Monastic vs Holistic
Imagine a tree. In and of itself, it is alone, unique, individual. It is not something else. Individuality isolates the object, categorizes it, and this is how the mind focuses on something alone. From a different perspective, there is no individuality. That tree came from another, and those came from the sun, the dirt, the water, etc. And according to codependent origination, reality is a whole force, in which all forms are made of the same fundamental elements. Separateness is isolated focus, whilst wholeness is wider focus. Each way of viewing an object -- depends on its application. The objects attributes can either be applied to an isolated and closest range of probability, or, for higher and wider perspective, the object is non-isolated, and the object has similarities with all the rest of reality.
In theologies, monotheisms tend to have an isolated, separate sense of "God". In pantheisms, "God" is not isolated or separate. A monotheism will postulate about the direct influence of "God" in matters, whilst a pantheist will postulate about the indirect influence "God" has upon everything & everyone, at all times. Calling the higher parts of nature "God" or "not god", is a matter of conceptualization, though in each case, one is looking towards some sort of higher nature. But one thing is for certain: Humanity has an interest in higher nature, or super-nature.
Isolated views of an object are ultimately incomplete, because isolated views exclude the holistic origination of the object. Viewing good and evil as individual super-beings would also be an un-holistic view. If we see kindness, charity, love, wisdom and health in a man or woman, it would be more accurate to say: "there is a little bit of God in that body", instead of saying: "this one is good, but God is better." For every body is a little creator, a little super-being, a tiny speck of sacred greatness, and every body has some sort of value.
The monastic insists upon personification.
The holistic insists upon inter-relation.
But, truth is meant to be full, complete, real and wide. Thus, truth is holistic, and the wider views of higher-nature are more accurate.