Taste and See (essay)

When we say that everything is IN God

Some may think we are merely speaking spatially

Like God is ‘the-box’ and we are ‘Jack-in’

But of course that alone is a pretty open and uncertain box, right?

Others may think we are merely speaking symbolically

Like God is the page and we are writing a poem

But of course that by itself is a pretty blank and ambiguous page, right?

      Rather, what we are saying is that

      God is the box

      In which there is a page

      On which a poem is being written

      By Jack

      Who has discovered himself and the page

      Both in the box

      As such without which he cannot write

      About anything he finds

      Of himself or around him

      In short, IN God is cosmic INterdependence

      Example #1 of real world interdependence:

      We know there is an interdependence

      Between the position of a subatomic particle

      And the observation of it by something else

In the same way ‘IN God’ means interdependence both spatially and symbolically

‘IN God’ means interdependence between space-time and consciousness

For we find an amazing and strict interdependence between

What Jack finds himself IN, and what Jack is able to know OF

Thus rather than Creation referencing a supernatural God out there somewhere

We find Creation interdependent with God in an ultra-natural way at hand

That is, there is nothing more needed to live and know the divine

If we are willing to face up to it and do the work, that is

For we may know the substance of God at least via the objective lens of science

And we may live the qualities of God at least via the subjective lights of religion

      Example #2 of real world interdependence:

      We know there is an interdependence between the mind and the brain

      If the brain is altered (like in an injury), then the mind is altered too

      And when we experience something in the mind

      Then we can see distinct changes in the brain as well

Now this is our most intimate evidence we have

Of the great INterdependence which we call ‘IN God’
For God is where we find our selves looking from

As well as how we mentally sort out everything our minds see

In other words rather than us looking wantonly out into a meaningless universe

Or, rather than us looking wantingly for a God beyond a cursed universe

Instead we find

We are already looking from the universe in to ourselves

And by coming to know our human condition in this dual context (IN God)

We then look out to more and more discern morality toward our world

Simply put

If we can see the universe

And appreciate it

Then we have seen Love

And felt God

It’s as simple as that

Taste and see!

Everything is IN God.