BT1. The case for the existence of a Creator
The search for an “absolute proof”
One day, in the middle of a spiritual crisis, I said to the Creator “If you really exist, show me an indisputable proof, something that cannot be denied”. In my mind I heard 2 words, “you are”. I thought it strange to hear such a short answer and wondered if I wanted an answer so badly that I was making it up. But the words remained in my mind, repeating themselves occasionally as I pondered their meaning.
The illusionary nature of the senses
Anyone who has watched a good magician knows that what we see and hear and touch and feel is not always what is real. The mind can be tricked into false interpretations of reality based on sensory input. The eyes can be tricked into seeing things, the ears can hear things, the skin can tingle for any number of reasons and the mind can convince itself of just about anything.
What we know of the world, of reality, is told to us through our senses. They gather information and send it to the brain where the signals are interpreted and assembled into a “reality”. Thus even reality itself can be an illusion. How then could anything be an “absolute proof” ?
The Creator as the self
That night I went outside and looked up at the stars, I thought about the different “proofs” that had been offered in texts and teachings and how they all failed the test of absoluteness. All of them were merely hearsay, merely opinions offered by others, not the “absolute proof“ I needed. I looked up at the vastness of the universe, was I asking too much? Was I asking something impossible?
All of a sudden I heard it again, “You are”. All of a sudden it hit me, that was my indisputable truth, my proof once and for all that a Creator exists. My “absolute proof” that there was absolutely a Creator.
Absolute because even if all that we perceive as reality is an illusion and the mind itself is corrupted, the mind still is. There is still a consciousness, there is still a sentient being doing the thinking, the interpretation or “creation” if you will of reality. Thus the Creator is proven to exist, even if it is only our own mind.
The Creator as an external entity
However, logic dictates that if the self is in fact the Creator of reality then we as it’s creators would have absolute authority over it. Situations could be changed at a whim and items that we perceive to be material could be created with a mere thought.
Since the reality we perceive is not the reality we would wish for and immediate change is not possible for us, it must be assumed that it is not under our direct control. This indicates that the external reality we perceive has been created by and is under the control of an external creator. Since this external reality seems common to all beings in it’s form and physical laws, we can assume that it to is under the direct control of a mind much as our inner reality, a God.
Summary:
Information gathered by the senses allows the brain to construct a reality.
The information gathered by the senses is unreliable under certain conditions.
There is an absolute proof that a Creator exists
The creator has absolute authority over it’s creations
We have the power to create an inner reality (imagination)
We do not have absolute authority over the external reality
The external reality was created by another being and is under his direct authority.
We call the being responsible for the external reality many names, most commonly God.
Friday, February 27, 2009
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