One of the most puzzling and challenging questions in the history of humankind has been that of God. What is God? How do you define God? This is the question that led history’s geniuses to the brilliant explanations and highest intellectual achievements, as well as the deepest experiences of despair. Differing answers to this question led to immeasurable suffering and it continues to be the cause of conflicts around the world today. (This para is choose from Prof Ilchi Lee book)
We call the unknown “God.” When human civilization was at its cradle, we called everything around us “gods.” Every tree, rock, flowers, and leaves had a god watching over it. Behind every natural phenomenon such as rain, wind, and fire was a god. Dictating the whims of natural catastrophes was a capricious god, both feared and respected. We were surrounded by the unknown. We were surrounded by gods. As humans learned the workings behind each unknown, our “unknowns” became “knowns” and the gods’ domain decreased in size.
However, as we expanded our field of knowledge, we also realized how much more there was to know. Our biggest realization was of our own ignorance. We realized that we did not know much. As our intellects grew, so did the realization of our ignorance. We still have many upon many questions: Why is the sky so endless and blue? Why are there so many stars in the cosmos? Who am I and why am I here? When we ask these fundamental questions, we still look to God. God represents the limitations of our knowledge. When our intellect ends, our God rules.
We also call the collection of our impossible hopes and dreams God. When we can attain something by ourselves, we do so. When we can’t, we ask God to attain it for us. When we are thirsty and there is a spring within our reach, we don’t ask God for water. However, when we are in the middle of a desert with nary a drop of dew in sight, or in the middle of a drought with Earth in tatters and crops in disarray, we pray to God for rain.