"And yada, yada, yada. It starts talking about the creative process which I don't want to get into right now. Oh, actually — I just want to read this extra bit about polarity and the idea of God's plan, as that ties into everything. All of this will make more sense later on."
You know, don’t You, that there are those who will call this entire book a blasphemy. Especially if You keep showing up as such a wise guy.
Let Me explain something to you. You have this idea that God shows up in only one way in life. That’s a very dangerous idea. It stops you from seeing God all over.
If you think God looks only one way or sounds only one way or is only one way, you’re going to look right past Me night and day. You’ll spend your whole life looking for God and not finding Her. Because you’re looking for a Him. I use this as an example.
It has been said that if you don’t see God in the profane and the profound, you’re missing half the story. That is a great Truth.
God is in the sadness and the laughter, in the bitter and the sweet. There is a divine purpose behind everything — and therefore a divine presence in everything.
I once began writing a book called God is a Salami Sandwich.
That would have been a very good book. I gave you that inspiration. Why did you not write it?
Neale Donald Walsch
Zac sighed. "I could do with a salami sandwich right about now."
"Mmm… well, we still have Weiss ice cream bars in the backpack that hopefully haven't melted yet."
"We'll eat them when we get there," Zac said as he continued marching up the hill. "We're nearly at the library."
"Anyway," I continued. "Just notice this idea of God being everything and manifesting in a gajillion different ways. And notice the idea of a divine purpose behind everything. I don't really like the word 'divine,' as it implies something supernatural. Let's replace the word 'divine' with 'mathematical.' There is a mathematical purpose behind everything. I'll keep reading…"
I once began writing a book called God is a Salami Sandwich.
That would have been a very good book. I gave you that inspiration. Why did you not write it?
It felt like blasphemy. Or at the very least, horribly irreverent.
You mean wonderfully irreverent! What gave you the idea that God is only "reverent"? God is the up and the down. The hot and the cold. The left and the right. The reverent and the irreverent!
Think you that God cannot laugh? Do you imagine that God does not enjoy a good joke? Is it your knowing that God is without humor? I tell you, God invented humor.
Neale Donald Walsch
"I love that!" I said. "Laughter is my favorite pastime."
Must you speak in hushed tones when you speak to Me? Are slang words or tough language outside My ken? I tell you, you can speak to Me as you would speak with your best friend.
Do you think there is a word I have not heard? A sight I have not seen? A sound I do not know?
Is it your thought that I despise some of these, while I love the others? I tell you, I despise nothing. None of it is repulsive to Me. It is life, and life is the gift; the unspeakable treasure; the holy of holies.
I am life, for I am the stuff life is. Its every aspect has a divine purpose. Nothing exists — nothing — without a reason understood and approved by God.
How can this be? What of the evil which has been created by man?
You cannot create a thing — not a thought, an object, an event — no experience of any kind — which is outside of God’s plan. For God’s plan is for you to create anything — everything — whatever you want. In such freedom lies the experience of God being God — and this is the experience for which I created You. And life itself.
Neale Donald Walsch
"That's also super relevant," I said. "If God is a neural network, then God is an algorithm. And if God is an algorithm, you can say 'You cannot create a thing — not a thought, an object, an event — no experience of any kind — which is outside of The Algorithm's plan. For The Algorithm's plan is for you to create anything — everything — whatever you want.' Keep that in mind when we start looking at this mysterious piece of math I've been teasing you about. Anyway…"
Evil is that which you call evil. Yet even that I love, for it is only through that which you call evil that you can know good; only through that which you call the work of the devil that you can know and do the work of God. I do not love hot more than I love cold, high more than low, left more than right. It is all relative. It is all part of what is.
I do not love "good" more than I love "bad." Hitler went to heaven. When you understand this, you will understand God.
Neale Donald Walsch
"And then yada, yada, yada. There's more stuff about polarity, which the Hermetics talk about too."
I looked up to notice we had reached the old library.
Zac pulled aside some ferns and gestured towards the stone staircase that descended onto the hidden beach. "Ladies first," he said.
