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REFLECTIONS ON
REFLECTIONS ON
THE HIDDEN GOD
THE HIDDEN GOD
Part I
Every day throughout recorded history Divisions of the Body
millions of people cry out daily or in the Our brains have a triune character
silent anguish of their broken hearts, consisting of distinct but overlapping
"Where are you, God? Why don't you evolutionary layers. The three layers are the
answer me?" Philosophers, religions, and reptilian, the limbic, and the neocortex. In
atheists alike have posed the same question evolutionary order of oldest to newest, the
over the ages: if there is a God, why is it so reptilian is the instinctual brain governing
well hidden? basic sensory reactions, the limbic is the
seat of feeling and emotions while the
My study, experience, and reflections over neocortex governs rational or abstract
four decades indicate to me that God is thinking,
indeed hidden—in plain sight! I draw my
conclusion partly from spiritual traditions, We further possess distinct brain
partly from science, partly from psychology hemispheres that seem to delineate, focus,
and biology but mostly from validation of or express qualities of the abstract mind
my inner experience. associated with the neocortex. The left
brain is rational, logical, and analytic. It is
Inner experience—let's take our starting mathematically oriented and uses factual
point from Jesus of Nazareth, a figure some knowledge. The right brain uses feeling,
believe was God incarnate, others an intuition, and imagination. It is oriented
enlightened spiritual adept. That question is towards symbols and imagery and is
not what's important. What is important is visionary.
his repeated revelation that the kingdom of
God lies within. If only people had not Divisions of the Mind
buried that simple truth with reams of To make matters more complicated,
dogma, hierarchy, and agendas the world psychologists have identified differing
would be a different and better place today. levels of mind function called conscious,
subconscious, and unconscious. Many add
So let's look inward, not just to the mind but a layer above these called the
to the body for possible clues as to what superconscious or higher self.
Jesus meant.
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