Greetings Dear Ones,

How do you conceptualize God?

Do you think of God as a him with a white beard riding the clouds?

Or perhaps a her with a kind and benevolent face?

Or perhaps you conceptualize it as nature...

Over the years many have had a hard time with the word God simply because they do not define it.  Its difficulty lies in the definition given to the term by others.

It then triggers our conditioning in relationship to our religious or non-religious up bringing.

Take some time this week and define the term so that it makes sense for you.  The term God means a lot more than we can ever really ascribe to it any how.

The Tanach says, the beginning of wisdom is to fear God.  The word that is often translated as fear really means awe.

So the beginning of wisdom is to be in awe of God.  If we define God as something that goes beyond convention, if we speak of the universality of this term we can quickly and easily begin our journey into wisdom.

The way I do this is remember the old galaxy tee shirt that says "you are here!"  The beginning of wisdom is to perceive our significant insignificance.

Many blessings,
Dr. E