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Matter (ASI/Nalanda), 2013, digital C print, 21 × 16 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

GOD IS MAN MADE

Yes, there is a god and it is man-made, there is a god, and it is made by man, all the gods are made by you and me, we create the gods and they look like us.

Yes, there was a moment recognizing intuitively the empty true nature of mind, beyond concepts and inconceivable, and then we began thinking about it thinking about it thinking about it, made it into ideas, made it concepts, made it into religions invented all the self-serving religions, and then we said some words, and said it is the word of god, words from god, and everybody believed it wanted to believe it, we created god and he looks like us.

Yes, there is no hell, there are no hell worlds of devils and demons, other than the hell inside my mind the hell inside my mind, the hell inside your mind, the hell you and I create around us the hell we create around us the hell we create around us, and take with us into death.

Yes, there is no heaven there are no heaven worlds other than the joy of you, heaven is living in your eyes living in your eyes living in your eyes, seeing everybody in the world as gods and goddesses, every wretched, grasping, ugly person is a deity swimming in light.

lubaina himid ;

It has to be soft anyway