The notion of God is best understood in terms of the mind, not in terms of the physical cosmos.
Anything that is self-sufficient, perfect, and everlasting, is a good thing, since its qualities are said to be good with respect to imperfect things.
So with that said, the personality of God, which is purely an imagined and reasoned principle of thought, can be extrapolated through these superlatives, i.e. supreme, omnipotent, omniscient, infinite, invincible, immortal.
This notion of God does not exist, it is not "real", it exists only in the mind. However, the thing that does exist, is the true self which mirrors these qualities.
Anything that is composed of those qualities is said to be equal to God. The light in your mind, the indication of your true self, found through meditation and philosophy, is self sufficient and perfect.
It is self-sufficient because it is upheld by you, and you need nothing else in order to uphold this.
2007-08-12
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