Of God, gods and goddesses

I posted this in my other blog at http://someitemshave.blogspot.combut later realized that it is an appropriate post for this blog. Therefore I am posting it again here.

Theists believe that God exists. My view of God is that Infinite power that sustains the universe and that everything that we can observe in the universe is a part of Him. His consciousness runs through everything - all life forms, the earth, stones, sky, trees, the sun, stars and everything else besides. As distinct from inanimate objects life forms posses a free will as well as their independent and distinct desires that are unique to each individual, different from each other and different from the desires of God. As a being becomes more and more spiritual there is a greater unity with the desires of the Universal consciousness and a greater divinity.

Besides God some religious humans have also worshiped other divine beings or gods from ancient times and every civilized part of the world has their own favorite gods such as the Mazu of Taiwan, Konohana Sakuya Hime of Japan, Siva, Lord Hanuman and Naini the Mother Goddess of India as well as countless other gods, goddesses, angels, devas and countless other divine beings from around the world.

The divine power that illuminates these numerous gods and goddesses is the single supreme consciousness of God or the Universe. Therefore when we worship an angel or god or goddess we are in effect only worshiping a facet of the One Single reality of the universe or God although not directly. We have these countless facets of God reflected in the innumerable gods and goddesses because God is infinite

It is not easily possible for many humans to depend directly on the Supreme God, possessing a form beyond comprehension or formless, at all times. As an infant, a human depends on his or her mother and thus depends upon the divinity or love every mother expresses for her infant child. As we grow up we may learn to depend on others including the angels, gods or goddesses that we become familiar with and learn to love. In my opinion this is all right as long as do not forget that the power behind all is the one single reality of the universe or God. I too have learnt to love some of the gods and goddesses and they have seen me through difficult times in life as well as provided some exhilarating experiences of joy. I do not fully understand the origin or reality of these gods just as I do not fully understand the reality of God, yet some of my prayers and gratefulness is directed to these gods and goddesses just as it is to the Universal Consciousness at all times.