Proceeding Past the Stop Sign.

With all this analyzation, I thought it meet to take a break and look at perspectives that transcend the natural and our rational minds. It is the area we are always reaching for and also enjoy. But I don't believe in dogmatic approaches to anything. We should use our faculties and passion in a relaxing and enjoyable way.

Pride to me is like a stop sign. A person who claims to know it all has arrived at a destination and is stuck in the mud. There are things we can know at certain levels, but it is never all there is to it. To make conclusions that there is no God or any other unseen thoughtful force is like putting a stop sign at material things when there is so much territory to cover.

Let's proceed past that stop sign a bit. Of course, there is no reason to blow through it. The things we can study scientifically consist of repeatable patterns that everyone can observe. The territory past the stop contains quite a bit of conjecture, but so do most things out in the passion and ambition realm. I can only tell you my own unprovable opinion on things.

In order for this organization of complex things we call nature to exist, someone had to think it up. It only makes sense since chaotic events, by in large, tend to disorder. It would take complex order upon complex order uninterrupted by any disorder just to make a portion of a cell wall, let alone a complete single living cell. It would have to know how to reproduce and get nutrition. That is just too much to give to chance.

I believe this person lives and of course since he exists above all that is natural we would have to say he is supernatural or God. He would have to be very creative, and exemplify love. Okay, I'm using he for convenience; although God wouldn't need a gender he would be the person who invented them. Just like a father or a mother would see themselves in their offspring, he put himself in every living thing. We are rational beings, and not only can recognize that still small voice but are also connected to each other.

Now base things are natural instincts he put in us for survival and reproduction. I believe that base things or appetites are the things when taken to extremes cause us to do things that hurt our lives. But when used properly, they bring us enjoyment, fulfillment, and health. We can lay aside the concept of evil for now but do leave room since I haven't experienced what others have in war and haven't been to third world countries. The only inhibitions I see toward good potential in my life and in the lives of others simply have to do with going overboard with appetites or having mistaken notions.

Mistaken notions are when we think we see patterns in things and make conclusions such as "Bad things always happen to me". We give ourselves this feeling of impending doom whenever we strike out on our own. These notions should be questioned from time to time, especially those that are hindering us. God, as any good father/mother, would want us to reach our full potential both in relationships and in our own creativity. It has to be a thrill to him to see us loving and living life to its fullness.

Each concept presented here is general and can have a book written on them, but I will stop here for now and maybe expand later.