KS&L 331 Feeling Insignificant in the Eyes of God

Did you ever look up into the night sky on a really dark night and just marvel at the vastness of space?

Did you ever find a place, like Monument Valley with little or no light pollution and study the stars on a moonless night and decide that we are just insignificant beings on this small blue planet?

Did you ever visit a planetarium and listen as they described the sheer staggering numbers of stars in the sky?

Many people feel that we are each pretty insignificant in the face of such a huge dynamic as the tiny fraction of space that we can actually see. How can one person matter when you consider the size of stars, the fact that there are more stars in the sky than there are grains of sand on all the beaches, and in all the deserts of the whole world? It is mind boggling to consider that with each of those stars there are planets, asteroids, nebulae and potentially other beings who live there.

It just makes you wonder if God thinks of us as insignificant in the face of such vastness and complexity. Do we matter to God? Are we important to such a Supreme Being? Many people feel that sense of insignificance. Many wonder about the struggle each day to live, to be a good person, spouse, sibling, child, employee, co-worker and just citizen of this small blue planet.

Do we matter to God? Are we really insignificant?

God would never consider any of us insignificant. We are each profoundly precious in the sight of God.

Consider a blade of grass, how significant is that tiny bit of matter to God? That blade of grass is as equally significant as the greatest sun, the most astounding universe and the tiniest cell on this or any world. Every single atom in this creational universe, and all of the seven ever-expanding, super universes, is precious in the site of God.

Whether or not we feel insignificant is irrelevant. We are ‘significant’ to God. We are loved and adored by the Father in each and every moment of our eternal, immortal existence. When this knowledge lives within each and every one of us, we come that much closer to the Divine, to touching the face of God in all of its iterations.

How could it be otherwise? If we were not significant we would not be here, would not have the profound gift of mortal existence and could not have the knowledge of God at all.

We are God’s ‘creation’ in the physical sense just as that blade of grass is also a creation. God provides all the necessary elements of mortal interaction from that essential blade of grass to that firefly. Every single carbon based item on this planet is placed here for a reason. Part of that reason is so that we can have a ‘significant’ experience in mortal life.

Some of the experiences we require for mortal life are challenging, from climbing that mountain, to healing that mosquito bite. Some experiences are so significant that we will remember them life after life and some are so fleeting that we have already forgotten them. Yet all of them were essential to helping us become who we are at this moment. No energy of creational experience is ever wasted. Every moment is a karmic moment and every karmic moment is connected and balanced by the next karmic moment. It is the essence of the karmic savings and loan. Universal balance at the atomic level is life itself whether we think of it as ‘life’ in the parochial sense or not.

We, and that blade of grass are equally significant and equally loved. We will both always matter to God now and forever. Nothing and no one is ever insignificant!

God vs Science

Sig Longren sent me this. Enjoy!
Dear Tina
I did not write the following piece, but felt that it really speaks to issues I have been discussing in these Tips for the past little while. I'm not going to tell you now who the source of this piece is, but have no fear, I will tell you who it was at the end. }:-) Sig's sig

God v.s. Science

'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.'
The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'
'Yes sir,' the student says.
'So you believe in God?'
'Absolutely. '
'Is God good?'
'Sure! God's good.'
'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'
'Yes'
'Are you good or evil?'
'The Bible says I'm evil.'
The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. 'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?'
'Yes sir, I would.'
'So you're good...!'
'I wouldn't say that.'
'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'

The student does not answer, so the professor continues.'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?'
The student remains silent. 'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax. 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?'
'Er..yes,' the student says.
'Is Satan good?'
The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'
'Then where does Satan come from?'
The student falters. 'From God'
'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?'
'Yes, sir..'
'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'
'Yes'
'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.'
Again, the student has no answer. 'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'
The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'
'So who created them?'

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. 'Who created them?' There is still no answer.

Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. 'Tell me,' he continues with another student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?'
The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.'
The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?'
'No sir. I've never seen Him.'
'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'
'No, sir, I have not..'
'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?'
'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'
'Yet you still believe in him?'
'Yes'
'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist... What do you say to that, son?'
'Nothing,' the student replies.. 'I only have my faith.'
'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of his own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat? '
'Yes.
'And is there such a thing as cold?'
'Yes, son, there's cold too.'
'No sir, there isn't.'
The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. 'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'.. We can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.'

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.

'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'
'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation.. 'What is night if it isn't darkness?'

'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?'
'Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.'

The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? Can you explain how?'

'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains.. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.' 'It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.' 'Now tell me, professor.. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?'

'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.'

'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'
The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?'

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. 'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.' The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter. 'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.' 'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?'

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man = answers. 'I Guess you'll have to take them on faith.'

'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?' Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it Everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in The multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.'
To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.'
The professor sat down.


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p.s. Oh yes, the second student was Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein wrote a book titled God vs. Science in 1921...