The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms…The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.
-Frans de Waal
Growing up I always pictured God as a male figure, looming and looking down on me from the sky. Watching to see that I did everything right, was nice to others, said my prayers. A very simplistic, childlike view of God that was good and fine and taught with all good intentions at my church. I still have a strong faith in God/Spirit/Source (please don’t get hung up on the wording of God – use whatever you feel comfortable with) yet have always been torn by my highly analytical, experiential, and scientific outlook of the world as well. I am fascinated by the magic-like study of quantum physics, the interplay of the energies in and around us, as well as the power of our mind and body to heal itself.
I have finally come to a place in life where I’m comfortable with the Spiritual side of life as well as the Scientific. I believe they can co-exist – and realizing this has brought much more joy and purpose to my life.
The single biggest thing I teach my kids and those who are open to listening, is that God/Source is all around you, running through you, in the open space in front you as you sit here reading your screen, as well as in every cell of your body, down into your DNA. You cannot help but have this Universal, highly intelligent Spirit/Source/God energy running through you. In fact, it’s not even a choice. You are born of it. We are not separate from God; God is us.
This is why I cringe when someone says God is judging a certain person or group of people, or doesn’t accept a certain group. Because how can God judge someone who is him/herself? It doesn’t make sense. We are all one. Even those doing terrible things are in essence made of the same energy as you and me. So while I don’t want to go have a glass of wine with a murderer, and society rightly doesn’t embrace that behavior, we are all given free will – and even that person is a Divine being at their core. They’ve just lost their way here on Earth for a time.
I’m a visual person, so here is how I picture it. Imagine the giant, unimaginable greatness of the whole Universe. The vast expanse that continues out to who knows where. It boggles my mind. That is a huge energy field – and imagine God/Source as the whole of it. The outer edge (if there is one?) to the inner core and all the space in between. The best visual I can picture for this is Floam, the play stuff my kids like. It’s not perfect, but it’ll do for this post.
Imagine the pink in the image as God, or whatever you feel comfortable calling him/her – the creator of all that is. The planets, the stars, angels, spirits, humans, animals, trees, objects, thoughts – essentially everything – are all the tiny little white balls inside (imagine the inside of the balls as pink as well).
See how we are all encompassed by this Divine energy/God? Although we’re not all necessarily in the same dimension at once – we are in the same field. That’s what I feel and what I mean when I say we are all connected. This is also proven in quantum physics and written about in all forms of religious texts as well. We are like cells in the body of God. So that every thing our neighbor does, it effects not only themselves, but it moves and ripples the energy and the whole, to effect us too.
Just like all the cells, organs, meridians, etc. work together in our human body and affect our whole self- it’s also the same on a larger scale: we as people, as well as animals and nature, spirits that have crossed over, angels and spirit guides, interact together and affect the whole. Still with me? And all the while God is embracing everyone. Everyone. Because we are all surrounded and made up of God; of this Divine Energy. Not simply looked down on from above.
In this way, we are never alone. We are always surrounded by spirit, Divine energy, our Divine self. We are so much more powerful than we know. Every moment we are co-creating our life, our reality on Earth, with God/the energies within and around us.
This is why I encourage others to open up to their Divine Self through mediation and reflection. Through quiet moments, we can still our mind and experience the vast space between our thoughts where we can access all “that is”. The Universe. God. Science and Spirituality. We can come to realize that we are always surrounded by support and can access it through our Divine Self. We can create a life we love through our thoughts, intentions, and gratitude. I wish I could teach this to everyone, but it’s a journey we all take in different ways and it’s an inside job.
I hope this makes a bit of sense. This is what I’ve come to experience so far in this go-round on Earth, but I’m learning every day and I’m sure this view will evolve as I do. Maybe part of this will resonate with you. And maybe it won’t. But either way, I hope it gets you thinking and stretches you out of your comfort zone maybe.
We can each have different views, and if someone is telling you that their view is the only right way, that’s usually a good sign to walk away. Because that’s the beauty of it all. It’s all unknown – we can only go by what we feel, what we experience, and faith.
In gratitude,
Nicki
I began by explaining it’s my belief that it’s our Soul’s choice to visit Earth. I believe the larger aspect of us, which you might call your Soul/Higher Self/Awareness/Consciousness, chooses when to incarnate (I believe we incarnate for many lives), to which parents, which part of the world, and which circumstances. I like to think of it as going to an amusement park or choosing to play a game. But of course Earth steps it up a notch by being a wildly immersive, multi-sensory, all-inclusive game.
