Art of God

I am going to write a book. In fact I am writing a book. My entries on this blog from the last few months were intended to be the raw material for my literary adventures and finally, few weeks ago, I have realized that I have quite enough to get to a serious, focused book writing.

I realized today, yet again, how nice, easy and comfortable life is :) One could think that driving through Santa Barbara on a beautiful summer (although in February) morning might have something to do with it, but I felt like that before on other occasions, so I think there is more to it.

When I think about what more could there be that would make me feel that it is so easy and nice to be alive, what comes to me is that I don't need anything. I am God, after all, what could I possibly need? What is there that I am not? What is there that's separate from me, that I could possibly miss?

To all who wonder - I do not write those questions myself :) they come to me via email.

Here is a whole series:

Hi Pausha, some questions have come to mind after rereading your post: I've been thinking about depression, what is it. You say the mind is the enemy of God, so if one calls the feeling they are experiencing "depressed" what exactly is going on? It would seem the mind is part of that naming process, a group of bodily experiences, we have as a group decided to call depression. If we decide that depression is just an illusion aren't we in denial of the feelings? If there is no hole to fill, what makes us believe there is one?

Circumstances are not bad in your scenario, pleasant Calf afternoon, spring or summer like. Not stuck in say Boston at 20 degrees, in three foot snow drifts and homeless, (Been there done that, no fun)

So identify with God or as God, does depression just evaporate? Does one detach from the feeling, does it work like a novocain, you can tell the tooth is in pain but you're not feeling it. What is the difference between just saying I am God, and grasping the idea intellectually and actualizing it, so that transformation takes place?

Another question arrived:

"Another idea just occurred to me, someone has to have a concept of some kind of God.
I just realized as a non-dualist, I can easily track what you are saying, but how many non-dualist are going to be reading your book."

Answer:
And it just occurred to me - think about what people are ready to believe in. Think of all the rather controversial and, well, interesting ideas that are at the base of some of religious doctrines - aliens taking over the earth and planting programming in people, prophets traveling from Israel to America thousand years ago, and then going back ... I'll not go into detail here as I don't wish to offend anyone's believes but looking at all this what I see is that people are desperately in need of God. People are ready to believe in the most, one could say, absurd things - just to get in touch with God.

An Article from "The Guardian"
Pausha's comments on it coming soon

Prozac, used by 40m people, does not work say scientists
Analysis of unseen trials and other data concludes it is no better than placebo

The Guardian, Tuesday February 26 2008

Prozac, the bestselling antidepressant taken by 40 million people worldwide, does not work and nor do similar drugs in the same class, according to a major review released today.