The God Alternative

Naturally, I am of the opinion there is a perfectly natural, rational and scientific explanation for God. But, it is worth noting the usefulness of 'God' in what I propose to be its new format of 'oalance' can play no less a part in people's day to day spiritual life than before. If anything, I truly believe it can enhance people's attitudes and opinions of themselves and others.

Much of the eloquence and love people feel can be expressed in oalancentric terms. Jesus may be considered the best balanced man for he never expected a proportionate response to his actions. It was all done for love. The 'centered man', eloquently described in E.F.Schumacher's 'Small is Beautiful'; a vital treatise on the environmental imbalance in human attitude toward the environment, comprises the person who is well-rounded and abundant in character and of sound heart.

The context of 'being' and what it means to be a 'human being' is not explained away through eudaimonics. I don't think it has and that would never be my intention. Just because something is explainable does that make it any less valuable or any less beautiful? Of course not. I can fully comprehend the noise a violin and a cello make. I can explain it musically, I can explain how the instrument was made and how the person is playing it. Does this diminish its beauty? Is ignorance bliss? Definitely not. Maybe that mysticism is removed but the natural is by far more revealing and beautiful than any supernatural dreams we concoct. Expressing the beauty and wonderment of oalance and nature is a matter of personal and societal communication. We have the tools - it's just a matter of using them.

God is a very useful fantasy in times of distress and heartache. It isn't difficult to appreciate why people require a loving, endless, timeless object of belief. But oalance can fulfill the same role and is every bit as mysterious as the God we objectify ourselves.