In what sense does "God" exist?

Question

Is it a presence in your heart / mind? If so, are you therefore not creating that image of "God" inside of yourself? Then become aware of it via your consciousness? If not, how else does one sense "God"?

Many good answers, but it doesn't look like there is going to be an agreement now, does it?
We should still keep an open mind of course.

Perhaps I should rephrase my q as:
In what way does "God" exist?

However, I do consider existence thru imagination in my mind a valid way for "God" to exist, it is just not convincing to other people.

To Bluealt:
If soul is the person -- body + spirit of "God", Ur answer is circular.

To nickelbn1 , sc_rieta
I feel gravity w/ my inner ear, I feel love w/ my mind & w/in my chest near my heart, but I don't feel God any way. It came as if thru imagination then deduction, but remains abstract / unreal.

To dawn:
Wha U mean by "pinpoint your energies at a point"?

To Spiritualseeker:
Urs is a thoughtful answer, but it also didn't ans my q.

To dredude52:
Thnx 4 links.

To shri , dawn , nigelbestpeace:
Transformed items and persons are observed, but should not be considered -- not the whole of "God" anyway.

zahbudar , atulsonak001
I used to agree with Ur ans, but there seems to be more to it than nothing or imagination. 13 billion y/o universe must of "cooked up" something more advance than humans on a 6 billion y/o earth...

Answer 1

god is existence [I AM]

aka life, reality, truth, everything, experience, consciousness

'i laugh at those looking for god, as i would at a fish looking for water' augustine

god is infinite, so there is nothing but god - everything is included in god

if there was anything outside god, anything not god, then god would not be existence, god would not be everything, god would not be infinite

the knack of experiencing god is a bit like learning to raise an eyebrow that you cant raise - you never know how you finally manage it

since god is absolutely everything, including you, you cannot have a subject-object experience of god, god cannot be outside you, cannot be an object of your experience - your experience is god

everything is experience

you sort of have to relax into the experience of god, by not trying to have a subject-object experience, but a mergent sort of experience, a letting-go, dissolving the subject-object perception habit

god is never inside anything and never apart from anything

god [= existence, experience] is 'before' time and space and place and position [like the singularity]

consequently god is completely present in every single point in space - yet there are not an infinite number of gods, one for each point

notice that that invisible nonthing you easily identify as you is not in a position exactly, it is sort of just 'around' [not surrounding]

none of the senses can sense god, since all the senses are subject-object senses, ie the subject [the epxeriencer] outside the object - so the sense can only experience finite things [that are limited in space, that you can be outside]

the experience of god is sublime, divine, beautiful infinitely beautiful

infinity doesnt so much mean infinite quantity [of time or space, for example] as before time and space - timeless, spaceless - like where your self is: nowhere, somewhere imprecise, everywhere

god is also known [or thought of] as energy and matter, or energymatter

all nouns are partial concepts of god - infinity seen or framed by a finite mind

esp experience, energy, existence, everything, life, love, mind, consciousness, matter,

any image [or idea or concept] of god is finite and therefore wrong, or partial

an image or idea of god is an idol/ideal/idea

god is neither this nor that - ie, no limitation of any character can be put on him - 'he' is characterless, sexless, because he is everything, and the origin of everything - so every single thing expresses and is a part of him

every adjective describes him [and an infinite number of adjectives that dont exist yet]

Answer 2

God exists in the SENSE that someone put the idea into your mind, and you, for some reason, cannot stop talking, and thinking about it. Other than that there is no SENSE. See, you are thinking about it right now. Why don't you go out and plant some trees so folks can breathe for another 50 years or so.

Answer 3

The problem is the existence of God is in non of the senses !
It requires a deeper level of perception transcending beyond the level of sense organs to experience Him.
Yes, Awareness, and deepening of levels of consciousness is the way. And another essential thing is consciously silencing the chatter of mind !
Very easily mentioned, but takes a lot to attain !

Answer 4

The answers to your questions are provided in the links below, especially in the article titled simply, "Essay"

Read the “Essay” at the following link to define truth, then read the article “Finding Truth” Both are under Articles - Contents

http://members.cox.net/b2fnow/Article%20-%20Essay.htm

http://members.cox.net/b2fnow/find_truth.htm

To get an idea of just how far the general public is from the truth, read the short article called Supreme Law:
http://members.cox.net/b2fnow/supreme_law.htm

Answer 5

That would be the same as saying that gravity is an image we are creating inside of ourselves. you cant see gravity, you can really FEEL it. You just know it exists, cause you just know. You can tell. Its a lot the same as with God. You just KNOW He exists when you feel it. Love would be another example. One day when you actually fall in love, you just KNOW. You cant really explain it, you just know that you know. I dont feel like going on for pages, I will just leave it at that short description.

Answer 6

You create an image of GOD inside your mind so that you can pinpoint your energies at a point.But even other wise you can sense HIM in the sunshine,in earth, water, air ,ether and in living beings as GOD manifests himself in different forms.

Answer 7

god is omnipotent.He cannot be seen but his presence can be felt.He will never appear in the direct way but he will come in front of u either as your friend,an stranger.. I will tell you an story for this.

Once an rich man was living in an village.One night in his dreams god appeared and told he would visit his house the next day.That man was very happy he cleaned his house,decorated it and prepared a good meal for god.

The rich man was waitinga at his doorsteps.First an blind man came for food the rich man got angry he chased him away saying god is going to visit his house.

Next an beggar came to his house for food,the rich man got angry and he chased him away saying that he was waiting for god.

Third an poor woman came to his house for alms the rich man once again chased her by telling god is going to visit him..

All the day he waited for god but he did not appear.The rich man was very depressed and he went to sleep.
Again god appeared in his dreams,the rich man asked why u did not visit his house??
God replied son i visited your house many times but you did not respond me.How the rich man asked.
I came like beggar,blind man and poor woman but u did not help me.

Yes friends god often visits us but we do not knw that.

Answer 8

One senses God through one's soul.

Answer 9

God is within your heart. with the grace of the Holy Spirit you will feel and understand the love of God! i testify......GOD IS ALIVE!

Answer 10

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