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By Morton H. Blumenthal.
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According to the ideas presented in My Concept of God, God is not a distant person sitting outside the universe. God is the one Life Essence that exists behind everything. This Life Essence is the substance of all things—space, matter, energy, mind, and consciousness. Everything that exists is made from this same single source. Nothing is separate from it. What we call God is the creative life force that expresses itself in countless forms, from rocks and plants to animals, humans, worlds, and galaxies.
This one Life Essence expresses itself through different levels of awareness. In minerals and plants, consciousness exists at a very low and hidden level. In animals, consciousness becomes sensory—they can feel, react, and survive, but they cannot think in ideas. In humans, consciousness reaches a much higher stage. Humans can think, imagine, reason, choose, and become aware of themselves as individuals. Human beings are therefore the highest physical expression of consciousness in the material world.
The way we understand reality depends entirely on the kind of mind we are using. The human physical mind works through the senses and sees the world as divided into separate objects: you, me, space, trees, buildings, and planets. Because of this, we experience reality as broken into pieces. But this separation is not how reality truly is—it is only how it appears to a three-dimensional physical mind. A higher kind of mind would see everything as connected and unified.
This leads to an important idea: the difference between God (the Creator) and human beings (the created) is not a difference in substance, but a difference in viewpoint. Humans and God are made of the same Life Essence. The difference is that God’s mind sees life from a higher dimension, where everything is one. Human minds, while in physical bodies, see life from a limited point of view, where everything appears separate.
God’s mind is the creative intelligence of Life itself. It is aware of all things at once and operates beyond time, space, and physical form. Human beings are expressions of this same mind, but while we live in physical bodies, our awareness is restricted. Even so, each person carries within them a higher, deeper level of mind, often called the subconscious or soul, which is connected directly to God.
Unlike animals, the human soul contains all the universal forces of life within it. This means humans are not only living beings but also potential creators. This is why people can develop talents, genius, and deep individuality that cannot always be explained by heredity alone. Each soul carries memories, tendencies, and abilities developed over many experiences.
At death, the physical body is dropped, and the mind is no longer limited by the brain or senses. The human soul then becomes aware that space, objects, and forms are not solid realities but projections of one living substance. The soul realizes that it is part of this one Life and has always been part of it.
Animals, after death, return automatically to physical life because they are not self-aware. Humans are different. Because they are self-conscious, they gain choice and freedom after death. What happens next depends on the strength of the person’s mind and will developed during physical life. Those who lacked self-control may feel confused or lost, while those who developed discipline, purpose, and inner strength experience clarity and creative freedom.
After death, the human soul becomes a co-creator, able to shape experience using thought and will rather than physical tools. The ability to do this depends entirely on how well the person learned to master thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions while living on Earth. Earth life is therefore a training ground for creative consciousness.
God is not just one being but the totality of all consciousness—the One Life plus every individual soul evolving within it. God is both universal and personal. Each person is a unique viewpoint through which God experiences itself. As consciousness evolves, souls grow toward a state of full awareness of their unity with God.
Jesus is presented as an example of a soul who fully realized this unity while still in physical form. He demonstrated what it means to live in complete harmony with God-consciousness. Humanity, as a whole, is slowly evolving toward this same awareness.
In summary, God is the One Life that lives through all things. Humans are not separate from God but are expressions of God, temporarily limited by physical form. Through experience, self-mastery, and conscious living, each person moves closer to realizing their true nature as a creative, eternal part of the Divine.
Heaven
In this view, heaven is not a place you go to after death. Heaven is a state of consciousness. It is the experience of harmony, clarity, freedom, and creative awareness that comes when the soul realizes its unity with the One Life (God).
After death, a person who has developed self-control, purpose, love, and understanding during physical life awakens into a higher level of awareness. They clearly know who they are, understand that all life is one, and are able to use thought and will creatively. That state of awareness is heaven.
Heaven, then, is not a reward given by God. It is the natural result of spiritual growth. The more a soul learns to live consciously and lovingly in physical life, the more “heavenly” its awareness becomes afterward.
Hell
Hell is also not a place of punishment created by God. It is a condition of consciousness.
When a person becomes overly controlled by fear, desire, selfishness, hatred, or material attachment during physical life, their sense of individuality weakens. After death, when the physical body is gone, such a soul may feel confused, lost, trapped, or powerless. This inner chaos and lack of clarity is what has traditionally been called hell.
Hell is therefore self-created, not imposed. It is not eternal punishment. It is a temporary condition that lasts only until the soul regains clarity, self-awareness, and direction. Growth is always possible because the One Life is always moving toward greater awareness.
Prayer
Prayer, in this understanding, is not asking an outside God to fix things.
Prayer is a way of aligning the human mind with the deeper, divine mind within. Since God is the Life Essence that flows through everything—including us—prayer works by changing our consciousness, not by persuading God to change.
When prayer is sincere and focused, it:
Connects the conscious mind with the higher subconscious (the God-mind within)
Clarifies intention
Strengthens will
Opens intuition and guidance
Effective prayer is less about words and more about inner alignment. When consciousness changes, experience changes naturally.
Reincarnation
Reincarnation is a natural process of learning and growth, not punishment or reward.
The soul returns to physical life because physical existence provides something no other state can: the experience of limitation. Only in a physical body can a soul clearly experience separation, choice, effort, resistance, discipline, and responsibility. These experiences develop individuality, willpower, and creative ability.
Each lifetime allows the soul to:
Correct imbalances
Develop talents
Strengthen character
Learn love, responsibility, and self-mastery
Reincarnation continues until the soul has developed enough awareness and inner strength to function consciously and creatively without needing physical limitation.
How This View Changes Everything
In this concept:
God does not judge—consciousness naturally unfolds
Heaven and hell are inner states, not locations
Prayer is alignment, not begging
Reincarnation is education, not punishment
Life becomes meaningful, purposeful, and fair—not because of external rules, but because cause and effect operate through consciousness itself.
Heaven and hell are states of awareness, prayer is alignment with divine consciousness, reincarnation is a school for the soul, and God is the One Life learning to know itself through us.
Sin — What It Really Means in This View
In this understanding, sin is not breaking God’s rules and it is not something that angers or offends God.
Sin means missing the mark of growth. It is any thought, emotion, or action that moves a person away from harmony, clarity, and self-mastery. Sin happens when a person lives only from fear, desire, selfishness, or ignorance instead of from awareness and love.
Because God is the Life Essence within everything, God is not personally offended by human mistakes. Sin does not damage God—it only affects the individual’s consciousness. Every harmful action naturally produces confusion, limitation, or imbalance within the person who creates it.
In this view, sin is best understood as immaturity, not wickedness.
Forgiveness — How It Actually Works
Forgiveness is not God deciding to overlook sin.
Since God is not judging or keeping records, forgiveness is an inner process. When a person understands their mistake, accepts responsibility, learns from it, and chooses differently, the imbalance dissolves. The soul corrects itself through awareness.
Forgiveness happens when:
The person stops resisting truth
Guilt is replaced by understanding
Consciousness realigns with love and responsibility
Forgiveness is therefore self-restoration, not divine permission. Growth replaces punishment.
Why There Is No Eternal Punishment
Because God is the One Life expressing itself, God cannot punish parts of itself eternally.
Consequences exist, but they are educational, not vengeful. Every painful experience is a lesson designed by consciousness itself to restore balance and growth. No mistake is final. No soul is rejected. Evolution continues until understanding is reached.
Free Will — How Much Choice Do We Really Have?
Free will is real, but it operates within natural laws of consciousness.
Humans have the freedom to:
Choose thoughts
Choose attitudes
Choose actions
Choose responses to experience
However, free will does not mean freedom from consequences. Every choice sets causes in motion that shape future experiences. The soul is always free to choose—but it must live with the results of those choices.
True freedom increases as awareness increases. The more unconscious a person is, the more they are controlled by habit, fear, desire, and environment. The more conscious they become, the more real freedom they gain.
Destiny — Not Fixed, Not Random
Destiny is not a fixed plan written by God.
Destiny is the direction consciousness naturally moves toward based on what the soul has already developed. Past choices create tendencies, opportunities, and challenges—but they do not force outcomes.
You are not punished by destiny; you are guided by it. Life brings you experiences that help you learn what you have not yet mastered. When lessons are learned, destiny changes.
How Free Will and Destiny Work Together
Free will chooses the path.
Destiny provides the terrain.
You choose how to respond.
Life responds by shaping the next experience.
In this way:
Destiny is self-created
Free will is self-directing
God is the life force supporting growth, not controlling outcomes
What This Means Practically
Under this view:
You are responsible, but not condemned
Mistakes are lessons, not sins against God
Forgiveness is healing, not pardon
Free will grows with awareness
Destiny evolves as you evolve
Sin is unconscious living, forgiveness is awakening, free will is conscious choice, and destiny is the path shaped by what the soul is ready to learn next.
