I went to church a few days ago. There was a young man there singing an original song. I don't know the name of the song but there was a refrain that I can't get out of my mind: "There's a river running through the mind of God." It was about this metaphorical river that is life. We are all part of the river; we can, if we choose, surrender to the flow.
I have always been fascinated by the ways that people define the almighty and the relationship between the creator and that which was created. The ancient Greeks enjoyed a bevy of Gods and Goddesses; a deity for every occasion. Christians, by contrast, believe in only one God and take comfort in his only son and the salvation he offers.
I think that perhaps my religious views are best summed up in this song: a poetic, rich piece of mythology. We are all (animals, human and nonhuman, plants, objects, animate and inanimate, the whole shebang) part of the mind of God; Life is a great river that carries us toward the infinite unknown. I offer no empirical data in support of this finding. But I do enjoy the way I feel when I imagine myself as part of the flow.
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