God the Flower

Imagine a flower. Each petal represents the individual * I *. The sum of the petals combined makes * WE *. Each Fall the petals drop to the ground and nourishes the ground over the Winter for the next rebirth in Spring. IT/THEY live out the Summer to start the cycle over again. Now the Flower is attached to the Stem; and together forms the BLOOM/GOD. Separate - yet TOGETHER make up the WHOLE!

 Most men/women/child tend to visualize "God" as an old man with a long , white beard, dressed in white robes, with sandal shod feet. They see "Him" as perhaps sitting in a throne somewhere up there meting out *justice*. We often hear jokes of dying and standing before St. Peter for the third degree before being given permission to walk through the Pearly Gates of Heaven, then to be brought before "God" for the final judgment and to receive the reward/punishment for our thoughts deeds during life on Earth.

 But, in fact the meaning of the word "God" as is understood and used in the English language is not found in the Aramaic text of the Bible. Aramaic is the native tongue of Jesus! "God" is derived from the German language and the word "Goot" - meaning "The Good One." The closest in translation in Aramaic for the word "God" is ALAHA (ahl-ah-hah). The Arabic = ALLAH; Hebrew = ALOHIM. To extract a meaning of ALAHA the closest perhaps are, "Essence", "Substance", "Premise". However none of these words ought to be taken as the meaning of ALAHA! An Easterner would best describe his ALLAH as each breath, and each beat of his heart!

O, Lord, You have searched me and know me. You know my down sitting and my uprising. You understand my thoughts from above. You know my way and my paths, and are acquainted with all my ways. For if there is deception in my tongue, O Lord. You know it altogether. From beginning to the end. You know me O Lord, for you have formed and laid your hands upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it. Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your Presence? (Psalm 139:1-7)