The religion forum is replete with questions about, and theories of the nature of God. It is the cornerstone of all discussion about anything either spiritual or religious. From one perspective this is completely logical and common sensical as well. After all, if we have no concept of creation or creator, what is there to discuss?
But from another perspective, one could ask, why do we need to know and define whatever it is one would call God? What is it that drives us to know that which is? What is the necessity of knowing all the attributes of God and our relationship to that which is?
I’ll make a big bold statement: The underlying cause of our seeking is fear. We are afraid to not know the unknown. What we don’t know may hurt us, or what we don’t know may leave us on the wrong side of whatever is “rightâ€. Therefore, we pretend to know, or say we don’t know in the hope that we’ll be forgiven for not knowing.
If one considers the biblical story of the lilies of the field, one can see the allegory. The disciples are questioning where the will find food and shelter and Jesus tells them to not be concerned (fearful?), that God supplies to the needs of the smallest of things. If this story has meaning and we are capable of understanding, then what is there to seek? Are we not to live life in the security of knowing that what we need is provided us?
Perhaps we are to let our lives unfold as it happens, and not be fearful of that which we do not know. Just perhaps, life supplies our knowing as we have need of knowing without our seeking after knowing of the illusion of past or future. Perhaps we are to be content with now and stop telling the universe that we know - anything.