Within or Without?

Whew, what an argument, are we the slime of the earth here to be manipulated at the whim of a capricious power or are we inherently as divine as the One because we are the One?  Do we have to trust and pray (with just the right words, of course) that “thy will is my will” or are we inherently able to know and stand in the Truth and be creators of our own universe? 

This has been an issue for thousands of years and will not be solved within the confines of 500 words but it is interesting to ponder.  Let’s consider the medical model for a moment.  There has been huge advances in the care and healing of our bodies over the last even 100 years, this based on intellectual study and the acceptance and evolution of new ideas.  We are coming to a point in time where it’s becoming accepted that medicine isn’t just something that’s done TO a body.  We are beginning to understand that to truly heal requires not only physical intervention (from the outside) but requires appropriate mental and spiritual components on the part of the patient as well (from the inside).  My point is that if someone given a dire diagnosis believes they are going to die, it is more likely that they will as opposed to someone who chooses not so much to be in denial as to acknowledge the medical evidence and then proceed to choose a more optimistic outlook.  It’s not just about the medicine.

 

Perhaps we need to consider the possibility that our concept of God is evolving also.  Man’s more sophisticated life requires a more sophisticated view of God.  We have already acknowledged in class that very few pray to a man with a beard in the sky yet we still want to have the discussion of whether God’s in here or out there.

 

Thought is what makes medicine, a new concept comes forth as an idea and may eventually manifest as a new treatment or medication.  Where does this thought come from? Is it released from God and placed into a scientist’s brain or did it originate from some divine process deep within the scientist’s psyche?  If God is omnipresent and the substance of all there is no way to differentiate in from out from a higher plane.  Can we just accept that the same way we now accept the fact that we can lie down in a big metal box that sees inside of us and receive a diagnosis?  I’m thinking there are many people who trust the box far more than the divinity that we are.