take away everything,
Make everybody feel high,
But if you know what life is worth,
You would look for yours on Earth."

 

we live in a big universe and our earth, huge, all encompassing to ourselves as it is, is only a very very minutely small part of it. it may be the only part of it we can tangably physicly live in as our species of life form. but it is still only one very very tiney small part of it.

as for looking for 'god'. is god lost somewhere or something?
i'm pretty sure if i could build a universe i wouldn't have to much trouble finding my way home, or making such a way or what have you.

i don't think anyone needs anything other then to stop messing everything up for everyone else. god or gods are cool.

but most of what beliefs appear and even claim to be about, begins and ends with being up to us.

=^^=
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Namaste!



CG

 

God is within ourselves.
Only in cultures defined of monoteistic dualistic religions the endless pursuiting of meaning is a present phenomenon.

In native cultures, just as well as in cultures defined by Hinduism and Buddhism people don't ask themselves same kinda existential questions.

We're pursuiting the idea of God because our dualistic minded culture is the main source of existential alienation. When a religious paradigm split body & spirit, you also split the human being.

We're on an endless pursuiting of the idea of God because we desire the spiritual element within ourself, which the dogmatic religious thinking (the church, especially) stole from us & made their own - as a mean to control us...

love and understanding,
-wolf-

 

Because we "Can't get no satisfaction" with this one. So we hope
for a better place managed by a better boss.

arty:


CG

 

find a sensual god and maybe the feeling is not so grandly glorious like you were led to believe . just a bit of peace . you still got a life to live , animal , and then death can be pure misery . or not . but be sure to tell your kids what you found .

 

Nobody has 'stolen' anything from inside you - it just needs to be awakened. Religions like christianity and islam actually just stifle and block the inner spirit - they can't really have monopolized that. It's more a matter of mind control.

 

I'm not on an endless pursuit to find God. I've found God, and yes, she's right here on Earth. The real endless pursuit, for me, is to argue the position that belief in God is justifiable, as are atheism and agnosticism, and to promote UNDERSTANDING, which is what is really important.

Basically I think we're all trying, though some in a more confused manner than others, to understand each other.

 

I'm guessing you mean referring to an Omni God.

Humans are curious and are thinkers and we love to try and understand ourselves and the 'verse in which we live. We strive to know and comprehend. Omni Gods, being unmeasurable and awfully hard to pin down since everyone has such a vast range of what an Omni God is means it's still a big mystery. Escpeically for those that don't just take other people's word for it and need to experience the journey and the striving for themselves.

 

Who gives a shit? Discovering the existence or non-existence of a god won't alleviate any suffering in the world, won't put food on your table and on the table of those that have nothing, and honestly won't help you or anyone else in any sort of practical way.

The only thing that will be satiated is your curiosity.

 

you can't discover non-existence . explore existence .

 

I discovered that santa claus doesn't exist, nor the easter bunny - so I'd have to disagree.

 

I agree, BlackBillBlake.

What is in my focus, is which conditions are needed to allow people awake their spirit. If a dogmatic religious institution has been able to break you down - from your very birth - it can control your mind. Then the religion institution can prevent you from discovering your inner spirit.

I think it's not possible to bringing up subjects about spirituality in reality, without taking material, societal (such as cultural, religious) conditions in regard.

Sorry about my bad english - I hope you understand what I mean.

love,
-wolf-

 

Okay, talking about my bad english...: I understood "mind control" as controlling ones one mind, but did you mean "mind control" like 1984? Okay - I agree then, totally!

 

Yes I get your meaning, and I agree. Dogma and beliefs which have been put into people's heads from outside are often the single biggest obstacle to any real opening to the spirit in themselves.
Religion is supposed to set people free, but more often it just imprisons them in a narrow mind-set.

I also agree that it is necessary to look at all the influences you mention - In that way it's possible to see to an extent where the problems come from, and also to be non-judgemental of those who are simply living out a script written for them by others.

I think that actually, a lot of the religious input children get traumatizes the mind.

 

So far i think God is like a computer program. The Earth in the Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy was a computer designed by mice, and God, I think, is a program in that computer.

It's hard to put a personality, or the blame, on a computer program but we try anyway.

 

The mice are then a substitute god.
In my view the universe has no creator - god or mouse.
The Universe is 'god'.
We are small parts of the universe through which it is becoming ever more conscious of itself.

 

I'm always thinking the grass is greener, so to speak, on the other side of the fence.

It wouldn't surprise me if we all won the lottery, and existing here is the prize.

somebody consult the uoija board.

 

so you think the people who make the laws are a substitute god?

 

People who make laws are nothing - even more nothing than the dirtiest, most lame substitute god in Heaven or Valhalla...