Creating God in our own image, such as the old vengeful father type in the sky, is really quite an insult. And when you begin to think of God as the spirit of everything, you begin to think differently about deity and divinity. From Dr. David R. Hawkins book THE EYE OF THE I:
"That which is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent is not vulnerable to threat or emotional upset; thus, God is not prone to revenge, jealousy, hatred, violence, vanity, egotism, or the need for adulation or compliments. The beneficiary of worshiping is the worshiper. God is totally and absolutely complete and has no needs or desires. God is not unhappy or upset if you have never heard of him or don't believe in him..... God is not codependent or neurotic and does not suffer from paranoid psychosis with grandiosity."
I really like that part: "The beneficiary of worshiping is the worshiper." and Dr. Hawkins speaks of the beauty and glory of God in many other places in his work. It is true what has been said, that God is Love... and if there is Divinity in all of us, if we are all a part of God then we too are Love. As humans we can be quite petty. We can be prone to revenge, jealousy, hatred, violence, vanity and the rest. We don't have to be... Heaven is within, so perhaps we can reach within for that love that we are and find heaven at the same time... Perhaps...
