Why don't you guys just all have the same jacket, and put whatever Letter each of you want on it! And it doesn't even have to be a letter, you could put pizza on it if you wanted.
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It doesn't have universal meaning. There's no single meaning for it all. The meaning is all in our heads. It exists, just like my imagination exists, but it can't be universal because we don't all assign the same meanings... and meanings can't be wrong.
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I can agree with that.
And I'm willing to say that the God I refer to most often, and the meaning I put behind it could quite possibly be related to the same "Universal" meaning that you have in your life.
I don't think of it as My God, or This God or That. I think of All as Is. Like the Tao or Life force. I just believe that there is infinite meaning and purpose behind everything that Is. Moreso than whatever meaning we put behind it.
If I say a Dog is a giraffe does that make it reality? Does that meaning I put behind it make it true?
It's not about us finding God or possessing Him. It's about relaxing our lives and giving our souls to Him.
And I'm not saying Him like He's just this guy up in heaven (which He might be, who knows?) But I say Him, like the Yang, the aggressive force that combines with Yin, the Mother, and creates Life.
It's all One in the same to me. All truth. The problems arise due to our Free Nature. Since we were created in God's image, with the ability to be Free, we can choose to turn from God.
I think God did that so we can choose to return to Him.