Thanks Kat: I often wonder if the posts are even read by other posters. As you can see from the dialogue, each has created what is for them, reality. For some, no God. Others yes, in a myriad of forms.
A study was done in Japan a few years back, where scientists tested a piece of metal with electrodes while someone was projecting their thoughts TO THE PIECE OF METAL. What they found that as hatred/negativity created a molecular change within the metal. Subsequently, thoughts of Love projected toward the metal created another type of molecular, verifiable change. So, it could be said that metal thinks/feels...
So for some, "my car is a piece of sh&t...", for others, "it's my baby"..So one car goes to the scrap heap, the other becomes a vintage automobile. The difference? One got Hate. The other, LOVE. It was all in the thinking...
There was a book called "The Secret Life of Plants" where similar observations were outlined.
As any gardener knows, the "green thumb" is the reality of the great gardener. A simple love of what you do...Same for the great chefs, etc.
People like Dick Clark and Cliff Richard have always "Thought Young" with Mr. Clark being "the world's oldest teenager..." But think for a minute what is going on, both men have surrounded themselves with youthful activities, Rock & Roll, still being in the public eye, so "youth" stays with them, and is their reality.
So the message of "God is in all things" rings true, although abstract.
So, how can you test this for yourself? Easy. Begin with this experiment...CREATE YOUR DAY. Watch your thoughts. In the morning, allow yourself to only concentrate on happiness. And when those thoughts of "what about the bills, doctors, troubles" come to mind, train yourself to think that there is a solution for everything. And entertain the thought that 'all will work out for greater good" The operative word here is BELIEF/FAITH. If you withdraw that, you will sink into negativity, and that will become your reality.
This is how the Oprah Winfreys, Tiger Woods, Sir Richard Bransons of the world got to be who they are. They are not thinking about the next welfare cheque or poverty. They live, breath, FEEL, wealth and success. THAT IS ALL THEY CONCENTRATE ON, so, that IS their reality. And so you might say, "Boo Hoo Hoo, but THEY got all the money and power, and all I got is...STOP right there. You just talked yourself into the reality of "NOT HAVE". Change that. Start by being grateful for what you have, and build your life from there. Thought by Thought, day by day.
Do you think that any great sports figure, artist, entrepreneur, financier gets up in the morning and says, "this is a great day to lose?" Would not happen. Could not happen.
"The Lord(Law) is my Shepherd, I shall not want..." Do you think that is the raving of a lunatic? No my friends, it is higher truth, hidden from you in parables. A teaching so profound, that given to the right individual, would be life/world changing..
Guard your thoughts...
bob

Anyone interested might consider the writing of Florence Scovil Schinn - "The Power of the Word..."