The big secret, and what I usually avoid.

The question to ask is not "Who is God?" but "What is God?" God is not a person or anything close to a singular human being. A lot of people call God "Him," but I know better. I know that this supreme being knows no gender or human limitations. God is as feminine as it is masculine.  The reason people call God a man, or depict God as a person is because it makes it easier for us to relate to God. We know people, we can understand people. So, perhaps if God were some old, wise man in the sky we could understand it better. That is a false representation steeped in outdated tradition and hasty belief. 

God is all around us. God is the force that makes events and occurrences meant to be. God is magic. God is one part karma and two parts hope. God is completely scientific and also beyond logic simultaneously. Maybe this idea of God is offensive, but I don't think so. God is merely fate, and I can believe in that. There is something that makes everything interrelated and I call it God. When a good friend has to leave, and the love lingers and stays, I call that God, too. When the seasons change, and you can sense a transition of the environment, that is caused by God also. When we ignore fate, and do things to silence our conscience, we are working against God. 

God is eternal and alive, but does not have direct control over anything. We can put some of our faith in God, but we also have to invest in ourselves and others around us. God is universal. All civilizations in history have been able to sense a higher, mysterious power. That's why religions were developed. People wanted to explain it. So, no religion is wrong, they are are merely different. Eventually, people came up with the word 'God' to show what they believed.  It's easy to see how God affects different aspects of life and can be attributed to separate deities, which is the basis of polytheism. It's also easy to understand how God can be seen as one unified being; monotheism. People get too caught up in the technicalities of belief, and want everyone to share a common belief. This can manifest in catastrophe, violence, and terror. It's very sad, because that's the exact opposite of God!

God makes people die. God makes people live. God makes nature flourish, and good and bad things happen. Of course, my authority on this subject is extremely limited, just as my knowledge is. I am ignorant of the actual truth of God, and therefore I am uncertain. I do not know what will happen to me after I die, and that really isn't important. We're not supposed to know a lot of things. That's the big secret.