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More on God.

If we can begin to understand what God is rather

than who God is, then we can begin to understand what

we are rather than who we are; a being without an ego, a

spirit, a part of God. A being can live without a human

but a human cannot live without a being. Being human

is just a form, an expression of an ego that has limited

existence and magnitude. The human form is dependent

on the whims of a Spirit to give it animation and

direction. When that form develops a personality and

seeks a life not in interdependency with the Spirit it

develops an ego which to some extent can be called its

own anti-Christ. The dependency the Spirit has on the

human form is that need to access the world of matter.

The human form is controlled by desires. The Spirit

triggers these desires to direct the human form. When the

human becomes addicted to desires the Spirit cannot
exercise control and the human becomes subservient to its