Your thoughts are very astute -- thank you for sharing them!
My own experience of divine presense is similar to your own. I like to think of the boundary between the divine and the universe as a fractal -- it is impossible to examine a slice of Universe and split it into pieces that are divine or not. Despite not being able to point to "things" that are divine or things that are not divine, I still feel the existence of a divine presence apart from "simply nature."
My appraisal matches yours in many ways. As I perceive things, reality follows the "watercourse way;" events happen according to the path of least resistance. To me the divine is a bottomless well of potential which opens up "underneath" reality (in a conceptual sense); things exist or happen because they "fall" according to the contours of potential created by the divine. This is how I interpret what is written in the Tao Te Ching: "The way never acts, yet nothing is left undone" (chapter 37).
That a seperate "over diety" doesn't exist does not free us from any responsibilities, but rather demands that we work continuously to create the world as we best see fit, since we are/create the "deity" that is/creates us.
I agree strongly. My insights, such as they are, likewise imply that it is crucial to act ethically.
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Date: 2003-03-24 06:39 am (UTC)My own experience of divine presense is similar to your own. I like to think of the boundary between the divine and the universe as a fractal -- it is impossible to examine a slice of Universe and split it into pieces that are divine or not. Despite not being able to point to "things" that are divine or things that are not divine, I still feel the existence of a divine presence apart from "simply nature."
My appraisal matches yours in many ways. As I perceive things, reality follows the "watercourse way;" events happen according to the path of least resistance. To me the divine is a bottomless well of potential which opens up "underneath" reality (in a conceptual sense); things exist or happen because they "fall" according to the contours of potential created by the divine. This is how I interpret what is written in the Tao Te Ching: "The way never acts, yet nothing is left undone" (chapter 37).
That a seperate "over diety" doesn't exist does not free us from any responsibilities, but rather demands that we work continuously to create the world as we best see fit, since we are/create the "deity" that is/creates us.
I agree strongly. My insights, such as they are, likewise imply that it is crucial to act ethically.