24 Jul Way Of Way 88
The Everything is the now and what is before and after the now. The Everything is often called "God." As many people have particular mental associations with God, the word God is rarely used in this blog. Yet, as many people pray to God for happiness, it may be instructive to understand the workings of God. God is beautiful, like a shiny coin rapidly flipping in the air and reflecting light. One side is called "heads" and the other called "tails." The plural is used to describe each side because each time we see the same side it is different in time and space than before. The only constant is change. At any moment, only the coin's heads or tails side is visible. The visible side is the now and the side we don't see is what's before and after the now. As God is rapidly turning, the visible side we see is vague. The details of it we think we see are created by our mind. The heads and tails are a duality. Yet, there is no duality as all there is is one thing, a shiny coin rapidly flipping and reflecting light, with two sides "turning into one" (the etymology of the word "universe"). While we focus our attention on the two sides, the coin also has a third side, the edge. The edge is the interconnection of the two seeming opposite sides. Horizontally along the edge is an imaginary central axis around which the coin dances in perfect harmony. This is the "Tao" of the coin; where we don't focus on the tangible sides as we are at peace simply watching the coin fluttering like a butterfly. Few of us are at peace. Most are plagued with endless desires we hope will be satisfied in the next now to appear. We pray to God to bring us luck; that the next now will satisfy our desires and bring us happiness. "Hap" means luck. It is the root of happiness....