GOD ?

 Let me start by saying I follow no religion all religious texts are passed down by man so it stands to reason, to me anyway, they are corrupted. The greatest failings of the human race, and there are many, are arrogance, achieving power by any means necessary and playing God. I am however intrigued by the miracle of life, the power and the glory is in the unexplainable, the mystery the wonder of creation.

I have long held a belief that we are all linked, all life, all living things, we are all part of one amazing creation, our lives lived like individual raindrops but what happens when those raindrops fall into the sea? Take an egg, what is the force inside that egg that creates a chick how does that happen, how is it even possible? that inside an egg a chick can form, with blood bones and a beating heart with eyes wings and feathers it is just miraculous.

What force is inside an acorn that can energise that incredible growth which allows it to become a mighty oak tree, where does that amazing power come from this mysterious creative force must be in every living thing including us.

We were all formed from a tiny egg in our mother's womb it is unfathomable really, when you think of how complex we are. What does a mother have to do to create a baby? what skills are involved? how much effort does it take to get the baby just right? very little we just trust in nature. Look around at what nature created and then look at our impact how have we improved the planet, our home! The home of all life. All life which within it contains this creative life force which could perhaps be described as God.

Like I say I am not religious, i would argue all organised religions are a corruption of God, God as in the force of creation. Every living thing comes from a tiny seed or egg and with no conscious thinking, no education, no training each of those seeds and eggs change and grow into beautiful, miraculous, dazzling creations.

When you actually think about yourself as a creation, it is genuinely awe inspiring, bewildering, whatever your body looks like the things it can do are simply breathtaking. Breathing for one, our heart pumping blood around our body, sight, hearing the sense of touch, movement, digestion the list just goes on an on. The vast majority of us as individuals have very little concept of how these functions work they certainly require very little concentration from us. When we do learn new tasks, learning a language, learning to walk, ride a bkie, drive a car, those kinds of task initially require great concentration but once we have got it, it becomes ingrained, we have to think about it less and less... imagine trying to forget how to drive a car, it would be virtually impossible. Back to the miracles we did not have to learn...Imagine trying to forget how to see!? Each of us is a miracle yet instead of feeling gratitude many of us and I am terribly guilty of this myself, go through life comparing ourselves to others which is again a major failing of human beings. We have little control over the bodies we inhabit. The colour of our hair, eyes, skin, blood, our height, our features our looks all of us are the result of a creative force that is within us all, that links us all and without that force we would not be here we are all miracles... is that force God?

Like i previously said, it isn't just us each animal is able to breath, to see to hear, has the gift of movement the sense of touch, has a heart pumping blood around their bodies, a digestive system the lists goes on and on like us they have the ability to learn new tasks and once those tasks have been learned they do not forget. You can toilet train a puppy, in many cases, much quicker than you can potty train a baby. The creative force in us must also be in every animal and I am confident that when it comes to emotions animals share those with us too... but that is a topic for another day