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A Pathless Land

"Ryan, what if I told you there is no God?"

Jacob began the next session with a blunt, pointed question. He didn't ask it in a way that Ryan found offensive. He asked in a way meant to awaken him.

"It's possible I suppose. If there is a God, there very well could not be a God. Yet I was taught since childhood that God watches us, punishes us and saves us. That I must follow rituals, worship blindly and fear God to stay safe..."

"Can't you see through that illusion Ryan? Is your God real? Or is He just a projection of your fear?"

"My fear? Fear of what??"

"Well, we all have fears. We fear death so we invented heaven. We fear pain so we invented karma. We fear being alone so we invented God."

"Are you coming to your point Doctor Jacob?"

"Yes Ryan. Truth doesn't need belief, it only needs awareness. Truth is a pathless land. There are no priests, books or temples that can be given you. So, if there is no God, faith isn't destroyed, fear is."

"So, what you're trying to say is that God is not something you find in the sky, He is not separate from me. And if I'm still searching for Him outside myself I'm missing the point. Is that right?"

"Yes Ryan. I'm not saying all this to you because I'm an atheist. I'm someone far more dangerous. I'm someone who wants you to stop obeying blindly and start seeing clearly. And once you see clearly you'll realize that God is not somewhere out there, He is always within you..."

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