Chapter 3

           

           Now,thiswasafirstforme.AndsincethisisthefirsttimeIhaveintroducedthatloadedword-GOD-intomybook,andsincethisisawordwhichwillappearmanytimesagainthroughoutthesepages,itseemsonlyfairthatIpausehereforamomenttoexplainexactlywhatImeanwhenIsaythatword,justsopeoplecandeciderightawayhowoffendedtheyneedtoget.

           SavingforlatertheargumentaboutwhetherGodexistsatall(no-here’sabetteridea:let’sskipthatargumentcompletely),letmefirstexplainwhyIusethewordGod,whenIcouldjustaseasilyusethewordsJehovah,Allah,Shiva,Brahma,VishnuorZeus.Alternatively,IcouldcallGod"That,"whichishowtheancientSanskritscripturessayit,andwhichIthinkcomesclosetotheall-inclusiveandunspeakableentityIhavesometimesexperienced.Butthat"That"feelsimpersonaltome-athing,notabeing-andImyselfcannotpraytoaThat.Ineedapropername,inordertofullysenseapersonalattendance.Forthissamereason,whenIpray,IdonotaddressmyprayerstoTheUniverse,TheGreatVoid,TheForce,TheSupremeSelf,TheWhole,TheCreator,TheLight,TheHigherPower,oreventhemostpoeticmanifestationofGod’sname,taken,Ibelieve,fromtheGnosticgospels:"TheShadowoftheTurning."

           Ihavenothingagainstanyoftheseterms.Ifeeltheyareallequalbecausetheyareallequallyadequateandinadequatedescriptionsoftheindescribable.Butweeachdoneedafunctionalnameforthisindescribability,and"God"isthenamethatfeelsthemostwarmtome,sothat’swhatIuse.

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