In my view, which is based on the
Seth Material, is that god (or All-That-Is, as Seth called it) exists, but that he/she/it encompasses everything that exists. Central to that is the view that the mind existed before matter was created. Seth once "wrote" an interesting article called "The Physical Universe as Idea Construction" and that got me hooked on that concept.
There are many, many things that cannot be explained by contemporary Western science yet, and I made many experiences that made me reflect on the actual reality as opposed to the artifical view of reality purported by scientists.
One of these experiences is that I can remember what I thought when I was in the womb of my mother. I also have vivid memories of the time when I was a toddler ( < 3 years old).
I had dreams in the womb of my mother that included vivid images of people and events. Now, the idea that we have to learn everything as we grow up would contradict that. I knew everything I needed to know in those dreams, and that was far more than what I could've known as an embryo.
Later on, when I was in the crib, as a baby or toddler, I had vivid impressions of things around me, not far into the distance, but I was able to see and recognize my surroundings clearly. This also might contradict scientific beliefs about what a baby or toddler can perceive.
I even remember how my daddy often carried me around on his shoulders and I had to puke from the vibrations. I remember how I learnt to breathe, which was a conscious process in the beginning, until it went subconscious. (This I believe is also the reason for sudden child death: Because some don't learn how to handle breathing.)
I often had visions that materialized between 6 months and 20 years (or more) later.
All of this keeps telling me that some scientific assumptions about the nature of reality are intrinsically wrong. (This is not a bad thing per se, b/c scientific views are changing all the time anyways.)
I have no proof that the god concept exists, but in my experience, the mind works just like Seth described it: Consciousness comes first, and the body is just a projection, a vessel that we can inhabit. The brain would be like an antenna for our consciousness, which resides only partially in what we call physical reality. Seth said there'd be measurable electromagnetic fields that would indicate that the physical portion of the mind would flicker about our bodies.
I think reality is much much greater, by orders of magnitude than what scientists are making out to be.
From the greater of view of things, most humans still believe the earth is flat, so to speak.
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One of Seth's key statements is that we create our own reality, and he meant it quite literally. This concept is hard to understand until you realize that you, in your body, is only a portion of your self. Your consciousness is far greater. Your mind is like the cursor on billions of branches of potential timelines, if you view it simple terms. Every decision you make, either conscious or subconscious, shifts that cursor around.
Seth said that when we're born we do not fully attach to our bodies until some time after (for me, it was on my 3rd birthday, when I began perceiving a steady, linear timeline). I also realized that the reality didn't seem to be fixed until that point. Why I chose to attach here when I was 3, I do not know.
Every thought or conviction you have can bring you into a different direction.
Our world is like a combined mindstate of all living beings involved.
