Why is it that the things in life that bring pleasure to the soul tend to bring destruction to the body?
Would it not make more sense that you should crave fresh vegetables instead of chocolate cake when you get hungry? Why celebrate special occasions with wine when water is far healthier? And the risks we take by having sex when abstinence is clearly the safer option do not bear thinking about! (Well, maybe we can think about it…)
This particular little conundrum is the focus of many religions.
The Bible tells us that if we even look at someone lustfully, the sin is already committed. Who would design a world to be like this? Is God a cruel child? Creating people and giving them desires only to require they deny them? Or worse, telling a person that they can come to heaven after they die but that most of the other people they know and love will be set on fire and burned forever. (Mainly because they refuse to believe in a God who would do something like that.)
Old Gautama recommended getting rid of desires as a way to short-circuit suffering. The less you want out of life, the less disappointed you’ll be. And if you meditate hard enough, you can merge with the ultimate Emptiness and become One with the great Nothing.
You could also do the whole atheism thing so it’s not like there aren’t options…
You can only imagine what God is when you are God. And you’re not right now so stop trying. Just keep letting God imagine you for the moment.
As I mentioned in a previous post, God-as-Unity is a worthy thing to aspire to and to be able to fall back on. Blissing-out and I AMing all over has it’s place. However, when you view this through time-colored glasses, you need to become a Creator unless you want to be Bored-Beyond-Words.
So what does Unity need to do? Become Duality. Bipolar. Splitsville.
This allows Interaction. Dance. Conflict. Yes and No. Good and Evil. Desire and Fear. Here are the Forges of Creation wherein friction becomes a Thing in itself and a new world is born…
“Zwei ist drei und jetzt haben wir eine party!”