Ishtar there is nothing about you that my mind needs to be put "at ease" about . Ok?

I am just exploring what is "your unknown" with you. We have not got to "my unknown" yet ! Which I am sure that you will help "me" with .

Love you!

sunmystic

Sweetheart you have never met God or you would not say the things that you say .

But for the sake of creating activity (for the sake of argument) your logic is based on what other folks say that/who have not met God either !

How in all that is sane can I argue with them? "And no young lady you can not go outside and play ! Prim and proper only!"

Love you!

old sun

I think it is assumptuous to assume others have not met or talked to God.  That is where the diversity come in.  

My God may not be your God and yet....there is only one.  As I understand God I have talked to and continue to talk to God each and every day.  But that is just me~

Thank you Sun, means a lot!  

I would be honoured to help you with your unknown… just let me know… ( personally I think you will be the one helping   )

Love You 2!
Ishtar

Im sure the use of quotations around the word 'God' bothers some people, and I apologize if it bothers you but I think you'll understand my reasons by the end of this post.

To answer the first question.  Who is God to you? Personal Global or Societal?
For me, God is everything all wrapped up into one.  God is me I am God, the Earth(or for that matter any world, star, etc.) and all the energies in it and around it is God and God is it/them, and society and all the interactions and 'evolutions' that come about due to growth are God and God is them.  Thats part of the reason I use quotations with the word God.  I feel it's a descriptive word/name we've created as a needing species to describe how we and everything we know came to be.  To me, placing a name on it/him/her/them doesn't grant the deserved credit.

What is a good concept of God to adopt?  For me, God was always the creator.  He was the person or entity that I prayed to blindly because I was told he was listening and he would answer my prayers.  That was as a christian youth that knew nothing different.  I've now learned that through reflection and observation, I can learn anything and do anything that I set my mind to.  Where your life goes is up to you.  Of course circumstances come up that alter your course to teach you a lesson here or there.  But in the end, if you are determined to reach a certain goal, no one and nothing can truly stop you.  So I guess what I'm saying in short is, as long as you have an approach to life that does not support hurting others or taking advantage of others, if your focus and mindset is the progression of you and your fellow man, then you are 'God'.

Now hear me out.  I will elaborate more for this next question and you will see where I'm going.  It's not evil or self-righteous or anything of the sort. You will see.

Why would you make that choice?  For me,  looking at myself as 'God' means looking at everyone else as 'God' too.  And for that matter, I view everything together as God.  This creates love which has been hard for me to find throughout my life.  Seeing myself and everything as God means I have to protect everything and everyone, and they should and will do the same for me whether they realize it or not.  It's just the way I feel things are supposed to work.  For some reason, we've been a selfish species up to this point in our short existence.  But I think at some point that will pass and we will work together, for each other, as we should.

For the next question, "Where is God located?", I say, in my heart, in your heart, in the heart of this Earth that has provided us the means for the luxurious environment harming lifestyles we so frivolously live.  In the eyes of your dog, cat, fish, or any other animal, in the roots of the grass and trees, in the stars.  To me 'God' is everything.  I've been trying to use a better name for It when I talk about It, but none has come to me.  'God' just hasn't sat right with me for a while now.  Though I understand it's use and I have no issue when using it for someone who isn't open to other phrases such as The All or The Universe as certain people close to me use.

Sorry for the long drawn out post but I've been wanting to get all this off my chest for a while now.  

And for the last question.  How can we get away from the human concept of 'God'?  My thoughts on that stem from the fact that there are 7 billionish people on our planet.  Multiple religions use one word for God.  And many of the most powerful people on Earth claim God due to the saturation of Christianity over the past 2000 years since Jesus Christ was claimed to have walked the Earth as God's son.
I think we will get away from this very human concept over time.  Time heals.  Hopefully 2012 will be the catalyst.  I sure hope it is, for my future kids' sake.  As people realize that theres more to life than what we've been made to believe.  More than just working and sleeping and trying to get in the occasional pleasure from time to time.  More than going to school so you can go to school so you can get a job so you can support your wife and kids.  More than the nice houses or nice cars or nice clothes or the new high definition TV that shows a 2% improvement in picture quality and is 5mm thinner for a months pay. Etc, etc, etc.
I believe in the human race.  And I believe we will change our concept of God to a more loving and all encompassing one.

Just to finish up real quick.  In the end, I think 'God' is whatever you need.  The universe is balanced.  Life is balanced.  If you need something and your time isn't up, and it's not just a want or an immature desire, the universe, or God or whatever controls all of this will provide it.  
The flow of life is working the way it's supposed to, there's a reason for everything.  Sometimes you may just never know what that reason is because it has to do with someone on the other side of the city, country, world, or universe for that matter.