The Nature of God
One of the images I have that illustrates my view of God…
Imagine, if you will, a wheel with spokes. The hub of the wheel is God. The tyre is the effect of God. The spokes are what connect what we see and experience, the effect of God, with that which is God.
The spoke on the left represents what may be viewed as the “classical” relationship, that of God<->Human. God is a separate being with whom we must relate. Above and below that are more spokes that denote more relationship descriptions of God. There is a spoke on one side for “God the Father”. There is another spoke on the other side for “God the Mother”. As we move further from the left spoke we add more specific and perhaps less known relationships; God the sister and brother, the lover, the friend, the teacher, the student, the husband, the wife, the messenger, the accuser, the judge, the servant, etc. As we move up and down the wheel toward the top and bottom spokes we come to those relationships which are the named Gods; Zeus, Jehovah (or Yahweh, or whatever vowels you are currently inserting), Danu, Isis, Osiris, Yang-ti, Shiva, etc.
The spoke on the right represents the concept of God as all. Everything is God and God is everything. Our relationship with God is as being a part of God. Above and below that are more spokes that denote more specific descriptions of the makeup of God; God is the Sun, the Moon, the Earth. As we move further from the right spoke we add more specific and perhaps less known aspects of the nature of God; God the winds, the sea, the mountains, fire, the rocks, the trees, the river Boyne, the mount Olympus, the North wind. As we move up and down the wheel toward the top and bottom spokes we come to those attributes which are the named Gods; the Titans, the Jotnar, the Olympians, The Fomorans, The Aesir, Balor, Ra, Jehovah, etc.
Now imagine that the spokes of the wheel all multiply in number until they are a solid disk, the hub expands until it encompasses all, and the tyre encircles all in a continuous, eternal spiral to the centre.
That, to me, is God.
