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Does God Care about us?
Excerpt from an article by Neale Donald Walsch
April 2015
I was describing God in this way:
"God is not a Super Being in the Sky, with the same proclivities and
emotional needs as human beings, including the need for love and for
revenge when love is betrayed or not given. God is life's Essential
Energy.
You might want to call that energy Pure Intelligence.
"Intelligence doesn't care whether you believe in It or not. It doesn't
care whether you use It on purpose or not. If you do use It on purpose,
It doesn't care how. It makes no judgment about any this. In fact, It
makes no judgment about anything at all.
"Pure Intelligence wants nothing, needs nothing, seeks nothing. It
simply Is. It exists in a way that allows Itself to be used. It does
this, it allows this, it makes this possible, by placing Itself inside
of Everything. Wherever you look you will find Pure Intelligence. It is
at the basis of all things that exist. Snowflakes reflect Pure
Intelligence. The tiniest atoms reflect Pure Intelligence. The biggest
swath of the night sky reflects Pure Intelligence. The process of life
Itself, examined at every level, reflects Pure Intelligence.
"The energy that I am here calling Pure Intelligence can be used -- is
being used -- at every level of life, by Life Itself. You are using this
energy, you are focusing this energy, every second of every minute of
every hour of every day...usually without knowing it.
"The fact that this energy exists, and the way to focus it, therefore
using it to one's personal advantage, is what I am calling Pure
Intelligence and that, I am telling you, is another name for God, and
God has no opinion about anything. That is because It doesn't need
anything. It is singularly without need, for the simple reason that it
is Everything That Exists in Any Form Whatsoever.
This includes not only physical things, but metaphysical things as well.
This includes all spiritual things, and anything in any form that simply
IS...including thoughts, emotions, feelings, ideas, and, yes, the Black
Holes of Space.
"Think about this. If God is truly Everything That Exists in Any Form
Whatsoever, what in the world could God want or need or require? Why
would God punish us for not giving God what we imagine that God wants or
needs or requires? The answer to these questions is self-evident. It
need not be discussed in great detail, because simple logic reveals it
to us and makes it clear how we have been held captive by the
mythologies of our own culture and its past.
"The opportunity that lies before us, and before all sentient beings, is
to use the Essential Energy of Pure Intelligence in the way in which it
was designed to be used. Not all things that exist in the universe can
use this Essential Energy consciously. That is, with full self-awareness
and with intention. Only those elements of Life Itself that are
self-conscious -- that is, aware of themselves -- can do so.
"I should correct that last statement. Not even all elements of life
that are self-conscious can use the Essential Energy consciously. It is
not only a question of being conscious, it is also a question of the
level of consciousness that a being or a species has attained. For
instance, a dog, while highly intelligent, is not sufficiently
self-aware (as far as we know) to be able to use Essential Energy with
intention.
"Human beings are not only aware of themselves, they are aware that they
are aware, and so have risen to at least the Second Level of
Consciousness. This level of consciousness allows sentient beings to
notice themselves, and even to notice themselves noticing themselves.
That is, we can stand 'outside of ourselves' and watch ourselves doing
what we are doing and thinking what we are thinking and saying what we
are saying. We can even watch ourselves watching ourselves. We can step
back into the hallway of awareness, looking through doorways both
forward and backward -- and, according to some, ultimately seeing and
experiencing our Divine and Sacred Self."
"Before we go on with that," I said, "let's talk about this business of
God not caring, and the idea that this means God is not loving.
"Not caring what we do is not the same as not loving us. I want you to
imagine your own children, sent out to the back yard to play. Do you
care what games they choose? Does it matter to you whether they play Tag
or Hide and Seek or Kick the Can? Of course not. In fact, you would
never even dream of impinging on their inventiveness by dictating to
them how they must use their play time.
"All you do say to them is, 'Go, now, and play! Enjoy yourself! And if
you need me, I'll be right here. "
"This is what God says to us. The fact that God does not care what we do
is a sign of how much God loves us, not how little! For freedom to be
and do and have what we choose is the greatest gift of all. It is the
biggest treasure and the grandest gift that God could give us. Even
traditional religion teaches that God has given us this gift. It is
called Free Will.
"Love is freedom. The two words are interchangeable. When you love
someone you grant them total freedom to be, do, or have whatever they
choose. This is true love: to allow each person to walk his path.
"This does not mean give no advice (God gives us all lots of wonderful
advice). And this does not mean release a person to total freedom when
they are not ready (as with a small child). But it does mean the
granting of freedom in stages, as the being matures, until Total Freedom
becomes the gift.
"When we say, 'I love you enough to choose for you what you choose for
you,' then we have truly loved. There comes a time when we let go of
what WE choose for a particular individual, and 'give in' to what THEY
are choosing--so long as it does not impinge on our OWN freedom. (This
can never be the case, of course, with God.)
"There comes a time when we can say, in love and in truth, 'I don't care
what you choose. It is not a concern of mine. I have no opinion. And I
absolutely have no judgment. I have a desire, but that is all. My desire
is that you choose well, my child. I desire that you choose the highest
that you can see, the highest that you can imagine. But this is merely a
desire, not to be confused with an emotional attachment or any need. In
that sense, I 'do not care.'
"But I am here for you always. And so, if ever you need me, you need but
call, and I will be there."
"This is what all good parents eventually say to their children. This is
what God says to us.
Excerpt from an article by Neale Donald Walsch
April 2015
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