[quote:230d119dd8]Then there is the question of duality. Light and shadow. You can't have light with out dark, day with out night, man with out woman, good with out evil, etc... Think of evil (hate) as a reflection of good (love) in the mirror of consciousness. Imagine that you are love. How could you know what you look like with out the reflection (hate)? Of course the reflection resembles the reflected in every way except, that it is the complete reverse of the latter.[/quote:230d119dd8] It's funny, i just posted about this on the Lycaeum. The mirror analogy is excellent. [quote:230d119dd8]So.... we as individuals do not necessarily embody GOD, but GOD embodies us? We are defined by and as GOD, we are OF GOD....God is the fabric, individuals are the lumps and ripples in the fabric? Sparks of God, but not the full fire(though collectively, yes, the fire)? [/quote:230d119dd8] I think part of the problem is, man essentially created god, or the concept thereof to explain, and give reason for his existence. Nowadays when we hear the word god, we automatically think of some being, incomprehensibly greater, and quite seperate from ourselves. However, if you believe we (god and man) are one in the same, then this could not be further from the truth. As far as individually being only sparks of god, and collectively the fire: i'm more inclined to think god is in each of us in his entirety. In fact, each of us is in eachother as god, if you believe all is one, and one is all. I think i confused myself a little there, did that make sense?[/quote]