Thank you, Philip, for your good reply.

In my article I describe God as an entity to explore and then be surprised that we ourselves are not -to use your metaphor- created in God's image, but that creation is created in God's image. We are just one part of that creation.

I don't think God ever had the intention to make a top dog within creation, but rather that the creation of a top dog, such as ourselves, was the logical outcome of creation, and therefore of God. That should humble us a bit because the plan was not to create us, but to create creation. I hope this is a clear position (and know that you need not agree and that would be agreeable for me).

It is difficult not to sit in God's chair. God leaves the chair empty for us to explore, and has no intention kicking us out. I see many sitting in God's chair, often with a book in their hands or a philosophy in mind. It is much harder to turn away from the chair and accepting that God who sat in that chair is walking away with us.

I hear some folks make God more than God is. It is actually easy to recognize. When talking about God, folks turn God into a central being in which all became one, is one. They turn God into a Cyclops, so to speak, in which all is captured in a single vision. That is a very unnatural God.

At minimum God needs to have two eyes, for we would not have two eyes ourselves, and other creatures would not have had eyes in numbers divisible by two. Yes, I prefer to think of God in human terms, too. It is easier that way, but my thinking about God is not limited by our own form.

Dreams are not real and cannot be made real until we are awake. Similarly, the demand is that we have to figure out how to make God real. It is not automatically a given that God fits within our consciousness, snug as a bug; it takes time, work, observing and understanding. Once there is a handle on what God within ourselves may mean, the dreams are easier to understand, too.

I am glad you have your handles on God and I hope you will allow me to tease you a bit. Once we find God in a specific spot, say a book, and we cannot lay away the spot, then we did not find God. If we cannot put away the source where we found God, then we tied ourselves down to the source, and are no longer with God.

It's a tease, Philip. You have your connection with God. I have mine. Thank you for the good reply. I really appreciate it.